Science in Ngake Hub

For the rest of the term our inquiry topic is "thinking and acting like a scientist"
During this time we will get to do lots of different science experiments that primarily focus on change.
We are learning to talk about what we observe and to ask questions using the "I wonder.... "starter.

Here are some photos of some of the experiments we have done already.

Rugby Coaching Sessions

Ngake Hub were lucky enough to have Isaac in from the Wellington Rugby Academy on Monday. He was teaching us about spatial awareness. We got to play some fun games to practise our space skills.

We are looking forward to having him back next week.

Art, PE and Digital Technology Rotation

Ngake Hub had a lovely afternoon on Monday this week doing some hands on learning!
Once a week the hub is split into 3 groups and over a 3 week period each group will get a turn to do some art with Mrs Mudge, some PE with Mrs Patel and some Digital Technology with Mrs Thomson.

This week group 1 did some digital technology with Mrs Thomson where they got to experiment with the Beebots to do some basic programming and problem solving

Group 2 started to make some 3D masks out of egg cartons with Mrs Mudge

Group 3 got to spend some time in the hall with Mrs Everest practising some basketball skills

Kilbirnie School Picnic at Khandallah Park

What a wonderful day we had!
The day started with a bus trip up the winding hills of Khandallah.
At the park we started off by having morning tea and then got a chance to play in the playground.
Next we were off for a splash in the pool before lunch. Our last activity for the day was to have a short walk up some of the Mount Kaukau track to the creek where we got to do some exploring.
We had such a wonderful and busy day that some of us even managed to sneak in a wee nap on the bus ride back to school.

Mr Austin even got a turn on the flying fox.

Ngake Hub Christmas Party

Today was one of the best days of the year at our annual Ngake Hub Christmas Party. Before the party, we made and decorated our very own place mats and party hats. The hall looked amazing with all the Christmas trees on the walls and yummy food on the tables. We got to eat lots of delicious food like cake, biscuits, popcorn, fruit, fairy bread and sausage rolls. We even got to have a glass of juice! After we had eaten, we heard bells ringing and Father Christmas saying "Ho, ho, ho"! He walked around all the tables to talk to us and handed out lollies to everyone. Rachel was dressed up in an elf costume and helped him pass out the sweets. Everyone had so much fun and we can't wait till next year!

         

Visit to Hataitai Kindergarten

A few weeks ago, a small group of children from Ngake Hub went to Hataitai Kindergarten. We took a copy of Kilbirnie School's book "Ora" with us. While we were there, we shared some of the stories and pictures with the children. After we had read from the book, we presented it as a gift to the kindergarten. We had lots of fun playing in the playground at our old kindy. We enjoyed meeting our kindergarten friends and teachers again.

  

Ngake Hub Swimming

We have been very busy this term with lots of different activities. Now that the weather is warming up, we have been using our swimming pool. Finn and Yana from Aquazone have been coming to school to teach us to swim.

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For the last few weeks, we have been swimming every Wednesday and Thursday morning. We have been learning lots of new swimming skills.