Digi Awards 2015

We have been given the incredible opportunity to attend the 2015 Digi Awards Ceremony on Thursday 3rd September.

If you are free, pop on down to Burnside High School. The South Hornby School Choir will also be performing.

Samantha Gets Her Leadership!

A massive congratulations to Samantha from Room 56 who received her Leadership Badge today at our Vision Assembly. Also congratulations to Nadia from Room 78 who also earned her badge.

Well done Sam. You have worked very hard and have proven you are a leader within our school. We are very proud of you- keep up the great work!

RUN, JUMP, THROW

This week we are starting to prepare for athletics, which is approaching in Week 9 of this term. Sport Canterbury have come in to teach us some specifics in order to properly prepare us for the event.

Today the children were focusing on the Run component of Athletics. We looked at how to take off properly and how to keep our speed up when running. It is important that you take off with your opposite arm to your front leg forward....this can be a hard habit to break for those who aren't used to starting like this!

Jumping hurdles was hard work!

 We had to make sure we held the baton out in front of us!

 The kids had fun when it became a race!

 On your marks...Get set...

GO!!

Lining up for baton running.

 And we're off!!

 It's important to be ready for the baton when the person in your team comes to pass it to you.

Hornby High's Head Boy Visits Us!

We had a special visitor from the Hornby Community visit us in the Senior Syndicate to talk about his journey to where he is at the moment. 

Lawrence is Head Boy at Hornby High School and also went to South Hornby School. This was an excellent learning opportunity for all of the students in the Senior Syndicate as they begun to realise....this could be them one day.

Lawrence was one of the first Trusted Kids at South Hornby School back in 2008! 

To get to where he is now (Head Boy), Lawrence had to work incredibly hard and prove himself. Over time he developed a range of skills that helped him to reach this role. 

The skills include;

- Leadership

-Respect

-Honesty

-Humbleness

-Integrity

-Initiative

- Responsibility....and many more!

These values and skills have helped to set him up for the person that he is today!

Lawrence's Hero is his Dad- just like a lot of the children in Room 56!

His Idol is Dan Carter!

The influence that he had on the children was fantastic and they asked some brilliant questions. They made connections with how the visit from Lawrence fits into our learning about Heroes. One thing that really caught the children's attention and excited them was that Lawrence was one of the children who helped to get South Hornby School the rugby posts that we have out on our field today. This information helped the children to realise that the smallest of things can make a huge difference in someone's future.

Lawrence wants to become a teacher and has been inspired by our very own Mr Maddren!

Book Character Day

Today at School we had Book Character Day and we all dressed up as our favourite Book Character.

All of the Children in Room 56 dressed up in their Book Character Costumes.

The entire Senior Syndicate- What a happy bunch of children!

All of the Minions in the school today! With a BANANA!!

The staff had to have a photo as well! Can you spot Where's Wally? He's VERY hidden!

Worlds Apart Show

Today, as well as Book Character Day we had the amazing opportunity to be an audience to the incredible Worlds Apart Show! Thank you so much to Mrs Signal for organising it!

The Worlds Apart actors begun by introducing the story and setting the scene. The two children lived 100 years apart but their worlds managed to collide when they receive a present on their birthdays.

Some of the children got to get up and do dancing with them too!

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Experimenting with Different Camera Angles

For our inquiry learning we are working towards creating something for the Digi Awards. One of the categories which the children can enter into is called Digital Art.
This requires the children to celebrate their Everyday Hero using a digital art form such as graphic design, digital photos altered or unaltered, animation, comics or a photo-story. They need to make sure they use good composition, emotion or digital techniques. This includes looking at effective camera angles.

To help with this, today Room 56 did some experimenting with some different camera angles.