Camp 2010

Last week Piwakawaka syndicate went on camp in Masterton for 4 days and 3 nights.
This is India and Regan's favourite parts.

Funniest part:
India:When Regan fell over the tent rope and fell face first up a hill.
Regan:Mine was the same as India's.I couldn't stop laughing it was maybe the highlight of camp.

Favourite part:
India:The water fight on the second night. It was caused by Hemisha , Regan, Dannie and I.
Regan:Mine was the water fightcause Mrs Taylor joined in with the fun :D

Favourite activity:
India:Caving I liked climbing up the waterfall and going down the three metre drop.
Regan:i liked the swing.Because i got over my fair of heights,it was really fun :D

Best memory :
Regan:Mine would be falling over the tent rope and the river.The river was always nice after doing activities on hot days.
India:Mine would be the bike ride and the tramp. the tramp was cool because we had a nice day to do was it and the bike ride was fun but tiring as we did it on the first day which was 32 degrees.

Interesting facts about digestion

We did an expert jigsaw and found out these interesting facts about digestion:

• the smaller intestine makes about 1.5 litres of digestive fluid a day
• the stomach can enlarge to hold almost 2 litres of food
• on a hot day you may not need to go to the toilet for hours
• after 6 or 7 years the first teeth fall out
• an average person eats about 500 kg of food a year
• the liver has more than 500 jobs to do
• when you eat lots of meat your urine comes out dark
• the stomach is below the left rib with the centre halfway between the nipple and the navel
• the large intestine forms a frame around the small intestine
• the root of the dentine is glued to the jaw with a layer sementun
• some animals use their waste to mark their territory
• the liver is the body's largest organ with a weight of 1.5kg
• if you eat dry foods your mouth feels all rough because it soaks up your saliva
• food passes through the small intestine for up to 6 hours
• the liver breaks down toxins - this is called detoxification
• the guts are covered by a large sheet of fatty tissue
• the 2 kidneys receive more than 1/5 of all the blood - about 1.2 litres of blood every minute
• your stomach shrinks if you eat small meals

The Senses

Here are some interesting facts that we found out about the senses:

• more than half of the knowledge in the mind has been learned from the eyes
• blue eyes are the most sensitive to light of all eye colours
• the lips are one of the most sensitive parts of the body
• cats don't have nine lives but they do have better balance than humans - they react 4 times faster
• the tongue is made of muscle
• an eyeball is almost a perfect circle shape
• taste buds are almost too small to see
• when you move your jaw, earwax loosens in your ear
• in the sensitive skin of your fingertips there are 50-100 micro-senses in an area the size of a freckle
• the iris can be blue, green, grey or brown. Blue eyes have the least melanin and are more sensitive to light
• every second your brain receives over a million signals to help you balance
• our taste buds look like tiny oranges
• the chameleon's tongue is longer than its body
• stroking pets helps to relax you
• the ear drum is about the size of a nail
• people with smaller eye balls have good sight
• pain may be painful but it is also useful because it warns the body of damage
• horrible smells warn us of rot indicating germs
• a young person has a total of about 10,000 taste buds

Dylan and Daniel reading to some Year 3s at Greenacres

Room 1 reading with Greenacres

Trip Up To Taupo Poem

On Friday we drove up to Taupo
We saw cows and sheep on the way
We played in the snow in the mountains
It was an extremely fun day

On Saturday I lined up for North Islands
To compete in the under 12 race
When the gun made a very big BANG!
We set off at a very fast pace

There was only one girl in front of me
And another one close behind
She chased me down to the finish
But that big silver medal was mine.

By Jess Kerr

Maggi Kitchen Showdown.By India

For my homework I have to write a post on the class blog.I decided to write about the cooking competition Me and 3 others did.
On the 6th August Tayla,Maddy,Laurence and I went to Petone to compete in the Maggi Kitchen Showdown.We went with Miss KT in her car at 8:00 that morning and came back at about 12ish.We made a Chicken and Vegetable Risotto Stack and it looked great at the end.
We had 50 minutes to cook our meal and finished with 1 minute to go.The judges all liked it and we only got 2 points of criticism.Tayla made a song up it goes like this:Who are we the Recipeizaaas what are we doing cooking!Tayla and I tried to get Erin to try our food but she refused.(Did i mention Erin Simpson was there)At the end we all got given a certificate and a goody bag.Overall we had an awesome time and I would love to do it again.

Cupcakes For SPCA

On Wednesday the 25th of August we made cupcakes for SPCA. we had lots of different cupcakes but me and my Kate made biscuits. It was really fun making the biscuits but it was temping to eat the food.

We sold all the food in about 5 minutes. And we ended up raising $164. 30c which is enough money to buy one cage to keep an animal alive from the SPCA.

By Jess Kerr

On the 26 of August 2010 Piwakawaka syndicate was fundraising for the SPCA so we can sponser two cages for a cat and a dog. my class room 1 were selling some cupcakes and pancakes. The cupcakes and pancakes sold out in under five minutes.
We raised $164.30 I felt proud!
by pravik

SPCA funraising

We wanted to raise money for the SPCA so we made cupcakes sale them to our school to buy.We brought the ingredients and brought them to school. The cupcakes I made had chocolate drops. the next day we iced the we put loads of dark green iceing on then we sold them All the cupcakes sold in just over 5 minutes We raised 164.30 altogether.

By Kyle

Cupcake Day For The SPCA

On Thursday the 26th of August we fund raised money for the SPCA
by making and selling cupcakes .
We sold the cupcakes at the quad at lunch for $1 dollar and 50 cents
We made a whopping $164 dollars and 30 cents and it just took over
5 minute which means a lot of people were there and they bought a lot of cupcakes.
The cupcakes my class made looked like cookie monsters ,blue,yellow and
pink cupcakes and even pancakes .
We raised enough money to sponsor cats and dogs cages for the to play and
sleep in ,we are so pleased of what we acheived and next week the people from the SPCA
are coming to our class on Thursday in the morning with some cats and dogs
so thank you to the people who bought cupcakes .

