Hōpara 2021

Kia ora e te whānau Welcome back to Term 3! We have begun writing our speeches, this week we have learn't how to write an effective introduction; with a hook, thesis statement and 3 points of discussion. Next week our focus will be writing our 3 body paragraphs based on the supporting information they received this week.  CHILL CLUBS: We have started a new round of chill clubs. Some students required more structure based on their presentation results last term, hence their projects being designed for them. Please have a chat with your tamariki about what their projects are and how you can best support them. WEARING BLACK FOR OUR ATHLETES!   To celebrate the Olympics, Hōpara is wearing All Black on Monday. Go the kiwis!!  CAN DRIVE: Can Drive for Community Wellbeing North Canterbury: Agents of Change is our focus value for this term. Agents of change look for opportunities to help others and make a difference in their world.   To put this value into action, we w...

Kia ora e te whanau,  Thank you for all of your support in term 2! Have a wonderful break, we look forward to seeing everyone back in Term 3.  Here are a few of our SPACE STORYBOARDS: Nga mihi  Ashley, Mr B, Linda and Helen

Kia ora,  This week in Hōpara we have had a Space theme to honour our work on the Wonder Project Rocket Challenge. We have learned some facts about the Sun and Moon, and started some research into Space questions. Some of the questions were: - Why is the sun hot? - Why do some planets have more moons than others? - Why do you float in space? We used Scratch to create a game about landing the 1969 Lunar Module. One the games is here (by Hamish): https://scratch.mit.edu/ projects/548800923/ Use the Spacebar to land the module safely without running out of fuel. We used Dr Xargle's Guide to Earthlets to imagine how aliens might view our life on Earth. On Thursday we had our rocket launch celebration so every group could see the rockets fly. It was awesome!  We are so proud of the perseverance of the class to keep working on their rocket prototypes. Seesaw - There will be the following posts coming through on Seesaw over the next few days. Please take the time to give fe...