Randomland

Last week Room 8 invited us to Randomland. They were having an election to see who would be the Prime Minister of their country. They each had to come up with a name of a political party and they had to convince us to vote for them. Each leader did a speech. The greens said "vote for green, we won't be mean!". They also offered free money for the girls and a voucher to Hannah Montana. They offered free cars to the boys that went 350km/hr.

Here is Sam S and Sam H getting ready to vote at the polling station. There were 4 parties altogether. The Red Randoms, the Greens, Randomland First and the Fanta party. Each party offered lots of amazing things if we voted for them. One party said they would give us $1 million each if they were elected!

Here is Tyson casting his vote at the Randomland election- I wonder which party he voted for (its's a secret)

Lyric goes to Disneyland

p I went to Disneyland for a week.Here I am with my Mickey Mouse cap and pins.They drove on the other side of the road in America. I went on the humungous roller coaster it did a l0op de loop.I got a star.I went to universal studios, San diego sea world and Hollywood.I saw Michael Jacksons star and the Simpsons star plus Mickey Mouses star. There were a lot of people. we then saw the Beverly Hills sign.We travelled on a big bus.I saw a lot of limos.One night I went swimming on the captain cooks boat , it had a slide.That night the Disneyland fire works were on.That night was a fire were the bus went I went in the hot spa pool. I met some friends.I went up on the long slide the little girl up front took a long time so the bucket tipped so we got soaked.

By Lyric

Athletics Day

Here are the ten year olds getting ready to do target throw. I think they will hit the target if they aim carefully. Ashlie came 1st in her age group for target throw which was a fantastic effort.

By Sapphire

On November the 18th Rooms 7,6,5 and some of the room 8 pupils went to Lower Moutere for athletics. This is Ellen Sam'S and Macey having a photo taken during their lunch break.It was so much fun at athletics. We competed against lots of other pupils from around the Tasman district. Our relay teams did very well, our A team came 3rd in their race.

By Ellen and Sam S

High Jump

Yesterday we did High Jump for Athletics. This is Eva jumping over the pole. She looks like she is flying the sky. We had to line up on the side that we write with. We do Athletics practise every day becuase we are going to be going to Lower Moutere for a competition against other schools in our district - it is going to be next Tuesday. The seniors are going on Wednesday.
By Eva & Sophie




Here is Shaquille leaping over the high jump -he can jump really high, it's like he has springs in his feet. We have been learning to do the scissors technique. Some people can even do the frosby flop which is even harder.

Snow Peas

This is Ashlie and Sam S with their snow pea plants. We all planted snow pea seeds at the beginning of the term and we took them home to grow. We were having a competition to see who could grow the tallest plant. Ashlie's plant grew 23cm, Sam S grew 33cm and Angus' grew 38cm. Angus transplanted his snow pea plant into his garden at home so he couldnt bring it to show us but he is lucky, he lives right next to the school so he could go home and measure it!

3D shapes

For maths this term we have been learning about 3D shapes. Daniel and Isaac made these cool pyramids. They decorated the "net" first then cut out the shape , folded the edges and pasted it all together.

We talked about the pyramids in Egypt and how they were built as well. Miss R has been to see the pyramids and she said they are "huge" in real life. The pyramids in Egypt were built about 3000 years ago! The Pyramids had underground tunnels in them and buried treasure. They buried their pharaohs (Egyptian rulers) in tombs inside the pyramids.

Halloween

It was Halloween last Friday ! Here are Sam S, Sophie, Jessica and Brianna at Miss R's house. They had hundreds of lollies and they all ate them in one night! Miss R was surprised. They had so much fun!!! Sam was an evil horse rider .Sophie was a witch so was Jessica and Brianna was a MOVIE STAR!!!!

by sam S and sophie

Canteen Bandannas

On Friday 31st October some pupils wore their canteen bandannas to school to show support for the teenagers in NZ who suffer from cancer. Our school sold 92 bandannas and raised $372 which is a fantastic effort! Here you can see some of the Room 7 pupils wearing their bandannas, the designs and colours were very cool this year.

