Homework Week 6 - 7

It has been a busy few weeks in Te Ako Kahikatea with sports exchanges, our trip to the Stardome and the Speech competition. A big congratulations to our finalists: Finalists Micayla, Bianca, Ferguson, Jonathan, Danielle, Scarlett and Ojaswin. Ferguson will be representing Newmarket School at the Remuera Lions Speech Competition with his speech: 'Being Yourself'.





Coming up at school is the book week parade on Thursday 1st September where you can dress up as your favourite book character!

For homework this week:

As always you should be reading each night for at least 15 minutes and working on your basic facts.

Lets get your creative literacy juices flowing!

1. Follow this link to get a story starter: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/writing-prompts/ . Write a short story (one paragraph) in the comments below.

2. Enjoy someones story? Add your own paragraph on to theirs or comment on their work telling them why!

3. Create a Diorama: For those of you who love arts and crafts, this activity is for you. Create a diorama of your favourite scene from your favourite book. Make sure you include a description of what is happening in the scene and why you consider it your favourite.

4. Did you favourite book end too soon? Wish there was more? Why not write it yourself! write your own version of 'what happens next' to the characters in a book of your choice. Present this as a document, comic strip, picture book or scratch animation.

Good luck!

APPA Choir Folder Update

Mrs Barry has asked me to update the folder for choir.

Please follow this link for the songs you need to be learning

APPA Choir

Thanks!

Homework: Term 3 Week 2 - 4

Welcome back to school and another exciting term!

We have dived in head first, starting with our trip to the film festival last week. We were lucky enough to be invited along to Shorts for Schools for the second year in a row which definitely did not disappoint. That brings us to our first homework task:

Movie Review

Choose your favourite short movie from our Film Festival trip and write a review for it. Check these links out for some handy tips:

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/m/moviereviewl.cfm

http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/how-write-a-movie-review

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/writing-movie-reviews-lights-camera-publish

You can present this in a written format or as a filmed review.

This term we continue our focus on SYSTEMS as we look at SOLAR SYSTEMS.

For your homework this week, we would like you to think about the following scenario...

There is a world wide housing crisis. Too many humans, and not enough space. Scientists have recently discovered a vast amount of running water on Mars and are confident that humans will be able to exist on mars if they were to live in specific housing conditions. YOU have been entrusted to design a large structure that could house an entire community and allow them to live comfortably on Mars. If you are successful, many more of these structures will be built.

Things to consider:
- What do we use every day of our lives? eg: kitchens, bed, food...
- What would the design need to include to ensure humans can survive their safely?
- Will there be a school/places for adults to work?
- What will we do for entertainment?

Here are some sites where you can find more information
http://mars.nasa.gov/
http://www.space.com/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html

You can present this any way you like! For example: Make a model, create a poster, use google draw...

Please remember to also do at least 15 minutes of reading each night and 15 minutes of basic facts practice!

Please Learn "Don't Stop Me Now" for the Leadership Assembly on Monday

"Don't Stop Me Now"

Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time
I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah!
I'm floating around in happiness
So don't stop me now don't stop me
'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time

 I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go There's no stopping me
I'm burning through the sky yeah!

Two hundred degrees That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic kid out of you

Don't stop me now
I'm having such a good time I'm having a ball
Don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time Just give me a call
Don't stop me now ('cause I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (yes I'm having a good time)
I don't want to stop at all... yeah!

I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars On a collision course
I am a satellite I'm out of control
I am a superstar ready to reload
Like an atom bomb about to
Oh oh oh oh oh explode

'm burning through the sky Yeah!
Two hundred degrees That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic kid out of you 

Don't stop me, Don't stop me, Don't stop me, Hey hey hey!
Don't stop me, Don't stop me, Ooh ooh ooh
Don't stop me, Don't stop me, Have a good time, good time
Don't stop me, Don't stop me,  Ooh ooh alright

Ooh I'm burning through the sky yeah!
Two hundred degrees That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic kid out of you

Don't stop me now
I'm having such a good time I'm having a ball
Don't stop me now If you wanna have a good time Just give me a call
Don't stop me now ('cause I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (yes I'm having a good time)
I don't wanna stop at all

Homework due Friday 8th July- Leadership challenge

Greetings Kahikateaians! 

This week we are celebrating leadership in our school. Your homework for the next two weeks will be centered around this.

Leadership challenge!!!!!

Over the next two weeks, we, the Te Ako Kahikatea teachers, challenge you to these tasks. You can complete as many as you like. 

DOCUMENT your evidence anyway you like- think videos, photos, slides, note taking, poster presentation, slideshow, artwork- whatever you like! 

THE AIM is to find out a little more about what leadership is what what it means to lead. Choose from the activities below.

ACTIVITY 1: What is leadership? Discussion. Choose some family members who are willing to take part and have a conversation/interview them. Record their answers. Ask them these questions: 

• What does the word 'leader' mean to them? 
• What qualities do they think it takes to make a good leader?
• Who is a leader that they admire? Why?
• Who is a leader they dislike? Why? 

ACTIVITY TWO: Famous leader research. Choose someone to study who you admire or think of as a leader. They could be someone who helped lead a country, lead a change in something, was a leader in their line of expertise (artists, musicians, scientists). Create a poster to present the following information about them:

• Basic information: their name, where they are from, a little bit about them and their life
• What they were a leader in
• Why you think they are inspirational
• A quote or example of their leadership

ACTIVITY THREE: Being a leader at home. Think of something you could teach a family member or friend. Prepare a lesson and record your lesson plan. Teach the lesson and record the evidence. Some things to think about:

• How did the lesson go?
• Was it easy to be the leader and teach someone a new skill?
• What was difficult about the activity?
• What was fun or exciting about being the leader?

ACTIVITY FOUR: Mirror mirror on the wall- How could I change the world? Watch Kid Presidents video How to change the world. Have a think about some of these questions and create a presentation about it.

• Kid president says a lot of people don't think we can change the world. What sort of things might a leader do differently to these people?
• How do you think we could change the world (for the better)?
• Think about your strenghts- things you enjoy and/or are good at (or getting better at)? How could you use these to show leadership in your world?
• Dream big- if you could be a leader in anything, what would it be? When you're a grown up, what sorts of things could you do to make a difference in the world?

APPA music and lyrics

Calling all APPAers!

We have created a folder where you are able to view lyrics and music to practise with.

Follow the link to find the music.

Happy practising! 

Homework week 4-5. Due 3rd June.

The Human Body

The human body- a mysterious and wondrous thing! There are multitudes of systems working within the human body and each have a unique job to play to keep us functioning. 

Your homework- choose an internal organ which you have some interest in finding out about. If you're having a hard time choosing go here to have a look at some of the different ones. 

Once you've chosen, have a go at some of these tasks

- Find out all about your chosen organ. What is it's job? How does it do it's job? What other organs does it work with (what system is it a part of)? What would happen if that organ was damaged or didn't work properly? 

- Create a visual representation of your organ- NON digitally. This could mean a model, a sketch, a sculpture- get creative.

- Now find a way of presenting your research creatively- Google Slides, a cardboard poster, Google Draw, drawing it up, the choice is yours! 

This homework is due on Friday the 3rd of June. We can't wait to see it!