Green Light Man- The movie

This year "The Digi Club" made a movie to be entered into the MADE awards. This is the movie that was entered and made the finals. (Top 5 movies) Tonight the winner will be announced- Check out the movie. Well done digi club and Mrs Burnett and Miss Byers!- good luck all!

Official results through- 3rd place in MADE awards 2015 for story telling category. Congratulations all involved!! What a great achievement.

Teach Me Tuesday with Daniel and Brianna

In week 10 of term 3 we had another great Teach me Tuesday with Daniel and Brianna. Both taught us a little bit about how to do their speciality areas. 
Firstly, Daniel taught us about his sport: Tae Kwon do. We learnt a few basic moves and he showed us how he puts these all together. He was pretty awesome! Watch his Black belt moves below.

Next, Brianna taught us a few basic ballet steps and ballet positions. Thanks to Daniel and Brianna-You were both very confident and patient teachers!

AJHS Spell it Out! competition

On Tuesday eight Year 6 super spellers from UHPS competed in the annual AJHS "Spell it Out!" spelling bee. The team consisited of boys and girls from each Year 5/6 class. They were joined by several other local schools inclusing Albany primary, Whangaparoa primary, Glenfield primary, Greenhithe primary and Oteha Valley primary schools. 

In the first round  of the competition the teams had to spell words in categories ranging from "Dog Breeds" to "homonyms". In the second round a group of 24 competed against each other by spelling individual words. It was pretty daunting and each student did really well!

Here are photos from the event. Well done to our 2015 UHPS spelling team: Caiden, Xavier R, Brianna, Levi, Xavier G, Leo, Zaayah and Marina!

UHPS CROSS COUNTRY

After five weeks of training we had School Cross Country today. We all did our best and finished the course. Many people placed in their age group race. 

Congratulations to Logan (1st- 9 year girls), and Leanne (3rd- 9 year girls). 

Congratulations to Brianna (1st- 10 year girls), Ella (2nd- 10 year girls), Brydie (3rd- 10 year girls) and Beau (5th- 10 year girls). 

Also congratulations to Taylor (5th- 9 year boys), and Sam (6th- 10 year boys). 

Well done everyone- you really showed resilience and perserverance!!

Sustainability challenge!

On Tuesday the 27th of May 4 year six girls, (Brianna, Ella, Jessica and Melissa), lead by Mrs. Robertson competed in the junior school sustainability challenge at Long Bay regional park. 

The challenge took place over a 5 kilometre area. There were 36 schools attending and 52 activities to complete in 2 hours. 

Over the course of the event there were lots of challenges to solve from maths questions to sustainability challenges, e.g. analysing the quality of water, and identifying water bugs.

Thanks Mrs. Robertson for leading the girls on this great opportunity!

Reflecting on Term 1

Can you believe it- we're already at the end on Term 1. We've had such a great term of learning and discovery. Here are some of our reflections of the term.

My reflection- Brianna R

I really liked: poetry and art, Teach me Tuesday and Mrs Millett
I wish I had: learned more about animals and the environment, that we had a class pet
I still need to work on: talking to the teacher
Something I now understand is: how to link letters
I am most proud of: my bird art
A tricky part was: keeping my desk tidy, being neat in my books
Next term I need to: stop talking too much at my desk
I could teach others about: animals and wildlife, survival and walking, tramps and keeping fit

My reflection- James B

I really liked: the bird art that is behind the board and Mrs Millett
I wish I had: learnt geometry this term
I still need to work on: is getting stuff finshed on time 
Something I now understand is: how to put paragraphs in my writing
I am most proud of: my self portrait
A tricky part was: answering reflective questions
Next term I need to: take my instrument to school
I could teach others about: baseball

My reflection- Leanne O

I really liked: the beach trip especially tbe long walk and sand castle competition, Teach me Tuesday
I wish I had: better handwriting skills
I still need to work on: my times tables
Something I now understand is: how to use paragraphs
I am most proud of: my flower art
A tricky part was: Maths, Handwriting and Spelling
Next term I need to: improve my learning
I could teach others about: the human body and netball.

My reflection- Daniel K


I really liked: connections, Teach me Tuesday and Reading
I wish I had: learnt decimals better and made my writing better
I still need to work on: decimals, recounts and paragraphs
Something I now understand is: mammals, connections nad reading
I am most proud of: my line graphs
A tricky part was: making my maths book tidy
Next term I need to: know lots more about decimals, writing and making my maths book tidy
I could teach others about: Tae kwon do

Thanks for a great term of learning!!!

Welcome to Room 13- Class of 2015!

Hi and welcome to Room 13 at UHPS.

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