MMPS Room 16

Bike safety

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Bike safety

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Bike safety choices

2012-02-06T17:21:00.000-08:00

Class of 2012

2012-02-02T23:56:00.001-08:00

Penguin Release

2012-02-02T22:09:00.000-08:00

Technology Challenge 2

2011-12-03T19:32:00.001-08:00

Technology Challenges

2011-12-03T19:08:00.001-08:00

Bubbles

2011-11-21T22:43:00.000-08:00

Here are pictures of our bubble experiment. We knew that bubbles are a sphere shape but we were fascinated to discover that when bubbles are trying to fit into a restricted space they actually change to a hexagon shape. Give it a go and see what results you achieve.

Egg Experiment

2011-11-21T22:36:00.000-08:00

Milk Experiment

2011-11-21T22:29:00.001-08:00

Science Experiments

2011-11-21T22:17:00.001-08:00

Room Sixteen are focusing on transformations during term four. We are completing a range of science experiments. Here is our crystal growing experiment.

Poppy and Lane Science Experiment Shopping

2011-10-29T21:59:00.001-07:00

Five Picture Frames

2011-10-23T22:38:00.001-07:00

Art By Room Sixteen

2011-10-23T22:14:00.001-07:00

A selection of art work from the room sixteen students.

Legend Dress Up Day

2011-10-01T19:40:00.001-07:00

Calendar Art Photos

2011-09-17T21:15:00.000-07:00

We have continued to develop our photography skills. Check out our efforts in pursuit of a good photo for our calendars.

Dragsters

2011-09-01T14:16:00.000-07:00

Carrot Car Creation

2011-08-27T18:45:00.000-07:00

Term Three Photography Challenge

2011-08-13T22:07:00.001-07:00

I have challenged my students to improve their photography skills during term three. There is a criteria that they need to follow and here is a selection of the results so far.

Bird Bath At School

2011-08-01T17:53:00.000-07:00

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More Great Room Sixteen Recounts

2011-08-01T16:20:00.000-07:00

Happy Valley

It was a hot morning and all I was thinking about was skiing.My dad,my sister,and I were going to Mt Ruapehu.My Dads friend Mat said to go on Tuesday so we listened and went.

We were at Taupo.It was so cold outside the roofs were white.After an hour we got to the crowded shuttle.We climbed up the stairs into the bus.Up we went to the snowy road and stopped.

I ran to the chairlift and zoomed down.I then fell in to a heap of snow.We ran into the nearest building and hired our boots,skis and poles.I then yelled at the top of my voice “Outside”!

My sister got her boots on and her skis but then raced down and hit a hill.I got on my skis and fell over.After an hour we got to the chairlift.

I took my skis off and played in the soft snow to end my skiing trip.

It was the best day ever at the snow.

By Louis

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a wizard.

Because his father is a wizard too.

And Harry is a baby.

Voldemort came to the Harry’s house.

And Killed Harry’s Mum and Dad.

But Voldemort didn’t kill the Harry.

Because Voldemort has used the too much power.

Harry changed the big man.

He did kill the Voldemort.

And Voldemort was dead.

Dark road is gone.

And Harry is married the Ginny.

Ginny is Harry’s girlfriend.

And They got a Children.

It is The end.

By Dawon

Fishing Party

Vroom it was almost time for Kobe’s party on sunny Sunday and my Dad,Bella,Kobe and I were zooming along in our boat called bite me.We were pumped because we couldn’t wait for Kobe’s party.

Well we were racing along my mum was busily bringing all the equitment from home to the wharf.When we arrived I had to quickly grab the wharf and tie the rope around it,because my dad was taking care of the motor.

Meanwhile Kobe was waiting for his twenty three friends to arrive,my dad was baiting the rods,my sister was putting and me and my mum were sorting out the party.

By Poppy

B.M.X Biking

Exitedly I jumped out of the van to help Dad and Emee get out the bikes. “Cm’on Ava” Dad said. “Im coming bossy boots” I shouted. So I ran over to take then onto the track I tried the easy part of the track so I started peddaling down the hill and I tried to peddal up the next but... No dad thought he needed to help me but I said “No mabye later.”

So later I started running along the track with Emee And Dad got SO puffed and tired so we had a rest before the HUGE hill “Soon we’ll continue. Mabye in a couple of minutes” Dad said but A couple of minutes turned into half A minute. So we ran up the hill. My first thouught was WOW ! Thats huge ! How are we supposed to get up ! It’s so steep but I climbed up and Dad pushed Emee on the bike and we made it to the end. And gee did we need a drink.

