Pt England Senior School - Amazing Structures #2

Once again, the Amazing Race was run. Once again, Pt England's presentation was spectacular. This was also the first show after school had finished, so there were heaps of people here from all over the place. The presenters were confident, and the Amazing Race contestants were great actors. Sean even pretended to cry! It was pretty funny.
Well done to everyone who helped put the show together, it was a seamless performance, well rehearsed and interesting to listen to. Fantastic show!

Glen Innes Primary #2

The second show from Glen Innes Primary was even better than the first! We thought the food from Canada, "Toad in the Hole", which was milk, flour, eggs and sausages baked, looked really yummy. I'd love to have it for breakfast! The rice with the shrimp and vegetables from Spain looked pretty good too. We also thought it was really cool that Mrs Martin, the principal, went all the way to Spain just for their project! The presenters were even more confident this time, and spoke clearly and well.
I thought that the set up of the 6 lcd screens at the side of their booth made for a very cool look. Great job guys!

Visitors

Pt England Teams 2 and 3, and Tamaki Intermediate were our latest set of visitors. They were a great audience for Glenbrae and Panmure Bridge's presentations. Well done! Remember to leave a comment and tell us what you thought!

Glenbrae - Festivals Around the World #2

Great job Glenbrae! Phileas Fogg was a great host for our trip around the world, and all the presenters did a fantastic job speaking, even with technical difficulties.
I really enjoyed learning about the festival of lights in India, and Hogmanay, which is the New Year Celebration in Scotland. It would be a good idea to invite dark, handsome men to your New Year anyway! :)
Well done to all participants!

Panmure Bridge - Dancing Around the World #2

Another fantastic effort from Panmure Bridge. The audience really enjoyed all the performances. The penguins were cute, the hip hop dancers were groovy, the disco people were amazing, the cuban dancers were swish. All the dancers were great, really confident and outgoing!
The movie was fun to watch too, with the funny Mr Brown showing us different types of dancing, and students also showing us the same dances were awesome!
Are we able to hire you guys to teach us your cool moves??!

Glen Innes Primary - Amazing Food

Glen Innes Primary took us on a "gastronomical" plane ride around the world. During term 3, they focused on learning about the different kinds of food people eat in countries like Spain, Africa, Japan, France, and Italy. One of the students became the pilot and the other presenter was the stewardess. The pilot kept a journal of all the places the plane stopped at and did a fantastic job guiding the tour. The food looked really yummy, I would have loved to try some of the dishes they had in class! They spent one WHOLE WEEK cooking and eating different foods from countries around the world! Wouldn't it have been cool to be at their school that week? Their presentation was put together really well. I especially enjoyed the plane that flew around the globe. Well done Glen Innes!

Visitors

St Patricks School and Panmure Bridge Primary are the current visitors. Right now, they're wandering around and having a look at all the different booths. Have fun guys, hope you enjoy it!

Tamaki Primary

Tamaki Primary has been studying lunch food around the world. A school in Samoa sent them a photo with every child in the class's lunch box open on the table. We were surprised to see that it was mostly like ours, except that some of them had taro chips and breadfruit chips. Then we heard about Germany, where they told us about how Germans eat different types of bread at lunchtime, Next was Mexico, where they eat spicy food on special occasions.
They learnt most of their information from their ePals. They corresponded with lots of kids from around the world during their journey.
A really snappy presentation, Tamaki Primary!

Pt England Juniors - Amazing Houses #2

Congratulations on another great performance! All the presenters did a fantastic job. I especially enjoyed watching the tree fall when we watched Room 6 build a mud hut like the ones in Ethiopia. It was interesting to hear about houses in Canada and the differences between their and ours, and how climate makes them use different materials. I also enjoyed the dancing at the end, and thought Toreka was a fantastic dancer!
You guys were fantastic, especially considering you're only 6 and 7! Imagine what you'll be doing when you're Year 6's!

St Pius X - Amazing Masks

St Pius treated us to a trip around the world. Officer Mafu stamped passports and St Pius students showed us four different countries. First we went to Japan, where we learnt about Noh masks, which are used in plays. Next we went to Italy, where we saw carnival masks. These masks are used at masquerades or balls to cover your face so that no one knows who you are! They are very beautiful and elegant masks, covered in sequins and glitter. Then we flew to Africa and found out about African masks, which are used at festivals and public events. These masks are complex, well constructed masks. Finally we went to North America and saw Native American Corn masks. These are made out of sweet corn leaves and celebrated the growing season and the harvest of the crops.
St Pius has done a fantastic job constructing all their masks, they are very impressive. Make sure you come and have a look at all the hard work!

Pt England Seniors - Amazing Structures

What a fantastic presentation! To show the audience their Amazing Structures, the Pt England Seniors held an "Amazing Race!" There were five teams, who had to participate in the race by performing different tasks in different countries, and at each country, one team was eliminated. In Brazil, they went to the Christ the Redeemer statue, and video conference answers to questions about the statue. In France, they went to the Eiffle Tower, where they posted photos on Flikr, in Rome, they visited the Colesseum where they had to fight a gladiator, in Egypt they visited the Pyramids and had to find a golden brick to receive their next clue. Finally, they went to China, where they had to build a part of the Great Wall of China! In the end, team 17 won The Amazing Structures Race. Congratulations guys!

