Solar Eclipse!

Hmmmm… I wonder what's going to happen? And what's that strange piece of black card that Keira is holding?         

I had heard about the eclipse but I still wasn't quite sure about the details, would it become completely dark or will it stay the way it is? I guess that I'll find out soon.

The class walked into Room 1. Everyone was  pushing and shoving as if it was Willy Wonka`s Chocolate Factory. We sat on the mat as Kerry Bennett introduced himself  He is an optometrist –that is an eye specialist who checks on your eyes and prescribes glasses and contact lenses, He is also Kai and Keira's Dad! He talked to us about the human eye and what can happen to it if you stare at  the sun without sunglasses or special glasses to look at solar eclipses. He also told us about solar eclipses, Did you know the occur 2-5 times a year but rarely in the same place? Or that partial solar eclipses  occur more often than full solar  eclipses ?

Finally we were partnered up and given the special glasses to view the partial solar eclipse without damaging our eyes, I partnered with Ara, At first we couldn't see anything but pitch black darkness but suddenly an orange half moon shape appeared It must be the moon covering the sun! Bit by bit the orange got smaller and smaller until 10:30 The moon was now at its maximum effect.   

WOW!!!  That was an amazing experience  Throughout morning tea, the orange sliver got bigger and bigger until we had our full sun again. Who thought you could see all of that at 10am in the morning!

By Kate Wilkinson-Smith

A Beautiful Sight

What are these? What do you do with this? Are you kidding me! How do you look out of these pitch black glasses.

Looking up to see an orange moon? Wait how is this possible? It must be the solar eclipse. So that must be why you have to wear the special glasses!

We are so lucky that Mr Bennett showed us how to keep our eyes safe from a solar eclipse and we got to keep the glasses for many eclipses yet to come.

BY SCOTT ,KURT AND JOSH.

 

I can’t believe it it’s finally happening ...

We’re going to see a eclipse we charged into Room one,

Mr Bennett walked to the front of the room .

He told us about  the eye and eclipses . We learnt that  it was going to be a solar eclipse that means that the moon goes over the sun. Mr Bennett hands me a pair of dark glasses.

I put them on while Mr Bennett says these glasses will help you see the eclipse without hurting your eyes .

Wow it’s amazing the sun is a mango colour .

I can’t believe it! I saw an eclipse .         

 

I put on my glasses and started staring up at the sky . All I could see was pitch black .

Suddenly a crescent shape appeared . I thought ’’ Wow! ’’  the moon looks beautiful .

I had just realised Mr.Bennett had just told us that it was a solar eclipse .

What an amazing sight!

 

By Leah, Tyler and Tayler

 

     

 

 

Our Fireworks Writing. Read by Room 3

Fireworks -original writing read by Room 3

Arran's Magic Box

Our Slideshow about Adopting a Penguin

Scott, Joshua and Sam's Magic Box

David and Blake's Magic Box Writing

Meat

The taste, the scent of the most delicious venson that my grandad has cooked up for my tea , the one deer he shot is now on the

frying pan, As we sit in the wool shed up at the farm, the meat get’s put on my  plate. I start to feast. MMMMMMMM, the taste of the salt and pepper covering the meat -so tasty that I want to devour It in one gulp.

 

The Olympic opening Ceremony

As we flicked through the channels on the telly, we came across the Olympic ceremony we immediately put it on to record. We all thought it was amazing with the lifting of the rings and fireworks. We also watched the the marching parade of all the different countries competing in the Olympics. After that we watched the events take place. I thought it was wonderful. Callista

Olympic Museum Truck

Gripping the steel chain,I slowly walked up the steps. I was eager to find out what was in the truck. Pushing through the crowd, I saw inside. They had everything I had ever wanted -Ipads,Iphones it was amazing.You could even send a message to London. I wish we had a class room like that at S.J.H.S.
                                         

London 2012 olympic games

In the womans division in soccer, New Zealand won against Great Britan.New Zealand scored some great goals. The score was 3-1 to New Zealand and in the mens division NZ lost to Brazil 2-0. We could not beleve it becausewe thought New Zealand was going to win. We love the fact that soccer is in the Olympics because soccer is awesome.

Olymic Games 2012

The opening ceremony of the Olympic games 2012 was fantastic because there was lots of energetic dancing but there was a scary part when Voldermort came in. Did you think that was scary? Well I thought that was scary. One of my favourite parts was when Mr Bean came in and had his funny dream but... my FAVOURITE part was when the torch got lit. I thought it looked beautiful from my point of view.

