Moments in time

Fredo the fox

One hot sunny day there was a fox named Fredo. He was in the dripping, wet garden as he sneaked into a short but shadowy cave. There was a hole you could peer through in the solid rocks.The sun shone down on this daffodil which looked like gold. Fredo ran like a bolt of lightning to just touch that plush soft watery daffodil. He was sitting on the cold, crystal clear ice - like Atlantic water. Then he reached out to take a sniff until...                                        IS Room 15 

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The four polar bears.

Look there! The white soft polar bears look so cuddly. The green trees are covered in soft white snow. You can only see the tip of the tree sticking out. You can hear the roaring of the two polar bears playing. You can hear the ice cracking under the mummy bear's feet. The baby polar bears are playing hide and seek. Their little paws sink into the ice cold snow.One baby is hiding under mum's tummy. He is so scared the ice is going to break.                            LS Room 15
                                                        

Puppy Footprints at Botany Downs

We had an amazing opportunity to meet two guide dog puppies this morning. It was Arno and Zeira's first trip outside of their home. They were so tired on arrival, that Zeira slept for most of the visit. It was really interesting to learn about a 'Guide Dog Trainer Coordinator's' job and the skills required. Kim, our visitor shared about her journey of working at the SPCA and then training and working as a vet nurse, before pursuing this amazing and rewarding career. The puppies have nearly 2 years of training and the red jackets prepare them for wearing a harness one day, when guiding their blind owners. This is definitely a career path for people who love and enjoy working with animals.

Collected thoughts contributed by students from room 15 & 20

Dr. Campbell Emmerton talks to senior classes about his job.

As part of our unit on careers, we were very lucky to have psychiatrist Dr Campbell Emmerton come to our school last week on Friday the 14th of May. Dr Cam talked to the senior members of our school about how he arrived at his chosen career, the training he had to undertake and answered many questions from the students. We found out that brains were spongy when you touched them, the importance of being curious and following your instincts, that relationships with friends and family are very important to staying healthy and happy and that expressing your feelings and emotions good for you.
Dr Cam's talk was entertaining, witty, inspirational and insightful. Thanks Dr Cam for coming and sharing your thoughts, stories and humour with us. We now have many students that aspire to become psychiatrists like you!

Camp Kawau - Mansion House

                   

On Wednesday the 6th of May we went to Mansion House. It was a challenging walk (climb as some would describe it) to the house. We saw a wallaby on our way and he posed for photos. We saw a variety of things inside Mansion House. We liked the weapon room and the kitchen. We also saw loads of trees outside and animals from different countries. All the different materials and furniture were all very old and well retained. The house was very fancy and old . It was older than 100 years and looked like it would fall down any second because the floors creaked. The floors were cracked in places. Some of the rooms were blocked off meaning 'please don't touch'. We all had a wonderful time at the Mansion House. :)
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Omana Rocky Shore Trip

Last term we went to Omana Regional Park. First we went to the Rocky Shore area to look at the creatures. We saw crabs, starfish, shells,welks and much more. I saw the welks crowding on the cockle shells. It was like a pack of wolves hunting a deer.

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Class Mascots

Yay ! I got chosen to take the class mascots Maxine and Blackberry home with me for the two weeks of holiday. It was awesome. We have taken them to the movies, Rainbows End, the park and Mitre 10. We also took them to mum's friend's house where they're going to have a try of doing flips on the tramp.

First Max (my cat) ran out to see what the basket was about. He liked the Shetland Sheepdog (Shelties) a lot.Secondly we played Xbox and they were teamed. I was a lone man and they won 3-2.

VV & BA (Room 15) 

ANZAC - a day to remember

This week we went to the Field of Remembrance.

On the crosses there were the names of the soldiers

who used to live in our suburbs, but sadly passed away during the war.

There were 30 white crosses in total.

Each cross had a fern and a poppy to represent NZ soldiers and their bravery.                                     

A wesome people went to war.

N ever gave up fighting for New Zealand.

Z ooming bullets flying through the battle field.

A mazing soldiers fought for New Zealand.

C rumbs from the Anzac biscuits.

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