mapua swimming sports

On the 28th of February we went to Riwaka School for our swimming sports. We had to go to Riwaka because our pool is not big enough for holding competitive events.

When we got there we got into our togs and got ready for the first race. The fist race was the open championship where the competitors had to swim three lengths. "On your marks, get set GO!"yelled our principal, Mr Wemyss,and off they went. Then Mr Hepburn called out the next event, "8 year old boys, freestyle". and it went on like this all day(with a few bumps and bruises).
The races were freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.

At the end of the competition, they announced the winning house (this is based on points for place getters and number of entries for each House."In 4th is Red, in 3rd is Yellow,in 2nd is Green..." (At this stage the cries and shouts from blue were huge because they got the message that they had won;YIPPEE!)"and in 1st is blue" (the message just got clearer and the shouts got louder).
All in all it was a great day - plenty of sunshine, great effort by the swimmers and fantastic support from each house group.

Thinking about it some more ...

When Mrs Hosie called the roll this morning she asked us what we thought was important in our class. This is what we thought: friendship, teamwork, co-operation, trying hard at everything, A1 quality, communicating clearly, setting and achieving goals, encouraging others.
What do you think is important in a classroom? Please let us know, especially if we have missed something out.

What's important in Room 6

Hey, we're back after our great summer holiday.

We are learning to get to know one another and to make our classroom a positive place to be. So far we have learned that making new friends is fun. Communicating clearly and positively with everyone is very important. Our school motto is 'To Be All I Can'. We are going to aim to work in a way that helps us live out that motto.

Today we had a special parade and celebration to launch our new motto. We dressed up and paraded around as someone that we admire, would like to be like or see as a hero. Mr Wemyss gave a speech and then we launched our helium balloons with our dreams and goals cards attached. Wow, they looked great floating into the blue.