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Cross Country opinion writing booklet

We have been practicing for the cross country for the last 6 weeks and we had plenty of inspiration to write about what we think of cross country (our opinion). Check out our youblisher booklet, it's like you are actually turning pages in a book. 

HES Cross country day 2014

Congratulations to EVERYONE who set their goals for cross country, participated and tried their best. It was a gorgeous sunny day and it was great to see so many friends and whanau supporting our runners.

Well done to all those children from Room 10 who came in the top 8 - you will begin training for inter-school cross country which is on Friday 12 September at Porrit Stadium.

Year 4 boys race - Isikeli, Suleman, Hamish, Max, Kevin and Wynter
Year 4 girls race - Scania
Year 5 boys race - Karasharn
Year 5 girls race - Iyete, Lara
Year 6 girls - Elizabeth, Sapana and Brooke

Daffodil Day - raising money for the Cancer Society

We are learning about what Daffodil Day means and why we are raising money for the Cancer Society. We looked at the cancer society website link  http://www.cancernz.org.nz/


Please read our comments below to see what we have learnt and share your story if you have someone special you know that has been affected by cancer.

Miss Suze shared a story about her good friend in Wellington who has breast cancer and has had the cancer cut out and is having chemotherapy every month to fight against the nasty cancer in her body. Miss Suze's friend doesn't feel very good right now and all her hair has fallen out and she wears a wig.

Retelling the story of RAP-unzel by Gursimran

Why Gursimran is a good writer - "My writing is good because it has details and I remembered heaps of stuff from my brainstorm. I usually write just a tiny bit but this time I wrote five and a quarter pages."

Title: RAP-unzel (retelling the story of the show RAP-unzel)

Today on X factor Idol there is a talent show and some of the characters were Aladdin, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jake and Jill and RAP-unzel and Simon Cow is the judge and this is the final talent show. He kept on saying to the talent "I don't mean to be ruuuude" but the last talent was very very great and RAP-unzel had the voice of a giant angel. 

RAP-unzel's Dad wanted her to sign the contract to have $300, 000 but Rapunzel did not want to sing a silly song "Oh baby I'm beautiful, Oh baby your'e beautiful, Oh baby we're beautiful, Oh baby!". 

Rapunzel has one thing left and it is the garden window in her home and the government took the window away and Rapunzel and her Dad are very very very poor. Rapunzel's fake sister was doing a trick on Rapunzel and she said to go to the studio at the castle and Rapunzel was pranked by her fake sister and Rapunzel got locked in the castle. Simon Cow told her to sing in the microphone and it was one more trick and Simon Cow stole Rapunzels voice of singing but she can talk.

Prince Rupert was riding his horse away from the palace so he can rap. His father the King came to his son and he told Prince Rupert to sing but Prince Rupert can't sing but he can rap. The King said to the horsey "make yourself comfy". Prince Rupert saw Rapunzel up in the castle and it is locked and Prince Rupert gave his clock to Rapunzel so she knows when it is 7 o'clock to meet Prince Rupert again. 

Rapunzel saw the beanstalk grow and she escaped from the castle. Simon Cow said the sister of Rapunzel sang the silly song to have $300,000. Rapunzel ruined her voice and said "She is not Rapunzel and I am really the real Rapunel. Simon Cow said "You are not the real Rapunzel"
"But I am the real Rapunzel and you are lying", so the real Rapunzel took off the fake hair. Then Prince Rupert and Simon Cow said if you want to have your voice back yo have to kiss Prince Rupert and she had her singing voice back and she can sing again (but really the voice came from the radio).

Operetta costume making

We are busy practicing our item for the 2014 Operetta - 

"Money Doesn't Grow on Trees"

Check out the costumes that our fabulous Teacher Aide and Parent Volunteer are

helping us make - giant clothing from the Lost Property Box.

Another thank you to Jake's Mum for helping with the singing practice on a Thursday.

We couldn't do it without you!!!

