Monday, July 26, 2010

Symphony Orchestra


Last week 40 students from the senior school were lucky enough to go to a special concert put on by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in the Napier Municipal Theatre. They played different types of music - some pieces told a story (like Peer Gynt) and there were some pieces that we had to use our imagination (like Aotearoa, by Douglas Lilburn, and a piece that Mr Beethoven wrote which described a storm.) The conductor asked small groups of the orchestra to play little bits, so we could hear the instrument groups separately, and we were able to focus on the different melodies in the music.
It was amazing when they all played together. We were very lucky because we were right at the front so we had an excellent view of the players.

Monday, June 21, 2010

CAMP


The 6's from room 13 and 15 went to camp Kaitawa a couple of weeks ago.This is my story about the first day.
On Monday morning the bus picked us up from school.We stopped into Raupanga so people can go toilet. In Raupanga there is colourful tagging on the toilets and rubbish behind them.
After that we stopped into Wairoa for lunch. We were allowed to play on the playground.There was a big tree in Wairoa with heaps of roots sticking out.Most of us year 6's climbed it. Nobody will ever get to the top. When it was time to go people couldn't get down. As soon as the others got down we had to line up in a line and number off from 1-25 . My number was ten. We had to memorise our number so when there was a fire drill at camp we would number off, or when we leave camp for a walk we would number to make sure everyone was safe. Anyway it took us a hour to get to camp from Wairoa.
As we arrived at camp we saw a beautiful view of Lake Waikaremoana and trees. We unpacked our gear, made our beds then we went for a walk to the Spillway. On the way to the spillway we had to run up the Kaitawa pipeline.
When we went up we went down Onepoto Road to see another beautiful view of Lake Waikaremoana.
Nanita.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Mrs Vercoe's ANZAC biscuit recipe.

We have read some good stories about ANZAC day, and today Mrs Vercoe brought in some Anzac biscuits for our morning tea. They were excellent - crisp and delicious! Here is the recipe:

1 cup rolled oats
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup coconut
pinch of salt
125g butter
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon boiling water
few drops vanilla essence.

Combine rolled oats, flour, sugar and coconut in a large bowl.
Melt butter and golden syrup together in a small saucepan.
Mix baking soda with the boiling water and add to the butter-syrup mixture.
Add vanilla and mix into dry ingredients.
Leaving plenty of room for the biscuits to spread, place generous teaspoonfuls of dough on a greased baking tray. Because the mixture is a bit crumbly, it is best to form little patties of mixture between the palms of your hands.
Bake at 160 degrees for 20 minutes.
Loosen from tray while biscuits are still warm, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool.
Store in an airtight container.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Haiti fundraiser


When we came to school at the beginning of the term we talked about the earthquake that had happened in Haiti, and we thought about the losses the people had suffered. We all found it difficult to imagine what it must be like to try to pick up the pieces of life in the wake of such a disaster... no jobs, no schools, shattered families - the list went on.
Campbell said he would like to do something to help the victims of this earthquake, and after much discussion and lots of good ideas, we decided to hold a fund-raising morning tea for the whole school. We obtained pledges of baking from all our Room 13 parents, and we made posters to put around the school, and sent notes home to all the rest of the school. (We also did a bit of baking in class, with Mrs Vercoe's help). We held the morning tea today, and we were overwhelmed with the support. There was a huge amount of baking! The final tally isn't in yet, but we raised over $430!
Thank-you to everyone who baked and helped,and to the rest of the school who came and bought our lovely baking.
Campbell was busking outside the music room and he raised quite a few dollars too.
Now we are deciding which aid agency we will pass our donation on to, so we are doing a bit of research on this.
Well done everyone!

Monday, March 15, 2010

2010


Term one is almost over and we have been very busy. Year fives went on camp to Aropauanui, with year fives from room 15, and the following week the year sixes went Optimist yachting at Pandora Pond.



This term we have been looking at Porritt Pride, and we have made some posters to remind us how to be Passionate Achievers, Respectful, Interdependent learners, Deep thinkers, and Excellent in all we do.
Here are some of the images of passionate achievers we used in the posters.