Cross Country

Today we went down to Botany College fields for the annual Point View cross country.

We lined up near the field in girls and boys lines behind signs that said Year 3. Then we waited for the cross country to happen.

Year 3 boys went first. We had to spread ourselves across the start line, fast people at the front and not so fast people behind. We listened to instructions about how to start the race. When the whistle blew, we were off. It was like a stampede of rhinos running around Botany! At the start it was tiring, even if we weren't up near the front. Some of us felt a bit thirsty in the middle. At the end we were glad it was over, but we were pleased with our results. Jonathan was 4th and Crist was 9th.

Then it was the girls' turn. We started the same way as the boys. In the middle of the race some of us were feeling a bit faint. At the end we were a bit out of breath. Our best result for the girls, was Rina who came 12th.

It was very, very tiring.

Technology Towers

On Tuesday and Wednesday we went to technology. I started with drawing towers with NO TEACHERS!

The next activity was building houses with lego. We started off by getting the green board and looking at the next instructions and for the other pieces. The next person builds it.

After this activity we got to build a famous tower that looks like an ice-cream on the top.

After that we went on the computer and checked out where some of the places in Auckland and some of the towers in the world are. We made a big tower out of plastic sticks it was so fun.

By Kyle and Alysa

We had technology. One of the things that we did was lego and building towers. Our teacher was called Mr Rankin. He left us to do it all by ourselves. We built towers from all over the world, like Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower. We learnt how to make models.

By Adam and Ethan

Inquiry Learning Rocks!

On Monday our whole smart class did Inquiry Learning. We picked out cool Irish questions and if we picked the same questions we have to be partners. I was partners with Crist and my friend was partners with Piper. We were doing exciting posters on the laptops. My question was: Why are shamrocks an emblem of Ireland?. We found out the information. St Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Christian religion and also shamrocks are found all over Ireland. It was cool because after the writing we got to put on an amazing picture. Then we printed out our amazing posters and then the teacher stapled them onto the wall. When my whole class walked in from singing everyone was like oh it was really funny. My partner and I were very proud of everyone’s super duper work and we were also very proud of our own work.

By Bridget & Chelsey

We presented our Inquiry Learning research on the laptops.

First we went on blank pages. We put Ireland onto the blank page. We changed the small words into big words and we changed the colour into green. We typed the information. We put some pictures on. Then we printed the page. Ryan H walked and got the page. Then Ryan returned to the classroom and showed Mrs Munro and she said, “this is super”. Ryan was happy as and the posters were put on the wall. Everybody looked at it. It was super fun. Hope you like it!

By Hamish and Ryan H

Go the Irish!

Point View School did Wearable Arts. Room Sixteen were after Room Eight. Room Sixteen made Irish hats for the Wearable Arts parade.This is how we made the hats. The first day we made the middle part and we made shamrocks to decorate our hats. On day two Room Sixteen made the top. It was easy for us, but not Miss Lankow! Some of us had to finish the middle bit from yesterday.

Miss Lankow’s job was to stick the hats on the top of the middle bit. It was a very long time to do one hat for us; it took thirty minutes to stick the top bit on the middle of the hat.

Next we tried the parade out. It was beautiful, Miss Lankow said. The next day we tried it out again and we did better, Miss Lankow said. Then on Friday we went on the stage and we had to present our hats in the parade. We also had a photo at the end of the Wearable Arts. Miss Lankow said it was beautiful!

By Ryan X and Felix

How to make Irish Hats

You will need:

Long green paper

Irish symbols (like shamrocks)

Brim and the top part

Practice paper

Coloured paper

Glue stick

1. Design it on a practice paper.

2. Cut out Irish symbols to make it exciting.

3. Bend the hat into a cylinder shape and make sure the hat fits.

4. Draw a perfect circle (with a plate) to make a brim.

5. Draw a circle with a small plate.

6. Cut like an upside-down vase shape all around the edge.

7. Stick the brim to the inside of the hat.

8. Draw a circle with a plate to make the top part of the hat.

9. Cut like an upside-down vase shape all around the edge.

10. Glue the top part to the hat.

THE HAT WILL LOOK SPLENDID !

By Jennifer and Ekklesia

How to make an Irish Hat

You will need:

green paper

Irish symbol

glue stick

pencil

scissors

1. We glue the symbol to the green paper.

2. Make the hat round.

3. We made the bottom part.

4. We taped them (be careful).

5. We make the top part and tape them together.

By Rina and Ina

How to make Irish Hats

You will need:

green paper

glue

Irish symbols

brim and the top part

coloured paper

cardboard

pipe cleaners

scissors

First we got the big piece of green paper. Then we started to decorate the green paper.

Secondly we got some coloured paper to make the decoration, but mostly we used green paper because the Irish colour is green.

Some of us used pipe cleaners to stick out the top.

By Kelly, Piper and Sai

Go the All Blacks!

We are dressed in the colours of our favourite team for the Rugby World Cup 2011. Most of us are supporting the All Blacks by wearing black. Others are hoping that Italy, South Africa, Samoa, Tonga, England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia or Japan will win. We all have a second team that we are supporting as well!

A few of us are very lucky and will be at Eden Park tonight to watch the opening and the match between New Zealand and Tonga. Others are going to places around Auckland to watch the fireworks. Many of us will watch the celebrations on television.

GO THE ALL BLACKS!

Water Safety Lessons

Today Room 16 went to Lloyd Elsmore pool to learn how to survive when you're in the sea or pool.

We learnt what to do when we need someone to save us. We have to put our hand up straight in the air. If we wave it around people will think we are saying hello!

To save someone you put your hand under their arm and hold their chin. You need to push their chin up slightly and pull them back so they can float.

We had noodles tied around our waists to float in the water.

It was fabulous to learn how to save someone today!

Our Mystery Tour of Auckland

Last week we took part in a mystery tour of Auckland to experience some of the things that visitors to New Zealand might see during the Rugby World Cup.


First stop on the tour was Mission Bay where we sat down to sketch a famous Auckland landmark: Rangitoto.

At Bastion Point we found out about New Zealand's first Labour Prime Minister: Michael Joseph Savage. We also got a great view of the Harbour Bridge and a container ship coming into the ports.


At Wynyard Quarter we had traditional fish n chips for lunch at the Auckland Fish Market, while watching the trams go past.


Next it was time to check out the playground at Wynyard Quarter. We'd never experienced a playground quite like it!


We were incredibly lucky to go inside Eden Park and have our questions answered by an expert.

It was a truly awesome day!