Wow! What a Show

WOW WHAT A SHOW

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At the Kapa Haka Minifest there were a lot of schools from around Stoke. 

When we got up on stage it was a bit scary because 

everyone was looking at you. All the school's tried there best  

at the Kapa Haka Minifest. At the end of the performances there was shared kai, but there was none left for the polite birchwood school children unfortunately. We even managed to get our photo in the newspaper.

by Chloe & Adam

TOUCH

In the weekend I attended a touch tournament at Tahuna and my team came fourth. I had a great time as I scored a try. I had such a good time I will try to get into the team next year but hopefully will get in the girls team not the mixed!

By Hunta

Creative Learners

Our Principal's Challenge this term is all about being a creative learner.

We have been talking about what it means to be creative, and how we have already shown this.

Our thinking so far:

I think being creative is about by thinking outside the box. Maria    

Creative is using your imagination. I showed I am creative completing my homework, where I made a three times larger tomato sauce can, which looks exactly the same and really nice. Hunta    

Being creative is being arty and crafty. My calendar showed my creative side and showed the past, present and future we predict of New Zealand if we don't help our environment. Brooklyn W

To be creative you must come up with interesting and original ideas. This term I have been creative by doing lots of abstract art and drawings at home. Emily

Having good ideas for planning new fun games is thinking outside the box. Adam 

To be creative you have to try new sports or a new game or activity. By Chloe

I think a creative thinker is someone who has a great imagination and uses it and someone who thinks alot about creative things and has lots of fun and they are also sensible and they are on task alot and love using their imagination just enough!!!

By Kiaya

I Think A Creative Thinker Is Someone Who Uses There Imagination and Is Not

Boring And Loves to Have Fun. But They Are Also Sensible With Their Choices

And Use Brainstorms So That Their Task Is Full Of Imagination But Just Enough To 

Make It Interesting.

By Jabez

Being creative means you use your imagination when doing writing, 

Maths, art, reading and computer work. It means you think for yourself and don’t copy others work. I was creative when I wrote my revolting recipe

and when I made my kiwiana item because knowone else used paint to make it look like there was real marmite in the jar.

by Breanna

A creative thinker is someone who can think about it in a very Imaginative way or do something differently to others.

jobs like being an Artist or a Painter are very good at this. 

They can share their ideas, and they enjoy making things. 

By Ruby

Being a creative  learner is when you think outside of the box!!! And when you create new things (and not just coping someone else)One part of being creative is doing something NEW and inspireing other people (like famous Artists,Singers & Actors)

By Mia (:

athletics day

Wow what a day! Yesterday the school had the athetics day. There was long jump/jumping practice with discus/nerf throwing, high jump/hurdles, gumboot toss/bean bag toss and last of all the sprints. There was the 80 meter race and the 100 meter race. Everyone enjoyed it and can’t wait till next years athletics day.

Caleb

Fuzion Performs at Birchwood

Fuzion

Recently the HipHop group Fuzion came to perform at our school.
I am part of that group and we actually came to get votes for a 
competition we entered. We ended up coming about 4th in the 
competition.The group is mixed up with Year 6' 7' 8. They
also recently entered a HipHop competition run by Gemma Laing
Fuzion's Tutor. They came 1st. The comp was called Shakedown
and have also been very successful through the year.

By Ruby

SCOOTER BOYS

By Niko & Brayden

We have been practising for the how bizarre show on our scooters. It will look cool because we are good at scootering.Don't miss the show on Thursday the 29 Be there!

KAPA HAKA

The whole school has been working hard on KAPA HAKA.

We have learned lots of songs with Matua Tom.

In addition, Matua Tom and Mrs Wilson also picked out 11 girls to go to Lake Rotoiti  to perform a powhiri as a welcome to the principals conference. After the powhiri we had lunch on the grass and watched the eels in the lake. It was an extremely early start. We had to meet at Stoke School carpark at 7.00am! We had a great time!!!

The following girls were included in the group; Emily, Hunta, Ella, Indianna, Katie, Jordan, Mahina, Tia, Sinead, Yui, and Katelin.

By Emily & Matthew

Kiwi Flyer
The Movie

Last year I auditioned for the movie Kiwi Flyer filmed in Nelson. I waited two weeks and heared  my brother Jared got the part for the stunt double for the cheating Auzzie trolley, which my Grandad Gordan made. He also made the kiwi flyer trolley. 

