Marae and manamagaroa reserve walk

Yesterday, me, Clayton and my mum were sitting in the bus . First we went to Edgewater college to go in the Marae. We waited  about five minutes.  I thought  they were putting on makeup but I was wrong,  they were setting up, or something like that. The Maori  name for Edgewater is Te taha wai,  I think. 
After the prayers we went into the kitchen. We had orange juice and biscuits.  Clayton finished first then the lady said these four tables go back into the marae to draw the patterns that inspired us. After that our group went into the kitchen to draw our own Koru patterns . I have a,lot of family and whanau, TRUST ME! 
After that we went back on the bus. We still sat in the same places. We went to  the Mangamangaroa  reserve walk  to get inspired by all the leaves and fauna and forestry. When we got to the top we had to run almost a mile back to the bus, but I made it. After that we went back to school. I had a really great time  with my mum and my friends.     

Edgewater Marae trip and Bushwalk S.W.

On 27th of August room 12 and room 14 went to Edgewater Marae, when we got there Mrs.Foot gave us instruction so we could behave inside the marae. The marae lady told us about the marae, what they told us is that the marae is actually our marae. After, we were told to go to the  toilet then we went to the  dining room and have morning tea, we had orange juice and biscuits. After morning tea we started our first activity, we started by learning what Maori people needs to know. After that we started drawing maori patterns on black paper. Later, group 2 came in, at that time we went back to the main room. The marae lady told us about the carvings of the ancestors of maori people. We were allowed to sketch the ancestors. After group 2 came in and sat with us. We sang our school song to the marae ladies and went back to our school bus.

A few minuets later we arrived at the reserve, we had lunch over there. After lunch we started our bushwalk. We saw some cow poop at the start, we had to dodge them on our way to the bush, finally we dodged them, phew! We started our bushwalk. We saw some Somerville students doing cross country in the bush, Suddenly Mrs Foot heard birds singing and told us to be silent. We heard the birds sing, ( to me ) it was pretty good. Later on we carried on walking and again Somerville students were running through us as fast as dogs chasing cats. We saw some plants with funny shapes. When we got out of the bush, we had to dodge cow poop again. Finally we made it to our bus.

The Bush Walk and the Marea ALB

On Tuesday the 27 of August Room12 and Room14 visited Edgewater Marae. In maori they call it Te Taha Wai. When we got there there was a lady welcoming us in. We were in groups, my group was with Miss Rahdu and 15 kids from room 14 and room12. My group did drawing of our ancestors, then we went and did sketching, that was fun. I liked the Marae. After that we had to go on the bus to Mangemangeroa.

Later we went on a bush walk at Mangemangeroa Reserve for a bush walk. We went for inspiration. The Mangemangeroa reserve was near Sommerville  Intermediate . We had our lunch on a really big hill on a blue tarp. Our journey through the trees was awesome. The birds sung a charming song, they were entertaining us with there songs while we were clicking our cameras. My favourite thing was seeing all the wonderful trees and the waterfall, that was fun. When we finished the walk through the bush we went for a run and my friend stept in cow poo, yuck!  It was so muddy I got mud on my legs and my shoes. It was so much fun. Then we had to come back to school and do boring school work.

Mangemangeora bush walk by KJ

On Tuesday the 27 of  August room 12 and 14 went Edgewater college marae. The people at the marae greeted us in to the wonderful marae. We had some morning tea and then started our activities. We started by copying the ancestors on the wall, they were from different places like Tauranga and Chistchurch. The next activity was, we had to draw our family in koru's which was sort of weirdishly hard.

After the visit  room 12 and 14 went to Mangemangaroa bush walk. We went for inspiration for our wearable art. When we first got out all we could smell was cow poo every where. Mangemangeora bush walk  is near Somerville intermediate. We had our lunch on a steep hill  on a tarpaulin. We started our journey into the wonderful bush walk. There was silver fern, mini water falls and green trees which looked like hulk. There were birds chirping away to the other birds, singing songs while we  were clicking with our cameras. My favourite bit was when I took a picture of myself holding my house in my fingers, it was awesome! My least favourite thing was when I dropped my mum;s expensive camera in cow poo. When she saw it in cow poo she wasn't happy! We went back to the bus and left the smell of cow poo behind and went back to school.

