GUESS THE NAME OF OUR PLAY!

Can you guess which traditional play we performed for the Junior Syndicate this week? 
It was 'The Ugly Duckling'.  We had a lot of fun!

GOING TO GUY FAWKES

I went to Guy Fawkes. The fireworks were the best part. And I went on the bouncy castle.

It was awesome because I had yummy food and drinks and rainbow fireworks.  By Ryan

SOME OF OUR STORIES

THE CROSS COUNTRY  

I went to the CrossCountry and I came first! I felt like a million dollars.

I got a fizzy and I got a doughnut.
My day was cool. I felt happy and proud of myself.  By Tom

JADE'S BIRTHDAY

I was in my house and then I went into the car and we went to the swimming pools and it was fun.

I went to Jade’s birthday and we had some cake. It was yum!

By Stella

 

TOM'S BIRTHDAY                               Guess what Ryan, Preston, Katelyn, Loyd, Blair, Andrew and I did? We went on the mud slide. Simon came in with the slide and we went down the house slide and onto the mud slide. I went into the muddy water. I went under the water! I got wet when we were waiting for the hose to come on.

Preston went to the muddy water at the bottom of the mud slide and he tripped over on a stone into the muddy water. It was funny as! And all of us went into the hot tub. We all went under the water.
We popped the balloon. Tom, who was six, said that we could pop the balloon on the prickles. And guess what? When we popped the balloons some lollies came out of the balloons. It was fun.
I wish I could go there again because it was the best birthday ever!     By Caidan

AT THE BEACH
In the holidays my cousins came to my house. They live in Auckland and their names are Emily and Aidan.

We went to the beach. We went into the water. It has big waves. I felt excited.   By Anthony

NEE'S  PUPPIES

I went to my Aunty’s and she is awesome and she had two cute puppies.

They are a bit little and a bit big.

There is a dad and I don’t know where the mum is.

By Haylee

 

THE CROSS COUNTRY
I was happy coming eighth. It was fun on the race. I was excited because I came eighth.

I like Cross Country.
By Erin


     

THE PLAY The night before my birthday my Dad and I went to the Community Centre because there was a play there.
There were only two people from Tomarata School in it. They were Nicky and Rafe. Nicky and Rafe were married birds. I liked it. By Andrew

E TORU NGA PEA!

Click on the link to see our item for the opening of the school hall - a piece of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears in te reo Maori:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/VRE0A8BiFEM

Space Day!

We went in a space ship to space.  I was the security guard with Taylor and Charlotte.  We ate some space food.  It was yum.  By Astronaut Jade

On Friday we turned our classroom into a space shuttle and zoomed into space!  
Out in space, the mechanics fixed the Hubble Telescope and our cooks gave us special space food in a bag.  

When it was time to come back to Earth, we got lost and nearly ended up on Mars! But, thanks to Astronaut Anthony, the navigator, we made it back to school in time for lunch. By Commander Murphy

WHEN ROOM 2 WENT TO THE OLYMPICS...

I was in the Olympics.  My country was New Zealand.  I was doing archery.  I got the medal.  I was really happy to get in the Olympics.  I got a silver medal.  I almost got a gold medal but I came second in archery.  It was awesome to be in the Olympic games.  Now it is time for the closing ceremony.  I hope I get in the Olympics next year.  By Caidan

I went weight lifting at the weightlifting place.  I went good.  I got gold.  I felt excited.  By Logan

My sport is air rifles.  I won a gold medal.  I chose the air rifles.  It was hard but I have been practising looking through the telescope.  By Andrew

I went to the Olympics.  I was in the kayaking.  I felt impressed because I got a silver medal.  I almost got a gold medal.  By Taylor

Hello there.  Guess what?  I am in the gymnastic girls’ competition and I won first place and I won gold.  And it is great.  Look at the crowd and it is good.  I like doing gymnastics.  I like being in the Olympics.  By Jade

I am in the Olympics today and it was fun on the trampoline.  And guess what?  I got a medal and I got a gold.  WOW! By Stella

I was in the swimming.  I came first in swimming.  My medal was gold.  I felt great.  I like swimming.  By Preston

“New Zealander, Kaea Heke.”

