Drama workshop

March 2012
At the start of the day we all got together and learned each others names and we had to wear name tags so we wouldn't forget them. The lady who was teaching us was called Mrs Arends and she taught us games like the King is Dead, Crack the Code, Two Truths and a Lie and we also played Chinese Whispers.
There were only 5 boys and 14 girls. We pratised 2 poems for the performance. We also did Freeze Frames. We did fairy tales for the pratise and for the show we did freeze frames of a family at the circus, at the A&P Show, a weddings and the dog trials. Then we did the performance and some parents came.
In the performance we did the best Freeze Frames, 2 poems, the King is Dead and the Day of 5 Challanges at the end of the show we pick 3 volenteers to demonstrate the King is Dead. Jess' s Dad volunteered and so did her Grandpop. It was really good and funny. Thanks guys.
The two days were fun and we all made lots of new friends and hope to do it again one day.

Red Cross People Savers Course

March 2012

On Thursday the first of March 2012 the Ngaumu class particapated in the Red Cross People Savers course. Kathy the Red Cross lady handed out booklets for us to do some activities in and then she taught us things that we need to know in big emergencies.

Firstly, Kathy taught us the DRSABC which stands for D - check for dangers R- response S- send for help A- airway B- breathing and C- circulation that was fun! Now in our booklet we filled in a couple of activites to do with DRSABCs. Secondly, she taught us about broken bones and how to treat them when we know they're broken.Then we learnt to surround the broken bones in books or anything around you.

Thirdly, Kathy taught us about burns and poisons. In the topic burns she told that we had to Clean Cool Cover and run the burn under cold water for 20 minutes. Kathy taught us about poisons and to watch out for them around your house and schools.

Lastly , we got to have a little play around with things and we did some little role plays to see if we remembered what to do in certain emergencies.

At the end of the day everyone was tired but at least we now know how to respond in emergencies.

It was a great day and I think I could now help someone in an emergency

Masterton swimming sports

On the 5th of March 2012, Gretchen, Jess, Isaac, Lachie and I went to the Masterton Swimming Sports, because we all placed in our races at the Rural Swimming Sports at the Genesis Energy Recreation Centre pools on the 21st of February.

We all swam in the races that we qualified for in the last Swimming Sports. Before my race started I was really nervous and had hard core butterflys in my stomach. After I swam I got really cold and had to wrap myself in a towel and sit on my dads knee.

We all did really well, but only Lachie and Isaac made it through to the finals but then only Lachie made it through to the Wairarapa swimming sports agian in the Genesis Energy Recreation Centre pools.

At lunch I all went home because it was really hot and and I would get bored because I had no more races to swim. I was really proud of my efforts and the efforts of my friends.

Rural Swimming sports

21 February 2012

A couple of weeks ago, the whole of Wainuioru School participated in the Rural Swimming Sports 2012.It was great to get everyone involved in it. People ages from 5 to 50 participated in this event as it was so much fun!

Wainuioru did really well and we even had the youngest swimmer (9 years) in the four length race.

We started with the widths (15 meters) and ended with the lengths (25 meters). There was freestyle, backstroke , butterfly and breaststroke.

At the end we had the parents races and the relays. They were alot of fun but no victories there.

It was a great day and a few of us got into the next round.

Molly & Rachael

Duathlon

8th March 2012

Yesterday our whole school did a Duathlon, a running and swimming event.

The whole school had to run and swim how many lengths and laps of what year they were, for example, if you were a year 6 you had to run 6 laps of the field swim and 6 lengths of the pool.

We started off with the year ones and went all the way up to the year eights.

After we had competed, we went to get changed then got a warm Milo, "yum" and we also had an enjoyable piece of tasty fruit.

It was a fun event even though it was a bit of a chilly day .

Picnic 17/2/12

On the 17th of February Wainuioru School went to the Greytown Park for our school picnic. First of all we got put in to groups of four. Then we went over to play Chinese Walls with Miss McLeod and Mrs. Rattray. We played for a while and our team won most of the games.
After that we went over to play cricket with Mrs Stevens. There were lots of good hitters in our team but sadly we didn't win.
Next we went over to Mrs Mackay to play Rob the Nest. There were four hoops on the ground and also one in the middle which had some tennis balls in it. There were also six people in each team. The people in the team had to get three tennis balls in their hoop to win and it was really fun.

After that we had lunch then played Tug of War and the girls won four times and the boys won three times.

Then we had the running races and the sack race, potato and spoon race and lastly the three legged race. After that we went swimming in the pool and nobody in the school could touch the bottom in the deep end. We also went on the slide.
Lastly we went to the park and in the park there was a new swing so every one wanted to go on it.

It was a fun day in Greytown

Reading eggs

On February the 26th Mrs Rattray showed us a new website called Reading Eggs. Its like Mathletics but its for reading. In Reading eggs there's a gym, library and a stadium.

You have to earn eggs by reading texts and answering questions at the library on the programe . You can also earn eggs by doing a test. At the gym you can also earn eggs by doing dictionary skills. At the stadium you can earn eggs by playing against people all around the world.
We like reading eggs because you can buy all different kinds of pets and it improves your reading skills.