Innovation in industry

We visited Arataki Honey Ltd today as part of our inquiry into innovation, invention and creativity today. We learnt a great deal about the changes to the honey industry since the time of the Egyptians, when the commercial production of honey was first recorded. There have been a number of changes to the way honey is collected and processed to met the needs of commercial demand. From the hives themselves, to the equipment used to collect honey and care for bees and to the processing of honey for us..consumers. I think we now have an appreciation for the need for continuous innovation and creativity in industry to meet demands and needs. We also had time to explore and learn about the key component of honey production...Honey bees!! We headed back to school with a container of honey....all we could think about after all this honey talk!

Treemendous makeover persuasive writing

We had a go at creating persuasive pieces of writing to convince others to help out at the huge school TREEMENDOUS makeover. Very convincing I think! Thanks Amber and Laura for sharing your efforts!

Dear Family

Do you want to feel that fulfilling sense of achievement? Do you want to help you child’s education and others in the future? Then we need you! Over the next 5 weekends you must help our Treemendous makeover come alive in a once in a lifetime opportunity. The process has been started but needs your help! Whether it’s for an hour in between those winter sports or the whole day, no matter how busy you are you can help!

Over Saturday and Sunday each weekend we will be planning, constructing and planting. But on Queens birthday you can have a relaxing break. Your hunger needs will be satisfied with morning/afternoon tea provided. This is a great experience for you to be part of in the community. Every time you walk past the treemendous site you can feel that you played a part in the spectacular transformation. Nobody minds how many weekends you come, you can even come to all of them! Planting Day will on the 6th of June and will be the conclusion of the Treemendous site.

We are looking forward to seeing you down at the “ditch” but soon no more. Thanks for your time. Just think about achieving the great accomplishment and feat. See you in the days of Treemendous construction.

Sincerely,

Laura and Amber

Innovations: Making a difference

In Room 15 we have been exploring the concept that innovation is an idea turned into a working solution that meets a real need. We identified a product currently in existence and went about either improving it, or in some cases, creating a completely new gadget. We needed to identify a target user group and meet a need. Wow- some interesting and creative ideas resulted! Check out Oscar, Zethan and Curtis's effort- Awesome effort!

Hockey skills

This week it was Amber and Amy turn to share their hockey skills in P.E. They did a fantastic job of showing their leadership skills as well. Well done girls: here are a few photos of our P.E lessons this week.

PE: Students take the lead

This term in Room 15, we are developing our large ball skills. This week Clay, Josh, Mark, Oscar.S and Flynn have been sharing their rugby skills- running a class skills session on Monday, followed by a Rippa Rugby game. See our developing passing and kicking skills in action!

Lunchtime sport champions!

Room 15 was awarded the sports shield for top Year 8 team in the non-stop cricket rotation...GO ROOM 15!!

"Over the fence" competition success

During term one many students in Room 15 entered a competition called the Top Outdoor Spot competition, The competition encouraged students to send in photos, drawings and descriptions of their favourite outdoor places...and guess what...we had some winners!! Check out the above: Lauren came third in the "best photo" category, while Laura came first in the 'best description' category. They are currently waiting in anticipation to receive their prizes!