TERM 4
Apologies for our blog not been updated since term 2. Mrs P was away all term and didn't leave the password so we couldnt get into the blog. Term 3 was really busy, with Massive, 7 a-side tournie, red square day and while we were working Mrs P was on holiday in Africa watching lions, elephants, hippos, rhinos, cheetahs - the list just goes on and one - she had so much fun.
Mr Andrews was our teacher while she was away.
Now it is term 4 and it is a short term - we have already started with a testing week which was a shock to our system after having 2 weeks holiday. We are working on our CV's as this is our last year at LMS, making scarecrows for our new gardens, keeping ourselves safe programme and also training for the atheletics. This term is only 7 weeks and soon we will be leaving for high school. We will keep you updated - Room 8

TERM 2

Back again - Term 1 has flown and now we are back into Term 2.
Camp was soooo much fun - we had brilliant weather which was just as well as we went for a long tramp to Taupo Point, up hills, over boulders, down cliffs........talk about hard work. We had a boat with us and some of the class were lucky enough to go out and check out the set line for fish - we did have fish and chips for tea but not from the set line.
This term we are making small houses for small people - one half is going to be a 100 years old and the other half is going to be now days. It is lots of fun.
Mrs P will put some photos up soon.
till next time - have a great week
Room 8

Room 8 - 2011

Welcome to 2011. We are an AWESOME, FUN LOVING BUNCH of 4 YEAR 7's and 19 YEAR 8's. Mrs P is our teacher. There are ONLY 4 girls in our room - poor Mrs P!!! We are going to have lots and lots of fun this year and of course we will be working very hard. The highlight for Term 1 is CAMP POHARA which is in Week 6.
Looking forward to keeping you all updated on Room 8's fun year.

Ski-ing 2010

FANTASTIC -GREAT FUN - OUCH! - FAB - TREMENDOUS - AMAZING - SPECTACULAR - COOL - FUN - CRASH! - AAAHHHH! - CAN WE STAY LONGER??
Back again - Had a fab time ski-ing on the Rainbow. You couldn't wish for a better day - it was sunny and very warm. The kids had soooooo much fun and it was great to see them improve throughout the day. There were lots of crashes, but lots of smiles as well. Even poor Katherine who broke her wrist but did manage to go to the hospital in the helicopter with Mrs Bowen to the hospital. So all in all a GREAT day was had by everyone.

Hi and Welcome to 2010! I am sorry it has taken sooooo long to get started this year. Lots of excuses but hey I won't bore you with them Anyway it has been a fabulous start to the year. The New Room 8 looks good - that is the kids as well as the classroom which has had its make over.
Room 8 kids are terrific. I have been so impressed with their positive attitude that is already shining through. They have already done lots of quality work for me and I am sure it is going to be a fun year. My children loved the Variety Bash and wrote some wonderful pieces about it. Will put some on the blog soon. Coming up is the Year 7/8 tournament - always a fun day.
Looking forward to keeping you informed with all the wonderful fun things we get up to. Once again Welcome to room 8's BLOG!!
Mrs P

BUSY! BUSY! BUSY! But Oh what FUN!!!

What a fabulous term - Well done Room 8 for making term 3 soooooo much fun. Our day ski-ing had to be the highlight - watch this space for photos! Congratulations to Aaron for his fantastic speech and coming 3rd in the interschool competition. Also congratulations to Thomas for making the finals - your speeches were great - well done my clever lads! Winter tournament came and went with all of Room 8 being awesome particiapants in the sport of their choice. This day was fab - well done once again room 8 for your positive team spirit - I am soooo proud of you. The last day of term saw Room 8 joining the rest of the school in LOUD shirt day - we did look awesome - of course. Well Done my super class - one term to go - it will be fun I can guarantee that. Have a fantastic holiday and will see you first day back. Take care.

Billy Carts

Keep watching this space for more videos, children's stories and poems. They are a work in progress and the children can't wait to share their fab work.
The Race was AMAZING and highlights will be on the screen as soon as the programme will let me. Yep there has been a bit of a clitch in the video making but I am trying my hardest to solve it. If I can't solve it then I will post some of the still photos on to the blog so you can all see the kids in action at the Race. It was a very cool afternoon and Room 8's trolleys rocked!!!

Billy Carts

Busy Busy Busy! What a lot of learning has been going on with these Billy Carts? The children have had to organise all of the materials needed for the carts to be built. Parents have taken the children to the recycling depot and all materials used have been resourced from all sorts of places. It has been exciting to see what the children have managed to find and a huge thank you must go to the parents. Your help has been invaluable! It has been great to see Mums and Dads helping the children at school build the fabulous carts. It has been a really exciting time and now the carts are nearly finished. Keep watching this blog to see the finished products.

Billy Carts

Billy Carts

We are in the process of making Billy Carts. The task we were set was "Who can make the fastest and safest billy cart that can go down School Road Hill?"
We had to do some research at first and find out what a billy cart was. What were they made of? What makes them go fast? After that we had to make a prototype of the billy cart we were going to make. We also had to source the materials for our billy cart and the task here was to see who could get all the materials without spending heaps of money! This was a challenge.
The photos are of some of us planning our billy carts.
So far it has been lots of fun. Keep watching this space for the final go-carts or billy carts as they are called.