High Five Fresh Fruit Day

Studio 17 were involved in a school wide day of activities based on fruit, fitness and fun. The morning started with Syndicate fitness followed by whole school Jump Jam and fresh fruit and vegetables for Morning Tea. During the week we took our trip to the supermarket to look at healthy food options and this afternoon ended in a range of "Top Town" activities where we competed in our houses. There will be a few tired people heading home this afternoon, lucky they have the weekend to recover!

Arcadian and Sabrina participating in a fitness challenge.

A healthy snack for Jamie!

Check out the healthy options Emily, Sabrina, Alana and Savanna have today.

Who is going to get to the top first - Josh or Trinity?

A happy group of girls - Emily, Sabrina, Savanna and Shelby.

Josh shows what he has in his lunchbox for today, great choices too!

Trip to Kaiapoi New World

Yesterday we headed off to New World as a follow up to our work on healthy eating. When we arrived we met Marewa, our nutritionist and in groups she sent us off to different areas of the supermarket to check out the nutrition information on the back of a variety of products. We had to choose healthy options as well as treat ones, so that we could then compare the information. We found that some foods we eat quite often, are not that healthy for us and should only be had as a treat. We also looked at the different fruit and vegetables that we could buy in the supermarket.
We now get to go back to school, plan a healthy lunch and spend $60 at New World for our class, so watch this space!

William and Josh check out what is in Fanta.

Shelby, Max and Jamie look at the nutrition value of a bottle of milk.

Jarred, Alana and Nicole discuss which bread to choose.

Jacob and Kam look at their options for occasional snack foods.

Sabrina studies the health value of a packet of almonds.

We're Getting Healthy!

Today Marewa Kraak came and talked to us about healthy eating as part of  the "Food for Thought" progamme from Foodstuffs. We learnt how much sugar is in many of the drinks that we can buy from the local supermarket. She got us to rank them from the least healthy to the most healthy, we were quite surprised with some of the results. We then learnt how to read the nutrition labels on the back of some cereal boxes and found that "Wheat Biskits" were the healthiest.

Lots of questions to answer after ranking a variety of drinks depending on sugar level. Containers of sugar can be seen in front of each drink, showing the amount each contains. 

Some brain gym to help us with our thinking!

Checking out the nutrition level of various boxes of cereal.

Speech Winners!

A huge congratulations to our representatives, who shared their speeches on the last day of Term Three to all of Te Tuna Team. There were a lot of talented students, but once judging was completed by Mrs Lott and Mrs Kite announcements were made and all three from Studio 17 placed. In Year 5 Jacob placed second, Izaac took out first place and in Year 6 Emily came in third.

Well done to all three of you, you should be incredibly proud of your achievements!

Left to Right - Jacob Hingston, Izaac Reed and Emily McLaughlin

Speech Competition

Congratulations to Emily McLaughlin, Izaac Reed and Jacob Hingston who will be representing Studio 17 in the Year 5-6 Speech Competition tomorrow in the school hall at 1:30pm. Good luck to the three of you, we are very proud of what you have done! The photos below are the children competing in the class round.

Jacob Hingston - Year 5

Izaac Reed - Year 5

Emily McLaughlin - Year 6

Jump Rope Success

A warm Spring day welcomed all those in Year 3-6 as they completed a number of Jump Rope for Heart activities around the school today. There were a lot of hot and tired bodies from Studio 17 that headed home filled with success from their jumping activities whether it was skipping with a partner, skipping to music, working in a team or trying new moves with the long rope. Well day everyone for being prepared to go-for-it!

Savanna and Shelby showing team work at its best!

Josh and Brodie working together.

"How high can we jump?" - Lilly-Rose and Astar taking on a partner activity.

"Are you ready?" - Tiaki and Max getting organised to pair skip.

Jump Rope for Heart

Jump Rope for Heart is being held at school tomorrow for Year 3-6, starting at 11:15am and running through until 2:30pm. Come along and see the many skipping activities that Studio 17 will be involved in. 

We'd love you to support our "Speed Skipper" Kam Currey who will be competing against other Year 5-6 students from Studios 13-16 to see who can skip the most in two minutes just before lunch.

A shared lunch will be held out on the grass area at the conclusion of the Speed Skipping Competition, so it would be great to see your families come along!

We wish Kam Currey - Studio 17's Speed Skipping Representative the best of luck!

House Competitions

What a beautiful day to hold our school wide "Olympic Afternoon" based on our school houses - Freyberg, Hillary, Rutherford and Seddon. We started with chariot races, moved on to the javelin and relays followed by team competitions and ending with a medal ceremony in the hall. Well done to my team Freyberg for coming second overall and receiving a silver medal!

Team Freyberg

Team Hillary

Team Rutherford

Team Seddon

Olympic Afternoon

After all the rainy, busy days that we have had our Olympic afternoon is finally here. Don't forget to be as creative as you can by dressing up in your house colours, we want you to all get involved. See you tomorrow afternoon at KBS, come along and have some fun!

