Book Characters

On the last day of term the whole school had the opportunity to dress up in a book character. Some of our class took on the challenge including all the teachers. We had a whole school parade in the morning where we got to see all the amazing costumes people were wearing. One person from each class won a prize from the judges Ms O'Connor and Mr Ohia. Caleb P won our prize and he was a great looking pirate. Mr Dobbin aka Dracula read a book to Room 4 and we had B2 aka Mrs Pedley read us a book at read and feed time. I know some of us can't wait for another dress up day to become a different character for the day at school.

Term 1 Camp!

What an amazing time we had on camp. Highland Home near Ashhurst was a great place to stay, play and relax. We had a group of fantastic adults who helped us with our activities and not to mention our jobs and duties too. Activities included BMX riding, air rifles, team building challenges, caving, river exploring, swimming at the Lido in Palmerston North, board games and having lots of fun playing with our classmates on the trampolines and with the ball games. During the activities we had to take responsible risks, communicate clearly with others, persist, manage impulsivity and most of all enjoy ourselves and have fun! We can't wait until our November camp!

Poems

On Thursday 21st March it was World Poetry Day. We have been reading lots of different poems so we thought we would have a go at writing our own. We each chose a colour. We then created a senses poem for the colour. Here are a couple of them.

Amos:

Red

Red smells like a big fat strawberry thats ready to eat.

Red looks like a smoking fireball.

Red tastes like a big sweet juicy apple.

Red sounds like a fire truck siren blasting.

Red feels like a gooey sticky blood.

That’s RED!

Te Huatahi:

Red

Red smells like hot, spicy jalapenos burning my mouth.

Red looks like roses that stand out in a field of grass.

Red tastes like soft, sweet, ripe strawberries.

Red sounds like the hot, burning fire.

Red feels like blood rapidly pouring out of my body.

That’s Red!

Christchurch Attack

On Monday we had an assembly to remember & honour the victims & their families of the terrorist attack in Christchurch last Friday. We wore ribbons on our right wrist to represent Canterbury and the victims who died. Ms O'Connor, Mrs Benton, Mr Ohia and the priest from the Samoan church all spoke and we sang a song too. During the raising and lowering of our flag to half mast we sang our national anthem. After, back in class we wrote messages on our ribbons to the families and friends of the victims and then tied them to the front fence along side our 50 broken hearts which represent the 50 victims of the Christchurch terrorist attack.

Be Safe. Be Seen.

Be Safe. Be Seen. That's what is written on the back of our bright yellow vests. McCarthy Transport came to talk to the school about being safe when around trucks. We learnt lots of information about trucks and how to be safe when we see them. Our class was so lucky to be the only ones to walk down to Springvale Stadium and see the trucks up close. Sitting inside the cab we realised that the drivers can not see as much as we thought in their mirrors. It gave us a real insight to where we have to be to be seen by the truck drivers. What an amazing experience. We got to take the vests home so we can wear them when we are walking or biking around our community so we can be seen and be safe.

Water Fight

What an awesome day for a water fight! He Puna Hangahanga got together with He Puna Kawenga and He Puna Pumanawa for a water fight on the astroturf. We split into our houses and the battle was on! With safe areas to fill up our water guns and bottles while others were running around trying to defend our house. Loud screams and laughter were heard and there was even a few people trying to hide behind teachers for protection. Cant wait for another water fight in term 4.

Aiming High!

We have all chosen a goal to work on and are now aiming high to achieve these.

Random Acts

A week ago we celebrated Radom Acts of Kindness. Room 7 surprised us by doing our rubbish and recycling job for us. We went around and did rubbish pick up for the entire school. One of our lovely parents brought in some delicious raspberry buns for us and one boy even brought in some delicious lollies for the teachers to have in their after school meeting. It was great to see everyone being extra kind to everyone this week.

Cup Stacking

Stack 10 cups to make a pyramid without using our hands. That was the instruction we were given! We worked in groups and all we were given was a piece of string, rubber band and 10 cups. Some groups thought it was impossible, some groups persisted and some groups even tried to cheat! After one group kindly shared their idea we started to have some success.

Symmetrical Aliens

We have been working hard creating symmetrical name aliens. We traced around our names, cut them out and then coloured them in with crayons. We have so many different aliens hanging in our room now. They look great!

  

  

Welcome Back

We are so happy to be back at school. We all had such a great holiday. Everyone is keen to see what this year will bring. Check out our amazing class. What a great bunch!

Camp to Rotorua and Taupo

What an amazing Rotorua and Taupo camp He Puna Hangahanga had last week. Non stop fun and exploring two great towns. We learnt that Rotorua is a volcano! That freaked some of us out until we were told it last blew thousands of years ago.  Exploring all the different hot pool and gysters was fascinating and we even got to be scientists! On a beautiful morning the views from the gondola were amazing. We loved racing down the hill on the luge, whizzing past all the adults. We learnt about different birds, fish and other animals at Rainbow Springs and had a great trip on the boat to see the rest of the area with a big splash at the end. Sleeping in a cabin with our classmates was noisey and often smelly at times! Sitting around the table at meals times we talked about our day and what was ahead for us next. Roaaaaar! The lions were so loud. They loved eating their feed of meat. Lots of us had never been so close to a lion before. Rotorua Redwood forest walk was amazing especially at night with the beautiful lanterns (made by local artists) that lit up the wooden bridge walk. We couldn’t believe how high we were in the Redwood forest. One of our favourite adventures was on the duck tour on a WW11 landing craft for an amphibious sightseeing around Rotorua and their lakes. Singing, laughing and blowing our duck whistles louding going as fast as the vehicle could take us. In Taupo we could not believe the rush of water as we looked at the Huka falls. What a great sight. At the prawn farm we had a tour and walked around the farm trying lots of different activities. Lots of us went fishing for prawns but only a few of us were successful and caught one.

We would love to thank the parents that helped us over our time at camp. It would not have been possible without you. Not to mention all the other parents and families that supported us with fundraising to get us there.

For some of us, this was our last camp at Carlton and we will take away lots of great memories. For the rest of us we can’t wait for next years camp! I wonder where we will be exploring?