By Ava

Marshmallow Challenge

2011-07-15T23:04:00.000-07:00

Here are the the room sixteen students, Mr Simeon and Dean involved in the marshmallow challenge. We wanted to see who could put the most marshmallows in their mouth at once. It was really close but Cameron took out the students title with eight. Mr Simeon scored twelve and some how Dean managed fourteen. Fun was had by all.

Cup Stacking Challenge

2011-07-15T18:55:00.001-07:00

On Monday I challenged my students to up skill their cup stacking skills. This proved to be a popular challenge and the students worked hard to improve their times. I was very pleased with both the effort and results that were achieved. On Friday we had the challenge day and Aidan achieved the best time out of my students. Dean has set a target of 14.44 seconds. Keep going team, we will beat it.

PJ Day and Shared Lunch

2011-07-14T14:20:00.000-07:00

Yay pj day.We had so much fun and had yummy ice cream that we made.We watched awesome movies and scrumptious popcorn.Yummy soft marshmallows took over the show.We looked crazy running around in our Pjs. The shared lunch had cake, cookies, crackers and a big cheese ball, even our buddies came over to the shared lunch.We had the best day EVER!!!!!!.

Dioramas By Lilly, Emily, Zara and Lane

2011-07-04T19:11:00.000-07:00

Starry Night Two

2011-06-29T23:55:00.000-07:00

Compare and Contrast Charts

2011-06-29T23:48:00.001-07:00

Poppy's Space Presentation

2011-06-26T19:43:00.000-07:00

My space presentation was very fun to make, but it took a lot of hard work. I got the ideas from room 14's Out Of This World dioramas. The astronaut at the bottom of the page is Neil Armstrong, he is standing on the moon. The space craft is a Nasa satellite.

Van Gogh Starry Night By Room Sixteen

2011-06-15T23:59:00.000-07:00

Here are the amazing Van Gogh Starry Night creations that the room sixteen students achieved using black paper and pastels. The detail created is truly amazing.

Room Sixteen's Recount

2011-06-14T15:26:00.000-07:00

Fernland Spa

I slowly dipped my toes into the luxurious warm Fern land Spa. I walked to the blue stairs and as I walked into the pool it got deeper and deeper.It got to my hips when my whole body went numb and tingled inside.It was a warm and misty day on the Saturday of Zara’s birthday.

I swam, dipped and dived and played vollyball.All of the girls splattered water at each other.The steam was rising from the hot spot of the bubbly pool.I slowly hopped out of the pool and leant over the brown fence.Watr trickled down the slimy rocks and in blobs it splashed my face.

After I hopped out of the roasting pool we had a scrumptious picnic with, cookies, popcorn,chips and so many more mouth watering foods.We played hide and seek tag on the muddy squidgy grass and everyone kept slipping over.I cleaned myself off with the fresh cold water and hopped back into the warm Fern land Spa.

By Lane

The Movies

Fishing Time!

One cold Monday afternoon my dad put out the line on the Papamoa beach to catch
some nice fish for dinner. Me and mum were dropping my sister Jemima off at dancing. Dad kept on trying to call mum to tell her to hurry up and get to the beach so he could pull the line in. He really wanted us to be a part of it and all the big fish on the line. Finally we got to the beach.

As soon as we got to the lovely Papamoa beach I jumped out of the car and sprinted down to the soft sand and icy warter. I soon found dad, and by him there was a bucket full of little fish. There were over thirty fish and I could not belive it! I asked dad what type the fish were he said they were piper and they are good bait. Dad said they are very expensive and we propaply had about two hundred dollars worth of bait.

Me and my sister had a race to see who could full a bag all the way to the top first. I had nearly filled my bag all the way to the top when my bag ripped open and all my fish fell out! Soon mum came with another bag. Phew. We had a fun day!!!
By Emily

One Sunny Saturday morning, me, my friend Lily and Miila all went to the awesome stuffy movies to see ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Rodrick rules!’As soon as we arrived Juliet dropped us of and we all raced inside to buy our tickets and something to eat. We all asked politely for some sour skittles and buttery, puffy popcorn.

After we all quietly walked into the spooky, dark theatre and got comfortable. Suddenly the boring advertisment started.”Ah” Lily quietly screamed when she jumped.‘shh’ Miila said angrily. The movie finally started. “Oh no” Lily whispered “Whats up?’ I said in confusion “we forgot the drink”. So Lily quickly raced to get a giant drink of coke. The movie went on for an hour and a half. Finally it had finished, “what a hilarious, funny, crack-up movie” we said.

Juliet was waiting outside to pick us all up. As soon as we hopped in we all started talking about the movie non-stop. “The best movie ever!” I screamed!!!

