100 Word Challenge: … but what colour should it be? …

We have signed up to the 100 word challenge. Some of our students decided to accept the challenge and write a story that included the prompt … but what colour should it be? … 

This has given us a purpose and audience for our writing. It is also a great way to edit our writing. Exactly 100 words is not easy!


“What colour should it be?” Asked Dave “Uhhh, blue.” Answered Danny “ Ok.” Concluded Dave “ lets do it” Dave and Danny started painting, Dave does the left side and Danny does the right side. After a hour of long hard painting, Dave and Danny finally get to the last stroke where a single screw stuck in the wall. Dave painted over the screw and the room was complete. All of a sudden, the room started to lean and the wall started splashing them with cold, fresh water. At this point, they couldn’t stand anymore, they fell into the water, and drowned.
By Henry

I squealed in excitement and raced up the stairs to my attic bedroom. I’m going to the mayors party! I’m going to the mayors party! Those words were racing around in my head. I finally reached my bedroom door. I threw open my wardrobe doors and looked inside. I had to wear a dress, it was the woman’s dress code, but what colour should it be? I had a jade green dress, a sky blue dress, a snow white dress, but finally I decided on a lilac dress. I grabbed some violet slippers and a purple ribbon. “Ready!” I shouted.
By Emelia

But what colour should it be? I wondered glancing at all of my clothes stuffed in the closet. Oh how I wish I could chose. blue leggings, red t-shirt? I emptied the last of the tops onto the floor and sighed. I gasped,there was a massive door in my closet. I unlocked it and saw a hole. I poked my head through. The tunnel was lit by dim lanterns that casted ghostly shadows on the walls. “Nell dinner time.” I pulled my head back out and rushed down stairs for dinner. Then I realised, the door was still open!!!
By Nell

“I finally get to dye my hair I’m so excited to dye my hair” said June “I’m only ten and I’m already allowed to die it”. “The only question is what colour should it be? Green? Nope too boyish. What about brown? definitely not. Hmm pink ? Too girly. What should I have? I can’t decide there are so many choices, purple, green, pink, yellow, brown, black, red, orange or white, even rainbow? Maybe some chicken soup well help me decide” June sat at the table trying to decide then she had an amazing idea for the colour of her hair.
By Yasmin

I decide what colour my room should be, Navy. Because I think that is a good decision.Then my friend walks in and says why not blue.Then I start to rethink my choice and doubt myself. But my the answer that was in my head was what colour should it be? I thought about it all day and then I thought pink because that shows powerful and fun and that is what I like. Then I change my mind the green is too bright. I decide to go with mint. It is not to bright but not to dull.
By Orla

What colour should it be? The crew didn’t know so they asked the schools. Each school said different colours. The crew choose a colour. But no one agreed. So they decided to think about it for a week. But it didn’t help. The schools grew impatient for the answer, then a kid in one of the school said “if you don’t know what colour you should chose why not choose a colour that the schools haven't said.’’ From that day, they thought of orange, a bright colour that no one said. Now there is the orange day parade. THE END
By Zoe

Reporting live from Orange Day Parade

Friday September the 7th

This is Lily V and Joni B reporting.
Orange Day Parade was a hit, we are here to tell you all

about it:

This Friday all the year 5&6’s went on a trip to town to do
a parade. When we got there, there was a theatre and 2 kids
from Worser Bay performed a song along with other kids,
they performed their talents in front of a audience. We had
lots of fun, the other schools performed too, but ours was
the best (in our opinion.) There was a gymnastics dance, a
band and then Jessie and Ridley’s song.

2nd part

We paraded through the streets and the police closed the
streets so we could walk on the streets and chant. We had a
banner and some people held the banner. This was a fun
day and a day to remember. Best Friday ever!

Joni’s goal is to work harder and put lots of effort into
Orange Day parade next year, so that we can win!

Thank you for looking at the blog. Bye!

Orange Day Parade!

Moment in Time about Orange Day Parade, by Ollie E.

Waiting, wind blowing, all I see is people dressed in orange. All waiting in a line for the one and only Orange Day Parade. Gabrielle looks like she has good news, she turns and looks at us and tells us "we have ordered a DOUBLE DECKER BUS!!" Everyone cheers and screams!!!

