Cross Country

This day was an exciting day! I am talking to you about Cross Country. After the short walk to Nayland College we got sorted into our house colours. Then we watched other student's races as we waited for ours to begin. For some of us it was a long wait! The order was five year olds, six year olds, seven year olds, eight year olds, nine year olds, ten year olds and finally eleven year olds. Two weeks later the competitive winners went to inter-schools. It was fun and I think everyone did great!

Tree Planting

Tree planting

On 6 August we went tree planting at Tahunanui Beach. To get there, we went on a bus. When we got off the bus we had to walk a little. The people talked to us and showed us a skink. Then he showed us how to do the planting. We had to dig a hole, then put the plant into the hole and fill the hole back up with sand.  Then we gently used out feet to flatten it. There were a couple of skinks and huhu grubs. In total our class planted 240 plants. We went to the beach and got some sticks to put around our plants to give insects and skinks a home. After all the plants were planted we went back onto the bus and went back to school. It was such a good day.

STRIKE WORKSHOP!!!

On Monday 28th, at 2:30 pm my class walked to the MPLC. We had to wait for Room 7  and Room 2.  All of a sudden loud noises like boom and bang went off! One noise was so loud I had to cover my ears. Moments later at 2 pm the two other class strolled out chatting and bragging all about it. As the other class, Room 5, sat down on the mat, Katie joined us. She played beat after beat. We had to follow the beat and I think that I nailed it. After some time Murray came in. We played 'Little boy, big boy'. It was great. It went on for 25 minutes but it felt like 2 hours. Next the bell rang and everybody raced to the classroom but I stayed back and helped tidy up. Then I picked up a notice and ran as fast as I could to the car.​

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Ride On!

A few days ago, some people from Ride On came to our school to teach us all the important things we all have to know about riding our bikes and keeping us safe. We all went into different groups with different classmates.

The first thing we all did was a helmet check. We put two fingers below our helmet, two fingers between our helmet straps and our cheek and two fingers between our chin. We had to make sure our helmets fit perfectly or else they'll be too tight or loose.

Secondly, we checked our bikes to see if we had flat tires or any unusual things. Then we did the 'M' check. The 'M' check was also to see if we had any unusual things or any flat tires.

The next thing we did was L.S.M. It stands for Look, Signal, Move. It is when you look behind you (just in case), you signal for the cars behind you and then you move. 

Soon after, we learnt how to stop safely when there is something in front of our bikes and we are about to run over them. Room 3 enjoyed it so much! We really wish that they would come back again! 

STRIKE!!! Monday 28 May

At 8:50 in the morning the whole school went to the Strike Performance at Broadgreen Intermediate and listened to their drums and watched their fire play. First we sorted out where the classrooms were going to sit. After finding where to sit, we sat quietly and waited for the Strike Performance to begin. Roughly about 5 minutes later three people came out and introduced themselves to us. Their names were Hannah, Murray and Katy. They did their first song that I think was called 'Terror'. Then after a couple more songs they started to ask volunteers to come up and have a go at beating the drums. They asked the school to tell them what teacher should go up and play the drums. Most people voted Ms Campbell and Mr Canning. Hannah called Ms Campbell 'Wonder Woman' and Mr Canning 'Superman'. So then they played the drums and to be honest it was pretty funny. After that I think it was the fire play. The fire play was dangerous but cool at the same time. Then they did a couple more songs until that finally finished. We all lined up then headed back to school to get on working.

By Keanu

Be Bright, Eat Right

On Monday the 13 of May Room 3 went to see the 'Be Bright, Eat Right' show.  The man there was a great magician that pulled 4 doves out of a scarf, and a bunny out of a can.  He also turned one of the doves into a bunny.  Last but not least he turned a $1 note into about 50 $1 notes and then put them into a basket and turned them into food like bananas, apples  and a sandwich.  I think everyone enjoyed the show and that we learnt about what a healthy plate of food would look like.

By Jack 

Signing of the Japanese Surrender

Jake shared with us these photos and flags commemorating the signing of the Japanese surrender in World War II.  Jake's Grandad was on the Gambia and witnessed this event.