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4Sixteens Music Video: Growing Up Fast
Check out the 4Sixteens latest video. The track was recorded at the Lab in Mt Eden.

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The winning bean The gardeners of cs16 found huge huge beans they were massive and they measured these huge beans to see whos was bigger and the beans got principal awards because of how big there were. Here are some pictures of the beans Ponsonby Road show Came to da school Today in assembly Ponsonby kids came to do epic acts. The chair leading was so epic that they did back flips seriously they did back flips and fifty cartwheels in a row and threw each other high in the air and they did flips and it was so so so so so Epic. Then there was bands playing and singing and Jamaican reggae rappers singing songs and rapping with there band and there were like 10 acts and they were all awesome and it rocked then it finished >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<^^>><<^^>><<^^>><<^^>><<^^>><<^^>><<^^>><<^^>><<^^>><<^^>><<^^>><<^^>>

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Pasadena //students// movies }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}}{) Today all the year sixes went to Pasadena to watch Pasadena peoples videos. They were all awesome. There was also dancing and singing people who were dancing and singing a song I didn’t know. My favourite movie was step6 b ecause it was funny and epic and scary. There was a movie about crazy aliens with awesomeness everywhere then the kids die because of huge cell phone bomb that make a nuclear explosion. There was one about fat nerds verse evil bullies and the nerds win and heaps more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 they were all so awesome and they rocked

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Triathlon reminder Don’t forget the triathlon is on 20th November

The Newspaper!!!!!!!!!

The Westmere Gazette has been made since the start of the year & has been listing all of the important events happening around the school. The newspaper is only $1 at the white gate & is worth the money. Please support the newspaper group by buying the newspaper whenever it is out.

By Freya

Animal assembly On the 3rd November 2011 room 18 had an assembly about animals, first was a Rugby World Cup presentation done by some of the boys in the class. Then stereo heart was sung by another pupil.after that there was a play about a boy who lied about being hit two days in a row and then was really hit and no one believed him and then there was a commedy about two aliens who had crash landed their ship afterwards was notices and caught in the act finaly we had the big finish and sung the ketchup song. by maxwell

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JJ J ~ The Triathlon ~ J  JJ

The ** Triathlon is back on and the whole school is pumped. The people from Rode came to show us what the raffle winner gets, **** it’s a pro g.t bmx that is light blue and dark blue. For those of you that don’t know what a triathlon is, it’s a race where you run, swim and bike to **** the finish we are racing at cox’s bay park and it will be super intensely, imensly, ultimately, duperly, hecticly, gultigly, Fun **** and awesome I cant wait **** J **** JJJ **** J **

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Tim from Rode

This is Tim he works at Rode, on the 28th October 2011 he came in to talk about the biking part of the triathlon, he also showed us a blue pro G.T bmx bike he said you could win one of 2 pro G.T bmx bikes or a mountain bike, he also said before you race in the triathlon you need to have your bike and helmet checked at the Rode store in Pt Chev.

By Maxwell J

Extravaganza

In the last few terms the whole of Westmere school have been practising singing, dancing, playing instruments and doing the Haka. We have been practising for all this time to do one thing … the Extravaganza. Finally the time has come for the Extravaganza we did the dress rehearsal and the practises and we are ready for the show. On the big night we started off by singing my city of ruin’s, a tribute to the Christchurch disaster and that was all the performances singing. Then we all left and the performances began. There were J rockers who were dancing as clowns because that was there theme, there were junior dancers and APPA singers then the Pacifica and Haka groups and then people playing all sorts of instruments marimbas, ukuleles, recorders and violins. Once all the performances were done #Oh wait I forgot the 4sixteens the class band# We all got together to sing our final song The World In Union then we were done and Miss Marino gave a speech and it was all over a nd everyone had The World In Union stuck in our heads as we left. Its the world the world the world in union a newwww ageee hasss beguuuuuuun...........

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// Koro’s Medal // //James Barr a student’s parent had made a movie that our own Nanny Ma was in and we were lucky enough to watch it today on Friday the 30th of September 2011.// //By Maxwell.//

//**RUGBY WORLD CUP**// //Please help Pearl and Honor out with their Action Learning Project by filling in the survey below. And if you can get others to help us out that would be great too. The more people that answer our survey the better!// media type="custom" key="10600970"

// T.I.M.M.S //

//On Monday the 19th September we were lucky enough to be one of only four schools in New Zealand to take a science and math test for the year fives called T.I.M.M.S it took till morning tea for part 1 then after lunch we did Part two it almost went till lunch.//

//By Maxwell//

// Band // //Love Love Love and price tag are just two of the songs our class band is doing and now they’re in the extravaganza doing the music.// //By maxwell//

