Carnival coming up!

In about two weeks time our Twilight GALA will be on! Please make the date 14th of November marked as booked so that you all can join us and have a great time! 

Cross Country

We had our Cross Country race in the beginning of the term at last. Here are some of the photos from the event. Well done everyone!

Our Marae Trip

Last Friday we went to Te Tahawai Marae. It was the first time to visit a Marae for the first time. We were very lucky to have 5 parent helpers on the day.
Here are some of the photos of the day.

Father's Day

Hi Everyone

Our Father's Day photos are here at last!

Danger Aboard

At dawn in the middle of the shimmering ocean in Otago two tired men were on the boat , Black attack. SWOOSH!! A huge gust of winter wind zipped around them. Suddenly an enormous black head appeared and came out of no were. The two shivering men were terrified. SPLASH!!! The great big hump back whale splashed above them. Their boat was being tossed about and it was like the hole boat was turning upside down. ARR!! Screamed the men. The whale was about 2 meters away from the boat.The whale splashed into the water."Phew!Lucky that's over"said the men."That whale was about 25 meters long"said Jeff."I'm getting hungry.I feel like I can eat that whale"said Mike."Well let's go home.I have had enough of today"said Jeff.So they went home.The end.
By C.H. Reporter of Room 17 Herald

Creative Story by amazing writer CM !

Once upon a time there lived  Scary Perry the Easter bunny. One freezing and frightening night Scary Perry was hiding giant and mini Easter eggs but two kids spotted him outside on the field. Their names were Sophie the beautiful and Jason the scared. He got called that name because he was always scared.They always go to Merry Nanas house for brilliant Easter but it was getting boring each and every year. Then "uh oh" they all said "gotta run"! Sophie the beautiful was curios for the first time. She went outside and there stood grumble...

If you enjoyed this story, come and see the rest of our writings in our special book!

Room 17

Book Week!

This week was dedicated to those who loves reading! Yes, we had our readings, author visit and dressing up as a book characters.
In case you missed out on seeing how we looked today, here are our whole class full of book characters. Enjoy!