This New Zealand website provides a safe social networking environment for children it is called MiniMonos (click this link to go there), learn how to keep your children safe online with this guide from the MiniMonos blog titled ‘Do you have time to keep your child safe online?’

Click MiniMonos TV3 video to learn more about the New Zealand Mum who wanted a safer online social site for her children and designed the MiniMonos site to meet this need – it’s like a Facebook for children and is specifically set up to be safe for young people.

MiniMonos website a very safe social networking site for children.

Study Ladder mathematics and english, learn mathematics and english online.

Have FUN while learning mathematics and english, transforming the way we learn Mathematics and English. Games, worksheets, lessons, videos and activities. Study Ladder is developed exclusively by experienced teachers and is school curriculum based, No 1 for primary school use.

The Smartkiddies website has been developed even further in the just released online learning resource for school and home called Study Ladder. This new resource now includes literacy and interactive whiteboard learning activities as well as all the Smartkiddies numeracy activities. Check out this brilliant educational resource for schools and homes.

Information from the developers of  the Study Ladder  and Smartkiddies websites.

There are many new features in our Study Ladder website (this is our an improved version of the Smartkiddies site), we are only just telling people as we have recently completed testing. I recommend you start logging in now to www.studyladder.co.nz as it already has many extras included and will soon have the SAS (student administration system) that you want.

Studyladder features (an improved version of SK)
- your existing login and class login work just the same
- your class history and results are all there
- It includes all the same Smartkiddies Maths and much more
- Includes LITERACY
- Includes RAPIDS RECALL daily numerousy tasks
- Many new features , Like unlimited SET TASKS for teacher (just 10 in SK)
- SET COURSE start position for students
- Students earn more points
- Students can access 50% more free homework activities from home
- … much more

Fabulous learning online.

Children from Rooms 2 and 3 have been using this maths website, Andrew from Room 3 says “it’s awesome!”. Watch this space for more info about our activities there.

Six schools from the Waihi/Waihi Beach District took part in the annual Waihi and District Primary Schools’ Cross Country event for primary schools on Wednesday 9th June at Morgan Park in Waihi. Competitiors from year one to six raced in their gender and year group categories. The brisk early morning temperatures were warmed somewhat by sunny conditions, light winds and the enthusiastic support of cheering children and their families.

This district event led on to the Northern Cluster Cross Country at Whakamaramara School on Thursday 17th June (which included schools from the northern side of Tauranga all the way up to Waihi) with the top seven runners in the year four to six year groups eligible to race at the northern event.

The final level of competition for year 4, 5 and 6 runners who placed in the top seven of their year and gender group at the Northern Cluster event, was to go on and compete at the Western Bay of Plenty Inter-School Cross Country Championships at Waipuna Park, Welcome Bay, Tauranga on Friday 25 June 2010. See below for the results from all three events.

Waihi and District Primary Schools’ Cross Country Results 2010
(Wed 9th June, Morgan Park, Waihi)
Year 1 and 2’s course = 400 metres.
Yr 1 Girls (Course= 400 metres) – 1st – Bernadette Penjueli (East) 2m2s, 2nd – Lilly Sandford (East) 2m23s, 3rd – Annette Miliosi (Central) 2m24s Yr 1 Boys – 1st – Jai Knight (Beach) 1m53s, 2nd= – Aiden McKain (Beach) 2m6s, 2nd= – Jakob McKain (Beach) 2m6s Yr 2 Girls – 1st – Liana Vaughan (East) 1m55s, 2nd – Mia Morgan (Beach) 1m57s, 3rd – Maddison Davison (St Josephs) 1m58s Yr 2 Boys – 1st – Ben Hennesey (Beach) 1m45s, 2nd – Hamish Brown (East) 1m48s, 3rd – Ashton Owen-West (Central) 1m49s
Year 3 and 4’s course = 800 metres.
Yr 3 Girls – 1st – Alanah Baker (Waimata) 4m0s, 2nd – Machaela Malone (St Josephs) 4m6s, 3rd – Sally Carter (Beach) 4m10s Yr 3 Boys – 1st – Lesen Huiarangi (Beach) 3m26s, 2nd – Alex Cookson (East) 3m34s, 3rd – Luke Stevenson (Central) 3m39s Yr 4 Girls – 1st – Ivy Fawcett (Waikino) 3m31s, 2nd= – Gemma Walker (East) 3m36s, 2nd= – Alayna Rogers (Beach) 3m36s Yr 4 Boys – 1st – Blake Morgan (East) 3m12s, 2nd= – Finn Durham (Beach) 3m18s, 2nd= – Thomas Carter (Beach) 3m18s
Year 5’s course = 1.8 kilometres.
Yr 5 Girls – 1st – Emily Croker (Beach) 7m22s, 2nd – Megan Fordyce (Beach) 7m27s, 3rd – Kellyann Callesen (Beach) 8m3s Yr 5 Boys – 1st – Tristan Goodhue (Beach) 6m32s, 2nd – Blake Atger (Central) 6m47s, 3rd – Bayley Ward (Beach) 6m52s