// book fair // //Today on 16th September we had a book fair dress up day (we are selling books in the library for the book fair I already brought two books) and that means today is the day everyone dressed up as book characters and our teacher dressed up as Rafael from Trash by Andy Mulligan.// //By MAXWE11//

// Principal assembly // //Today we had our first principal assembly (we will be having four each term)a principal assembly is an assembly led by our principal however we still have all the information and find out what we need.// //By Maxwell//

// Rugby map // //Yesterday we filled in a world map with the twenty countries in the rugby world cup we also had to name their rugby team and write a fact about that country// //BY m@xwell//

//Netball Ninjas//

//Today there was a netball match between teacher and students that are in the netball team.// //All the teachers were dressed up as clowns except Deborah because she was wearing a panda// //Suit or something weird. We had a match for each team starting with the B team and then// //The then the C and then the A. In the end the kids powned up and teachers got annihilated.// //The end By cisco//

// NETBALL SHOWDOWN LAST GAME // //Today at lunch that time the teachers dressed up and had a netball showdown with// //the kids. The kids who weren’t playing made signs to support their favourite team but it was a tie.// //By MAXWELL//

//__Rippa rugby.__//

//The rippa rugby (a) team lost only 1 game (by 1 point) but sadly didn’t get into the finals. It was very muddy on the field but the team was unaffected ,they ran out and played their best. The rippa (b) team tied two and lost 3 out of their 5, 20 minute games but they still worked together & had fun. Even better than winning some of them scored their first tri!// by Freya // SCIENCE IN Nicki’s room // // For science in Nicki’s room we have been studying chromatography and what colours are made of and studying the colours in different objects //

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// Rugby world cup ruggers //

// Because the rugby world cup is on next Friday we made ruggers (a small blacks TV character) in black and white each wearing the uniform of a country & that country’s flag we had to colour in correctly. After we completed our ruggers we had to do a quiz. // // by Maxwell //

// The hall opening // // Today on the26th august 2011 we had the opening of the new school hall, during the opening of the hall there was a lot performances.Some were dances others were waiatas(songs) and our class band helped teach us a new song. Several guests came along (even Ritchie the cat), and all in all everyone had a good time. // // By Maxwell // //**Writing genre choice**// //** This term on instead of our topics and genres for writing being chosen by our teachers we get to do our own choice of genre and topic however we have one last topic chosen by our teachers but we still get to choose the genre and the topic is something we all know about so we all win in a way **// //** By Maxwell. **//

//Recently CS16 have been doing literature circles. The first group to get there books were// //Nga pukapuka then Nga pepa then nga pene and then nga pene raukau. What we do is// //First we read our pages then we do activities for them like character descriptions and// //Predict and check. We use a sheet called question generator which is a sheet with words like// //What will or who should and we have to make a question from that. Then those questions lead// //To more questions. And that’s literature circles.// //By C1SC0//

// science in terry's room // //For science in terry’s room we have been studying fire and what it needs to keep on going// //To keep on going fire needs three things a fuel,oxygen and heat when you take one away the fire will go out// //By maxwell//

Rugby Tournament yesterday a bunch of people went to a rugby tournament versing 5 different schools. Our school came second but we lost in the final to ponsonby 4-3 in golden point extra time. When they came back they could hardly walk. The end By C1SC0 conferences on wednesday senior and middle school had student led parent teacher conferences and five families were in a class at once so our teachers couldnt be with one family the whole time so the confrences were led by the kids there was seven stations writing, reading,math,number games,key goal,other and class wiki then parents left comments on a sheet by maxwell

Week 1, Term 3, 2011 **Conferences**

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Just a reminder that conferences are coming up next week. They are slightly different to previous years. This time around there will be a maximum of 5 families in the classroom at one time. Although this may seem busy, you'll be amazed at how your attention is captivated by what your child is saying and showing you - the other families melt away into the background. Teachers will be in the room while your child is sharing and will drop by to chat with you and answer any questions. If you have any serious concerns or issues you would like to discuss in more depth please feel free to make an appointment to see your child's teacher (our email addresses are under the Contact Us// link).

statistictics

for the past five days we have been doing statistics sheets for example their was a driffent topic for each one the first was tally charts the second was column graphs the third was pictograms the last one was based on stem and leaf graphs.

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Anime  Recently CS16 have been doing anime for an art project.it has to be realistick but still look like manga (japanese style comics) first we have to draw a circle and x in  the middle to mark in where the eyes go and soon we have a epic manga face  by cisco

Week 1, Term 3 For those of you who requested them, these are the YouTube clips we have been using to help us learn how to draw in the Anime/Manga style. media type="custom" key="10117317" media type="custom" key="10117327"
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**Build Off Day** Check out our Building Day for our soapbox racers. It's amazing what we got done in one day! Thanks to all the parents for their support.

