What we've been doing

Rocket Art

On Thursday 25^th October the senior classes had an art day. Room 13 started off in 14. First and we designed our own rockets on paper, then we had to cut out the base shape of our rocket using coloured paper of our choice, next we cut out the nose cone and the fins on the side. The next thing we had to do was measure the width of the rocket and make the thruster (the bottom bit). We added a port hole and a little alien/ spaceman and added glitter for the exhaust fumes. Then we had to get even more creative, we created our own planets for decoration.

Now they are hanging neatly on our windows, they look sparkly and amazing!

By Kassie and Nicole

Hot Air Balloons

In week 2 we made pictures of hot air balloons. First we made the clouds’ with a white pastel. Then we made the straps to hold the basket to the hot air balloons with a vivid. The next stage was to add the balloons. The final step was to dye the page and to not get it on the clouds. We then write on it where we wanted to travel.

By Caleb and Sam

Printing

In room 12 we did printing with Rae Hendry. First we got a polystyrene plate and with our pen/pencil we pushed so hard so it will make a dent. Then we drew a picture of a bird. Next we went to a ink table there was four colours black, yellow, orange and red. We rolled over it with a clean roller. When we thought it was done we took the piece of paper off and the bird was printed on the paper. After that we could add a background if we wanted to. The next day in room 13 we presented them on the wall.

By Kimberley and Shirley

Giant Butterfly

On art day in room 13 had a giant butterfly with lots of pieces to colour in. The senior classes coloured in pieces of the butterfly after they had finished their balloon art. We coloured it in with pastel then we put all the pieces together like a puzzle and put it on display.

By Samantha

Chess Tournament 

   

On Friday the 26^th of October some people went to the chess tournament. It was at the Hastings Sports Centre. When we got there we all got a different number on our hand. The first number was what year you were, the second number was your starting table number. We got a draw so you knew who you were facing, and told if we were going to use black or white chess pieces. Over the course of the day we all played 5 games of chess, each one was 20 minutes long. It was a great day. The most successful Bledisloe person was Humo who won 4 games out of 5 games.

By Tommy and Kathryn

Tyler’s badge

On Monday 29^th of October, Tyler Brown got called up in assembly to get special badge because she was the first person in the school to get 10 CBG’s.  A C.B.G is a ticket which get when you are caught being good in the playground. It gets recorded on a chart in each class. When you get 5 you get a certificate and 10 gets you the badge that Tyler go today.

“I felt excited and proud’’ said Tyler.

Term 4 Sports

At the end of term 3 we had a meeting about the sports in term 4 and what sports we wanted to play. The sports were Cricket, Basketball and Vollyball.

This term we are doing Athletics in class P.E. We are split up into 4 ability groups and we rotate around each station. The stations are softball throw, high jump, long jump and running. We are training towards the interschool athletic tournament.

Michael and Liam