Year 6’s course = 2.2 kilometres.
Yr 6 Girls – 1st – Michaela Baker (Waimata) 8m55s, 2nd – Awatea Wanihi (Central) 9m1s, 3rd – Melissa Silberer (Central) 9m11s Yr 6 Boys – 1st – Taine Craig-Ranga (Beach) 8m12s, 2nd – Alfie Derham (Central) 8m15s, 3rd – Sam Harrison (Beach) 8m41s

The top seven placegetters in all year groups received certificates and earnt points for their school as part of a competition based on performance at this cross country. The result of the schools’ competition saw Waihi East Primary School come first with an achievement score of 75.59%, Waihi Beach Primary School in second place on 61.72% and Waimata Primary School in third on 48.84%. Points were allocated for placings as follows 1st = 10 points, 2nd = 8 points, 3rd = 6 points, 4th = 4 points, 5th = 3 points, 6th = 2 points, 7th = 1 point. The total number of points earnt by a school was converted into an achievement percentage. This percentage was worked out in relation to the size of the school using this formula – school’s total top seven place points divided into it’s roll then multiplied by one hundred.

Click this Waihi and District Schools’ Cross Country results link for the full list of results.

Click this link ‘Waihi and District Schools’ Cross Country Achievement Competition’ for a complete break down of the way points were gained in the schools competition.

Northern Cluster Primary Schools’ Cross Country Results 2010

(Thurs 17^th June, Whakamarama Primary School)

Yr 4 Girls - 1^st – Sterre Recous (Omokoroa) , 2^nd – Emma Jo (Beth. College) , 3^rd – Rosie Averill (Beth. College). Yr 4 Boys – 1^st – Tom Obrien (Pahoia) , 2 nd – Andrew Creighton (Beth. College), 3^rd – Blake Morgan (Waihi East), 11^th – Finn Durham (Waihi Beach). Yr 5 Girls - 1^st – Olivia Rose (Pahoia), 2^nd – Arleah Tippins (Te Puna), 3^rd – Taryn Farr (Beth. College), 9^th – Emily Croker (Waihi Beach), 10^th – Megan Fordyce (Waihi Beach) . Yr 5 Boys – 1^st – Russell Green (Omok), 2^nd – Riley Kirk (Te Puna), 3^rd – Liam Hyland (Omok), 4^th – Tristan Goodhue (Waihi Beach) , 6^th – Jordan Tinling (Waihi Beach), 15^th – Josh Clarke (Waihi Central). Yr 6 Girls - 1^st – Awatea Wanihi (Waihi Central), 2^nd – Abby Lusby (Omok), 3^rd – Holly Richards (Omok) , 4^th – Sabrina Chapman (Waihi East), 6^th – Monique Kerr (Waihi East), 9^th – Melissa Silberer (Waihi Central), 15^th – Chloe Clarke (Waihi Central). Yr 6 Boys – 1^st – Ben OBrien (Pahoia), 2^nd – Sam Harrison (Waihi Beach), 3^rd – Kinnon Nelson (Katikati), 9^th – Alfie Derham (Waihi Central).

