Natalie's poem - Wacky Hair disco

Tonight is the terrific wacky hair disco Don't miss the amazing time You dance and some people look spooky

Room 3 modules in Room 4

I made a crocodile magnet with no teeth. It is on my fridge. - Angus

We are moving the iron balls with the magnet. - Seth

The circle magnets made circles with the iron balls. - Sam Cornford

The magnet that we made was fun to make because it was tricky - a challenge. - Neah

I made a giraffe because it was my favourite animal that was there. It's a great magnet for my fridge. - Natalie

The crocodile is made out of foam and we got to stick a magnet on the back. - Sarah

I am putting a magnet under the paper and moving a magnetic counter around a maze. - Toby

We are having a boat race. We made boats and we put paper clips on them and used magnets under the paper. - Nate

We had a boat race with magnets. - Georgina

We are trying to build a butterfly with the coloured paper and we had to get the paper clip to the string and with the magnet we had to see if it would fly. - Jess

Ramona Quimby in Room 3.

We have nearly finished our second story about Ramona Quimby and her sister Beezus. We enjoy to hear about her life challenges and about the 'creative' things that she does. We have created some observational drawings of Ramona. Natalie's sketch is at the top of our page. Here is a peek of some others before they had their background...

Koputaroa Hangi...yum yum!!

Koputaroa had a hangi...we took some pictures of this event.

Mr McKenzie is telling us about the hangi pit - Kathleen
We could hear the wood crackling - Ben
Underneath the wood it looked like a little volcano - Neah
We went closer and it stung our eyes and when we went back it was nice and cool - Georgina

Mr McKenzie said that it was really hot and it burst into flames - Navah
He said that if it glows red it is very, very, very hot - Olivia
The metal thing burnt the grass - Angus
The metal thing looked like a mask - Campbell and Seth

Mr Whakarau said that... he used to do hangis when he was little - Campbell
...they had a trailer full of wood that burnt on the hangi pit - Natalie
...they drove the trailer to the hangi pit - Gemma
...they put cabbage leaves under the food so it wouldn't burn it - Jess
...they use stones - Caitlin

James said his parents enjoyed their hangi meal!