Olympic Games 2012

Valerie Adams was the person whom I was cheering for in the Olympic Games.I saw all of the games and she got gold this year. She has gone to three Olympic games since 2009.Valerie does shot put -when you throw a ball that weighs about 20kgs. She won a gold in 2011 and a silver in 2010. By Jaysire and Josh.

Opening Ceremony

About a week ago there was the Olympic opening ceremony. There was lots of acting and dancing one of the people in it was Mr Bean. He was very funny he played on the keyboard and had a dream about him in a running race. He was coming last so he saw a car and hopped in the car and passed all the people. He won the race. Then all the flags came out with all the Countries. I loved it because it was amazing.By Megan and Kate.

Olympic Games!!!

Today South Africa won a Gold medal in swimming and New Zealand won a bronze medal in Horse back riding in the 3 day event.
Watch out for the New Zealand Samsung Olympic bus going around New Zealand it is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!

By Joe and Kurt

Olympic Museum Truck

On the 30th of July 2012, Room 1,2 and 3 walked down to the Springvale Stadium so we could see the Olympic museum truck. we were waiting nervously on the metal steps that lead the truck. when we walked in the wonderful mobile museum. There were iphones, ipads and laptops everywhere. IT WAS AMAZING! We buddied up for the olympic quest we had to do. We did it on an ipad, how cool. Then Leah came along and had we buddied up with her. At the end of the quest we ended up finishing only half. By Felicity and Tayla

Olympic Games!!!

Today South Africa won a Gold medal in swimming and New Zealand won a bronze medal in Horse back riding in the 3 day event.
Watch out for the New Zealand Samsung Olympic bus going around New Zealand it is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!

By Joe and Kurt

Olympic Opening Ceremony

Watching the Olympic opening was awesome. When NZ came out, I cheered watching Nick Willis lead them out. I especially enjoyed seeing how the world came from olden tools to modern it was awesome By Blake

NZ Rowing at the Olympic Games 2012

So far I have liked the rowing.I thought the two men that bet the record were great and they might get a medal this year.Also Mahe Drysdale could have a chance as well because he had a huge lead over the rest of the components in his heat. By Scott and Thomas

 

Olympic Truck

As we entered the Samsung Olympic truck the cool gadgets jumped out at us. We listened to the lady and worked  from the tablets to answer the questions on our sheets. It was so hard to answer the questions that we had to do it for homework. The best thing in the Olympic truck was the egg seat with a swing around tablet. By David & Youngjin

      

OLYMPICS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When we went to the Samsung Olympic truck we were surrounded by electronics that we had to use for work. We had to answer Olympic questions that we got given from people in bus. We went on the laptop and the Samsung Galaxy S4. BY Samuel and Arran

Battle of the Mountains

Tyler's Movie

The Royal family

The royal family was made by Megan and a little help from Callista and Kate. The characters are Miss Picket as the lovely Maiden .Megan as the princess .Kate as the fat king.Callista as the stupid jester.David as little John.Arran as the annoying fly.Jaysire as the dog . The video was made on Fluxtime .

The Scary High Ropes ll

I remember the scary highropes.
The prehistoric wooden poles where towering into the sky.
The sound of the wind blowwing in my face.
Strong ropes tugging.
The damp mown grass under my feet.
People scared as they climb.
Looking for and finding my helmet.
The feel of tough harnesspulling on my back.
The rush of wind was nice.
Sunny colours shone on my face.
I could hear my heart pounding as if  i would die.

By Tayla

CLIMBING THE HIGH ROPES

I remember the High Ropes.
Towering post reaching to the sky.
The wind whistling through my ear drums.
Tough ropes swinging madly.
The boys clinging on ropes.
The sun shouting into the children's eyes.
People heaving with their hands.
Looking and finding the next climbing boards.
The feel of fiberous ropes.
The flow of the air was carming
fine colours reflected on my face.
I could hear the wind as if it was a
voice.

by Joe

Flying kiwi

I remember the flying kiwi
Flying gear bunched up on the ground
The sound of children battling to get down
Tied belayers  pulling as hard as they could
Trees rustling in the wind while the kiwis going up.
The sun shining  through the trees
People happily laughing.
Looking at all the people go up
The feel of the wind
The force of  the ropes pulling me towards the grass
Lovely colours shine on the harness
I could hear the ropes calling me as if
it wanted me to have a tone.

