SHOULD FIREWORKS BE BANNED?

Room 13 discussed the fireworks that had been let off over Guy Fawkes. We talked about if fireworks should be banned or not and wrote an argument to support our ideas.

What do you think?



I think fireworks should not be banned because they are cool and awesome and fun to watch. The sparklers are cool and we should keep them as well. They light up the sky really, really well. I reckon you should be 18 or over that age to buy fireworks. It is not dangerous because we only have them twice a year on Guy Fawkes and New Years. We like to celebrate with fireworks. My family watches them every year because we like fireworks. That’s why I think we should have fireworks.
by David

I think fireworks should be banned. Fireworks should be banned because they can really, really, really, really, really, really hurt people. People could get hit in the face and die. Babies and animals might be scared by fireworks because they can be scared by the noisy fireworks. One day I heard in the news that a baby was in a pram and a firework hit the baby. That’s why I think fireworks should be banned.
By Rohan

FIREWORKS
I think fireworks should be banned because animals and babies can eat them and get very sick. Fireworks can also set things on fire such as houses, trees and even people’s clothes! They make heaps of smoke and pollution and the world could end! Dumb kids use fireworks for stupid things like sticking sparklers in letterboxes and making it go up in flames. Fireworks are completely dangerous. That is why I think fireworks should be banned.
By Eli Kokesh

NELSON CENTRAL SCHOOL GALA

Waiata on the school steps
Natayla has her face painted
Shiloh, Crystal and friends eating candy floss. YUMMY!
Corban-James has a go at magnetic fishing.

We had a wonderful day at the Nelson Central School gala. The sun was shining and we sang songs, ate candy floss, played games, drank milkshakes, had our faces painted and lots more. A big THANK YOU to everybody that helped to make this fantastic day happen.
It was AWESOME!

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Raapa 31 October
Today I went to see the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. There were five people there. Their names were Tony, Peter, Jeremy, Galyna and Karl. Tony was the first to play. He plays the flute. I really liked his instrument. Then Peter played, he played the oboe. His song was cool too. Next to play was Jeremy, he played the clarinet like Squidward off Sponge Bob Square Pants. His instrument was interesting. Galyna was next. She played the cello. It was a high instrument. Last of all was Karl, he played the trombone. You could change the sound by pulling something. It was a great performance and I want to see it again.

By Caleb

NEW ZEALAND ORCHESTRA
On Halloween my class went to see the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. All the musicians were from Christchurch. Karl played the trombone, it sounded like a toad. Peter played the oboe, it sounded fantastic! Tony played the flute,Galyna played the cello and Jeremy played the clarinet. They played the Simpsons, it was funny. I hope they come next year.
By Eli Kokesh

SYMMETRY

In Maths at the moment Room 13 are looking at symmetry of shapes and objects. We have been busy drawing, cutting, and folding shapes to see how many lines of symmetry they have. Some of us collected leaves from around the school and investigated their lines of symmetry too. Maths is fun! Dylan looks at the lines of symmetry of leaves.
Crystal, Tracey, Isabelle and Grace look at the symmetry of shapes.
Fenn and Troy working well.

BEDAZZLED

We went to the Museum to see the Bedazzled Exhibition. Our teachers name was Imogen. There was a mirror there where I could shake hands with myself. We had to do competitions, in one of them I could see myself in it. In one of them I looked really short. I was so lucky because my dad came with us. All the mirrors looked funny, we got a spoon and I was upside down. We had such a great day at Bedazzled.
By Natayla.