By ZARA [:

Ripsticking to Tay Street Dairy

‘‘Time to go’‘called Soph,’‘I’ll get the ripsticks’’.I jumped on the ripstick followed by Sophie.We zoomed and raced until we reached Tay Street hill.

It was sunny sunday afternoon and Sphie was about to zoom down Tay Street hill,’’Im coming Ibelieved her and sprinted out of the way.’‘Just tricking.I couldn’t believe she tricked me.

Finally we reached our destination.We had two dollars each and Igot a yummy Nerdilicious and a Chupa Chup,Sophie got asour lollie spray.We sat down on the grey concrete steps and gobbled up our sweets.

‘‘Woo hoo’’,we screeched the whole way back.Once again we raced and zoomed all the way back home .We gulped down a fresh,cold glass of water.

We had lots of fun and I would love to do it all over again.
By Poppy

Alien Art

2011-05-26T18:12:00.001-07:00

Information Report Writing By Room 16 Students

2011-05-22T19:45:00.000-07:00

Maria Tutaia

Maria Tutaia is a famous netball player who plays in the Northern Mystics and the NZ team, the Silver Ferns. Maria Tutaia main position is Goal Attack [GA].

Goal Attack is a shooter as well as a runner who tries to get the ball down the court into the circle and help the GS shoot. The Mystic team just recently played in the final against the Australian Fire Birds. Unfortunately they lost by about 15 points.

The Mystic uniform is a blue,red and white dress with their positions velcroed on their front and back of their dress. The Silver Ferns uniform is a black,white and silver dress. They wear netball sneakers so they are able to run round the courts and bounce off of their feet.

Maria Tutaia is a great role model and a good sport women for our country.

BY ZARA [:

The Sun

The sun is an enourmous ball of gas.It is 92.96 million miles away from Earth and the closest you can get to it is 93 million miles away.

The sun is made up in layers such as an inner core,radiative zone and convection zone.It has eight different layers.The sun looks like a giant ball of red,yellow and orange fire.

The sun is in the solar system amongst all the stars.If there wasn’t a sun there would be no life on earth.

The earth rotates around the sun.

By Poppy

The sun

The sun is a huge ball of gas.It has many layers and dark sun spots.It is burning hot,so hot the closest you can get to it is 93 million miles away.

The sun looks like a huge orange ball,it looks like it’s on fire.
The sun is completely gas and it is around about one million degrees.It has no surface.

The sun lives in space with the eight planets and the no longer a planet,pluto.the sun was born in a vast of gas and dust around about five billion years ago

Without the sun the earth would have no life.

By Lane

Oscar and Louis at Kids Konnect

2011-05-14T20:17:00.001-07:00

Here are some images that show the process achieved by Louis and Oscar at Kids Konnect. We used Instant Alpha, developed greater photography skills. Morphed and created Spore character cards. We packed a lot into our two days of ICT. Well done to you both.

Buddy Time Draughts With Our Buddies

2011-05-09T01:05:00.001-07:00

My Birthday

2011-05-09T00:38:00.000-07:00

A huge thank you to the amazing children in my class who pulled off my surprise birthday party today. It has made my day very special. Thank you so much for caring.

Mount Art

2011-04-30T21:10:00.001-07:00

These images are so amazing. A fantastic effort from you all. Great images of the Mount.

Environment Art Groups

2011-04-13T15:57:00.000-07:00

The environment art that we did in groups were like Andrew Goldsworthy.

Environment Art

2011-04-13T14:30:00.000-07:00

The environment art was fun .It was amazing having art made out of grass around the tree. Everyone liked the idea and Andrew Goldsworthy inspired our efforts.

Composting

2011-04-07T17:18:00.000-07:00

Even More Camp Pics

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More Camp Pics

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First Camp Pics

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Pre Camp Feelings Postcards

2011-03-13T14:15:00.001-07:00

Room Sixteen students have been creating a pre camp feeling postcard. See if you can tell how these students are feeling about going on camp.

Louis Winning The Paper Plus Vouchers

2011-03-12T20:31:00.000-08:00

Team Orkney Swimming Sports

2011-03-05T20:34:00.000-08:00

Bike Construction Thinking Key

2011-03-05T19:58:00.000-08:00

Pilot Bay

2011-02-26T17:20:00.000-08:00

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Mirror Art

2011-02-22T23:09:00.000-08:00

We created these amazing pictures using dye and pencil. Look at the amazing results that we achieved.

Bike Safety

2011-02-19T18:53:00.000-08:00

We have been learning all about bike safety and how to keep ourselves safe when riding our bikes on the road. It was a really interesting week and we've enjoyed taking part in the differing activities. I have been really impressed by the stories that my students have written. I love the descriptive language.