Tamaki Intermediate

After some technical difficulties (Get a Mac!) Tamaki Intermediate showed us an awesome Power Point presentation of all their work from term 3. The most interesting part was their fittness programme where they measured the distance that they ran and mapped it around the world. Their presenters were confident even though there were technical difficulties and their principal, Mr. Horan, did a great job filling in, and quizzing the kids on the locations of amazing structures! Great Job Tamaki Intermediate.

Congratulations to Tamaki Primary Jnrs, Pt England Team 1 and Tamaki Intermediate for being a fantastic audience! Remember to post comments when you get back to school to tell other schools what you liked about their presentations!

Pt England Juniors - Amazing Houses

The Pt England Junior School have been learning about Amazing Houses. Firstly, they shared about the Samoan House - the fale. The Room 8 reporter in Samoa showed us how to build one. They also told us that a fale is made of "mostly fresh air!" Then we heard about Canada, through emails from Mrs Fale's parents to Room 9. Next we heard from the Room 9 reporter in England, who interviewed Lepa the guard, and the Queen of England. Hajira made an amazing Queen, and told us all about her Palace. Finally, Room 6 took us to Ethiopia and told us about mudhouses. They corresponded with an 8yr old girl called Lydia in Ethiopia, who told them all about the sorts of houses there. We also watched a live demonstration of how to make a mud house.
The Junior School finished by singing "Imagine" to us, with great smiles and actions! Great job guys!

Glenbrae - Festivals Around the World

Glenbrae is now telling us about their topic - Festivals Around the World. We're lucky enough to get to hear about festivals in China, New Zealand, Egypt, Scotland, Peru and France! Phileas Fogg took us on a tour around the world, and told us about how different countries celebrated New Year. We got to know what kinds of celebrations happen in different countries, starting in New Zealand with Matariki.
Phileas Fogg was interviewed by a number of very well spoken Glenbrae students. They noticed that everywhere he went, he seemed to do alot of eating. Perhaps New Years festivals all over the world involve alot of eating?!
Well done, Glenbrae!

Panmure Bridge - Dancing Around the World

Wow! Panmure Bridge has a really cool presentation! First we got to see some live dancing from their presenters, and now we're watching their movie, which has lots of different kinds of dancing, and some of them are funny! One of their teachers, Mr Brown, has acted out lots of the different styles. He even tried rapping! The Panmure Bridge Kids also showed us all their cool dance moves from dance styles around the world. We saw dancing from France, Cuba, USA and India, complete with amazing costumes.
Then we got to see some live dancing, which was really fantastic! They demonstrated all their different kinds of dancing, from hip hop to Cuban dancing, penguins to Indian dancing. What a lot of work that must have been to prepare! That was an amazing show Panmure Bridge!

GO!

Good morning! The day of our celebration has finally arrived! Tamaki College Auditorium is packed with people, both Pt England Senior School and Glenbrae School are here, and we're watching Tamaki College show us their presentation. First Agnes welcomed everyone to Tamaki College, and their Head Boy said a karakia. Now we're watching their movie, which has the Mission Impossible theme music, and is about Secret Agent William delivering a package to their ICT Team. Secret Agent William has a really cool wig!
Their live presentation is about significant structures - Mt Rushmore in USA, the Great Wall of China, and the Golden Temple in India. They finished their presentation with Peni playing the drums! Well done Tamaki College :)

Ready, Get Set....

Wednesday has been a very busy day down at the College hall. Teachers have been busy setting up the displays ready for everyone to enjoy tomorrow. Lots of hammers and paint and staple guns and tape...
A big thank you to RED (Renaissance Education Division) who have set up our wireless network so our blogs will work from the hall.
It is looking fantastic and all we need now is the students to arrive and show us their presentations.
See you all tomorrow
Mrs Burt

AWED - Sponsors for our blog!

We have good news to share with you all today. The ASB bank in Glen Innes are very generously sponsoring our blog and have donated us prizes to give out to the bloggers from our cluster.
This is how it will work. Every student in our cluster who posts a comment on THIS blog ( ICT in Action) between Monday September 18 and Friday September 22 will go into a draw to win one of the prizes from the ASB bank. We will make the draw after 3.00pm on Friday and post the names of the winners on this blog too. You will be able to claim your prize in the first week back after the holidays.
The ASB have donated us caps, drink bottles, bags and umbrellas. To have a chance to win you just have to post a comment this week on the blog. You must have your first name, class and school on your comment though.
Thanks very much ASB.
And keep up the good work going on in your schools as you get your presentations together. The ones I have seen are looking great.

Mrs Burt

Around the World in 80 Days

Week 10, Term 3, 2006 and the countdown begins...
This week on Thursday 21st September we are all coming together for our celebration. We are using the same blog as last year, but we have moved on from the Expo thing.... been there, done that...

What have we got to celebrate? Something very special actually. 9 schools, more than 100 teachers, around 2000 kids - all travelling on a learning journey together for ten weeks! What an accomplishment. We have had wonderful experiences this term as we have travelled around the world and Thursday will be a wonderful day. Make sure you are there to celebrate with us. Tamaki College Auditorium is the venue and the celebration will be open from 9.00 am to 7.00pm.
See you there

Mrs Burt