Exploration

We had lots of activity happening during exploration this morning. It is awesome to see our Ranzau students actively engaged in self-directed learning. 

Launching 'EXPLORATION' - Rube Goldberg

Today we have launched the start of our EXPLORATION time. This is something we are going to be doing every Friday and we can choose something we want to learn, create or discover. This was our starting motivation. Next week we will be creating our own Rube Goldberg in small groups. We will share with you next week what we come up with.

Peak of the Week

We are back and ready for another busy term with lots of exciting things happening. Here is our 'Peak of the Week'sharing for Week 1. Filming by Max.P

Peak of the week T2 W1 from Ranzau School on Vimeo.

Ranzau News Term 1

Term 1 2013 from Ranzau School on Vimeo.

Kid Power

Today Kate and Cornelia from Kid Power came to do a session with us. We talked about making choices to keep safe and having the courage to say NO to our friends if they are doing something we don't like. We know how to walk confidently and use our hands to create a fence and say STOP to help ourselves.

Leadership Skills with Janice

Yesterday Janice from Sport Tasman came to work with the Community Council and Sports Committee to help develop our leadership skills. This will help us to run activities with our leadership groups.

Burma Trail

Burma Trail

“Aaaaaah,” “that’s definitely Miah hey William,” “yep.”, “Hahahaha,” “that’s Taine,” “definitely.” Declan called us up for our turn and we were off. He led us to the start of the Burma trail and put our blind folds on.

William was up first but luckily our plan of attack was that William would wait 7 metres up the trail for me. We met up and quickly set off. After about another couple of metres there was this faint rustling sound which gave me the creeps! A couple more metres along the track there was a crazy Kookaburra sound that emerged from the darkness which sent a shiver down my spine. Then the rope changed and started getting lower. About 10 metres along from the kookaburra sound someone started stalking us but 10 seconds later though they went away. Then someone started chucking stuff at us, which really made my day! Then that person stole William’s hat and started tugging at my jersey, which was pleasant. Then some annoying ropes that took a couple of minutes to get through. Then a down hill slope to the final person MEGAN! We walked along and then “Aaaaaaaaah,” which scared the living daylights out of me. Then we took our blind folds off and Lily gave us a fruit burst. The next day we walked through the Burma trail and we found out who was scaring us. The track only took us 5 minutes in daytime but at night time it took about 10 minutes to complete. It was AWESOME!

By James

Year 6 Harlem Shake

Year 6 Harlem Shake from Ranzau School on Vimeo.

Year 6 Camp

We had an awesome week at Year 6 camp. It was full of challenge, fun and friendship. We can't wait to tell u all about it next week.

Census Info gathering.

This afternoon we spent some time researching about the Census that is being held today. We found out that it is usually held every 5 years and that it is used to gather information about how many people live in New Zealand and where the government needs to put more resources. The census has been cancelled 3 times before in New Zealand. If you don't complete your census forms you could be fined $500! Make sure you don't forget to do it today.

Regan's electrical circuit

I made an electrical circuit as part of the 'design your own challenge' for my Star Challenge.  I had to use tin foil, wire, a battery, a paper clip, a motor and some staples.

I had to use the wires to thread around the battery and this made the fan go.

Regan's Bush Walk

As part of my star challenge Dad and I went for a bush walk to Whispering Falls which is part of the Hackett track.
It took us around 4 hours to walk there and back.  We had a picnic lunch when we got there.  As we were walking we came across a big slip and there was greenstone in it.  Dad and I collected some and took it home with us.
Here is a picture of Dad and I with the greenstone.

Gemma's Tantalising Pizza's

As part of my Star Challenge I made Pizza for my family.  I made 4 pizzas altogether.  There was one for starters which was a garlic bread pizza.  2 for our Main course which were what ever people wanted on them and I also made 1 for desert.  The desert pizza had nutella, marshmallows and blueberries on it.  Everyone loved them!

Here are some pictures of my star challenge.

Self Portraits

Here are some of our Self Portraits that we have been working on.  A bit different to the usual self portraits that you usually see.  They have required a lot of effort and perseverance.  You can probably see why.
Come in and check out the others when you are at school next.

James' Luge adventure!

listen to ‘My luge trip’ on Audioboo

I Can, I Have, I Am!

This week we have been focusing on what makes each of us special and unique. We did an activity where we had to brainstorm Things we can do, things we have and what we are. We then took this activity home and asked our mum or dad to do the same thing. It was really interesting and our mums and dads wrote some amazing things about us! We also learnt that sometimes we can be quite hard on ourselves and that it is hard to take compliments! Thank you to our mums and dads for helping us with this learning.

Writing time!

We have a great class culture building already. We have been sharing our writing and working on giving good feedback to each other. This isn't always easy! We will have some 'view from my holiday' stories ready for you in the next few days.

We are Back!

We are back for 2013! Room 8 has started the year with 22 children and we welcome Alex to our class and to Ranzau School. We are all really happy to be back at school and we have settled in to our new class really quickly. We look forward to sharing our learning with you this year.

