Using Powtoon

We have been learning to use Powtoon. This is an example of our first attempt.

How Parents can help with Maths at home

7 steps of the Scientific Method

Adjectives

Today we learnt about adjectives. Adjectives are words that describe nouns (naming words).

Watch this video,curtesy of Schoolhouse rock grammar, to improve your understanding.

Family Culture

Last week Rusty shared how photography is a huge part of his family's culture. His
 mum and dad travelled all over NZ for a year to take photos for this book. Rusty wasn't even born yet. This book won the best in the world award at the time! Awesome.

Tennis lessons at school

We were lucky to get a professional coach to come in for the next few weeks to improve the tennis skills of our students. Here is Room 4 being taken through their paces.

Community day -6 March 2015

Building communities within a community.

HDS held an awesome Community day on 6 March 2015.  All the vertical communities invited the parents of their students to share food made by the students. Students shared their learning and also organised games for everyone to join in.

The Piha Community certainly had an enjoyable time. Hope I got everyone on a picture.