We had to wait for it though and everyone got a little bit down but then.... we heard the roar of the bus. Everyone started going through the gate and marching like soldiers. Everyone was practicing the chant for ORANGE DAY PARADE!

When we got on the bus everyone was rushing up the stairs to get to the top. The bus started moving slowly and we knew it was gonna be a good day.

We finally made it to our destination, outside the Beehive. We joined the back of the parade and all there was, was screams and shouts. 2, 4, 6, 8 who do we appreciate?! Not the King, not the Queen but the Worser Bay Patrol Team!! After that we made it to the Micheal Fowler Centre and everyone was crowded at the doors. We found a lot of stairs and we went up them and found some seats.  Then one little group got lost (!!!!), lucky Anna was with them.  They finally made it up to the top floor where we were supposed to be.

Jessie and Ridley appeared from backstage and performed a song. Everyone was cheering, Go, Go, Go!!! The crowds were swaying to the beautiful tunes.

Next up the awards! They announced many awards but when they said the Parade Presence award, we knew we were in with a shot! And just like that Worser Bay School came out with an award! AMAZING!!!! We cheered and cheered.

What an amazing end to Orange Day Parade!

Binary Code

Today we learnt about binary code as part of our "Beautiful Ideas in Maths" Inquiry. 

This is part of our big idea that Maths meets the needs of people. 

Binary code is a system of representing numbers, letters, commands, images and sounds. Amazingly, it uses only two types of information to do this – 1 and 0. Binary code is at the heart of anything that goes on inside a computer.  

We used our knowledge of binary to crack a code. 

Can you solve this puzzle?

Some of us went on to make our own secret messages and we asked our friends to solve these... 

Alex: I am interested in binary code and how you can use it in maths.

Milla: I’m interested in learning more about coding,make some for my friends and work some out

Nick: Does binary have anything to do with what we do everyday?

Jan: I am interested in learning how you write in binary.

Flynn: I learnt how to decode binary numbers and find messages. It links to math by being code and puzzles and numbers. I am interested in how it was invented. I want to find out how people use binary in other ways than computers.

Daisy: I would like to do more of binary coding in maths because it is really fun!

Jessie: I learnt that maths is fun and creative in the world and nature you can find it anywhere.

Thinking About the Origins of Maths.

We have begun exploring some initial ideas for our new Inquiry Beautiful Ideas in Maths by asking some questions about the origins of Maths.  Where does the need for Maths arise?











Some of our first ideas.




As part of today's session we looked at anthropologist Daniel Everett's work with the Pirahã, an indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.   We discovered that the Pirahã have no actual numbers; words for a few and many, but beyond that nothing.  They don't need to explain any further because they have no elaborate systems of time or finance.  Even in terms of their food, explaining that the have a few fish or many seems to be sufficient. Here, Everett can be seen interviewing some of the Pirahã, Daniel Everett explaining this idea

Does the need for Maths arise as lives and civilisations become more complex? 
We are keen to explore how Maths has developed. How was it imagined and who imagined it?  

Raffy said that "it was always there, people realised that Maths was there to be discovered".  We are looking forward to developing questions which will help to explore these ideas. 

Student Led Conferences: A Celebration of Learning

This week our students shared their accomplishments and new learning goals with their whanau. Student Led Conferences are a great opportunity for our children to celebrate their learning successes so far (positive accomplishment) and to identify new goals or challenges in their learning.

Students had the opportunity to reflect on their goals set with whanau in Term 1. Wow! Our students have achieved so much since then. What a great way to celebrate. 

Dance!

The ArtsCelebration may be over but that is no reason to stop dancing!

James has been reinforcing the language of dance, encouraging everyone to explore what they can do with their bodies in the space. 
The session began with relaxation to Bach and the abruptly changed gear.  He chose some wild and very funky music for the kids to groove to; 'Pick Up the Pieces' and 'Jungle Boogie' being two of them. 
Can you jiggle?  Can you wriggle? Can you spin?
Dance brings joy and is a way for us to jump straight on in to those positive emotions.  It has many other benefits for health too.
Who is looking forward to the Disco?