Room 11 Speech Winners for 2017

Congratulations Hayden Archer, Natalie Snoek and Ashton Silcock.

Thursday after Enrich

 "...and we'll see you next week." These were Marlene's last words for the day. At the word "week" everybody stood up and went to the cloakroom. It was Thursday, I was at Enrich and it was 2:45, home time. 

I walked to the cloakroom with the others and grabbed my bag."Oof!" It was always a squash in the small red cloakroom. You had to be especially careful that you weren't pushed into a hook.

Finally I pushed my way out of the cloakroom. I spotted Mum in the jumble of parents and caregivers and nimbly approached her. We walked to the door and walked quickly out. As soon as I was in the car I collapsed into my car seat.

When everyone was buckled in, off we went. It was Windsor North school as the next destination. We had to pick up Jared, my 6 year old younger brother.

We parked the car, crossed the road and walked through the school gate. At least Jared's classroom wasn't too far."I hope that he doesn't take too long to appear." I thought. Jared always takes ages to exit his classroom. I don't see how it takes so long to just get your books and papers, put them in your bag and emerge. Then I remembered that Jared can be a very social chatterbox, and he does like to talk to his teacher. We had found out about this a few weeks ago.

Phew! It didn't take too long for Jared to move himself into the open. I wanted to leave as soon as possible, like always, for I always got embarrassed in mufti at school.

Click! Click! Click!, went the car seats. Off we went. I leaned back in my car seat. Another week was almost over, but then my thoughts went back to afternoon tea. Yum! There will be netball after 4:00. I am so happy.

By Natalie.

 

Still in bed!

I was so....tired.

 I woke up and stayed in bed until eight o'clock when Mum said she was going! I was still in bed, but Mum was waiting for me to get dressed straight away. I asked Mum to get my clothes for me. Then Mum went to work. Hiss, bang, crash, purr, meow!! My cats were wanting to play.  After playing with the cats, I ate my breakfast, brushed my teeth and chewed my pill medicine.

Then I went to school.

By Aine Fanning

Getting ready for school

Ahhhh!  What's that noise I asked myself. I woke up.  Suddenly it was the alarm clock ringing in my ear. Then I brushed the sleep out of my eyes and turned on the light to get dressed.  First of all, I had breakfast.  I had a hot chocolate and with that I had weetbixs.  Then everybody woke up to have their breakfast.  After that, I went to brush my teeth and gargle with listerene.  I had to wait for my brother and sister.  Then they were finished and it was time to go to school.

By Ashton Silcock

Diary writing

Dinnnggg! I looked at my alarm clock. I thought, but it doesn't even have an alarm, but I still woke up. It was 6:00. No one was up yet. 

A few minutes later...I saw it was 6:10. Still no one up. I could  tell because no lights were on. I remembered Walter coming in at night, (Someone's kitten) bell jingling as he trots in at night. He and Scatcher, my cat, are friends. I like it when he visits at day. He's a small ginger kitten, half the size of Scratcher. I also have two Guinea pigs, Snuggles, the runt of the litter and Cuddles. Yesterday, he betrayed my brother. 

Suddenly, I saw a light! I also saw it was 7.12am. I woke up to the morning chill. I sat down, got my breakfast and sat on the couch. One News was on. It always is. I waited......it was 8.00am. Finally. I had a shower. It was exactly 8.21am when I was ready. Yet again, I made my lunch and waited.

10 minutes later......it's 8.31......... My brother is at school.........and so am I.

By Ciaran Crombie

Asian Language Culture

During this term, Mrs Fitzgerald has been teaching us about Asian Culture. We have been learning how to speak in Japanese. We know to say... Konnichiwa to say hello. We have also been finding out about Japanese homes. They are very different to ours. They are really cool. They have to sit on a cushion at very low tables. 

One day we learnt how to make rice balls with seaweed, corn, capsicum and rice. They were fun to make. 

Have a look at our origami and the colourful fish. The fish are to help celebrate Children's Day.

Sometimes, some students from Southland Boys came to help. It's been fun learning about another culture. 

Aine Fanning and Connor Rayner

Asian Language Culture

Strike

Yesterday afternoon, Strike came to our school hall to play the drums and my ears are still ringing!

They were from Wellington and their names were Murray, Katie and James but we could call them Muzza, Special K and Jimbo the Flying Nimbo! 

