Lightning

Lightning

Lightning is rain pouring.

A shadowy sky glaring down at me.

Bang, crash!

I feel the ground barely shake.

It flashes like fireworks deep to the dull sky.

It scares me!

It thrills me!

          by Lily

A Trip to a Dairy Farm

The cows make milk and we drink the milk. We have it for breakfast.
The cows go into the milking shed and Nic milks them. He puts the cups on the cow's tits.
The milk goes into the pipe and into the vat. It gets stirred around so it doesn't freeze.
The milk tanker takes it away from the farm.                  By Ashton

I saw the cows in the big paddock and then we watched them get milked. The machine goes on the udder and then we tasted the milk but I did not taste it.
When I saw the milk it looked so bubbly. It goes in the pipes and then it goes in the vats. Next it is mixed by the paddle and then farmers get paid for their milk. The milk tanker takes it to have it put into containers.                                                                By Shayla

Autumn Poem

Autumn

I see leaves when they look pink, 

falling off the trees.

I hear crispy leaves on the ground.

I feel rain, plop! onto the ground

nearby.

You can splash in it.

by Kali

My Birthday Party

 I invited James, Charlie, Eli, Bradley, Toby, Jack, Connor, Luca and Ethan to my Birthday Party. They gave me lego chemaer and I got two of the same set. So I am going to exchange it at the shop. I got the animal truck from Eli. James gave me a  new glow scooter.
We had two treasure hunts, and Ethan and Jack won the prizes. My cake had black icing and it was a pirate ship cake made from sponge. It had sticky, round lollies around the sides.
The best thing out of my presents was the Lego.
I got to keep one of the games from my party because there was one left and it was called Sea  Battle.

Oliver

Acrostic Poem - Brightwater School

Being kind
Rugby people get muddy
Ideas
Gardens
Hand-writing
Teachers help you to do your work
Water wheel is amazing
Art with teachers
Topic is very cool
Enjoy school
Rewards

Sandpit is very sandy
Classrooms are beautiful inside
Hard working children
Octopus the game
Office to get Newsletters from Mrs Stewart
Lunch -time to eat all your food.


by Madeline, Ashlee, James and Maia

Brightwater Walk

Malthouse - sash window

 On Tuesday we went on walk around Brightwater. It was fun because it was sunny and hot. First we went to the Malthouse. After that we sketched the graves in the cemetery. Then we saw the old street light and how the water wheel made it work. Next we saw a maze with lots of computer things and it was all about Lord Rutherford. Finally we went back to Brightwater School. We had morning tea when it was almost lunch time so it was a very long walk!
Eli

Cemetery

Brightwater School 125th Reunion Performance

Today we are doing the Reunion. My dad has been  doing some signs for the opening for the waterwheel.  Mr  Phillips is going to open the tree. Two people are going to cut a ribbon for the opening.  I hope it works.
I can't wait until we dance outside. It will be fun because they're doing the  Harlin Shake. Rooms 1, 2 and 4 are doing Jibbidee. Room 12 and13 are doing a Garden Dance. The whole school had a juicy and an apple for morning tea. All of the girls had to wear dresses and the boys are wearing long pants and shirts that are tucked in.
It is going to be the best day ever at school and on a Saturday too.
Madeline, Eli and Tessa

Stopping Distances

We went to the Stopping Distance Demonstration to show us the speed limits to drive at, on the road so we don't  crash  into the  people  that are crossing the road. They went at twenty km/h and fifty km/h. On 60 km/h  they crashed into a cardboard person because they were going too fast and couldn't stop in time.  The blood was tomato sauce, that was red. Sarah got a ride in the silver car and she was worried when it was going fast.

Joanna.

