On The 2nd of December the school girls cricket team went up to Palmerston North to play the semi finals and the finals in the Milo Shield Competition.
We played Waimea from Nelson in the semis and got them all out in 10 overs and we won easily ! :)
The next day we played Heaton from Christchurch in the finals, it was a very intense game but we got through it, we fielded first and Heaton scored 73 runs in 25 overs. We needed 74 runs to win we had no idea whether we could get it or not but in the 19th over Jess Kerr hit a wide ball and they ran for two, We had won !!!
We all ran onto the field screaming and shouting, we were so happy ! We all felt extremely proud of going to Tawa Intermediate and some of us were even crying :) By Jenna
As we lay in bed at night thinking of all the families that have lost fathers, sons, brothers, grandfathers, cousins and friends. We obviously don’t know the hurt you are going through but we still care and our thoughts, prayers and blessings are with you every step of the way.
May your memories give you strength.
Although it's difficult to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.
We all grow old but our thoughts will never fade.
From the fun times to the rough times to the sad and hurtful we will always miss them.
They put their heart and soul into their job and they didn’t deserve the outcome, we are so sorry for your loss.
29 miners sadly dead Everyone will remember them for What they did for you Remember the good times you had before they got trapped but continue your lives With your happy memories you had with your loved ones.
By Chris Chilcott, Connor Freeman and Logan kruidenier
their dark faces fill our minds with regret and sorrow as the sun rises they grow no older they may be forgotten but in our hearts they will always be there.
29 miners have all lost their families,
all lost their friends,
and all lost their children.
29 miners have all lost their wives,
all lost their girlfriends,
and all lost their partners.
29 families have all lost their husbands,
all lost their siblings,
and all lost their fathers.
29 miners have all lost their lives,
in the Pike River mine.
29 miners
29 families
They will never be the same
As we wait
As we watch
Hoping
Wishing
It'd just stop
Sorrow has filled these families
Soon to be mothers
Soon to be wives
Soon to be grandmothers
All too soon to have lost their lives
First days
Turn to last
As we wait
As we watch
29 miners 29 lives 29 families all lost
wives without their husbands
kids without their dads
grandchildren without grandads
so many lives were wasted on a miner explosion they will never be forgotten.
29 Miners 29 Living Souls 29 Families losing their hold 29 reasons to always remember
We walked up a big hill to get to the flying fox. It was long and big and it went past some trees and over the river but the bad part about it was the walking back up the big hill again. It was my turn. My knees were shaking but I jumped and went past the river. I walked up the hill again. It was fun. It was like the big swing at the rock climbing wall. It is the coolest flying fox in the world!. I had conquered my biggest fear.
Camp was an experience we will never forget :) Although we weren't clean most the time we still had a blast. we made new memories and new friendships together as a class :)
I don't think any of us will ever forget the amazing experiences we had together on camp :)
I am really impressed with the way rm 8 got on so well at camp. We went to the Wairarapa for 4 days and 3 nights and had a great time. We were lucky to have fantastic camp parents who helped out with the activities and were great company. It's a long time since we have posted anything on our blog so maybe we can put some photos up of some of the good times we had at camp.
It was a relief not to have the constant whirr of the aeroplane's engines whining and pulsating in my ears. My brain was a bit fuzzy - what's new you ask? - and after being on the go for nearly 35 hours we finally landed at Heathrow, London at 11 in the morning. The Air NZ Terminal is miles away from the main Arrivals hall and we walked for ages before getting our bags and clearing customs.
We were met by family and whisked off to Crowthorne in Berkshire. I was bullied into going on a walk and although I tried to resist it was a great thing for clearing my head.
We saw squirrels scampering up trees as we wandered through the grounds of Wellington College, a very posh school with huge grounds including lots of cricket and football pitches and their own golf course and indoor swimming pool- all you sporty people would have loved it.
The Christchurch earthquake.The council urges those in Rolleston or Tai Tapu to reduce all water use.Currently Tai Tapu sewerage is going into the Halswell River due to the city's network failure and Rolleston's sewerage is overloading the small treatment site that is still operating.A welfare centre is now open at the Rolleston community center on Rolleston Drive.In 8.13am there were 4.1 aftershocks closer to Christchurch(20km south-west of the city),at a depth of 20kms.the earthquake was a least 7.1 or 7.4 thats what it said on the richter scale and the map.
For their homework Cam and Thomas did a science experiment called Pop Guns. It was an explosive experiment and here are the steps
1. Get a small container and fill 3/4 off it with baking soda and the rest with vinegar.
2. You quickly put the cap on the small container and the cap should explode into the air.
By Thomas
In week 6 Joe did an experiment on hot ice. Hot ice is a liquid,and when you touch it, it crystalizes. In the poster it says how to make sodium acetate. Instructions:
Sodium acetate is a powder and you add water and boil it.
After about 2 minutes of it boiling you pour it in a container and store it in the fridge or freezer.