WBOP Inter-School Cross Country Championships Results

(Fri 25^th June, Waipuna Park, Welcome Bay, Tauranga)

Yr 4 Girls - 1^st – Minardi Daniel (Maungatapu), 2^nd – Krystal Anne Hawtia (Te Puke), 3^rd – Sophia Sandford (St Thomas More). Yr 4 Boys – 1^st – Jack McManaway (Saint Mary’s ), 2^nd – Cooper Newton (Selwyn Ridge), 3^rd – Luke Griffin (Mt Primary), 18^th – Blake Morgan (Waihi East ). Yr 5 Girls - 1^st – Jessica Robinson (Saint Mary’s ), 2^nd – Olivia Rose (Pahoia), 3^rd – Brooke Turner (Fairhaven). Yr 5 Boys - 1^st – Lachlan Haycock (Greenpark), 2^nd – Logan Karauria (Maungatapu), 3^rd – Russell Green (Omok), 17^th – Tristan Goodhue (Waihi Beach) , 28^th – Jordan Tinling (Waihi Beach). Yr 6 Girls - 1^st – Rebekah McCafferty (KRSA – Kaimai ), 2^nd – Elisa Monreal (Pongakawa), 3^rd – Kaylee Mudgeway (KRSA – Tauriko ), 13^th – Awatea Wanihi (Waihi Central), 19^th – Sabrina Chapman (Waihi East). Yr 6 Boys - 1^st – Coby Miln (Omanu ), 2^nd – Cole Forbes (Papamoa), 3^rd – Flynn Kelly (Omanu ), 4^th – Alfie Derham (Waihi Central ), 14^th – Sam Harrison (Waihi Beach).

The top cluster overall in 2010 is the South Cluster. For cluster team honours – the placing of the top five cluster runners to cross the finish line were added together per gender/year level race. Lowest cluster team total is the winner i.e. 1st, 3rd, 6th, 23rd, 29^th = 62 points.

Using the ‘Mobi Interwrite Pad’ in class allows the teacher to hand write the childrens’ responses to discussions that take place around their learning. The ‘Mobi’ works with your computers software so that you can control a laptop in a classroom from the other side of the room. Using handwriting software such as ‘Xournal’ on a Linux desktop means hand written text can be saved in ‘Xournal’ and exported as a pdf for sharing on the internet. See an example of this below with our Rm 3 ‘Numeracy’ learning journals which have been uploaded to ‘Issuu’ for easy reading on the web.

If you have Google Earth download this District Cross Country Courses link, open with the Google Earth programme and it will fly you to the cross country courses with images showing the tracks..

Another way of doing this is to add a network link to Google Earth, follow the steps below:

• Copy the District Cross Country Courses link by right clicking it and choosing ‘copy link address’.
• Open Google Earth find the ‘add’ in the button at the top of the Google Earth window, look down it’s menu for ’network link’ click it and paste the copied address in the link area, also give the ‘network link’ a name, now click ‘ok’ (see the photo on the below for an example).

• Look in your Google Earth sidebar for ‘Places’ here you should see the name you gave the file e.g. ‘Cross Country Courses’ -double click the file name to fly there and click an image to make it bigger.

Check out our Comic Life posters from term 1 for Gala in the Picasa Web slideshow below.

If you have Google Earth download this Comic Life Posters at East School link, open with the Google Earth programme and it will fly you to the posters at Waihi East Primary School.

Another way of doing this is to add a network link to Google Earth, follow the steps below:

• Copy the Comic Life Posters at East School link, by right clicking it and choosing ‘copy link address’.
• Open Google Earth find the ‘add’ in the button at the top of the Google Earth window, look down it’s menu for ’network link’ click it and paste the copied address in the link area, also give the ‘network link’ a name, now click ‘ok’ (see the photo on the below for an example).

Click on this photo for a close up view.

• Look in your Google Earth sidebar for ‘Places’ here you should see the name you gave the file e.g. ‘Posters’ -double click the file name to fly there and click an image to make it bigger.

Take a look at our plans for Waihi East School’s new website – add your ideas by giving feedback in the comments area below this Xmind Mindmap.

Below are Waihi East Schools weekly walking totals and a graph at the bottom comparing our percentage of active people with other schools activity levels.