Reading Contracts!

We have started working on our fortnightly reading contracts in Room 1. Students have to complete a selection of activities based at their level.

 One of these include our newsletter activity where we are working towards summarising the main ideas in the articles. 

Each group also works with Miss McKenzie once a week where we focus on learning how to break down our journal using SOLO Taxonomy.  This week we are looking at the multistructural section of SOLO where we are learning to list, describe and define ideas in the journal.

Everyone is working so well and completing all tasks to a high standard! 

Attitude Presentation.

Last week we were lucky enough to have Emma from Attitude speak to us at school. She talked to us about 'Tackling Technology' and 'Friendship Factor'. She was very entertaining and we learnt a lot of helpful tips.

Friday Good Vibes - Term 1, Week 8.

Felix and Lola received our Friday Good Vibes cards last week. 

Lola received her card for showing perseverance on our Year 7 Trek.

Felix has had a positive, inclusive and caring attitude.

Well done team!!

Canterbury Athletics Champs!

Well done to Brooklyn and Ava who competed in the Canterbury Athletics Champs in the weekend.

Brooklyn participated in the 1500m, 800m, 400m, 200m, long jump and discuss.Brooklyn's next competition is in Timaru - good luck!
Ava participated in 800m, 400m, 200m, 100m, high jump, long jump, discuss and shot put.Ava placed:

• 1st in 800m

• 2nd in 400m

• 2nd in 200m

• 3rd in 100m

• 2nd in discuss

Overall Ava was placed 2nd for her age group in Canterbury - with only 1 point off first!!!!! Ava has made the Canterbury team and will compete this weekend in Christchurch.Well done to these girls! Thank you for sharing your success with us. 

Ava 

Ava & Brooklyn

Year 7 Trek.

We had a wonderful day yesterday on our Year 7 Adventure Day Trek looking at parts of our beautiful city! 

We walked up Kennedy's Bush Track, across the Crater Rim track and down Harry Ell track. 

Well done to everyone who participated, it was great to see you pushing yourselves out of your comfort zone.

Sienna brightens up our Monday!

Nothing better than some delicious Casebrook Challenge baking to brighten our Monday. Thank you so much Sienna for these delightful cookies, we really appreciated them.

Friday Good Vibes - Term 1, Week 7.

Last week our Friday good vibes went to Dylan and Mahina!

Well done to Dylan who showed leadership in our boys swimming relay team.

Well done to Mahina who is involving herself in all of the opportunities at Casebrook from Kapa Haka to dance! 

Science trip to the International Antarctic Centre.

Braeden Y was lucky enough to head to the International Antartic Centre - here is a write up from him.

On Wednesday 13th of March, Mrs Johns took myself and a group of students to the International Antarctic Centre for a science trip. We were going to get recorded for a Nanogirl podcast. We pretended that we were going on a trip in the Nanogirl Spacecraft. When we landed we crash landed onto a dome of grass.

We go to talk to an Antarctic Science, his name was Gary. We asked him what would happen if Antarctica melted.
Gary took us into a the storm room to show us what it was like to live in Antarctica, it was very cold in there. We pretended we had only been in there for a few days and a snow storm erupted, we got to feel what this would feel like at -17.8 degrees, it was freezing cold. Before the wind storm it was only -8 degrees.

When we got out of the storm room we went upstairs to do a science experiment. We put drinking water into a bucket and filled it with ice then put pink salt on it. We were trying to freeze it but you have to leave it for 30 or 40 minutes which we didn't have. The scientist had tried to prepare some before we went into the storm room but he prepared it too late.

We learnt that the water will only freeze when you change the pressure of the water. After that we got ready to go back to school. It was a really exciting experience.

Swimming Sports!

Swimming sports is done and dusted for the year. We have had a very busy week with the girls swimming on Wednesday and the boys swimming today. 

Well done to all of the students who swam, it was great to see students giving it a go even if swimming wasn't their thing. 

Congratulations to both of our relay teams. The girls blew us away with their first place!!! The boys followed in their footsteps with a third place - awesome results, very proud. 

The boys relay team - Braeden, Travis & Dylan.

The girls relay team: Maia, Ava, Tayla & Brooklyn.

The girls who took part in swimming on Wednesday! GO GIRLS! 

Sugar Overload!

What a way to start the week with two lots of brownie and some cinnamon scrolls! Thank you to Dylan, Harry and Brooklyn for their wonderful Casebrook Challenge baking. 

"Those were the best brownies I have had in my life, I just want more" - Eric 

" Wow those scrolls taste scrumptious" - Mahina 

Brooklyn McDonald

Dylan Connor 

Harry Thomas

Rainy Day Baking!

Our rainy day was brightened up with Maia's baking! Maia made some delicious chocolate cupcakes for her Casebrook Challenge. They were presented beautifully and got a top rating for the taste. Thanks so much Maia. 

Friday Good Vibes Term 1, Week 6.

Today our Friday Good Vibes cards went to Angie and James! 

• James has had a fantastic week, he has given everything a go and made it into the coding club.

• Angie has also been participating in everything, she trialled for the water polo team and has started playing the guitar. 

Well done you two, top job!

Letter Writing

Our focus in writing is letters. Today we were learning about formal and informal language. At the end of the lesson we played a game to see how much we had learnt, we had to match informal words and sayings with the correct formal words.  

Brilliant Bakers Strike AGAIN!

Apparently a cake a day keeps the doctor away...
We have been lucky enough to have yet again MORE baking for Casebrook Challenge. 

• Tayla made a delicious chocolate cake with green vanilla icing.

• Nathan's American Brownie was perfect! 

Above and Beyond Awards

Congratulations to Sarah and Khalani who received this weeks Above and Beyond awards in our Year 7 assembly.

• Sarah received hers for her awesome skills in Capture the Flag

• Khalani received hers because she goes out of her way to make sure everyone is included

Well done girls! 

Emma's Casebrook Challenge!

Today we were lucky enough to start the week off with some cookies that Emma made us for her Casebrook Challenge. Very impressed with the quality of challenges coming through.