Topic

This term we are learning about creatures in Waikawa my topic is the NZ Bell Frog. It is one of the most common  frogs in NZ, Bell fogs were inported to NZ so no they are not native to new NZ  but they are still very intereasting to reserch on.                                                                                         

DOING CHRISMAS ART

At Waikawa bay we are doing art Christmas art.We are doing it for two days.It's our second day today yesterday I did decorations but today I am doing Christmas cards. 

Calendar art

Wow!We are going to do calendar art. I think and come up with an idea. Then everyone comes up with an idea. Then we go away and start.I came up with a small house by a lake with big mountains at the back .First we do a draft. Then we do our proper one.When I do my proper one I change my lake into a stream. It is fun doing calendar art. Everyone does a good job. Everyone does a good job .Most people buy their calender art. People are happy for what they did.

gala

YAy yay yay yay  the gala. I love the gala. First I did the coin throw.  Jayden got a block of chocolate. I did too.  it was nice. Then I did the sponge throw  at Mr Pottinger. Then mum and I had lunch, we had sausages.  Then Jayden  and me went to my place. 

gala

Hi my name is Ella I go to Waikawa Bay.I'm going to tell you about our school gala. When the day came I was up like a rocket. When we got  there I started to help.It was time  to go shopping at the white elephant.  I did really get a good buy. After this I went to the bungee. It was awesome. My dad did the lolly jar. Our principal was the person that you  could throw a wet sponge at. It was the best day.

Wonderfull Calendar

YES COOL CALENDAR  ART! When Mrs Easton said we were going to do calendar art my heart leaped with excitement.I wonder what kind of art we have to do.Then it was like Mrs Easton read my mind, 'we are going to do maori art' . Awesome, I whispered to my self I've got just the right idea a perfect picture. Well maybe not perfect but sertenley something that I could look at for the rest of the year .                                                                                                                                                              Now lets get started .I started to sketch my way through it all, after  I had done that it was time for colouring. Colour streamed across the page, light shined around.                                               

Time was running out, a the clock went tick tick tick tick. I had to hurry- lucky it was only my draft.The next art session I got on to my real copy, and when I was finished my heart was not just leaping  it was jumping, it was thumping. Bu boom bu boom.                                                                                                                                                                                        By Rachael

veatagble art.

"Wow, tomorrow will be fun!" I yelled in the cloak bay. "It's the vegetable art day". I screamed in Hannah's face about it." All right, all right!" she said back. "Calm down! It's tomorrow." "Okay" I replied,  "but I'm still excited." I ran off.  Bang, bang! "I think she just hit the door" Hannah said. She ran to me and opened the door for me ."Look" said Hannah "there's a door handle silly." 

But do you know what tommorw is it is vegetable art day. I'm going to bring heaps of veges. But what are you going to make? asked Hannah . I really did think about that."oh I know I will make an alien I said to Hannah.'' Well I know what I'm going to do she said to me. The next morning I came into the room and did not hit the door. I walked nicely into the vege class room. Hannah was in the room with loads of stuff to create with, which is good. I brought heaps to0. Some people had to put their plastic bags up stairs like me because they were too big or needed a special place. Then Mrs Easton said '' we are going to have a different afternoon .We need our veges to make our creations.

Green week!!!

Yay!!! Its green week. Yesterday all the classes went to room 2, then Mrs Altoft talk about Green week and what were going to do. And yesterday room 1 went with Mr Easton and room 2 went with Mrs Easton. They played rob the nest and we played potato and spoon. Then we played with a rubber band around our legs then a three legged race then finally a running race. After that we swapped. Room 1 went up to Mrs Easton and room 2 went down to Mr Easton.It was alot of fun jumping and bumping around but then it was time to go to class. The next day we went rubbish collecting for our community. I collected a quarter  of a bag of rubbish. It's not much which is good and on the way back we saw five ducklings. I think  I only saw one girl duckling and three adults. I think, well thats what it looked like. Then we sat own to empty our bags.

Verbs and adverbs

In class we are learning to use verbs and adverbs.Verbs are action words and adverbs are words that describe verbs.Everyone has being using interesting verbs and adverbs.We have thought about ones like swish,snip,sizzle.There are lots of interesting things about verbs and adverbs as you can see!I think everyone should use verbs  and adverbs.People can do lots of interesting thing s with verbs and adverbs.I have told you as much as i know about verbs and adverbs.       

