Cross Country

Here are some photos of the Upper Clutha Cross Country!

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Term 3!

Welcome to Term 3!

Sorry we have not updated the blog for a while but we have all been busy learning about our new toy in our classroom! Thanks to the school and the PTA, Room 7 was lucky to get a brand new interactive whiteboard in the holidays. We have been using it daily and we are learning new things on it everyday.

Please come in after school to have a look and to try it out!

We have a new topic this term, Down in the bush. The children are very excited about it and already they know so much about our native forests, bush, birds, bugs and insects.
We are heading away on a school trip next Wednesday, so please get those green slips back to the office as soon as you can.
If you have any expertise or knowledge about this topic, we would love to have you in Room 7 as an expert!

A very busy term! Here are a few things that are on this term...

• Cross Country - tick


• Bush Trip


• Production


• Athletics

We have already had our school cross country. Well done to Red and Thomas who recieved placings in the year 3 cross country on Thursday. I cant wait to talk to the others who stayed behind at school for their cross country.

We are looking forward to a very productive term!!

The old tree...

Room 7 went out yesterday to look at one of our oldest trees in the school grounds. We thought about describing a place somewhere in the school for our writing, so we headed to the tree where lots of children play.

Here are a couple of descriptions about the old tree from some of Room 7 students...

Stones huddling like feet gathered together in a big group. Winding roots twisted and tangled burry into the ground. I could see leaves being thrown around madly by the knotty branches. Moss clinging like birds nests hang to the branches. Rough skin like an elephants back. Finn has left his mark so people will remember him. The old oak tree sits and waits for the next bell to ring.

Mackenzie

The old oak tree sits besdie the tenis court waiting to watch cricket. Stones covering the outside like its haing a spa bath. A lightning strike like a tattoo on its arm. Moss clinging to the old oak tree. The scar unlocks secrets from when it was little.

Josh

Come in and read some more in our writing books in Room 7!

Thank you Casey for this poem you wrote at home!

I am the wind!!!

I am the wind that is;
Whipping your face,
Snapping twigs,
Making dust swirl.

I am the wind that is;
Pushing clouds,
Moving birds,
Pulling your hair.

I am the wind that
makes turbines spin.

I am the wind!!!

Casey

When Jack Frost arrives,
he covers the school field with a crusted white blanket,
he bullies the playgrounds leaviong them to drip,
he dips leaves into the brown sugar.

Eliza

When Jack Frost Arrives By Emma

When Jack Frost arrives,
he chucks a crystal white sheet over the school grounds,
he squeezes the water fountains and spoils it for the children at school,
and he blows an icy note across the grass.

When Jack Frost arrives,
he dips leaves into a pot of icing sugar,
he hangs sharp icicles on edges of leaves,
and he scrunches the leaves with his icy hands until they have crispy edges.

Emma