Life Education with Harold

Room 10 were lucky enough to have a couple of lessons with Harold the Giraffe. We learnt about the human body but our main topic was the brain! EWWWWW! We found out that the brain smells like blue vain cheese and it looks like a avocado.

We learnt what makes the brain, the lungs, the heart, the stomach, the small intestines and the muscles stressed.

We watched a film about a boy called Alex, he had some problems with his brainy bunch friends.

Camp Newspapers

We arrrived back from camp tired and weary but keen to carry on working with our friends. Every morning we worked in our activity group to publish an activity group newspaper. They are full of photos, news, quizes and recounts of our awesome week. Come to Room 10 to view them

Camp Waihola 2011

On Monday 4th of April, the year 6's went to CYC Waihola for their camp. It was so cold that you could freeze a melted iceblock! It was a long time until we got there, but we got there in time. When we got to the camp, it was even colder. We all had to pick a bag to take off the bus. Finally we finished that task and we boarded the bus again. Now we were traveling to the John Bull Gully track. The bus was slow so it took a long time to get there. We all got off the bus and got ready to start the track.

The tramp was long & tiring. We had about 4 stops to get there & 2 stops to get back to where we started. Then we had to bike back to camp. Fulton Hogan blocked of the state high way to get us across safely. When we got back to camp we all got to eat pikelets & cream, jam and juice. We just about lived off juice. Then we found out where we were we were sleeping. Finally we all relaxed in our bunkroom. Then the hooter went off & we had to go in to the main hall for a session of search and rescue.

The next day we got to do certain activities like.... the flying fox, yachting, kayaking, fishing, mountain biking and lots more. The one that people most liked was the flying fox. It was massive!!! It was fast so it was over in like 10 seconds. The next day after that we had some more activities like... the confidence course, jewellery making, a treasure hunt, baking, and raft race. Those activities were really fun. A lot of people liked the jewelry making. We got to keep the jewellery which was made of clay.

On Thursday we had a Raft Race. We got to make them out of wood, inflatable tyres and string. When we had finished making them we set down to the freezing cold lake to race them. One of the rafts, some people called the ladder because it was long like one. No one thought it was going to win but it did! The next day it was time to pack up for home. When everything was ready, we got to do a general knowledge quiz. It was really fun- we have had to "bob" for chocolate fish! Then the bus came and we had to got back to school, and unpack everything. Some people got to go home because their parents were there. The camp was really fun.

By Lydia and Callum

Have a look at this!

In February 2011 we had Cycle Safety with Mr Somerfield!We learnt how to stop and indicate and use traffic lights to keep us safe.

Skype with Japan

Rooms 9,10 and 16 skyped Japan (kojo elementary school) Japan asked questions like 'which one is our national flag'? They showed us 3 photos. The correct answer was 'C'. Room 16 asked questions and we found out that the biggest mountain in Japan was 'Mount Fuji'. Room 9 was next and they showed them our school grounds. Next it was Room 10's turn!!! Rebecca and Lily started us off with netball. Then George and Jordan continued with rugby. They told us that their favourite sport is dodge ball! Sadly it was time to end the skype but we have 2 more skypes to go through. Keita's mum came in and translated for us. Now here are some Photos!!!!!

Its all about me!

At the start of this year 2011 we have been working on our me projects. It took a while to get them all finished but we managed to get them completed with a lot of hard work. We had to do the front page first and we were only allowed to have four colours on our pages. We had three subjects and they were: my family,my favourite places and my goals. They look awesome and in the end we all agree that it was definitely worth all the effort.

Getting ready for the school show

Getting ready for the school show!

All week we have been practice and now the night has come

the last dress practice till the show (It has already been, We have not up

dated our blog till now)

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But sometimes we need a break!