Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!

Looking foward to you viewing the Blog over the holidays, please add a comment about any of our cool pictures or work.

See you next term,

from Mrs Muir and Room 3.

Lynley Dodd

Stories, face painting, fire engine rides, treasure hunts, lolly scrambles, books and food! What a busy morning on Saturday 20th March! Many of the junior school came along to meet Lynley Dodd and support the fundraising for Hawea Playground developments.

Room 3's Dog pictures were proudly displayed in the Community Room along with their fabulous writing about their own favourite dog.

It was lovely to meet the famous author, Lynley Dodd and it was good to hear that she gets her good ideas for writing just like we do, from our own personal experiences. She also mentioned its helpful to keep a scrapbook, notebook or box to record all the pictures and words that you like, to save up for a good story!

FIRE SAFETY

This week we have been finding out about what to do in fires. Doug came in and talked about safety with matches and lighters, we know its best to give them to an adult. He used a grey blanket as pretend smoke for us to practise 'GET DOWN, GET LOW and GET OUT!' we realise you do need to get really low to not breath in any smoke. He also told us how to STOP DROP and ROLL, it was fun smothering him with a blanket to put out the 'fire!'
Miss Moore looked really cool dressed up as a firewoman, she said the clothes were really heavy.
Thanks to Doug for sharing all his wise information with us. At home we need to talk about safe meeting places, and what to do if you need to call 111.

Swimming Show! March 19th.

"I mermaid dived across the pool."
" I kicked my legs really hard to keep warm."
"I monkey crawled around the side of the pool."

Rooms 2,3 and 4 dispalyed a range of talents in the pool on Friday 19th March.
We demonstrated safe water entry, running across the pool, ducking our heads under,
blowing bubbles, freestyle and other swimming styles! While the water was freezing we all got in and were very brave.

Go By Bike Day - 17th March

Comments from Room 3:
"I raced around the field on my bike."
"We rode in and out of the cones and stopped carefully at the stop sign."
"My helmet fits right because I can just fit 2 fingers under my chin."
"The bike track is so awesome."
"I biked all the way from Lake Hawea!"

What a great day Bike Day was, on Wednesday 17th March.
Nearly all children biked, or brought their bike to school to take part in the schools and national 'Go by bike day'.
During the day we rode around obstacles and some of us at lunch time rode on the bike park too.
Checking helmets and bikes were important before riding, and is something to remember to do all the time.

2010!

Welcome to Room 3's Blog for 2010!
We are an awesome class of 20 Year 1 and 2's.
We look foward to sharing our pictures, stories and work with you over the year.
Please leave a comment to encourage us to add more - from wherever you are in the world!

After settling into busy school routines we have participated in
many school events, such as Bike Day and Swimming Show.
The Wanaka Show is on the 12th and 13th March, look out for our amazing Lake Hawea artwork in the pavilion!

Upper Clutha Athletics

Hurdles, long jump, beanbag throw, obstacle course, parachute, sack races, egg and spoon race - we were busy!! What a brilliant day the 5 and 6 year olds had on Thursday 22nd October at the Wanaka Showgrounds. Many of the Hawea Flat children received certificates for good sportmanship. Another highlight for our class was Teal Wilkie winning the 5 year old boys 60metre sprint race. How awesome out of all of those Wanaka children too, way to go Teal!

100 days of school

Over the year we have been counting up to 100 days of school, on the 31st August we finally reached this target. We celebrated this day by dressing up, bringing our teddy bears, dancing and playing games. What a cool day!!

Cross Country

GO HAWEA!!! This is the cheer you could hear around the field on Monday 17th August.

All the Year 1 and 2 children competed in their cross country races, competing with Tarras, Makaroara and Holy Family schools as well. After the races and lunch we mixed into sports groups for an afternoon tabloid session.

Toy and Transport Museum

Toys, Cars, Fire Engines, Planes, Trains, Wheels, Levers, you name it- it's there!!

On Monday 10th August Rooms 3 and 4 took the bus to the toy and transport museum and

had an awsome time looking at everything there. Our main question was "How does it move?" and we were able to see alot of wheels, axels, levers, steering wheels and eninges to answer our questions. What a great trip! Thanks to Dick for driving the bus and all the parents that looked after a group of children there.