On Wednesday 20th November, the year sevens were lucky enough to visit Rainbows End. This is a trip that is held every year, to celebrate the end of Year seven, before they come back as the leaders of the school in the new year.
They spent the entire day there - got into small groups with a parent helper and then got to explore the park with them. Here is a promo movie of the trip!
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Monday 18 November 2019
Chromosomes (Genomics) : Dr Thierry
Today we were lucky to have a visit from Dr Thierry to help us to continue our Genomics learning. He shared an activity to show us different pairs of chromosomes and explained how they carry genetic information from each of our parents.
Humans have 23 pairs or 46 chromosomes. Each of us has a unique combination of chromosomes - we inherit one copy from each of our parents.
One pair of our chromosomes determines if we will be male or female. Dr Thierry really blew our minds when he told us that every human being starts life as female (XX chromosome pair). Before birth this can change to XY to make a male.
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Sharpen Up!
Kia ora! Have you ever been the butt of a joke? Are you the person who is the last to figure out what is going on and accidentally ends up doing the wrong thing or taking the blame for someone else? Check out Room 2's movie for the 2019 Manaiakalani Film Festival and see who needs to SHARPEN UP! Let us know which gag you liked the best. Share your comments below
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