Term One 2013

This term the year 5s have been on camp already, and the year 6s have had a week of Optimist yachting at Pandora Pond.
We will share some of our reflections from these activities.

Alex:
On  the second night of Year 5 camp, we were eeling and the bulls were bellowing. It was annoying. We started to talk "bellow" back at them. So, the night went on with the bulls bellowing and us eeling.
When it was time to go to bed, I couldn't sleep because of the bulls bellowing. I started yelling at them to be quiet. I finally got to sleep around two in the morning.

Michelle:
At camp on Tuesday we went to the river. Manaia was screaming because she didn't like fish. She looked hideous. Mrs Henare took a photo of her screaming. We all laughed.
It all started when alex saw two big trout and they were long. Manaia didn't like fish so she screamed. We were making fun of her by saying, "Look! fish! Manaia there's a fish!"
We were all laughng hard core. It was so funny.

K-Lib:
At camp we went to the beach. It was fun because we caught sea creatures and I saw 5 crabs and lots of kina shells, beside and in the rocks.

The rocking quake

Shaking, rocking, rolling, murmuring those are all words that I could use for what happened on Saturday the 8th of December at about 7:19am. This is what happened.

Ally and I were in our beds talking when I got up to turn the T.V on. Suddenly the ground started to shake. I made a slight movement. I saw and I felt it to get heavier. The ground rolled and grumbled.

My mum called out to us, 'Courtney! Ally!'

We walked to the hallway. My mum and dad were waiting for us.My dad ran straight for our T.V. Now Ally realizes how much my dad loves his T.V.

After the earthquake Ally and I went back to my room and watched T.V.

Courtney

Bike Safety

We have been doing bike safety for the last 1 and a half weeks. Mr Marshall, a police officer, has been coming into our school to teach as how to  be safe while riding a bike on the road. The first day when we started training, we got split in to 2 groups.  Group 1 went on to the field , where we were taught how to make a right turn. We have to look back while putting our hand out and going into the middle of the road, looking left and right on the fied.
While group 1 was on the field, group 2 went on the front court doing "Check back". That is when you ride your bike between the lines and look back and say what you can see.
Then there is slow ride. This game is when you ride your bike with someone and see who can be the slowest while being timed.
Then slalem. Slalem is when you have to see if you can go around the cones without running over them.Then the last activity is U turns. U turns are when you go around a cone box. There is a big box you go in and a small one you go in. When I went through the box I ran over the cones.

 We all had fun day learning how to ride a bike.

Dusan and Kaleb.

My truck

My truck has four wheels. It is long. It can pick up rubbish. Jasmine and Casey helped me make this truck. I built it with blocks . We made a plane too. It can fly. You can wind out the green knob on the truck to hold things. It can move. It didn't take long to make.
Kaleb

Skull

My uncle and his two dogs and my brother and dad and I  went for a walk by the dump. Last time my uncle went to the track he found a skull. He gave it to me and I didn’t know what animal skull it was. At school we searched it on Google and  I found out it was a possum skull.

Sylvia

The Bandits

This is the part were the bandits got trapped. They got trapped because they put the whole town of Buckaroo in dark hole.The family trapped the bandits for what they did.They had victory and celebrated. All the people of Buckaroo knitted.

by Capri and Millie

The Mayor

When I was on stage I was only a bit nervous. I had the best clothes in the play The Sheriff of Plain and Purl. I played the Mayor. I'm the richest one in the town, and I was very vain. I sang a song and it said I was egotistical. My solo song was "Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble".
Next year I am doing one more. I want to audition for Bugsy.

William