Year 6 visit to Peachgrove Intermediate

Today our Year 6's from HES have explored Peachgrove intermediate starting off with the hall, Mr Bromell giving s a little speech about Peachgrove and then off to cooking tech to maks some delicious smoothies (some people didn't like them).  Now lets go boogy (dancing) we get led to the dancing room and we take off our shoes and then everyone starts to say "I can't dance". The instructor says "Can you move your body?" "Yes" "Then you can dance!".  By Josh.

I'm walking in the gate thinking hmmm "I'm not sure about it". We played the drums in the music room. We started off by copying the teacher then he got us to play 2 different beats at once. It was super fun, after a while my hands got really really sore but it was worth it. By Kelly.

I saw most of my friends from last year and some family friends at Peachgrove Intermediate. We got a warm welcome from the student council. The best thing was technology because we got to work on the computer and I love technology. The thing that I am looking forward to is EVERYTHING because what I saw today gave me a taste of what I will be doing but the thing I am most looking forward to is drama. By Alaa.

There were like 2000 student. In the library there were really, really cool books and hard books. I am looking forward to learning more at Peachgrove. By Sapana.
Walking on the cold hard floor of the hall. A space of chairs for Hamilton East kids. Rows of maroon coloured chairs. The tall principal walking up ont he stage waiting for people to stop talking. SO MANY CLASSES!! SO MANY NEW BELLS AHH WHAT AM I GETTING INTO??!! All the teachers are so kind and friendly. Can't wait until next year because the wimming pool is heated and they swim for two seasons. By Elizabeth.

Olympic medalist, Commonwealth Games medalist and World Champion Cyclist Alison Shanks visits Kauri Team

The NED show!!

The NED show

The show we saw today was about how to be a champion in school and in life and achieve our goals by not giving up. Kylie was the host of the show and she is an expert yoyo trick artist from America. We could tell she was American by her accent.

Ned is a cartoon character and there was a life size cut out cardboard picture of him. Ned woke up this morning with a bad attitude and didn't want to come to the show. Some aliens were chasing Ned and he couldn't be here on time. Ned changed his attitude and remembered he needed to have a positive attitude so he made sure he was back at Hamilton East School on time.

NED stands for
N - never give up even if it's hard!!
E - encourage others. Be supportive and have good sportsmanship in learning and games.
D - do your best!! Keep trying no matter how many mistakes you make. Learn from you mistakes. Keep on going!!

We saw different types of yoyo's. Some of them glow in the dark which is pretty cool. 

We saw lots of cool tricks and we can't wait to buy a yoyo. 
Favourite tricks are
- around the world (the yoyo spins around in a yoyo circle, you can't do this one at school you can at home and need permission and lots of space!)
- Eiffel tower in Paris France
- walking the dog
- boomerang


We had to say nice things to the teachers these are called compliments. You feel good about yourself and warm inside when someone says something nice to you. 

Fitness training with Coach

Cross Country training - what is your PB?

We are in training for our school cross country competition which will be on Wednesday 27 August in Week 6.  We will be setting our goals and trying to beat our PB's (personal best time) on the day.

The circuit for the cross country is around Putikitiki, up past Totara classes and middle playground, up the hill past the swimming pool and past Pippa's office and the bike rack, along Dawson road on the footpath, down Grey Street footpath and back onto Putikitiki. The distance of one circuit of this course is approximately 769m according to google maps so we need to run this 3 times to get to the 2000m mark which is the distance you run at inter-school cross country.

Student voice:

What did Room 10 think when asked - why do we run the cross country?

• Commonwealth games inspiration – aiming to be a runner.
• It gives sporty people a chance to shine and do the best they can.
• To get people into running. To get fit. Keeps you healthy. 
• Good for your health, good for your heart.
• Getting your brain working.
• Kinesthetic learners LOVE running and moving and running some more! 
• Some people have a lot of energy to burn off before they can focus in class.