Year 5 and 6 Camp by Angelo

Did you see me throwing water balloons last week? I was at year five and six camp on the field. I was playing top town.

During top town on the bottom field, we had to use cooperation  to try and get to the war zone, without touching the screaming eels. My group the All stars only had three boards to get to the war zone. When we got to the war zone we had to throw water balloons at the other group's castle.

Get lost was another thing that I liked  at  camp. It was like we were playing the Amazing race. My favourite thing in get lost was the face painting and dress ups. We had to use ipads  to prove that we did what the clue told us to do. The hardest thing was building a box, there were so many pieces to put together.

Camp was awesome, but  I was filled with tears on the day when we were packing and cleaning our tents. The best thing liked was when we went to the pools. Next time I'm looking  forward to not one but two camps next year, it will be phenomenal!

Year Five and Six Camp Recount by Talita

Hey there did you hear about the Camp at Pt England school? Well if you have or if you haven't I’m going to tell you about it and what we did. We had the Camp in three days with alot of fun. In those three days where Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. If you were wondering who the Camp was for well it was for the Year five and Six at Pt England school. Thats why its called Year Five and Six Camp. The Camp was held at Pt England school and thats where we slept at the school. It was awesome. We had groups and I was in the Care Bears. Its called that because we care but like the little bears.

On Thursday afternoon just before lunch my group and teacher leader went down to Pt England Beach to kayak. When Care Bears got there we saw the kayak crew and when we came closer to the beach we saw Mr Burt and helpers eating lunch. Then Mr Burt stood up and talked to us little while then the Care Bears went down to the water and started to put some safety life vests on to keep us safe in the water. When we went in to our kayaks we had to put in foot bottom foot.

The day before that my group went cooking. The boys cooked fish,fritters and thing like that. While they do that the girls baked cookies and cheese scones. Who were you cooking with I hear you say? Well we cooked with Mrs Jarman. She was really cool to cooked with. First the of all we picked our partners or our partners picked us. My partner was Seini and she picked me. She was all right to work with. Next thing we did was we went through instructions then started making the cookies. When we were finish one tray of tasty cookies some of the teachers came in. They asked what we cooking and we told them chocolate chip cookies. After that we were so hungry we had a cookie each and they were divine and real tasty.

            

Next year will probably not be that exciting then this year. But it might. So thats the end of 2014 Year Five and Six Camp. Can’t wait till to next year. Come back next year for 2015 Year Five and Six Camp!

Year 5 and 6 Camp 2014

Wow what an amazing three days at camp! Click the photos below to look at the Care Squad's camp photos.

Watch this space for camp recounts :)

Camp is Coming

Year 5 and 6 camp! by Christian

Want to sleep at Pt England School? Well the days have come. This

week on Wednesday, Thursday

and Friday too. Year 5 and 6 are

camping at Pt England school  to learn about nature.

I am looking forward to camp cooking because I never ever cooked before

in  my life!!!!! I like cooking, but

I don’t do it. Cooking is not my idea of having fun. I am nervous of cooking.

Make sure you check my blog for my more information about year 5 and 6 camp.

Camp Is Coming! by Alisha

Would  you  like  know  what  camp  is  like ?  Well  you're in   for  a   surprise!  I am  going  to  this   week!  This Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the year  Five  and  Six  students  will  be  camping  at  Pt  England  School. We  are  camping to  get to  know  each  other and  to  have  fun!

I am  looking forward  to going to  Mangere pools  with  Mrs Jarman on Friday, and  camp cooking, that  I  just  cannot  wait until  Wednesday!

Be  sure  to  check  back  on   my  blog  as  I  will  sharing  my   camp  experience  with  you.

Camp this week by Leni

You will never know what the year six and five are doing? Well, I will tell you what we are doing. The year six and fives are going to their camp this Wednesday and then Thursday and then Friday. It is going to be so cool and so fun at camp.

I just cannot wait in until Wednesday it is because we are doing top  town with Miss Ouano and Miss Garden we are going to have fun doing top town it is going to be cool .

Check back to my blog to see more of it, I will tell you more on camp story.

Friday Afternoon - Golden Time

R.I.P. Eggy by Adriel

Our fellow friend caterpillar eggy has passed on to the heavens above."We miss you eggy" from Class 10.

