Watercolours Art Workshop

Six Rm 10 students were incredibly lucky to have Kristina Boese come into class today to engage in a watercolours workshop. Kristina brought lots of her artworks that she had created and explained a little more about where she draws inspiration and her technique for creating an abstract representation. The students then had two objects to choose from - a vase of daffodils or a bunch of berries. All of the students enjoyed sketching what they could see and then mixing the colours. There art work turned out amazing and they all throughly enjoyed their session.

Hillmac Speech Competition - 2017

Hillmac Speech Competition - 2017

6 students from Rm 10 have chosen to participate in the Hillmac Speech competition for 2017. The brief was to plan and present a speech on natural hazards. All 6 students chose completely different topic for their speech. Only one can go through to the National Aquarium to present their speech later on in September. Who will it be?

Stay Safe While Online

Last week we reviewed how we keep ourselves safe while online. How do we use our device to support our learning? How are we accountable for using the right site at the right time? How do we represent ourselves, our school and our family with pride? At HNI we have x5 rules to consider when we are online. Here are Rm 10's digital footprints that illustrate these.

Oscar - 7 Ways To Become Smarter

Why You Should Play Guitar!

Here is Sameer's passion project video he made. He was inspired with his passion of playing the guitar and creating music to use as his context for learning. He talks about the physical skills required and the accomplishment and sense of achievement that mastering chords, reading music and playing a song can provide. What a high quality video Sameer - be proud of yourself!

Anti-bullying - Sunshine & Savannah

The first two weeks of inquiry learning in Room 10 have been devoted to 'Passion Projects.' Our challenge was to identify something we were passionate about that connected with our term 3 topic of Healthy Bodies, Strong Minds. Savannah and Sunshine have done an exemplary job creating a role play about bullying. NZ has one of the worse rates of reported bullying around the developed world. Here at HNI we are just beginning a revolution to stamp this out and no longer tolerate what has become a societal norm. People are bullied for a multitude of reasons - gender, ethnicity, hair colour, body image and sometimes for no apparent reason at all. What do you think about bullying? Have you ever been bullied? How does the victim stand up to the bully and what strategies are powerful? Watch this short clip to ponder these questions in more detail. Well done Savannah and Sunshine - you are always engaged and motivated learners within Rm 10!

Science Fair 2017

The opportunity to complete a science fair exhibit this year was presented to Rm 10 at the start of term 2. A massive congratulations to Oscar and Lily who have been through the investigative process of enquiring into questions and wonderings of significance. It is a lengthy scientific process and these two students have managed themselves exceptionally to meet the deadline with when these needed to be submitted. 'Heat The Treat' - Lily and 'Milk Mania' - Oscar are two exhibits in the fair to look out for when viewing!

Cycle 2 Student Leaders - Rm 10

An enormous congratulations to Sameer and Imogen who are Rm 10 class councillors. Also to Brooke and Luca who are our sports captains. Leadership roles are both challenging and rewarding and these students have put themselves forward to do their very best in these roles. I know the rest of Rm 10 will support and encourage them in their roles and their time on the student council will be invaluable. Ka mau te wehi koutou!

Hillmac Speech Competition

This week we had Anna Coleman come and visit a group of students who have decided to pursue the Hillmac speech competition. The speech topic is around natural disasters and a wide range of topics have been initiated from Rm 10 students. Adam; heat waves and blizzards, Oscar; acid rain, Imogen; Napier 1931 earthquake, Shamus; smog pollution, Zahra; coastal erosion, Jordan; hurricanes & Giovanni; Tsunami. One person from HNI will be going forward to present their speech at the National Aquarium over in Napier on the 14th September. I am super proud of all of the Rm 10 students who put their hand up to be involved with this opportunity!