Disco Night

Out came the disco clothes as we met up at the hall last Thursday for the Year 5-8 school disco. Great night for catching up with friends and getting our groove on to the sounds from Mr George. Thanks to the school PTA for organising this evening for us!

Abigail from Year 4 came along with her cousin Lilly-Rose for a night of dancing.

Left to Right: Reuben, Josh, Jackson, Sam and Josh having a fun night out!

Friends Savanna and Emily hanging out together at the disco. Looks like they're having a good night.

Home Learning Presentations - Week 9

Each term we complete three pieces of Home Learning with a family member. Here are some examples on what we have been working on for our Week 9 presentations.

Shelby Smith - "I wrote a profile about my niece. Some of the things that I found out about her were her favourite sayings and colours." 

Josh Gibbs - "I wanted a particular toy, but it is not yet available at The Warehouse, so with help from home I decided to make one of my own and here is the result. I discovered that it spins better on a hard surf than on the carpet."

Savanna Hamblyn - "I saw a piece of canvas art at my grandmother's house, so I decided to make one of my own when I was visiting. I had to get a canvas, a type of straw that you can get from a florist and paint. I glued on the straw, creating a pattern and then I painted over the top and here is the finished piece."

Jarred Bowden - "I have been practising drawing different animals from the ocean and here are some of the pieces that I have completed."

Emily McLaughlin - "Did you know that carrots used to be purple? I decided to find out more about purple carrots and then grow my own after we found a carrot that had got stuck in one of our pipes at home. I have planted some seeds and they are just beginning to grow. I'm looking forward to seeing what they taste like." 

Brodie Cahill - "I completed a canvas with help from Mum on our family dog Jack. We have just had to have him put down as he was very old and he could no longer walk properly. My Dad got him when he was only 21 or 22. We really miss him!"

Jackson Hendry - "I built a ramp with Dad for our dog Bella because she can no longer get up and down from Mum and Dad's bed. Now she can walk up herself without one of us having to lift her up. From this work I learnt how to make a ramp, to use tools safely and what tools you should leave for an adult to use."

                                 

Tiaki Maindonald - " I made some chocolate brownie biscuits with help from my Nana. Once the mixture was ready, they took 15 minutes to bake. I chose to do this activity for my Home Learning because I like to eat these biscuits!"

Abbey Parke - " I learnt how to read a recipe, so that I could make cupcakes. My Mum and friend Sophie helped me to make them, so that I could bring them to school to share."

Creative Poetry

Our reading group activity last week was to write our own poem based on one we had read in a School Journal. Her are two of our original pieces of work:

Tiger

It lives in the jungle,

Scary and dangerous.

Feeds on meat,

A killer in disguise.

Camouflaged by grass,

Tiger!

                                         by Brodie Cahill

Puppy

Puppy,

Cute, small,

Plays, eats, drinks,

Running, sleeping, swimming, chasing

Jumps, bites, fluffy,

Yellow, brown,

                                                       Dog.

                                                      by Kam Currey

Studio 17 Winter Sports Stars 2012

Winter sport has come to an end and many clubs have held an afternoon to celebrate their teams and the achievements of their members. Studio 17 have a number of sport stars of their own and we too would like to acknowledge how proud we are of them all.

Keep an eye out for our future stars!

Left to Right: Tiaki Maindonald received Coaches Most Valuable Player (10th Development Team) and Goal Keeper of the Year (10-18 year olds) for Waimakariri United Football Club,
Kam Currey received Player of the Year (Coach and Parents Choice - B Grade 11 year olds) for Waimakariri United Football Club
and
Izaac Reed received Player of the Year (Coach and Parents Choice - 10th Grade "Rattlesnakes") for Waimakariri United Football Club.

Jacob Hingston received Most Improved Player (Under 10's Gold) for Kaiapoi Rugby Football Club.

Left to Right: Savanna Hamblyn received Most Consistent Player (Team Starlets) for Woodend Netball Club
and
Nicole Gardiner received Most Improved Player (Team Starlets) for Woodend Netball Club.

Olympic Fever

Olympic Fever hit Studio 17 this term as both the Olympics and Paralympics were held in London, England. As part of our studies we enthusiastically followed Team GB (Great Britain) and watched them go from strength to strength, while supporting the Kiwis too! We were divided into four teams and each team was allocated one of the four countries that make up Great Britain. They are England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. We then had to work together to find information about these countries and then share our learning to the rest of the class. A big thank you also goes out to Adele Hingston (Jacob's Mum) and Mandy McLaughlin (Emily's Mum) who took the time to come into Studio 17 and talk to us about growing up in England and Guernsey.

Team England

Team Northern Ireland

Team Scotland

Team Wales

Team Great Britain