What's Up Class 10?

Class 10 are going to share some of our super experiences and amazing learning with you.

What makes a good friend? by Omari

What makes a good friend? What a good friend means sharing. In my words I would say caring for a friend would be being really nice or giving them a big cheer. Well my name is Omari and this is where you come and find out what a good friend is.


Being a good friend is something I call nice, giving, honest or brave.I f I had a friend I would hope he is very brave because if there was an emergency he would we able to save my life. Man I wish to have any friend but not kids who bully me or anyone else.


My friends are really nice and positive.They always have my back, but if I tell their secrets they won’t trust me that why I don’t like telling anything to anyone even if it’s a bully. I like having friends because it reminds me of my cousins and family.

My whole family makes me think of love and courage and that why I want to be a famous rugby league player or something like that. Friends are fantastic. What are your friends like?

Bar Graph by Adriel

In Class 10 we were doing bar graphs of data we collected. I was investigating what was the most popular place to visit. It was awesome!!

Exercise Investigation by DJ, Angelo and Olivia

Qualities of a Goof Friend by Christian and Wesley

Fabulous Facts About Frogs by Seini

Good Friends by Talita

Record music and voice >>

This is my friend and she the best.

Hi and welcome to read the right thing. I am Talita live at Pt England school and today we are to talking about being a good friend. This is how you be one of the coolest friend ever (plus a bit more). We’re going to talk about qualities our first one is to be about caring for each other. To do this you will have to care for peoples things or them. For example if one of your friends leaves their netbook on the ground, pick it up.

This is the second part of the show is about cheering one another up. The first step is make a joke up and if that does not work then do the second step which is work pat their back saying are you alright. For example if someone is crying go over to them and ask them if they're alright patting them on the back.

Okay if you need a break go and get one but if you’re not tired keep reading. The next I am going to be talking is about how we are going to end the show and that is…   I hoped you enjoyed, because if you did see you next time on reading the right thing.   

Brilliant Facts About Butterflies - By Omari

The Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly by Adriel

A Butterfly starts life as a very small egg. If you look close enough you can see the tiny caterpillar growing inside of it. The mother attaches a leaf that will be food for the caterpillar.

When the egg hatches the caterpillar will eat the leaf they were born on. Caterpillars need to eat and eat so they grow quickly. The caterpillars are extremely small when they are born. Caterpillars instantly grows as it eats.

As soon as the caterpillar is done growing it changes to a chrysalis or pupa. In the
Chrysalis the old body parts are transforming to a beautiful butterfly. This is called metamorphosis .


When the butterfly first emerges from the chrysalis both of the wings are going to be soft.
As soon the butterfly has rested it will pump blood to its wings. Later it will find a partner and make new eggs.This is when the butterfly life cycle starts all over again.

Meet Eggy and Swany

Meet Eggy and Swany our class caterpillars. They were tiny when we got them, and now they are huge! Watch this space for stories about monarch caterpillars! 

Blog Roll Out 2014!

Class 10 and Class 9 were so excited as we left the hall from assembly this morning. We all knew that at 10 o'clock we got to go back to the hall to receive our brand new netbooks.

When we arrived at the hall Mrs Burt gave us a helpful talk about looking after our netbooks, then soon after we were allowed to open the box and turn them on.

It was such an amazing experience seeing everybody delighted to have a brand-new device. Watch this space as we are going to share our amazing learning in the following weeks!

First School Assembly 2014

This morning we had our first schoolwide assembly for 2014! Mr Burt introduced to The Pt England value that we are focusing on this year - Caring - Tiaki Taonga. Caring is all about looking after those who are special to us and taonga means something that is sacred.

We also got to meet the prefects for 2014, they made us an amazing movie about playing in the right place. 

Busy Afternoon

Class 10 had such a busy afternoon! On Friday we get our brand new netbooks, so we have been learning how to log in to our Google accounts.

We have also been working on our self portraits. First we had to do a draft, then we sketched our final copy onto a good piece of paper. We use pastels and crayons to make our portraits bright and colourful.

Here are some photos from a very busy afternoon, during our first week of school.

Statistical Investigations in Class 10!

We have been learning to conduct investigations using the statistical enquiry cycle. Class 10 are data detectives! Here are some cool photos of us

investigating!