Flynn was the recipient of this weeks assembly award for his key role within his inquiry project group. Well done Flynn wiht your efforts here!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Our Guests Today - Ra, Gorydie and Julie
Well this term has seen some fantastic work carried out by many groups in the class and around the school. Our big idea of looking at different Health related agencies in our community, the challenges they face and the way in whic we can make some sort of effort to help them has seen some fantastic student led inquiry. One group of boys - Flynn, Austin, Beau, Bruno and Matt have worked hard on similar stuff to the group of boys who held the baking sale written about in a previous post. The boys wanted to learn about the challenges of living with blindness and vision impairment and had a particular interest in learning about the challenges faced by training and rasing Guide Dogs. The put together some good info that was shared to the class and other classes.
Did you know it costs $22500.00 to train a puppy to become a guide dog!! As part of their inquiry work the boys were lucky enough to make contact with Ra and Gorydie(I think this is the spelling of Gorydie pronounced as Jordie). Ra is completely blind and Gorydie is his trusty guide dog. Today at school the boys arranged for a talk wiht all the Year 7 classes with questions for Ra and Gorydie who also had Julie form the foundation for the blind along with them. Ra answered many questions and was great to listen to, a real inspiartional and positive guy. After the chat the boys had a sausage sizzle to raise some money that they are able to contribute to the foundation to help wiht the costs of training puppies into guide dogs. A very successful Sausage Sizzle saw the boys make over $200 profit - an updated figure will be available early next term when they present their final cheque to the foundation. A super effort in all that you have organised and achieved here boys - awesome stuff!!
A special thanks must also go to Bridget(Flynn's Mum) and Ryan from Sport Otago for their help with the BBQ cooking - thanks heaps!
George, Kaiden, Caleb, Alex and Couper - Blind Foundation Presentation
Well today we were lucky to have some visitors that were organised by Flynn, Austin, Beau, Bruno and Matt. We had Ra & Gorydie(the dog) along with Julie form the Foundation for the Blind. George, Kaiden, Alex, Caleb and Couper were able to present a cheque to them, this was the funds raised that the boys raised from their baking sale last week. A top effort boys and a great way of making a contribution towards a worthy organisation. Well Done.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Ella, Brianna & Georgia - CanTeen Visit Report & Planned Challenge Video
Today we visited CanTeen; we had lunch with two of the staff who work at CanTeen. One of the staff was called Donna she is the manager of the Otago Southland CanTeen association.
The other staff member was called Maureen she helps and looks after the people living with cancer. She helps out by giving the patience food that they like and anything that they want while there in hospital.
Here is some of the things that we learnt when we went to CanTeen:
CanTeen gets 80-90 CanTeen members in Otago every year.
They raise $60,000-$70,000 a year and they need to raise this much to keep their charity going.
CanTeen is not involved with child cancer or cancer association.
CanTeen is for people 13-24years old.
At the moment there are three big fundraisers happening, a cruise, a martial arts competition and a dance/ball.
Bandanna day is coming on the 22nd of October. They sell bandannas for $4. There are 6 different patterns they also sell UV bracelets for $2.
Some shops like Repco, Farmers, Burger king, and KFC volunteer to sell their items at their store so more people will buy them.
CanTeen also encourages people to shave their hair to show their support to people with cancer.
Canteen is a great cause and all the money donated goes towards helping people living with cancer. CanTeen isn’t just for people with cancer but also for family who has someone close to them with cancer. We recommend that you support CanTeen!
The other staff member was called Maureen she helps and looks after the people living with cancer. She helps out by giving the patience food that they like and anything that they want while there in hospital.
Here is some of the things that we learnt when we went to CanTeen:
CanTeen gets 80-90 CanTeen members in Otago every year.
They raise $60,000-$70,000 a year and they need to raise this much to keep their charity going.
CanTeen is not involved with child cancer or cancer association.
CanTeen is for people 13-24years old.
At the moment there are three big fundraisers happening, a cruise, a martial arts competition and a dance/ball.
Bandanna day is coming on the 22nd of October. They sell bandannas for $4. There are 6 different patterns they also sell UV bracelets for $2.
Some shops like Repco, Farmers, Burger king, and KFC volunteer to sell their items at their store so more people will buy them.
CanTeen also encourages people to shave their hair to show their support to people with cancer.
Canteen is a great cause and all the money donated goes towards helping people living with cancer. CanTeen isn’t just for people with cancer but also for family who has someone close to them with cancer. We recommend that you support CanTeen!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Baking Sale...George, Jackson, Kaiden, Caleb & Alex
As part of our ASPIRE Project on health, we chose to look into the challenges that are faced by the NZ Blind Foundation, after learning a bit about the organisation we decided to organise a baking sale to raise some awareness and $$$ for the NZ Blind Foundation. A successful lunchtime sale saw us sell $127.90 of our baking!!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Otago Cross Country Champs
Well done to the following Room 13 students who competed in the Otago Cross Country Running Champs on Friday, a very competitive field of runners.
Year 7 Girls
Georgia Walsh - 6th
Brianna Thomson - 23rd
Year 7 Boys
Jackson Miller - 13th
Friday, September 3, 2010
Alex Hanan - Assembly Award Week 7 Term 3
Well done Alex for receiving an Assembly award today for "Continually showing a positive effort and making great contributions to class discussion"
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