At Camp- Such Fun!

Enjoying a lovely lake walk...?

Sienna loving the Flying Fox

Kotahi promised his family he would wash daily... saving time by washing at the mudslide!?

The water slide was pretty amazing

Jodie flying down and loving it!

Simon vs the children

Sadie breaking the ice in the very 'refreshing' pool

Madie hanging around at the confidence course

Bryson and his brave mum Melissa went down the water slide

More Social and Co-op Activities

Gearing up for camp with our challenge groups...

Camp Gear List

CAMP GEAR LIST

We suggest you borrow gear instead of buying new gear.

DO NOT PACK GOOD OR FASHION GARMENTS.

MAKE SURE ALL GEAR IS NAMED CLEARLY

DAY PACK	MAIN BAG		DO NOT BRING
lunch box with lunch for first day. drink bottle (no fizz) jacket (rain proof) insect repellent and sun block sun hat Optional Camera (preferably disposable) Book or pack of cards	I pair of sneakers 1 pr of walking shoes/extra pr sneakers 1 pr of jandals or sandals (for around camp) Underwear (enough for 4 days, minimum of 5) 1 pr of pyjamas 5 prs socks 3 prs of shorts 2 prs of long trousers (not jeans) 4 t-shirts (no singlet tops) 1 long sleeve top 2 jerseys or sweatshirts or polar fleeces (1 should be thick in case of bad weather) Woollen hat or beanie Torch (with new batteries) Large plastic bag for dirty washing. Old clothes and towel for mudslide (may not return!) Swimming togs (goggles optional)	Soap 2 towels for bathing 1 beach towel for swimming Shampoo (in small container) Toothbrush and toothpaste Hairbrush Sleeping bag 1 Pillowcase Deodorant (no aerosols) Tissues	Cell phones Jewellery Money Lollies Computer games Any electronic device. Watches
TO THE TEACHERS BEFORE LEAVING
Medication in named bag with clear instructions Home baking for suppers (please no store-bought biscuits)

GEAR WILL BE CHECKED BEFORE DEPARTURE.

Loss or breakage of any property is owner’s responsibility.

Matificates!?

Today the amazing members of Rm I received their well deserved Matific certificates. Way to go mathematicians! 

Our Amazing Gymnast

Yesterday at Gymnastic Club I won the 'Grade Two Most Consistent' trophy.

Co-operative Seniors!

The whole Senior Team was outside, inside, everywhere around the senior block this afternoon. We spilt into our camp Challenge Groups and participated in a variety of co-operative activities. We had a wonderful time getting to know our group members and problem solve the challenges.

All of us getting ready to rumble...

Busy, busy trying to solve the problem of boiling magma...

Hayley's Skink

Hayley's Mum brought in a tailless skink to show the class. They took it off their cat and they are going to set it free again in a safe place. Skinks can drop their tails to get away from prey. It will grow back. If you want skinks in your garden you need leaf litter and wood stacked up.

Friday Wk 9...

Don't forget next Friday is our Silver Enviro School judging day. It is the day where they will decide if we move from bronze to silver. It would be a lovely gift to farewell Mr Wheeler, our Eco Warrior with.

What's in the hen house?

Today was Enviro Action Day and we had a ball! Our highlight was the visitors Ella and Finn brought to school. Two, little week old, lambs. Everyone who met them loved them. They were very friendly and cuddled us all.

Ben's Hen

The world's best hen visited MSS today. Her name was Brownie and we all loved her. She is Ben's pet and is about 18 months old. Brownie was very friendly and enjoyed being petted by everyone.

Hockey Celebration

The Senior Team were very excited that the weather held and we all made it to the High School turf for our Hockey Celebration! It was an awesome morning, Nitin is an organised machine and it went so smoothly. 

While the Year 6's are away!!!

With the Yr 6 students off-site having a look at Feilding Intermediate School as an option for their Yr 7 schooling, Room H and some imports had great fun creating this co-operative art activity.  The criteria was it had to be colourful with rainbow or enviro themes.  Didn't they do a great job!

Making Origami Hearts

Today I had my teach the teacher. I taught the class and Ms Todd how to make origami hearts out of coloured paper. I enjoyed helping people when they were unsure. The hearts were a decent size and they would be great for a present. All of the hearts turned out to be amazing!


