Sunday 20 August 2017

The Snowman by Prabha Thakur, aged 8



It was a freezing cold night and almost every house had their fire place crackling. I, on the other hand, was having the best dream ever. This afternoon I had built a very big snowman all by myself but it was very different than the usual one. He was shaped like a person wrapped up but not his arms or legs. In this amazing dream he came alive and hugged me as if thanking me for making him.

He started to leave but I didn't want him to go away. I held on to his arm tightly. As soon as I did, we were up into the mighty sky flying through the tallest mountains of the town. The snow was whiter than any white. In the middle of all these mountains were narrow never-ending caves. There were reindeer and goats. I wondered if they lived in the caves. I saw the clumsy penguins that were sliding down the slippery mountains and kept bumping into each other, I thought they were having a race. I thought the caves were where all three animals lived.

After we saw the enormous mountains, we came to a beautiful sight. The village that I lived in was different to the one I was seeing now. The rusty churches were all golden, the houses that were noisy were as quiet as a mouse and there were no cars that created traffic jams on the roads. This night only the breeze and breathing could be heard.

I felt like I was zooming across the sea. There was an enormous ship that had a party going on inside. When a joker saw us, he banged his wine bottle on his head. I really laughed at that.

We saw a dark blue whale and dolphins. The whale squirted water from his blowhole on his back but I only got a little wet.

It was five in the morning now. I saw the northern lights and I thought they were pretty. 

That night before I went to sleep I looked at the snowman I'd built. It almost looked see-through. When I looked up at the sky it looked like the snowman had left his body and gone into the night sky to give another child a ride.

Wednesday 16 August 2017

Student Led Conferences

It was great to see the interactions between whanau, ako and kaiako at our Student-Led Conferences last night.


















Matariki

Matariki is about coming together, having fun and celebrating our success.

This art work has been created to celebrate the important elements of Matariki.


Thursday 3 August 2017

Swimming Sports


Congratulations to all our swimmers in the recent school swimming sports.

Here are some of the place getters in each year group:

Year 4 Girls




Year 4 Boys





Year 5 Girls





Year 5 Boys


























Year 6 Girls



























Year 6 Boys








Heart Kids

Sam Williams, Year 5,  fundraised for Heart Kids today.
The school dressed in RED.

Sam raised $572.70  from gold coin donations and selling heart shaped biscuits at lunch time.

Great effort Sam!!