Bike Safety

It was a breezy day and I was enjoying doing bike safety.My legs were starting to ache and I was getting sweaty and tired from biking up all the long stoney roads.I needed a rest and an icy cold drink.Around the corner was a huge hill and in my head I was jumping with excitement.I zoomed down the hill the wind blew in my face I was laughing and happy.My legs had a rest and the wind cooled me down.I carried on biking back to school.I had a blast,it was really fun,I definitely loved the hill.

By Lane

Bike Safety
One hot boiling Friday,Vanessa our instructer checked our bikes and told us to line up in a line.”GO’’ everyone in my group started to pedal fast.We got to our first right turn.One by one we went to the other side.We got to Grange Road and speed down the hill.I spopped suddely and turned into the the bike lane.We started to head back to school .I stood face to face with the hill at Tay Street.’‘Woosh’’ I sped down.’‘That was fun’’I said.Ending the week of biking.
By Louis

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First Buddy Time With Room 9

2011-02-12T17:55:00.000-08:00

Mrs Campbell and the students from room nine came over to room sixteen for our first buddy time together. It was exciting listening to each other read and ask lots of questions in order for us to get to know each other better.

Class Of 2011

2011-02-02T23:07:00.001-08:00

We are a year 5/6 class and we have a very busy first term. It is our first week of term one and it has been great fun getting to know each other. Stay tuned and watch all of the fun that we are going to have over this year.

Simon's Circuit Training For Language Experience

2010-11-15T23:18:00.000-08:00

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Fruit Bowl Art

2010-11-15T22:14:00.000-08:00

Here is Simon teaching the Room Fifteen Dream Team how to paint a still life fruit bowl. Our learning intention was to make the viewer feel like they wanted to eat our fruit.

Christchurch Earthquakes

2010-10-09T10:44:00.000-07:00

We sent our flower artwork to room two at Christchurch East School. We wanted to help make the classroom feel like a happy and safe place after the big earthquakes.

Miss Garner's Shared Lunch

2010-10-09T10:38:00.000-07:00

It was great fun having Miss Garner join us for her six week practicum. So to celebrate her time with us we had a shared lunch. Here we are enjoying the fantastic array of food. Many thanks to all the parents for your fabulous food contributions.

Marshall's Animal farm

2010-10-08T22:17:00.000-07:00

Here we are enjoying our fun trip to Marshall's Animal Farm.

The Gruffalo Trip

2010-09-11T13:07:00.000-07:00

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Proud Penguins Reading

2010-09-07T19:15:00.000-07:00

Here are the Proud Penguins practicing their reading.

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Folk Dancing Practice

2010-09-02T23:46:00.001-07:00

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Sunflowers

2010-08-28T14:44:00.000-07:00

We re-created our own version of Van Gogh's Sunflowers. Mrs Styles was very impressed by the way that we listened and took our time. The effects I'm sure you will agree are amazing. Well done The Dream Team.

Miss Garner's Gruffalo's

2010-08-28T14:01:00.000-07:00

Miss Garner has been reading and teaching us about The Gruffalo. We had great fun recreating a new setting and character to join the Gruffalo. There were surfing Gruffalo's and Gruffalo's down at Bayfair. Here are a selection for you to view.

Eating Honey

2010-08-22T00:24:00.000-07:00

After out trip to Mossop's Honey Farm we wanted to say a huge thank you for such a superb trip. Therefore we decided instead of writing thank you letters we thought that we would send the amazing stories that we wrote as a result of our experience. Mrs Styles found it hard to select just a few because the writing standard was so high but here are some pieces of quality writing.

Mossops Honey Trip
Cheerfully Mrs Styles called out who was going in my car and some other parents. Mrs Styles was nice and clear as she read. In my car I had Sarah, Kurtis and Jack. After she finished we walked outside to find my kind mum. When we found her we walked out of cool school and ran alongside the green fence. Then we saw my mum’s red car. I let Kurtis sit in the front. I sat in the middle and Jack sat on the right and Sarah was by me. We got our black stretchy seat belts on and started our journey to Mossop’s Honey Farm. Jack started telling some jokes. They were really funny and we kept on laughing. then we had a big breathe but before we could finish it we burst out laughing. I said to my mum “could you turn up the radio?” She said yes. But as she turned it up there was a really funny song. Then we burst out laughing and laughing. As we stopped mum drove into a park. We were at Mossop’s Honey Farm. We unbuckled our seat belts and ran to the shop. I settled down on a blue chair to wait for Mrs Styles to arrive. It was a minute before she came but then we saw her car come up and park right in front of us. She came up and said “let’s taste some honey.” We walked up and opened the door and I ran straight in front of her. There was a kind lady and she said “follow me”. So we followed the kind lady to the bee room. We sat down on the hard floor. She said “do you want to look at the bees?” My whole class said “yes.” So we looked at the bees but I couldn’t find the queen bee. It didn’t matter. Suddenly the kind lady said “who wants to try some honey?” I said me. I was the seventh round of people to try the honey. The chocolate one was my favorite. But suddenly it was time to go. What a good time we had.
By Greer Burgess