Over the two weeks in the holidays, my Grandad, my brother and I all help make a battery drill for my trolley. First we tried the first drill but it didn’t go as fast as the other drill. We went to Trafalgar park and went around the circle bit of the track. My trolley got to 57 km and my Grandad's friend Tim brought two trolleys for the battery drill challange. One was called Jaws and the other was Red Rack Racer 3. My one is called Lightningracer 2. The trolley Jaws is so small so I had real troubele fitting my legs in it and it was as slow as a turtle and it died half way round the track. When the day was over and when we were heading back home my Grandad brought me and my brother Jared McDonalds for lunch. 

This shows the Auzzie trolley vs the First Kiwi Flyer, and the cast from the movie standing at the finish line.

By Morgan.

On Friday Tevita from the Tasman Makos came in to Room 9 to teach some boys Gangnam style dance moves, he is really good.

After a while we had Ella’s pavlova. We took a photo because it was Ella’s kiwiana and Tevita had the job of cutting it up. Then we learnt some rugby skills and passing before playing a game of touch.

By Adam

WEARABLE ART

There has been a hive of activity in Room 9 this morning as our groups put together their wearable art creations. During the week we have researched both wearable art and kiwiana to come up with a design that incorporates both our topic and show.

By India & Brooklynn

WEARABLE ART - create free slideshows

                                                                                             creative klikko

Niko And Cade Made An EXTREME!!!!!!!!! Klikko TankJeep 24.96G8 This Model Is Better Than The Old 23.85B7 Model. It has two 100,367 Horse Bower Fully Automatic 3.5 Meter High RPG and at the front there is a 100,000 Horse Power Matchine Gun. Also The Tank Is Loaded With Tar 21’s Ak47’s And More Fully Automatics.

Niko Earned reward time over the past two days by being focused and completing his work to make this beast of machinary an picked Cade to make it with him.

ASB Aquatic Centre

ASB Aquatic Centre 

In weeks 3 & 4 Room 9, 10, and 11 went swimming at the 

ASB Aquatic Centre... 

We all had lessons with a Swimming Instructor and they taught

us how to do Breast-stroke Butterfly and much more.........

My Favourite part was getting to play with my friends at Free-Time

By Ruby

Poorman's Stream

Poorman Stream

We went down to the stream and met Mel. She talked about the environment and how to keep our streams clean. After that we all got a paint brush, net and bucket to catch fish and insects to see how populated the stream was. Instead of catching an insect in my net is was a rat instead, YUCK! 

We had so much fun exploring with Mel we wish we could go back again! 

Room 9's Nogards

Room 9 Nogards - create free slideshows



We are looking at Visualising...
And were given some instructions.
We had to draw what they told us to do.
Some of the instructions were:

- Colour it in Green/Purple
- It has a tail
- Triangle head

And much more.....

By Ruby & Chloe

Hunta receives the second Birchwood Cup for Room 9, 2012. Ka mau te wehi!

Class Award

Last week India received the class award.
Well Done!

Week 8....

This week we had Mrs P, and did Art with Miss Baillie.

It was fun to Do the Collage.. By Ruby

Class Award - Kiaya

Kiaya Recieved the class award on Friday......

Blog

We learnt how to download Photos on to the

Blog.... By Caleb

Blogging

Here are all the bloggers for the School 

Today we learnt how to add photos...By Ruby 

Here are the Room 9 hopefuls to be School Leader for 2012!!

L to R: Morgan, Cade, Breanna, Jessie, Tahlia, ruby and Hunta.

Well done for having the courage and confidence to deliver a speech to the whole school.

Mr R.

Mr russell

Hey Mr Russell

Look what we did in blogging today!

From Caleb

ROOM 9

This week we have been doing Basketball with Sam from the
Giants.We have been doing Recounts. And a lot of Art.
We have also have been doing our Swimming for the past few
weeks.We have recently done our swimming Athletics too!
Room 7, Room 8, Room 9, Room 10, and Room 11, Competed in that.
By Ruby

Ruby H. was the first recipient of the Birchwood Cup for 2012. Ruby received the Birchwood Cup for her leadership and Role Model Behaviour.
Ka Mau te Wehi Ruby!