Cross Country Prize giving

Congratulations to our school event place getters.

Daily Fitness

We begin each day with a fitness session to activate our minds and bodies. This week we are skipping.

Writing

This week we are developing our narrative writing skills. Please read some of our work below.....

Our learning focus was to write using descriptive language. We had to imply information, include the senses and how our body would react to the situation. Here is an image we used as a prompt.....

I pushed my way through the dry grass, stepping cautiously along the over grown path. The dark clouds threatened rain although glimmers of sunlight fought their way through the barrier. How was I going to sell this house? Moss was slowly creeping up the side of the weatherboards and the windows were cracking more each day. I was already thinking up a sales pitch in my head. A couple keen for a lovely renovation, what a joke. What are the faults? Rough, unstable, ugly. Can't say that out loud. And then what are the positives? A beautiful landscape away from the city. Yeah right. I gaze into the top left window and I feel my body numb. A creak echoes out the door. A figure stares silently into my eyes. I can't look away. I won't look away.

by Eva

The rain trickled down my spine. The fog blocked my view, but right in my vanishing point was a light. I knew I was going the wrong way but it was my only chance of shelter. There are stories of an abandoned house at the end of a winding path, but I can’t turn back now i’ll get even more lost.

The door squeaks as it opens. I don’t hear anything, but lights are on. I now have to make a decision that could change my life, going upstairs or staying down here. ‘Hello’, my voice echoes down the long vexatious hallway. ‘Get out’, a spine-chilling voice sounding from upstairs. The stairs squeaked as my drenched foot dragged up behind me. ‘Get out, I said’, I turn and darted out the door, I don’t care about the rain anymore I would rather be lost in the forest. The dark slim trees made goosebumps shiver up my arms. A dark figure stands metres away, ‘this is the end for you’, those words echo through my head. This is the end…

Written by Aisha

Buddy Learning

Room 8 students worked alongside Room 6 students to extend their writing skills. It was beneficial for the younger children to have a teacher each and for the older children to use their editing and revising skills.

Netball

Our competitive team getting ready for their first game in two weeks.

PE

Specialist sports coaches from North Canterbury Sport developing our basketball skills.

Self Regulated Learners

Motivated Room 8 learners choosing to begin work before the bell. Researching and speech writing at 8.40am. An awesome group of independent learners.