School Trip
Happily on Thursday Mrs Styles put us into our groups. Suddenly Mrs Styles said Finlay you can go with Joe in his car. So we got in our lines and Mrs Styles took us outside to go with the parents who were waiting for us. Then we set off to Mossop Honey for our exciting adventure. We finally got there. The lady said come in and she took us into the bee room and we had a look at the hive. Then we asked some questions. Then it was time to taste some honey. We had chocolate honey and it was yummy. Then we had a look around the shop. It was about time for us to go back to school when the lady said you can have a piece of fudge when you go out. So I got a piece and then we had a look at the front of the hive. Then we went back to school for morning tea.
By Finlay.

Mossop’s Honey Farm
Excitedly on a windy morning the Room Fifteen Dream Team went to the toilets quickly before we started our adventure to Mossop’s Honey Farm. Mrs Styles got us into our groups and she let us off. We started our engine before everybody else and we were the first ones there. We waited for the other boys and girls. Mrs Styles told us to line up and she went to the front of the line. She started to walk to the honey shop. The lady took us into the bee cupboard. We saw thousands of bees. The lady asked us questions and we told her answers. Then she said “do you want to try some honey?” and we all said yes. She took me, Ronin, Joe, Greer B and Sam. My favourite was chocolate honey.
By Toby

Mossop’s Honey
Suddenly the Room Fifteen Dream Team organised the groups to go to Mossop’s Honey Shop. As we drove across the bumpy road me, Angus, Toby and Mat chatted on the journey. Finally we were there. We walked through the amazing shop into the small room of bees. The lady said sit down. So we did and she talked about the bees. Then it was honey tasting time. There was chocolate honey, wax honey and normal honey. The chocolate honey was the best. What a great morning.
By Geordie

Mossop’s Honey Shop
Happily nice Mrs Styles said the me and cool Finlay were going with nice Toni my mum. Me, cool Finlay and nice mum jumped into the car. We listened to the quiet radio. Suddenly I shouted “Mum-Mum there’s the big Mossop’s Honey Shop sign.” We parked the silver car and jumped out. Then nice Mrs Styles and funny Miss Garner jumped out and took us inside. We all went to see all of the bees. Then it was tasting time. When it was my turn I tasted three of them. My favourite one was the chocolate one. Then me and Finlay asked my nice mum if we could get some chocolate honey. Mum said “OK.’ Then it was time to leave. When we got back I said “BYE, BYe “ to my mum. What a fun day. Suddenly me and Finlay saw Mrs Styles wheeling the green C.O.W and she was coming into our class. What a fun day.
By Joe

Mossop’s Honey Farm
Happily on Thursday Mrs Styles put us in our groups. Greer A’s mum was our mum. We listened to music and it was cool music. When we got there we went in a room full of bees. I was trying to find the Queen bee but I didn’t. We learnt a lot there. I tasted some honey. I liked the chocolate one a lot like the other people.Then we went outside. There was all the pushed out bees. I was quite sad. What a nice way to finish our morning.
By Karl

Mossop Honey Trip

2010-08-14T23:42:00.001-07:00

The Room Fifteen Dream Team had a great trip to Mossop's Honey Farm on Thursday last week. We were fascinated by the live bees behind the glass. It is amazing to think about the worth of bees. We like the way that they work as a team and they all know what jobs they have to do. Mrs Styles bought some honey so that we can have a tasting session next week for morning tea.

Growing Our Grass Haired People

2010-08-08T20:12:00.000-07:00

Here is Miss Garner our new student teacher. The Room Fifteen Dream Team are here holding their grass haired people. We are trying to grow our hair in order to give them a hair cut. The weather isn't really helping us with our quest!

Learning About Plant Growth

2010-07-08T15:53:00.000-07:00

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Holiday Adventures

2010-07-07T23:20:00.000-07:00

Mrs Styles thinks that it would be great for the Room Fifteen Dream Team to post their holiday comments here so that we can discover what events and holiday activities are taking place.

A great discussion forum and one that Mrs Styles will check regularly.

