Rhianna's Speech. First in the inter school competitionon

SWIMMING SPORTS CHAMPION – THAT’S ME! RHIANNA Today I woke up, shivering with nervousness, butterflies sneaking up my tummy, because today is swimming sports day!! When we got there I sat on the cold concrete seats and waited for my turn. Man, I was feeling scared!!! Finally it was my turn. I got up and lepted into the pool. Burr the water was cold!! We are going to do backstroke. I zoomed along the pool, Right arm, left arm, make big circles and pull hard. Suddenly I touched the wall, Wow, I was shocked. Guess what? I had come 1st! I was so excited. Next up, I did breaststroke. Glide, glide , glide, Froggy kick, breathe, arms.

I did struggle with that, because I find Froggy kicking hard. I got a 2nd place. Next is freestyle. I dived in with a big splash. 1,2,3,4 arm strokes then a breathe. 1,2,3,4 arm strokes then a breathe. Kick those legs to go faster. I came 1st Yeah! I waited for the junior girls winner. {Drum roll please.} And boom I was the winner! I was amazed. I was so proud because I beat my nerves and did my best. I went home tired and weary, but beaming with happiness. I went to bed dreaming of swimming sports my greatest achievement!!!

Tomarata and Spectacle Lakes - water testing

Tomarata and Spectacle Lakes water testing on PhotoPeach

World Vision by Rachel and Emma

On Monday 28 a lady came from World Vision to talk about the famine.

She showed us a video about Lillie story. Lillie got teased by the kids in the village because she always had the same clothes and she only got one meal a day.

I did the famine too it was great fun. Idid it with Emma.

We got as certificate for doing it. $30 would look after a child for a whole year and we both earned more than that.

by Rachel and Emma

Water Quality Tests by Rhianna

Yesterday we went to Tomarata Lake on a school trip with class's room4,5 and 6.

When we got there we wated for Rachel Griffth's who is the Wai Care teacher, she showed us how to do the water quality tests yesterday at school.
When she got there we did the tests first like the pH test when you put a dip stick in the lake water to check the ph and alkaline. The ph was 0 in both lakes.Then we did a water clarity test with a big long tube that you look down and you run a magnet down the side and it moves the magnet inside the tube to see how far you can look into the water in the tube, then you can measure how far you can look. Tomarata Lake was clearer than Spectacle Lake.

For the macro invertebrate test Rachel scooped up water and sediment then she put it all in some white trays for us to identify the bugs, Tomarata Lake had more macro invertebrates. When we tested for nitrate and nitrite with a dip stick and both Lakes were good.We tested the temperatures with a thermometer, Tomarata Lake was 15 C and Spectacle Lake was 16C, and checked the dissolved oxygen both lakes got a 9 out of 10 so that was good , and we identified trees.

Then we walked to Spectical Lake and did the same tests again.

and a talk by Craig.

We learned lots and lots of expirements

I liked the water clarity test and the pH test.

So a big thank you to RACHEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Snare drum - by Rhianna

One day Mrs Hancocks came to scool dressed-up in her marching band clothes and with her snare drum.

Mrs Hancocks put on a show for us. She played the snare drum and told us the different ways to drum. She told us the names of her uniform.

It was really cool.

Then she came into each class one at a time.

When she came to our class she let us play the snare drum. That was really, really cool.

Teddy bears picnic

Room 1 did the Teddybears picnic. They were dressed up as little teddy bears. The girls wore furry gloves and headbands with Teddy ears. The boys wore hats with Teddy ears and furry gloves too. When they did there dances they looked cute. There was also a santa bear with a santa hat. I liked Tayla the best.

Alice in Wonderland By Rhianna

In Alice in Wonderland the mad hatter has a tea party. The people in the play are Hugo P as the doormouse, the Hugo C as the mad hatter and Michaela M as Alice and James S is the rabbit.

They were sitting at a large table, But they were all squashed up.The mad hatter said"All move one on".So they did.Alice thought this was very strange. So she walked in and they shouted"No room, no room". "Have some wine" said the rabbit."I don't see any wine" said Alice."Thats because there isn't any" giggled the rabbit.They wanted the young lady to tell them a story.But she did not know any story."So the doormouse shall". So the doormouse did "Once upoon a time there were three little sisters and they lived in a well".Alice kept interupting him. It was a really funny scene.