“Yippee!” I said, “I am a gymnast, yay!”

I was so happy that I was first.  I got a gold medal.  But I am only a kid – that is weird. 

But I am lucky.  By Kaea

FUN AT THE OLYMPICS!

This was supposed to be accompanied by the 'Chariots of Fire' soundtrack, but we haven't mastered embedding the audio into the posting yet!

Some of our published stories

The 100th Day of School

When I got to school it was the hundredth day of school. I said, “Yay!” We made a poster from 100 squares and then we made some glasses shaped like 100.  Then we made a centipede.  My day was great. I was really jumpy.  By Kaea

On the 100 day party it was great when we made a poster with 100 squares of paper, and the glasses with a shape of 100.  
We were quiet and busy.

By Preston

We had a 100 Day party. Hooray! We had a shared lunch. I made chocolate chippie muffins.  I made a pasta necklace because we had 100 pieces on.  
My day was fun.  I felt great.

By Jade

AT THE MARAE

I went in the car with Rachel and it was a long way. 

When we got there, there was a lady. She welcomed us in.

We were split into pairs and we played Snap with your feet and we played Wheke outside on 8 lily pads.

By Jade

When we went in the gate, when we looked up there was a whale bone.

When we went in the house it was fun singing.

I like the weaving.

By Preston

We went on the bus. We saw a wizard. A stick went on the door. We laughed and laughed. It was fun on the bus.

We played knucklebones. There were two stuck together.  It was fun.

We wove the flax. I did a flower. Tom broke it.  It was fun.

By Caidan 

I like the octopus game.

We drew the carvings.

It was awesome at the meeting house

 By Maddison

We made autumn leaf fridge magnets!

Autumn Leaves

Look ok

I like autumn stuff.

They sound like flowers

And smell like flowers too.

They feel soft and I like soft.

I like autumn.

By Haylee

Autumn Leaves

Look brown and red,

Sound good when you crack them,

Smell good

Feel crunchy.

The leaves change.

By Dylan

Autumn Leaves

Look pretty on the tree

Sound crunchy

Smell lovely

Feel rippy.

I like autumn.

By Maddison

Autumn Leaves                          

Look sad, look spotty                                   

Sound like ripping paper                                           

Smell like coffee                                            

Feel crunchy                                                    

Falling off the tree                                         

By Tom                                                              

Autumn Leaves

Look beautiful

I like the leaves.

Sound crackly

Smell stinky

Feel hard.

By Stella

Autumn Leaves                         

Look ok                                                             

I like autumn stuff.                                      

They sound like flowers                               

And smell like flowers too.                         

They feel soft and I like soft.                     
I like autumn.

By Haylee

Autumn Leaves

Look brown and red,

Sound crunchy and yuck,

Smell like sugar,

Feel crunchy.

Leaves fall of the trees.

By Gage

Autumn Leaves

  Look sad because they fall off. 

Sound crackly

Smell grassy

Feel gentle and light.

 I love autumn!!

By Kaea

Autumn Leaves

Look colourful and light

Sound crunchy   

Smell like coffee 

Feel crinkly

I like autumn.

By Charlotte

We made these pine cone animals!

What can be treasure?

In groups, we brainstormed what things can be treasures. Look at all the words we came up with!

Our Trip to Antara

WE FOUND THESE CH OBJECTS:

chain

chippies

chalk

chickens









cheese



chocolate





 

Crazy Hair Guys



BEFORE...

Crazy Hair Guy
I made a Crazy Hair Guy.  We had to first get a stocking. Second we get a bit of soil and we put the soil into the stocking and then you put some eyes, nose and mouth and ears.  Then you get yoghurt pots and then put some water and then you put water in the stocking.  Then you leave it.
By Ryan



...AFTER!

We had a farewell lunch for Skye.

We made up this story based on the Book "Smile said Dad"

WE FOUND THESE SH OBJECTS

CAIDAN'S SHARK NEWS!

Caidan caught this shark when he was fishing with his cousins. He brought it to school frozen to show us. Wow!