Iron Maori Tamariki :)

Tino pai Reicoe, Ana, Bostyn, Paige, Jack and Shekinah who took part in the Iron Maori Kids event at Pandora Pond today. They had to complete a swim and run as either a team or as individuals and came back to school absolutely buzzing and excited about giving something new a go. What awesome courage you all showed - way to go!

What an amazing medal!

The trophy given to Mahora School :)

Bostyn, Paige, Ana and Jack. Absent: Reicoe and Shekinah

Jack looks like a pro in his cap :)

Cool t-shirts, caps, bags and medals. Wow!

Way to go Inter-school Athletes!

Ana, Cairo and Paige were part of the team of awesome athletes who competed at the Inter-school Athletic Sports today. They enjoyed participating and showed fabulous Mahora spirit. Well done! I think they look great in our new Mahora sports shirts. What do you think?

Super Strumming - Magical Music - Ukulele Festival 2014

Bianca and Paige

Great to see an enthusiastic bunch of ukulele players at the Opera House on Friday night. It was a BIG day after the trip to Cape Kidnappers. It's such fun being part of a big ukulele orchestra. I found some of the songs a wee bit tricky. How about you? What was your favourite song? Mine was definitely 'Midnight Special' - I just love that one. Share a ukulele song that you enjoy playing - it doesn't have to be a festival song...

Fireman Hero Saves a Life!

I heard the alarm go off so I quickly rushed to the fire and zoomed off. But, I was too late. Then I realised there was still something in there because a lady said, “There is a baby kitten in the burning house!” So my mate gave me some tools but I dropped them so my back would not be sore. Then I went in the house. It was pitch black but luckily I had a torch so I turned on the torch and shined it around the room. I saw a Spiderman table and next to it was the kitten. Then I picked it up and told my mate that I had the kitten. I quickly put a towel over the kitten and poured some nice cold water on it, then an oxygen mask on the kitten’s mouth. I was scared that it might die but then I heard a little meow. “It’s alive!” I said. I was so happy but this person who was behind me was petrified because she thought it would not wake up. But, it did wake up! Then I drove off and said, “That was a rough day. I am exhausted!”

By Reicoe

Here I go. I walk into the burnt house. I turn on my flashlight. I’m looking around for the kitten… there it is! I go and pick it up. I pat my friend to show him that I’ve got it. “Let’s go!” We walk out of the black house. “Hurry! Hurry! We have got to get this kitten breathing again!” I open the slide-up door of the fire truck. I have to get that black bag with a tank in it! I put the oxygen mask on the kitten. I get a cloth and pour water on it. I see it starts to move and then it meows. “I have just saved this kitten.” I say to myself.

By Cairo

“OK, what’s going on sir?”

“We haven’t checked inside yet.”

“OK, then I will. I wonder what’s in here? There is a Superman bag and table. Hey! I wonder what that grey thing is on the ground by the table? It looks like a cat!” I said very softly.

“Hey! Hey! I found a cat on the ground!”

My partner offered me tools.

“OK, let’s take this cat outside to get have some fresh air from the oxygen mask!”

I said, “Come on kitten, stay with me now please. OK, I will put this cloth on your back to rehydrate you.”

“Meow, meow” said the kitten.

 “The kitten’s alive!” I said, shouting with joy.

My partner congratulated me and I hugged the kitten.

By Ana

One day, I got called to an emergency. To a burning house!

As I arrive at the house, the owner is standing outside.

She said her son was playing with matches but she didn’t know he was.

I said “OK.”

Then she said, “My kitten is inside the house! Can you please go and rescue it?”

“OK” I said.

So I go inside the house. “Look! There’s a Spiderman table and bag. Hey look! Is that the kitten? OK, let’s get it and take it outside. Go! Go! Go! Get the gas mask and towels too! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Put the towels and the gas mask on it, and the water. Now she’s safe,” I said to the owner.

By Presley

Rippa Rugby Champs!

Another top team were these Rippa Rugby players who won the Year ¾ tournament helped at the Regional Sports Park recently. Is Innika the magic ingredient? She featured in the champion mini ball team too. Great stuff guys, and so proud of those who were 'having a go' at something that was new. That's courage in action!

Team 2 Rippa Rugby players

A Visit from Lightning!

Ana's pet Lightning and his buddy Cairo came to visit today. They had a lovely time in their cage watching the class work on their Wetlands Pentagons and even had a wee snooze! They were very well behaved. It's amazing that when they first visited earlier in the term, there were students who (understandably) were very nervous about having rats in the room and didn't want to touch them. Today most students had a wee hold and patted Lightning, who is very tame. He does have scratchy little claws though! Thanks Ana - it was a memorable visit.

Engrossed in learning about pet rats. 

Ana and Lightning

Freaky Friday Disco Fun

Freaky Friday Disco! on PhotoPeach

Super, Fantastic, Marvellous, Wonderful, Amazing, Clever Sentences!

Bittern

Before we visited Pekapeka, Room 10 students completed an imaginary writing task. They had to think about all the information they had learned about wetlands and imagine what it would be like when they were about to step onto the boardwalk. What would they see? Hear? Smell? Think?
Check out these little snippets and you will see why Mrs Perry and Mrs Mac are really thrilled with the class writing. Here are some of the super, duper sentences...

When I stepped onto the boardwalk...

