Room 1 Fun

Have a look and see some of the fun activities Room 1 has been up to! Science demonstrating Water Tension, the Water Cycle with condensation, crystals and our wonderful vegie garden and Mya's too.

Hiwi Kiwi Show

The sandpaper shark's tail flicked into my Nan's face, she flicked the slimy tail away and said oow! Some of my family were fishing along way from a beach with golden sand in my Grandad's boat that you can sleep in. I put it back in the water with a wet towel with sea water on it.
We only put snapper and other fish that were nice to eat in a bucket of salt water ice and my Mum caught a snapper with eggs. We put it back in the sea very slowly so we didn't hurt her. Everyone was wearing a lifejacket and we stayed on the boat for five nights and 6 days. 
Make sure you leave fish for the future for other people to catch them!          by Charlotte

Penguin Bookend

1. Fill the big fizz bottle 3/4s full with sand.
2. Squash a piece of paper into a ball and wrap it with another piece of paper and twist the end.
3. Put the beak on and put papier mache around it. Do four layers.

4. Paint it all white and then half of it black.

by Charlie

Tree Planting

Guess what Room 1 did last week. We planted trees at school!
There were four people in each group. The people in my group were Emily, Oliver, Blaze and me. If you want to plant a tree you need a shovel, bucket, water and bark. We got a plant, I dug a hole. Blaze put a plant in the hole. Then Emily got some water and put it in the hole. I went to get bark from the pile. I came back and put the bark around the tree.
It was fun planting trees.              by Amy D

FireStation Visit

A few days ago Room 1 went to the Fire Station. The Fire man was called Steve. Steve showed use the new fire truck and it shoots out foam. That was my favourite fire truck of all. They have fire proof clothes to keep them warm and so they don't get burnt.   by Caleb

School Assembly - Dog Safety

Kerwin and Sam the dog

At the School Assembly last Friday we demonstrated tips to keep you safe around dogs. Some children displayed their dog sketches and we sung the song Grumpy Dogs. Torrin read his very descriptive story about Issy his dog who was at assembly with him!

Making Jelly - New World Science Experiment

We made jellies at school and New world - Little Kitchen gave us all the ingredients. Once the jelly was dissolved with boiling water we put a Kiwiana Vine into each container. Then we had to wait for the jelly to set in the fridge. Finally just before home time they were ready and the jelly and vine were really tasty. We learned that the jelly crystals went from a solid to a liquid and when the jelly set it went back to a solid again. Thanks New World - we really enjoyed the opportunity to carry out the experiment.

No Lost Property!

On Friday at our school assembly we won the competition for no lost property in Room 1 for the week.
So we got a free turn on the bike track in school time. I went around eight times.  One time I fell off my bike so I did not want to bike any more. I hurt my leg but we all had lots of fun.    by Miles

St John Visit

Kathryn from St John showed us about keeping ourselves safe. She showed us how to dial a phone; you get your hand and press 1 go 1 go 1 if you want to learn  how to get help when you are in trouble. Kathryn brought an ambulance called Ambie and she told us what it has inside it.    by Katie

School Calendar

Yesterday Room 1 did their calendars.

We did daffodils on the blue and green painted background.
First we practiced on a small sized cardboard platform. I did 10 daffodils on my real copy. The daffodils were yellow and orange. I think my calendar is cool because my daffodils are different sizes.    by Amy D

School Cycle Track

Last Wednesday afternoon Brightwater School celebrated the opening of their new cycle trail which is around the back field. All Syndicates took turns to ride their bikes once the ribbon was cut at the conclusion of the speeches. Children stood beside the track to cheer the riders as they went by.
Just before home time everyone was given a tasty Juicy in a cool push up wrapper.
It was a great day to be a pupil at Brightwater School.

Mathletics Certificates

All the children in Room 1 earned a Mathletics Certificate last week by achieving a minimum of a 1000 points. There was even three silver certificates. WELL DONE ROOM 1, Mrs Roberts is very proud of you.

Scooter Skills

Scooter Safety

We put on our helmets. We put the toggles up under our ears.We click our helmets so only two fingers can go under. We need to glide and push on our scooters. Watch out for sneaky driveways. Always ride on the house side of the footpath. Ride in a safe place.     by Micah

End of Term Activities

Painting Planter Box

Decorated Planter box ready for planting

Peter and the Wolf Show

FM announcer interviewing Room 1

We have far less packaging in our lunches now!

A Busy WeeK!

On Friday morning the whole school watched the "Jack Flash and the Beanstalk Drama Show" and it was very funny but had an important message about not dropping your rubbish and using the 3R's (reuse, reduce, recycle) instead.
To end the week and to celebrate Matariki we had a delicious Hangi for our lunch. Mr H cooked the food in a big pit on the back field. We had yummy kumera, potatoes, cabbage, pumpkin, lamb, pork and chicken. While we were waiting for the food to be served the older children helped us do some weaving with flax.

School Cross Country

Charlotte and Amy D finished 2nd and 4th in their race

Amy W is running really fast!

Michael and Caleb were 2nd and 3rd in the junior boys race

The weather was fine so we finally had the school's cross country races which took place at school. Room 1 children did really well and all of them managed to run all the way without stopping.

Jonny

Once upon a time there was a little boy and his name was Jonny. He belongs to Sally but then he ran away from her. He ran as fast as he could until he hit the jungle and he heard a thumping noise.  It was a giant!  He screamed until the noise stopped.  He ran back to his house and cuddled his mum and never ever ran away from home because he didn't want to see that giant anymore.
by Charlotte

Swimming lessons

I went to the Aquatic Centre and I did backstroke with a kick-board. I swam on my side and did freestyle with out a kick

-board too. We did brain, goggle, cheek with Room one and Room two. We did mushrooms at the end of our lesson and we got there on the bus. The pool that we were in was really deep in water and at the end of our lessons we had a race.              By Harrison