Our Landscape Art

2010-06-26T19:41:00.000-07:00

After Rob's visit we set to work creating our Mount Maunganui landscapes. We wanted them to be bright and bold. It was fun painting three areas the correct colour and then breaking the rules and painting other areas colours of our choice. Mrs Styles cut our pictures into three pieces and she backed them against black paper to enhance the bright colours.

Room Fifteen Authors

2010-06-15T19:45:00.001-07:00

We are using adjectives to describe our nouns. Here are a selection of this weeks quality writing.

Car Track
Happily on Monday morning I got up and went downstairs with my black car track. I set up a cool car track. Then when my funny dad got up he said ”what a cool car track you’re making.” I said “thank you.” After I made it I asked my dad if he could play he said “yes but after I’ve made our yummy breakfast I’ll play.” I said “ok.” We zoomed my little red and blue cars around the big black track. What a fun way to start the nice warm morning.
By Joe

Hot pools

On Saturday I went to the hot pools. I went in the warm watery slide. When I went down it I had a big splash and ity was really fun. I like going in the slide pool. I went two times down the slide. I did like it. After that I went in the hottest pool. I kept swimming with my sparkly goggles. I like my sparkly googles. They have hearts and stars on them too. I really like them. I tried to go in the big, blue pool that was over my head. I really like swimming, it is fun. I kept giving mum a fright. I went with my mum, sister and dad. After that i got dressed into my pretty dress and my sparkly purple tights.
By Sarah

Lake Rotohiti
Happily I went to Lake Rotohiti. My mum was with me and my dad and my friend Jake, Jaz, Toby, Sally and mu Aunty. It was on Saturday. I got some Bakagon and a car track and a little hot rod car. My dad caught two big fat trout. It was time for dinner. We had oily trout and squashy potatoes. Then it was time for dessert. We had yummy cake.
By Sam

Library
Yesterday I saw Jai and Tobey at the warm library. I went on the computer, next I read a book called Moon Girl. There was a DVD card in it. On the way home I said to mum can we watch a movie. Mum said yes. When we got home I put a shiny disk in the station. When mum said it’s time for me to go to bed I did.
By Deisha

Painting
Suddenly Mrs Styles called out my name it was my turn to paint my amazing Rob McGregor art. I walked to the rainbow basket to get an art shirt on. I got my Mount picture and started painting. I used marshmallow pink, cherry pink, sky blue, rose red, grass green, night blue, sun yellow and clown fish orange. I used thick paint like Rob McGregor. I put lots and lots of colours on it. I put a touch of sky blue in a tiny space it was just right. For the Mount I put clown fish orange and for the flowers I used marshmallow pink and cherry pink. For the sand I put sun yellow and for the sea I did night blue and for the sky I did sky blue and that was all. Finally I was done. I was in a mess. I took off my art shirt and put it in the rainbow box. I asked Mrs Styles if I could go to the toilets. She said yes. So I ran to the toilets and washed my hands. What a lovely start for painting.
By Greer B

Morning
Today as I hopped out of my sparkly bed I went to my mum’s warm room and said mum it’s time for breakfast and mum said it’s only six o’clock in the morning! But mum said if you want your breakfast now you can. So off I went into the warm kitchen and I got out a small bowl from the cupboard. I poured the rice bubbles into my bowl. They went pop! pop! pop.
By Madeleine

Buddy Time Insect Homes

2010-06-08T00:17:00.000-07:00

We went to visit our buddy class while Jo Rye was setting them a challenge to research an insect and then design a home that had a set criteria to cater for their needs. The results were amazing with live specimens being involved.

Cross Country at Blake Park

2010-05-29T22:01:00.001-07:00

Here we are in action at Blake Park. It is the Mount Maunganui Primary School cross country event. Lots of us were nervous but we ventured outside our comfort zones and achieved amazing results. We felt really proud that we had been able to run such a long way. The training before hand really paid off.

Room Fifteen Authors

2010-05-20T00:03:00.000-07:00

I introduced a new learning intention this week with the Room Fifteen Dream team.We are learning to use adjectives to describe our nouns. Here is a selection of the children who embraced the challenge and challenged themselves to venture outside their comfort zones.

