STORY TELLER

On the 27th of March, a librarian from Porirua Library was invited to our school to talk about the NZ Book Month.
She recommended a few of her favourite stories that changed her life. There were tickets for some people to be able to see and hear about thoughts and recommendations in the library. There were different type of stories, from picture books about someone's life, war, to sad and funny chapter books. Some of the books had even turned into movies! She told us about the children's book awards. She was very humorous and she had a lot of expression too.

Overall, we think that everyone that had an experience really enjoyed it and hoped to go again!
By Jia Yen and Aimee E

Science experiment video

This is a video of a science experiment done by Isaac, Ethan and Jeremy in room 8.

The Beach Trip

Last week we went to Ngatitoa Beach. We played a lot of games like Rippa, Cricket, Tag and alot more. Only a few people went for a swim in the beach including ME and Brett. We found a log and rode it lIke boat. Also Ben D and I went Crab Hunting. We found THOUSANDS of crabs but also we found a really huge Mudskipper Fish. We caught one but it was pretty hard because it was really slippery.

By Travis

An awesome syndicate trip!

FINALLY! A couple of days ago was the day for the Syndicate trip. I had been waiting for AGES!  We went to Linden Station and rode the train to Mana.There was a beach there and that was where I spent the most time at. I found this stone thingy and Mrs Hannah said it was a piece of glass thaat had been in the salty sea water and turned smooth.
Then some people (not to be named) hunted crabs from their homes under rocks and put them in a concrete block which they call an ''AQUARIUM".
Some people and I tried to put them back.Then 1 of the big crabs in the "AQUARIUM"died. Brigette and I had a funeral for it and just as we finished, we found another dead one.We had a funeral for that one too.The first one was called CrabbyMac'crab'crab,The secound,CrabbyMac'crab'crab Junior. We found 2 more one that was GIGANTIC! we named it JUMBO.The other was called,Lumbo and someone's crab died. I think it was a new born one. We named it Tiny.It was a fun and sad day (for the crabs) .

After all that It was time to go home and that was really upsetting because I wanted to stay. It was a really exciting day and I hope our next syndicate trip will be right there again.

Wild weather picnic

Wild Weather Picnic!!

On a freezing Thursday morning, Tui syndicate travelled to Ngati Toa Domain to have an awesome picnic. When we first got there, Cameron and I sprinted as fast as we could to the see-saws. After a while we started to get bored so we joined in with Brookelyn and walked to the beach together.

While we were on the beach, we decided to walk through the rugged rocks to see what the other people were looking at. When we got there, we saw everyone flipping over rocks to see if there were any crabs under them so we tried doing that. 5 minutes later we saw Mr Goosen walking along with his fishing rod. He started fishing but sadly no success, but minutes later, Phoenix grabs a fish with no problem at all.

By Marilyn

Renee and Brigitte's gingerbread men :)

Last Monday Brigitte and I brought in some gingerbread men. They were really yummy and all the class loved them. :)

A few days ago I brought in some vanilla cake. It was very yummy. It had yellow and blue icing and the class and Mrs Christie all enjoyed it. :)

Aimee Burgess

I brought in some yummy Brownies. They were fun to bake.- By AimeeE

For my unit tasks I baked lemon and cream biscuits and brought them along to share with the class. there were enough biscuits for some of the teachers to have as well. They were yummy. -by Ethan