Our Brave New Start

Well, as you can see we have had a little bit of a change over the past couple of weeks.  

Firstly our class has been renamed this year and that means that even though this is the Room 7 OPS blog from last year continuing to show what the children and I have been doing along your journey of learning, it will now become the Room 4 OPS blog.

Secondly, you will also have noticed (I hope) our brave new class.  It is still taking me a little bit of time to try and re-organise the blog and update all the information.  I know, people comment all the time - "We should be working smart not harder!" but even the teacher forgets sometimes.  Thank you to all the Room 4 students who have been slowly reminding me of things we need to do and change.

Thirdly, something I did forget to mention is that Room 4 went on camp to Pirongia Forest Park Lodge last week and we will be using this as an opportunity to practice and learn about how to write a good blog posting.  Any advice would be helpful....

Zooming on the Flying Fox.

It was fun going on the flying fox because it was fast. The flying fox made us zoom down the hill. At the start stepping down from the box is really scary. They have hollowed out some of the ground at the start so that you won't hit it. It can make you feel a little bit car sick. You have to be put in a harness because it is too long and too steep to hold on. If you hold onto the wire part you could burn your hands so you had to remember to hold onto the plastic. At the end of the flying fox there are two tyres and two people to catch you. Luce's dad and Tana's Granddad had to wear gloves. The tyres had holes in each side for the wire to go through. Luckily no-one fell off the flying fox. Some people hit the tyres and were flung backwards. When you finished your ride you had to walk it back up the hill by holding the guide rope. We think it must be one of the longest flying foxes EVER! Most of us had a try. Some people didn't want to go at first, but then everyone had a turn (except for Yawden).

Zebong the Story Teller

Zebong is an enthusiastic performer with 17 years storytelling experience and an extensive background in school performance and public speaking. Also the winner of Toastmasters International New Zealand Humorous Speech Competition, his stories are completely original, dynamic and different.

He came to our school last week.  It was a bit of a surprise for Room 4 because they hadn't been told that he was coming but someone spotted him just as the bell went.  It wasn't long before the whole class knew.  The excitement grew as we got into our assembly lines and walked towards the hall.  The first thing that we spotted was a huge picture of a pirate on the wall.

Over the next few days the children in Room 4 will be telling you about their experience with a very good story teller.  Some of the children even got to play a small part in the stories.  So did some of the teachers.

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Backstroke

I went to swim against Hangatiki, Maihiihi, Otewa and St Mary's.  I did backstroke and I was in the first race.  That was one width and I won.  In the next race I had to do 2 widths.  I did the first width and when I came back someone bumped into me with their head.  You got a red cube if you came first, a yellow cube if you came second and I green cube meant that you were third.  I got a green cube for that race.

Almost Drowning

I went to swimming sports today.  I was really excited until I saw all the other children there.  I came last because I got tired feet.  The other swimmers were in front of me and they were kicking really hard and they made me slow down.  When I turned around for my second width the flutterboard slipped out of my hands.  I nearly drowned.  So I got out of the pool and got changed.

Our Day Out

I went with the Year 4s to the Otorohanga town pools for the small schools swimming sports today.  We were swimming against Otewa, St Mary's, Maihiihi and Hangatiki.  There are some good swimmers out there.  I liked cheering for the other swimmers, especially the children from my school.  I was so excited and really hot.  I was a little bit confused too because I thought I would be swimming by myself and some of the Room 6 children swam with me.  It was fun and St Mary's had a sausage sizzle there.  It smelt yummy.

Small Schools Swimming Sports

Today I went to the Small Schools Swimming Sports.  We swam against Otewa, Hangatiki, St Mary and Maihiihi.  I was bored waiting so next year I want to be in more races.  The water was not that cold but it was kind of deep.  I thought it was much deeper on the other side and didn't want to sink so I was a little scared.  It was really exciting lining up for my race.  It was so hot though.  I was extremely thirsty by the time I finished because I was huffing and puffing across the pool.