Marae visit C.C.

On Tuesday 27th my classroom and room 14 went to Edgewater college marae and in maori they call it Te Taha Wai. We did some fun activities, one of them we made our own kowhaiwhai designs. On the other activity the people at the marae gave us a piece of sheet and we added the patterns from the ancestors and made our own patterns. When I started having fun they said we had to stop. They said a male usally calls us onto the marae but there were no males available so the ladies did. After that we went to the bus and were on another journey to Mangemangaora reserve. When we got there we put out our tarpaulin and had lunch. After 10 minutes we started walking. We started hearing the birds sing, we also saw some tiny waterfalls. We saw some amazing houses next to an estuary that came from Raglan. When we got to the top we could clearly see the gigantic estuary. We  had to climb the fence and then lots of people sprinted up the hill. Then people started stepping in cow poo. My friend dropped his camera in poo. When we got back to the bus I saw a few cows and I really wanted to pat them. Back at school we had to do some boring work..

Book week

We had an author, illustator and editor come and talk to us about making books.
They were very interesting.
We learnt that authors are inspired by their own lives and experiences and that it is probably handy to keep a journal if you are planning to be a writer one day.

Room 12

Billie B Brown

Billie B Brown is a character in a book, she has two brown shiny eyes and brown short hair. She has a brother called Nathan and they live with her mum and dad. She has a best friend he is called Jack, they also are neighbors, they do every thing together and they are in the same school, and they help each other.

Travis Pastrana

C.M. came to the book character week as Travis pastrana 

He wears dirt bike clothes 

He is a DARE DEVIL 

He goes around the world for tours and fame 

His friends are Tomes/ Wheels /Tommy/ wee man

Katniss Everdeen by: CP and AH

AH came to the book character day as Katniss Everdeen. She is16 years old and is a kind, loving, generous, quiet girl from District 12. She has a younger sister called Primrose, a mum, but her dad died in a mine explosion when she was younger. She has brown long hair which is always in a braid. She loves archery and shoots deer for her family and village to eat. She has one awesome friend called Gale who's dad also died in the mine explosion. she is also good at hunting, archery, climbing trees, singing and swimming. Her favourite thing to eat is lamb stew and she dislikes the family cat and tracker jacker stings.

Richie McCaw

Richie MacCaw
K.J came to the book character day as Richie McCaw.
He is an All Black and their captain.
He has played 98 test matches for the All Blacks.
He was born on the 31st of  December.
He weighs 106 kg.
His height 1.87.
He has two siblings (Jo McCaw) (Joana McCaw).
He's the All blacks open side flanker and sometimes number 8.
By K.J and C.C

Spongebob L.J L.B

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sponge Bob lives in Bikini Bottom, Conch street in a pineapple number 124. He has a cheerful attitude and has his best friend Patrick Star. He works at the Krusty Krab, the home of the best food in the sea, the krabby patty burger. His neighbour Squid ward Tentacles who lives in  Easter island head and also works with him at the Krusty Krab. Spongebob does the cooking and Squidward does the checkout.
He also goes to Mrs Puffs Boating School with his teacher Mrs Puff, her first name is Poppy. He has failed 365 times but tries his hardest at school and never gives up. His boss at work is Mr Krabs, his first name is Eugene. Mr Krabs loves money. His arch enemy is Plankton, his real name is Sheldon J Plankton but people call him Plankton. He tries to steal the krabby patty secret recipe and you can't know as well. He has another friend named Sandy Cheeks and  they like to do karate and jelly fishing.
  

Harry Potter from the Goblet of fire. S.W. K.M.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire inspired K.M.'s costume.
Harry Potter's personality is: he has a scar on his head, he's kind, friendly and he hates Draco Malfoy.
He doesn't have a brother or sister, and his parents were murdered by Voldemort. So, he lives with his Aunty and Uncle and their son.
His friends: Hermione and Ron are also wizards from Hogwarts.
He likes to visit Hagrid in his spare time.

