Earthquake by Maryanne Autupuna

On Wednesday we were in the middle doing our writing.Suddenly we heard a rumble I called out miss burton and the books were fulling of the self. But it was a earthquake we call went under the table. we all went under the table because the table starnger. The carten were scaning

Tread Lightly

Last term room 12 went to the Tread Lightly Caravan. When we got to the caravan we met a lady. She told us how much energy we use in our homes.

 

 We all had to get into groups of 4. The first thing we went to was the game that ask things to us. We had amazing helper. Next we went to the worm farm which had a lot of worms that we had to find.

 After that we had to go to somewhere that we learn where we put rubbish and see  how long rubbish takes to break down. What we learned was to put our rubbish in the right bin. After that we went to play another game. It was very fun. We were playing snake and ladders. The point of the game was to answer questions so we could get to the end square.

After that it was time to go but first we had to pick a wood that had a promise to do and never forget. Finally it was time to go. We all said goodbye and we went back to class.

By AJ and Deidre 

Inca

Last term miss Burton brought her dog in to visit Room 12. First Miss Burton told Room 12 about Inca and answered our questions. 

Miss Burton chose some kids to take Inca for a walk and read her a book. Miss Burton made sure Inca had food and water. 

 

Then she put her on the lead and we were throwing the ball and Inca ran to get the ball. Then we got to write descriptions about Inca in our writing books. 

We had a great time meeting Inca and can't wait to see her again!

By Jazz and Katherine

Family Fun Day

Dawson primary school had a family fun day.

 All of Dawson had to go into groups then they went to there stations. We played lots of fun games and activities like musical chairs, soccer, jumping bean bags and many more games! 

After that Miss Zeier rang the bell to have lunch. 

 The point to having a Family fun day is to celebrate all the hard work, get to know each other and get our parents to come and join and and most importantly... to have fun!

By Kaytelyn and Miah

Cooking and Gardening

On Tuesday we went to cooking and gardening. It was at the Dawson kitchen and in the gardens.

There was a blue team and a red team.  The blue team were picking up the ingredients and the red team were cooking tasty food.

After the blue team picked the veges, they gave it to the red team to cook it. 

When we were done, it was time to eat! We all went to the kitchen and then Tonny said a prayer.

When he finished we started eating the yummy sweet corn fritters.

Room 12 had a happy day.

By Tonny and Bradley

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Swimming

Swimming

Room 12   have been going to Otara Swimming pools for swimming lessons.  We swim with 3 coaches. Their names are Ana, Michael and Angela.  

They are the best teachers in the pool because they are fun, amazing and always happy for us. We all like swimming  because we get to stay for a while in the huge pool where it is big and we can not touch the bottom of the pool.  

We play games in the pool. We play lots of games that are fantastic. Swimming means to have fun and learn new skills in the pools.
We learn free style and many more games and things. swimming is great and fun. Room 12 liked swimming and liked the teachers too. 

By Maryanne and Mereana
 

Welcome

Meet the marvellous and magnificent children of Room 12! 

We are very excited about a busy, fun year in the senior school!

Lauren

Hi Lauren,
We love that you have been reading our blog. We wanted to say that we miss you. What is your new school like? We were supposed to do athletics today but it rained.

From Room 12 

Rainbow Fireworks

Rainbow fireworks are colourful and bright. Fireworks are on the 5th of November they sell them from the 3rd to the 5th so go ahead and grab some now so you can have fun at night time. Watch out for danger stuff and have fun with your family. Have fun on Fireworks night.

By Raiha

Guy Fawkes

Hi my name is Mele and I am 9 years old, Today i am going to talk about Guy Fawkes...

So Guy Fawkes was a man that lived in England him and 8 other people was trying to blow up a building where the king of England and some other people were about to have a meeting, here is a photo of  Guy Fawkes... and here is a quote of it...

When Guy Fawkes was about to blow up the building a person found out and the attempt was ruined. After that the person that found out about it told the king and the king said "Go and find the person who did it and kill him" here is photo when they found Guy Fawkes....

