Thursday 15 August 2013
Tena koutou katoa, Talofa lava and greetings from Invercargill Middle School, Te Kura o Te Puna Wai Ora
Welcome to Hosea Widdowson
Well done to the following children who received awards at Assembly last term:
David, Chalize, Rawiri, Ahloncey, Dakota, Seth Treacy, Oceania Blue, Bree, Kurtis, Krystal Baker, Christopher, Gienah, Jorja, Luca
Also well done to Mason Ashton for being in the Invercargill Festival B Boys squad for hockey.
Principal Comment
On Friday night 5 IMS students went along to the Southland Museum with Miss
Nielsen, as finalists in the Polyfest art exhibition. All of them were awarded first
place in the respective sections! What an amazing achievement!
Congratulations to Rosemarie, Lucas, Jarrod, Brooklyn and Emma
We are very proud of all the pieces that we sent along form IMS, the above
winners are on display at the museum and all the others are suspended inside the
Invercargill Public library. If you get a chance, head along to both for a look. This
is a great free activity for the family.
Thank you to our wonderful teachers, the entries into the Polyfest, and other
competitions throughout the year are not why we do these fantastic learning
activities but the high quality of the classroom work means it is easy to find entries.
Upcoming events
19 Aug Board meeting
21 Aug Airport visit Rm 5/6
23 Aug Polyfest, 11.45am Civic theatre
28 Aug Airport visit Rm4/7
3 Sep School photos
4 Sep Airport visit Rm2/3
5 Sep Taki Rua performance
6 Sep Pajama day/Cancer Society
11 Sep Airport visit Rm1
11 Sep Nathan Cohen Visit-Olympic values
12 Sep Tri Nations
26 Sep Disco/Fire in the sky night
27 Sept End of term 3
Avenal netball
Today the year Avenal Year 5 Netball team are going to the Velodrome to compete
in the all day tournament. Congratulations also to the year 6, who competed valiantly in the tournament last Friday.
Polyfest-Kapa Haka
This week in assembly the kapa haka group will be performing at assembly, what they will be doing at Polyfest next week. Thank you to
all the people involved in making this happen for our 50+ strong group, including Barbara Craig and Mrs Cheryl Boyd, who have been
instrumental in getting the uniforms ready.
Term activities
With the airport visits and concert this term we are going to be charging a total of $5 per child, $10 maximum per family. Please pay this
to the office as soon as possible. Thanks.
Tri nations
The Tri nations activities will be here soon and the senior students are starting to choose sports to be a part of
for the tournament, from football (soccer), netball and rugby. If your children are chosen for a team then they
will need the correct gear, including mouth guards and boots, etc. If there is a problem getting the gear then
please contact me as soon as possible to investigate other options.
Have a great week.
Mr Stan Tiatia
Written by students or staff?
Weekly catch up…
Room 1…have been learning all about flight….
Dear Bird, can I have your wings because I like to fly. I live in a nest far away it has a roof in case it rains. By Charlize
Dear Bird, guess why i want to fly for? Because I want to go to the beach and lie down. By Falcon
Dear Bird, can I please have your wings then I can fly everywhere. By Maddie
Dear Bird, can I please borrow your wings for a wee minute so I can fly to the swimming pool. By Sam
Room 2… went to listen to Mr Esler. Kenny thought the story about the Weka was cool. “I’ll tell you one thing I know about birds, they
have air in their bodies and they use their feet to carry them up in the air” said Justin
Room 3…really enjoyed listening to Mr. Esler talk about bones and feathers and creatures that fly. Bird's bones are hollow and extremely
light so that they can lift off, soar and glide through the air. Wind helps them to move through the air. Mr. Esler has an amazing collection
of skeletons. He even had an albatross wing! Their wing span can be up to 3 metres!! He brought along a tiny humming bird, a bat, and a
weather balloon. Mr. Esler told us funny jokes. We had fun and learned about flight at the same time!
Room 4 … this week we are learning about flies, how they fly and what they have. Our word of the week is regurgitate. Do you know what
that means? We wrote a description about a time we regurgitated. If you are squeamish you may not want to read this!