Violet Charlie and the chocolate factory CWR TM

Violet Beauregarde is a world champion  gum chewer.
She is a preteen, athletic, has a competitive streak, having won 263 trophies and medals in various events ranging from martial arts competitions to gum-chewing contests. She is a junior champion and world record holder in the latte.

Violet Beauregarde wears the same clothes as her mum and she's got her hair cut like her mum. Violet keeps all of her trophies on a massive shelf that has thick glass around it. Violet has a mum called Scarlett Beauregarde and a dad called Sam Beauregarde. She is bossy to all the uncool kids.

  8 facts on Huckleberry Finn

1. He lives on Jaxons island
2. He wears a straw hat
3. His shorts are ripped
4. Some people call his dad Mr Finn
5. His dad gets drunk
6. He has a scarf in his pocket
7. He carries a stick, a fishing rod and a bucket
8. He lives in a shack

Dorothy of Wizard of Oz .By: ALB, TH

For book week we have dressed up as Dorothy of Wizard of Oz and we are going to tell you about her.

Dorothy has a dog called Toto, she also lives on a farm with her Uncles, Aunties, Grandad,Ggrandma and Toto. She wears red sparkly shoes with plaits in her hair with blue bows. She doesn't have siblings or a mum or a dad.

She has 3 friends called Lion,Tin man and Scarecrow.

Dorothy was 16 when she first started acting, Toto's real name is Terry.

Dorothy's real name is Judy Garland.

Book week I W

North wood
There once was a girl called cecelia  and she was no order nary girl she lived in a ballon house and could understand animal .
Cecelia had a bedroom on the top of the ballon house she pretended she was a princess.

This book is about a girl called Cecelia who could understand animals and she lived in a balloon house. She went on a big adventure which began in a forest. 

When she looked outside she could see a dark misty forest she alway tried not to look in that direction but she also could see her town.

One day she heard a bark from a dog, she could not tell what it was saying because she had to see the animal to understand it so she walked onto the deck and then she could see the animal. It was the  next door neighbours dog.
It was saying, "help me I'm getting  starved to death." But she didn't know what to do. Her neighbour was a mean shopkeeper. But, she had to do something so she walked to his house and asked if she could take the dog for a walk but he started yelling words that couldn't escape his mouth. So Cecelia ran  home as fast as she could.

She had to think then she suddenly got an idea.
She would get a washing basket and tie balloons on each side and she did that.She had a sand bag on the  bottom but it could float a little bit. She made sure she did it when the dog was out side. When she did it she had two strings attached to it, one for ripping the sand bag open and one for pulling the washing basket up. She let the washing basket go down, it just went over the fence. The dog went into the basket  and Cecelia pulled the basket up .

Cecelia was proud but a few minutes later there was a thud. She could see her neighbour crashing into their house . She was on the top floor  and she knew her dad was worried there would be an earth quake or something like that so he designed the top floor to float . So it floated near the forest,all she could  do was hope not to land in the forest.   
But she did. If you want to know what happens next, read the book.

farewell Mr J L.k

Mr J has been a wondeful part of our school and we are all going to miss him when he leaves.
Mr J has been part of lots of sports at our school like Ripper rubgy and touch.
He has been very helpful with helping us children get balls of the roof and being able to enjoy school.

He is very helpful and kind and thinks about others before himself.
He can be nice by cleaning our mess in the bath room.

He is very helpful and I am sure that every one is going to miss him when he leaves.
Helping people is a part of his life and we all think it will be a part of his life forever.
We are all very very proud of Mr J

Thanks so much Mr J for your help and support at our school.
by L.K

The one and only Mr J. AS TH.

After 30 years Mr Johnson has finally decided to retire.
He has been a big part of the school and we will miss his presence.
Mr Johnson has taken a big interest in ripper rugby.
He has been a great coach for ripper rugby and he is a wonderful
leader.
He has looked after our school in many ways like cleaning the bathroom, grabbing balls of the roof and he puts out the rubbish.
He always has a lot time for the students.
Mr J will be missed!

good bye Mr J I.W

Good bye M.r J

After 30 years you are retiring.
It is so sad to see you go. I'm sure every one will miss you.
You have been a big part of our school with getting  the balls of the roofs  and cleaning the bathrooms.
Our school won't be the same with out you .

