{"id":5784,"date":"2017-05-29T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=2ef9a1c9db764bd3049a4dd3348b908e"},"modified":"2017-05-29T12:16:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T00:16:43","slug":"pohutukawa-team-newsletter-term-2-week-4-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/pohutukawa\/pohutukawa-team-newsletter-term-2-week-4-2017\/5784","title":{"rendered":"P\u014dhutukawa Team Newsletter &#8211; Term 2, Week 4, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Science<\/h3>As part of our Science\/Art\/Health interchange, many students in the P\u014dhutukawa&nbsp;Team have been identifying and learning about organs and systems of the human body. As part of this topic, the children have been dissecting hearts, eyes, kidneys and other organs to find out about their structure. The children have also been involved in a research project on the system or organ that they were most interested in.<br \/><br \/><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qmR-EGPSn1g\/WSp7xBQ8A4I\/AAAAAAAAB-U\/uN4xLbFRNTIZm6g-c5-oY-ISAfefbiINQCK4B\/s1600\/Dissection.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qmR-EGPSn1g\/WSp7xBQ8A4I\/AAAAAAAAB-U\/uN4xLbFRNTIZm6g-c5-oY-ISAfefbiINQCK4B\/s400\/Dissection.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>A future surgeon in the making.<\/div><br \/><h3>Rhythm Interactive<\/h3>Recently, we were visited by Rhythm Interactive - a special drumming group that tours New Zealand. As part of the show, each student was given their own drum to play. The students had lots of fun learning to keep in time with the beat. Here's a video of the drumming in action:<br \/><br \/><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ftjf4VJNs8o\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ftjf4VJNs8o?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/div><div><br \/><\/div><h3>Hockey<\/h3>As part of our winter sports programme, we have had guest teachers from Small Stix Hockey come to school every week. During each session, the students have been learning about and practising lots of different hockey skills such as; passing, trapping, dribbling and tackling.<br \/><br \/><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ctgO2pdVVq0\/WSqC-D7TBxI\/AAAAAAAAB-k\/yvWMLJl3QRwG15tR9L6q9JyTljfRqMb2ACK4B\/s1600\/Hockey.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ctgO2pdVVq0\/WSqC-D7TBxI\/AAAAAAAAB-k\/yvWMLJl3QRwG15tR9L6q9JyTljfRqMb2ACK4B\/s400\/Hockey.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br \/><\/div><\/div><h3>Dance<\/h3>Next week, the children will start to learn a new dance routine as part of our dance\/fitness programme. We will be showing off our dances as part of the Year 5 - 8 Showcase on the evening of Thursday, 6 July. More information to follow. We look forward to seeing you there!<br \/><br \/><br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3>Science<\/h3>\n<p>As part of our Science\/Art\/Health interchange, many students in the P&#333;hutukawa&nbsp;Team have been identifying and learning about organs and systems of the human body. As part of this topic, the children have been dissecting hearts, eyes, kidneys and other organs to find out about their structure. The children have also been involved in a research project on the system or organ that they were most interested in.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qmR-EGPSn1g\/WSp7xBQ8A4I\/AAAAAAAAB-U\/uN4xLbFRNTIZm6g-c5-oY-ISAfefbiINQCK4B\/s1600\/Dissection.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qmR-EGPSn1g\/WSp7xBQ8A4I\/AAAAAAAAB-U\/uN4xLbFRNTIZm6g-c5-oY-ISAfefbiINQCK4B\/s400\/Dissection.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><br \/>A future surgeon in the making.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Rhythm Interactive<\/h3>\n<p>Recently, we were visited by Rhythm Interactive &#8211; a special drumming group that tours New Zealand. As part of the show, each student was given their own drum to play. The students had lots of fun learning to keep in time with the beat. Here&#8217;s a video of the drumming in action:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Hockey<\/h3>\n<p>As part of our winter sports programme, we have had guest teachers from Small Stix Hockey come to school every week. During each session, the students have been learning about and practising lots of different hockey skills such as; passing, trapping, dribbling and tackling.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ctgO2pdVVq0\/WSqC-D7TBxI\/AAAAAAAAB-k\/yvWMLJl3QRwG15tR9L6q9JyTljfRqMb2ACK4B\/s1600\/Hockey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ctgO2pdVVq0\/WSqC-D7TBxI\/AAAAAAAAB-k\/yvWMLJl3QRwG15tR9L6q9JyTljfRqMb2ACK4B\/s400\/Hockey.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Dance<\/h3>\n<p>Next week, the children will start to learn a new dance routine as part of our dance\/fitness programme. We will be showing off our dances as part of the Year 5 &#8211; 8 Showcase on the evening of Thursday, 6 July. More information to follow. We look forward to seeing you there!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pohutukawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5785,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions\/5785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}