Our puppies

These are Abby's and Leah's new puppies. They are ten weeks old.We bought them to school. Leah's puppy is called Lucy and Abby's puppy is called Aoife. The name Aoife comes from Irland. Abby got her puppy on her birthday, Leah got her puppy on the 25 of May. Leah's puppy is a cross betwen a Shih tzu and a Maltese, Abby's pup is a mini Schnauzer.

cross country

Oakley,Leah,Aidan,Luke Z,Luke E,Jackson and Henry went to  zone cross country at Jellie Park.We tried our best at cross country and we loved it.Oakley and Luke Z made it in to the finals Oakley came 8th  and Luke Z came 5th.It was really fun.

Mrs France's mini cake

It was Miss Frances birthday yesterday. I made a cake for her. it was a banana cake with dryed baisana on top. I put it in a little box for her. Mrs France took it home to eat it.It is my birthday tomorrow. Logan

Birthday cake

Thank you Logan for the yummy birthday cake.Thank you Room 8 for all your birthday wishes. Well done to our cross country team- seeing you try so hard was a birthday bonus. Miss France

young leaders day

On Tuesday Oakley and Henry went to Young Leaders Day. Young leaders day is when you are chosen as  a leader for our school. There were Nathan Fa,ave,Cam Calkoen,Sophie,Sam Johnson and James Beck speaking to us.Nathan fa,ave said be passionate of what you do.Cam Ca pascoelkoen's favourite word is awesome.Sophie Pascoe was born in Christchurch.Sam Johnson said you should have fun.James Beck said be a spark for others.

by Oakley and Henry  

Squash

Harewood School has set up a squash court in the mult-purpose room. Tim has shown us some of his skills about squash. Tim has shown us how to play a proper game of squash aWe learnt the ball can't go under the yellow line. We have had so much fun playing sqaush.The skills Tim has shown us were:
*  to roll the ball around the racquet four times;
*  We also learnt how to bounce the ball forty times.
* We learnt to use our back hand.
We had alot of fun with Tim.

Being a peer writer

 Abby, Kezia, Luke Z, Becky and Elia are the peer writers in Room 8. We help five other children in our class who need assistance in writing. We talk about ideas for their writing and help them with spelling. We also give them prompts. We are enjoying this experience.

Jason's 1970s plasma ball

Today  I  brought  my  plasma  ball.It is from 1970.
It has got neon gas inside it.

Ruapuna Raceway Duathalon

On Wednesday the 9th of May Luke Z, Oakley and Aidan went to Ruapuna Raceway to compete in a school duathalon.We were racing against 80 people.It was a run ,bike, run. We ran 2km and biked 6km and another 1km run.     Aidan

Have a look for our results here
http://www.primarysportscanterbury.org.nz/

Japanese Childrens Day

On the fifth of May it is Childrens Day in Japan. One of the things they put up this kite called a koinobori. they are a specail type of carp streamer. The Japanese people put up koinobori which is a sort of fish on a flag pole.
If you want to put up a koinobori on a pole this is the order it should go in, The black carp goes first that is the dad, the red carp goes seconed that is the mum, the last carp is the son. Sometimes if there is a daughter she is at the bottom.

 In Japanese culture, the carp (or koi) represents courage and perseverance, as the fish is known for its strength and determination as it swims against the current upstream. The carp kite symbolises each family's wish for their sons to grow up brave and strong.

We have put these flags up on our flag pole at Harewood.We need some wind now!

1970's Disco Mania

Room 8 is starting to learn our dance for the production we are doing the YMCA. We are doing the 1970s

We are learning lots of other songs like Mama Mia and Child of Tomorrow.

On   ANZAC DAY  I   marched on the  streets from  St James Ave   to   Papanui   RSA. When we were  at the RSA  we had a memorial  servise  at the servise Amy,Catlin and  I  were chosen to put the Kimai  Brownies  wreth  down  by the wall.

