Maths Magicians!

Jaimee says that: Last week Ms Clydesdale told us we were quite behind on our maths work, so Jamie-Lee, Dana and I decided that we should take our maths home and do it there.
In the weekend, I did five pages of maths and so did Dana. Jamie-Lee had started doing her maths at home a bit earlier than Dana and I, so when we finish our maths and bring it into school, she marks it for us.
My dad wondered what I was doing, and he looked at my book and looking through the pages and he and my mum said that they were very proud of me, and so did Ms Clydesdale.
I am very proud of myself, too!

The latest on the Spelling Man!

The Spelling Man has now won 8 gold, 3 silvers and 7 bronze medals in Room 14's spelling programme.
The Spelling Man was presented with a certificate of excellence at the WPS assembly by our Deputy Principal, Mr Merchant.
Cody felt like a super heroe having the most golds. He has achieved his goal by having the most golds so far and he hopes to get more silvers and more bronze medals this week.
Fantastic Cody!

Sonny Bill's Foaming Monster Experiment

Taine's Archery Success!

A year ago Taine's archery club had a club day and during the day he had two shoots and after they ate their lunch they had a shoot-off. Taine says:

One of the people I was up against, Owen, is 54-ish years old and is one of the top shooters in our club. In the shoot-off, we had to get closest to the x-ring, which is the heart and I got closest to the x-ring, and that's how I won my trophy that I'm holding in my right hand.

On Sunday 28th November 2010 we had an archery tournament in Tokorua. That day, we had lots of fun shooting over rivers and down steep hills. At the end of that day, the adults had a shoot-off and after that everyone had a fun shoot at a flying pig. We then had prizegiving and that's when I got my trophy that is in my left hand, and won lots of prizes.

I like to do archery and I recommend it to other people to start, because it's great fun and you can win lots of prizes, too.

Anna at Zone Day

In the 1500m I helped Abbie run, because she wasn't breathing properly, so I helped her and I came 2nd to last.
In long jump, I came third and I jumped 3.41m!
Then in discus, I came 2nd and I threw 14 metres-something.
I feel happy that I did well and I'm going to the Auckland Champion of Champions.

Jake's 3rd place jump!

At high jump at Zone day Jake came 3rd jumping 1.25m high! The boy that came 3rd at Group Day came first at Zone day. Jake jumped 1.25m three times - he feels excited that he may be going to the Auckland Champs for high jump too!

Jake and AJ's amazing races!

1500m was the first race at Zone yesterday. Jake and AJ had 6 other people in the race. For the first 3 laps, AJ was ahead the whole time with Jake about 20 metres behind and on the last straight Jake caught up another 10 metres but AJ won!

The last race of the day and the BEST race of the day was the 800m. AJ and Jake were up against 5 other people. AJ was winning by 3 metres over Jake over the first one and a half laps, and then Jake caught up and passed AJ. But on the final 50 metres, it came down to a good sprint between the two boys and AJ won by a dive! How exciting!

Jake and AJ's successes mean that they go on to the Auckland Champions of Champions at Mt Smart Stadium next week - Go boys!