Skipping is Fun!

Yesterday Yaldhurst Model School spent the afternoon skipping its heart out for Jump Rope for Heart. The whole school was split into 9 groups and travelled around 9 different jumping stations. Thankfully for the teachers (and some students) two of the stations were rest stations. It was fabulous seeing everyone with big smiles on their faces and skipping along to some fun music. Here are some pictures from the day.


Jump Rope for Heart on PhotoPeach

Home Learning is happening.

Since the home learning sheet went home early in the term a number of our students have been very busy making, baking, creating, writing, exercising and giving. Here are some photos of the work that Kauri have been creating.

Natalia has done some amazing baking that her family said was delicious.

Josh baked some bread for his family.

Cassidy spent lots of time and energy making Mount Everest. Check out the tiny supplies he would have taken with him.

Sophie baked muffins for the class & teachers and then brought in this amazing cake with everyones initials on it. We all thought it was yum!

Natalia created a model of Mount Everest, showing the track that Hillary took. She also included all the items that he would have needed on his exhibition. 

Natalia also took a donation into the SPCA. Check out the photos her parents took. 

 And finally Adam created this wonderful soap carving to represent his cultural heritage. 

Kauri show Kaitaikitanga!

This weeks Maori Concept is Kaitaikitanga. This concept is about guardianship, protection and preservation. It is about being guardians for those who come after us.

In Kauri during class meeting a week ago the students had discussed the amount of litter in the school grounds. They were keen to do a similar project as they had done in 2012 with the rubbish. 

So after lunch on Monday and with our Maori Concept in mind we all headed out to count and collect all the rubbish we could. We spent half an hour counting and collecting. Here is the photo evidence of our exploits.

Kauri showing Kaitaikitanga on PhotoPeach

Goal sharing with our buddies.

Check out our goals! on PhotoPeach

Poetry in Kauri

Every Tuesday Kauri explores a poem. This week it was Emma Hackett's Newsbook. An amusing wee poem about what can go wrong sometimes at home. We discussed what 'getting really mad' means, why do people quarrel, why the poem was called 'Emma Hackett's Newsbook (and we had a lot of great ideas) and what the whether we thought this poem really happened.

Some of us were happy to be filmed so we hope you enjoy these.

Videos in progress

Snow Day 2013

Wow - what an amazing day we have had up at Mt. Hutt. A beautiful sunny day (once the wind disappeared) and a lot of fun and frivolity was had by all. Here are some photos that we managed to grab between learning how to ski and skiing the slopes! Enjoy :)

The Wool Process - our assessments

In the first week of the term we had some fun doing some science and assessing our learning of the wool process. Each group was able to choose how they presented what they learnt. Some made posters, some made puppet shows and some made videos. Here are some of our work.

By Isabelle

By Holly

By Joseph & Asher

By Siobhan, Alice, Montana and Sophie