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**Probability: Picking the Right Horse**

We have been learning about probability - what are the odds of an event happening. We learnt the language of chance, words like certain, impossible, likely, unlikely and even chance. We learnt that there is a 0 to 1 scale for probability. It uses numbers to represent the chances instead of words. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">We made Lego racers and rated the probability they had of winning. Some of us were very good at picking the winning racer. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">media type="custom" key="9795988"

Another Yolk Bites The Dust <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">As part of our Technology tumbles on Soapbox Racers we learnt about impact/safety testing. We designed and created a capsule to keep an egg safe when dropped onto concrete from 5 metres. media type="custom" key="9796046"

Check out our video - watch out for the splats!

Gardening Group Update <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Last term we started our own class garden. We planted lettuces, carrots and broccoli. The lettuces were ready to harvest on the last day of Term 1. Our broccoli took a lot longer. This week the first one was ready to pick and eat and that's just what we did!

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Art With Clare On the of May cs16 went to the art room to do art with Clare. She was so inspired by our name art that she got us to do our names and afew words or things that we like. After we wrote our names at the top of the page nice and big.

Pancakes On the 19th of May the remaining number of our class made butter milk pancakes. We made them from our butter that we made on the 17th. The pancakes were delicious but they were also thick. They were kind of like picklets because they ended up very small. But they were still delicious. Since there was no boys there we all got three yummy pancakes each. By Sophie

Waiata Tama On the 19th of May the majority of the boys in the senior and middle school went to tour some of Auckland schools. Waiata Tama is a boy’s choir who toured these schools to raise the interest in boy’s choirs. First they went to Bay Field and sung some songs. Then they went to Pt Chev. Later on they went to Ponsonby. Then they went to Freemans Bay. They all had lots of fun and their voices were very sore from all that singing. By Sophie

Rippa Rugby Tournament On the 19 of May some of our senior school girls went to Cox’s Bay to play rippa rugby. They all had a successful day. Our A team won the whole competition and our B team were very successful and they all had lots and lots of fun!!! By Sophie

Making Butter On the 17 of May we brought in jars to make butter. First we left the cream out for 12 hours to sour the cream a bit. The next day we poured the cream into each of our jars. Then we screwed the lid on very tightly to make sure our cream didn’t spray all over the place. After we screwed the lid on we strongly flicked the jar so that the cream thickened into butter. Then we poured the butter milk out (butter milk is mostly used in pancakes) and that left us with our nearly butter. Then we poured some water in our jars and shook it around. Later on we drained the water out of the jar. That left us with our nice yummy butter. Then we ate it with bread. There was a lot left so we brought it home to share with our familys. By Sophie :)

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Cross Country

<span style="display: block; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: left;">On the 12 of May 2011 the whole school walked down to Cox’s Bay to do cross country. We sat on the tarpaulins and waited for our race. The juniors had to run ¾ of one lap; the middle school had to run one full lap and the senior school had to run two full laps! Thankfully the weather gods smiled down at us and made it very sunny…almost too sunny. While we were all waiting and cheering on others we were drinking lots and lots of water. Some of us were even using umbrellas to keep us from heating up! After our races we were sweaty, hot, thirsty and tired. Everyone was a winner because we all achieved our goals and tried our hardest and we all had fun!!! <span style="display: block; font-family: calibri; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: left;"> By Sophie J media type="custom" key="9473697" align="left"

Interschool Swimming Sport

On the 5 of May Westmere’s best swimmers went to West Wave Aqatictics Centre to compete against other schools. When they called out my race I was so excited. When I walked up to the block I suddenly got really nervous. As I stood on the block a shiver went up my spine. The martial called out “Ready, set” and he clapped his starting blocks together “BANG!!!” Suddenly I sprang into action and dived of the block “Splash!” I swam my hardest until the end. When I my hands at the end of the wall. “YES!!!!” I said to myself. I had made it. I climbed out of the icy pool. I can see my mum’s big smile. I smile back knowing she is very proud. Later on I find out I came 3rd!!!!! I was so happy. I know that everyone who competed had a lot of fun and were challenged by all the other schools. Congratulations to all the people who got into interschool and thanks to all the parents who drove us there and thanks alot to Terry for supporting us. By Sophie

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">Term 2, 2011  **Westmere Schools First Annual Soapbox Derby**  This term we will be making soapbox racers. Check out the clips I put on our syndicate wiki (click the link on the navigation bar to the right). Don't forget to warn your parents so they can get involved too and start collecting some of the items you think you may need. The first You Tube clip shows you the basic stuff you will need. The racer built in the clip is a basic framework for you to start with. There's also a link to instructions below the two clips. How could you modify or add to these designs to make your racer? Get thinking! Rebecca