We went to the Museum to see the exhibition called Bedazzled. When our class got there we sat on a chess board mat then we went to the Bedazzled room. Imogen was the person who taught us. The first mirror we saw was one that you can move levers so you can change your shape. Then we looked at all the other mirrors .Our favourite mirror was looking into infinity.
by Caleb and Sam

The Mask Parade

On October 12th we had our big night, on Friday. We got into our lines then we started to walk. My mum and dad and sisters were watching me on the sideline. Our blue boxes were shining because we put some glitter on our box. After the singing we got our chime bars ready, after the whistle blows six times we started to bang 1, 2, 3 times on the chime bars. Then Room 9 did it. It was really cool. I felt happy because it was my first mask parade. We all had to wear black clothes. We finished where we started. The next day we rang up Tanya and she said we came first!
By Joseph

Nelson Science Fair

Room 13 did very well at the recent Nelson Schools Science Fair. Our entry 'How Disposable Are They?' gained an Education for Sustainablility Award: 3rd place. Our project investigated how long different types of disposable plates took to biodegrade. We buried some plastic, paper and potato plates and observed their changes over a period of time. It was very interesting to observe:
The potato plate took 7 weeks to completely biodegrade, the paper plate had changed quite a lot in 8 weeks, and the plastic plate hadn't changed at all! We think people should not use plastic plates if they are just going to throw them away - they will never break down in the landfill.

On Thursday the 11th of October we went in Helen’s car to the Nelson Science Fair prizegiving. We had to go to the hall in Richmond School. When we walked up to get the certificate Helen took two pictures of us and when we were getting the prize. Then we got back in Helen’s car and then we went back home.
By Isabelle and Hannah

LIFE ON ICE

Today we were lucky enough to have the "Life on Ice" interactive roadshow come to our school. We learnt so much about life in Antarctica....

Did you know there are 6 sorts of penguins in Antarctica? By Fenn
Did you know the longest dive was 500 metres, by an emperor penguin? By David
Did you know elephant seals eat penguins? By Crystal
Did you know the emperor penguin is the biggest penguin in Antarctica? By Isabelle
Did you know Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest place in the world?

We broke the record and managed to fit 74 children onto a life-size model of an elephant seal!

Dylan looks at the Weddell seal - the smallest seal in Antarctica

TEAPOT VALLEY CAMP

5 September 2007

Dear Rebekah,
Thank you for driving me to camp. It was kind of you to take me to camp! My favourite part of camp was doing the maze because I liked getting trapped. I also liked eating lunch because it was yummy. It was fun and I hope we can do it again.
From Tracey

Dear David,
Thank you so much for coming on camp with us. I had a great time and loved those fun activities we did. My favourite thing was the jeep ride because I got to have 3 turns. I felt very happy. I also liked the maze because we went in a circle. I had a great day. It was a fine sunny day and I can’t wait until next year.
From Troy


Dear Peter,
Thank you so much for staying with us at camp. It was awesome having you there. My favourite activity was archery because I study bows. My second favourite was the Burma Trail because it was fun. I hope I can come next year. I like it.
From Fenn

We have chosen our favourite camp activities and written instructions on how to do them. Check out the 'Room 13's Writing' blog and read our writing. Click on the link on the right hand side of this page.

'It Makes Me Want to Jump, Dance, Move About!'

Room 13 were lucky enough to have another visit to the Suter Art Gallery. We went to a session called 'It Makes Me Want to Jump, Dance, Move About!'. We looked at some art by Katie Walker and in groups turned ourselves into statues about the art work. Then we chose a painting to make up a dance routine about. We had a fantastic time - a BIG thank you to Esther and all of the wonderful parents that came with us.

CROSS COUNTRY

On Wednesday 15th of August we had our cross country. It was at the Botanics Park. The class walked in two lines. My dad came. The whole school was there. Before the race I felt really nervous because I thought I was going to come last. When I was running I felt like I was going to come first. It was hard. After the race I felt happy because I did my best. The best part was when I went to the finish line because I came fifteenth. It was a great day and I hope we do it again.
By Caleb

On 15th of August 2007 Nelson Central School had the cross country at the Botanics. The whole class went in a straight line. All of the school took part in it. Before the race I felt very nervous because I thought I was going to be last but I didn’t, I came second in my age group. In the ‘Open’ I came 8th. It felt easy when I started to run really fast. I felt really exhausted because it was hard work when I came 8th in the ‘Open’. I would have loved to do it again the next day.
By David

