Dawn Parade 2012
'BOOM!' There goes the cannon as we stand in front of the band rotunda in Winton on the 25th of April 2012, to remember the men that lost there lives serving our country at ANZAC cove in Gallipoli.

On the calm, cool  morning, young and old gathered to remember the soliders that fought for New Zealand.


Alot of people gathered to hear the last post bugle play. Mr Flynn from Winton Mitre 10)   welcomed the ex-servicemen to come and sit up the front of the band rotunda. (Mr Flynn has not long retuned from Afghanistan.) After that welcome of the ex-servicemen Mr Jeffrey welcomed everyone and explained the procedures. The local presbyterian Minister said a prayer. then it was time for the head boy and head girl for Central Southland Collage to do some readings.

Next Mr Millar from Winton RSA laied a wreath from RSA in front of the band rotunda. There it was 'BOOM!'Everyone got a big fright 'BOOM!' and again the cannon rung out. IMGNEthat all day every day... cannons and guns. firing knowing your life could end and minute soon.Next minute 6 gun shots rung out from a representive from the New Zealand Army. Then many people brought up the wreaths to be laied on the gates out side Mervs and Millies. Shay and Conner from our schoolbrought up the wreath from Winton School. Now it was SHOWTIME it was time for the Winton KapaHaka group to shine as we had to lead the national anthem. The bugler then played the last post.

"At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them."

By Alana Cameron

Its a Time We Remember

When they left in the ships there were tears there were cries but some of them just watched thinking about their demise.

As they sailed into the distance in the bitter morning air we saw their white smiles starting to disappear.

Most of us stayed others walked away but watching and waiting was starting to bore as the white fog clouded the vision of the boats and their fear. 

by Damen Axtens

Term 2 Week 2
Homework is aimed to take around 30 minutes per night. Many pupils are involved in a wide range of after school activities (sports practices, music classes, Kip McGarth, dance etc) and it can be difficult to get Homework done some weeks. If you feel your child is finding it difficult to complete some tasks, please contact me at school or my email - belinda@winton.school.nz


- Remember your PE gear Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week.
- To ensure your Homework is marked each Friday...please ensure you hand your book in to be marked!!

Activity 1: Reading
- You are expected to read for at least 10 mins each night.
- Record your nightly reading in the back of your book.
- Remember to read a variety of genre (novels, newspapers, newsletters, internet articles etc)


Activity 2: Spelling
- Practice your spelling words each night for success.
- Do this for each of your spelling words: Copy the word - Read - Cover - Spell - Check if correct. 


Activity 3: Dragon Maths: (revision from Mrs Collett's lessons)
Book 4 page 12 - Rounding
Book 5 page 24 - Powers


Activity 4: Cross Country Training
As well as the training we are doing at school, you need to be doing some form of exercise each day to improve your fitness levels for cross country. At least 30 minutes is expected.
Record in your book, what you do each day. 
Activities can include: walking or biking to and/or from school, sports practices, dance practices, skateboarding, scootering, shooting netballs or basketballs, trampolining, Wii or be creative!!




Activity 5: NZSL week 
This week is NZSL (New Zealand Sign Language Week). Use your knowledge and the notes from your Languages book to do the following with an adult at home:
1. Sign the alphabet
2. Count to 10 (or higher)
3. Introduce yourself and sign your first and last name.
4. Sign at least 4 emotions. e.g: happy, sad, well done, nice etc.
5. TEACH an adult the above things! You can teach each item as you demonstrate if you like
Get them to give you some feedback by WRITING A POST ON THE CLASS BLOG.

Term 2 Week 1
- Welcome back to Term 2! I hope you had a fantastic holiday break and are all set for a busy term!
- Bring your PE gear Tuesday and Thursday and be prepared to Run!


Activity 1: Reading
- You are expected to read for at least 10 mins each night.
- Record your nightly reading in the back of your book.
- Remember to read a variety of genre (novels, newspapers, newsletters, internet articles etc)


Activity 2: Spelling
- Practice your spelling words each night for success.
- Do this for each of your spelling words: Copy the word - Read - Cover - Spell - Check if correct. 


Activity 3: Dragon Maths: (revision from Mrs Collett's lessons)
Book 4 page 5 - 'Making Adjustments'
Book 5 page 6 - 'Strategies + and -'


Activity 4: PrEP money design

- See your PrEP currency sheet for the information you need to know.

- Your designs are due on Friday

Activity 5: ANZAC reporting

- Find an article in the newspaper, on the TV, radio, in a magazine (anywhere) that is related to ANZAC day. If you are going to the ANZAC Dawn Parade on Wednesday morning - you may even want to write about that.

- Write a short report/article about it. It must be written in paragraphs that are correctly structured (an introduction, middle and end) Include a catchy headline and a picture/photo if you can. 

- Remember the key features of reporting include: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, HOW 

- The best articles will be written onto our class blog. I look forward to hearing them on Friday!

Book Character Day - Friday 30 March

Room 10 and the rest of Winton School really got into the swing of dressing up for Book Character Day, which concluded The Book Fair that had been at school for the past week.
The money we raised is going towards the awesome 'Starter Packs' that the new entrants receive.
Write a post on your thoughts about Book Character Day and who you think was the best character!

Shrinking the Solar System!

We have been studying the Solar System as part of our Science unit. We wanted to 'shrink the solar system' to see the comparison sizes and distances between the planets. Because the solar system is SO HUGE we had to scale the planets down to size. This meant that Earth had a diameter of 8mm and Pluto had a diameter of only 1.5mm!

Creating the sun with a diameter of 90cm

The planets lined up in order

Measuring the distance the planets will be. 1 metre  = 1 million km!! 

Placing Mars it its position in the solar system

Working out distances between the planets.

The planets in order. Can you find planet Earth?

At the very end Pluto is over 5 billion km's away from the sun!!