Room 13 Writing Blog

Room 13 have just created a special blog for our writing. We have posted some stories about the cool things we have done this year. You can read our stories by clicking on the link to 'Room 13's Writing'. We will add stories to this blog during the year so keep checking in and leave us some comments.

What can we do?

Sam shows us what's in his tray.

We are amazed at how much paper was going to be thrown in the bin!

We sort the paper into the 'Recycle' and 'Scrap Paper' boxes.

David and Albie sort out the last of the paper - good job!



After we saw how much rubbish our school produces every day we wanted to do something about it. We had a look at how much paper our class throws out. First we emptied out our trays of ALL unwanted paper onto the floor. We sorted this into different piles – RECYCLE and REUSE. Paper we could draw on the back of or use again was put into our ‘Scrap Paper box’, everything else was put into our Recycling box. Did you know that any paper can be recycled if it has no plastic or metal in it?

Our trays are a lot tidier now and we have lots of scrap paper to draw on and make things out of. When we have finished with this paper, we will smooth it out and put in the Recycling box. See if you can do the same!

Talking a load of rubbish!

Last week Sarah Langey from Waste Education Services came to talk to our school about how we can reduce the amount of rubbish we produce. We saw how much rubbish Nelson Central School made in only one day – it is a HUGE amount! A lot of this rubbish could be recycled and reused. We will have to think really hard before we throw something in the rubbish bin. A big worry was the amount of yummy food that was thrown away - whole apples, sandwiches, bars and muffins. We think children should take food home if they don't feel like eating it at school.
On Friday we are going to have a ‘RUBBISH FREE LUNCH DAY’. We could put our food in reusable containers or just put things straight into our lunchbox. Do you have any ideas how we can cut down on packaging in our lunches?

Peter the 'Pestman"

On Wednesday there were lots of wasps buzzing around in Room 14. Lesley had to call in the experts to get rid of them. This is Peter. He climbed up a big ladder to pump the powder into the ceiling of Room 14. Now all of the wasps are gone. Thanks Peter!

What a wild day!

Room 14 had a wasp nest in their ceiling! This meant that on a wild and stormy Wednesday this week all of the Room 14 children came to our classroom for the morning. It was a bit of a squash but we did some great work using ‘Thinker’s Keys’. We came up with 5 questions to describe something – it is like a riddle. Can you guess what we are describing?

What animal has big eyes?
What animal sleeps in the day?
What animal is nocturnal?
What animal has feathers?
What animal lives in the trees?
By Jamie, Leo and Liam


What likes to eat bananas?
What likes to swing on trees?
What has a long tail?
What male pokes out his tongue to attract females?
What has 2 arms and 2 legs?
What makes silly noises?
What looks a little bit like people?
By Anne, Paige and Shayden

What can really hurt when it stings you?
What has small wings to fly with?
What lives in Room 14’s ceiling?
What is small and has 6 legs?
What has black and yellow stripes?
By David , Devon and Jackson

What lived 65 million years ago?
What could really scare you?
What could eat a human?
What has big sharp teeth?
Who is the King of the reptiles?
By Caleb, Joseph, Jordan and Troy

What is something which goes “BOOM!”?
What does the Army drive?
What is bullet proof?
What is big?
By Fenn, Bryn and Dylan

What has two wings?
What says “quack”?
What lives on the water?
What swims?
What eats bread?
By Hannah, Amy and Ashley

What is something that blows?
What makes leaves fall off trees?
What can blow paper?
What can be very strong?
What sometimes goes with rain?
By Grace, Tracey and Ryan

Write an answer in the 'Comments' section if you work it out!

Suter Art Gallery

We have had another super trip to the Suter Art Gallery. We went to see Ani O’Neill’s exhibition ‘Lei Mai’. Esther taught us all about tivaevae – where it comes from, how they are made, what they are used for and why they are made. We all got to make our own tivaevae square. It was great fun and our tivaevae look fantastic!

Cable Bay Trip

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On Monday 14th May Room 13 and Room 8 headed off to Cable Bay to explore the rock pools. This was a follow up activity to the Rocky Shore learning we did in Term 1, and it was a long time coming – we had to wait for a good low tide at the right time of day. It was definitely worth the wait as we all had a fantastic day. The weather was lovely, the water was clear and everybody was incredibly well behaved. We saw so many interesting sea creatures, it was amazing. Have a look at the photos and see how many things you can name. If you look closely you might see some of the following:
• crab
• sea anemone
• wandering sea anemone
• cushion starfish
• brittle starfish
• hermit crab
• chiton
• cats eye
• limpet

We had such a good time that we would like to go back again. A big thanks to all the parents who made this trip worthwhile!