School Picnic at Rabbit Island

On Wednesday Brightwater School went to the deadly Rabbit Island. It was very deadly because there were lots of dead things on the beach like 3 blue penguins,  a fur seal, 3 seagulls, 1 yellow eyed penguin, 2 shark heads and 2 baby white sharks.
First the Juniors did the beach walk and that was when we found all the stinky dead animals. Mrs Lines let us climb on the hut that someone had made but then we had to move on. We played games second. Holly played cricket and  Jaymee played baseball with Tessa and Lucy. We had lunch then lucky last it was time for the Juniors to do beach art in the sand. Holly, Jaymee, Toby, Ashlee and Sarah + Madeline made a dragon. When the Juniors went back to the picnic area the whole school got a juicy. It was really cold but tasted real yummy.
We waited  until most people had finished eating the juicy and then we were off with our parents and drivers back to the fantastic Brightwater school.
That was our big day at Rabbit Island, we are still all tired after that exciting and
incredible day.


By Jaymee and Holly

Dressup Party

In the weekend I had my Dress Up Christmas  Party.  It was on Sunday and James  was  the  Incredible Hulk!!. Charlie wasn't dressed up so I thought he wasn't interested in dressing up.
At the party we went on the BMX Track with our bikes and we lined up at the start. Some of us had our own bikes and we shared each others bikes.
We had treats like chippies, fairy bread, lolly cake and chocolate sticks.
It was the best party because most of my friends came to it.

Ollie

Pets Day

On Friday Room 1 had a fantastic fun Pets Day. In Room 1 there was about 10 people that brought pets. I was one of the people that brought a pet. The pets I brought was my Grandma's KITTENS. The mum cat was called Arrow. At Pets Day there was a truck load of pets. More than I thought. All of the pets came after we had lunch and the Wheels Thing was after Morning tea.
The only person in Room 1 was Jaymee that did the Wheels Display. The wheel thing Jaymee did was roller skates. She had to wear some special socks so that her roller skates did not get scratched.     by Maia

 In the afternoon the first thing was Mr Dobbie sheared sheep. He sheared  about four sheep. I was  going to bring my cat called Poluma but I  couldn't  because I  was in after school care.  There were  ponies  and lambs. The sheep used to be Mrs Roberts now they have babies of their own. Keeley brought her dog Sunny. 
by Joanna

Class Treat

Yesterday we had a class treat because we got ten marbles in the jar.

For our class treat we had a Wheels Day. Toby brought a giant remote control jeep. I brought my BMX bike. It is white and green and I rode it really fast around the cones on the concrete behind Room's 1 and 2. Finn crashed on his bike but he was okay.

I WISH I COULD DO ANOTHER WHEELS DAY!
Eli

Raroa Intermediate's Fabulous Show

Raroa Intermediate came from Wellington to preform a show in our hall. First there was the maori culture and they were singing and poking out their tongues. They came on two buses.

The balancing  boy was very intelligent at balancing a chair on his nose. There was orchestra like guitar, drum, 4 keyboards and flute. Two girls sang a song while the orchestra was playing the music. It was a fantastic show and I really enjoyed it.             
Oli

Speed Boats

Today two people came to Brightwater School to tell us about their boats. They talked to us in the hall and then we went outside to have a look at the boats. One of the boats was gigantic. We also had a look at the medium boat. I touched something - the door of he truck.
The boats are racing in Lake Roto-iti this weekend. I hope Scott wins the race                                Bradley

and gets a trophy and comes to show us it.                                    

Walking on the Footpath

Watch out for sneaky driveways when you're on the footpath. First you have to stop then you have to peer down the driveway. See if any cars are coming.
Be sensible when you're on the footpath.
Stay on the house side when you're on the footpath. Do not go near the kerb!
The oldest has to be on the roadside, they are really sensible.
The youngest person at the front, and the oldest at the back, so everybody can see.
Look where you're going so you don't crash into rubbish bins!

by Toby

Today, Room 1 children and some parents walked to school together from the Brightwater Hall. We used our Pedestrian Road Safety knowledge to keep ourselves safe as we strolled along the footpath and crossed the roads safely. It was a lot of fun walking to school because we chatted with our friends and were given a badge or bag tag. We are going to do it again next Wednesday too!

Walking to School Again!

