School Cross Country 2008

Healthy Hamburgers

This is Sam about to eat her delicious hamburger that was cooked to perfection by the wonderful students of Room 8...hamburgers cost $3.50 each. You get a tasty beef pattie with lettuce, grated carrot and beetroot, topped with sauce and fresh bun.Mmmm, yum!

Faiga, Christine, Billy and Taylor are the chefs for today. The senior syndicate are selling hamburgers on Tuesdays to raise money for the ski trip. They are doing a great job, Ms Dowell doesn't even need to supervise the cooking as they are very responsible and capable of doing it all themselves!!

(I wonder if they do the cooking at home as well??)

Yesterday Room 7 went to New World on a bus. Here is Jahmalaki,Laiana,Lyric,Sam H,Sapphire and Eva down the back seat of the bus. We had to get the bus because it was pouring down with rain. We had to take a pencil and book to write on so we could fill out our worksheet. The bus was fun even though it was only a short ride to town!

from Jahmalaki and Eva

Nutrition at New World

Yesterday we went to New World to learn about prices and nutrition. Jay is allergic to nuts and Angus is allergic to wheat and citrus. Rebecca is a lady from Christchurch that come to Motueka to help us learn about about nutrition. She is a nutritionist and her job is to teach children about healthy foods. We went to New World to do a work sheet that had questions on it. We had to look for the best before dates and also find some dairy products and find things about cereals.


by Jay & Eva.

Fruit Kebabs

Last day of term

Roller Skating

Clay Sculptures

Campbell Live!

We videoed Ashlie and Tiana doing their ostrich farmer interview.

(Ashlie might get a job as a TV reporter one day!!)

Magic Marshmallows

On Friday we cooked marshmallows for privilege. Miss R chose two or three children at a time to go to the staffroom to make the marshmallows. Here is Ashlie , Lyric ,Sophie and Andrae holding some mega mallows. We were allowed 2 marshmallows each. When we put the mega mallows in the microwave for 40 seconds they went all puffy- it was cool to watch! They took a long time to eat because they were very sticky and they stuck to the plate.

By Laiana and Ellen

Ostrich Farmer Interviews

Today we looked through our NIE book and we found an ostrich farmer interview with a buddy. This is me and my buddy Ashlie. We had to use fluency and expression in our voices when speaking aloud to the audience. Ashlie pretended she was a reporter from Campbell live!

by Tiana

Worm Farms

c Yesterday Sam B came into the class with a worm on her hand! She said she found it by her bag. We have been learning about worm farms this week during our NiE time. Did you know that worms do not have eyes or ears and that they breathe through their skin?
by Tiana

Winter is here!

Today snow fell on the mountains and it was freezing!!! There was ice on the ground and on the cars. We had to wrap up warm with our woolly gloves and hats. The skiiers and snowboarders will be pleased that it snowed. The Takaka Hill was closed yesterday because of the snow on the road.

by Tiana and Andrae

Salmon and Mussels

re This week we have been reading about mussel and salmon farms in NIE. Miss R bought some mussels along school for us to taste. Not many people liked them much except Angus , Lyric and Jahmalaki. We also got to eat a piece of smoked salmon. Here you can see Shaquille about to eat a piece!

Angus is holding up a pottle of marinated mussels from Sealords...mmmm

By Ellen and Jay

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High School Band

On Wednesday we had a visit from Mrs Bolt and her High School Band. They played music from Lord of the Rings and Titanic. There were people playing the drums, the saxophone, the clarinet, the flute, the trombone, the trumpet and even the tuba.

This is The high School Choir. They sang songs from the musical Hairspray. We recognised some ex-pupils from Motueka South in the choir. Their teacher Hilary, is trying to get them to be more animated when they sing so our job was to watch carefully to see who sang with the best facial expressions and gestures.

Some children in our school might like to join the choir one day as we have some very good singers at Motueka South. (Miss R is NOT one of them though unfortunately!!)

Symmetrical Pictures

We made these symmetrical pictures for maths. We had to cut out black and white shapes and paste them on so that they were a reflection of each other.

Eva's design look really effective - awesome shapes Eva!

Nick worked really hard on his symmetrical picture and he was rewarded with a PRINCIPALS AWARD. Well done Nick!

Mmmm..Mini Pizzas

For privilege this week we made mini pizzas. Each person was asked to bring along some toppings they would like on their pizza. We got a range of yummy things such as spaghetti, ham, tomato, mushroom, pineapple, salami and even some chicken!
We each got a hamburger bun and halved it so we had 2 pieces. We then sprinkled our toppings over the top. Here you can see Sophie with her delicious looking pizza.

Here is Lyric and Isaac busy making their mini pizzas - Lyric brought heaps of things to put on hers as you can see in the photo. She was kind enough to share some of her toppings with other people which was very generous as some people forgot to bring anything at all. Thankyou Lyric!

