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.

Room 15 EM

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.

Room 15 SD, SP and MB

Writing letters

This term we wrote a variety of letter types, for example friendly, business, complaint and apology letters. Our favourite activity was writing to Mr T and sharing our dreams for Botany Downs in the format of a super sized postcard. Some of our suggestions were: an upgrade to our school playground or swimming pool, a movie night, a school news show and a pet day. Mr T thought our ideas were really good.

KR (Room 15)

Mussel Preparation

One hot Monday afternoon room 15 and room 14 went to the staff room, to prepare mussels and pipis. They were alive before we cooked them. We were touching the shells and feeling its smooth and shiny texture. At first they smelt like salt water and after a while we got used to it. The colours varied - some were orange and some were white. After we cooked the mussels, we discovered something interesting hiding inside - a tiny little parasite crab. The mussels tasted really yummy but some people didn't enjoy it because it tasted slimy.
LS, TW, EM & MB Room 15

Dogs on the Beach

I stare with great interest at the two marshmallow, fluffy dogs, sprinting down the beach. Every drop of water splinters into the air like an explosive detonation. The sand under the dogs' feet buckle as they hurtle across.
The bitter smell of salt invades my nose and the dogs screech to a halt. They both pull outrageously funny faces. I chuckle at the sight. Now covered in water, the dogs both look like my hair on a Sunday night after a shower.
Suddenly, out of the blue, I hear the sound of a seagull. The dogs start barking furiously at the seagull and start to hurtle towards it. The battle suddenly turned into a barking and screeching frenzy. The ending is horrific, so I think I'll stop here....
by RO

Weet-Bix Breakfast - Yum!!