Pets Day.Peta, Tara and Eden

On Friday the 19th of November 2010 was Pets Day. There were lots of animals like baby lambs and dogs and cats and also little baby chicks and other animals.
I made a Floral arrangement novelty container and miniature garden.

Pets Day By Cameron and Mitchell

On Friday the 19th of November 2010 it was Pets Day at Brightwater School. All of the students had brought an animal to school. Dobby shaved one of his sheep called Danny (one huge sheep). At the end they had a huge parade with cats, dogs, chickens and rats.I brought my lamb Lego to school. He was very well behaved, there were many other lambs there too.

The Best Pets Day Ever By Clayton and Joe

The Best Pets Day Ever

On Friday Brightwater School and adults had a Pets Day and some people brought their pets. We did tricks, parades, shearing, racing and sharing their pets. People won drink bottles and certificates. There were chickens, dogs, doves, ducks and sheep.

Pets Day by Harreit, Shania, Rahania

On Friday the 19 of November it was Pets Day. There was millions of pets and millions of baking and also lots of flowers too. After lunch everything started for Pets Day and all the things made by the students got judged. Also all the stuff got awards if they were great and different. When it was Pets Day all of the students had to bring all the things that they could find to make all the things that they put down on their sheet for Pets Day.

The Awesome Day With The Pets By Keri, Olivia & Charlie

On Friday 19 November at Brightwater school we had a Flower Show and Pets afternoon.The pets were taken out to the backfield and were put into enclosures. The flowers and baking were taken to the hall and were put into the class and the subject with your name hidden underneath it . The baking was judged by syndicates. There was a 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th place for everything. We all went out to the back field and there was sheep being shorn, ladies threading wool onto sticks. There were parades for caged animals, dogs below knees, dogs over your knees, dressed up animals and a final parade for all of the animals. Mr. Dobbie & Hugh were shearing big fat woolly sheep.

Flower & Pet Day Serina and Amy

On Friday the 19th of November it was Pets Day. All the entries went to the hall to be judged by Mrs Inch and Mr Phillips.It must of been a hard choice because all the talented people with beautiful flowers.The children all participated in the activities which were Novelty containers,Floral arrangements and other fun things.
In the afternoon we started the pet parade.There were fancy dressed pets, Chubby rabbits, guinea pigs and cute sheep. Some pets wore a contractor suit and another pet wore pink togs with the word billabong. What an awesome day.

PETS DAY By Jesse, Ben and Flynn

PETS DAY
Pets Day was on the 19 of November. Everyone in Brightwater School that had a pet brought them to school at 12.30am. Everyone brought them to the back field. Everyone turned up except the sick. They had a pets race with hoops and jumps and cricket posts. We had a parade when everyone walked around with their pets. There were all kinds of pets like rabbits, sheep, dogs, cats and chicks.

Brightwater School Annual Pets day by Luke and Bailey

On Friday, the most exciting thing happened, it was the Brightwater School Annual Pets Day! Mostly everyone brought their pets and everyone bought Flowers and a cooking activity. Everyone had to bring their pets up to the back field. It happened on the 19th of November two thousand and ten. The most popular pet was a dog. The least popular pet was a rat. The most popular kind of Cooking activity was 3 decorated biscuits. The least popular kind of cooking activity was 3 scones or Pikelets. The 7 flower activities were Button hole, Floral arrangement, Wild Flower arrangement, Miniature Garden, Sand Saucer and Novelty Container. Everything got judged and some things even got a certificate for 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st prize.
At the end, we collected all our items. The day was very exciting. Everyone except Mrs D was there because she went to Christchurch with the horses!!!

THE COOLIEST PETS DAY EVER.- BY CASSIDY AND JOSH

ON PETS DAY EVERYONE BROUGHT THEIR ANIMALS TO SCHOOL ON THE BACKFIELD. IT WAS ON FRIDAY . ME AND JOSH BROUGHT A DOG AND A GUINEA PIG. THE KIDS THAT HAD PETS WENT ROUND A BIG CIRCLE.SOME OF THE PETS DID A COURSE , JOSH CAME SECOND OUT OF FOUR. THEN DOBBIE DID SOME SHEARING .

