Which advertising slogan will win?

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We have been developing a product with our buddy classes Room 3 and 23. We have decided on our product and its name, Fruity Tooty Dolphins. Now to choose the slogan. Read the slogans out loud and then make your choice!

Fruity Tooty Dolphins

* There's nothing like it.

* Start your day the Fruity Tooty way.

* Dive into a Fruity dream.

* A Dolphin Dive, a Fruity Surprise.

* A cup of awesomeness.

Vote for your favourite slogan in the comments section!

Tōtara Hub Logo

Congratulations to Cameron, Room 6 winner of the Nga Rakau Nui Tōtara Hub logo competition. His design is clear and precise, with well-drawn symbols of meaning which represent our hub. To quote his Mum, we "love the bright blue yellow and red combo!" A big thank you to Mr Cottrell, who designed half the totara tree logo. His design was inspirational and our Tōtara Hub classrooms contain many wonderful examples of creative student artworks, which effectively complete the design. Well done to all the students for putting PRIDE into their art!

Perfect Pancakes

On the second day of camp the children cooked all their meals. Each meal was part of the Master Chef competition. We had a Master Chef competition for the groups throughout the day. There were even special judges from Italy and the USA. Watch the video below to see some highlights from the brunch part of the competition. Although it is simply titled "Good Pancakes", these pancakes were in fact perfect!

The extra music in the video was created on GarageBand by a teacher (me) playing with the app and by a student (Samuel) using his guitar skills with the app.

Good Pancakes from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Break Open the Treasure Chest of Learning

Tyrone's winning slogan

Tracey's catchy chant

Room 16 has stepped up to the Learning Slogan challenge. We had a competition and voted for our favourite learning slogan. Tyrone won.

We have combined Tyrone and Tracey's slogans to create a song/chant/waiata to share at assembly tomorrow. Listen to the audio player to hear our noisy practice!

Here are some of our learning slogan posts:

• Emma
• Zeb
• Elijah
• Zach
• Tyrone
• Tracey

Interschool Swimmers!

Our second Student Work of the Week for 2013 goes to...

Our proud athletes! Photo by Joshua.

This week it's awarded to Room 16's amazing group of swimmers who represented Parkvale School with PRIDE today. They were part of the interschool swim team and have been training hard with Mrs Roil and Miss Hill.

Well done Olivia, Hannah, Bree, Henry, Liam and Cameron! We are all proud of your achievements.

Top House 2013

Great fun had by all. PRIDE displayed throughout the games. Participation, contribution, thinking, teamwork and enjoyment.

I also believe that Kea house came out on top!

Extra! Check out these blog posts on Top House:

• Room 17
• Hannah
• Elijah
• Zach

Fabo Story 3

This email appeared in my inbox today, from Kathy White, the author of Buddy. I think we should give it a go! What do you think?

"Calling all teachers and children who are interested in creating a new interactive online story with a team of children's authors.

I'm sending this email on behalf of the FaBo team, who are limbering up for the next round of FaBo Story. FaBo Story 3 launched this morning at http://fabostory3.blogspot.co.nz/ and we'd LOVE you to write with us. 

Go to http://fabostory3.blogspot.co.nz/ to read the letter that kickstarts our children's story about the Titanic Games."

Letter Screenshot

"FABO STORY 3 begins with a letter posted on the blog on Monday 16 July - a letter that threatens to disrupt the biggest sporting event in world history - the TITANIC GAMES.

Who wrote the letter and to whom? Why would they make threats? It's your job to write a follow-on chapter. YOU decide what the story is about, who the characters are, and what happens to them next. Write the next chapter in the story (up to 1000 words) and send it to fabostory@gmail.com in the body of your email (not as an attachment) by 5pm on Friday 27 July. The winning chapter will appear on Monday 30 July at the same time as a chapter by one of the children's authors. From then on, every week is another episode in a big, dark writing adventure.

By the end, you will have used your imagination and sleuthing skills to figure out who the villain is and how to stop him or her from destroying the Titanic Games. Are you ready to compete? Let the Titanic Games begin!"

Sleuthing Screenshot

"There will be prizes, so start working on your medal count now.

As it's the beginning of the term and you're all busy, we're giving you a bit longer to write your first chapter and email it to us (deadline 27 July). From then on, the competition is a weekly event.

GOOD LUCK. : ) Start reading, and start writing."

Don't Forget To Be Awesome

Thanks for all your votes. We are in the top five. Keep being awesome and voting for Room 20 Parkvale School! One more week to go...

Reminder: Click on the link and you can vote for us once an hour!

Once on the site, click on competitions, go to voting and find the entry from Parkvale Room 20. Pass on the link to anyone and everyone. We need the votes!

Vote for us! The Jungle Inside

Our video is finally up for the Hitachi competition. Click on the link and you can vote for us once an hour!

Once on the site, click on competitions, go to voting and find the entry from Parkvale Room 20. Pass on the link to anyone and everyone. We need the votes!

http://hitachiheatpumps.co.nz/