Term 3 begins.

Welcome back to another great term.  So many different opportunities to learn new and exciting things.

However I would like to start by looking back...........as far back as the last week of term 2.  It was a bleak Thursday morning and the tension in the air was almost unbearable.  This day would be the one where human endurance, courage and will-power would be on display.
It was the morning of the senior school skip off.  Four worthy competitors from each class would battle it out for the supreme reward of being crowned 2017 Skip Off Champ.
Room 12 had students that had smarts, they would be using every trick in the book to beat every challenger.  They had years of experience  behind them and had shown mental toughness before.
Room 10 had two of the fittest girls in the school (probably in the whole community).  They would not be giving up without a fight.
Room 9 students felt the weight of pressure placed on them by their teacher who begged, nagged, pleaded and begged some more for a win.  This was going to be an epic battle.
Each student took their place and prepared to begin.  The timer started and the battle was on.  Students and teachers from the sideline cheered and encouraged their classmates.  I had every finger and toe crossed.
A lapse in concentration saw the first skipper (from room 9) stumble out of the competition.  As the time went on each challenger fell away until there were only two titans remaining. Room 9 and 10 had made it to the final.  Each girl had been skipping for over 7 minutes.
The crowd grew quiet, each of us willing both girls strength to continue on.  At 9 minutes 49 seconds the runner up lost concentration and handed the win over to Limiteti from room 9.  I was incredibly proud of her as she collapsed onto the ground after a staggering 9 minutes 52 seconds of skipping.
Congratulation Limiteti and even thought I did so much begging and pleading it turns out that every cloud does have a silver lining.  Well done 2017 Skip Off Champ - Miss Limiteti.

Ctrl Alt Z by Alamoni

We have been learning keyboard shortcuts so we can use our Chromebook faster.

Te korowai

On Wednesday some class rooms went to the Ruapotaka Marae to see the Korowai. We learnt how many Maraes and how many houses are going to be built in Mabury. Some people went up and picked up little plastic houses, and they got to put the houses on the Korowai. The people that went to go up from Room 9 was Tyresse,Kotipi and Shaniqua. It was an amazing day to go to the Marae!

                                                             

Jacob's follow up reading activitiy

  I like the story we whopper.
It was fun.
The whale was stuck.
The people helped him be safe.
People run to get water and put on the whale so he would not die.
There was lot of sand and they stood on it.

Soccer skills week 2

On Wednesdays we have soccer with Hannah. Learning new skills with her was really cool. I liked the game when we had bibs that were hanging off from our pants.  I also liked playing the game where we each have soccer balls and we have to dribble it to the end, without the person in the middle kick our balls out of the square. Lastly I liked it when we got to learn new skills which was really fun.

Pest disadvantages

My Inquiry topic

Syndicate assembly

Syndicate Assembly by Frank

Last week room 9 did syndicate assembly.First we greeted them to room 9’s assembly.

Then we sang brown girl in the ring.After we sang brown girl in the ring we did family feud.It was the Royal Cougars vs the All Stars.In round 1 the Royal Cougars won.In the second round Royals Cougars won. In the third round Royal Cougars won.In the fourth round

Royal Cougars won and got them all right
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