Waking Up

On a lovely Wednesday morning sleepily I woke up in my nice comfortable bed. I didn’t want to get out of my nice bed but I did. I made my duvet cover with sparkles on. I walked onto my fluffy carpet. I walked to my brown dressing table. I got my top with the bow and my snowflake jeans. I found my messy jacket and put it on. It felt nice and fluffy and warm. I walked out of my bedroom and I walked up the colourful stairs. I walked on the brown floor and then into my mums warm bedroom. I climbed up on the cream bed and got a cream pillow. I smacked dad on the face and he woke up. In excitement he said “what was that? “It’s me” I yelled back "it’s time for breakfast." My silly dad got out of his fluffy bed and walked to the warm kitchen. He got out the purple box of rice bubbles and poured some into my Bratz bowl. He added some white milk too. Pop! Pop! Pop went the yummy rice bubbles. I ate them all up and they were delicious. Next I had some toast with real butter and yummy marmite. That was yum too. After I went to the pretty bathroom to brush my teeth. I got my cat tooth brush and brushed my teeth clean. It was time to go to school. What a yummy breakfast I had.
By Greer Burgess

Kay and Tom came to Papamoa in Kay’s car to our house. Tom carries the fish.
By Ronin

Bath

Happily I hopped into the warm bath. The bubbles smelt like apples. Then my mum got the shampoo. It smelt like sweet honey. The tickly bubbles dripped down my face. Then my mum got my warm fluffy towel.
By Sam

Pudding

Last night I went to my dad’s and we had yummy lasagna for dinner. I didn’t like it so much. Then we had sticky smooth chocolate and it dripped down my throat. It tasted really yummy. I said to dad can I have some he said yes. Then I said thanks dad and Louis said “can I have some more dad?’ Dad said yes. That is it he said you have had enough.
By Madeleine

Dinner

Last night for dinner I had yummy meat and cauliflower and yummy potato. I ate cauliflower and soft potato. I didn’t really like the meat beacuse it was yuck chewy meat. My mum cooked the yummy cold potato and the yummy cheesy cauliflower. I had dinner with my big sister and big mum.
By Sarah

Rob McGregor

2010-05-18T01:05:00.000-07:00

What a treat the Room Fifteen Dream Team had when we were visited by our local artist Rob McGregor. He showed us how to mix paint to make the colours that we needed. He also showed us how to use lines or to display close or far away objects. We thank Rob for his visit before we begin our Mount landscape paintings. We are looking forward to using differing colours to represent objects of our choice. The children really enjoyed the inspiration that you gave them Rob and we thank you for the time that you shared teaching us all of your valuable skills.

Book Week

2010-05-09T06:43:00.000-07:00

As a celebration to conclude book week, the students and staff dressed up as a book character. We had a big parade to display the super outfits. What a big effort everyone made. It was a very enjoyable day.

Library and Art Gallery Trip

2010-05-08T20:16:00.000-07:00

As part of our book week celebrations room 14 and 15 went on a trip to Tauranga library and the art gallery. It was interesting learning about how the library operates. We even got to go behind the scenes to check out the returns system. After morning tea we went to the art gallery where we created a big floor picture before creating a record picture. It was great working in pairs to produce the colourful results.

New Students

2010-05-01T20:41:00.000-07:00

We have two new students in room fifteen. So to complete our first week together we went down the beach as a super celebration. What a great way to start your learning at Mount Maunganui Primary School.

Dolphin Art

2010-04-17T22:10:00.000-07:00

The Room Fifteen Dream Team created these super art pictures. They had to sketch three dolphins and create a painted background to show the dolphins leaping out of the sea. The results are really impressive. See what you think.

Little Waihi

2010-03-27T19:42:00.001-07:00

On Friday Team Lee went to Little Waihi to investigate the sea life that we could discover. It was great fun finding the crabs, star fish, sea snails and lots more . What a super way to celebrate our topic study focus. Many thanks to all of the kind parents who helped out for the day. We couldn't do it without you.

Class Motto

2010-03-22T15:41:00.001-07:00

Here is our new class motto. See what you think. The Room Fifteen Dream Team, Think of Ways to aim really high, so that our learning can reach the sky.

Buddy Time with Room Eighteen

2010-03-20T16:28:00.000-07:00

Here we are with our buddies in room eighteen. We meet once a week and do lots of different activities together. Here we are getting to know each other and typing up facts about us. It's a great way to find out our similarities and differences.

Jelly Fish Art

2010-03-19T23:34:00.001-07:00

Fish Art

2010-02-28T21:49:00.001-08:00

We are learning about sea animals and oceans as part of our topic study focus. So Mrs Styles chose this great crayon and dye fish art for us to try. The colours on the fish help them contrast well against the sea background.

Aqua Aerobics with Mr Simeon

2010-02-28T21:23:00.000-08:00

As part of our fun Friday; rooms fourteen and fifteen take part in aqua aerobics. Mr Simeon heard how much fun we were having and he asked if he could join us the following Friday. So of course we said yes. Look at all the fun we had. Thank you Mr Simeon for keeping your promise.

Training for our Tryathlon.

2010-02-28T20:56:00.000-08:00

Here are the room fifteen dream team taking part in their daily run as part of the tryathlon training sessions. We have got a lot fitter and quicker since we began three weeks ago.

