SOLAR ECLIPSE!!!

On Wednesday the 14th of November,  Room 18 was lucky enough to watch the solar eclipse. 

We were on the athletics' track and Brooke looked up and saw that we could see the eclipse through the clouds, without it hurting our eyes. When we got back to class we saw that Mr Thornton had set up some binoculars for us. We also looked through some glasses with solar lenses and Olivia and Ella thought it looked quite spectacular. The sun was blue when you looked through the glasses at it! A solar eclipse is when the moon crosses in between the sun and the earth. We got a special visitor in our class whose name was Miss Dr Emett. She studies astronomy and scientific matters in Australia. She told us that she was watching the solar eclipse in Whangarei, because it was one of the best viewing places in the world. Wow! We are so lucky to have watched this because the next good one viewed in Whangarei is not expected to happen for 80 years! So our class is very lucky to have viewed this!!!

By Olivia and Ella!

Aladdin Production

This week is a very busy week because the senior syndicate is doing four performances of their production, Aladdin. We are performing in the Riverbank Theatre. We must be very popular because all the tickets are sold out. Ella said that it is exciting performing on stage in front of a large crowd. We are very privileged to have Ms. Fisher as our director this year. She has been so good to us. Caitlin said that Ms. Fisher has been very fair in distributing the parts. She has kindly spread out the parts across the whole syndicate so there are five Aladdins, four Gingers, five Sultans ect. We must give a very big thank you to Ms Fisher for giving her time to us for a great production.

By Olivia and Caitlin

Pattern Projects

PATTERN PROJECTS TERM 2 

At the end of the term we got into groups of one, two or three to create a pattern project. We had to choose a pattern theme and research about it. The most popular themes were animals and space. We could present it on either a chart, fold-out or keynote on the desktop. We also had to present a song or poem along with the presentation. When we had finished our projects, we shared them with the class and we were marked by Mrs Gunson from one to twenty.

By Livvy and Shelly

TRANSIT OF VENUS On Wednesday the 6th of June, our class went to the Town Basin to try and see the Transit of Venus. When we arrived we had to wait awhile, because there were too many clouds in the sky and we wouldn't of been able to see anything. Hunter got to be in the Advocate and some of us got to be in the Leader because there were some photographers there. They took photos of us. Did you know that the next Tr

ansit of Venus will not happen for another 105 years? So this was a great chance for us. Unfortunately, because of the condition of the clouds and the weather we didn't get to see it.

By Livvy and Shelly

Room 18 Waitangi Trip 2012

It w It was a great day when Room 18 traveled to Waitangi. At Waitangi we were to learn about the people and the places that were important when the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. When we arrived we were welcomed with a powhiri and then we were split up into two groups. My group went with guide Jojo to see the longest waka in the world. After that we went to a temporary fishing hut, which was set up for the rugby world cup (which the All Blacks won). We ate some puha and it was nice. Then we walked up a monstrous hill to see the flag pole, the marae and Mr.and Mrs. Busby's house. by Andre Luiten.

See You Soon Mr. McKernan

The first thing we had this week was our Kauri Whanau meeting on Wednesday afternoon!
The teachers announced the Whanau leader competition had begun, we started off with some nominees and then some speeches and on Friday, in our liturgy, we found out the leaders. Their names are Yvette and Andre.

During the same liturgy, Mr Mckernan announced that he was leaving school for the term, and that Mrs J (our DP) was going to be the principal for the rest of the term. As a suprise, we gave him a smily face lunchbox.

by Caitlin Morris.

The First Week of 2012.

Welcome back to Room 18's blog for 2012!
We've got up to alot this week and it was only the first week; such as the powphiri on Tuesday and us learning about the Treaty of Waitangi.

On Friday, we had our first game of nonstop cricket for the year. It was a very exciting first game. There were some outs,some safes and some very crazy catches [go Cameron!]. Other than those things it was lots of fun!

Bye for now,
Caitlin Morris