Land Yacht Competition

Kia ora team,
After watching Room 6 do their awesome boat competition it was decided that Room 5 would also get in on the action and run a similar competition for the land. Please read on for rules and guidelines. Your craft may look something like this...

The competition:
* To be held on the netball court in week 4 of Term 2. (Or on a very windy day!)
* Entrants may push their craft away from the starting line and see how far it rolls.
* The craft which covers the greatest distance will be deemed the winner and will receive a prize.
* There will also be a prize for the most stylish craft and the most unusual (To be decided by vote)!

Construction guidelines:
* You may use any material you like to make your craft and there is no limit on size.
* Please write the name of your craft on the side of the body.
* Batteries and electrical motors / gasoline engines are not permitted to be used to power the craft, however any other kind of power is acceptable (such as wind and rubber band).
* All entrants will be recognised as having completed an academic challenge for their Te Waihora Challenge. Good luck!

Class Auction

Today we used our hard earned class money (doggy dosh) to bid for assorted prizes.



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Awesome Crusader Ponies

On the 18th of April, our class held a Crusader day. Lucy's mum bought 3 horses as the "crusader horses" and Lucy's Nana did all the amazing sewing for the horses. Above is Zoe on Gundagai Sparkle with Brodie leading them.

Above is Cheleken Spike Millagan and Lucy.

And last but not least,  Highstyle Dolly and Mya with Ellie leading

Piano presentation

Thank you to Mya and Lucy for playing the piano for us today. This is one of their Te Waihora challenges.



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On a Crusade!

Today we got dressed up in red and black to support the Crusaders and join the More FM competition to win free rugby tickets. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

My Friend Bruce

My friend Bruce is a mechanical creature.
He has a big spanner and a vintage steam car that we drive down the road.
He wears light blue overalls which are sometimes covered in oil, and when he's not wearing those he wears dark blue shorts and a black and white checkered top.
Bruce is always talking to my dad about his Austin Heally sports car. He gives me a chocolate fish as a present sometimes.
He's a great person to know because when I'm looking for bits and bobs he can always help me.

By Ashley

My Grandad

My Grandad is a glorious creature.
He has a collection of pocket knives and a glass eye that he plays tricks with.
He wears shorts and a t-shirt and sometimes wears a watch.
My Grandad has a reason for everything when you ask a question.
Whenever I can't find him he's usually on the computer looking at motorbikes or pocket knives.
Another interesting thing about him is that he likes to sleep a lot.
What an exciting Grandad!

By Caelan

My Dad

My Dad is a sporty creature. He has a Hilux and an iPhone 5 that has three pages of apps. He always wears a black jersey but sometimes he wears a T shirt and shorts when it is very hot. My Dad often says, ''boys'' when he needs us.
Whenever I can't find Dad he's usually talking to our neighbours or working on our farm gate for the bunnies.
Another interesting thing about him is that he likes to make movies on iMovie or do wrestling with us like a dominating monster.
What an interesting Dad!

By Nathan

My Dad

My dad is a sporty creature. He has blue eyes that shimmer in the sun and some blackish brown hair that is going bald at the top. He always wears a business suit, but he sometimes wears a singlet and shorts in the weekends.
My dad often asks, "how was your day?" when we get home.
Whenever I can't find him he's usually on his phone checking sales of mushrooms.
Another interesting thing about my dad is that he coaches rugby for the under 11s.
He's a great Dad!
By Ben

My Dad

My dad is a mechanical creature. He has green eyes and dark brown hair which is bald in the middle. He wears a battered old long sleeve shirt and moleskin pants. When my mum sees them she says, "That needs a wash Ian!" He drives a Ford Territory car and likes to fix things.

He used to work for CAT and fix dump trucks the size of buildings. Right now he is building a 6 1/2 meter boiler, and that's where I usually find him.

Another thing about my dad is that he never gets time to build his Lotus car which he has in bits in his shed. He is a great dad!

By Ethan

 

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My Cousin

My cousin is a hard working creature. She has a black soft dog and blonde hair that shines when the sun catches it.

She always wears shorts and a sparkling tank top but sometimes wears jeans and a polo fleece when it is frosty.

My cousin often says, "Hey Frankie!" when she comes over to see me. Whenever I can't find her she's usually practising netball or cooking tea at home.