Dance Day On Wednesday cs16 had a dance day with the dance teacher Rebecca. We did dancing with her all day. She taught us how to move in small spaces and how to dance and travel at the same time!!! The best part of the day was at the end when we were given a piece of paper with the alphabet on it and with each letter was a dance move. We had to dance our names and memorize our dances. After we were told to buddy up with someone and teach them our dances. Then we had to present. By Sophie

Swimming Sports A few weeks ago the hole entire senior school went to the Cameron Pools. We all compeated in three events each, competitive or non-competitive races. The competive races you could choose from were: The non-competitive races were: We all had lots and lots of fun. By Sophie :)
 * 1) Freestyle 25 meters
 * 2) Freestyle 50 meters
 * 3) Backstroke 25 meters
 * 4) Breastroke 25 meters
 * 1) Flutter-board races
 * 2) Boogie-board races
 * 3) Object retrival
 * 4) Dolphin diving
 * 5) Diving through a hoop

Term 1 Week 7 Friday, March 18th =Class Band= Today our band, the 4sixteens, had their first live performance. They were incredible and rocked our school singing assembly. Go the 4sixteens!!



Term1 Week7 Thursday, March 17th =Brain Talk= Today Sasha's mum came in to talk to us about the brain. We had tonnes of questions for her and she answered all of them. It helped us to clarify the things that we weren't sure about and some of the myths about the brain. Turns out you don't loose brain cells when you sneeze, actually you don't lose brain cells at all (and if you do, you're in trouble)!

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Term 1 Week 6 =Gardening Group= Over the last 5 weeks every Friday our class has been splitting up into groups. One of the groups is a gardening group they have been planting, buying plants and picking tomatoes. I got out there and asked them a few questions... Me: “What are you planting?” Garden group: “Well we're planting broccoli, marigold, tomatoes, lettuce, baby carrots and borige.” Me: “What are you going to plant in the future?” Garden group: “We might plant strawberries, potatoes and cauliflower.” Me: “How long will it take for your baby carrots to grow?” Garden group: “About 12 weeks.”

By Sophie

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The Senses Challenge We have been learning about the brain and how it uses different areas/parts to do and control different things. This week we did the Senses Challenge - a test to see if we could identify things using our 5 senses (taste, touch, sight, smell and hearing). These are pics of us trying to work out what the different tastes, optical illusions, touches and sounds were.

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Room 16 has been learning about poetry for the last few weeks and we also listened to Benjamin Zephaniahs poems Talking Turkeys and Dis Poetry. After that we wrote our own poems and we read some poems as well. When we read them we had to mark the similes, assonance, rhyme and other things with highlighters. Then we got some poems from home and we published them and memorized them of by heart. At the end we read our poems to the class and some people read them in senior assembly.

During weeks 1-4 room 16 have been working on some sweet poems. Check some of them out on the poetry page.

The Brain
On Thursday afternoon we made Neurons. Neurons are extremely small cells in your body. Of Corse when we made them they were a lot bigger! 1st: We brought some pipe-cleaners. 2nd: we got a blue pipe-cleaner and rolled it into a ball, 3rd: We got the pink pipe-cleaner and found a hole in the blue one and stuck it through the hole and made it go half way. 4th: We twisted the pink one, then we got the yellow pipe-cleaner and twisted it around the pink one. 5th:We got the orange/red pipe-cleaner and twisted it around the end. 6th:We chopped the green Pipe-cleaner in to four bits and we had to find four more holes in the blue ball and stick them half-way though and then we twist them. By Sophie
 * Here are some useful websites about the brain **
 * Kids Health: Your brain and nervous system. This site will also read the article to you. **
 * CYWHS: From what the brain does to interesting facts. **
 * National Geographic Kids: Your amazing brain! **

Tuesday 22nd, 2011 = Rippa Rugby = = ** This term Rebecca is offering Rippa Rugby to all the Senior School girls. Most of us went thinking it was going to be boring, but most of us had a lot of fun. ** ** It is a very safe, non-contact, easy-to-play game for both boys and girls. The reason it is called Rippa Rugby is because if you want to get the ball of the opposition you have to rip the tags on their belt, if you do you get the ball. The object of the game is to score a try by grounding the ball behind or on the opponents' try line. A try is worth five points. ** J = By Sophie

=Swim and Water Safety Programme= = On Wednesday we went to the Mt Albert poolns. We were split into 5 groups, each group had their own station and we rotated around them. Station A was confidence and floating, station B was how to deal with clothes in the water, station C was safe boating, station D was survival at sea and station E was free play. There were lots of fun activities to do like jumping off a ledge into the wave pool and riding in a boat and going down the hydroslide! Sometimes the activities were hard like when our clothes created drag in the water and paddling on a boat with our hands. =

By Pearl

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