InterAct Art Festivel by Thiha

Last Thursday, we went to the InterAct Art festival which was held at the Corban Estate. It was my birthday. First, we went into the big hall where we had morning tea. In the next hall, we could do a lot of activities like making badges. We watched a show. It was fun. We waited for

our bus for a long time.

Fun Day at Corban Estate by Matthew

On Thursday we all went in a  big bus to the    InterAct Art Festival. First, we went into the big hall where we had our morning tea. After our Morning tea, I went to watch a show of people dancing.  The show was great to watch. I then went into the next Hall where there were a lot of art things to do. I drew a self-portrait on a large paper on the wall.

I also did other colouring activities. I enjoyed the wearable arts.  I wore a mask and walked in the wearable Arts parade. We waited on the sidewalk for a long time before our bus

arrived.

Inter ct Art Festivel By Joel

On Thursday I went to the InterAct Art Festival in Henderson with my class and the two other classes. First of all, we travelled in three cars to get to the base school. I went into Val's car. Next, we went onto a bus to get to the festival. When we got there we went inside and I first painted a picture with a lot of patterns on it. Then I went and made a hat. I made a dog hat. After that, we all went and watched some performers. Matthew, Kyi Kyaw and Kaine took part in the wearable arts parade. Next, we had lunch and us to the top sidewalk to try and get a bus to take us back to school, but our bus got cancelled so we had to wait on the grass for another bus to come. Finally, when the new bus came we went onto it and it took us back to the base school where the taxi picked me up. I had a really awesome time at the arts festival.

    

New Zealand remembers Passchendaele by Joel

This is a story about New Zealand remembering Passchendaele. The main group of people in this article is the 843 New Zealand soldiers that died and 1700 more that were wounded. The key event from this news article is that New Zealand remembers all of the soldiers that died in the Passchendaele that happened 100 years ago. This event took place at the New Zealand National Commemorative service in Belgium on the 12th October 2017.

Staying Home By Aidan

I had a sore tummy last week and I stayed at home.  I remembered to brush my teeth at home and Val is happy about that. Everybody was glad to see me this morning and I am happy to be back.  I listened to music this morning at school and liked that. Later on, I worked hard by colouring in by number.

Fun P.E with others by Thiha

On Monday, we did P.E. with Edgewater year 13. They were training to present spot activities. We all went to the gym and were divided into two groups. Some of the activities we did were basketball, soccer, tagging, Simon says and duck duck goose. My favorite game was soccer. I was so tired.

Doing P.E with the Edgewater year 13

On Monday the 7th, our class did PE with the year 13’s of Edgewater College. First, we got changed into our PE gear. Then we went into the big PE room. Next us and the year 13 students got into two teams. After that, we did some warm ups like throwing the ball into the net and the other team did table tennis. Then we played some games like tagging, Simon says, soccer and duck duck goose. The tagging one was really fun because we had to run across the room and try to not get tagged by the taggers. In one soccer game, I got some goals. I was really proud of myself. The last game we played there was duck duck goose. Then we went back to class. I had a really fun time playing with the year 13’s.

                     

Playing Soccer with Team Eagles By Julia

On Monday 26th  June,  we went to Macleans  College to play our football games.  We played with other schools. I was trying to get the ball.  I was in the Eagles team  with  Matthew, Thiha, Joel, Jordan, Angus and myself. We played  Pakuranga  College. I saw my friend  Amy.  I was a  goalkeeper. We also played  Howick College. My favourite part is to kick the ball.  There was  Edgewater 1, Edgewater 2 and Edgewater 3. The weather was sunny and raining.  Next time I would like to score more goals.

  

How I spent my Holidays by Matthew

On Sunday afternoon my mum and I went to the park. Then my Mum taught me how to drive the car. The car was shaking because the wind was so strong. First I drove slowly. I felt very excited. On Friday morning my brother and I went to the Pakuranga warehouse. We bought an X-box one. We sat down and played all day. On Saturday night I went to my Aunty’s house with my family. We had a farewell party for my Aunty because my Aunty is going back to America. We had an opening prayer by my Uncle. It was really sad to see her leaving.

Acting out in the holidays by Joel

During the term 1 holidays, I was acting in a short film set in the 1800s. First, my youth leader picked me up from my home. Then I went to the filming place. The filming place was the Howick Historical Village. When I got there, I went to the green room to get setup. I was a miner in the film. After that, we went to the film area. My part was marching from mining with some other people. We had to do it over and over again. My feet were so tired from walking and marching. After about 4 or 5 hours of filming, I went back to the green room. Lastly, I had a snack and I went home. I was really excited to be acting in a film.   

    

We went to Te Oro by Matthew

Yesterday we went to the Te Oro in Glen Innes. We went inside onto the stage. Next, we sang our song about rubbish in the Rivers of Tamaki. Our song was called ‘By the Rivers of Tamaki’. I played my instrument “larger phone”. There were lots of school children. We saw Sarah’s class and they were watching us singing. I think we did very well and everyone there was happy.

