Looking back... Moving forward

"Sorry future generation."
This is the focus of this emotionally complex video. We can change this. Because we owe it to the trees.

Click here (Prince Ea Sorry) to Stand Up For Trees!

Looking back ...

Centennary activity - photos through the decades

Hi everyone

As part of our centenary celebrations we are having a photo shoot and parade of fashions through the last 100 years.  The photos will be on display at the Mapua Community Hall during the centenary weekend celebrations and the parade and class reports from each decade will be part of our assembly on the 11th of September.

Classes are taking a particular decade and researching the clothing, events, pastimes and points of interest from that time.   Room 8 are going to be researching and gearing up to represent 1910 - 1919.  Does anyone have (or know where we can get our hands on) clothing or artefacts from this decade that we could borrow for this occasion.

I thought this youTube clip might give you some inspiration.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Speech competition time is here!

Room 8 is going to working on writing and delivering a speech.  We will have a mini speech competition with the other Year 5 and 6s at Mapua to decide who goes forward to the district speech competition.

If you want to find out more - topics and judging criteria - click on the image below.

Wish us luck.

Bamboozables

What are Bamboozables you ask? Bamboozables are a saying/phrase that is made up of a display of words, in an interesting way. The object is to figure out the meaning of the puzzle. here is an example:

Answers:
1. think twice about it
2. walk on water
3. space invaders
4. free your mind
5. keep on smiling
6. it doesn't add up

Click here to go to the Bamboozables web page!

By Jacob

Interschools

On Thursday the 21st of May, children all over Mapua woke up with either a feeling of dread or excitement. Interschools day! After a about 40 minutes in their classroom with their stomachs in a knot of nerves, they headed down to the big tree for a quick briefing before hopping into their cars and driving down to Rabbit Island picnic area. Everyone rushed over to walk the course before their race and came back even more nervous than before. When it came to a new race, a flood of children rushed over to the start line, being careful not to get their spikes stuck in rope. Ready, steady, GO! The children surged forward, running hard for the lead.


ROOM EIGHTS CROSS COUNTRY WINNERS.
There was only one Year 5 girl from Room 8 in the Year 5 girls race: Cassie, who came 11th the Year 5 boys, Charlie and Liam came in at 6th and 7th with Bo and Luca not far behind. Kaze placed 8th in the Year 6 boys and Macy placed 10th in the Year 6 girls.

The people that got through to the next round are very excited and are training as often as they can. Even if you didn't get through to the next round, everyone tried their best and had lots of fun climbing the steep banks, sprinting down the other side and jogging through the grass.

by Macy Morgan

Funny Faces

If you had walked into Room 8 while we were drawing cartoons, you would hear laughter and see 23 smiling faces. After quickly arranging ourselves into our art table groups, we got to work practicing drawing cartoon eyes, noses, mouths and ears. Once we had perfected our techniques we grabbed a piece of good paper and lightly drew our faces on the paper in pencil before going over our designs in sharpie or vivid. Finally, the fun part! Using a straw and coloured dye we blew our choice of colour onto our piece of paper to make hair or a beard on our drawings. Carefully we carried them to a safe place to dry before they were put up on the window, where we can see them every day when we come into our colourful classroom.

By Macy Morgan