The Whitebait Story By Mitchell

In the holidays I went whitebaiting with Bailey, Mum and Aunty Lorraine. We used nets and we caught 3 buckets full. There were lots of people doing it.

We made whitebait patties but Mum and I don't like them.

We had two bonfires on the beach and we toasted marshmellows. We had fantastic fun!

Rally Cars By Cameron

Wow!!! what an awesome time it was getting to meet Dean Sumner, Keiran Hall and Dominck Unterberger . We got to have a go in one of their cars I got to go in Keiran's car. We also got to get some poster's, information sheets and a map to get to their next race called the "Rally of Nelson". Keiran's car is a subaru same as Dominck's. But Dean's car is a mitsubishi.

What an Awesome Holiday By Keri

In the amazing Holidays, My Family and I Drove in the muddy white truck slowly to Ashburton then we jump out of the truck with excitement. " Let's go play on that awesome playground,'' said Keri. So we had a play and then hopped back into the truck . That was all because soon there was, zzzzzzzzzzz! Yes, I was sleeping. Wow, what a huge sleep. As soon as I woke up we were there. I wandered inside the little cottage to see what it was like. We were told not to look at any of the pictures so it would be a surprise. Well from then on we were told to have another sleep so we would be happy when we go skiing tomorrow . On Friday we woke up, got our ski suits on and waited for everybody to get ready. Off we go. Yay. We got out of the car and we slowly walked over all the ice in the carpark. We got there at 9 o' clock and that's when the ski field opens. There were about 20 cars there. They were all four wheel drives. We had already got our boots fitted and we waited over by the ski school and our instructor today is called Anne. She is from England. We practiced turning,left and right.From then on we walked over to the BIGGEST T BAR IN NEW ZEALAND. We were allowed to go strait to the front of the line to go on the tow. when we were half way up the tow we were told to ski to the right and snow plow and wait for the others. when we were coming down we went over the jumps they were huge.from then on we were allowed to go and ski on our own . Leigh and I went back to Mum and Dad. I was puffed and didn't want to do any more so I stayed in the car from then on the end.

what an awsome Holiday

Amazing holiday by Luke

In the holidays, my family has the most AMAZING holiday ever.It all started when Mum entered a competition to win a chance to go to the Cadbury Chocolate Carnival and guess what,we won. First we drove to Christchurch (which takes 4 hours to get there). We went to see The Karate Kid at the Cinemas.The Karate Kid was AWESOME!!!!!.Then we drove to the airport and got on the plane from Christchurch to Dunedin.In Dunedin we got a special tour around the Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Factory.On Day 1 we got to make our own Chocolate and put it in a cooler for 10 minutes to make it hard.On Day 2 we got to see the world's biggest chocolate waterfall.At the end of that tour we each got 1 big block of chocolate, I got a Caramello. Noah got a Crunchie. Eli got a Rocky Road. Dad got a Black Forest and Mum got a Peppermint.On Day 3 we went to the 2010 Jaffa Race to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Cadbury Chocolate Factory.There were 50,000 Jaffas instead of 25,000 this year.In Dunedin we saw Toy Story 3.Then we went to Nana & Poppa's for dinner.And after we had dinner we arrived home at 8.00 and went to bed. It was the most Amazing holiday ever TH(E)ND of that.

Room 7 Assesmbly

A couple of weeks ago Room 7 took assembly. Harriet and Liam were the announcers. Room 7 revealed their hidden talents. They were under the 4 Arts which were Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts. First was music. Amy, Peta, Yasmine and Serina sung in a little group. Next was Joe and Lucy. They played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star together with the cornet and Glockenspiel. Then it was the jump jam dancers,they danced to Blame It On The Boogie. Then it was the Drama item. Ben and Cameron did a mime, then Jesse told a story. Finally, it was Visual Arts. Some children showed their artwork. Finally the assembly was over. It was an afternoon to remember. By Serina

I like to play games

Every play time at school I like to play with my friends. I like to play Soccer , Rugby and Hide and Seek.

