Our class entered the Whitcoulls Kid's Top 50. We had to vote for our favourite books that we liked the best and say who the author was. Our whole class entered and we all learnt how to send an email. Everyone had three favourite books because we all like to read.
My first choice was "Winnie the Pooh" by AA Milne
My second choice was "Restless Spirit" by Suzanne Brocker
And my third choice was "Can't catch me" by Elizabeth Pulford
The prize was the Whitchoulls Kid's Top 50 books that were voted in by all the kids in New Zealand.
And I won 50 books for our library!!!
Mrs Dunn spread them out on the classroom floor and everyone started to read, it was so cool.
I can't believe that I won 50 books and everyone can't wait to get them out of the library.
We're going to try and read them all.
Jennifer Thomas

Aliens in space

We drew our aliens in paint from Microsoft works then we took a mugshot of our face and cut around it on the computer and copied it onto our picture in Powerpoint.

They look so cool!

Cassarndra, Sean, Remo.

BOTTLE ROCKETS - THE PINK PANTHER.

We used a plastic drink bottle and made it look like a rocket.

Then we got the ball pump and a stopper with a tube so we could pump air into the bottle.

We filled a third of the bottle with water and tightly fitted the stopper into the bottle. Then we sat it in an old box for the launch pad and pumped the air in.

At first it was easy to pump and then it got harder, and harder -

Mrs Dunn said "Keep pumping, go for it Shanae!"

Then "Whoosh!" - the rocket went way up and we got some water showered down on us.

Shanae

"HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM"

We had some trouble with the tube letting the air out. We needed

tape up the tube so no air could escape, then it went really well.

Also our stopper needed to fit tighter so it sometimes let air out too.

It was best when we used about a quarter of a bottle of water.

HOW DO BOTTLE ROCKETS WORK ?

The pump forces air into the bottle. Soon, there's so much air inside the

bottle that it pushes out the cork. The water inside the bottle shoots out so fast

that it pushes the bottle in the opposite direction (up into the sky)

Room 3 made pop-rockets. First we got a toilet roll and cut it to make it smaller .We cut a circle out then cut it to the middle and made a cone for a lid then we put tape so it will stick together.Then we made wings on them [we had three wings on them] .Then we painted them all different .The next day we set them off with a borocca tablet and a splash of water.They did not go that far.

The gas that came off the borocca tablet and made the pressure, when the pressure was too great it pushed off the lid and the rocket popped off - this is called thrust. If you didn't put the lid on properly it didn't work because it had no thrust.

We found the smallest pop rockets went the furtherest and the film canister with no decorations went the furtherest. It worked best if you just put a little bit of water in covering the pop rocket, if you put too much water in they didn't go so high.

They were fun cause you never knew when they were going to pop!

Larissa Came

On the 24th of june the Tomarata speech finalists went to the Wellsford community centre to say their speeches.This is my speech:
It was so exiting! Going to Roturua and seeing all the amazing birds, animals and reptiles at rainbow springs.First we went to a thermal mud resort called "Hells Gate".
Well they got the hell part right!I felt like I was in an oven!
Some of the pools were little others were quite big and some were even black!
My dad would'nt stop sniffing the sulfur in the rocks,which to me wasn't a good idea.
We decided it was time to get going,and I don't blame them! That place gives me the creeps!
We jumped into the car and continued our journey to Rainbow Springs.
It's called that because there are lights underneath the waterfalls. There were ducks, eels, trout, keas, owls, swans - oh the list is endless.
Finally we came to the conclusion that it was time to go home, but that certainly was a day to remember.
Rebecca Keven.

MY SPEECH

On Wednesday 24th the speech finals were held at the Wellsford hall.
Three year 5 & 6 pupils went and said their speech.
This is my speech:

As the gates clink shut behind me the first thing I hear is a bunch of horrified screams.
"Uh oh," I think to myself.
As we queue up in the long noisy line my adrenalin starts to rush.
As another pail pair of people walk out the gates I really start to get nervous.
One more group to go until it's our turn.

I gulp as I hear the last bunch of screams fly down to the ground.
"Please take off all your accessories", I hear as I get into my seat.
As the saftey bar clinks tightly into place we slowly start to go up.
I look over to mum who's as white as a ghost,
I try to force out a laugh but nothing comes out, I
guess it's because I am too nervous.

As we keep going up a breathtaking veiw came into my sight.
"Wow what a great veiw, I can see the whole of Auckland.
"Hey this isn't so ba.....Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As we fly down as fast as lightning My feet nearly fly up and hit my face.
I fell like my gut has gone up into my.....Hey it's over already.
That wasn't so bad, I think to myself as we walk out the gates.
It truly was a day to remember.
Although now I know why it's called THE FEAR FALL!!!

By Luke Stevens.

ONE TREE HILL

On wednesday room 3,6 and 1 went to the starsdoom and we went

for a long swetty walk up one tree hill.On the way we saw rock writhing it looked cool. There were heaps of messages and pictures. One was a cancer cisioty ribbion and lots of other things. Then we continued our walk. We finally got to the big stathew. We had a look around, took photos and we made our way down again. It was really fun at one tree hill and we bet everyone will want to go there again!

By Larissa D