My Mum Is In Canada! By Rosie

My mum is in Canada because she has gone to see her sister. They have gone up the mountain called Kicking Horse. The day she knew about it, she said "I have to get fit." They are staying in a town called  Golden Town. They were going to go to London together. They didn't go to London because they wanted to go somewhere else, which was Canada. Mum is going to bring Oscar and me a present. My present is going to be some ice-skates and my brother is getting new shoes. She will be back in seven more sleeps. I really miss her!



                                

My Mum's Birthday By Imogen.

On the Weekend it was my Mum's birthday. My dad made mum a cake. The cake was lemon flavoured. It was a gluten free cake. Later on one of mum's good friends came over. She was called Shelly. Shelly has three kids called Jackson, Van and baby Dylan. A little while before they came me and dad went down the road to get some macaroon biscuits. They were very yummy! Me, Ben, Jackson and Van collected acorns from the corner of the yard because in the corner of the next door yard they have a huge oak tree. Finally the end of the day came.

The Forest Opening By Riki and Lucius

On Friday it was the school forest opening. We did some singing. Some special  people came to the  opening.  All the classes sat by the pool on the grass. It got very hot. Mr Barker talked for a long time. We blessed the trees so they will grow tall and strong. After the opening some people walked through the forest to have a look. Then everybody went home.

Arataki Trip by Nevan and Milan

On the day of our trip to the Arataki Centre Dennis, Simon and Stew showed us their forest. In the forest we saw a 600 year old kauri tree. Dennis showed us the tea tree and told us how people made tea from it .We got to plant some plants of our own. Dennis showed us the baby's room and there were no baby plants yet. He also showed us the sycamore seeds, a possum trap and a stoat trap. I thought that it was an insect house.  Dennis showed us the old volcano. Finally we went back to the bus and went back to school.

Our Trip To The Arataki Centre

On Wednesday the 19th of  February we went to the Arataki Centre. We went there on a bus.  We had morning tea as soon as we got there. We went on a bush walk to look at the plants and trees. We did a life cycle puzzle in the classroom. After that we had lunch. After lunch we planted seeds. My favourite thing was riding the flax horses and Barnaby's favourite thing was throwing the sycamore seeds in the air.  Finally we got on the bus and went back to school to go home. We had an amazing time!

By Barnaby and Louis

Arataki Trip by Mikayla and Kate

On Wednesday the 19th of February we went on a bus to the Arataki Centre.

First we had morning tea. Then we went on the bush walk and our legs got tired of walking. We learnt that some seeds have wings so that they can travel far with the wind. Next we walked back up and had lunch. After lunch we went to the classroom and did a life circle puzzle of a Kowhai tree. We got all the pieces in the right place.  We also went to the nursery and planted some flax seeds of our own to take back to school. We had such an amazing time!!!

WELCOME TO ROOM 15 2014

WELCOME TO A NEW YEAR!

Room 15 are an outstanding class of talent and enthusiasm and I cannot wait to help them reach their potential over the following year!! 

Here is the wonderful Room 15-

And here is their fantastic teacher Gail