Mini Olympics

This term we have been creating a country in room 13, 14 and 15. We got to make flags, banners, a haka, tunes and more. We are going to do games like at the real olympics like shot put with water balloons. It has been so fun we don't know the games we are doing this term. We do it every Friday outside it is so fun!!!

Swimming

This term we have been going to Dudley pools. There's 4 groups. There are 3 proper pools, 2 spas and I think 1 swirly pool. It has been so fun. Our swimming class is room 6. The big pool is so deep. There's like a step half way through so you can stand on it, so you don't drown. I am in a group with Sammi R., Lydia, Rutger, and Nic. We do stuff like breast stroke, free style and back stroke and dives as well.Last week we got to

dive and try to get a giant ring but it was up to us we got to chose what on we did i did a stand up dive we could do kneel or sit or stand dive we do swimming every thursday.

TERM 3

Next term we get to learn about chemistry. We get to go to SCIENCE ALIVE and CLIP 'N' CLIMB. We get to go to CLIP' N' CLIMB because in Term 2 for a week we learnt about taking risks so that's why we get to go to CLIP 'N' CLIMB and SCIENCE ALIVE. We get to learn about science and more it will be so fun!!! YAY!!! I CAN'T WAIT!

By Courtney

Kaiapoi Music Festival (Choir)

On Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd of June was the Kaiapoi Music Festival at Kaiapoi Bourough school. It was AWESOME! The Woodend instrumental group came to play some music as well. After the concert we got chocolate fish & lollies. On Monday Mr Barber (principal of Woodend School) came to do some speaking and on Tuesday the principal of Kaiapoi North School came to do some speaking too. We sang: Proud Mary, Taku Papawira, Six Months in a Leaky Boat, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Daisy Bell, This Train, Chatanooga Choo Choo, Row Row Row Your Boat, Yellow Submarine, Up Up and Away, Sailing, Little Deuce Coupe and the National Anthem.The other schools got to sing at least two songs of their own. Also the Kaiapoi North School instrumental group got to perform as well. It was a lot of memorizing, but it was the most funnest thing I've ever experienced in my life!!!!

By Jessica

Librarians

A few weeks ago a few people in my class, Room 13 got to be librarians. Those people are me, Courtney, Izobella, Jesse, Lucy, Lily, Zara and Brooke. We got partners and assigned a class. Me and Izobella got assigned Room 4. We got a schedule from Mrs Simpson for lunch times and what time our class goes to the library and what day. We do lunch times every fortnight on Tuesday. We all get to do it next year too!!! Yay! We get to do our jobs in Term 3. We all have two or one senior to help us for the first two or three times. We will all enjoy being librarians for term 3 and 4 and next year.

By Courtney

A Special Friend

Hi I'm a librarian and my name is Izobella and I'm in Room 13. I'm going to talk to you about my librarian duty. OK then, here we go. Now my librarian partner is Miss Courtney Day. And she's WONDERFUL, just wonderful I tell you. She's 9 years old and Year 5 . She has a brother, NO sisters. A mother, a father and a cat called Stinie. I normally go to her house after school and the day I go to her house is on Thursday. And our class that we do library duty for is room 4, the teacher in room 4 I know her because, I used to be in room 2 and she taught me. I was a year 2 I think. When I first found out I was a librarian I was so so so so glad and proud and also, now I have got 2 badges.One green and one red. If I get an orange one it'll be traffic lights! So I'm now a librarian and I don't think i'll get an orange badge.

Thank you,

Izobella.

Mouse Island Marathon

Author: Geronimo Stilton

Illustrator: Larry Keys

Publisher: scholastic

Main character: Geronimo Stilton

Secondary character: Thea Stilton

Setting: New Mouse City

Main events: Going on a run; Geronimo gets trained

My ideas about the book:

It is a very interesting book; It's cool; It's funny

By Courtney

Sporty Day!

Last Wednesday was a busy, sporty day at Woodend.

In the morning, all the students participated in the Cross Country. I was so impressed with how everyone joined in and gave it their best, whether they were running as part of a relay team or in the individual races.

Special congratulations to the following Room 13 students who did outstandingly in their age groups: Jenna (1st), Sammi (3rd) and Karl (1st) and Nic (3rd). They are all off to run at Kaiapoi tomorrow and Jenna will be competing in the Zones also. Awesome!

Later, in the afteroon, we all went to watch the senior soccer team play against Kaiapoi. A special TV crew were there to film it and we got to practise our awesome cheerleading skills!