Holly's Passion Project

Ibrahim's Passion Project

Brad's Passion Project

Dylan's Passion Project

Hayley D's Passion Project

Ibrahim's Passion Project

Mattisin's Passion Project

Hayley's Passion Project

Lorraine's Passion Project

Luke's Passion Project

Adelaide's Passion Project

Miriana's Passion Project

Brad's Sigmond the Snail from Reading Week7

Isla's Snail Drawing from Reading Week 7

Christopher's Week 7 Reading

Kim's Week 7 Reading

AnB Week 7 Reading Three Strong Women Japan New Zealand Population: 127,364,663 million 4,693 Million Currency: Japanese Yen Dollars and Cents Language: Japanese English,Maori,Sign National Day: National Foundation Day Waitangi Day On February 6 Mountain: Mount.Fujiama Mt.Cook/Aoraki 3,724 meters AnBExcellent comparing of countries :) Mrs N Japan’s 3 Sports New Zealand’ 3 Sports Sumo Rugby Martial Arts Soccer Baseball Cricket Ana :) Happy Sentences :( Sad Sentences Other Sentences 5.The next day they began the work of making Forever Mountain into a strong man. 4.There was another thud and everyone turned around to see Forever Mountain lying on the ground. 3.The woman came up to them, put the ox down, and smiled at Forever Mountain. 6..When Forever Mountain went up to the Emperor to collect his prize money. 2.The girl kept on walking, and Forever Mountain had to follow, trying hard to get his hand free. 1.A long time ago there lived a famous wrestler, and he was on his way to wrestle before the Emperor. CB 1.Strongest = showing or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust. 2.Fainted = a sudden loss of consciousness, usually temporary and typically caused by a lack. 3.Prize = given for having successfully done something (winning a competition or completing a goal), or can also be awarded. 4.Emperor = the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire. Group 1 1.I have a toy and my little brother keeps eating it and it is inedible. 2.I

Learning to make a graph

Adelaide's Term 4 Week 2 Reading

Hayley and Heaven's Week 1 Reading

Maggie's reading task week 10

Ezekiel's Reading Week 10

Trinity and Hayley's work on Alfred the Great

Kim's Vocabulary work week 10

The Tame Eels of Anatoki

Meaning words

1.Tame = An animal that is not wild.

2.Stroke = The sudden death of brain cells in a localized area due to inadequate blood flow.

3.Mince = to cut or chop meat or similar substances into very small pieces.

4.Ledges = a narrow flat surface or shelf; especially :one that projects from a wall of rock.

5.Metre = the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equal to 100 centimetres or approximately 39.37 inches.

6.Weigh = to have a heaviness of a stated amount​, or to measure the heaviness of an object:

7.Occasionally = at infrequent or irregular intervals; now and then.

8.Protected = to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.

Well done with this new vocabulary Kim.

Mrs N :)

Counting in threes

Some students in Kahikatea are learning to count in threes. See if you can sing along.

Reading Task - Abby

During Reading times in the Study we have been focusing on summarising information and being able to pull information out from a piece of text.

Independent Learn Task:

Who Froze Farrell Flint?

In your own words - summarise the story Who Froze Farrell Flint? Remember to think about who? What? Where? How? Why? When? Farrell's brother  (scientist) = 43 persent: He seemed a little suspicious when he was talking about jealousy over his brother…. Carey Love (scientist) = 56 persent: he did seem suspicious when he was holding the lava worms, maybe he was trying to put on a show to get Minnie distracted from the case….. Doctor Topp (Head scientist) = 23  persent: she did go into the  freezer lab in the morning and explaining how it could not have been her……. Mirtha Dare-sweetly (scientist)= 100 persent! She had been trying to make a business down on Earth, with her half brother!

Using some of the ideas from the story - I would LOVE you to write a story as if you were a character from the school. Think of this as free writing! But I would like you to write along the same lines as the story.. In a science lab!! !LAB TIME! By Abby I had just landed on Mars, I was so EXCITED! I was going to be a  scientist at Topp labs! I trotted off into the magnificent building the doors slid behind me. I rushed over to the main desk. Um Dr. Abby Tombs?  Said a bored looking lady at the desk.  Are you here to check in?  She said again looking at me.  How old are you?  She said to me with a concerned look.  I am 11. I am a PHD in History, Chemistry. I said with a big smile plastered on my face.  OK here is your coat, your´re lab 22 b.  She said to me while eating some bubble-gum.  Thank you!  I said while racing off to my lab. So I started sketching down ideas to make stuff. Then all of a sudden a kid my age walked through the doors. They wore a dark blue  hat and was speaking to Dr. Topp…….. To Be Continued………..