I love Reading

I love Reading. I couldn't live without it. I even read half way into the night (Shh don't tell Mum). 

My favourite books are chapter books I think picture books are too short. The only problem is that since I'm so fast at reading ,I always finish them really quickly , so I have to go to the library all the time. But it's pretty cool going to the library , but not all the time . Well do you want to hear about all my other talents OK. I pretty good at writing. I wouldn't say it's my best thing to do , but mum thinks I'm really good at writing. I'm awesome at drawing and I really enjoy it. My mum's an artist and sells lots of her art. I also love sailing at Nacuta bay, with our friends Jackie ,Alex,Philip,and Natalie. But kayaking is pretty cool too. Once Dad, Caspian and I kayaked over a current to the famous Rabbit island from Mapua, we could see Nelson! I was only 6!  

Birthday Party

Yay its my birthday party. I was so excited. I told all my friends to come along. I think they were excited too. When we got to the boat we ate a snack, there was yummy stuff like jelly snakes, chicken flavoured chips and hokey pokey chocolate. Then it was present time- one of my favourite bits of the party. Later we went to the beach to skip stones. Our best skip was 6 , but my best skip was 12. Then it was time to go back to the boat to watch a movie but when we got back to the boat we didn't have time to watch a movie because we only had 35 minutes left . Anyway my presents were a soccer ball puzzle and 3 pc games and a bike model. I was really happy with my presents. After we ate dinner. Our dinner was spaghetti. It was yum. After that we had desert. It was ice cream and jelly.                 

Birthday boy

OOH NO it's my brother's birthday's already. It has gone so fast. He can not wait. Nico is going to have the Titanic bouncy castle and he is going to turn 5 years old . And can you 

keep a secret? I Know what he is getting. My brother's party theme is pirates and for the girl's

it is princesses.   

The Amazing Solar System.

The Solar System is amazing it is made out of..... 1.

We have tiger turf on the top court. They did it last week. .A big trurk came and dropped off the load on Wednesday. 

I like waikawa because

I like Waikawa Bay because it has a playground and it has a nice beach . It has a nice view and my Nana and Grandad live there and Grandad called it 'Paradise'. The sand tickies  my toes when I walk in it. Also when I swim in the sea I get a free ride. NEVER swim in the water alone because  

you might drown when there is nobody is in sight . So my opinon is kids get parents to look after

you in the water.  

About waikawa bay school

I like waikawa bay school because it has a nice playground.It has bars and a slide.I like going down the slide.I think when you go down, you go fast.Carrying on around waikawa school we are getting a new thing called tigerturf.It is fake green grass.It looks good I think.It is COOL.Then it goes round up the hill which is really just going up on a concrete path.Up there, there is a big

backfield. I play on the backfield,it has goal posts at each end. You can play football on it. Carrying on around the  school there is a hill.It is steep.I run down the hill.It goes past the court then it goes down a little hill,then it goes back to the playground.I like Waikawa Bay School.It is COOL.                                      

My opinion

What  think  about Waikawa Bay School.

 When I first came to Waikawa Bay  School I was amazed. It had an awesome playground. Then I went up to the top  and wow  look at that  a whole  back field  with puffer train. I think that the people that go to this school are so lucky  because  they have so good Board of Trustees because they have alot of equipment like balls, hula hoops, 

I moved up a class

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Karaka Point School Trip.

The whole entire school went to Karaka Point on Thursday. Mr Orchard  showed us a tiaha and a musket. When he put some gunpowder in it It wentBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM  BBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG.  Yuck this smells like baked  egg's and bacon!

karaka Point

When we went to Karaka Point. We learnt  lots of things  about the maori and the weapons.

We went to see the pits. The pits were for people to live in. They built houses over them. Mr Orchard showed us a green stone . We learned  about the pa.We had lots of fun.

Mr buchanan

10 o'clock we better go in to room 2 to go and see  Mr Buchanan. I wonder what he will talk about. Shush Mr Buchanan is going to talk Karia every one I am going to talk to you about Waikawa  .I am going to draw  a map of Waikawa, so you now where some interesting thing's   about the area and what happened. Well when the maori, were in Picton the Blenheim people wanted there Land because there were grate harsvting   , place they tried to mack them move but they did not but when the gamut, came they pushed the maoie to waikawa bay. The Arther mean thing was that they said was that they said that they wold give them $700 to build there own but hoes but they didn't so they had to bye and build bye them selves.       

