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