RWC stats

We have been using Google Sheets to gather, sort data and display data.

Here is what Tommy posted on his blog...

Today I was learning to make a Stat Chat card for an All Black of my Choice, And i was also learning how to make a graph.
I enjoyed making the card and finding the info on Ardie Savea.
I found it challenging to Find the picture of the silhouettes and to find the info on all three All Blacks for the Graph.
My digital learning object shows My Stat Chat Card and Graph
Next time I would change The All Black that i'm making it on.

Click here to see Tommy's blog 

RWC Sports Uniform Design

Today we were completing a series of design lessons.

We have designed a sports shoe for a Rugby World Cup team.

Today we put it together with an action selfe. 

Some of us worked quickly and did a vector drawing of the uniform and added the team colours.

Can you tell which countries the uniforms are for?

Turanganui Rugby World Cup

WEEK 6 of Term 3 will see Turanganui kick off our Rugby World Cup Unit. This Global event provides unique and vast learning opportunities for our students. This Unit is fully integrated where learning activities will be incorporated throughout the classroom programme. Students have been sorted into differentiated PE Teams - with each Team representing one of 9 Countries participating in this years Rugby World Cup.

Check out our Turanganui Homepage - Rugby World Cup 2019 site which is the Portal to our students learning. Here we will be using our Learn Create Share principles as a way to engage and incorporate our learning.

https://sites.google.com/gisint.school.nz/turanganui-timata/rugby-world-cup-2019?authuser=0

Amazing Achievement. Amazing Artist - Cassidy

Today Mr Notting came over with all of the students Art pieces. One in particular stood out. 

Cassidy has had her Art Work framed and as Mr Notting said " The best Artwork ever by any Year 7 Student that he has ever seen"

9.8 out of 10. The highest grade given to a Year 7 Student. 

Next year he said he will have to mark her work out of 20 because she will score so high.
She is straight into Art Extension where her work will be on display and available to purchase. 

Amazing and congratulations Cassidy.. you have an amazing and wonderful talent. 🎨🖌️💯🥇

Art with Mr Notting

Wow...our next batch of amazing artists have just gone through the Mr Notting School of Art.

Here are the amazing pieces that have been completed by our hub.

We are always thrilled and can't wait to see everyone's finished pieces🎨🖌️👩‍🎨👨‍🎨

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Turanganui Awa Kaitiakitanga

Turanganui Awa Kaitiakitanga with EIT this morning. Setting up our Awa with new plants. Soraya has been teaching us about Carbon and Nitrogen and we have been making observations on the bird wildlife.

The Kuia and the Spider

Yesterday, Taki Rua Productions performed Te Kuia me te Pungawerewere. The play was in Te Reo Maori, however it was an ideal opportunity for our kids to practise their inference skills. 

Show Synopsis This show is about two main characters (Pūpai and Kui), and other characters they meet on an adventure. It is in te reo Maōri, but you should be able to understand what is happening from all the action and expressions. A spider named Pūpai and a kuia named Kui, have been living in the same house on the beach in Paekākāriki. For decades they have argued about who has the best weaving.

Have you read the book?

Cross Country

A Great effort from all of our Cross Country runners today.
Really awesome achievement to give it a go, particularly in trying conditions.
We asked for Excellence today and they all delivered.
There will be a welcome rest tonight for some tired legs.

 Also recognition to some outstanding personal achievements for our Top 25 place getters overall. Year 8 Girls - Lily Arnold 2nd, Kaitlyn Priest 12th, Amber Dearness 25th Year 7 Girls - Bri Latu 10th, Melody Lamb 11th Year 8 Boys - Zack Taylor 14th, Harrison Haenga 15th, Azra Cairns 24th Year 7 Boys - Maxwell Kennedy 6th, Myles Schroder 18th, Tom Schroder 21st

Top 3 - 4 placegetters will represent Gisint at the BOP / PB Champs in Tauranga in 3 weeks time. 

Congratulations again to all of our Turanganui participants
#Turanganuiproud

 

Museum and C Company

This week, we visited the Museum and the C Company. It was awesome learning about our local Gisborne history and also discovering whanau who served in the C Company in World War Two. 

Turanganui 2019 Photo

Base Gaddum, Mill and Ensor all together for our Turanganui Hub photo!

Mayor Meng Foon's visit

Yesterday we were visited by our Mayor Meng Foon.

He talked about his earlier life and Gisborne's local history. His parents were immigrants to NZ.

He's the only Maori speaking Mayor in New Zealand. He was interviewed on tv about this.

He is serving his 18th (and last) term as Gisborne's Mayor. He also explained the Te Ha festival.

Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon's Visit

Nga mihi to our Mayor Meng Foon for sharing his whakapapa, his history, his stories and what the future holds for our tamariki.

A fantastic insight into the journey taken by our ancestors to Turanganui a kiwa, the amazing navigation skills used so long ago, the pre arrival of Cook, the changes to what we now call Gisborne and what the immediate future holds.

A wonderful opportunity for our kids to ask some great questions around our Early Settlers unit and being able to make those links to their learning. Today you were great ambassadors for Gisint, Turanganui and yourselves.

We know you made a great impression on the Mayor and on us. 

Ka Mau te Wehi....Awesome!

Screencastify

Yesterday Mrs Torrie came to our class and introduced us to screencastify. Screencastify is a app that takes a video of you talking about your work and people can listen to it and read it with you. We made one ourselves about a famous New Zealander. we made a poster on google slides and videoed ourselves explaining what we wrote down and what it is. Screencastify is very helpful for school work and you can even use it for your own work. Screencastify doesn't take long ether and not hard to do. It gives you a video of how to use it then you can try it yourself.

Tupapa Walkway Sites

Today we were lucky to be able to go along a Tupapa Walkway Sites. LH8 walked to the beach and examined the Captain Cook statue while learning about our local history. As well as using the knowledge that we learnt to create a piece of writing describing the European's or the Maori's perspective, as the Endeavour entered the bay.

Year 8 Student of the Week

Today’s recipient of the Year 8 Student of the Week is a humble and motivated learner. He has consistently shown leadership in Turanganui and is well respected by his peers. Others look up to him, as he is consistent and always lives by the values we strive towards. Harrison is a kind student, who always has time for everyone. His helpful nature is really appreciated by his three teachers. Congratulations Harrison, you are super deserving of this amazing recognition.

ANZAC Wreath

For anzac day our class decided to make something special for our school ceremony. We made a huge oval poster with our faces and someone related to us that went to the war face. We made poppys to put around the outside of the poster to make it look more beautiful. Everyone made a poppy to contribute to the project.

Turanganui Students at Tech Classes

Industri- Tech

 Cooking

Music