Cross Country Day

On Friday the 24th of August 2017 all 9-11 year old went to Minogue Park in Hamilton to do Cross Country.

It was a hard time running, as we had to run 2500m without stopping.

Most people thought of just winning for their priority but mine was just to finish, without being last.

I felt like a turtle, the turtle you find taking the short way and actually beating the rabbit, but i didn't come at least 5th or higher, but i'd say everybody did a great job running.

We came back to school at about 2:20 I liked walking back because it gave me a big rest.

Year 6 Art Painting Day

On Tuesday the 21st of August 2017 all of the year 6's in Room 15, 7 and 4 went to go paint a memory piece of art so people don't forget the special year 6's that leave.
First we all had to sketch an outline of our characters, most of us finished before morning tea.
After morning tea, we had to paint our characters with a variety of paints, like gray, blue, black, forest green, sage green, red, crimson, indigo, and many others.
After the painting block, we had to sharpie our outlines to make our paintings able to stand out much more.
All of this took us 4 hours and 45 minutes which is the whole day, excluding lunchtime and morning tea.
I really enjoyed this experience, and next time I want to do another one, but at Maeroa!

Trees For Survival day

On Thursday 23rd of August 2017, Room 15 and a class from Pukete School completed a project called Trees For Survival.
We planted the trees because they help New Zealand grow and supply the land with fresh oxygen, but most of all, it helps stop water pollution in the Waikato River as the roots of the plants stablise the soil.
The staff from fonterra showed how we should plant like green fingers.
Before we had to put the plant in the hole, we had to make sure a little tablet was in that hole. This 'tablet' acts as a fertilizer for the plants to make them grow fast, strong, and overall better for the environment. We had to make sure to carefully take the plant out of the bag, then level the stalk with the ground.
Everyone had to check that it wouldn't pull out, so we had to stomp the loose dirt around the plant so it could get a better grip onto the soil.
Room 15 and Pukete had to plant about 600 plants around the Fonterra factory.

My speech reflection

On the 7th of June 2017 i had to present my speech to my whole class.
I waited for my name to be chosen on the slot machine that had tons of names.
Luckily, i was first on the list!
Miss Wyllie chose some people to do a assessment on me, and i started to prepare to talk about my speech.
I was not very nervous, as my audience knew from last year i was extremely prepared for what i was going to do.
I liked the part where i said: "There was a cockroach on the floor!". Everybody looked, and then after i said that there actually wasn't.
I think i could of made my speech shorter, as the recommended length was 2-3 minutes.Mine was 4 minutes.
Everyone enjoyed my speech and i think i was very proud of myself, because i had a natural stance and a good expression.
After 4 minutes of speaking, I was relieved that i wouldn't do it again, other than if i had to do it in the semi finals WHEW! I was done with my speech, everybody enjoyed it and I did too.
If you didn't know my speech was about boredom, and I talked about many different topics and how hard it was to find a good topic at home, it was such a pain.

Poem poetry week

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Nightmares creep me out
and so do you!


I like this poem because it is funny and can motivate more people to make poems.



By Matthew

Tabloid sports reflection

On the 20th of february 2017, I attended tabloid sports.

 My favourite activity is the animal throwing were you throw bean bags but they are shaped like animals. You had to score points and to get points you had to throw the little animals at the specific place and score points from 1-2-3-4-5.

My second favorite activity is the sponge race where we had to grab wet sponges and make it so we had to transport the water from the pink bucket all the way to the green bucket.

My third favourite activity was a collaboration activity where we had to grab an ice cream box filled with water and then we place it on a wooden piece with ropes tied to it.Then we had 4 team members to grab one side of the rope and transport it to the bucket.To win you needed to fill the bucket with water. Thanks for reading my reflection on tabloid sports!

2017 Term 1 week 2 reflection

What i found interesting so far: Our puzzle art as we had to blend colours and decorate our puzzle piece.

What i found challenging: The brain teasers because it made me think why are these specific words are there and why are they in that specific order.

What i am looking forward to: Starting official subjects like Maths, Writing and Reading and home learning.