Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Personal Passion Tutorials
Students from the Navigator Centre, Kahurangi and Haepapa spent a number of weeks in Term One creating tutorials to teach us about their individual passions. They were charged with introducing their chosen topic, and then teaching us something new they had learned about it. The variety of topics was diverse and interesting - here are a number of the finished products.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Epro8 SemiFinal and Final
The Semi Finals...
The Whakarongo Brainwaves - Sophie Collis, Trent Shailer, Ryan Morgan and Callum Whitley attended the Epro8 Year 7 / 8 SemiFinal at Roslyn School on April 13. They battled against other teams to complete a range of challenges and finished the competition 6th equal. Well done Team!
The Whakarongo Einsteins attended the Epro8 Year 5 / 6 Semi Final at Roslyn school on April 14. The team consisted of Axis Simon, Caleb Woisin, Carter Fuldseth and Zac Bradford. They attempted the same challenges as the year 7 / 8 team with equally good results finally coming in 5th equal. They were forced into a four-way tie breaker and emerged victorious, progressing through to the Finals in the first week of May.
Epro8 Manawatu-Whanganui Year 5 /6 Final
The original Einsteins team of Axis Simon, Kaija Fouhy, Zac Bradford and Caleb Woisin returned to the Epro8 Challenge last week to compete in the Regional Final at Palmerston North
Intermediate School. Their teamwork and communication skills were tested as they worked to solve a range of engineering problems, pitting themselves against eleven other local teams. They finished an admirable 5th place overall. A Fantastic Effort!
Intermediate School. Their teamwork and communication skills were tested as they worked to solve a range of engineering problems, pitting themselves against eleven other local teams. They finished an admirable 5th place overall. A Fantastic Effort!
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Epro8 Challenge Competition
The Epro8 Challenge (Engineer, Problem Solve, Innovate) was held at Monrad Intermediate on March 30th and 31st. Two teams entered the Year 7/8 competition. The Whakarongo #Hashtags came in 6th place with their outstanding electronic Mars Rover and the Whakarongo Brainwaves showed innovation and good old Kiwi ingenuity to drive their swing-rover-crane into 2nd place. The Brainwaves will compete at Roslyn School in the semifinals in Week 11.
The Whakarongo Einsteins - Caleb Woisin, Kaija Fouhy, Zac Bradford and Axis Simon
Congratulations to all our participating teams - its was a fantastic effort at a fun new event. Good Luck to the Brainwaves and the Einsteins for their upcoming semifinal!
The Whakarongo #Hashtags - Ethan Riley, Flynn Harris, Forbes Kennedy and Ayden Armstrong
The Whakarongo Brainwaves - Sophie Collis, Callum Whitley, Trent Shailer and Ryan Morgan
Wednesday morning, March 31st saw the Whakarongo Einsteins compete in the Year 5/6 event, also at Monrad. They pitted their skills against ten other teams, attempting a variety of challenges and designing a load bearing crane, a manual mars rover and set of airport scales. They ended the round in 2nd equal place and also move through to the semifinals at Roslyn School in Week 11.
Congratulations to all our participating teams - its was a fantastic effort at a fun new event. Good Luck to the Brainwaves and the Einsteins for their upcoming semifinal!
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Epro8 Challenge Training Session
Students were give two and half hours on Friday March 11, to attempt a number of Epro8 practice challenges. They used a recommended resource list to attempt a catapult and a water tower. Mr Nathan White, an engineering enthusiast and secondary school teacher, came in for the last half hour to give them feedback on their ideas and to future proof some of their practices. Mr White said that he had worked with year 9/10 GATE students who had not been as successful as our students were. The competition dates are March 30 and 31 and we wish our three teams entering all the best!
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