Bloging for Room 1

Hi there I'm going to tell you about blogging. We do blogging because this is a grate school and we want more people to in joy the exiting things we do and see. I think we are a grate school because  we are caring and befriending. Blogging is also an opportunity to get know the key bored of the computer it's, fun doing  blogging . Blogging is also cool because it is easy to correct     spelling mistake but I can not tell you how because copulated say but trust it's easy when your on the blog. You can also write in colour.So that's pretty much it. See you next time.

The Museum of History

Wow Picton museum!  So much history! So much to learn! so much to see. I think I will look at the settlers side first and then the maori side. After I looked at the settlers I went to the maori side   just like I said. But what I did not tell you is why I went down to the maori side. Well I will tell you. I went down there because our topic at the moment is Waikawa bay. When I was in that section I learnt a lot. Some of  the things were that some of  the people in our class are or could be related, to some of  the people's photos on the wall in the museum. I also learnt that people used to to do whaling but not because they want to they had to for a living. But they have stopped now because there are about 1000 left which mite seem a lot but believe me there was a lot more. I had a great day. I learnt a lot, I hope I can go there again .                                                                                                                     

The New Screen

Room 1 has got a new screen. The screen can roll up and down. Every class room has a screen so when we go to assembly or look at stuff we don't have to set up the data projector. We can sing songs on the screen. The screen has been used three times . It is cool because it has a remote and Mrs Easton has to plug something into the screen but I don’t know what and...THE SCREEN IS SO COOL AND THAT’S MY STORY ABOUT THE NEW SCREEN.

The new screen in room 1

 Room 1 has a new screen. It is white silver. They are my favorite colours. All off the class rooms have one .We can sing songs on it .IT  IS SO  COOl. It can roll up and down but.... I have never seen it go up or down  before but it is still cool .So that is all.

First week Back at School

We are back to work. I'm happy because we are doing homework and  my friends are back now i can play with them. And I can go back on lexia. I can read  too.    

Maia 

 

Dear Parents and Family,

Please note that Room 1 and 2 have exchanged Blogs.

As from Term 2 the year 3/4 class will be posting from Room 1 and the Year 5/6 from the Room 2 Blog. 

Looking forward to a great term

Jennie E

The exciting Opera

On monday my school went to Picton school to watch the opera singing. Mrs Easton took Michaela, Stephie, Lauren,& me in her car. I saw some kids that I knew when I went to that school. Before we went in the hall we could play on the playground, After the bell rang [ding,ding,ding,ding].    

Now we had to line up at the hall while I was waiting in line I saw Mark-Anthony..... a few minutes later  we had to go in. Now we were sitting down waiting...... Then it came on I was excited, well a bit bored because I thought that they weren't going to be in their costumes, but they were!            

Opera

Yesterday Walkway Bay school went to the Opera. There were lots of people there. First they in

there self to all the people in the hall. There were lots of wacky people like the prince because he is really funny.The Opera play was about a prince and a princess, and the princess got taken away fromthe  prince .The bird  and the prince were tyring to find the  princess and the prince got a flute and the bird man got the bells.So when they find the princess they call with the bells or the flute. They found the Princess. but then the baddies tied her up with chain.

Blog Master.

Hello I am the new room 2 Blog Master! 

My name is Bevan.  I am the Blog Master with Gus and Nico, as you can see we have the wrong

site address because we used to be in room 1 and now we have moved to room 2.

It's awesome working in room 2 because we are learning about Sailing.

We were meant to be going Sailing at Shelly Beach yesterday but it was way 

too windy, so we are going to go in the fourth term on October 21st.

Also it's cool being in room 2 because in room 1 we didn't have enough room to fit all the kids in and have a mat space as well.  But thanks to Mrs Easton, who swapped rooms with us, we now have room to fit all the kids and even bring in an optimist dinghy for us to practice rigging,

and in still have enough room to wriggle and jiggle around.

As you can tell we have a load of fun with our fun teacher Mrs Parsons.

See you later on my next post enjoy loads of fun with our blog and get new info about WBS!

Thanks for reading my blog I really hope you enjoyed it and please write comments and I will reply if you have a question.

Year 5/6 Now in Room 2

Dear Readers,

In 2008 the Year 5/6 children at Waikawa Bay School were residing in Room 1. However on the last day of school we moved to Room 2. We are very thankful to Mrs Easton, as we have enough room to move around and also to bring an optimist yacht and a kayak into our room. So thank you Mrs Easton.

Mrs Parsons.