HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE HOLIDAYS!!!

                Schools out term is over bye books bye math bye spelling but hello reading. The holidays has started keep RM 23 updated with your super duper holiday activities                  

TERMS OVER

SCHOOLS    OUT

INTRODUCING…….THE HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the end of Term 2, the 5/6 syndicate went to the Ferrymead 100 year ago place. We had to dress up like maids and slaves-  Room 23 totally looked old fashioned. Some of us were nervous for the school house rotation because when we arrived at the set, we heard whips/canes banging down on the desks. We learnt about Land Girls and Manpower, but you'll have to read our Information Report for more details. Room 23 visited the housework rotation next. She was a nice lady. She said, "Have you guys just been to the school house? You look a bit nervous!" Enjoy!

War Life in New Zealand 100 Years Ago.

It was hard to live 100 years ago when the men were away at war.  People’s lives changed forever.

While the men were away at war the women had to run the homes. One of the daily chores was to wash the clothes in soapy clean water and scrub the clothes against a scrub board and a soap cage. Afterwards, they would wring the water out and put it through the mangle. After that, they would hang the washing on the prop washing  line to dry. When the clothes were dry they needed to be ironed with a hot stone iron that had been sitting on a hot stove for a few hours. The heavy irons were heaved onto the ironing board, and the woman would pull the iron across the clothing  so that all the wrinkles would disappear, and lastly the woman would fold all the washing up and put it away.

There were a lot more chores than just the washing eg:bandage rolling,cooking, making beds, cleaning the fire cooker out, cleaning the top of the stove, vacuuming with an old fashion vacuum, dusting the pictures and sweeping the leaves from the path.

During the war the roles of women changed.  Woman started doing the men's jobs. While all the men were away at war there was nobody to work the land or do the farming so girls were taught new jobs.The girls of the land army looked after animals, ploughed the fields. They dug up potatoes and they dug for 48hrs a week in the winter and dug for 50hrs a week in the summer. In order to grow more food. The government set up the land girls army on June in year 1939. All help was needed on the farms.

   

During the war, a lot of food was sent to the soldiers so in NZ there was limited supplies of lots of things like butter, sugar, eggs, flour, meat, clothing and petrol. The government decided to ration the food so it wouldn’t run out of stock. They would have to have a coupon book and take a coupon to the grocery store and people would only get a certain allocation of food.  If you wanted more you or something else you would have to wait or make it yourself.  You could get coupons from friends, but they would have to go without.  So some people traded coupons.

Life at school was different to the present day. The equipment like pens was different.  They had quill pens and ink and slate boards and chalk.  The male teachers had to go to war so only older men could be teachers and women had to be teachers.  They were in short supply so they had to cram lots of kids into the same classroom.  Children would have half a field for girls and half a field for boys.  They play pretend war games.  The children had to practise air raid drills and dig out trenches.  Some children would copy soldiers and smoke! In classrooms, they had hoses to bite on in case a bomb went off.  This would stop their teeth from breaking.

Life during the war was very difficult and challenging.

By Daniel K, Anneliese, Ryan and Holly

RAWHITI SPORT

Each Friday the Year 5-8 children at Queenspark School get to go to Rawhiti Domain to do winter sports. Here are the sports we had to trial for earlier this year.

Hockey

Hockey is a ball and stick game. It's very easy to learn and fun to play. The positions are mid's - left side -right side(2), forwards -left side -right side (2),  backs 1 at goal -1 near goal, but a bit in front, then the goalie.

Table Tennis

Table tennis is a very easy game once you pick it up. You use a ping-pong bat and ball, and a table with a small net in the middle.       

Netball

Netball is fun to play and involves running around and calling for the ball. At Rawhiti they don't have wings so the positions are GD GA GS GK 2x.   

Rugby

This game involves heaps of running and tackling. Rugby needs sprig boots and a mouth guard. In scrums, there are 3 forwards in the front. One is the hooker with a prop on each side. The locks are locked into the hooker and 2 props. There are also backs. There is a fullback, first five, centre and I can't think of the rest.

TABLE TENNIS AND GARDENING ARE THE EXTRA CHOICES.

SNOW POEM

     SNOW

I can see you swirling through the icy air as you bed the ground.

I smell your damp icicles as bits of snow flow up my nose, making me shiver.               

I can hear  your wind whirling around the icy ground.