After about 5 minutes in the fridge it will be cold put a bit of sodium acetate on your finger and dip it in the mixture and take it out and watch it freeze.
You can reuse it by simply boiling it up and repeating the process.
Sodium acetate is also found in heat packs that is what makes the heat pack freeze and go warm when you click the metal, the mixture reacts and heats up the heat spreads and the rest of the liquid freezes over. By Joe
Police are questioning Pakistan cricket over newspaper reports of match fixing during the current test match against England at Lord's, the team's manager said on Saturday. "I can confirm that we are aware of the allegations and Scotland police are with us now at the hotel and we are helping them with their enquiries," team manager Yawar Saeed said.Pakistan players were secretly paid to bowl no balls during the fourth and final test against England as part of betting scam
City to trial new parking sensors
Solar-powered parking sensors are set to be installed in Palmerston North next month after the council agreed to trial a $2.5 million system developed in the city.The final details are still being worked out, but the council has agreed to go ahead with the project, which will make it easier for parking wardens to know exactly how long vehicles have overstayed in parking spaces.
Mexico's drug war crosses US border
Five dead men lay in the living room of one apartment. Some of the men showed signs of torture, they were killed by drug dealers.
Science Experiment – Hanging Crystals Scientific method Purpose: To find out what happens when baking soda is dissolved in hot water and combined with string over a period of time. Hypothesis: (Prediction of what you think will happen) The baking soda will cling to the string and create crystals over a period of time. Experiment: 1. Resources/materials – 2 same sized jars or glasses, piece of string or wool about 50 cm long, 12 teaspoons of baking soda (6 for each glass), 2 paper clips, 1 plate, same amount of hot water in each glass, 1 teaspoon, flat surface in the sun. 2. Method- • Connect paper clips to each end of the string or wool. • Pour equal amounts of hot water into 2 glasses or jars ¾ full. • Put 6 teaspoons of baking soda into the first glass. • Stir the baking soda until it dissolves. • Put the ends of the string with the paper clips into the glasses so that the paper clip touches the bottom of the glass. • After a minute put 6 teaspoons of Baking soda into the other glass and mix it until it dissolves. • Wait for a week and observe.
In the afternoon we all went to see Toha tu moana. they are a Maori cultural theatre group who did dance,drama and haka. They based it on a story about maui but used modern music. There were lots of challenges. The first challenge was the poi, they had to get two girls to do the challenge on stage. One girl was good at it and the other girl was better but they both had a go.
The second challenge was the taiaha. They had to get two boys, they were both good at it and everybody laughed with them.
The third challenge was the finger thing. There were two people that did it one person won, that was Tohu and the other one was Selena they did their best but Tohu won at the end of the challenge.
This week we have been talking about current events. This is some that we have been talking about.
World News- BP oil spill costs pass $6bn mark The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion has so far cost BP a total of $6.1bn (£3.8bn), the company has said.
National- Nature dumps on Whakatane Two days of torrential rain around Whakatane in Bay of Plenty have caused floods that blocked roads, cut phone lines and forced families from their homes. At least 15 people were staying with friends or at the town's war memorial hall last night after rising waters punched a 10 metre hole in the Te Rahu canal stop-bank, flooding 10 hectares of farm land.
Local- Water-polo in Wellington as honours shared IT RAINED goals at Westpac Stadium on Friday night as the Wellington Phoenix opened their Hyundai A-League 2010/11 campaign with a 3-3 draw against Gold Coast United in wet and difficult playing conditions. Played in front of an 8398-strong crowd, the weather could not dampen the spirits of the home side for much of the match, but the visitors did with an 87th-minute equaliser after the Phoenix had held a 3-1 lead 10 minutes into the second half.
This morning room 8 was discussing the latest news.
The All Blacks won the Bledisloe Cup on Saturday night. They were versing a formidable Australian side.The score was 20-10. Our defence won us the game. It was a great game, well done All Blacks.
There is a horrible fire going on in south east Moscow that is causing smog to take over the city. The city centre of Moscow is 90kms away from disaster.
Heading back to good news for New Zealand the Silver Ferns won in a one sided game against Samoa. They won 92-28.
Yesterday in the late afternoon there was a huge slip on the main highway causing a lot of traffic. Traffic control and police attended the scene.
On Thursday the 29th of July David Hill came to our school for a visit to help us with our writing skills. He read us a few of his interesting books and told us stuff about him. He was a really nice man and he is funny. He is someone that you can hang around with.
South Africa has spent billions of dollars on building stadiums for the World Cup. Some people feel this money would best be spent on other things. What is your opinion?
He shoots he scores! Over the last few weeks our school has had an Indoor Football tournament. We made the semi finals, scoring 10 goals altogether but we lost to room 18, 3-2 in the boys' game and a draw in the girls' game. We played pretty well but they were just the better side. Good luck to room 18 for the final against room 16. By Cameron
For the last few weeks we have had Iain Browne in for DARE and today some of us showed the class their DARE projects. Some people did power points and some people did hand written facts.