Keith Olsen!

Keith Olsen came into our school hall on Monday 20th October. Keith Olsen has illustrated and written a number of childrens books.He is married to Diana Noonan who is an author. They often produce books about plants and gardening. When room 7 went into the hall Lyric was chosen to be a model for Keith.She had to pose in a creeping pose. When Keith finished drawing Lyric he turned Lyric into a dinosour,everybody laughed!

by Ellen

50th Jubilee

At Labour Weekend our school celebrated their 50th Jubilee. Each class did a performance on stage. The Middle School danced to music from the '70's and '80's. One group of girls danced to Material Girl by Madonna, the boys danced to Funkytown by Pseudo Echo and another group of girls danced to Girls just wanna have fun by Cyndi Lauper.

Some of the girls in Room 7 are also part of the Kapa Haka group. They also performed on stage at the Jubilee concert. Here they are singing "Haere mai" to welcome our visitors to our school.

The boys are getting "funky" on stage by doing their special worm move!! They did very well and looked great in their costumes.

By everyone in Room 7

Cool Caves

Cave Trip

We went to visit the Ngarua Caves on top of Takaka Hill to conclude our Science unit on Sound.
Inside the caves it was kind of scary. The lady turned of all the lights and it was very DARK and we could not see any thing at all.
We got to hold some moa bones. They think that the moas fell down a sink hole and into the cave and then they were trapped inside. It was about 160 years ago when the cave was first discovered, some people have left their signatures on the cave walls.

Here are some of the room 7 pupils getting ready to go into the caves. A lady called Janet told us a bit about the caves before we went inside. We had to climb up a ladder to get out of the caves. When we got out it was so bright and it was hard to open up our eyes! We all had to wear these hard hats to protect our heads inside the caves as some of the stalagtites are very sharp and pointy.

We learnt that stalagtites are the ones that come down from the roof and stalagmites are the ones that form up form the bottom. It takes a stalagtite 80years to grow only 2.5cm! That is VERY slow growing.

By Eva, Ellen and Bailey

Makos visit

On Thursday these Makos players came to our school to play a game of rippa rugby with some of our pupils. They also signed autographs and talked to us about their rugby careers. Some people won posters and Sean won a Makos t-shirt.
Ben Franks is on the right of the photo and he has played for the Crusaders as well. Mark Bright is on the left.
The Makos played their last home game on Saturday in Blenheim.

Talent Quest

This is Luken and his mystery date...I wonder who it could be??
They won the entertainment award for their very funny skit on stage....well done guys, you had us all in stitches!
On Friday 12th September our school held a TALENT QUEST. My group did a dance called "I believe" and we came 3rd in the group dance competition . We had to audition in the hall during the term and Mrs W-A decided which performers went through to the final. Me, Paige, Laiana and Jahmalaki are on stage dancing in this photo.

By Macey

Pet Rocks

For Privilege last week we made these cute pet rocks. Miss R brought some rocks to school from her garden. First we painted them all white so that the colours would stand out better. After the first coat dried we then created our pictures. Most people drew faces, some people drew butterflies and one person created a monster!
Unfortunately we didn't have time to varnish them. Varnish helps to protect the paint and makes the colours more vibrant.
Pet rocks are so easy to make - you can easily make them at home. All you need is some paints, a paintbrush, some varnish, your imagination and of course....A ROCK!!

Colgate Smiles

This week we have been learning about how to keep our teeth healthy. Since Monday Rm 7 has been brushing their teeth every day at 1:30 PM. Everyone has their own tooth brush and toothpaste in their desk.
We got to pick our own coloured brush. We know to brush at least twice a day and to limit the amount of sugary snacks we eat. Don't forget to brush your tongue as well as your pearly whites!