by Tyler

Kayaking

I remember going kayaking

Muddy,Slippery,wet life jacket's hanging on the soaking green line drip drip drip.
I here the whistles and shimmers from the big wide stream way way down below.
Freezing water sparkling and talking to me as if i were its best friend.
The sun has made the children's faces light up and pounce out.
Popping my head around the corner looking and finding a huge brown slid with a little puddle at the bottom.
I feel squashy ground under my feet.
The feeling of the air bursting into children's faces.
Beautiful Rainbow colours shone on the wide green stream.
I could here the wind whispering quietly in my ear please don't leave.

BY GENNA 

Flying High In The Sky

I remember Flying high on the Flying Kiwi

Reaching for the sky

Noises of the wind whispering

Scared children flying to the sky

The sun creeping out from behind the clouds

People whispering in fright.

Looking and finding groups at an activity

The feel of breeze blowing through my hair

The bitter force of the air was incredible

The colours shone on me cheerful

I could hear my heart beat as if it was exploding

By Josh 

KAYAKING UP THE STREAM

I remember going kayaking
Muddy,wet life jacket hanging on the green slimy line
The life jacket rustling in the wind
Freezing cold water freeze my legs
The sun reflecting in children's faces
People screaming from every direction
Looking and finding  muddy  foot prints leading  to the coldest river ever
The feel of a gentle breeze on my back
The smell of fresh air was to lovely to breath in
Dazzling colours shone on the beautiful river
I could hear the water splashing very gracefully
As if it wanted to dance with me

BY KARA

Flying Kiwi.

I remember going on the flying kiwi.
Towering posts facing up to the atmosphere.
Hearing loud yelling of who was going first.
black ropes were everywhere.
shivering with excitement.
The sun hiding behind the clouds.
People screaming from all directions.
Looking and finding at the people below.
The feel of the cold wind in the sky.
The colours of the sky was beautiful.
I could feel my heart racing as if it was
about to explode.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Flying Through the Air

I remember going on the Flying Kiwi.
 Flying so high feeling like I was high in the sky
The sound of kids shouting
Green trees rustling in the wind

Looking and finding my friends on the ground

The feel of the wind blowing on my face

Lovely colours shone on the trees

I could hear the birds singing

As if they were singing to me

By LEAH

Kayaking

I remember kayaking in the river.
Ice cold wet life jackets hanging on the line.

The splosh splash of the oars padding.

Cold children shivering beside the the bank.

The kayak bobbing up and down.

The sun shining on the waters.

People swimming near the rocks.

Looking and finding a places to swim.

The feel of the wind blowing through my hair.

The drag of the current is lovely.

Bright colours shines on the river.

I could hear the current coming as if it would tip me out.

Flying Kiwi

I remember going on the flying kiwi

long ropes towering above the ground

children screamed silently

Bored belayers pulling

girls shivering with excitement

sun shimmered on the children

people pulling hard on the rope

looking and finding something to squeeze

the feel of the tough rope

the rush of the wind was soft

bright colours shone on all children

I could hear my heat beating as if it was going a million miles an hour

By Megan

                                                                                                    

The Farm

I remember hunting at the farm.

I could see the bulls in the valley.

The sound of the bulls mooing in the valley.

Wind blowing the trees.

The sun is now set.

People as quaint as bugs walking though the valley.

Looking  and finding Frogs to shoot to the Pond.

The feel of the mud coming though my toes from the ground.
Colours shone on the river as it sparkled.

I could hear grunts as if the pigs wanted me to ride them.

by Arran

Amazing Waterslide

I remember speeding down the water slide.
Clear water trickled down the slide.

Water splashes as people reach the bottom. 

Scared children sliding. 

Water going to the yellow pool bellow.

The sun gleaming in our faces.

People running for another turn.

Looking and finding the comfortable spot. 

The feel of cold water underneath me.

The breeze of the air made me feel like I was in a speeding race car.
The sun shone on the sparkling water.
I could hear people screaming as if they hated it!

Authorised by David

Awsome Flying Kiwi

I remember going on the Flying Kiwi.

 Big poles almost clattered with my arms.

People shouting Go Go Go!!!