We finally managed to log ourselves onto the computer Yay! Now we can add blogs of our own but we have to be carefull to spell check and make sure its written properly. So far so good... By Jenna
Recently it was Patrick's birthday. He had a great time because Marius baked a cake which was shared throughout the class. Nice one Marius, Happy birthday Patrick. By Thomas
Today was an epic day. The sudden Boom and Crash of chanting pre-teens caused a verbal earthquake. This was not a country we were running on, this was an ashphalt jungle. Five giants arose from the depths of the school. These greats did us well today. Great efforts these were because these few got a prize fit for a king. This was not just a cross-country this was a showdown. Congratulations to:Jonno, Olivia, Brad, Patrick, and Cameron for getting in the top fifteen.
We have just finished reading the book 'See Ya Simon' by David Hill it was a very sad but amazing story. We were so inspired by David Hill's work that we have invited him to come and visit our school in July. We are very excited! Jenna and Joti
We are writing book reviews on books we are reading. We are trying to use inference and show don't tell in our writing so that we don't tell the reader exactly what happens in the book.
Here are some of our reviews:
Reading Pink Balloons makes me sad. After a character in the book found out she has a disability her entire life changes. Skye is like a walking circus, she is full of life, makes jokes and knows how to cheer you up.
Skye’s mother has always taken care of Skye and her disability. Dr Ziegler sees Skye every four weeks so he can examine her. All the nurses in the hospital are kind to Skye. Skye hangs out with her dad a lot when she is not in hospital. Her dad is a grease monkey and Skye is a lot like him.
I thought it was cool how Skye and DR Ziegler got along and just joked around. It is cool how Skye was happy in hospital and got along fine with the other nurses.
The story is mostly set in the hospital because Skye is mostly there.
The author of the book is Beverly McGauran and I think her point of view was to show everyone what AIDS can do to you.
I would recommend Pink Balloons to people who like reading books that are true
By Marius Bornman
‘Rocco’
Reading ‘Rocco’ by Sherryl Jordan makes you really think. After weird dreams Rocco finds himself in a strange world called Anshur. It’s a confusing plot because he is in two parallel worlds: the real world and Anshur.
Rocco Makepeace, the main character, is very stubborn to the people in Anshur, but he is also very brave and courageous. Ilsabeth is the new love for Rocco; she is quiet reserved but friendly at the same time. Jakob is Ilsabeth's brother and an enemy to Rocco; he is stubborn and determined to get rid of Rocco.
I thought this book was very descriptive and well written with both of the two worlds.
I recommend this book to kids aged 10+ that enjoy interesting and challenging books. Sherryl Jordan is showing you what could happen with fear of a nuclear war hitting.
By Maddy
Private Peaceful
Reading Private Peaceful makes you emotional.
It can sometimes be a frightening book which teaches you how brutal the war really is.
Tommo, the main character is like a brick wall, you can’t get through him because of his determination. Charlie is really out there to make the best of life. Big Joe is a kind and friendly person and can get emotional. I liked it when Tommo and Charlie headed off for the WW1 because it got exciting.
It can sometimes get complicated because at the start of each chapter he’s in this trench and most of this story he is having flashbacks but it comes together. This book is realistic because it is not a true story but is based on things that happened in WW1.
I recommend it to older kids because they can understand it more. I reckon the author's purpose for the book is to teach people how brutal the WW1 is. Michael Morpurgo is a great author because he sets the book out well.
I Have To Go Home
By Renée
Reading I Have to Go Home by Renée, at times it makes you feel sad. After an unexpected car incident Sweat Pea is left with a big decision to make. It’s a sad story because it could happen to anyone. Sweet Pea, the main character, is fragile and quiet, but she’s very determined to do what she wants.
Granny Rose loves her own company and hates cooking, but at times she is very helpful at taking care of her pets and garden. Sally (also known as Sal) is Sweat Pea’s best friend, she is a very outgoing girl and isn’t afraid of what others think.
I think the book is a very heartfelt, realistic story that also has its surprises. I Have to Go Home is a really good book I recommend it to anyone that has a decision to make and that has gone through a rough time.
By Jenna
I HAVE TO GO HOMEby Georgia
Reading ‘I have to go home’ by Renee a makes you feel sad. After a car accident Sweet Pea is left with her Granny Rose. This could happen to anyone at any time. Sweet Pea the main character is worried, quiet and stressed. Granny Rose does not like to cook but she is very loving and caring. Sal is Sweet Peas best friend in the whole world and outgoing.
I think it’s a good book and it shows how determined Sweet Pea is to get her old life back.
The book is quite moving and a little bit confusing because sometimes it changes subject. Like when it was about Sweet Pea then it changed to about her Granny’s cat and dog.
I think ‘I have to go home’ is a very good book and I recommend the book for kids that like moving and life-changing stories. I think the author wrote this book because it can happen to anyone at anytime but you can move on but still remember them in your heart.
