Trip to Mind Lab

This term in GRi11 we have been learning about businesses. We split up into small groups and made products for real money. The reason we have been selling our products for real money is because we have been raising to go to The Mind Lab in Petone (just out of Wellington).

At Mind Lab we did 3D printing, stop motion animation, makeys makeys, scribble bots and we also made motorised cars out of certain materials.

We had to take the bus to Petone ,which was good because us kids got to catch up on some sleep. We had to be at school by 7.45am so that we would not miss the bus and then we got back at 5.30.

Even though it was raining in Petone, and it was a long long day, all of the GRi11ers had a great day and there was no part of the day where people got bored. We had a great day at Mind Lab. We would love one here in Palmerston North.

Hannah and Wendy's Car ready for racing!

Jack and Xavier think they have made a winner

Makey Makey - Coding a game

Our set for Stop Motion Animation

JJ and Gautham making an animation

Jo-Jo creating music using Makey Makey

Parlato thinking carefully about his car

F.A.I.L cars - keep on trying girls

Making Scribble Bots 

Ready to Race!!!

Creating games using Makey Makey

Animation sets

Playdough is a conductor for Makey Makey

3D Printing

GRi11 at Mind Lab! Thanks for an amazing time!

Rippa Rugby Tournament

From Sunday to Monday and Tuesday our school Rippa Rugby team was representing the Manawatu region in Wellington.

They had been practising for over a month in the weekends, lunch times and in the afternoon block,

but all of their hard work payed of because they came 6th in the WHOLE of New Zealand! 5 of the 9 players were from GRi11!!!

Each team was given a country from the rugby world cup that we had to play as. Our team was chosen as Italy (The blue uniform you can see is kind of what the guys in the real world cup wear.)!

College Street Normal School is very, very proud and we hope that we make it to the regionals next year!

 

Upper Row - Simone, Holly, Liam, Mason, Maggie, Mr R

Lower Row - Cooper, Bella-Rose, Jacob, Georgie, Jamie

 This is us just chilling on the turf!

 Bella-Rose and the team watching the people we are competing do their Haka.

 The team showing off our Italy uniforms (That we play in).

 We found a Street that supports us! Thanks Wellington we really appreciate some luck! 

 #Selfie #RippaRugby #ShotBro #Bestviewintown 

Doing some drills and getting ready for the game ahead!

GRi11 Industries

This term in Gri11, we are creating businesses, making products and selling them for REAL money. This money will go towards a class field trip to Mind lab in Wellington. We are successfully selling our products. Here are our adverts. :)

Badminton Champs in our midst

Today was the finals of the Manawatu Primary Schools Badminton Champs. 

Isabella and Joanne were runners-up in A grade. 

Gayathma and her partner were the winners of B grade!! 

Samuel was a constant threat throughout the competition. 

A huge congrats to you guys from GRi11! 

GRi11 Industries Production Day

Today (Sunday) we had a GRi11 Industries production day. We invited parents to come and help us start our business ventures. It was an awesome day and we made a lot of progress. Keep posted for our final product updates. 

Thank you to all our helpers who came down to help. We couldn't have done it without you!

Parlato loving the power tools!

Designing Designer Bunting 

Putting an undercoat on the tyres ready for our Tyre Ottomans

Creating our Bookshelves

The tops of our Tyre Ottomans are starting to take shape

It was all action today in front of GRi11

Mixing the concrete for our 'Rock Hard' pots

The Black sticks came to our school!

Today we had Georgia and Kayla from the Black Sticks Hockey team, and Pippa from Central. They came to talk to us about the upcoming NHL tournament on this weekend. We learned lots about what being a Black Stick is like. 

Did you know that Georgia used to go to CSNS?

Some of us were lucky enough to get a hockey t-shirt. We hope that CENTRAL plays well this weekend. 

Room 21 visit

Miss Manley read a story to our Room 21 friends that came to visit. We had lots of fun helping them with their colouring and reading them stories. 

Photography

The kids in GRi11 have been taking some photos for the CSNS Digi Awards. And they have taken really good photos, too!

Doodle 4 Google

Here are a few of our 'Doodle 4 Google' entries. We had to produce a doodle based on the heading - "If I could travel back in time I would ..." 

We hope to post another blog informing you that we won!

GRi11 Art

Today in GRi11 we had a go a some Dot Music Art. Inspired by the abstract, we listened to the music and let the vivids do the talking. We then coloured in the shapes we had created.