Lots of ropes swinging and swaying.

Sounds of people running and pulling.

Looking and finding cabins below.

The feel of happiness around me.

The smell of the wind was beautiful.

 colours shone on the rope like a rainbow.

I could hear people taking me down as if it all just stooped.

By Matt

Splashing Nature

I remember the river crashing against the rocks

 I slowly sat in the kayak

 Trees rustling in the wind

Water splashed in my face

Sticks and leaves getting tangled in my hair

The sun disappearing in the trees

People screaming as they touched the icy water

I smashed into a rock with a splash

All the kids were shivering

Looking and finding the perfect place to build a mudslide

The feel of mud oozing through my toes

The colours reflecting on the river

Inviting me to go the opposite way

by Brooke

High ropes

I remember getting my harness ready for high ropes.

 Obstacles flying up in the air.

Children saying happily "This is scary".

Brown ropes swinging.

The sun flashing in my eyes.

People yelling "get up!"

 Looking and finding the biggest trees.

The feel of wind blowing.

The breeze of the air was scary.

The colours shone on the trees.

 I could hear my heart beating as if I was going to die.

By Samuel

I remember walking round the Virgina lake.
Fluffy ducks swimming around us.
The sound of the wind blowing in my ear.
Dead leaves  falling on my head,Plants waving in the wind.
The sun shining up above me.
People strolling round the lake looking and finding beautiful leaves and flowers,
The feel of the path was rocky and hard.
The sound of the birds was sweet.
Bright colours sparkled  on the lake.
I could hear birds singing  like they were having a singing competition.

by Felicity

Two colossal poles soaring into the sky
Children murmuring.

Bored children pulling boys
The sun is burning the children
People shivering in fright.

looking and finding a place to hold onto.

The feel of the wind blowing.

The force of the ropes pulling me in the sky.

Dazzling colours shone in front of me.

I could hear my heart pounding as if it was going to explode.

By Blake

Clambering to the sky.

I remember looking up at the high ropes.
 Long post's towering up into the sky.
 Excited whispers going  around the group.
Happy climbers climbing.
All the people enjoying the height.
The sun reflecting on the children's faces.
The people saying they can not stand on the beam.
Looking down finding people below pulling us up.
The feel of the wind blowing past me.
The flow of the air was cooling.
The colours reflected on the harness.
I could feel my heart pounding on my ribs with excitment

by Scott

Kayaking on the River

I remember the flowing of the river,
Wobbly kayaks moving over the water
The splash of oars paddling rapidly,
Cold children shivering.
Girls jumping eagerly in to sodden kayaks
The sun glistening on the rippling water,
People playing and swimming near the rocks.

Looking and finding hard rocks in the river,

The feel of the muddy bank was squishy under our feet,

The drag of the current was exhausting.

The river looked like a rainbow in the midday sun,

As if the world was perfect.

By Kate Wilkinson-Smith

Scootering

Scootering is good because I get to go down the park. I go down the ramps. My mum and dad come to watch me and then I go home for lunch.

By Jaysire

Mrs Pratchett

Have you ever seen anyone with a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry? If your answer is `No` then I will tell you about somebody who’s mouth is as sour as the greenest and most sour gooseberry in the entire world.

Her name is Mrs Pratchett, She is a loathsome, horrible old witch with filthy stained clothes and gnarled ,dirty hands. As I told you before, her mouth is as sour as a green gooseberry, that mouth sits at the bottom of her mean, pinched-up face, then you have her hooked, bony nose and her tiny, sharp little piggy eyes.

Mrs Pratchett owned a sweet shop and every person who went in to buy some sweets had to watch her dig her gnarly, dirty hands into the jar and they would nearly die of disgust, I feel sorry for Mr Pratchett, -who would want to live with that old hag!  

By Kate Wilkinson-Smith

Character Description

Mrs Pratchett
 Mrs Pratchett is a very mean person .She is very ugly too. In fact she is not just ugly, Mrs Pratchett is a dirty old hag. Man she`s got a lot in common with my big brother! She`s got long sharp pointy nose that is so sharp if you touch it it will go straight through your finger.At the end of her nose there`s a big green boil that if you pop it it will grow even bigger.She has the most disgusting hands in the world.They were thick black, with dirt, grime and brimstone all over it. I feel sorry for Mr Pratchett.
     
                             By Callista Booth -Richards