101 Word Story Competition success

A student from Room 5 has gained first place in the school wide 101 word story competition for 2013. The task was to write using exactly 101 words on a topic (excluding the heading) and include ten given words, be coherent and error free. Fallon Goodson was announced the winner at school assembly, and two other students from Room 5 were Highly Commended. They were Shyla Paikea-Lepulu and Phaeora Sims.
Fallon's story is below with the ten words highlighted-

                          "I Made A Difference"
I was uncertain about this but I was completely over having to tie my brother's shoe laces. He stretched out and grabbed his shoe with a determined look. He bowed down - all of a sudden a deflated look appeared on his face and I could tell he was now challenged by the knotted shoe laces that stared back at him. After 10 minutes of struggling he was finally starting to get it. "Cross this one over." He started singing. Once he was done he screamed a definite "I did it!" He walked away humbly, that's when I knew I had made a difference.

Fallon

School Oratory success

Libby

Petria

 

Two Room 5 students achieved success at the 2013 School Oratory competition finals held in the school auditorium at night in front of an audience of parents, fellow students and other interested school supporters. Libby Williams (Year 7) dressed in her karate uniform and spoke on the topic of "Goals are dreams with a timeline", and achieved third placing overall in the Level 3 section. Petria Fitzgerald (Year 8) entertained when she spoke on the topic of "What I do with today is very important because I will be exchanging a day of my life for it", and achieved second placing overall in the Level 4 section. Congratulations to both students! 

Waikato Science Fair Success

Petria- Highly Commended in the Open Class Photography section. 



Carl- Second place in the Wall Charts section

Congratulations to Petria Fitzgerald and Carl Stephens for their success at the Waikato Science Fair. Carl was second overall in the Wall Charts section and Petria was Highly Commended in the Open Class Photography section. Well done to both of them.

Red Nose Day FUNDRAISING for Cure Kids

 

 

This week we have been fundraising as part of the Red Nose Day campaign where all the money raised goes to "Cure Kids". We sold red noses, small bouncy balls, had a big Cup Cake stall, raffled off a lovely big decorated cake which was baked and iced by one of our generous Mums, and made ice creams in a cup with chocolate sprinkles and a marsh mellow on the top. Altogether we raised a fantastic total of $898.10  Well done Room 5!!!!

Our Wellington Trip - 2013

Students from Room 5 travelled with others from Kahikatea team and Mr Metcalfe to Wellington for five days of educational experiences including visiting our national museum Te Papa, the Wellington Holocaust Museum, our nation's Parliament, the Carter Observatory, the Museum of the City and Sea, the Art Gallery, and Zealandia; finishing with a helicopter tour of the city. We also went Rock Wall Climbing, went to the movies, and had dinner at a Mongolian restaurant. We flew both to and from Wellington by air and survived a week in the city that had just days before experienced large earthquakes. The students from Room 5 who attended were Shadrach Tuimaseve, Ben Needham, Ashleigh Eves, Jasmine Muhlmann-Brown, Fallon Goodson, Phaeora Sims and Cassie Barnes. A great trip!

Room 5 students feature in each of the videos featured above when involved in the "Capital Connections" programme. This began at the Carter Observatory where the students were tutored in iMovie and then set tasks to accomplish throughout the day. They then visited the cable car, the Museum of the City and Sea, and then the Wellington Art Gallery. After editing, they watched their resulting videos before departing the programme. Assistance came from Capital e!

Chiefs Day at school.

Back row- Cassie, Fallon and Georgia. Front row- Libby, Aimee and Bailey.

Students dressed in Chiefs regalia today at school to recognise the team before their Grand Final appearance for the Super 15 Rugby Championship at Waikato Stadium tomorrow night against the Brumbies from Australia. The Chiefs won the match 27-22 and are now back to back Champions! Go the CHIEFS!

Success at Waikato Schools' Chess Championships

Brad, Jasmine and Petria

 

Three members of Room 5 were successful at the Waikato Schools' Chess Championships held at Maeroa on Tuesday 30th July. Jasmine Podmore and Brad Podmore were part of the  A team that finished first overall, with Jasmine  2nd overall Girl.  Petria was in the B Team, and was 3rd Girl overall. Brad was the 3rd overall competitor. Well done team!