Upgrade at Playground

The adventure playground is old and it needs upgrading, so a working bee call went out in the newsletter. It said "Help needed to pull down the cotton reels!"
One weekend some dads came to pull down the playground. The reel have been made into firewood and there is danger signs everywhere.
by Jack

Rugby League

Every Wednesday 2 Auckland Point teams climb onto the bus at 12.30 and they set off.
When the 2 teams arrive they climb off the bus and sit down waiting for the instructions from coach for where we were to playing. Last week we played Tahuna School. We lost. It is a fun because it is tackling!! Thats why I signed up and also because my friends signed up too. My Cousin, Lochland also plays rugby league too! He is in a higher group so I won't verse him.
Last week Quentin got the player of the day. I wonder if I will get the player of the day this week.
By Alex

Horse Riding

Written by Victoria, but dictated by Matt.

On Thursday I drove to horse riding with mum and Tylar. I have a brown horse, It jumped over the poles. Its fun doing the jumping. Then I picked up rings that were on the pole I had to put them in a cup. Next I looked at the fences and I saw a apple, I had to put the apple in the bucket.
I looked up and there was a plane in the sky.
I had to wear a helmet so I am safe if I fall off my horse. It hurts if I fall off the horse but its amazing how a horse can do such things.
My horse is a boy, my horse is beautiful. I love my horse because he's fun.
On Thursday after lunch I will go riding if it's sunny enough.

Tree Planting at Neale Park

Our class went tree planting at Neale Park. When we got there Richard told us about trees and asked us some questons about trees, I answered quite a lot of them. We got into groups of three, my leaders name was Sharon and we chose a tree to plant.
Mine was a macadamia. We had to put fertiliser in the hole we made.
The next tree took longer. Then we planted smaller trees. It was fun planting trees.
by Jasmyn

Poi Making

As part of our Matariki unit we made poi's. Megan's class and my class made poi's. Jasmyn and I were buddies and I got the hang of making poi's on the first one I made.
All together we made about twenty five pois for Kapa Haka. We had to make one poi each. I had to help Jasmyn make her poi because she had no idea. I helped about seven people. Caleb knows how to do the butterfly with two poi's. Thats when you swing them together. I think it was a great day making poi's.
written by Tinneka

St Vincent Room visits the Boulder Bank

St Vincent Room Visits the Boulder Bank on PhotoPeach

Champagne,Lipstick and Nugget, our fish

In the big tank we have 3 big fish, Champagne is the biggest. She is a fantailed comet. Lipstick and Nugget are just common comets.

In our other tank we have 11 comets. We are fish sitting them for a lady who has gone to London for the winter. Champagne is beautiful because she has a tail that moves in the current and swirls and sways when she swims. Whaitiri Lomax

Poems about us

We wrote poems about ourselves and illustrated them with sketches of our faces.

We took photos of each other and folded the prints in half and sketched the other side.

Here are some of them.

A.N.Z.A.C. Day Re-Enactment at Founders Park

Captain Mannering met us in the Windmill at Founders Park, he handed us gas masks in boxes and told us to keep them with us at all times.

We needed the masks in case the Germans dropped bombs on us!

We needed to keep a watch out for spies, as they might be anywhere. We saw them lurking around the buildings and on the corners. We could identify them by their big coats, scarves and hats pulled down over their eyes.

There were soldiers in the streets with real rifles and they were patrolling and marching. Some of the soldiers were in camouflage gear.

A London Bobby was strolling along asking us and other people for their identification. He had a whistle and a wooden truncheon in his belt.

There were lots of nurses in big white uniforms. They all had red blood all over their aprons. We all saw their red crosses on their veils.

At the Butcher Shop we met Corporal Jones, he was having an argument with some ladies. They said it was unfair that he saved the good meat for Captain Meandering’s wife and they only got to buy the gristly and fatty meat. They shouted and waved their umbrellas at him.

We were invited into a hall for a taste of food that people in London had to eat. The ladies serving the food told us how there was food shortages in England, so people had to just have small amounts of meat and butter and eggs.

Suddenly the air raid sirens went off…. we had been warned what to do! The noise was very loud and the sirens wailed and screamed.

Quickly we all followed Captain Mannering and Corporal Jones to the Bunker. We had a walk along the verandahs and out across the road to a tunnel and then up steps and down into the dark.

The air raid shelter was in a train tunnel, called The Underground. Many people were there already and it was very dark. We could see the railway tracks and it was cold and damp.

This was very scary, because we could hear the bombs falling and then exploding. We heard the screaming noise of bombs flying across the sky. Captain Mannering told us that people played cards, had a sleep or just sat and waited for the bombs to stop. There was a lady asleep on the floor and little kids holding onto their mum’s hands.

Finally the All Clear siren went and we were able get ready to leave.

We crept over to the edge of the forest and saw some secret agents working in a hut. They were listening to secret messages and sending top secret codes to the army. They had French accents and long scarves.

As we left the Tube station we got to talk to a Chelsea Pensioner. We learnt that he was an old soldier and now he lives in a special retirement hospital and has a special uniform to wear on special days. He had medals and a red coat.

It was only a Re-enactment but it was how it was for many families and kids in London during World War 2.

Some kids got sent to Wales [ where Jasmyn comes from] without their mothers and fathers.

We all thought it was a great visit and we were all actors in the re-enactment.

Poems inspired by Michael Rosen's "Chocolate Cake"

Cheese Cake

by Samantha Wilson (8)

I love Cheese Cake. And when I was young I loved it even more.

When I take a bite, the creamy stuff oozes out the sides of my mouth like froth and it feels cold on my teeth, and when my teeth hit the crunchy biscuit at the bottom, I can hear the crackling noise that it makes when it breaks. When I first tried cheese cake, it was all around my mouth and was even up my nose, it was sticky, gooey and crunchy but delicious.

When I was four I thought cheese cake was made of cheese. But later on , I found out that wasn't true, because it wasn't yellow and it didn't have holes in it. When I hear the words "cheese cake" my mouth waters and I feel hungry.

When it gets served at the table, I look at it, I grab a slice and then I gobble it up like a hungry turkey.

By Samantha.