By Mele

HOWICK HISTORICAL VILLAGE

Hi my name is Maria and today I will be talking about my extension trip to Howick Historical Village. We had two teachers supervising us. Their names were Mrs Ellis and Mrs Rolle. Before we left we went to the staff room. But when we got to the staff room we had to leave because our taxi's were here. So then we had to walk back out of the office and walk to our taxi's. After that we were separated so Room 12 was in one taxi and Room 11 inside the other one. But we had a girl from Room 15 and her name is Daisy. While we were sitting in the bus some people were screaming and playing around while some other people were just sitting there quietly waiting. Then the driver said ''lets go''so then we put our seat belts on and then we went. So when we got there we got out of the bus and waited for 20 minutes because we were to early. After 20 minutes we met a lady called Mrs Hill and she introduced us to another lady called Mrs Hallim. She was the school teacher at Howick Historical Village. When we met Mrs Hallim we we went into the school room to learn how to write with stone on stone. Mrs Ellis and Mrs Rolle had a competition to see who can do the neatest writing and  Mrs Rolle won so poor Mrs Ellis. I had an awesome time!       

By Maria                                                                                                                        

FIREWORKS

Fireworks are cool but dangerous. They are colourful like a rainbow. Fireworks go high in the dark sky. They are loud like a shotgun. The smoke smells like burnt food. Fireworks stay in one place when it shoots, then it spreads around in the dark sky. Fireworks are fast like a tiger. Fireworks are sparkly when they are in the sky.

FIREWORKS 2015

Some people celebrate Guy Fawkes Day because there was a man named Guy Fawkes.
There are different kinds of fireworks like... 
Roman candles
The demolition box
The big boom box
and lots of other fireworks.

By Adrian

Tyrannosaurus Rex

A tyranosaurus rex is called a t-rex. Did you know that Tyrannosaurus Rex means king?

A t-rex could hunt his prey. He ate meat. A meat eater is a carnivore. Everybody is scared of a t-rex.

Now t-rex are only in museums because they died. 

A t-rex had 2 little arms, it was big and tall and lots of sharp teeth.

It is my favourite dinosaur because it was better than the other dinosaurs.

By Raekwon 

Pandas

Pandas are very soft like a blanket. Pandas are slow like a snail, slug and turtle. They eat bamboo all day until they are tired and then they go to sleep.  When they are tired they lie down in the snow and have a good sleep. Pandas have a thick fur coat to keep them warm. They take care of their babies well. Pandas live in China in the mountains covered with bamboo forests. When other animals or pandas come close they do a big growl to make them go away. 

Pandas have sharp nails. They are black and white. They are not like other bears. Pandas are very good at hiding in the snow because they are black and white.

Some people lock pandas in cages and put a collar around their neck. They set them free so they will always know where they are. Some pandas are in the zoo. They have made movies about pandas like Kung Fu Panda. 

People are not allowed to kill pandas anymore. We like that pandas are soft and cuddly like a lions mane and that their teeth look like vampires teeth cause they are sharp and pointy. 

By Feagai and Alekisio

All about myself.

Hi my name is Tayge and I am 8 years old. My favourite dinner is Wendys and KFC. I enjoy school a lot. I have 2 sisters and one brother. My favourite sport is netball. Last year I was in Room 9 and I enjoyed it. When I grow up I want to be an artist.

By Tayge.

Room 12s trip to the Auckland Zoo

On Monday the 24th of August we went to the Auckland Zoo. The animals that I liked the best were the kiwis and the eels. The kiwis were playing around and running around it was like they were playing tag and you can't catch me. The eels were freaky but they were still cool as well.  Next time I go to the Auckland Zoo I will see all of the animals next time because we didn't get to see them all. We saw the two elephants walking, their names are Anjalee and Burma. It was there birthday and we said happy birthday to both of them. They were very big.   
By Raiha

Our Visitor

Today Room 12 and Room 11 met this police lady in our school kitchen. She was telling us about finger prints and showed us how we could lift them off of cups and windows. 

The police lady told our teachers to find a  
volunteer to come up so she can show us the finger print that the volunteer has placed on the cup.

Everyone has different fingerprints. Did you know that when a baby is growing in it's mum's belly it gets fingerprints at 3 months?

By Akanesi

The Creative Art

In Room 12 we are drawing an incredible pattern with a sun and a huge nice bird it will be amazing when everyone is finished. We are still woking on it. A few of the Room 12 children are on their creative birds, some are even people are on their background. I am still  colouring in my pattern.

Check back to see what it looks like when it is all finished!