Yesterday Room 7 went to New World on a bus. Here is Jahmalaki,Laiana,Lyric,Sam H,Sapphire and Eva down the back seat of the bus. We had to get the bus because it was pouring down with rain. We had to take a pencil and book to write on so we could fill out our worksheet. The bus was fun even though it was only a short ride to town!
by Jay & Eva.
We videoed Ashlie and Tiana doing their ostrich farmer interview.
(Ashlie might get a job as a TV reporter one day!!)
Today we looked through our NIE book and we found an ostrich farmer interview with a buddy. This is me and my buddy Ashlie. We had to use fluency and expression in our voices when speaking aloud to the audience. Ashlie pretended she was a reporter from Campbell live!
Yesterday Sam B came into the class with a worm on her hand! She said she found it by her bag. We have been learning about worm farms this week during our NiE time. Did you know that worms do not have eyes or ears and that they breathe through their skin?
This week we have been reading about mussel and salmon farms in NIE. Miss R bought some mussels along school for us to taste. Not many people liked them much except Angus , Lyric and Jahmalaki. We also got to eat a piece of smoked salmon. Here you can see Shaquille about to eat a piece!
Angus is holding up a pottle of marinated mussels from Sealords...mmmmBy Ellen and Jay
On Wednesday we had a visit from Mrs Bolt and her High School Band. They played music from Lord of the Rings and Titanic. There were people playing the drums, the saxophone, the clarinet, the flute, the trombone, the trumpet and even the tuba.
This is The high School Choir. They sang songs from the musical Hairspray. We recognised some ex-pupils from Motueka South in the choir. Their teacher Hilary, is trying to get them to be more animated when they sing so our job was to watch carefully to see who sang with the best facial expressions and gestures. 
We made these symmetrical pictures for maths. We had to cut out black and white shapes and paste them on so that they were a reflection of each other. 
Eva's design look really effective - awesome shapes Eva!
Nick worked really hard on his symmetrical picture and he was rewarded with a PRINCIPALS AWARD. Well done Nick!
For privilege this week we made mini pizzas. Each person was asked to bring along some toppings they would like on their pizza. We got a range of yummy things such as spaghetti, ham, tomato, mushroom, pineapple, salami and even some chicken!
Here is Lyric and Isaac busy making their mini pizzas - Lyric brought heaps of things to put on hers as you can see in the photo. She was kind enough to share some of her toppings with other people which was very generous as some people forgot to bring anything at all. Thankyou Lyric!
Shaquille is carefully carrying the tray full of pizzas over to the staffroom so we can grill them in the oven.
Andrae did a great job of putting the tray into the hot oven. Well done Andrae for not burning yourself as it's quite tricky to get the tray to line up properly sometimes. We grilled the pizzas for approx 5-10mins until the cheese had all melted and the buns were turning brown. Then they were ready to EAT!!
Our school councillors organised a Stars for Starship concert at school this week. Several of our Jump Jam teams performed routines as well as some of our talented gymnasts. There was also a special performance by none other than the staff of Motueka South!!
Starship Hospital is a childrens hospital in Auckland. The concert was to help raise money for Starship to buy a helicopter so patients can be airlifted quickly. Pupils were asked to donate a gold coin and they received a special "star" badge to wear for the day.
The staff dressed up in frog costumes and performed a routine to the music of "Who let the FROGS out!!
Miss Robinson said he was "a bit tired" after the performance and that she will probably have sore legs tomorrow after all that hopping around on stage!
This is Chloe and Mikaela. They are a couple of our peer mediators. Their role is to help our pupils deal with conflicts peacefully and to help people make good choices in the playground. They also record any incidents that they come across or witness so that the problem can be solved more easily. 
Today our class made some instant pudding for Privilege. Each group made a different flavour. We had chocolate,banana,strawberry and rasberry. We ate it with a scoop of Hokey pokey ice-cream -yum!!!
Here is Jesse with his group.They had some banana pudding , it looks delicious!
These girls are from Room 8. Look at their fantastic pyramids! They worked well together and co-operated nicely as a team.
Here are some of our boys with their score cards. Each judge gave the competitors a score out of 5 for their exercise. Those who demonstrated correct techniques scored 5/5. Well done boys, your floor routine was excellent!The B Grade Gym Festival was held at the Motueka Rec Centre on Friday 6th June. 14 schools from around the Tasman district took part. Motueka South School entered 14 teams which was more than any other school. The B grade competition is all about participation and having fun. Children have been practising their routines for about 4 weeks. The festival comprises of 10 exercises which includes both team events as well as individual events. Pupils demonstrated their skills on the cross vault, long vault, skipping, pyramid, beam, floor and mat agility (handstand against a wall) .We started off with a Jump Jam session run by our senior pupils to get us all warmed up before we began our exercises. Here you can see some of the Mot South pupils doing Jump Jam.
Thankyou to Ms dowell who organised this event for all the schools, she did a fantastic job!
Thankyou also to the teachers and parents who helped to prepare our teams!