The feel of your icy flakes melting through my skin causing shivers around my body.

I taste pure, fresh water as the snow dissolves on my tongue.

Hope You Enjoyed My Poem About Snow ;)

Earlier this year  the Year 5/6 classes went to Woodend Christian Camp. There were so many amazing confidence building activities that when we were driven back to school, we had to write all about our experiences at camp. Everyone put a lot of effort into writing something that they could look back on in years to come!  HAPPY READING.

                              INTRODUCTION

On Monday, the 4th of May, we had our school camp. It’s over now, but I wish we had a time machine to go back to Woodend. 

It started when I bolted out of bed screaming with joy, “Its CAMP!!!”.  Zipping down the hallway, I collided into my brother. I quickly made myself some cereal, scoffed it down, and then nagged Dad to get me to school pronto!

Room 23 and 24  were all packed, waiting outside Room 22, 18 and 17.  We were all excitedly talking. The Year 5’s had never been on camp, so were busy thinking about how it would be a time to enjoy ourselves. I was predicting what camp at Woodend would look like. I bumped into my friend  Ems #emily. My other friend Nekera had come to school with me and helped me carry my stuff.  She was in Room 15 so she would be going to camp  on Wednesday. Nekera also gave me a hand with packing.

We were all nervously waiting- until… Mr Gordon stepped up on the rail and spoke, “Hello I know you are all really excited for camp! But now we are going to send you to the toilet, then ask you to bring your luggage out to the front court”. Mrs Willis added “Try to convince your parents to take your gear”. I bolted down the alley like electricity getting to the front court as fast as I could. We all sat down and then the teachers told us the rules.

We all packed onto the bus for a long 25 minute trip to the campsite. I gave Anneliese a big squeeze in excitement, she gave me one back. When we arrived, Cody, one of the staff, lead us into the main hall, to read over the “Yes areas” and the “NO & Wait areas”.  We had to respect the rules because you nobody wanted to get lost, scared or hurt. 10 minutes later we got sent to our bunk rooms - to check it out - and make our beds.

After that, we went to do our first 2 activities.  This was so exciting because we were on a huge zip line flying fox.  Lots of people were running in mid air.

Our next activity was Aero-jump. Aero-jump is exactly like the bungy jumps you in find in the malls. Everyone was stepping up and giving flips a go. The people who were skilled tried to do a front flip, only a few accomplished them.

After the  activities, Mr Gordon rang the bell to get our attention to come back to main hall for afternoon tea. In groups, he called us up to snacks. I have to admit that the snacks were scrumptious.

At dinner the caregivers and teachers took a table up to choose their foods. The first night we had nachos. It was a funny sight to see because the parents looked like those dinner/lunch ladies in the American high school  television shows.

After dinner we played a game called Spotlight. This game needs to be played at night when its pitch black with some torches. There needs to be at least 8 people to play. We had 60 something so it was a big and really fun game. There was about 8-10 spotters while everyone else went and hid in the forest - behind logs, in thorn bushes - ouch! That was me! Luckily we didn’t get found under the water slides.

After Spotlight we had some hot chocolate and then got told to go to bed. It was very hard to get to sleep because we all were so grateful to be at the camp. The first night I was on the top bunk. The next morning I woke up early - as usual  - and had to wait 30 minutes to have a shower.

After my shower, the people from my bunk room all headed to the main hall for breakfast. At breakfast the people who I was sitting with said, “Wow this is luxury”.  I agreed.

We then gathered onto the main hall's front court for our first group activity. I was in the cool group of Sean, Ruby, Alessandro, Daniel B, Lucas and Amaan. We had a variety of activities throughout the camp, including archery, air rifles, orienteering, rock climbing, go karts and initiatives.

In archery, I was the only one who got the arrow on the board. With the air rifles, I had so much fun, but didn’t get hit one apart from one of those flower targets.

On rock climbing I got up to stage 4, having to trust my arm which is quite challenging when you think about it. On the last day we had to clean our rooms spotless. I told my buddies from my bunk room that I was  gonna miss the place. 

Before we knew it, we were  all on the bus going back home- and that’s how Woodend camp rolled!!!!!!! Awesome!!!

Metaphors!

Check out these Metaphors created by Room 23.

Metaphors

Life is a journey.

Her legs are wiggly wobbly jelly.

Her personality is a rainbow.

Love is a jewel.