Cross-Country 2012

After many weeks of hard training, Halcombe School ran the cross-country on Friday. Everyone did a great job running up and down the hills, through the creek, as well as the bog and the prickle patch! Congratulations to everyone who competed and a special well done to all those who placed in their race. Good luck to those children who are competing in the inter-school cross-country at Hunterville on Friday.

Pet Day 2012

Halcombe School's Pet Day was held on Tuesday 22 October and it was a day filled with wonderful pets, competition and creativity.

Room 3 either bought a champion pet or decorated a farmer's hat as part of the indoor exhibits. Congratulations to everyone that either competed in the pet day or made a farmer's hat.

Have a look at some of the photos from the day below:

Inventions update!

Room 3 is now well into the second week of inventing their wet lunchtime activity, things are ticking along nicely and most groups are now into the modification and testing stages.

The Problem:

During spring there are many wet lunchtimes and in Room 3 there is not enough activities that can be played by a group inside.

The Brief:

Design a wet lunchtime activity that can be played by a group. It needs to be portable and be easily unpacked and packed away.

The Groups:

Group One is inventing two race tracks where cars have to speed past obstacles to reach the finish line first.

Group Two is inventing an Angry Birds inspired game where you must blast your Angry Bird out of a volcano to hit stars, and collect points, avoiding the dangerous dragons!

Group Three is inventing the 'Tigers and Monkeys' board game where tigers and monkeys have to race through the jungle to get away from the evil poachers!

Group Four is inventing the 'Army Training' game where players practice their aim shooting stars for points.

Group Five is inventing a dance mat where dancers can practice their moves to the latest hits!

Hotdog lunches!

Student Council donation

The Halcombe School Student Council has been looking for a worthy cause to make a donation to and decided to donate to the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter.

The Team really appreciated the donation and wrote us this lovely note!

Room 3's Tech Challenge

Over the last week Room 3 have been spending their afternoons completing a tech challenge! The instructions seemed simple....

But this task was anything but simple! We needed to plan, design, build, test and evaluate, rebuild, test and evaluate and then share.

It was a big job but we all create a unique and creative chair that fit the needs of Baby Bear!

Tech Challenge: Baby Bear's Birthday Chair on PhotoPeach

 

Daffodil Day

On Friday, Room 3 and all of Halcombe School got into the spirit of Daffodil Day by wearing yellow and donating to the Cancer Society.

Our bright yellow outfits and a beautiful sunny day made for a perfect parade  and we also raised a record amount for the Cancer Society!!