Over the past few weeks, the Year 7/8s have been learning about poetic language features. Here is a collection of poems they created.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Oaklands care values
Jacinta and Alex have made this as part of one of their home learning challenges.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Police Competency Test Competition
A select group of Year 7/8 athletes recently participated in the Bluelight Canterbury PCT competition.
The Bluelight Physical Competency Test Competition involves teams of four Year 7&8 students racing through the same test that the Police undertake each year as part of their job requirements.
This event has been running for twelve years and this year was the first year that Oaklands was represented at the competition. In the back of everyone's minds was the fact that the winning team would win an all expenses trip to Wellington to compete in the National Physical Competency test Competition. Both of our teams represented Oaklands with pride and demonstrated fantastic energy, team work, resilience and determination as they raced through the various obstacles.
The Oaklands A team came agonisingly close to taking out first place and winning the trip to Wellington, with less than two seconds separating Oaklands and eventual winners St. Patricks Bryndwer. A fantastic effort from a very skilled and focussed group of athletes.
It is fair to say that the day was a success and we will definitely be looking to make this competition a regular feature of the year 7/8 calendar from now on.
Check out our teams in action.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Koru Games Success
Well done to the Boys Football A team who were overall winners of the Koru Games football tournament.
Michael Wilson from the Selwyn Sports Trust presented the boys with their trophy at our recent full school assembly.
Ka Pai Boys. Fantastic Effort!
Michael Wilson from the Selwyn Sports Trust presented the boys with their trophy at our recent full school assembly.
Ka Pai Boys. Fantastic Effort!
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Friday, August 26, 2016
Monday, August 8, 2016
Water Cycle Poem
Mr. Muller gave the Year 7/8s a challenge of writing an impromptu sentence that uses the key vocabulary of the water cycle. Katie went one step further, she created a poem.
As I wipe the condensation off the class
I see the precipitation come down fast
The droplets run down the stem of grass
Just like the runoff from the hills above
The water in filters to the ground water surface
Then is purified in the aquifer to serve its purpose
Then the sun comes out to evaporate it all up
But there won't be a drought because we're in luck
It will come back down in rain snow or sleet
Then the sun will come back out and give more heat
By Katie Woodgate
Monday, June 20, 2016
Maths- Measuring with Oranges
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Visual Art - Term 2
Visual Art
Students are creating art works to show 3 water colour techniques: Shading, Glazing and Moving colours. Here is the beginning of our journey:
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