Another interesting thing about her is that she goes to Rangi Ruru high school in town.
When Hannah comes over we stay up late and watch the movies or make friendship bracelets.

What an interesting girl!

By Fran

My Teacher

My teacher is a busy creature. He has blue eyes that sparkle in the sun and has a head that is bald in the middle because he's getting older.

He always wears long brown shorts with a striped shirt but sometimes when it's cold, he wears long sleeves with long black pants.

My teacher often says, "haere ki te whāriki" when he wants us on the mat.

Whenever I can't find him, he's usually in the office working on his computer, in the class room or out on the field doing sports.

Another interesting thing about him is that he loves to eat peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
What an interesting teacher!

By Zarah

My Teacher

My teacher is a sporty creature. He has a poddle called Gino and two children. He always wears brown shorts and a chekered shirt but, sometimes wears long black fancy pants.

My teacher often says, "paki paki" when we do good work. Whenever I can't find my stuff he is usually calm and says, "it will turn up soon".

Another interesting thing about him is that he's bald in the middle of his head because he is getting old!

He drives a green Mazda sports car that has a red roof that folds down. He wizzes round Springston like a wild dog.

What a unique teacher!

My Teacher

My Teacher is a star-reaching creature. He has skinny square glasses and a quirky habit for making nicknames for all my class mates.

He repeats, "turi turi" and "Haere ke te whariki" when we are being boisterous stamping baby elephants.

He takes a dark gaze at us and says "warning for a yellow sheet!" when we are dilly-dallying around.

He wears checkered shirts, sandals and browny beige shorts and he drives a pocket-sized green Mazda sports car.

He likes to strum the guitar, chirp songs in Māori, play fun sports and of course, teach Room 5 a lot of interesting things.

Our class thinks he is a thrilling torpedo teacher!

By Lucy

My teacher

My teacher is a sporty creature. He has coal black glasses and a lot of cool checkered shirts. Mr T has a black poodle and he has bold grey eyes that glow when the sun comes out. He has a half bald head and he likes to say "paki paki" or "tino pai" when we are working hard. When we are too loud he will say "wheti wheti" to quieten us down.

He wears beige shorts in the summer and long fancy pants in the winter. A lot of the time he will wear black socks with sandals. We don't see him wearing his shoes that much! He wears a heavy bright orange jacket when it is pouring with rain.

Mr T drives a green Mazda sports car and he likes to enjoy the outdoors and loves to play the guitar.

Mr T is a wonderful teacher, he teaches me a lot of new things and is great at his Māori.

By Libby

My Teacher

My teacher
By Sophie



My teacher is a play-hard creature. He has grey eyes that get larger when he sings and plays the guitar.


He always wears shorts and a shirt, but whenever it is frosty and chilly he wears long sleeved clothes.


My teacher always says ''Turi turi'',''Whāriki'' and ''Whakaronga mai'' when he wants you to listen up or come and sit down on the magic mat!


Another interesting thing about him is that he loves maths and art, but the most important thing is he loves to cycle on his racing bike.


He drives a little sporty car which zips around everywhere like a buzzy bee. What an interesting teacher!


By Sophie.

Guitar concert

John, Ben, and Ethan performed some guitar pieces for their Te Waihora challenge today. Gracias niños!



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Shared morning tea

We celebrated our learning this term by presenting to Room 6 and 9 in the hui. After that we had an awesome shared morning tea. Ka mau te wehi!


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Learning about the dairy industry

Today we watched a play called Rosie the Cow. We learnt that cows have four stomachs and need to chew their cud!



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Thank you letter

Sevao, Year 6
Springston School,
16-20 Leeston Road,
Springston 7616

4th April 2013

Dear Kim,

Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything. I appreciated your help with the cooking, the activities, and the big tidy up at the end.

I had a great time on camp. The highlight for me would be the rifles and archery because I hit the deer with an arrow and I shot the squirrel in the tail!.

I hope you had fun too.

Yours sincerely,
Sevao

Thank you letter

Brodie year 5

16-20 Leeston RD

Springston 7616

4th April 2013

Dear Kent,

Thank you very much for coming on our camp and helping with everything.

I really appreciated your help with making sure no boys came down the hall at night, and helping with the dinner, and making sure that everyone was fed. You also supervised us and made sure we got to the flag pole in time.

I had an awesome time on camp. Some highlights for me were doing the Balanz bikes, the flying fox, and the trampolining.