When I play hide and seek I lock my self in the bathroom. I creep around every time. I get scared some times. I climb in my bed room wardrobe on the shelves with circles in them.

When you play rugby sometimes you have to twist pass and you need to have team members and you skid.You run super fast because you try to get a try. You kick because you try and get the ball over the post.

When you play soccer you need to get a clever pass , a great kick and sneaky goal. Because you gotta go hard or go home and have heaps of skills.

By Bailey A

Weaving

Room 7 have used flax, wool, material and many other different things to create wall hangings by weaving. The different colours and textures in our weavings were interesting and we all thought they were fantasic. We have each chosen to gift our artworks to someone special.

Our Special Visitor By Keri

Yesterday Robyn Belton came to Room 12. She came to talk to us about her artwork.
Robyn Belton illustrated a lot of books, like Brave Sea Dog, Duck and the Gun, and she has also illustrated the Greedy Cat Series.
Robyn Belton got to be an illustrator by drawing nearly every day and doing lots of research. She did about 100 scribbly pictures of what she was doing and then she would do the pictures. To know what to draw the author wrote at the top of the square.
It took about a year to get A Duck in a Gun published.

Robyn Belton's Visit

Oh I wish I was Robyn Belton because I LOVE drawing. Oh, did I mention Robyn is an illustrator and that is drawing? So I am going to tell you what happened. It all started at Brightwater Scool in Room 12. I was scared because I did not know what she looked like but I needed to overcome it so I went with my friends. By Harriet.

Robyn Belton's Visit

On Wednesday at Brightwater School, Robyn Belton came to visit. Brightwater School was so excited. Each Syndicate met her in Room 12. Robyn Belton is a spectacular illustrator and author.
By Amy

The Best Weekend By Serina

During the Weekend my family went to the Warehouse so I could spend my $20 gift card. I spent my gift card on Littlest Pet Shops. My Mum bought a cricket set so we could take it camping in Pohara. After that we went to Macdonalds, I had a six nugget happy meal with a medium lemonade. Then we went to the Tahuna Park. I climbed the whale. It was very steep. I went on the Merry-go-Round. After I got off I felt as dizzy as a spinning top. I went down the rocket slide. I burnt feet with the extremely hot metal. Then we went home and played cricket. I was getting hot so I asked Dad if we could go and get an ice-block and he said yes.

The March. By Peta

In the weekend Peta Mills went to the March Against Mining at the start of Trafalger Street all the way to the end of Trafalger Street. Peta went with her best friend Tui. Tui was staying the night at Peta's house and Peta's mum was there as well and Tui's mum, dad, sister and brother were with us. As we were about to start Marching everybody held up the signs they bought with them. Peta took a sign saying "This land is mine and I say NO!"

ANZAC Day By Luke

Yesterday was the 25th of April (also known as A.N.Z.A.C Day). If you don't know what A.N.Z.A.C stands for, you've come to the right story. A.N.Z.A.C stands for Australia, New Zealand Air Corp. There you have it folks. Australia. New Zealand Air Corp. A.N.Z.A.C day is to remember all the soldiers who got killed in World War I & World War II. Today in the news, the 4 soldiers flew in a helicopter and it crashed into a hill & 3 died & 1 got badly injured. In World War I & II an enormous number of soldiers got killed. The Australians & The New Zealanders sailed to Gallipoli to do WW2. Well, that's all for now. I hope you enjoyed the story. Make sure you comment to it if you read it. Well T.T.F.N Tah Tah for now.Made by Luke Hassan Age-8&3/4

Anzac Service at the Brightwater Gates! By Keri

On Sunday morning Keri and her family walked down to the gates where the Anzac Service was. When we were down there we noticed that we were the first people to arrive. Mr Dobbie asked me and my sister Leigh could put a wreath down against the gate. When it came to that part we didn't do it. Amy and Connor Berkett did it. They also had a bugle playing a tune. When the tall man played the bugle they got the Man to play it beside the Brightwater Hall. It was loud enough for me when it was playing back beside the hall. Mr Dobbie showed a picture of some people in his family that went to war. The scouts and the cubs were there holding green flags that had a different symbol on each flag. Anzac stands for : Australia New Zealand Army Corps. After that it was the end SO,... we started to walk extremely slowly back home!