Teacher Comment: Well done on completing your work this week Abby, I really like the way that you have chosen to write your summary of what has happened in the story and that you have used brackets to tell me more about the different characters! Well done. Next time it would be great to see you writing a whole summary in one paragraph! Your free writing short story is great with lots of excitement and the correct use of punctuation! I always love a thriller with the to be continued! Always leaves me in suspense.

Chri's Comparing Task on the Maunganui Stream

Dylan's labelled diagram for reading

Kim's labelled diagram for reading Week 4

Isla's Reading Work on 'Catch of the Day'

SOD Turning at Wigram Primary!

On Tuesday 8th August it was a very exciting day for the students, teachers, parents and wider community of Sockburn School. It was the first stages towards the opening of our brand new school, Wigram Primary School. 

The grounds were blessed by some very special visitors of Ngai Tahu and then soil was turned by Tim Macindoe, the Associate Minister of Education and two of our Sockburn Students, Alexia and Jacob. 

Check out the video with some photos of the morning that we had!

Maggie's Week 1 Term 3 Reading Work

Adelaide's Week 1 Reading Work

Maggie's Week 1 Reading Work

Miriana's Week 1 Reading work

Maggie's Week 1 Reading work

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fTibv77TKbloZXnrQbOmpguVLMFHkVF3ggBFGSvPySQ/edit?ts=59790f99#slide=id.g24061fc619_0_31

Heaven's Week 1 Reading Work

Heaven tells how to plant beans

Shanaya's How to Grow Beans

Letitia-Ann's Argo Poem

Octopus Acrostic by Amber

Argo Poem by Tekatiti

How to Grow Beans By Mitchell W

Growing Beans by Jesse

Growing Beans

Gardening in 1850s By Amelia

Clothes washing in 1850s By Tom

Breadmaking in 1850s By Trinity

Washing Clothes in 1850 By Zoe

Rieya's Report on 1850's clothing

Clothes in the 1850s By Abby

Chloe 1850's washing

Washing clothes in the 1850s By Luca

Kitchen Technology in 1850's By Nolan

Kitchen and House Technology in the 1850's

Kahikatea's Kitchen & Home Technology - Comparing the 1850's and Now

Opo Summer Slide

Opo Summer Slide

More 'Opo Summer' Slides

Totara's Slide shows about their reading 'Opo Summer'

Prepared to be amazed by Holly and Eclipse' Inquiry Presentation

We have been learning about the 1850's schools and how they have changed into what they are now.

Hayley and Lorraine's Inquiry Presentation

We have worked hard to compare school's in the 1850's to 2017

Kyas inquiry project

From this you would see future schools and all sorts.

Comparing Classrooms - Chloe & Kyla

This is our presentation for our inquiry. To know what classrooms will looks like in the future?

What do you think classroom will look like?

School in the 1850's- By Mitchell Wall

My presentation is about the schools in the 1850's and why did teachers hit students.

Reading success!

Reading Week 4

During Reading this week, the 'Wind' group have been looking at Droughts that have happened around the world including in New Zealand and the effects that this has on people, places and animals. We have been looking at researching skills and being able to re-write information using the most important parts of a text.

Here is a sample of one students work. 

2k17 X-Country + Celebration Afternoon

At the end of last term, Sockburn School celebrated the term with a combination of Cross Country and celebrating the term with friends and whanau. 
We had a range of different obstacles that students, ran over, through, under and around, including a massive puddle thanks to the rain we had that week!

We had loads of fun with championship runs, house runs, adult runs and chants! 

We have the West Zone Cross Country coming up this week with 19 of our students competing! Good luck guys!

Cybersmart min Kahikatea

Welcome to 2017!

Welcome to Kahikatea 2017!

Welcome back OR to Kahikatea for 2017.. what a year it is going to be! 

We are currently in Week 2, we have started using Chromebooks, swimming and mingling with all the new members to the Kahikatea learning space. It has been an action packed few days, but we are excited to be back! 

We thought we would first let you know where to come to see what learning is going on in Kahikatea, below if you click the picture, it will take you to the class site. 

This year in Kahikatea, we have put some structure in place to make it easier to communicate for parents, caregivers and family. We have the Launch, Lab and the Study. These spaces are used in regards to our learning.. 

Launch - where learning takes off

Lab - where the 'nitty gritty' happens, group work, discussions etc.

Study - quiet working, getting things done!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact any of the three teachers here in Kahikatea, no matter what homegroup your child is in. 

amccormick@sockburn.school.nz

lthomason@sockburn.school.nz

gnorth@sockburn.school.nz

Keep up to date here and keep in touch!