Olympic Heroes.

Marco showing his balance and coordination at the Mini Olympics in term 3.

Dylan's Report on Spider's Webs.

Silk is what spiders make their webs with. Spider's silk is runny. The silk is squeezed through tubes from the spiders bottom half, at the end of the spider. After the silk is runny, it goes hard like steel. Silk is very thin. It takes a spider one minute to make one meter of silk. One million webs is what one tea spoon of silk can make. It takes a spider almost thirty meters of silk to make one web. Spiders eat their old web before making a new one.
When spiders are on their web they can't get stuck. Spiders webs are made with sticky and dry threads. The spider walks on the dry threads, so it does not step on the sticky threads. Only the spider knows where the dry threads are.

Finesa's Acrostic Poem

Finesa's Poem

Outstanding
Legacy
Yacthing
Marvellous
Participation
Intelligent
Cheering

Gold
August
Marathon
Encourage
Silver

Joe's Acrostic Poem

Joe's Poem

Olympic flame
Live
Yachting
Marathon
Practice
Into it
Cycling
Silver

Holly's Acrostic Poem

Holly's Poem

Olympian
Leaping
Yachting
Medals
Pouncing
Incredibility
Courage
Shotput

Greedy Cat

The ESOL reading group from Room 8 have been using a well known and much loved story about Greedy Cat. After reading the book, the children have re-written and drawn the story using Kid Pix.

Tenpin Bowling.

On Sunday, my uncle drove my marvellous mum and I to the tenpin bowling at Wairau Park. When it was my turn I felt anxious because I had never played it before. I swung the heavy ball tight and launched it onto the slippery surface. It was uncontrolled and I missed. I felt depressed because I didn't knock any pins down. Then I thought ' this time i know I can smash pins down'. I stopped in silence like a praying mantis waiting for its prey. I then changed my mind and sat down to watch my mum before I attempted it again.