Battle of the Somme

Yesterday the Alf s Imperial army came to Brightwater School from the Waikato. We had a sword fight on the front lawn. It was Middles vs Seniors and Juniors vs Juniors. I was so exited when they came and they had red and white uniforms with a white helmet. They told the whole school about the Battle of the Somme, it started in 1916 in France 100 years ago. We made a lot of noise so that we knew what it was like for 7 days of fighting in the war. It was fun because we made a sword each and in the sword fight mine didn't break.         Ella and Nico

 

Nathan's last day.

Room 1 children each wrote a message to Nathan thanking him for all the cool games he has taught us at school. The messages were glued on a big card and given to Nathan on his last day at Brightwater School before he travelled to Tauranga for his new job.

WOW Visit

On Thursday Room 1 went to WOW. It was fun. My Mum took transport. We watched a movie and looked at dresses. The ladies name was Sue,
she had a loud voice. One of the dresses was made of chop sticks except the bracelet. There were bras too, one was made of wood. Mum took me, Brooke, Casey and Ella in her car.         By Kamryn

More action in Room !

We painted our clay medals and they look really amazing. 

Today some of the Room 1 children sung a song to the school at lunch time and they did a fabulous job.

Lambs and Dress up Day in Room 1

Ben's pet lambs

We look real cool at school!

Brightwater School Olympic Games

Last Friday our school held an Olympic Day, the country I was in was China which came third place in the medals.  I enjoyed high jump the second favourite was the bowling in the hall, my third favourite was wagon pull.  I  liked the wagon pull because there was cushions in the wagon, it was so soft.  The bowling was awesome, I got the cool bowling ball. You have to get the bowling ball into the circle. The leader of my group was Mrs Woodward. The colour of my flag was red and yellow. I also got face paint on me when I was doing weight lifting. At the end the people who got the medals had to stand up in front of everyone.
 By Robbie

Busy Week in Room 1

Tennis

Tennis

Clay making demonstration

netball

Room 1 children at work with the clay

School Assembly

On Friday our class and Room 3 did the School Assembly, it was  about the Olympics. We marched in through the cones and waved our flags to the people in the hall. At the start we watched a video of people doing sports around New Zealand and it was called Inspiration. Ella was reading the poem, 'The Olympic Verb Race' and Gracie and me did the actions. Nico and Jed gave us gold medals. Our class sang the olympics waving flag song. I loved the song because it has the flags to wave. Children in our class read their sports and country information.
Room 3 did dancing to the song, The Best Day of My Life' and the big girls helped them. It was a really cool assembly and lots of fun.
by Brooke

Our Daily Walk to get to Rio

Room 1 walks or runs around the bike track 3 times. We used to go around two times. We do it everyday because we are pretending to walk to Rio.      Ben

Everyday the whole school is going around the bike track to see how far it is to Rio. Mr Baldwin writes it on his window. We will get fit and get a feeling how far it is to Rio.        Saul

Everyday before lunch we go running around the bike track, why? because it gives us an idea how far it is to Rio, and it also gives us fitness. We run around it three times and the whole school does it.
Brooke L 

Mr B's Rockets

We are launching the rockets that Mr B helped us make. It was heaps of fun making them and shooting the rockets in the air.

Bike Day

Room 1 had a bike day on Monday.  I brought my bike to school and I rode it on the bike track ten times.  I also brought my black spotty helmet.  My bike went fast and I passed lots of  people in my class.  It was really fun and when we finished we could go onto the playground but I didn't go on the playground.  
by Sophia

Rocket Launch

Room 1 made a rocket out of a fizz bottle  and cardboard. The cardboard was for the fins. We put 1/2 of water in the bottle. After we went to Vince and  put it on a stand very tight. Then Vince and all of us got a turn at pulling the trigger to get air pressure. Then it blasted off high into the air.     by Sophia

School Cross Country

On Friday Brooke L came first in the school cross country and Casey came third. Casey over took two people. We had to run around the bike track two times. Brooke L thought she would come last because she doesn't like the Cross Country. Casey thought she would come fifth. We were very, very happy that the whole school got to see us up the front to get our certificates. We got so, so puffed going up the hill. Brooke L over took one person, it was very fun.    by Casey and Brooke L

School Assembly

IMG_0440 from Julia Roberts on Vimeo.

On Friday we did the school assembly with Room 3. We danced to the Astronaut Hip Hop and sang the Rainbow Song. Also Room 1 showed our planets and read out information. Room 3 did a Rainbow Song too and they used sign language.
I liked the assembly because everyone watched us.    by Kamryn

Science and Other Fun at School.

PJ and Onies Class party/treat

Party food

Our Winter ChristmasTree

Wrapping parcels for our tree.

We have made rockets that are ready to be blasted off
 with a compressor.

We are trying to put a nut on a bolt
in the water which is like working
out in space.

Mathletics

Room 1 children are competing against one another in Mathletics