Category Archives: Room 5

At Tech we are working on LED bedside lamps.  The lamps are made out of plywood. First we cut out the platform or base and glued them together.  We had to use 3 pieces of wood so we could put the electrical wire through the middle. Then we made our shape to go on the […]

From Tuesday 26th June until Thursday 5th July our children’s artwork is on display at the Wallace Art Gallery in Morrinsville.  The children have worked very hard creating their artwork and love showing it to their families and whanau. Susan St Lawrence – Resident Artist at the Gallery is greatly impressed with our children’s art […]

As I line up at the start, toes over the edge, I feel my heart pounding like a bouncy ball bouncing off my chest What's that?!  The clapper!  I better go!  Suddenly, everyone starts.  I join along too.  I race as fast as I can like a fast moving turtle in the water.  In the [...]

The Board of Trustees hosted its annual families get together providing a BBQ sausage sizzle.  The tamariki (and parents) had plenty of laughter with some fun races and then a swim. 

Our Year 7 and 8  children visited Whitianga for a 3 day Leadership Camp.  The camp involved Kai Māori at the beach, ferry to Ferry Landing, snorkelling, Shakespeare Cliff Track walk at Cooks Beach, Cathedral Cove, Hotwater Beach, Water hole and Waka Ama.

Our Year 5 and 6 children had a great time at Port Waikato Camp.  Below are some samples of the children's writing from camp and a photo slider display. The Mud Fight! the mud is slime dripping down my back The mud is sticky quicksand underneath my feet The mud fight is a battleground with [...]