Edgewater 3 Seniors @ Sommerville Special School

Monday, December 22, 2014

Gymnastics with Edgewater 1, 2 and 3

Posted on 5:50 PM by babli panday

Gymnastics with Edgewater 1, 2 and 3

We have been getting fit and brave.

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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Sign Language

Posted on 1:53 PM by babli panday

Get Smart

Check out these links to learn more about sign language.

http://sommervillelearning.blogspot.co.nz/

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Welcome to Edgewater 3 Jordan

Jordan has enjoyed visiting Edgewater College

Jordan will be in Edgewater 3 next year.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Naughty Secret - Vikki's iMovie Project

Posted on 5:10 PM by babli panday

Naughty Secret - Vikki's iMovie Project

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Sunday, December 14, 2014

Happy/Sad Sports Monitors - Natasha's iMovie Project

Posted on 5:02 PM by babli panday

Happy/Sad Sports Monitors - Natasha's iMovie Project

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Bored? Need a break?

Check out Recreate

http://www.recreate.org.nz/catalog/category/auckland-youth-programmes

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Sunday, December 7, 2014

We welcome Finn to Edgewater 3

Nice news Finn!

See you in class.

On Monday I went to Edgewater College. I looked around at school. I looked at my new school. The students are friendly. I am excited about the big library. I played basketball outside.

by Finn

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Wear Mufti for your last day at school.

On Friday 12 December we will have a fun day to finish the year. Students can wear mufti and bring their togs and towel for swimming.

(All students will return home at the normal time in their normal taxi.)

First we will go to.... Jungle World Golf

Jungleworld is one of NZ's most exciting new sport facilities and it features amazing tropical forest environment complete with lush vegetation, a river flowing into a spectacular waterfall, a creepy glow-worm cave and a challenging 18-hole mini-putt course!

Adults and children alike will find themselves transported to another world complete with lighting, sounds and evocative special effects that make Jungle-world a truly unforgettable golf experience!

http://www.firmountgolfpark.co.nz/jungleWorld/

Then we will go to.... Llyod Elsmore Pool

https://aucklandleisure.co.nz/locations/east/lloyd-elsmore-park-pool-and-leisure-centre/

Then we will go to.... Wendy's Botany.

http://www.wendys.co.nz/

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Sunday, November 30, 2014

Sommerville Senior Graduation Party

Posted on 6:32 PM by babli panday

Come to the Sommerville Senior Graduation Party

Sommerville Leavers Graduation

Tamaki Hall

80a Tripoli Rd

Panmure

Thursday December 4th

6-7pm Graduation

7-8pm Disco dancing

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SPEC Graduation Practice

Posted on 6:27 PM by babli panday

Senior and Sensory Cluster Spec Graduation

is this Wednesday 11.15am at Tamaki.

Fun at Tamaki

Today we went to Tamaki. When we got there we went inside and Donna showed us where we were to sit and we sat down.We listened to Lesley talking.We went up to the front to get our certificates and we shook hands,then we went back to our seats. Aidan

Spec Practice.

Today, we had a practice rehearsal at Tamaki Hall. The rehearsal was for the Spec Headway prize giving ceremony that is going to be held this Wednesday.

For the rehearsal, we had to practice sitting properly on our chairs, with our backs to the back of the seats. We then walked as a group to the front of the hall to receive our certificates.

At the Prize giving ceremony, we will be meeting people from other classes at Sommerville who have done Spec Headway as well. Some of the classes we will be seeing are Tamaki 1, The House and Room 7.

Fun Spec Day

We did Spec practice in the hall at Tamaki.I did not get the real certificate. We are the first class to get our certificates.We are going to the real Spec day on Wednesday.We are going to wear Mufti on Wednesday.

Spec Awards Practice

Went to Tamaki hall for the Spec Awards Practice.

Donna asked us to come to the front to

get the certificates.

Spec Practice

We went to Tamaki hall for a Spec practice. Our class is the first to get our certificates because we are going to show the other classes how its done. When Lesley calls us we will stand in a line and Diane will give us our certificates Then we will have a class photo and walked back to our seats. On Wednesday it is our real Spec Awards and we will wear our smart clothes.

Spec Practice

Today we went to Tamaki for the Spec practice for the prize giving on Wednesday. At the beginning of the practice we got called to go up to collect our certificates. After the practice we tidied up and put all of the chairs away for Wednesday.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Disco Fever Hits Tamaki

Posted on 1:53 PM by babli panday

Hot Dancing at Tamaki Social

It was a fantastic social at Tamaki Campus. Cool Dancing, lots of friendly people and prizes.

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Making Music

Posted on 9:00 AM by babli panday

We are looking for interesting music to use for

soundtracks for our iMovie projects.

We also look for trending music on soundcloud.

https://soundcloud.com/explore

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Posted on 12:31 PM by babli panday

Money

New money is on the way to a shop near you.

If you want to find out more click the hyperlink below.

https://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/25562688/nz-banknotes-get-modern-makeover/

In class we have been adding and subtracting money for maths activities. We have also been using play money to pay people for their work.

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Water Safety

Posted on 6:20 PM by babli panday

Water Safety

Today we had our second life jacket lesson.

We had to find a life jacket that fitted.

Put it on correctly.

Float for ten minutes at the deep end.

We also practiced being rescued by a rope and staying afloat using a ball as a flotation device.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Social event this Wednesday

Posted on 7:29 PM by babli panday

What?Senior Schools Social

Come and meet your Sommerville friends and lots of friends from other schools.

When?Wednesday 26 November

Wear?Wear your dancing clothes.

Come to school in Mufti on Wednesday.

Students will travel to and from Edgewater in their normal taxis. Edgewater 3 staff will transport students to and from the Tamaki Campus for this daytime Social.

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Balance

Posted on 7:20 PM by babli panday

We have been practicing our balancing skills all week.

We have been doing activities with ropes to improve our balance.

Now we are so good we can do them blindfolded.

We work together.

We help each other.

We practice to improve our skills.

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Sunday, November 16, 2014

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Posted on 6:08 PM by babli panday

Search RToday we learnt how to insert a hyperlink into our blog. Check out our students Film Festival blog posts to see if the hyperlinks work.

1. In computing, a hyperlink is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow either by clicking or by hovering or that is followed automatically. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks.
2. Hyperlink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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