Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Pets' Day

This is my Kiwiana. It was very simple compared to the others, but was the Kiwiest I guess because I got first prize. It was a Redband wellie with tussock and matagouri in it.
Simon :)


This is me and Jeffery Bob at Pets' Day. He got two firsts and a second. This year was his third time going to Pets' Day. What I liked best was when he came to me when I had to call him. When I say, "Maaah" he comes straight away. Skye

This is Lenny and I at Pets' Day. Lenny got first prize for calling, but he didn't like being led. He started to buck, so I had to pick him up. He was very hot and thirsty and tired. I got a prize for my gingerbread man and muffins. I had a good day. What I liked most about the day was when I got first prize for Lenny. By Ben


This is me, (in the blue shirt and green and white Canterbury shorts) with my foxy pup Quin, (she is on the blue lead). She got second for best kept dog. I am very proud of her. She did very well on the obstacle course also. Simon. :)

This is me and my sheep E.J at pets day.

On Friday we went to Pets' Day and I took E.J my pet sheep. I won 3 prizes: two seconds and one third. I had heaps of FUN! Lucy

My lamb Donna and I.
When we went to Pets' Day I got a third for my Play Station plate, which was a plate for when you were playing on a play station. I also made a flower vegtable (flower made out of vegtables), and a monster biscuit (a biscuit that looks like a monster).
For my lamb I got highly recommended for 'all round': calling, care and attention, and leading. I like Pets' Day because I get to spend time with my pet and there are lots of fun activities to do!!! I like to eat all the things I made on the way home, too. They were yummy.
By Alice :) ^_^

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Road Block

On Thursday, 25th of October, there was a block on the way to school. Willie (one of the parents) was at the tree getting ready to pull it off the road. My mum, Mary, was there too. We got to school late. Yaaaaa!!!!!!! It was really cool. Alice

Trip to Blenheim

Last Friday we went to Blenheim to go to the library and the pools. For lunch we went to Pollard Park. We played on a big red thing that was made out of strong rope and we climbed up to the top and back down. It was fun. Skye
While we were in Blenheim on Friday 19 October we went to our favourite park in Blenheim, Pollard Park, for lunch. Where the climbing thing is, there used to be slides and monkey bars. We played for a wee while then went to the river and saw two ducklings, 1 black and 1 brown and an eel. He went in his hole so Simon got a stick and the eel chased it out and tried to bite it (below). Annah.


Ben, Simon and Alice looking at the eel

On Friday we went to Blenheim and went to Pollard park to have lunch. We went down to the river and saw an eel and two ducklings. One was brown, the other was white. The eel ate the other four ducklings. We went to the art gallery and saw grape posts made into picnic tables. We went to the pool. It was fun. Ben

When we went to Blenheim we went to a park called Seymore Square to have morning tea. In this photo we are playing on the hand railing by the bell tower. Lucy (:

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Rugby

We have been playing rugby lately at lunch time. It has been Annah, Lucy and I playing against Simon, Ben and Skye. We won the recent game by 2 points.


We played rugby today.

Lucy



Ben, Skye and I are a pretty good team, we're called Canterbury. We've won all games but the one. We lost the last one because we missed 2 conversions. Today we won a game 45-15. The other day we hammered them huge, but lost count of the score. They are a very strong, hard to bet team when they want to be though.

From, the Canterbury team, Simon Ward, Skye Macdonald and Ben Satterthwaite.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Snow Again!

On Wednesday we had some snow and I decided to make a snow man. Lucy :)

This is me with my snowman. His name is 'the thing from SNOWEY valley'. He wasn't the straightest standing of blokes, but he stayed up for the longest. They were a lot better than the ones we made last time. He looked pretty cool with my hat on. Simon

Ben's Snowman

The Rain, the River and our Haiku Poetry

We have had a lot of rain recently, so the Awatere River is flooded and huge. We went for a walk down to see the river and take some photos. On the way Juliet said we had to write some poetry about the river. Here are two poems I wrote. Alice

River Flood
Today the river is brown and roaring.
Raging, destroying
Anything in its path

Dangerous River
The river rips you off your feet.
Your friends run to save you.
But the river can run faster, goodbye.


Flood Alarm

A river sleeping in its rock bed
Suddenly woken with torrential rain
Now roars and charges with anger.
Simon


The raging river rushing down the hillside
Making a hollow in the rock.
Ben

Flood
The storming river pilfering
Shingle piles down its rocky, coffee path
Roaring with anger.
Annah

Storm
Thunder, lighning
Clouds cover up the blue sky
The river turns to a chocolate milk shake.
Skye


Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Wash Out!

On Tuseday the 9th we heard that the Castle River bridge had been wiped out. So we asked Juliet if we could go down and see the damage, and the river. When we got there a car pulled up and it needed to cross the bridge. It crossed on boards going over the hole. So that's the photo.

Lucy


Having Fun in the Rain


On Monday the 8th our first day back at school, we all went for a walk towards the Middlehurst bridge to see the flood waters. We found a really big deep pond on the way there. First I took off my boots and then walked into the pond where it was really deep. Annah came with me. Soon after everybody was in the pond. When we walked back we kicked water over each other. We got a bit wet but we really enjoyed it!!!!!!!!!!!