Bugsy and Snowy Holiday

Palmerston North is NOT boring!

This term for Inquiry, we have been focused on New Zealand and Beyond. For our Taking Action part of the unit, we looked at how we could promote Palmerston North as a great place to live and visit. 


Check out this blog, Palmy Rocks, to see all 24/7.com's ideas for promoting our beautiful city. 


Well done 24/7.com!

Super Arts Drama

Last week, a group of talented students from Ross Intermediate performed at the Super Arts Drama competition. We performed in two catergories; theatresports and a play. Ross Intermediate came second overall but received a perfect score of 25/25 for their rendition of "Little Jim". 

Congratulations to Caitlin Lucas, Kyle Dahl, Danielle Small and Sarah Angland, all from 24/7.com. We sure do have a talented class. 

Melissa the Guinea Pig Whisperer

Melissa came and visited Room 7 today to talk about looking after guinea pigs. Room 7 had lots of fantastic questions for her. She also brought in Romeo and Juliet and their latest litter of babies for us to see. They were very cute. Room 7 has lots of new knowledge about how to give our guinea pigs the best quality of life possible. 

P.S. We have named our guinea pigs Bugsy and Snowy. 

Guinea Pigs

The guinea pigs wanted some of Ben's dinner.

Miss B with our new friends.

Photography

For the next five weeks we are looking at how to take good pictures. This week we have been looking at the elements of photography; lines, angles, framing, and light. Check out our PHOTO PAGE to see our best photos. 


Can you work out which photos, demonstrate which element?

Possible World Record Attempt?

In Sheppard Team, we have regular challenges. This week's challenge is to master the 'balance board'. Many students have attempted to master the skill but one rose above the rest. Nick Ihaka lasted over 16 minutes on the balance board yesterday. The only reason he jumped off was because it was time to learn, which got us thinking. We googled the world record for staying on a balance board and it's only 1.55 hrs. 

What do you reckon? Can Nick do it?

Angular Angles

In 24/7.com we are looking at measuring angles with a protractor. This is a tricky skill, but Miss Beauchamp has found a great website to help us with our learning...


Measuring Angles



Did you know....

• An angle less than 90 degrees is called an ACUTE angle?
• An angle more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees is called an OBTUSE angle?
• An angle more than 180 degrees is called a REFLEX angle?

Have fun measuring!

Let's Get Quizzical

Well done Aimee West for being first in NZ to solve last weeks brainteaser. Can you solve this weeks one?

Sheppard House Rocks

Sheppard House won the house competition for chocolate selling. Our prize is a free mufti day for our house on Friday this week. We are all very excited about the prize. Remember, you can only participate if you sold some chocolates.


24/7.com also were very successful over all. We sold 43 boxes and came 2nd overall. Digi 9 just managed to beat us. They had one super student who sold 25 boxes. Wow! We don't receive a prize for coming 2nd but we do now have 4 digital cameras to use in our classroom. This will be fantastic for our digital photography unit, starting in Week 5.