The Mountain Trip

On Monday the 16th of September Room 2 went up the Mt Ruapehu to ski for the day. We got in our cars at 7.30 in the morning. When we got there we went down the ski lift to Happy Valley to get our helmets, boots, skis and ski poles. Once we were set we had our lesson. I was bad when I started but after the lesson I was pretty good but there was one problem.... every time I got off the ski lift I always tripped over the person beside me! I liked the trip up the mountain and I really want to go again!

Cross Country

  On Tuesday, 3rd September,Fordell School and pre-school did Cross country. We all sat down and waited for our race to start. The order went: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, pre-school,   Year 6 and then the Year 7 and 8 ran together. I am a Year 6 so it was a little while before my race. Just before my race the Year 6s had to warm up then we stood at the starting line. On Your Marks, Get Set...............GO!!!! I was off! I jogged fast at the start so I could save my energy for the end.
Although I didn't come first second or third I still had fun!

Did You Know?

Did you know that the world's biggest tree is a Red Wood?
It can live up to 2000 years old.
The tallest known Red Wood stood 379.1 feet.
It grows higher than London's Big Ben clock tower.
20 children holding hands can go around it.
I chose this because I have one at my house but it is only 100 years old.

The NZ Fruit Bat

If you have lived in New Zealand for a long time you would have probably seen a NZ Fruit Bat. These 3 facts are probably the most interesting facts you have ever heard about a NZ Fruit Bat.
Firstly, they use their teeth to crush food like bananas, figs, grapes, nectar and much more. Their children drink their mothers milk.
Secondly, of course NZ Fruit Bats live in NZ but really they live together in caves and they hang upside down on the ceiling of their cave.
Lastly, this is how they fly, they have skin on their wings which helps them fly and they spread their wings out and flap.
Those are three good reasons why I like NZ Fruit Bats!

Did You Know?

Did you know that the smallest horse in the world is a miniature pony called Thumbelina?
She stands 43 centimeters.
She weighs 26 kilograms (57 lb ) 
She was owned by Paul and Kay Goessling.
Like all dwarf animals Thumbelina has short limbs.
Black Beauty is also known as the smallest horse in the world.

My Be Funky

Room 2 and 1 have been doing Be Funky on the computer at school. Be Funky is a website that allows you to change yourself in to anything you want, like a cartoon, a monster, dots, stripes and much more! My favourite one is where you can change yourself  into different colors!
 There were no computers in the olden days, Andy Warhol, an American artist, painted pictures just like the Be Funky ones. He did Pop Art. The Most expensive was $100 million US dollars in 1963 on a canvas called Eight Elvises

 Andy Warhol's                                                                     Mine

Tineisha's Birthday

On Saturday I went to Tineisha's birthday party. Firstly Tineisha opened her presents, she got a really cool  iPad and lots and lots of nail-polish!. Then we played a game of netball but instead of shooting the goals you had to throw the ball over the cones or hit them. At 6.00 we watched a movie and got our hair chalked. After the movie it was funny because when I asked everybody if they wanted to play spot light they all went meeee! And put their hands up! I enjoyed Tineisha's birthday because it was funny and enjoyable!