Making the Anzac wreath

We helped Mrs Garth make the wreath for Anzac Day. We put all the different flowers on the wreath. Leah and Paige did a good job. We helped Mrs Garth clean up after we had a lot of fun. We are going to put the wreath on the cenotoph for Anzac Day tomorrow because we are having to get up at 7:00 o'clock and be at school we are having a special Anzac service we are going to have a special breakfast at St James church. We loved making the wreath with Mrs Garth it was fun!!!!.

By Paige and Leah!!.

                                                                                                          

making anzac biscuits

It was fun making them because we ate them in class and it is Anzac day on Wednesday 25th April.
We like the anzac biscuits.
Mrs Black helped us making the Anzac biscuits. During the war the mums and wives made them and sent them to the soldiers. The ingredients didn't spoil easily.

from Mason Shyan Ryan

ANZAC biscuits

 

100 grams butter

1 table spoon  of golden syrup 

½ cup of sugar

¾ cup of  coconut

¾  cup rolled oats

¾  cup of  flour

1 tea spoon of baking soda

1table spoon of hot water

Melt butter and golden syrup.

Cool.

Mix  sugar, coconut, rolled oats, and flour

Add dry ingredients and stir well

Mix water and baking soda

Add to the mixture

Bake approximately 15 minutes at 180 degrees

Making Easter nests

Easter Nests

Ingredients:

250g Kremelta

4 cups of Kellogg’s Rice bubbles

1cup of icing sugar, sifted

3 tablespoons of Cocoa

1 cup of desiccated Coconut

Instructions:

Mix the rice bubbles, icing sugar, coconut and cocoa in a large bowl.

Melt the kremelta.

Stir in the kremelta.

Press into small patty tins

Put in the refrigerator to set.

Animal Day at Harewood

Today  is are animal day.We all look  wild . I am a rabbit and Miss France is a zebra.    We all came from the zoo . At 10.20 we are going to have a parade.
from Shyan

 cody is a tiger and im a rabbit .

 Ruby is a cat,Luke is a tiger, Brayden is a tiger and Mason is a black panther.

My new Uniform

This is my new uniform in Clearveiw it is a skort a green t-shirt and undershirt with a jumper. My new school has 460 people my Homebase is  Homebase 13 in the blue block
I like my new school!!!!

By Rosie :)

Why We Have Easter!

I think we have Easter because of the moon. The moon is connected to Easter because there is a crater shaped like a bunny and a bunny means life in some country's. The eggs sprang up because in the Bible the rock covering Jesus tomb is shaped like an egg so that's where the eggs came from and he rose on Easter Sunday.

By Rosie

You got me wondering Rosie and this is what I discovered-there is also an Egyptian connection

It is the hare, and not the rabbit, that should be treated as the true symbol of Easter. Though both of them belong to the 'Lagomorpha' family and have a lot of  things in common, there are some differences.

Since the ancient times the hare has been a symbol for the moon. Not the rabbit. And the legend says, the hare never closes its eyes, not even for a single blink!

The reason for this belief may be in the fact that hares, not rabbits, are born with eyes open. Rabbits are born blind.

The ancient Egyptians related hares to the moon. The Egyptian name for hare was 'un', meaning 'open'. And they loved watching the full moon open eyed throughout the night.

Rabbits have shorter legs and therefore move in little hops, while hares have longer rear legs and can jump far distances. Baby rabbits, or bunnies (except maybe the Easter Bunny), are helpless when they are born because their eyes are closed and they have no fur. Baby hares have their eyes open at birth and they are born with full fur; they can hop soon after they are born. Also, most rabbits live underground, but hares live above ground.

Rosies Leaving

On Thursday last day of the term I am leaving. I am going to Clearview in Rollston. Clearview is a very new school and opened last year and most likely has less students then Harewood . I am going to vist Clearview tomorrow. I am exited and sad to leave Harewood but exited to go to Clearview

From Rosie