    

Room H's Matariki Stars!

For Matariki Room H made beautiful stars.
First we started by making our stars out of white paper.
Once our stars where finished, we ruled them into sections and drew different zentangles in each section with pencil.
After we finished with the pencil we went over with vivid.
We all wrote four or five sentences of why we are stars.
Next we dyed each section one of three colours of our choice. After that we got a black square piece of paper and ruled even lines across the paper.
Next we wrote our sentences on the ruled lines in pencil then we went over with metallic silver sharpie. 
Next we had to stick our stars on making it look kind of 3D, so we used double sided tape for a good effect.
Finally after that was done, we went round with bright, vibrant coloured chalk pastels around the stars and border and smudged them to make them stand out. 
Room H did really well with this art project - they look outstanding on the wall.

Bonnie, Maia and Sienna 

Congratulations Wk 5 Winners

Well done to Chloe, Abbey and Jack this week's wonderful workers.

MSS Rocks!

Addison and Sarah both gave Mrs Palmer some beautifully painted rocks which inspired our current artwork. We have been designing and painting rocks. Painting them requires careful patient paint work. Have a look below.

Busy Wednesday for the Senior Team!

Teachers had to be on their toes to know who was going where on Wednesday as Senior Students participated in a number of different activities.  Of course there were the usual Enviro groups but on top of that we had students going in different groups to the Civic Centre to practice for the Cultural Festival, a group that went to hear Gavin Bishop in the morning with Mrs Mackie, a second group of illustrators who heard Gavin Bishop talk about writing and illustrating in the afternoon and another group who went to the Feilding Library in the afternoon to listen to author, Tessa Duder.  In the evening a large group of students performed in the Civic Centre in front of a huge crowd of family and friends.  Well done Senior Team!

Here is Tessa talking about one of her latest books:

OLIVIA'S TEACH THE TEACHER

Today Olivia taught us to make SLIME. If you want to try it out here are the ingredients:

1 C warm water to which you add 1 tsp of borax. In another bowl put half C PVA glue, half C shaving foam, half C foaming hand wash, a couple of pumps of hand lotion and a drop of food colouring and 1 tbsp corn starch. Mix. Add water and broad 1 tsp at a time. Done 

Seniors Who LOVE To Learn!

At 8:41am this morning this is what was seen in Room I. Look at all these eager keen learners. What wonderful children.

Wk 4 Winners...

Congratulations to the Rm I Week 4 winners: Jamie, Cate, Holly and Hayley. Keep up this effort.

We Should...

It's that time of the year again...speeches!

Our topic for 2017 is 'We Should'. Senior classes are very busy preparing for this topic. All children across the team will perform a speech to their class. From here 2 children from each class will perform their speech to the Senior Team and judges and finally 2 finalists will be chosen to perform at the Lions Speech competition 2017.

Kid President has some advice. He is an excellent speaker

Mathex

On Friday the best and brightest mathematical minds from MSS headed off to Palmerston North to compete in the annual Mathex competition. There were Yr 5 and Yr 6 teams competing. It was a day of tough questions that are timed. All the teams performed well and enjoyed the challenge. Our best result was 3rd, well done MSS mathematicians!

Chess Champs Again!

We were in teams of 4 and we competed against lots of different schools. We competed in the Yr 5 and 6 grade. MSS had 3 teams competing. I won 6 of my 7 matches. 3 people in my team won 6 out of 7 matches. It was held in the Feilding Intermediate school hall. In our first round we faced St James who came second last year. I was on board one which means I had to face all the best players. At the end they presented the medals and the trophy. Kellan won a bronze medal. MSS won the 2017 trophy. Winners for the third year in a row! Thanks Mr Cribb.

Written by Akira

Chook Heaven

It's finished and looking pretty amazing. Thank you to the parent and Grandparents who spent a lot of their time over the last 2 weeks on this project. It got the seal of approval from Mr Ward who noted it will be around long after we have gone! Next step when it is a little drier is feathered and friendly inhabitants. 

Wk 3 Winners in Rm I

Way to go all our wonderful winners this week. Many well deserving school stars!