Information on Sketchup for your box design.

Mr Nicholson has made the files available of his wonderful tutorials if you wish to look at these at home to work on your storage box design. You will need your need your school user name and password when you click on the links below and use Firefox or Internet explorer to veiw them.

"Create a box tutorial"

"Changing box size and shape"
Basic box file for you to play with here.

Cry of the Taniwha - Chapter 15

WALT - Justify answers using information from text.


1. Why did Hone get angry?
2. Predict what is going to happen next.

Literacy - Cry of the Taniwha - Chapter 14

WALT - Justify answers using information from text.
1. Why had Matt not slept well?
2. Why did Nan tell Matt that he was famous?
3. What happened to Matt in the Redwoods?
4. What did Eve find out?

Research Assignment - Natural Disasters

In week 7 all W2 students need to present to the class a 3 minute power point presentation based on the 6 questions they designed during week 2. They will be graded on quality of presentation, quality of power point, and quality of research. Parents and other teachers are more than welcome to come and watch these presentations.
Monday - Kate, Brennan, Ryan,  Brad, Hannah, John, Jessie
Tuesday - Amy, Ray, Oliver, Lorna, Bree, Hayden, Hayze
Wednesday - Rangi, Olivia, Emmarina, Shania H, Taine, Kyle, Oceania
Thursday - Kristin, Shania M, James, Jason, Sophie, Josh, Christie

Cry of the Taniwha - chapter 13

Literacy WALT: Justify answers using information from text.
1. How is Matt feeling about Juzza now?
2. Who is Gawk?
3. What was Gawk doing?

Homework - Week 3 due Monday 14 May

Reading – Every night

Maths – Measurement revision worksheet 2

Writing – Style: News Article – Select a national news story and write an article for your local paper.

Geography – Locate the following rivers on your map.

-          Nile / Amazon / Mississippi / Ganges / Ob / Congo / Niger / Volga / Chang / Jiang

Literacy - Cry of the Taniwha - Chapter 11 + 12

WALT: Write informative and interesting sentences.

Who are the following people?

a) Lousie Miller
b) Edward Basham
c) Scott Murray
d) Ian McMillan
e) Eve