Lego Rugby World Cup 2011

Four of the Room 8 boys have recently made a cool video of the Rugby World Cup using Lego as well as IT skills. It is a bit long to fit on the BLOG 'space' so here is the Youtube link for you to go to. We hope you like it!

Terrific Te Wera Camp!

This is a compilation of reactions to our camp. Our Learning Intention was to share some of the experiences using strong, precise nouns, verbs and adjectives.

Part 1: Along the Forgotten Highway

The never-ending windiness of the Forgotten Highway
The emptiness and peaceful silence of the road
No city life invading the countryside
Windy roads as twisty as snakes
An emerald green sea of rolling hills
Leafy green giants guiding us to our destination
Faded memories in the old, burnt sheds
Shades of clouds on the open hills
Schools so small I could hold one in my hand
Shocked eyes of Fitzroy kids seeing terrifying Halloween puppets hanging from a tree
Untouched land across the heart of Taranaki
Abandoned, rusty railway tracks leading us closer to Te Wera valley
Passing lots of train tracks, but never seeing a train cross -
maybe this place is truly forgotten



Part 2: 'Cabin Cosy'

Opening the door to our new home
Check walls and under beds for spiders and bugs
You sink into bed like squishing into a marshmellow
Moths fly like stunt planes around the shaded bulb
Darkness spreading across the room as we finally doze off
The blinding shine of a midnight torch
The stormy sea sound of rustling sleeping bags
The sleepy voice of a roommate rocking in our lazy boy
Rain hits the cabins with the sound of a rainstick
Some neighbours squawk like birds through the night while some snore like hippos
Birds squawk like alarm clocks between 6 & 8 in the morning
Constant cleaning and tidiness worries
Who knew a tiny cabin could get so messy!


Part 3: Challenges, Fun and Achievements


Climbing the steep hill was torture to the human soul
Don't grab the gorse when you're sliding down the hill!
Wow! A muddy giant emerges from the bottom of the wetlands
Mansion sized bivouacs were woven out of enormous ponga fronds
We smelt death from the eye popped cow, napping in the marshland that cost it it's life
The black and yellow dragonflies looked like Taranaki helicopters landing on my kayak
My nerves grew as people lifted me up to go through the spider web without touching the sides
I used all my strength to pull myself up the mossy wall in the black night
I concentrated so hard in trying to land the arrow in the bullseye, that my eyes went blurry
The sweet taste of damper dripping in golden syrup.
Camp Court made embarressment roll around in our tummies
The thorns glued themselves to our legs while we looked for orienteering clues
Adrenalin and excitement pumped through our veins as we slipped and slid along narrow ridges
The prickly gorse warned us to leave it alone
My friends gasped as we longed to reach the destination
The bouncy, strong volleyball hit high off our hands
Worried looks as we faced the climbing wall
The great teamwork achieves the challenges or wins the game

Fitzroy School Wearable arts

Fitzroy School Wearable Arts


Molly Rowe from Room 8 organized a Fitzroy School Wearable Arts Show.

There were two categories - Recycled and Off the Wall. We were split up and put into Middle school and Senior school groups.

Molly Rowe kindly organized prizes from several sponsors.

The overall winner was Sasha Thomas aged 8 who made and wore a spectacular costume made out of straws. Sasha's costume was called the Straw Squaw.

Some costumes were made out of twine, doilies, yoghurt pots, straws, egg cartons, feathers, lollies, wire, steel, cow pellet bags, balloons, paper fans, cardboard boxes, shuttlecock feathers and even more materials!

The judges were Mrs Murdoch, Sassy Marshall-Johnston and Mrs Hawkins.

While the judges were deliberating we had three great preformances:a trio of girls playing the guitar, four girls singing and one girl playing the piano. They were fantastic!

It was a wonderful show and we did not want it to end.

RUGBY SUCCESS

In August, Fitzroy and Woodleigh played the New Plymouth Primary Schools inter-school rugby final at Sanders Park. It was a very close game but Fitzroy held on to claim the George Walker Trophy with a 27-24 win.

AWE Water Safety Programme at the Aquatic Center

On Tuesday the 7th to the 11th of June Room 8 traveled in a bus to the Aquatic Center for the AWE water safety programme. On the first day the class was divided in half. The first group did the safety pin jump from the high ledge wearing a lifejacket. We were taught to first search for anything that could hurt us in the water before we jumped eg. rocks, if it was shallow or not, logs, animals or people.

The second group worked with a partner. One had to be the patient who was pretending to drown and the other person who was the rescuer had to save his or her partner with a floating object.

At the end of the session we all had a bombing contest and the winners were Daniel, Wil, Thiesan and Ruby.
We would like to thank NPDC and AWE for providing this fantastic experience for us. The green rash tops are neat too!

Post by Daniel & Wil

Bell Block School and Fitzroy Schools Interschool sports day !!!

On the 31st May Bell Block Primary came and had a great Interschool sports day against Fitzroy School.
















Soccer was a tough game with a score of 1 all, it was a close game Fitzroy got the first goal By Jeremy Hickling.


















Rugby had a wicked game with the first try by Liam Mataku. The lead changed several times during the game and at the final whistles the score was locked at 26 all. Extra time was called and Liam once again came up with the winning try. The final score was 31-26 to Fitzroy.

The netball girls fought hard against a skilled Bellblock team. Bell Block were deserved winners 13 - 6.

By Thiesan Rodgers-Lobban, Tayla McAuley and Molly Rowe