Next, we went to the Pakuranga mall. We ate ice cream and chips from the BK.   After that, we came back to the class,                                             

Singing at Te Oro by Thiha

Yesterday, we went to Te Oro in Glen Innes. We went inside on the stage and we lined up ready for our performance. We sang our song about the Tamaki river and pollution. Our song is called  “The Rivers of Tamaki”.

We saw Point England, Tamaki College, Tamaki Primary School and Sommerville School. There were lot of schools there to watch us. We came back our classroom and had our lunch.

Our song performance at Te Oro by Joel

Yesterday we went to Te Oro to perform our Rivers of Tamaki song to 12 other schools. First of all, we went into the van to get there. When we got to Te Oro, there were lots of other people. But before we performed our song, we went and looked at other schools things. I saw one of the schools has made a fake polluted river and some fake land. Next, we lined up ready to perform our song. But we had to wait for the little ones to finish doing their show. Then we went up to the stage and Hills introduced our song and the instruments we made for it. One example is the larger phone. The larger phone has bottle tops from the Tamaki Rivers. Next, we started to sing our song. We sang with EWC 2. After we sung our song, we turned around to went out to the van. I had a really fun time performing our song at Te Oro.

Special Olympics at Mt.Smart By Julia

On Thursday our class went to Special Olympics Athletics. I saw my best friends Amy, Marciono, Allan, Vicky.  My dad was there to cheer me running. I did mini javelin, 200m, 100m and the 100m relay. We met the Warriors and it was Shaun Johnson. We have our morning tea and lunch.  I came 4th running. We went on the bus.  I was sitting with Kyi - Kyaw on the bus.

No Excuses!!!!!! By Mina

Most people litter everywhere, especially around waterways a lot, like your family members, friends, neighbors or even yourself.  But it’s not ok to litter around. When you do it, you have some very good excuses to do so. Remember!!!!! there is NEVER a good excuse for littering. Following are some of the excuses people made to cover what they do.

’’It’s just a lolly wrapper.’’

’’Everyone else does it!’’

’’It fell out of my pocket’’

’’Why shouldn’t I?’’

’’It’s so tiny, it won’t matter’’

’’I saw an adult do it.’’

”Animals will eat apple core”

”There wasn’t a sign telling me not to litter”

Have you ever littered and thought you had a good reason for it?

Fun Athletics Day at Edgewater College By Matthew

On Wednesday 22nd March we were involved in the Edgewater College Athletics day. I was in Jones whanau team. Julia, Joel, Kyi-kyaw, and I were in the same team. First I did the 400m run. I came fifth. It was tiring. Next, I went to do shotput throwing and I did 6 throws. Next,  I went to do long jump. I did a good jump and added 6 points to my whanau team. The next game was the obstacle course. It was so hard to do. It is running and jumping on the desk and running around the cones and over the hurdles. It was so fun to do.

Edgewater Athletics Day By Julia

On Wednesday  22nd March we went to Edgewater College  Athletics Day with our class, Edgewater 2, Edgewater 3.   I was  in  Jones Group with Kyi - Kyaw,Matthew and joel.  First, we did long jump. I did 2 big jumps. Next, we went to do Obstacle running. It was a bit hard to jump over the desk.  Then I did throwing. The shotput was heavy. The last event was running 400m. I felt really tired after the race. This year I Didn’t do the relay but I was in the group last year.  After lunch we watched relays and the team from Sommerville group did very well. It was really an exciting day.            

Cleaning Around the school Field by Joel

On Monday, we went to pick up rubbish on our school field. First of all, we got plastic bags and put on gloves. Then we went to EWC 3 to get the other students. Next, we went out onto the big field and started on the right side near the gym. I picked up lots of rubbish and filled up a big bag. After a while we went up to the area where the new classrooms are and we picked up more rubbish. Lastly, we went to the bins next to the gym and put all the rubbish bags in there and went back to the class. I was surprised to see how much rubbish was there on the school field.

       

Keeping our Beaches Clean By Joel

Yesterday we went to Farmcove Beach to see the local waterway. We went in the big Toyota van. When we got there we went for a walk around the beach and we saw lots of new houses and boats. After that, we went into the sand area of the beach  and picked up some rubbish. After that we went and played in the “Snakes and Ladders” on the Snakes and Ladders playground that they had there. First some one had to roll the dice and had to go up along ladders and go down by slides. We also went on the exercise machines by the carpark.  I had a really fun time at the beach and I hope we will go to look at other waterways in the near future.

Keep it Clean!!!!!! by Thiha

On Thursday the 16th  we went to Pakuranga sailing club. We went by a flash van. First, we went for a  walk along the walking track. We picked up rubbish and put in the bin at the beach. We did some exercises there. We played in the “snakes and ladders” park. After all that, we come back to the classroom and ate our lunch. It was a sunny and hot day. I felt awesome. I never been there before.