CAMP

On Wednesday the 20th the seinor school went to Goat Island for camp. On the way we stopped at Tawharanui reserve. At Tawharanui we went on a bush walk and had a lecture about the pests and predators that sometimes sneek past the massive fence and eat the animals that live in the reserve.

During the lecture the park ranger who was doing the talk, started pulling dead animals from his sack. All these animals had been frozen and defrosted so many times that they looked like they had been run over by a lawn mower. They smelt awful!

These amimals included a stoat thats head was coming off, a possom whose fur had holes and cuts all over it, a rabbit that looked strangly flat and worst of all a cat that had one of its ears hanging off and looked like it had been beaten to death. After the presentation the park ranger stuffed all the animals back in the sack and drove off.

Leo

Monday 18th March

This term we are going on a year 7 and 8 camp to Goat Island. It is only two days away 'til the trip. We have decided on our tent groups and activity groups. Tent groups are the groups you are in for making breakfast and dinner. Today we are unable to come to the pools or Okahu bay for Waterwise, so we are going to work on some more camp dicussions. There will be many fun, amazing, memorable experiences. We will go snorkeling there and it will be fantastic because the fish on the marine reserve are tame and will just come right up to you. We will also be going up to the marine house that is a little bit up the hill. At the camp grounds it is up a steep hill, it has a playground, skateboard ramp, shower and bathrooms. Tommorow we have to bring our tents to school because we have to practice putting them up so that we are prepared for camp. So this is what we are doing to be prepared and ready for camp. HOPE EVERYONE HAS AN AWESOME TIME AT CAMP!

Sarah



Polyfest

On Friday 16 March 2013 Parnell Intermediate went on a trip to polyfest and we had loads of fun!
At polyfest there were competitions, food stands, and Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Cook Islands and Nuie performances. My group only got to see 2 of them, we saw the Tongan and Samoan stages.
It was an awesome experience for everyone and I'm sure everyone would like to have that experience again.

Oscar

Hello followers,
Yesterday the year 7's went to the Parnell Baths.  We learnt how to go into a H.E.L.P position, which stands for... Heat, Escape, Lessoning, Position.  Plus the year 7's did fitness, such as skulling and doing a couple of laps !!! 

While the year 7's went to have fun, the year 8's went to Okahu Bay.  They did kayaking,sailing and organising the boat.

This week our schedule is:

• the year 8 boys are going to tech and making treasure boxes
• the year 8 girls are doing ICT / enviro and making a desgin for the intermediate picnic tables
• the year 7 boys are doing social studies/P.E are trying to decide there country for their project
• the year 7 girls are going to Ms Parkinson for maori/music.  In music year 7 girls are learning about notes and beats, plus in maori we are learning the a,e,i,o,u song.

We have a softball tournament coming up on the 7th of March for the girls, and on the 5th of March the boys are having the softball tournament too.  Also, we are having swim sport on the 14 th of March.

We are going to the Goat Island on the 20th till the 22nd of march.  I hope everybody can come!!!

from room 24
(written by Seoyeon and Katherine)
 

 

Welcome to 2013!  We've been learning to write the cameo poems about emotions and adjectives. It was lots of fun! We also have been planning to paint our plain old wooden picnic benches with paints that are environmentally friendly!

Today, we got to do some cool hand art on a regular piece of paper. quick, easy and I really enjoyed it!

I think that room 24 is great and I'm pretty lucky to be be here with lots of other friendly students that are so much fun to be around!

ROOM 24 IS THE BEST!

Welcome to room 24's blog for 2013! Already we have been doing lots of things such as water wise were we do sailing, kayaking and rigging. Also in class we have been doing some very cool 3D art using paper pencil and vivid, come in to our class if you wish to see some. In room 24 we go outside to do exercises like bear crawl, lizard crawl and running. In room 24 we have a million dollar view of St. Stevens and an exclusive soundtrack called the annoying cicadas.       

Metal and Paper

Paper is the twig you snap under foot
Metal is the branch that just won't break
Paper is the love that can tear in a second
Metal the friendship stronger than ever
Paper the bond between human nature

By Bianca Nagaiya

Black
Black is the colour of an old mysterious gravyard
Black is the colour of a cloudy dull day
Black is the colour of poison or bad luck
Black is the colour of bad moods
Black smells like the monster in my closet
Black taste like dust left upon our window sill
Black sounds like my fire alarm in the middle of the night
Black looks like dead roses
Black feels like there is no tomorrow
Black makes me feel depressed
Black is the colour of sadness 

Original by Mele Finau
Changed by Isabella Morcom