This is the current events quiz we did this afternoon. Some of these questions will be in the Friday morning Quiz. How many can you answer correctly?
1. What has the minimum wage in NZ been raised to?
2. What internet site is said to have played an important part in the demonstrations in Egypt?
3. What decision is the Maori Party making about Hone Harawira this week?
4. Which NZ cricket player was accused of poor behaviour on a flight from Sydney to Dubai?
5. Food poisoning is said to have caused the death of a NZ woman and serious illness for two others when they were travelling in what country?
6. What is the name of the current system affecting weather in the Pacific? (Hint - it brings wetter weather,including cyclones and is a Spanish word....)
7. Which English actress has been linked to Australian cricket player, Shane Warne?
8. What was significant about a special landing of a plane at Wellington Airport last week?
9. In what country is Johannesburg the largest city?
10. Bush fires have destroyed houses in which Australian city last week?
11. Police are trying to get rid of an overseas gang from which country?
12. Which team won the Team of the Year at the Halberg Awards last week?
13. In what South American country were there two large earthquakes over the weekend, after a devastating 8.0 earthquake this time last year?
14. Margaret Thatcher was the prime - minister of which country?
15. Which NZ town is famous for gumboots?
In assembly this morning we learned about what happens to the paper we bring to school for recycling. We get paid $50 per tonne of paper and cardboard we bring to school. The company which recycles the paper needs as much as they can get because they do not have enough. Paper that goes into the ordinary kerbside recycling bin gets mixed up with glass and is no good for recycling into other paper or cardboard products. Broken glass can damage the machinery and cause millions of dollars of damage. So... tidy out your cupboards and send all your unwanted and unused paper, magazines, books and cardboard to our school.
We also had a "Financial Literacy" lesson today with a guest speaker, Julian, from the ASB. We learned how to save money by setting "CAR goals". CAR stands for Clear, Achievable and Realistic goals. We played a game where each team had $1600 and we had to make decisions about what to buy and what not to buy to go on a holiday to Hawaii. We had to consider using cash or credit cards, insurance and package deals including food. We learned that we have to pick a job that we like, not necessarily a job where money is the most important. It's good to have passion for the job you do. It is good to spend money wisely.
On Friday we had our first Options classes. Everyone has a Spanish lesson with Mrs Lee, Mrs Vincent or Mr Yates. Year 7s learned to say, " ¡Buenos días!”. We are practising singing Frere Jacques in several languages (at once) for our assembly next week. We plan to sing it in French, Spanish, English and Mandarin.
The ICT options class with Ms Gifford is learning to use a computer programme called "Pencil". We are learning to make a 30 second movie. It involves a lot of copying and pasting. At the end, there are 30 clips and you have to press play for your movie to start. In Mrs Irwin's and Mrs Whitehead's art classes we are learning to do sketching and in Mrs Hansen's technology class we are learning about basic circuits.
We had our first ukulele lesson with Mrs Lee and learned to play C,F,G and G7. (There is no chord called H!)
(Written with help from Hoani and Bhaban)
Practise our 100 Need to Know words here (Part 1a) and here (Part 1b).
Preview the vocabulary for the next 3 chapters of the novel "Holes" by Louis Sacher here.
And remember ... our first homework project is due on Friday.
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