Cross Country

Wow!!! We have just completed our Junior Cross Country and Room 17 did well. In the Year 3 girls we had P.H come in third place. For the Year 3 boys we had B.M come first and T.J-O come in second!  What an excellent result! Well done to everyone who took part, we had a great afternoon and had a lot of fun.

Our wonderful poetry representatives

On Tuesday 27th September two students from R17 represented us at the Middle School Poetry Finals. These are the poems they recited to the Year 3 and 4's and we think you'll agree they were presented to a very high level. It can be quite difficult to speak in front of an audience and D.M and R.P did an excellent job and we are very proud of them both.

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Oops, Miss Wright got all excited about our Cross Country coming up and sent out the note a day early..... well in that day we have decided to bring the date forward as the weather doesn't look too good by Friday. Junior Cross Country is now on Thursday 29th September at 1.30. Remember to bring your running gear and sun hat (all named) along with plenty of water!
See you there.....

Our trip to Auckland City to look at structures

On Thursday the 8th September the Middle School went into Auckland City to look at the many structures around the new Wynyard Quarter. It was the day before the Rugby World Cuo opened so it was very busy and we went through The Cloud, saw the giant rugby ball, gloe and many other very cool things. After walking around the waterfront we finished with our lunch down at the new playground. It was a fantastic day and we got really hooked into our new Inquiry topic.

Hector and his adventures

 After learning about Hector and how he keeps us safe while we are on the internet we decided we wanted to write our own adventure. We worked together in groups to brainstorm our ideas then used them to help write our stories. Once we have finished them we are going to create our own books.

Remember to go to www.hectorsworld.org.nz to find out more about how to be cyber safe at school and at home. 

Our Structure Walk

We went for a walk around the school to look at some structures. We found the school sign, rock wall, playground, sand pit and fence. There were lots more but we didn't have time to look at everything. We looked at each structure and decided what its purpose was and what it was made out of.