Tēnā koutou, The Sommerville Community Links Programme “Te Hapori” strives to develop confidence and independence through a challenging and supportive environment. We aim to deliver a balanced curriculum with opportunities for young adults to make a successful transition out of school. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity of all our backgrounds that make us individuals, capable of whatever we set our minds to.
Thursday 19 December 2013
Thanks Fiona
A massive thank you to Fiona for all your help this year. We have all grown so much through the digital world and we will be forever greatful. We all can't wait to see what new learning we will be part of next year!
Wednesday 11 December 2013
Sunday 8 December 2013
Our Learning Tours
We have visited lots of locations this year and also learnt a lot on our travels. We have added these locations to a Google Map with an image and a link to our individual blog posts.
This is Bradley's Learning Tour. Click each location to see more.
You can find a link to our learning tours at the top of each of our blogs. Our blogs are here.
Monday 2 December 2013
Pegasus Triathlon Fun day
We had such a fun day at Pakuranga College competing in the Pegasus Unit Triathlon. All the students performed extremely well swimming, cycling, and running/walking. The day was made even more memorable by the volunteer staff from Mars. Martin, Sophia, and Jesse came and joined us for the day. The all got involved with the students helping them ride bikes, swim, and encouraging the students to try their best. All the students would like to say a big thank you!
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Wednesday 13 November 2013
Team Work
Here is Brennan in front of the extreme screen presenting our film to over 450 students from the Manaiakalni community. Well done Brennan.
Wednesday 23 October 2013
St. Johns Ambulance
Today we were very lucky to be visited by St. Johns Ambulance and learn about dialing emergency services.
Art Fundraiser
Our class have been busily painting these lovely works of art as a fundraiser for our term 4 trips and treats. The art is made on 100cm x 80cm stretched canvas. We are currently running a silent auction so if you would like to make a bid please email me with the painting and the amount you would like to bid. If you have the highest bid you will get the painting. What ever you bid we expect you to pay. The last day of the auction is Monday the 4th of November.
Thanks for your support
Thanks for your support
Thursday 17 October 2013
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Saturday School
Saturday School last weekend at the Tamaki Campus. Lots to Learn, Create, Share...plus EWC students sharing their learning with Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education
Friday 20 September 2013
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Friday 6 September 2013
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Monday 2 September 2013
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Top Tips
We have been learning to leave great comments on each others blogs. We used Google Draw and Pixlr to create these posters of our top tips for leaving great comments.
Monday 26 August 2013
Yummy
Here we are grating cheese and making toasted sandwiches. They are quick to cook. Bradley estimates about 10 minutes.
Thursday 22 August 2013
Static Experiment
Our investigstion in to what happens if you rub a balloon on your head. The girls hair is standing on end. Does anyone know why?
Tuesday 20 August 2013
Monday 19 August 2013
Cooking up a storm
We had lots of fun making pizza. We were able to choose our own ingredients. Everyone used pizza bases except for Max. He chose to use pita bread. They were yummy and very crunchy.
Friday 16 August 2013
We're in good shape with Google Draw
We have been learning to use Google Draw to share our Geometry learning. Here is Bradley's Google Drawing. We had to learn lots of new tools to create our shapes.
Wednesday 14 August 2013
Monday 12 August 2013
Friday 9 August 2013
Green thumbs
We have been busy little beavers getting our garden ready for spring. We have been weeding and turning over the soil ready to plant our new vegetables and flowers next week.
Thursday 8 August 2013
Google Draw
We have been busy learning how to use Google Draw. We have been making brainstorms by selecting shapes and adding a Text box to write our fantastic ideas in. We now can add colour to the shapes and make it more attractive and stand out.
Hooping it up!
We are training very hard getting ready for ribbon day. We have been working on our Team work and passing skills. Some students are getting a lot better at shooting!
Wednesday 7 August 2013
When the tide is out
We had an interesting day at Maraetai Beach. We went scavenging, fishing and had lunch. We tried to swim but the tide was out.
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Being Positive and Asking Questions
We have been learning to write quality blog comments. We learnt about these tips for writing quality comments.
- Be positive about the blog post
- Add more information
- Make a connection
- Ask a question
- Proof check our spelling and punctuation
Today we have been practising by writing comments on our class blogs. We wrote a positive comment about the blog post and asked a question. Links to our blogs are in the navigation bar on the right. What do you think of our comments?
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Geometry Tanagrams
Thursday 4 July 2013
Turning our garden beautiful
We have put hours of sweat and hard work in to our garden. We have turned it from a jungle in to a beautiful fertile garden. We have 4 planter boxes that grow; bulbs, flowers, vegetables, and pumpkins.
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Thursday 27 June 2013
Fitness Walk - Road works
On this mornings walk there was so much going on. There is huge road works going on around our community.
Tuesday 25 June 2013
Edgewater Production "The Wedding Singer"
All sitting and waiting quietly ready for the show!
Edgewater College should be very proud because it was fantastic and we all enjoyed it very much. We can't wait for next year!
Thursday 20 June 2013
Football frenzy
Room 2 TERMINATORS, We picked Barcelona as our football team! We played in the toughest competition. We all played as hard as we could and we finished 3rd! It was awesome
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Vikki has a surprise birthday party
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Friday 14 June 2013
Friday 7 June 2013
Thursday 6 June 2013
Wednesday 5 June 2013
Cleaning up the school
Room 2 have been given the responsibility for Edgewater College paper recycling. Every week the class goes to every classroom in the school to collect their paper recycling.
Wednesday 29 May 2013
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