Seaweed

Our Reading Group read the story, Undersea Gardens and looked on the internet and this is what we learned about seaweed.
Horse feed supplement derived from seaweed or kelp have been developed to add trace minerals especially iodine, that maybe missing in a horse's basic feed ration.
by Jaymee
In the Galapagos Island's live an Iguana who only eats seaweed. They can stay under water eating for around ten minutes but big Iguana can stay under for over an hour.
by Ashlee
Seaweed goes away from Islands because the Ocean makes the seaweed move slowly around.
by Toby
Seaweed can grow up to 70 meters long and  that is almost taller than a cruise ship. It is 70 times taller than us.
by Harrison.
Some seaweed are as tiny as your little fingernail.
By Madeline
Bull kelp is made into pepper.
by Anya
Seahorses wrap their tails around seaweed so they don't get swept into deep seas.

by Lily

Stanley

Every Friday I go to horse riding, it is fun but it is bumpy. I have to get a helmet on, my helmet is red and it's got a number 5 on it. Ian, Riley, and Skylah come with me and they go on a horse as well. Sometimes we go around the paddock and sometimes we play games on our horses. Niki takes us to the horse riding. Before we go on the horse we use a body brush to brush our horses.
By Toby  

Room 1 School Assembly

Last Friday it was Room 1 and 7's Assembly. We showed our sketches of the water wheel. Then we shared our sketches of Room 1 and 2. All the sketches looked amazing. Holly told us about the earthquake that broke Room 1 and 2 down. After  that we got the hopscotch, the hula hoops, the skipping ropes and then we sung a song about skipping. We did the anthem at the beginning and then it was time to give out the certificates to Shayla, Harrison and Tessa.

Toby and Joanna are ready to sing

All the visitors and Mrs Roberts thought our assembly was really good.             By Madeline

Ashlee is reading about the water wheel and its history

Water Wheel sketches

Playing games

By Madeline

Room 1 and 2's history and sketches

Hiwi the Kiwi

Brightwater School had two special guests. They were helping schools learn about having fish in the future.
We learned to always wear a life jacket and bring a bucket of ice to keep the fish especially cold. Also bring a ruler to measure the fish.  If it's a snapper and it's under 27cm on the ruler then gently pick it up and let it go back in the salty sea.
The people that came to our school, their names were called Mr Minstrel and Mrs Minstrel. Mrs Minstrel showed the whole school same fancy dance moves.
People are not allowed to go down to the Marine Reserve because there's mummy fish that want to have their babies. Mr Minstrel sang us same amzing songs about pukekos and different fish.
If you accidentally fall into the sea and you have a flare, quickly get it and let it blast, then you are safe.
Please take care of your fish and don't catch too many. Fish have a shiny, scaly skin.

Please keep safe in the water!

By Jaymee.

Class Pool Party

Room 1 had a pool party with water guns. We had big rings, noodles and boards. Lots of children jumped in the pool. We went under the water and it was foggy underneath the water. Some kids squirted our teacher, Mrs Roberts with water pistols. We had fun diving in from the end of the pool.
The pool party was fun and we had it because we had 10 marbles in the jar for all the class working well.
Anya and Holly

Water Wheel

We are admiring the new Brightwater School Water Wheel and we can't wait to see it actually working. It looks amazing!
The Water Wheel is our school logo and it is on our sports Tshirts, certificates, newsletters, Values Wheel in our classrooms and signs about the school.
In the early 1900's a Water Wheel was used to operate a flour mill beside the Wairoa River which is very close to Brightwater School and that is why we have it as our logo. The wheel also represents the continuous learning through our lives.

Bradley's Creature

I did have that wasp but I think my Dad let it go.
I wish I brought the wasp to school again because Mrs Roberts deleted my photo of it!
(This picture is from the internet and we think it is the right one)

Bradley
My one did have two very, very long threads coming out of it's abdomen.

Inukshuk- Rock Person

I got my stones from off the road. We made Inukshuk men out of five rocks. We stacked our stones and Mrs Roberts hot glue gunned our men.We put varnish on it.  Charlie

On Friday I got my stones. I collected five stones. They were from my garden. The five stones are different and they are head, arms, body and two feet.
An Inukshuk means 'friendship and good luck.' We had to put it together. The Inuit people come from Canada.
We had to balance the stones and then Mrs Roberts with a hot glue gun and Mrs Roberts burnt her fingers. Today Mrs Roberts put varnish on them. On Friday we will make some boxes for our stone men.     Ashlee

On Friday we made little stone people and I got my stones from the beach. They have a body and a little head and our teacher hot glued them together. Then our teacher varnished them and they looked just like cool little people.       Harrison