Shaquille is carefully carrying the tray full of pizzas over to the staffroom so we can grill them in the oven.

Andrae did a great job of putting the tray into the hot oven. Well done Andrae for not burning yourself as it's quite tricky to get the tray to line up properly sometimes. We grilled the pizzas for approx 5-10mins until the cheese had all melted and the buns were turning brown. Then they were ready to EAT!!

Some people only ate one of their mini pizzas and took the other one home to give to their parents which was a kind thought...

I wonder what we could make next week for Privilege??

Stars for Starship

Our school councillors organised a Stars for Starship concert at school this week. Several of our Jump Jam teams performed routines as well as some of our talented gymnasts. There was also a special performance by none other than the staff of Motueka South!!

Starship Hospital is a childrens hospital in Auckland. The concert was to help raise money for Starship to buy a helicopter so patients can be airlifted quickly. Pupils were asked to donate a gold coin and they received a special "star" badge to wear for the day.

The staff dressed up in frog costumes and performed a routine to the music of "Who let the FROGS out!!
It sure got the crowd on their feet and made everyone laugh...

Miss Robinson said he was "a bit tired" after the performance and that she will probably have sore legs tomorrow after all that hopping around on stage!

Thankyou to Mrs Karetai who made the frog costumes for the teachers- they looked great.

Photos by Sophie and Nick

Peer Mediators

This is Chloe and Mikaela. They are a couple of our peer mediators. Their role is to help our pupils deal with conflicts peacefully and to help people make good choices in the playground. They also record any incidents that they come across or witness so that the problem can be solved more easily.
Thanks girls, you are doing a wonderful job!
(The duty teachers love having you out there helping to keep an eye on things for them!!)

Making Instant Pudding

Today our class made some instant pudding for Privilege. Each group made a different flavour. We had chocolate,banana,strawberry and rasberry. We ate it with a scoop of Hokey pokey ice-cream -yum!!!

Here we have all our instant puddings setting in the fridge.

Here is Jesse with his group.They had some banana pudding , it looks delicious!

by Lyric and Jahmalaki

More gym action

These girls are from Room 8. Look at their fantastic pyramids! They worked well together and co-operated nicely as a team.

Here are some of our boys with their score cards. Each judge gave the competitors a score out of 5 for their exercise. Those who demonstrated correct techniques scored 5/5. Well done boys, your floor routine was excellent!

Gymnastics Festival

The B Grade Gym Festival was held at the Motueka Rec Centre on Friday 6th June. 14 schools from around the Tasman district took part. Motueka South School entered 14 teams which was more than any other school. The B grade competition is all about participation and having fun. Children have been practising their routines for about 4 weeks. The festival comprises of 10 exercises which includes both team events as well as individual events. Pupils demonstrated their skills on the cross vault, long vault, skipping, pyramid, beam, floor and mat agility (handstand against a wall) .We started off with a Jump Jam session run by our senior pupils to get us all warmed up before we began our exercises. Here you can see some of the Mot South pupils doing Jump Jam.

Thankyou to Ms dowell who organised this event for all the schools, she did a fantastic job!

Thankyou also to the teachers and parents who helped to prepare our teams!

the MANA performance

We had a very talented performer visit our school last week. His name was Bernard and he was able to tell stories, sing, dance AND juggle. He now lives in Australia with his family but he was born in NZ. He wore lots of different costumes which represented various countries in the Pacific. Here he is dressed in traditional Hawaiian clothing - he was very entertaining and had the audience laughing along the whole time. He had a lot of energy on stage and is a very clever performer.

Mmmm..jelly and icecream!

We made jelly last week. Each group had a different flavour. We had to read the packet and follow the instructions carefully. It was a fun way to improve our writing and reading skills. We also had to work together as a group otherwise it wouldn't have worked very well. We put the jelly in the fridge for 2 hours and then once the jelly was set, we got to eat it with some hokey pokey icecream! (As you can see,Tiana and Ashlie like their jelly a lot!)

Milo Instructions

How to make a cup of milo....

you will need:
*spoon
*cup
*milk
*sugar
*milo
*boiling water

Method :
1. You need a clean cup from out of the cupboard and put it on the bench.

2.Get the Milo tin down from the cupboard and put it next to the cup on the bench.

3. Open up the drawer and get a clean spoon and put the end where you hold it and open up the Milo tin lid.

4. Grab the milk from the fridge thn close the fridge and unscrew the lid and put it on the bench.

5. Go and get the sugar from the table and put it on the bench.

6.Put one teaspoon of Milo into the cup.

7. Take the jug and boil it and put in the cup up to about 3/4 full.

8.Add the milk until it nearly reaches the top.

9.Relax and enjoy.

By Sam S and Ellen