Room 1 walked to school today. Mum came with me and I was late but I was just in time. You walked with you're buddy. When we came back to Room 1 we

got a tattoo.      Cole                  
We walked to school two times. We lined up in a big line. I liked walking to school.        Ashton

Mrs Roberts New Calves

Here is Mrs Roberts two new calves that she bought from James farm.
They would really like to have a name each so Room 1 children, can you please write two names for the calves in the comments box and we will choose which ones everyone likes the most.
Thanks, from
Mrs Roberts

Sports People

On Wednesday 16 October 2013 Brightwater School children and teachers dressed up in sports clothes because famous people were running to Christchurch. It was for the Halberg Trust. They help sports people who have a disability. Charlie dressed in a rugby player, so did James . Half of the class looked cool. The sports people were actually on bikes when they went past Brightwater School.
Some of us brought a gold coin to school to give to the Halberg Trust.
Charlie 

Mrs Stewart is Leaving

It is Mrs Stewarts last day at Brightwater School. We are so sad that she is leaving, so all of the school is going to sing a song at Assembly in the afternoon and she had a ride on a shiny white helicopter in the back field. Before she went in the helicopter the whole school stood in two lines and Mrs Stewart walked down the middle. It was so windy when it landed onto the grass.We clapped for Mrs Stewart and said have a nice ride.
Today we are going to the hall to sing the song about her. The song was called 'See you Later Mrs Stewart' and another song which is called Ma Te Mahi Ka Ora.
For lunch we had a shared lunch. Mostly everyone brought some lunch. I tried to find some healthy stuff. We also made a video about Brightwater School and a scrap book to give to her. Goodbye Mrs Stewart.
by

Madeline and Anya

Feeding the Calves

poo  it was stinky at James's farm. First Gemma got out the calf feeder. Then the 50 calves squeezed in to get their milk.  Next we saw the bobby calves that mooed lots. They were in a shed. One of them butted me hard when we were feeding it. The one that butted me was black  and white.
Next we walked up  a smallish hill and I held Mrs Roberts hand so that I didn't fall in the stinky, yucky mud. Mrs  Roberts chose two calves to take to her place.

It was fun seeing all the calves and the also the Milk Tanker came and collected the milk from the night and morning milking. Room 1 had a fun time.            by Joanna

Museum Visit

On Friday afternoon Room 1 went to the Nelson Museum to learn about Lynley Dodd the author. We got to draw a character from a Hairy Maclary book. Charlie drew Bitsa Maloney all skinny and boney and Maia did Bitsa Maloney too. There was lots of Lynley Dodd's art work for her books

on the walls at the museum.
At the front of the museum we were sitting on the front step of the Nelson museum then a man came and scared me off the front step. We went up 2 sets of steps and went past a glass window. Charlie went with his mum and I went with James. Charlie liked the museum because he did drawing and I liked the same thing.
By Charlie and Maia

Chocolate Bubble Cakes Recipe

We used the scales to measure and make Chocolate Bubble Cakes. 250 g vegetable shortening 100 g icing sugar 25 grams cocoa 100 grams rice bubbles 100 grams coconut Put vegetable shortening in a saucepan. Cook over a low heat until melted. Sift icing sugar and cocoa together. Add sifted ingredients, rice bubbles and coconut to saucepan, stirring until well combined. Spoon mixture evenly into paper patty cases. Chill until firm. How many cakes did you make? What is the mass of each cake? What is the mass of coconut in each cake? If I wanted to make 100 patty cakes how much cocoa would I need?

Room 1 makes chocolate crackles for their class treat.

Making chocolate crackles for our class treat

Katie and Sam visit to teach us about dog safety on PhotoPeach

Firefighter visit last week.

We were very fortunate to have Fire Safety Officer Ross Bailey visit Room 1 last week.

Ross was very impressed with our Firewise knowledge.

Matches and lighters are tools, not toys.  If you find them, give them to an adult to put in a safe place.

If the smoke alarm goes- get out, stay out, well done. 

We practiced what to do if there is smoke. Get down, get low, get out.  We practiced

going to our safe place at school.

Then Ross presented us with our Firewise certificates.

Well done Room 1. You are Firewise.

Hot Air Balloon Flight

Mrs Roberts and her daughter Amelia experienced a most exciting air balloon flight over Beaudesert  near the Tambourine Mountains, inland from Brisbane. They watched the sparkly sun, rise above the distant hills as they floated over the tall trees. All of a sudden the wind became quite strong so the pilot had to make  a rapid decent which resulted in a roll-over landing!
Room 1 questions and comment:-
We thought the landing was very funny - Jaymee and Oli
Were you happy when the hot air balloon toppled over? Was it fun? - Maia and Joanna