Dancing Comps By Lucy

In the holidays I did a dance competition. I did my Jazz and Bare foot dance. I got a first place , two third places and a very highly commended . I danced at the Motueka Hall. Mum came the first two days and Dad and Hunter came to last day. I enjoyed it because I loved getting dressed up and putting on the make up!

The best holidays By Amy

Yes no School! Finally I can do what ever I want. Oh I just remembered I'm going to a play called Into the Woods on Saturday. I can't wait to go. I wonder what else I'm going to do. I might go to the movies or maybe go to another play. "Amy breakfast time." "Coming ." After breakfast I watched some TV and got dressed. Then I listened to my music and annoyed my brother. A few days later I went to Into the Woods with my Mum, Logan and Harriet. After the show we went to McDonalds.
Mum and my Auntie organised a sleepover at her place on Monday. On Tuseday we had Burger King. It was much better than McDonalds!!!

Saving a Duck By Jesse

In the holidays I went to Natureland. My mum and sister came with me. I saw some pigeons, Kea,
meercats, and lots of ducks. One duck had a broken leg... then I saw a pukeko. It scratched the weak duck. I ran up to a staff person. He came to look at the weak duck. He put the weak duck in the fixing room. We got 20$ dollars each for saving the duck. After that we went home. I had a lot of fun at Natureland. I felt great about saving the duck- and the money was great because we didn't have lots.

My Holidays By Joe

In the holidays I went to the Aquatic Center with my dad and two brothers. First we went in the wave pool. I got to get a body board. I got really high when the wave came. When I got to the deep end I swam to the very bottom. When we were getting bored we went to the lazy river. At the lazy river I went on my back and floated all the way round. I was on my way to the big pool. When I got there I ran and ran and did a canon ball in the water. I was having a lot of fun when my dad said we've got to go, but I said can I please do one more thing. And I did a big dive in to the pool. I had a lot of fun at the Aquatic Center.

Holidays By Liam

In my holidays my Grandad shifted to our old house. Before the holidays we shifted to Bridge Valley under the Camp. It is half an acre with bush. It is hard to find people. In the willow tree we are going to build a swing with a wooden seat and a rope to hang it up. The best thing about living in Bridge Valley is the room we have to play in.

Variety Bash Fancy Hat Day on PhotoPeach

Buoyancy Day at Wakefield Pool By Shania

Buoyancy day at Wake field School Pool. On Wednesday the 3rd of March we went to the Wake field School Pool. We went with the Middle Syndicate. The teachers and parents drove us there. We practiced our buoyancy with objects. We needed a lager and deeper pool. We used life jackets. When we had the balls we had to try to stand on our feet. We had to float with the noodles.

Swimming With Our Clothes On By Yasmine

We were learning to see how buoyant we were in the water when we had our clother on and togs on underneath .We jumped in the pool pretending to fall out of a boat . I had trouble kicking with my shoes on. When I had my clothes on it felt very awkward . I didn't get dragged along. I had so much fun.

Swmming with our clothes on By Serina

We were learning to see how well we would float with togs and old clothes on. We were trying to demonstrate what it was like to fall out of a boat. It was very easy to float on my back and tummy. It was the best swim ever !!

When we walked to school we took Camo and he is faster than dad. Camo goes nutty when he sees us after a while. When we go on holiday our neighbours look after him.

Baby Chickens

On the first day of school three out of four chickens hatched. They are a pale yellow colour and very soft. Now the feathers are developing on the tail. The wings gave got proper baby feathers in one week. We think two are boys and one is a girl. We are hoping my uncle can take the boy chickens (if there are any) down to Barrytown. The type that she got is a white sussex. You can just see their combs. They are pale orange and spikey. Franky the Mum who only incubated the eggs kept making BIG holes in the ground that the chicks can play in. Every day we give the chickens a cuddle to keep them tame and friendly so we can play with them. When it rains Franky sits on them to keep them warm.