by Lyric, Sam B and Jahmalaki

Cute bunnies

On Wednesday Sam S's mum brought along some baby bunnies to school and there are 5 of them. This is Fizzy. Fizzy is sitting on Ashlie's shoulder.The others are called Bubbles, Bobo, Angel and Puddles. All of our class got to hold the baby rabbits. Sam said that she is going give them all away to people in room 7- mostly her friends at school. They were born 2 weeks ago so they need to be a bit older yet before they can be given away. They drink mainly milk but sometimes they drink a little bit of water. They sleep in a box with a some hay and sometimes they sleep in the hutch with their mum called Poppy.
They are very cute and cuddly!

by Ellen and Sam S

Daffodil Day

On Friday 29th August it was Daffodil Day in NZ. This is when we raise money for the cancer society so that they can try and find a cure for cancer. Mrs Classen drew this picture of a giant daffodil and put it next to the office. People placed a gold coin on the picture- this is called a coin trail. For a gold coin, children received a special daffodil tattoo that they could then put on their arms or face if they wanted to. Our school raised $265 for the cancer society this year which is a fantastic effort. Thankyou to everyone who donated a gold coin!

Weird and Wacky Olympics

The Middle Syndicate held a weird and wacky olympics at school. Everyone was in a team and we marched a lap of the school with the olympics torch. We took part in weird events such as the slow walking race , the plastic golfball shotput and the backwards sprint. We ll had a heap of fun and everyone took home a medal.

Use your noodle!

Sophie's nana visits Rm 7

This is Sophie and her nana Maureen. She has just been to China and Beijing for a holiday so when she came on Friday we asked her things about how hot it was there. She said it was really nice in China and she gave us some postcards. She told us lots of interesting stories about her experiences in China. She walked along the Great Wall and visited the Forbidden City. She really enjoyed the Chinese food although she found it VERY hard to eat with chopsticks!

She said the Chinese people were very friendly and polite and that she would love to visit China again one day.

By Paige

Rabbit Island.

This is Tyson and Angus getting ready to go to Rabbit Island to compete against other schools around the Nelson district. Tyson got 15th and Angus got 5th in the 8 year old boys race. We had to run through a pine forest and a field and it was very hard. There were lots of people in each race so we did really well. Luckily it didn't rain during our race, the rain stopped before our race. We hope we can make it again next year and hopefully we can get in the top 3 this time.

Photo by Jesse

Written by Tyson and Angus

Flax flowers

On Friday some of the class made flax flowers for Privilege. Jahamlaki helped us to make them and brought the flax to school from home. Bailey made his flower first then Miss R made hers . They were quite tricky to make, you had to weave the bits of flax in and out in a pattern. When we finished we had to wash our hands because you can get really sick from the flax if it goes near your mouth.
By Laiana

Beijing mascots 2008

The olympics are now on. Caroline and Georgina won us a GOLD MEDAL in rowing. Mahe Drysdale won us a bronze. On Friday Room 7 drew their own mascots and named them. And we had to draw what sport they were meant to be doing. It was heaps of fun!!!!!!. Valerie Vili also won us a gold medal as well as the Evers swindell twins

by Jahmalaki and Paige

Giraffes can't dance...can they?

Today most of our class went to the hall to watch a special performance called "Giraffes can't dance"- there were 4 dancers altogether and they wore these really cool costumes. The giraffe was called Gerald. All the other jungle animals made fun of him because he couldn't dance very well and he was very clumsy. In the end, after a lot of practise, he became a really good dancer.

At the end of the show, the performers got everyone to stand up and have a go at dancing themselves. Here is a video of us all- it was lots of fun!

We got to ask the dancers some questions at the end- we found out that most of them first started dancing when they were about 4 years old and they have all studied dance at a special school in Wellington.

School Photos

Last week we had our official class and individual photos taken. We all had to make sure we had brushed our hair and put our make up on beforehand. Unfortunately Shaquille was absent on Thursday so he won't be in our photo.
We had to line up in order from shortest to tallest. Sam B was the shortest and Daniel was the tallest. The photographer told us we had to say "Nana's knickers" so that we were all smiling at the same time...he was very funny.
When it was the teachers turn to have their staff photo taken they all had to say "children are smelly!"
It is always nice to look back on class photos in years to come...
(Don't you all look so cute in the photo!)

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??)