Once again, thank you very much for everything you did. It was really fun with you there.

Yours sincerely,
Brodie

Thank you letter

Mya, year 6
16-20 Leston road
Springston 7616
4 april 2013

Dear Anna,
Thank you very much for coming to our camp and dropping libby and I at the starting point of our walk. We really appreciated your help with dropping our gear off at camp, driving us to the starting point of our walk, and taking us home again.

I had a great time on camp. Some of the highlights for me were doing archery, the monorail, and the low ropes.

Once again, thanks very much for everything you did.

Yours sincerely,
Mya :)

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Thank you letter

Ellie, Year 5
16-20 Leeston RD
Springston 7616

4 April 2013

Dear Kim,

Thank you very much for coming to our camp
and helping with everything.

We really appreciated your help with the supervising
us, cleaning the bunk rooms and making the dinners for us.

I had a wonderful camp. Some of the highlights for me
were shooting the target three times in a row and also
doing low ropes. I did some of them blind folded.

Once again thanks very much for everything.

Yours sincerely,
Ellie

Thank you letter for camp

Ashley,Year 5
16-20 Leeston Road
Springston 7671
8th April 2013

Dear Sandy

Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything.We really appreciated your help with driving us to camp,serving the food and washing the dishes.

I had a great time on camp.Some of the highlights for me were doing archery and air rifles.

Once again,thank very much for everything you did.

Yours sincerely,

Ashely

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Thank you Letter for Camp

Bryn, Year 6
16 - 20 Leeston Road
Springston 7616
5 th April 2013

Dear Sandy,
Thank you for coming and helping on our camp. We really appreciated your help with serving the food and supervising us on the balanz bikes.

I had a great experience on camp. The highlights for me were the Balanz Bikes even though I couldn't do it the first few times.

Once again, thank you. You helped really well.

Your sincerely,

Bryn

Camp Thank you Letter

Libby
16-20 Leeston Road
Springston 7616

4 April 2013

Dear Anna
Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping us with everything.

We really appreciated your help with transporting us safely to the starting point of the walk and back to school.

My favourite thing on camp was all the recreation activities that we participated in such as low ropes and the trampolines.

I had an awesome time on camp. Some of the highlights on camp were going on the monorail, doing lots of challenging activities, the swimming was a lot of fun too.

Once again thank you very much for everything you did. It really made a difference.

Your Sincerely
Libby

Thank you letter

James,year 6
16-20 Leeston Rd
Springston 7616
8 April, 2013

Dear Gail
Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything. We really appreciated your help with supervising us while we did activities.

I had a fantastic time on camp. Some of the highlights for me were the monorail and air rifles. Once again, thanks very much for everything you did. It was really helpful that you came to camp. Without you we couldn't have done it.

Yours Sincerely,
James

Thank you letter

Zayden year 5
16-20 Leeston Rd
Springston 7616

4th April 2013

Dear Kim,

Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything.

We really appreciated your help with food, dinner, lunch and bunk rooms.

I had a great time on camp.  Some of the best things were air rifle shooting, archery, trampolining and mono-rail.

Yours sincerely,

Zayden

Thank you letter for camp.

Sophie,Year 5
16-20 Leeston Rd
Springston 7616
4th April 2013

Dear Trina

Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything.

We really appreciated your help with making sure we got to sleep, supervising us on the walk and driving us safely to camp.

I had a wonderful time on camp. Some of the highlights for me were the monorail, archery and low ropes.

Once again thanks very much for everything you did. It really was amazing with you and if you did not come we wouldn't have been able to go!
Your sincerely,
Sophie.

Thank you letter

Caelan, year 6

16-20-Leeston rd 

Springston

4th April 2013

Dear Karen,

Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with every.

We really appreciated your help with driving us safely to camp and

serving dinners. I had a lovely time at camp. Some of the of the highlights for

me were archery, air rifles, and low ropes.

Once again, thank you for coming and supporting us.

Yours sincerely,
Caelan

Thank you letter.

Brodie, year 5
16-20 Leeston road
Springston 7616

4 April, 2013

Dear Kent,

Thank you very much for coming on our camp and helping with everything.

I really appreciated your help with making sure boys did not come down the hall at night.
And thanks for helping with the dinner and making sure that everyone was fed. You also made sure we got to the flag pole in time.

