Elf Yourself at ICT

For our last ICT session we had Christmas fun!  After we showed Tania how clever we are at signing into the computer we created our own Elf movies.

We think it would be great to try this at home with our families.

Christmas Victorian Style - thanks Broadgreen House

On Tuesday Room 9 learned about how different Christmas was in Victorian times.  Queen Victoria started the idea of Advent, but the children didn't get chocolates.  Every day, leading up to Christmas there would be a different job for them to do.  We're glad we live in modern day times.

Their stockings were filled with fruit, coal, marbles, homemade presents like a slate board and sometimes, if the children were lucky, a penny coin. 

We did love the game Allie taught us and really enjoyed finding out about this era.  

During the holidays why not visit Broadgreen House - it only costs $2 per child.

Fun in the swimming pool for Room 9

The school pool is awesome, think the Room 9 students.  We have tried to make the most of the start of summer, fitting in a few swims already.

We were lucky on Friday to have time in the big pool with the rest of our Syndicate and some of our buddies from Room 1.  They showed us how to make a whirl pool. Wow, it was hard work trying to go the other way 'against' the current!!

Harold the Giraffe teaches us how to be healthy

Last week we visited Harold the giraffe and his high tech 'bus'.  We were learning all about food and nutrition and what we need to do to stay healthy.

We need a variety of food types from the food pyramid which has three sections.

Green for 'Go' means we can eat lots of these foods all of the time!

In this section we find fruit and vegetables. breads, cereal, rice and pasta.

Orange for 'slow down' means we can eat these foods some of the time!

In the middle of the pyramid we find milk, cheese and yoghurts, meat, fish, eggs, nuts, dried peas and beans.

Red for 'Stop" means we should eat a little of these foods and NOT all the time!

Thank you Harold and Ingrid from the Life Education Bus for teaching us this valuable lesson.

The Big Give comes to NCS

Thank you to everyone who contributed a gift to the Big Give charity.  More FM entertained us at lunch time and we were even spoilt by a special guest appearance from Elsa, the Frozen star!

There will be lots of happy children at Christmas time thanks to the generosity of NCS.

Friday was a lucky day for Room 9 as well.  To say thank you to the tamariki for making her feel so wecome, Alaula brought in some delicious cupcakes. Thank you Alaula.

Nelson College for Girls visit a success

On Wednesday the Pohutukawa Syndicate hosted 14 Nelson College for Girls Year 9 students.  They were carrying out an elective and were investigating what the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary does for native birds in the Nelson environment.

They prepared some games for our students to play which related to our pests and predators unit from last term.  Our students impressed them with their knowledge and thoroughly enjoyed playing the memory / matching game all about native birds and plants and then in contrast the pests, both animals and plants we are trying to eradicate.

The NCG students were hands-on when we all made bird feeders out of the recycled bottles we provided.  We hope to attract more native birds to Nelson Central School's trees when we put these finished feeders up in our trees.

Thank you Nelson College for Girls!!

Piano on Tour gave us a classical experience

Last week Room 9 walked the short distance to Old St John's church on Hardy Street to listen to a piano recital.  We were invited to attend a free concert by Piano on Tour and listen to Jean-Francios, a Nelson based musician, who travels the country sharing his knowledge.

We listened to many composers and how music tells a story without words or pictures.  The Grand Piano made a beautiful sound and we were careful not to touch it at the end as it costs the same as a house!!

Thank you Piano on Tour for allowing us to have this experience.  I know many of the students now want to learn the piano!