Ronald McDonald Road Safety Message

2010-02-20T20:51:00.000-08:00

The Room Fifteen Dream Team had a visit from Ronald McDonald. He came to school to help teach us all about road safety and he was very funny. Mrs Styles liked the message that you have to be careful with sneaky driveways because it's easy to forget to look out for them. We learnt lots of good advice to help make us safer on and around the roads. As a celebration of this visit we wrote some recount stories. Here are just a few for you to share. We hope you like them.

Last Friday it was fun Friday and room fifteen went to a show called Ronald McDonald. It was lots of fun on fun Friday. I loved it. By Joe

On Friday we went to the Ronald McDonald Show. It was a long wait. It was a short show. He was so funny. He said "can you help me moving lady?" It was a crack up. By Jack

Yesterday room fifteen and other classes went to the Ronald McDonald show. My teacher had to go up and help him. It was funny. He asked the teachers if they had seen his red and white sock. By Madeleine

Ronald McDonald was very funny. He lost his red and white sock. It was funny when Mrs Styles came to Ronald McDonald show because he said to Mrs Styles "have you seen my red and white sock?" By Karl

Ronald McDonald was funny and everyone was laughing. Mrs Styles went up and tears came down. Ronald McDonald lost his sock and it was red and white. He gave the sock to Mrs Styles. By Ella

Ronald McDonald came to school and he put on a road safety show. We waited patiently while other classes came. I heard other children laughing at him. Then he said to Mrs Styles "moving lady come up here." Then he said "have you seen a red and white stripy sock?" She went around and got the sock. Then he gave her the sock as a present. By Greer B.

On Friday we went to the Ronald McDonald show and it was funny. I did laugh. We were learning about road safety. Ronald McDonald did lose his sock and some teachers did come up. Ronald McDonald had two hel[ers. One of them was a boy the other one was a girl. Ronald McDonald tricked us. I did laugh so much. I did nearly pop. It was really funny. By Sarah

Swimming in the Afternoons

2010-02-13T21:02:00.000-08:00

The Room Fifteen Dream Team students are very lucky at the moment. It is so hot at Mount Maunganui Primary School that we have a daily afternoon swimming timetabled slot. Look at the fun we had on fun Friday.

Class of 2010

2010-02-02T22:22:00.001-08:00

Here are the amazing class of 2010. We have only experienced two days together but already we have created a chart that expresses our individual views on what makes a good learner. Pay a visit to our classroom to view the results. There has been super , deeper thinking taking place.

MMPS Room 16

Bike safety

Bike safety

Bike safety choices

Class of 2012

Penguin Release

Technology Challenge 2

Technology Challenges

Bubbles

Egg Experiment

Milk Experiment

Science Experiments

Poppy and Lane Science Experiment Shopping

Five Picture Frames

Art By Room Sixteen

Legend Dress Up Day

Calendar Art Photos

Dragsters

Carrot Car Creation

Term Three Photography Challenge

Bird Bath At School

More Great Room Sixteen Recounts

Marshmallow Challenge

Cup Stacking Challenge

PJ Day and Shared Lunch

Dioramas By Lilly, Emily, Zara and Lane

Starry Night Two

Compare and Contrast Charts

Poppy's Space Presentation

Van Gogh Starry Night By Room Sixteen

Room Sixteen's Recount

Alien Art

Information Report Writing By Room 16 Students

Oscar and Louis at Kids Konnect

Buddy Time Draughts With Our Buddies

My Birthday

Mount Art

Environment Art Groups

Environment Art

Composting

Even More Camp Pics

More Camp Pics

First Camp Pics

Pre Camp Feelings Postcards

Louis Winning The Paper Plus Vouchers

Team Orkney Swimming Sports

Bike Construction Thinking Key

Pilot Bay

Mirror Art

Bike Safety

First Buddy Time With Room 9

Class Of 2011

Simon's Circuit Training For Language Experience

Fruit Bowl Art

Christchurch Earthquakes

Miss Garner's Shared Lunch

Marshall's Animal farm

The Gruffalo Trip

Proud Penguins Reading

Folk Dancing Practice

Sunflowers

Miss Garner's Gruffalo's

Eating Honey

Mossop Honey Trip

Growing Our Grass Haired People

More Great Stories

Learning About Plant Growth

Holiday Adventures

Our Landscape Art

Room Fifteen Authors

Buddy Time Insect Homes

Cross Country at Blake Park

Room Fifteen Authors

Rob McGregor

Book Week

Library and Art Gallery Trip

New Students

Dolphin Art

Little Waihi

Class Motto