Totara Springs

With enthusiasm and excitement to be going to a camp far away from home.We set off on the bus and had a very long way to go.As soon as we arrived we immediately went to our cabins to choose our beds.Nervously walking to a place called devotion's we all sat down,sang song and listened to stories.After that we had a chance to walk around and try to get along with everyone.Not long after that it was time for lunch so we all went to the cafeteria and had lots of fun.catching up with everyone.

First week of Swimming

Eagerly waiting beside the pool for Chris, we were all chattering excitedly. Before long he came out and we got given life jackets that were freezing. As I squeezed into my damp clammy life jacket I shivered and shuddered because it was cold and clammy. I quickly adjusted my jacket and off we were into the pool.

Chris is a helper from water safety NZ and is here to teach us about the safety way of using water . He will be taking us to the new pool every Wednesday for the rest of the term. While in the pool we were learning some activities and re caped what we learnt the week before . One of the activities we did was when Chris told us to huddle up in a big circle with the whole class. Then he ordered us to sing the national anthem and was spinning us around in circles “AHHHHHH “I screamed.


After a while I was fine, it was awesome. I can’t wait for swimming next week on Wednesday because we had a really great time.

Old dental clinic

A final farewell as our old dental clinic was crushed and smashed into piles of rubble.

As we had torn apart the weatherboards with a crowbar the dental clinic was slowly getting weaker and weaker. Then we had got it down in preparation for our new intermediate school.People were standing around in shock as they saw the dental clinic collapse to the ground in such a hurry.

While the dental clinic was destroyed by a ginormous digger it was teared into pieces and there was a lot of rubble left over.While waiting for it to be cleared we had a brand new dental clinic open for us.

Classification

Scientists classify the animal kingdom and put them into of 2 main groups which are Vertebrates and Invertebrates.They were sorted out and were put into a place where they belonged.


Vertebrates have a backbone like birds,reptiles,humans, and mammals they are just like us humans.they have hair and they have parents who feed them they are also warm blooded.


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mans. They make up 97% of the animal kingdom and are comprised of 7 groups.One group are the Molluscs which have soft bodies as well as slugs,snails and worms.Which has jointed legs.

Immersion Assembly

Immersion Assembly
Today the school got together for an immersion assembly. An immersion assembly is when the whole school goes to the hall on the first of term to discuss our new topic.Mr Burt was dressed up as a nasty mosquito and slithered acrossthe school hall. Mr Jacobson was a mega moth with gigantic wings,as well as hosting the assembly. The new topic is Little Critters.

Surprisingly the teachers had special items they had put together for us. The teachers were all split up into team 1, team 2, team 3, 4 and 5. First up was team 1 and they had an item that represented Incy Wincy Spider as well as little Miss Muffet . It was really good when they
were wiggling and jiggling.

Next up was team 2 they presented a video of the life cycle of butterflies.It was entertaining because although I love butterflies I don’t know anything about them and that clip all the
information I needed. That was my favourite part of the immersion assembly.

The funniest part of the immersion assembly was when Mrs Barks group went up team 3, for NZ's Next Top Little Critter. She was telling us she was a beautiful young ladybird and then Mr Barks shouted out “I love you” and she replied “ I don’t blame you” then we all started laughing.

I love immersion assembly and I can’t wait for the next one.

In the weekend

In the weekend my family and I went to the airport.The scary thing was we were going to the airport to say goodbye to my Nan and Pa because they were going to Samoa. When we got there my mum was really nervous because she and my Pa hadn't talked to each other for a really long time. This was because last time they went to Samoa my Mum and Dad came to the airport too late so we missed them, as they just departed. It was very upsetting.

But this time it was better because as you now know, they hadn't seen each other for a very long time. So this time when they had to depart, my Mum ran up to my Pa and gave him a great big hug and my family started crying.

Christchurch Earthquake

On Saturday  morning at the time of 4 a.m. an  earthquake struck Canterbury. Buildings  were badly damaged and there was a lot of flooding happening caused by the movement of the ground.The size of the earthquake was around 7.1 and there was a lot of devastation  throughout the whole of Christchurch. People were really surprised that this earthquake had hit this town because  it was not expected by anyone.

People in Christchurch awoke with broken windows, damaged train tracks, funny looking  fields and a huge  mess left by the earthquake. A church  in Christchurch was not straight as it was  blown  over  by the earthquake. There were houses that were destroyed Parents in Christchurch were a bit tense because that Earthquake could spread a lot of diseases that can cause death to children.