More iMovies

Meg and Sofia

To our friends in London from Ranzau School on Vimeo.

Zara and Courtney

A Tour Through Ranzau from Ranzau School on Vimeo.

What is a cloud?

 A cloud is a candy floss ball that is so sweet and fluffy

A cloud is a frothy thing that lives in the sky.

It is a mood changing ball of foam.

Clouds are steps to heaven for the gods.

A cloud is a fluffy afro poffing out of my head.

By William

What is a cloud?

A cloud is a fluffy piece of cotton placed in the sky. 

 A cloud is a cuddly sheep drinking from a pool of water.

 A cloud is a wooly jumper blanketing the sky with warmth.

 A cloud is a silky web that a spider has spun in the sky.

 A cloud is a sleet of ice floating aimlessly in the ocean.

By Joshua

iMovie's for our Buddies

We used iMovie on the iPads to create short video clips about our school to share with our buddies in London.  We hope they get more of an insight into our school and what our school environment looks like.


Savannah and Brooklyn:

Ranzau School from Ranzau School on Vimeo.
Hamish and Ben:

Ranzau School Adventure from Ranzau School on Vimeo.

Stars of the Week - Zara and Sofia

Maths Maestros

Every Monday the Room 8 maths class do a Canta-Maths problem solving session.  This morning Daniel and William took the reins and organised it for us.  They spent time last week gathering their questions and then Megan checked them.  They did an awesome job and made it really challenging for everyone!  They displayed several aspects of our Ranzau School vision this morning!  Awesome work boys!  You are Super STARS!

Star of the Week - Daniel

Leaf Art

This afternoon we are doing some lead art. We had to choose an animal and find lots of leaves that had already fallen from the tree! We then had to use the leaves to form the shape of our animal. It was quite tricky finding the perfect sized leaves to use!

Ben's first regatta

Toot, as the five minute hooter went.  Four minutes later it was go! I pulled my main sheet in and I was going up to the first mark. I was coming first round the first mark.  Kapash! as a wave hits the bow. The second mark was harder to get to.  I got to the mark and sailed around it.  Once I got to the the last mark it was blowing at least  twenty five knots. I finally got to the finish line.  I headed to the slipway and finally I was on shore.

By Ben

Kendall's Bio Poem

Kendall
Artistic, sporty and skate park lover.
Lover of... reading the hunger games, BMX and scooters.
Who wonders.... what the world would look like in millons of years to come.
Who feels.... that anyone can follow the dreams.
Who fears.... Rapids and getting wiped out down stream.
Who.. would like to become a famous BMX person and follow Sarah Walker.
Who dreams.... to be a famous BMX person or a scooter person.

Star of the Week - Bree

Shaving foam art

Here are some of our finished pieces. We learnt a lot from our first attempts. This time around we made sure that we didn't mix the colours into the foam with a lot of force. We tried to treat the foam like eggs when you make a pavlova and blend the food colouring in really softly. We also learnt that pulling the shaving foam off at the end is the most important part. You have to push and pull really hard to reveal your pattern! How great do these ones look?

Spring Show

Yesterday was the Ranzau Spring Show. We had an awesome day with our buddies. There were 4 activities that we rotated around throughout the morning. The activities were: Painting, sand sauces, fruit and vegie creations and boot decorating. In the afternoon all of our creations were in the multi-purpose room for our parents to see. We finished the day off by playing games outside with our buddies.

Sofia's Star Challenge

This is Sofia's inquiry part of her Star Challenge.  Have a read about this inspirational woman!
Sofia created a book using book creator on the iPad.

Open publication - Free publishing - More challenge

Calendar art in progress!

We are using shaving foam and food colouring to create the background for our art! Watch this space for our finished master pieces.

Megan took the first group through what to do and then that group had to teach the next group.

Digital Citizenship

This morning we had a chat about being good digital citizens and how we can keep safe online.
Here is what we came up with:

What being a good digital citizen means to us:

Being a confident and capable user of ICT
Using sites that are appropriate for our age
Leaving positive comments for others
Keeping our personal details safe.  Not sharing our address, home phone number etc with others
Treating ICT equipment with respect

We will be using a site called Edmodo so it is really important that we know what being a good digital citizen means.

Joshua's Bio Poem

Joshua
Funny, Sporty and Reader.
Lover of frogs, soccer and reading.
Who wonders what it would be like to live in another country.
Who feels we're destroying our earth.
Who would like to become a billionaire.
Who is able to fly like a kiwi.
Who dreams of traveling the world.

Daniel's Bio Poem

Daniel 

Dedicated Sporty Awesome.

Lover of mountain bike riding hunting and great

   books.

Who wonders what the world will be like in years to come.

Who fears global warming.

Who feels if you believe in your in your dreams you can fulfill them.

Who would like to become a famous mountain biker.

Who dreams of becoming a famous mountain bike rider.