"I might see some shags and some black swans and I think there will be some water. The pukeko is a native bird. I want to see a fern bird but they are very shy. They live in the raupo and they can be hiding somewhere." By Julie

"I saw a harrier hawk. It quickly flew down and grabbed a rat. I thought it was going to grab me! I saw another pukeko coming near me then as it got closer it turned away from me." By Paige

"I heard birds chirping, the breeze hitting the grass and I could smell yucky contaminated water." By Cairo

"I felt the wet, squishy grass. It was cool to see the dragonflies flying like an airplane up and down. There were snails slithering across the wet grass and the wet blocks of wood. I smelt the damp water." By Nina

"I felt the breeze making me shiver. I should have brought my jacket!" By Tyler

"Did you know that if you watch the bittern relax it will point it's bill up so it camouflages itself. The bittern is a carnivore because they eat meat." By Shekinah

"I saw some birds flapping their wings softly. I hear birds singing. It was a pukeko because it had a bright red beak and red feet. It's body was blue." By Bianca

"We might see a kingfisher eating fish, insects, frogs, crayfish, worms and rats. The kingfisher can eat a rat in one go and rest for 10 minutes." By Sharnika

"What can I hear? Little mice squeaking. What can I see? Little mice with their little feet running away. What can I smell? The cold air. What can I feel? Wet little mice in my hands." By Ana

"I saw a pukeko on the boardwalk. He flew away because he was scared of me and I was scared of him because I thought he would jump on me or scratch me with his sharp beak. He was blue. He had brown eyes with a quite sharp beak. He smelt like the grass. " By Bona

"I can feel the flax when I walk past. The pukeko has bright as legs and a beak. His feathers shine in the sun. When he is in the shade his coat of feathers turns dark blue." By Grace

"I saw the kingfisher eat a fish. It was cool watching the kingfisher swoop in the water and catch a fish." By Rama

"Then I heard a strange noise. I think it was a morepork, ready to catch some food for the night. What's that in the flax? Wow! It's a bittern, camouflaged in the flax. Ouch! Oh no! I think a midge just bit me! I'm going to have a big itchy bite!" By Ezrah

'The bittern looks like a stick. The bittern can sometimes be easily seen but sometimes it is not easy to find the Australian bittern." By Destiny-Paige

"I saw a bittern. It was very still and it looked like a piece of wood standing up on the green grass. Then I saw a fern bird flying around with it's long tail and a worm in its small mouth. Then I saw a sparkling frog with black and green stripes. Then I saw that frog again eating some beautiful dragonflies." By Reicoe

"On the way to the pukekos I saw a bittern. I was wearing green clothes so I got down into the grass and the bittern didn't notice me. I managed to get close enough to actually touch it. It's feathers felt like silk but it smelled like weeds. Pooh!!!" By Mathias

"I saw some insects distracting a black swan when it was relaxing in the nice hot sun on a branch. The branch was the black swans favourite place to relax, by her nest so she could watch her eggs." By Aradia

"When I stepped onto the boardwalk I could hear birds tweeting loudly. I could see a lot of different animals and birds and I went hmmmm, that looks like a pukeko!" By Bostyn

"I think I'll see a swimming black swan with a shiny beak and then I'll see a kingfisher jumping up." By Nicholas

"The first thing I heard was a chirp and I thought it was a bittern. They are really hard to find because they're really good at camouflaging themselves. I think I saw a small shadow behind the tree. I'm going to have a look behind the tree. Oh! It's a pukeko. Look at its blue and black and orange skin. Look at the way it walks. Oh! Is that a fern bird I see? Look at its long tail! It's huge." By Presley

"Then I saw blood in the water. I saw a rat then a caddisfly came down and killed it. I thought to myself, in wetlands, at Pekapeka, it's hard to survive." By Wyatt

"I travelled on but then I saw a bird called the fern bird. I knew it was called the fern bird because it was camouflaged and small with a long tail. It was amazing just being with nature." By Jordan

"I can hear the birds flapping their wings. I can smell the water making little waves and doing little flicks on me and getting me wet." By Cole

"I can smell the dirty water and bird poo. I can hear quacking and wings flapping. I can feel the wind and blowflies on my skin." By Jack

"I could hear the birds tweeting. I could smell the pukeko and it smelled like it needed a shower. I could see the fern bird but it saw me first. I felt the black swan. It was smooth." By Divaan

"Then I kept on walking and saw two pukekos in the water. Beside them I saw a kingfisher but the kingfisher had a kind of a sharp beak. The pukeko, fern bird and the bittern had funny feet and sharp claws to dig for food to eat." By Evangelina

What great writing Room 10. Tino pai, ka rawe!

Could it Be Today? By Ana

Wow! Today was a new day, but not just a new day it was the opening ceremony for the new bike track. This morning when we got to the bike track it was very hot. It felt like I was on fire! But soon enough Mr Pearse came along and started to talk to us and the teachers, well mostly the kids though. As soon as everybody heard Mr Pearse we all stopped and looked at him silently and then he spoke about stuff.

Mr Pearse and all the Sponsors

Sharing Learning with Popplet

We are learning to…
Work with a buddy and use an iPad app called Popplet to share what we learned at RJ Flowers this week. Popplet is a great app for brainstorming and sharing ideas. These are fabulous Popplets Room 10. I know you worked really hard on editing and completing them today! Tino pai :)

Ana & Aradia

Ezrah & Jordan

Mathias & Paige

Grace & Sharnika

Nina & Evangelina

Cairo & Tyler