R14 Performs at the opening of the Waiuku Town Centre

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Waiuku Town Centre Opening

At the start of the term, Room 14 made up a dance and sang 'Momma don't allow' for our assembly item. Tomorrow we are performing it for the Waiuku Town Centre Opening. Today, we walked down to the Centre and practised it on the new stage that they have just built. It was scary, because alot of people could see us singing and dancing. A man came out of his office and videoed us, and will put us on You-tube. It was a good idea having a practise, because it got us a bit ready, because today we were doing it in front of strangers, and tomorrow, we will be doing it in front of even more strangers! And it was very funny, because a little baby jumped up on the stage and started dancing with us.

We are performing about 1pm Friday 27th August 2010, so if you are not busy, come down and cheer us on!

Thank you Jim Fisher - probably none of us have been put on Youtube! Go to Jim's link to watch our practise yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2LXhVRGkFc

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This is what happens when you learn a dance!

Zone to Champion of Champions!

Kelsey feels happy that she came 2nd in the Zone Cross-country for the Year 7 girls. It was the highest placing out of all the Waiuku Primary School students who raced today, but she is still annoyed that she didn't beat Savannah! Her dad cheered both her and Anna on, and her mum took them to McDonalds and they missed the prize-giving because they didn't know there was one.
Anna is proud that she came 16th and just made it into the Champion of Champions in Auckland with Kelsey.
AJ came 4th so he will be going to the Champion of Champions, too. He was right close to Finn until the end when Finn sprinted off and came 2nd. AJ felt pretty cool about coming 4th and in the Champion of Champions his goal is to make the top 10!

Printmaking Workshop

First, John showed us his printmaking and other famous printmaking, and then he told us how he did the printmaking. I like his ones, because he used layers of ink. John used slabs of limestone and then we got to try out the technique on foam. It was creative how it made a nice print on the paper. It was really fun. In many years to come, I think I will still be using his technique. John uses his art to show that birds are becoming extinct and we need to help them.

Thank you to Ms Yelchich for putting the time and effort into organising John's visit.

Go and look at John's website:

http://www.johnpusateri.com/

Farewell Shay!

Hi Shay.

We already miss you and hope you have had a good flight!

We haven't got used to not having you around, but you will always be with us in our hearts. We miss your smile and your laugh, and your pretty curly hair!

We hope you pick up the language super fast and enjoy your new school, and make lots of new friends.

Come and visit us in the holidays.

2nd at Group Day

We were determined to win! We lined up in our age groups and the clappers went. The first corner we got out in front, and Kelsey stayed in front all the way until the very end of the race. A metre or so away from the finish line, Savanah from another school overtook her and won!

Kelsey felt happy that she made it to Zone, but was disappointed that she didn't win.

AJ stayed out in front for the first half of the race, then Finn pulled out in front and started getting away from him. But AJ made sure that he didn't get out of site, and AJ was only beaten by 5 metres at the end! The last hundred metres, he couldn't feel his legs and felt like he would faint. He is a little bit disappointed because last year, he came first. He is going to beat Finn at Zone!

Gandhi was brave and a genius!

Mahatma Gandhi used passive resistance or non-violent techniques to get the British supremacy out of India. Gandhi got out of India, the most powerful country of the time, without using a gun!
He was courageous, persistent, brave, determined, tenacious, kind-hearted, a lawyer, educated, intelligent, legendary, visionary and disciplined. He was also a vegetarian.
Gandhi showed us that we don’t need to fight back and shoot people, that we don’t need wars, we can talk. He is inspirational to us and we still remember him now as the ‘Man of the Millennium’.

Cody says that Gandhi dressed like the poor people and ate with them, and looked like them. I would like to be brave like him.

Arabella's Lego Gymnastics!

I chose to do a diarama about gymnastics because it's a really interesting sport and you get to see all the people doing all their tricks, and there's lots of different types of gymnastics. I used to want to do gymnastics when I was little, because I thought it would be fun, but I never actually got around to doing it.

I used Paint to make the background and then just copied and pasted it, till it fitted the whole box. I tried to put in some of the different types of gymnastics, like rhythmic gymnastics and the rings.

My diorama is now in the office so everyone can see it. People's comments have been that they think it's really cool, it's incredible, etc. I got an A+ for it and it was worth the effort!

Group Day here we come!

Yesterday, we participated in the school's cross-country and out of the Year 7 girls, Kelsey was first, Anna was second, Dana was third and Eleanor was fourth - all these brilliant runners are from the one and only Room 14!

This means that we qualify to represent Waiuku Primary at Group Day.

We had to do 3 laps around the school and we were absolutely puffed!

AJ is the 1st Year 7 Boy!

At the start, I was determined to win. I knew I could win, because every morning at camp at 6am we went for a run and I was always first back.

When the beeper went, everybody sprinted but me, so I wouldn't blow my energy out at the start. Mat was ahead of me at the start, but when I went past him, he just faded.

In the last lap, I started to get the stitch, but I kept running hard and I WON!

When I heard fans (my family) cheering for me, I ran faster. I was happy because I thrashed the Year 7 boys and achieved my goal.

Kelsey comes first!

Yesterday was cross-country for the junior and senior classes. The Year 7 girls race was at 1.45pm. We had to do 3 laps around the school block and we had to hold our hand out and have a vivid line drawn on our hand for every lap. I came FIRST out of the Year 7 girls! I was tired around the last corner, because it's a bit of a hill, but the finish was only a little bit away so I kept running. I'm happy because I ran the whole thing and I came first. Now I'm going on to Group Day and if I make it into the top 8, I go on to Zone.

Waikaremoana

Sian brought her great grandfather's painting titled 'Waikaremoana' into school today for us to enjoy.
She thinks it is painted in the Impressionist style because there is not very much detail, but it gives the impression of a small waterfall with trees by the side. At home, Sian has three of his other paintings, one of them is of the ocean, another is of a lake and her favourite one is of a lighthouse with a very calm ocean with reflections in the water.

Ti Rakau

The class really enjoyed learning how to use Ti Rakau. I was the leader and called out the different names. I thought that I learned how to use it too, and I enjoyed being the leader.
Sophie won, and she says it was fun and it was tricky. She learned how to use ti rakau properly.

New Commonwealth Games Logo

This design was inspired by Keith Haring's art and represented all the different people coming together at the Commonwealth Games.

My mum told me to draw a template but I said no, because everyone is different. I drew them individually to stick with the idea of all the different people coming together.

Matrix Paper Doll

For Term 3 we are doing a matrix and I chose number 17 which was dress a paper doll in a uniform for the New Zealand Commonwealth team.
I decided to use something related to New Zealand to put on the clothes, so I chose the green koru and stuck one on every piece of clothing, and wrote New Zealand on them too, so they will stand out.
I put her hair in a bun, because if she did running, it wouldn't get in her face if she was a real person.

New Uniform for the NZ Commonwealth Team

I made some clothes for the doll using paper. I coloured it in black with a silver fern logo- the silver fren pretty much represents NZ. I made it short sleeved, with mini shorts - that's the normal outfit. I made normal togs with a little logo.

Head of the Commonwealth

Chris says that the current Head of the Commonwealth is Queen Elizabeth II because her dad was the previous Head of the Commonwealth.

It's good to have Queen Elizabeth as Head because she is the ruler of all the countries that speak English.

Menu for Elite Swimmers

Tom says that elite swimmers need to be careful about what they eat, so they don't go fat and sink!

They need to eat loads of fruit, protein including eggs. Swimmers could mix together half Powerade with half water.

Carbohydrates, like chocolate, pasta, and energy drinks, etc, are important so that you can perform at your best.