The Trail of Disgustingness
Grrrr! As my tummy rumbled in my sleep in my dark, dark room. Suddenly I let out a …BURP! I stared down. I saw the most disgusting
sight. PUKE! YUCK! I quickly scampered down the hall. "Turn into mum's room", I said to myself in horror. I could not speak because I
was leaving a trail of puke behind me. "Mum," I tried saying. "It's not morning," Mum yawned. I went close to mum, then I poked
her. "What," Mum demanded, "Oh no" She got out of bed. I was staring at the puke. It had bits of food that looked like lasange, potato and
especially cheese. Mum cleaned me up straight away. I think you can still see the trail, but it's a stain. By Bree.
My Disgusting Moment
"Good night," my dad whispered softly as he tucked me in gently. As I snuggled down my brother Sabin turned off the light. I started to
read my favourite book. Geronimo Stilton and the Case of the Cheese, it's the best. As I started to read I felt my tummy rumble. "It's just
the KFC settling down," I thought. But it wasn't…Nek Minute…I saw spew all over my bedroom floor. It was dreadful and shocking all
together. "DAD!" I called. He came zipping, his hair almost on fire. "Don't ask any questions. Just clean it up," I yelled, snuggling back
down. By Brooklyn.
Room 5…this week went to see Mr Esler to learn all about flight and our Kapahaka group have been working hard on their songs and will
perform at this weeks Assembly. By Kurtis
Wow!! You’ll never guess what happened on Friday! I will give you 3 clues. The first clue is, three of our Year 6’s represented Avenal.
The second clue is, you would of seen Lara, Melody and myself on the court. And the final clue is, yes you would of heard in
Assembly…yes you guessed it, we had a Year 6 Netball tournament for Avenal. We won 5 games and lost 1 game. I had war scars
afterwards. By Ryah
The Avenal team have finished their zones. On Friday it started when…huffing and puffing …yes we were in! Practising was cool! It got
exhausting. We all trained hard and we came 4th out of 15th. It was a top effort. By Lara
Flying is exciting fun. Landing like an aeroplane. Insects moving. Glide across the sky. Helicopter gliding through the air. Take off like
a rocket. By Kayla
Room 6…have been looking at flight and how four forces are required to create flight. We have also looked at the difference
between flight, gliding and falling. We wrote these poems about leaves falling and gliding in the wind.
Bilingual Snippets
When learning two languages it is now understood that the two languages are separate but come together in what the bilingual person
understands about language.
This means that if the two languages are both well developed, they do not mix and interfere with each other in the bilingual person.
Bu iki dil iki iyi gelişmiş ise, onlar karıştırmak ve iki dilli kişi birbirleriyle müdahale anlamına gelir.
Bilinguals are not two monolingual rolled up in one. They know and use one language to support, enrich and compare with the other.
There is an integration between the two languages.
Autumn
As the leaves twist and turn, some dance and prance, As they bend and turn, they see a little white deer running near.
Leaves tangle from trees, Air is blowing them everywhere. By Jarrod
Sorun bu haber bülteni gelip Bayan D ile konuşun okuma varsa
Autumn Secret
The leaves start falling one by one, sinking down like the sun. They dance down to the ground, swirling through the air going round and
round. The swirling colours of the leaves, falling down as they please. Leaves are stars shining bright, tumbling down day and night.
As the leaves hear a song, they love to dance right along. The song they hear is by the moon, they hope Autumns not over soon.
By Lillian
Hockey
The draw for the next 2 weeks is 4.20pm on 21 August and 4.55pn on 28 August.
You can also check the draw on the Hockey website http://hockeysouthland.co.nz/Competitions/Invercargill-Primary-School
Room 7… Wow, this week in room 7 we have been learning the difference between gliding and flying. Does a paper plane fly or glide? It
glides because you have to throw it. Does an airplane fly or glide? It flies because it has its own power, and that power comes from the
huge big motor engine. By Sid
If your child brings yoghurt to school please supply them with a spoon, and a fork and cup for noodles.
Hey, do you know what room 7 have been making? Paper planes that can glide smoothly down to the ground. We have also been learning
about flight. We made posters about stuff that can fly in the sky, but nothing like hang gliders. There are new things on our blog too. Check
it out. By Raeffe