When we entered the hall, music was playing. Some of us started dancing! 

First of all, they played the drum tower before they said their names. After that, they played some very fast pieces on some wooden logs.

I thought they were awesome and very, very skilled and talented! I loved how they "played" with fire! Of course, they said. "Please don't play with fire at home. We are trained professionals."

I thought they were really good at drumming!!!

By Ciaran

What's in the Waihopai?

This afternoon Mr Oster visited us again to talk about the Cyanobacteria in the Waihopai. He showed us how to test the water clarity. That is what Lars and Toby are doing. They discovered by measuring with a tube that you would be able to see 69 to 70 centimetres ahead of you, in the water.

Pic Collage designed by Aine Fanning

Persuasive Writing

Room 11 have been trying to persuade their readers about many topics of interest to them.

SCHOOL UNIFORMS

School uniforms are great! In my opinion, I believe everyone and every school should have a uniform. When we see each other, we will know what school we go to.

Firstly, when we are wearing our school uniform, it helps us all feel the same.

My second point is,  you are like me and I am like you.

Thirdly, everyday when I wake up in the morning, I know what to wear! But everyday when my Mum gets up, she always asks me "what should I wear?"

In conclusion, I believe that school uniforms are very important and useful for helping everyone feel great.

by Sophie Wu



NO SCHOOL UNIFORMS!!!

I say no school uniforms! I currently believe that there should be no uniforms. 

My first reason is that school uniforms cost lots of money and your own clothes are not as expensive. We could save that money for more shelter around the school and Wednesday pie days.

My second point is kids can express themselves by what they wear.

Lastly, it means we would get to chose our own style of dressing!!! For example, I like to wear lots of bright colours and patterns on my tops.

In conclusion, I believe we do not need a school uniform at Windsor North School. Let's show who we are!

By Esther Kazadi



A Trampoline Park


In my opinion, I believe that Windsor North School pupils should have a trampoline park on the back field.

These are the reasons why...

First of all, it would help keep all the kids fit! There would be safety nets all around the tramps.

Secondly, it would take the pressure off the concrete areas. It would provide another activity for kids at playtime. Kids could learn really cool tricks and teach each other. There would be people watching if someone gets hurt. There would only be three people on a tramp at one time.

Finally, it would be great exercise for the kids and it would be great fun to have on the back field.

In conclusion, I believe Windsor North School pupils should have a trampoline park on the back field.

By Hayden Archer

Room 11 Art

Room 11 lead assembly

Abby and Brady made a wonderful job leading the Senior school assembly today. Room 11 also presented their awesome art work.

By Ruby and Brea

Puss n Boots by the NZ Playhouse Theatre

On Wednesday we went to  the hall to watch Puss'n Boots .There were three actors, two girls and one boy . There was a young bear called Justin Babybear. He was a famous singer who lived in the small city of Far Far Away Land...down not too far away the Hansel and Gretel show was about to start with the famous Justin Babybear. But when he was supposed to come out he wasn't there!!He had been kidnapped!!Everybody assumed it was Goldilocks because she had eaten his porridge, broken his chair  and slept in his bed. But it wasn't Goldilocks because Puss'n Boots noticed that only a princess could afford two thousand million trillion pieces of gold. When Justin Babybear was found in repayment , he sang his new song Porridge.

At the end, the people from the New Zealand Playhouse came out and talked to us .There was a girl who had played Goldilocks, a man who had played as Hansel and a girl who was eighteen and played as Puss'n Boots Pet Detective.

It was an awesome show and we all loved it 😀

 By Esther Kazadi

New Zealand Playhouse Performance - Puss n Boots

On Wednesday 1 March, the Playhouse came to school to perform Puss & Boots. It was really funny when Goldilocks said . "Watch where you are parking you clown! " It was awesome how they used other fairy tales to tell their story. My favourite character was Justin Baby Bear and Puss n Boots. It was the best show ever!

By Javarn Hardy

Year 4 Dictionaries

All of the Year 4 children were very lucky to receive their own dictionary from the Invercargill North Rotary Club.  These will be very useful for the children to use at home.  Javarn made a wonderful job of thanking our special visitors.

Welcome

Welcome to the Room 11 class blog.  During the year we will be sharing photos, children's work and links to useful websites that support homework.  The blog enables you to see what is happening in Room 11.  As the year progresses the children will become the authors of the blog.  They will be excited to share their work and read your comments.