You have been involved in a lot of sport like ripper rugby and touch .

My highlight is playing ripper rugby.
It was so much fun.

I.W

Farewell Mr J C.A.P. T.K

Mr J

For an outstanding 30 years of caretaking at our school Mr J has withdrawn his position.
Everyday when Mr J walks past he always says hi or wears one of his awesome rugby hats.

He has been a great help in many different ways, for example he has cleaned out all of the classes rubbish bins, he gets balls off the roof, he cleans the toilets and he cleans the dirty, contaminated, scruffy pool.,Mr J inspires lots of kids, for example A.H was taught how to play ripper and touch rugby since she was 5 years of age and C.W.R was also taught how to play touch and ripper rugby since she was 8 years of age which is great.

Bye Mr J we will miss you.

Farewell mr Johnson CWR AH

After an amazing 30years of keeping our school in mint condition the fantastic Mr Johnson is hanging  up his coat and retiring.

He has been an infinite part of Botany downs primary and we will lament his companionship.

He has looked after our school in many ways such as cleaning our bathrooms, getting bouncy balls and sports gear of the roof, lining up our sports fields for games and washing down dirty walls.

He always has a lot of time
for the students. He helps them learn new sports and is always a friendly person around our school. He's caring and is a special person and is always willing to help.

Mr Johnson has taken a big interest in ripper rugby, he has taught us girls how to play ripper rugby. He got us into the R.R tournaments but sadly we didn't get into the finals,but that doesn't matter because we worked as a team and tried our best. My highlight would have to be the R.R tournament. You had enough time to to take us and book us into the tournament and supported us the whole way through.
Thank you Mr Johnson for teaching me, C W R  how to play ripper rugby.
Love CWR xo :) :)

Thank you Mr Johnson for teaching me how to play touch and ripper rugby. I've loved playing and I will miss your coaching. My highlight would have to be winning the touch tournament in my first year of playing. I've been playing touch ever since and have always enjoyed it. Thank you soooo much Mr J and I will miss you heaps. Love A.H :) xo

Farewell Mr Johnson J.M

Farewell Mr Johnoson

After 30 years Mr Johnson has sadly decided to retire.


He has been a massive part of our lovely school and we will miss his presence.


Mr Johnson has looked after our school in many ways.
Like helping people getting there balls down from the roofs, 
cleaning the bathrooms when the toilets flood and cleaning the filthy pool.
Without him we do not know what to do.


He has been a giant part of Botany Down Primary and we will miss him.
He has taken a lot interest in sport such as Ripper rugby. He would spend
lunch times training the team or classes.

Mr Johnson did his job amazingly. If it was taking the trash out or getting a toy out of the sewer it didn't matter as long it was for the kids.


Without you Mr Johnson the school will not be perfect.
Mr Johnson has been the best care taker and everyone is going to be sad to see him go.

Farewell Mr J T.H.

Walt elaborate


After 30 years Mr J has finally decided to retire.

He has been a big part of Botany Downs and we will all miss him.
Mr J has helped with some sports such as ripper rugby and touch.

He has helped out the school by cleaning bathrooms when the toilets flood,
cleaning the pool and getting bouncy balls off the roof.

He has also helped out the students, like when I accidently dropped
my toy dolphin down the drain and he helped me to get it out.

Mr J has been an awesome care taker and everyone is going to 
be sad to see him go.
T H

Farewell Mr J N.H

Mr J-

Mr J has been at our school for many years and now he must leave.
Without Mr J our school wont be perfect.

He made time for everything for us, for the school and most important him,
If a ball got stuck on the roof he would get it down, if a toilet flooded he'd be there fixing it. Without him we wouldn't know what to do.

Mr J has taken a lot of interest in Ripper Rugby. he would spend his lunch times training a team either by class or team. His passion for ripper rugby meant he formed a team and he never gave up whether the team was bad or not, he still believed in them.

He did his job amazingly. If it was taking out the trash or getting something out of the sewer it didn't matter as long it was for the kids.

Doing it for the kids is what he does best!
N H