2014 - The Busiest Year Yet

School has closed and we are now all on our summer holidays. It has been such a busy and wonderful year with Class 13. We have all learnt a great deal together, and had so much fun along the way.

It was very sad to say goodbye on Wednesday, our last day of school. We said goodbye not only to each other, but to the lovely Mrs O'Neill who has spent time in our classroom this year. We hope you come back and see us next year.

Congratulations to all the students of Class 13 for an incredible year. You all made fantastic progress in your learning, and you also grew up a lot too. A special congratulations must go to our prizewinners:

• Atareita, Paige and Mitchell for their academic awards
• Samoa for citizenship
• John for effort
• Noah and Simon for performing arts

Also, well done to Ajani, Noah and Mitchell for being selected by Mr Burt to be school photographers for 2014.

Have a safe and happy holiday, and I'll see you all next year!

Miss Nalder x

Tongan Language Week

Tongan language week from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

These clever kids made this movie all by themselves! Well done team!

What make a good Champion?

Simon John and Mitchell What makes a good champion from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

This is what Mitchell is learning about fractions!

Food Fractions

Maths with Mr Barks from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

How do we know we can share on the internet? - By Mitchell

Mad Mathematics

Here is Mr Barks' Maths group working very hard on fractions this morning!

Celebrations Around the World

Celebrations Room 10 from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

The Little Yellow House

Once there was a house.It was a yellow house.There was a deck outside of the house.No one lived in that house.Near the house was a little chair and bench.No one sat there because no one lived there.Inside the house as a bed a big room and a television that did not work.The keys were inside the house and the house was locked because the keys were inside the house.The house was on a small hill near some cold mountains with snow on it.One day a family came to the house and wondered who built this house.The Husband said ''Tomorrow we will come back with a ladder,go into the chimney like santa claus get the keys and bust it down so we can make it a big as hotel that touches the snow mountains and we can sell our old house.But his wife did not want to do that she said ''We can crash the window then get an new window and live in this house but make it more bigger''But then her kids were complaining too they said''Boring idea mum this is just little and we cant sleep in one room we just wanna stay in our house as usual''Mum said''Why is my idea boring i said i can make it bigger'' ''Dad said we'll just make it as a hotel cause we are rich''.So the next day they got the ladder,Climbed into the chimney and unlocked the house they called the busters and the busters busted it down and built a big as hotel that reached the snowy mountains and lots and lots of people lived in the hotel and the family was really really happy.The End

By Mitchell

The Freezing cold dog

Once upon a time there was a freezing cold dog who was rich and famous and buy lots of things in the mall.He had lots of money and gold and he was very greedy and rude.He is so rich that he has a elevator in his house.When he goes in his shower and he says ''Turn on''the shower will turn on.When he is sick in bed and he needs breakfast his slave comes and gives him his breakfast and his slave gets paid back $100 dollars.
By Mitchell

"Boys Only!" were the signs on the doors today...

In the Beggining

In the Beggining Ranginui the sky Father and papatuanuku the earth mother were together.It was very dark for papatuanuku's sons because they were between their parents.They were all squished in the dark.There names were Tu'Tanemahuta 'Tawhirimatea'Tangaroa'Haumia and Rongo.They didint like being squished in the darkness.Tu had an idea "Lets kill our parents"he said Tane said "No we should separate our parents"he said. Tangaroa and tu agreed with tane.Tawhirimatea,Haumia,and Rongo wanted things to be just like they were.Tu was pushing first he couldnt do it then tangaroa tried with all his strength then he couldnt then it was tanes turn he pushed his fathers chest but he couldnt then he had a good idea he used his legs and pushed his fathers chest the light was shining the brothers tane, tangaroa and tu were so happy. Ranginui was separated from papatuanuku.Tanemahuta clothed his mother with trees and ferns.Tane was the guardian of trees,tu was the guardian of people and war,Tangaroa became guardian of sea,Tawhirimatea became guardian of wind and storms,Haumia became guardian of wild food and rongo became guardian of food that we grow.Now when it is raining ranginui  is crying for papatuanuku.The End

By Mitchell

Mitchell's party

Mitchell's Zoo Story from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

Paris Reading Group 7th May

Paris Reading Group Part 1 from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

Paris Reading Group Part 2 from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

The Point England Way

Here are some of our self portraits that we created for our Inquiry topic - The Point England Way. They are up on the wall outside our classroom if you want to come and see the real versions!