School Cross Country
Last week we had our school cross-country. Room 13 were awesome and
we can proudly report that members of Room 13 won each of the four senior
races.
Here are the results of the top 8 in each group.
Year 5 girls
1st Kayla 4th Micayela
Year 5 boys
1st Jack 2nd Kairon 6th Bryce 8th Nick
Year 6 girls
1st Kimberley 2nd Shirley
Year 6 boys
1st Tommy 5th Liam
The top 6 in each race will compete at the interschool competition.
Inter-School Cross Country
We all thought the race would be cancelled because it
was starting to rain and was really cold, but no it was on.
We all sat on the deck getting our final
instructions, no one needed to be reminded to go and get their jersey because
it was so cold!
We piled into cars and were driven to Park Island.
When we arrived we set up our camp area, which would be our base. As we were
waiting for our race we sat together and cheered on those already running. As
we were watching we felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness.
Our race was called up; we took off our jerseys and
prepared ourselves for the race. Over to the start line we went, trying not to
fall over already.
Ready. Set. BANG!
The pushes, I mean race begun.
The hardest part was trying not to slip over or be
pushed over. There were just so many people it was crazy! One bonus of the coldness was that our feet were so numb
we couldn’t feel the sticks and stones under or feet.
As we crossed the finish line we felt a mixture of
pride and pure exhaustion. What a cool day, in more ways than won!
Written by Kayla, Te Ahu and Kairon.
Life Education
As we approached the Life Education trailer the excitement
rose. Anne came out to meet us and invited us inside.
In the session we learnt about the qualities of a good
friend. We talked about the difference of being friendly and a friend. We
should be friendly to everyone so they are friendly back to us and it is the
right thing to do. We watched a short movie about a group of girls that were
having friendship issues; we didn’t see how they solved the problem
When we go back later in the week we are going to find out
how they resolved the problem and also more about friendships.
UPDATE: We just got back from the life education van. Today we learnt about bulling, we learnt about what it means. This is a catchy message to help us remember.
S-several
T - times
0 - on
P- purpose
and also if you see bulling happening,
S - start
T - telling
O - other
P -people
By Sam, Bryce and Michael.
Choir Festival
Tonight is
the opening of the choir festival. Students from the Taradale schools will meet
together in the Taradale Intermediate hall. All school choirs sing the same
songs, that hundreds of people!
After months of
practicing our singing and dancing we will perform to our parents and teachers
in two shows, one tonight and one tomorrow night.
Some of the
favourite songs that we have learnt are, Believe it or not by Joey Scarbury and
Surfin Safari by the Beach Boys. Two Bledisloe students sing a solo for Believe
it or not, and one of those people is from room 13! Go Isabelle!
A group of
dancers, do a dance while the choir sings Footloose.
We are really
looking forward to tonight after so many months of hard work.
Written by
Shirley and Nikita.
When we got to the hall we
were greeted by an Indian man named Kumar. All he had with him was some
coloured tissue paper and a pair of scissors. He wowed us straight away with
his paper creations. He used no glue just the
coloured tissue to create awesome flowers and decorations. 