By Brandon!

SPCA Cupcake Day

Room 1 and the rest of Piwakawaka Syndicate baked and sold cupcakes to help Tawa Intermediate continue to sponsor 2 cages at the SPCA. We raised $164.30!

Cross Country by Brandon

Go! Go! Go!.

It was the day of the cross-country and everyone was so excited and bored at the same time,the whole school was in the hall. Mr.Westphall and Mr.O,Carrol stood and talked about the rules and blah! Blah! Blah! All I could hear was the school moaning and groaning so all I thought about was please get this over with very very fast. Finally the year 7 boys got up and walked out of the hall. I wasn't scared or nervous because I'd done it 6 times already.

As we lined up I heard the horn and I was off. For a while I slowed down to the back of the year 7s so I could jog the whole race. As I was doing it I almost tripped up but I just kept my balance. Just when I finished the block part of the race my heart was getting so puffed out I nearly had a heart attack. When I ran to the end of the tunnel I was nearly at the end of the race. I ran through the tunnel. I saw Jesse so I caught up with him and we sprinted to the finish. Although I came 80th it was a great feeling WHOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!

By Brandon

Running Makes Me Happy by Jess

Sweat dripping down my red burning face, water splashing on my butt, my heart is pounding and my throat is aching. Mud everywhere on my pants and in my hair. My stitch is getting worse but I'm almost there. I need to stop but it's too late now becaused I'm only 400 metres from the finish line. As I turn the corner I nearly fall over but luckily my muddy spikes keep me on the soaking green grass.

As I start to sprint my legs start hurting but I'm there, I'm finished. It was all worth doing.


We are learning to write a descriptive paragraph using adjectives.

Running by Gus

Bouncing up and down, the wind rushing in my face. Speeding down the hill...My blood boiling and my legs on fire. My heart beats faster and faster still, legs screaming to stop. Lungs expanding like a balloon. I speed around the corner...CRASH!!

We are learning to write a descriptive paragraph using descriptive adjectives.

Hemisha's scary story

Bella and I looked at the scary house, it looked like a horror movie. It had overgrown gardens, old rusty sheds and cracked paint. The door screeched open by itself. A breeze floated above us, "Ahhh ghost!". Suddenly an old overweight man was smiling at us...

Running by Gus

Bouncing up and down, the wind rushing in my face. Speeding down the hill... My blood boiling and my legs on fire. My heart beats faster and faster still, legs screaming to stop. Lungs expand like a balloon .I speed around the corner CRASH!...

We had to explain how we felt when we were running using descriptive language.

My Run by Josh

We are learning to write a descriptive paragraph using adjectives.

"On your mark, get set..." I murmured to myself. "Go!" I accidently said aloud. At first it was slow as I walked around the first bend, but once I got to the end of the bend, I got into it. I sped around the second bend, then around the third bend and "holy..." (a long road). The footpath was newly paved, so I had to watch out for wet concrete. As I dodged the cones, I realised that I was near the mobil station.

When I got to the mobil station, I crossed the crossing and went up main drive to the hospital. I got to a cross road, my skin saturated with sweat. I passed the hospital,my blood was boiling, but when I got to Kenepuru Drive, I knew I had finally reached my goal. Home....

Cross Country by Kyle

BANG! The load sound of the starting gun starts the cross country.
I am near the back so I speed up. Sweat starts running down my face like a waterful.
My heart is pounding faster and faster, it feels like my heart is going to smash though my chest.
I'm nearly at the top of the hill, keep going I tell myself. My legs are dying. Every metre I gain towards the finsh line. my lungs are pumping as much air as they can handle. They are about to burst!!
Nearly there, I speed past people to the end.

We had to write a story about running that including lots of descriptive language.

CHORES by Jess

Chores! Chores! Chores!
Chores are boring! Scrubbing toilets, cleaning sinks and washing the dog takes up alot of my time and are not FUN at all.Why can't parents do that stuff? They've lived most of their lives and had their fun. Kids need to make the most of it NOW!

Parents don't know how boring chores are! These days they're as boring as watching a snail sprint 100 metres or watching a test match all day. But worst of all they take FOREVER! The only reason I do them is because I get money for doing them. When I get enough money to by a X-Box 360 I'm stopping...that is till I want to buy something else.

WALT: choose an interesting sentence to start a story and include at least 2 similes.

Circumference of a circle

India's scary 57 word story

I got dared so I had to do it.The skeleton was like a grey figurine.He pulled me under."Ahhhhh!"I knew that would happen,I shouldn't have picked dare.I had to stick a knife into a ghostly grave.The police found me 3 days ago.Was I dead?"Ahhhhh!"I screamed and then...

I hoped you liked my story!!!!!

Danni Tea's scary 63 word story

The wind was howling the chimes chiming , I stood there in the

dark with candle lights flickering. Looking in the mirror, getting ready to chant 6 words. The silence in the bathroom gave me the chills. Suddenly out of nowhere appeared a lady covered in fresh blood that dripped down her face. I screamed as she came after me and then...

First week at school!

In Room 1 this week we have been getting to know each other and getting to know how TIS works. We have started looking at the treaty and are beginning to understand how the norms work and what caring, trust, respect, honesty and protection will look like in Room 1.

Next week we will be doing some team building exercises as a whole group to really start to develop the relationships and build up trust within the class.

Our journey to come up with a learning definition for the class has led to some interesting dialogue around what is learning. One group came up with the catch phrase 'Don't be afraid to say yes to success'!