Bike Safety

Bike Safety

Today Mr Tonkin came to talk to us about bike safety. We watched a video about a boy who really wante a bike but he had to find a helmet first. At the start of the movie we saw a boy who had fallen off his bike and became unconscious. He is now brain damaged and cannot walk or talk. if he had been wearing a helmet he might be still OK. After we had watched the movie we went outside and did a safety checklist with our bikes. Mr Tonkin told us we had to get into pairs and get a bike.

Here is a photo of Sam and Susie checking each others helmet straps to make sure they are correctly fitted. If your helmet is too loose, it will not protect you in an accident. The best helmets are the ones that are brightly coloured so that they can be easily seen by drivers on the road. Helmets should also have a special safety approved sticker on them.

By Ellen and Room 7

Spiders at school

We went spider web hunting and we found lots of spider webs around our school. There were heaps in the bikesheds, hidden up in the corners. There were also some in the tree hut down in the backfield.


we found this spider web
it is very interesting it has a twisty bit and the rest is around it is awesome .We also found a pretty web down by the bike shed, it had drops of water in it.

by Grace C and Grace B

Alana the athlete!

I went to prize giving for Athletics and I won a medal and a ribbon for going to athletics all year. On the 22nd of march I went to Christchurch to compete for Tasman.

By Alana

Happy Birthday to you.....

Toby and Alysha both turned 8 years old this week. They brought these delcious looking birthday cakes along to share with their classmates. Toby had some sparkler candles which he blew out but it took him quite a few puffs first!! The cake was banana flavour and it was scrumptious. We had to cut the cakes into 27 pieces so that everyone in our class got a piece to eat.

Alysha's mum baked this really cool popcorn cake, inside it was chocolate flavoured. It had real coloured popcorn on the top. Alysha got a brand new bike for her birthday and it is purple, white and black and it is very shiny!

Hockey coaching

Here is room 7 is learning to dribble the hockey ball.

1. Here is a picture of Craig teaching us how to use the hockey stick properly.To hold the hockey stick you need to hold one hand down the bottom and one on the top.
   
   
   by Alana and Grace B
   
   
   

Spider Webs

We are studying spiders this term as part of our science unit. Yesterday we made these wool webs. It was quite tricky to wrap the wool around the sticks to make a pattern. As you can see, Callum did a fantastic job of weaving his wool around to make this cool pattern. Some people got their wool a bit tangled up!

Here is Ellen working on her wool web. She is busy trying to weave some yellow wool around the sticks.

Joy Cowley

Isaac is holding a book written by Joy Cowley called "Snake and Lizard". His mum went to a conference recently and she met Joy Cowley and got her autograph. Joy wrote a personal message on the inside cover. Joy Cowley has written lots of childrens books and is Isaac's favourite author. Joy Cowley is a New Zealander.

By Room 7

Dayna competed in the Weetbix try-athlon in Nelson on Sunday. She had to swim first then she biked and last of all she had to run. She got a medal, a t-shirt and her photo taken with 2 NZ Olympic athletes called Nick Willis and Andrea Hewitt. Nick Willis won a bronze medal at Beijing for the 1500 metres race and Andrea Hewitt came 5th in the womens triathlon in Beijing.
Way to go Dayna, you must be super fit!!

Swimming Sports

On Tuesday 3rd March some pupils from our class competed at the High School in the Motueka District Swimming Sports. Ellen came 3rd place in the 8yr old girls backstroke final which was a tremendous effort! Well done to Brooklyn, Cameron, Grace C, Dayna and Grace B for also making it into our school swim team. We are very proud of you all!