I had an awesome time on camp. Some highlights for me were doing balanz bikes, the flying fox and the trampolining.

Once again thank you very much for everything you did. It was really great with you there.

Your sincerely,
Brodie

Thank you letter for camp

Ben, Year 6
16-20 Leeston RD
Springston 7616
4th April

Dear Kent,

Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything.

We really appreciated your help with breakfast, lunch and dinner. We also appreciated your help in supervising the activites.

I had a awesome time on camp. Some of the highlights for me were the balanz bikes and the initiatives course. Once again thanks very much for everything you did. It really was great what you did and thank you for coming.

Yours sincerely,
Ben

Thank you letter

Nathan year 5

16-20 Leeston road

Springston 7616

4th April 2013

Dear Kim,

Thank you very much for coming on camp with us and helping with every thing. We really appreciated your help with the food and cleaning the bunk rooms. Thanks also for leading our team on the walk. I hope you had a fun time.

I had a great time on camp. Some of the highlights for me were speeding down the monorail and the air rifles. Once again, thanks very much for every thing you did. It really was nice of you to come on camp with us.

Yours sincerely
Nathan.

Thank you letter for camp

Zarah year 6

16-20 Leeston rd

Springston school

4th April, 2013

Dear Trina,

Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything.

We really appreciated your help with the clean up of the bunk room, making sure everyone got to sleep and driving us safely to camp.

I had a fantastic time on camp. Some of the highlights for me were the low ropes, initives and air rifles. 

Once again thanks very much for everything you did. It really was fun with you.

Your sincerely,

Zarah

Thank you Letter for Camp

Graeson, Yr 5
16 - 20 Leeston Road
Springston 7616
4th April


Dear Kim,

Thank you very much for taking time off to come to camp with us.

We really appreciated  your help with walking, balanz bikes and dinner.

I had a great time on camp. Some of the highlights for me were shooting, balanz bikes and the trampolines.

Yours Sincerely,

Graeson.

Thank you letter for camp

Francesca year 5

16-20 Leeston rd

Springston 7616

4th April 2013 

Dear Trina,

Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything.

We really appreciated your help with driving us up to camp, making sure we got to bed at night and supervising us during the activities.

I had a great time on camp. Some of the highlight for me were the monorail, archery and air rifles.

Once again, thanks very much for everything you did. It really was an amazing camp and with out you we would not have been able to go to camp. 

Yours sincerely,

Francesca.

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Thank you letter for camp

Ethan,year 6
Springston school 7616
4th April,2013

Dear James,
Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything. We really appreciated your help with the Balanz bikes, serving dinner, and supervising the rotations.

I had a great time on camp. Some of the highlights for me were the air rifles, mono-rail and the flying fox.

Once again, thanks very much for everything you did.
It really would have been impossible without you.

Yours Sincerely,
Ethan

Thank you letter for camp

John,year 5
16-20 leeston rd
springston 7616
4th April,2013

 Dear Kent,

Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything. We really appreciated your help with the balanz bikes, mono-rail and dinner.

I had a great time on camp.

Some of the high lights for me were the monorail, Balanz bikes and archery.

Once again,thanks very much for everything you did. It really helped us have a good time.

Yours sincerly,
John.

Camp Thank you Letter

Jeremy, Year 5

5th April, 2013

16-20 Leeston Road

Springston 7616

Dear Ross,

Thanks for helping on camp. You really made a difference because you were really good at helping on the walk and in the kitchen.

You also helped people go to sleep. Some of the highlights for me were the air rifles and archery.

Once again, thanks for the help. You did it really well.

Yours sincerely,

Jeremy

Camp Thank you letter

Zoe, Year 6 
16-20 Leeston Road 
Springston 7616 

5th April, 2013 

Dear Kent 

Thank you very much for coming to our camp and helping with everything.We really appreciated your help with driving us safely to camp, supervising us during activities and also helping clean out the bunk rooms.

I had a great time on camp.Some of the highlights for me were the Balanz bikes, flying fox, rifles and archery. They were great. 

Once again, thanks very much for everything you did. It really made a difference! 

Yours sincerely,
Zoe

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Assembly certificates

Well done Ashley and Brodie!


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Middle Team Camp Photos

Living Springs Middle Team Camp on PhotoPeach

Camp Group Photo

What a lot of fun camp was! It was an action packed two days and a great bonding session for the awesome Middle school Team.