On August 15th we had our cross country. It was at the Botanics. We walked with some parents. The whole school was there and some parents were there. We lined up in our age groups. The five year olds went first and the 11 year olds went last. When a teacher clapped the snappers I was ready but at the start I was last. Before the race I felt nervous because I thought I was going to come last but I came 14th. I felt proud and my mum felt proud too. My best part was coming to the finishing line because it looked like I was coming second. It was a nice day. I could relax. I’m going to come first next time.
By Rohan


On a spring day in August we had our cross country. I walked there with all of my friends and we walked to the Botanics Park. Lots of people were there and I was so lucky because my mum was there with my little brother. Before the race I had butterflies in my tummy. When I was running the wind was rushing through my hair. I felt cool because I came 7th. The best part was when I bet Kelle and Tracey. It was really fun and I want to do it again next year.
By Isabelle

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THE HANGI

THE HANGI
First they made a bonfire, then they waited for it to die down. After that they put the food into the trays and put the food onto the hot metal. Then they covered the food with wet sacks and waited for two hours. Next they dug it up and got the food out of the bonfire. Then they took it to the front field. After that the food was dished up onto our plates and we gobbled the food up. The food was smoky and yummy.
By Isabelle, Kelle and Natayla.


THE HANGI
First they built a fire. Next they waited for the fire to die down. Then they put the meat and vegetables on the hot metal and covered it with wet sacks and then soil. The food cooked for three hours. At about 12 o’clock they took the dirt off the wet sacks. Next they got the vegetables and meat off the hot metal and put the food on the truck. Then the food was taken to the front field. The food was put on long tables and dished onto plates. It smelt yuck but people liked it.
By Hannah and Crystal.
SLIDE SHOW MADE BY SAM AND ALBIE

SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WITH JIM WILDE

On Tuesday Mr Jim Wilde came to Room 13 to talk to us about science investigations. We put 4 gobstoppers into the corners of a dish of water. First we talked about (PREDICTED) what we thought might happen. After we put them into the bowl we OBSERVED the changes that were happening. We had predicted that:
* the gobstoppers would change colour
* the water would change colour
* the colours would run into each other
What actually happened amazed us. The colour started running into the water but it stopped in 4 perfect square shapes. WOW!
We look at channging some of the VARIABLES to see what would happen. We changed:
* The places we put the gobstoppers
* the size of the container
Then we PREDICTED what would happen next and OBSERVED the changes.

It was a fantastic lesson. A HUGE thank you to Jim for coming in to Room 13 to show us these great experiments.
Check out the photos we took - well done Caleb for making the slide show!

MAKING MUESLI BARS

Last week Room 13 made some muesli bars. It was a great learning experience because it involved reading, maths and writing. It will also give us something to bring for a rubbish free lunch! Here are some photos of us making the muesli bars.

Well done Baimon for making a fantastic slide show!

MEASUREMENT

We have just finished learning about measurement. Here are some photos of the fun we had in the last couple of days. We are using all sorts of equipment to measure things – string, rulers, metre rulers, scales and tape measures. Maths is great!

Maori Language Week

As part of Maori Language Week we took part in some fantastic activities. Rooms 15 and 16 taught us some great new things - Rakau sticks, string games and poi. Elmars read us a lovely story in Te Reo. Check out our photos of the fun we had. Thanks everyone - it was awesome!

The Secret - a podcast

Room 13 children have performed some plays for the rest of the class. This is a podcast of 'The Secret'.
Listen to the play on our podcast page: click the badge below.
Well done Kakapo reading group!

JUMP JAM

On Friday afternoon our buddy class invited us to join them and do some Jump Jam.Some other classes came and joined in too. We love doing Jump Jam and can't wait to learn some more dances this term.
Thanks Room 6 - you rock!

GO ZONE: People Who Help Us

Room 13 have been working through the Go Zone all about 'People Who Help Us'. They are really interesting to read through and talk about!