One more week till the holidays! During that week we have the Fire Service coming in on Monday to talk about their work. This is for our unit on People Savers and also for Careers.
On Wednesday there is a mufti day and organised activities (organised by Senior Middles) raising money for rat eradication at Mount Bruce.
We have decided (finally! after much discussion) on what to do for our production next term - a musical called Gold Rush. We have bought the script etc and it looks to be a great production. Early next term we will start auditions for this but everyone will be taking some part in it.
No questions to answer this week - look at the photos of Room 3 hard at work and two of Carley's kidibike that she made at Technology. Absolutely great work Carley. You can have 25 credits.

Polar Swim

Polar Swim

Getting ready for the swim!

Welcome to week 10 - two weeks until the holidays. Thnking about them, what was New Zealand's first Capital? 25 credits to the person with the correct answer.
Big event this week is the polar bear swim tomorrow in the school pool at 2pm. Hopefully the weather will be like it is today (Monday), sunny and not too cold!
Today we have Kathy from the Red Cross in teaching us about First Aid.
A question - why after exercise does your pulse rate increase? First correct answer 25 credits.
Our winners of our speeches go to Gladstone on Tuesday - good luck Annie and Josh, but well done to everyone who got to the finals. Each year I am amazed at the variety of topics and the work that has been put in.
Tomorrow we have Constable Keely coming in to finish her work on the role of the Police.
Don't forget parents are welcome to come to watch the swim tomorrow at 2pm. Ice has been organised!

Into week 9, weather is certainly getting colder. Winter has arrived. Our Polar bear swim is on Monday 21 June! Notices will go home about this later in the week.
Speeches are well underway with the school finals being held this Wednesday after interval. Also on Wednesday we have another round of rippa rugby, and some people have been selected to go to Rathkeale for the Cross Country.
Remember we are doing a major performance next term. We have decided to do Rats - more on this later.
A question - what traditional folk tale is this based on?
25 credits to the first person to give me the answer (are you reading this Brodie? You're doing really well answering the questions!)
Another question, this time for 50 credits - why is John Key meeting with the Maori Party today? (Monday)

Week 8 (almost) !

Coming up to Week 8 next week.
Remember no school Monday because of Queens Birthday.
We have Art on Tuesday, Wednesday we'll probably be working on speeches, back to Thursday with Technology then Friday with new winter sport (bowls, table tennis, badminton and board games) starting, and also a new rotation for Performing Arts.
Speeches are the big thing at the moment - everyone is working on these and will start giving them on Monday 14.
A question for 10 credits - what is the big news in the Middle East at the monent?
5 extra credits for each extra piece of information you give me about this.