Cashmere Open Day

We also have Mark Wilson (Cashmere High Principal) coming in to speak with our Year 8s this coming Friday.

A solitary wreckage is weighted to the ground, blessed with souls lurking in the charades of darkness. A colourful sensation sways beneath a silhouetted figure towering over the bloom, leaving an enigma behind. A beam of light is commemorated, engulfed in history. A hollow blankets the discolouration surrounding. A death defying scream curdles in the draught of silence.

Memory is shattered. The tentacles of the decay damaging the spirits of undefined souls. Webbed shadows linger, blasting erupting thoughts. Luring a locked pathway sealed with secrets.

By Cara Reid

Week 2 Writing Samples

The Little Cottage - by Levi

The frothy snow covers the land.  A little cottage flickers its lights on the snow.  The trees silhouette darkens the icy snow.  The wind whips the snow up in the air, making little ripples in the water.

The lights in the air move like waves on a summer day, casting spells and appearing in dreams.  You can taste bitter dissolving snow and hear the whisper of the trees swaying side to side.  You can smell the cocoa bubbling in the mugs and feel the soft wind as it touches your skin.

Winter Wonderland - by Jay

The sparkling sky shining on the glistening snow.  The smell of cocoa warming you up inside.  The warmth inside the cabin makes you feel like you're dreaming.  The sweet smell of pine trees swaying in the frosty breeze.  The stream so quiet... so still... in the peaceful night.

The Winters Cabin - by Danny

I was walking in a frosty condition, stepping on the white, freezing, sugar like snow.  There was an abandoned cabin in the distance.  I saw some glistening blue water, but I still kept walking.

A Perfect Scene - by Orla

The illuminated cabin stood out against the forboding forest.  A trickling stream wound its way through the glistening snow, cutting a shining path.  Light from the cabin's windows shone on the fluffy snow outside, making it glow golden in the illuminsence.

The smell of baking cake wafted through the frozen air, making my mouth water and creating an unresistable lure to the source.  The sound of a crackling log fire broke the silence, barely audible, but somehow still there.  The icicles hanging off the cabin froze my fingers, then melted into oblivion, as I dragged my hand over the edge of the low-hanging roof.

The scene was perfect.

A Snowy Paradise - by John

The snow crunched under my feet like corn starch under pressure.  Light from the cabin glimmed and glistened on the snow like crystals in light.  Bushes poked out of the snow, symbolising death and life in a nutshell.  A barrage of light licked the sky like the gods engulfing a good ice cream.

The trees bristle like a toothbrush.  The character of the cottage foretells a long and interesting story.  Wear and tear are visible along the rough edges of the walls.

Winter Wonderland - by Michaela

An aurora dances across the sky, smothering the glistening stars.  Smoke rises from the chimney and swirls through the trees.  A little creek worms through the blanket of snow.  Icicles hang on the porch of the old character cottage.  The smell of boiling hot chocolate flies through the cool night sky.  A frosty breeze whistles, whipping the trees.  The frost biting at my feet.

Term 2 Oral Language

Room 18/19 Oral Language

Task: Present a 2 minute oral presentation on an element of the periodic table.  You will be given a mark out of fifteen.

You are to include:

Atomic mass

Phase and Category

Description

Use or Occurrence

First observed by/discovered

Things to consider:

Video clips, photographs/visuals, primary and secondary sources

Total /15

Clarity of Voice :            3 marks

How well you know your information:                   3 marks

Interesting points:         3 marks

Resources used:           3 marks

Time:                             3 marks

Room 18

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Wk 6	Lucia	Dominic	Grace H.	Isaac
Wk 6	Isabella B.	Jenna	Keegan	Levi
Wk 6	Caleb	Orla	Naomi	Fritha
Wk 7	Bruno	Mya	Grace O.	Charlie
Wk 7	Isabella P.	Holly F.	Izabella	Emily
Wk 8	Cora	Duncan	Atlanta	Tabitha
Wk 8	Yusi	Florence	Ruby	Tai

Room 19

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Stella	Anna	Emma	Daniel	Michaela
Monte	Jess	John	Dilkee	Paris
Ollianda	Ben	Isabella L	Max	Jay
Ella	Jimmy	Sam	Annika
Fergus	Bailey	Cara	Isabella S
	Troy	Te Ao Marama	Holly W

Shave Your Lid For a Kid

Cara, Bella B., Holly F., Duncan and Jimmy are organising a Shave Your Lid For a Kid event for next term as part of their Term 1 inquiry.  All money raised will be donated to CanTeen New Zealand.  They have organised three collection days at New World, St Martins (dates will be publicised shortly) and will be organising collection days at school.  If you would like to donate and support this cause in the meantime, please visit the link below for more information:
https://give.everydayhero.com/nz/shave-your-lid-for-a-kid 

Pythagoras Maths Questions

1. Is This Always True?

Please provide 2-3 mathematical examples to prove or disprove these statements.

1. Patti says that if you add the same negative integer five times, the sign of the sum is negative and its size is five times the size of the original integer.

For example:

–7 + (–7) + (–7) + (–7) + (–7)

= –(5 × 7) [7 is the size of –7]

= –35

Is Patti’s statement true for all negative integers?

2. Dina says that if you add a negative integer to a positive integer, the sum is zero or less.  

Is Dina’s statement true for all integers?

3. Suman says that if you subtract any two negative integers, the difference is always negative.

Is Suman’s statement true for all integers?

4. Lisa says that if you add two opposite integers, the sum is zero.

Is Lisa’s statement true for all integers?

5. Christopher says that if the mean (average) of a data set of integers is a negative integer, then there must be more negative integers than positive integers in the data set.

Is Christopher’s statement always true?

2. Is This Always True?

Name:

Date:

1. Bert says that to subtract one integer from another, simply add to the first number the opposite of the one you are subtracting.

For example:

9 – 5

= 9 + (–5)

= 4

Is Bert’s statement true for all integers?

2. Emmanuelle says that if you divide two negative integers, the quotient is a positive integer.  Is

Emmanuelle’s statement true for all negative integers?

3. Sandra says that any negative rational number, say negative one-half, can be represented in 3 equal ways:

Is Sandra’s statement always true?

Week 7 Blog Challenges - Due Friday