Billy's Control Panel

I made this control panel at home last night. I put gadgets and lightbulbs on it. I used power tools and nails and hammers. I put it all on wood. I shared it for news. Everyone thought it was really cool.

John McBeth

A couple of weeks ago, before the Olympics started, my Grandad John came to our assembly. It was called Room 4's assembly, but we think that it should have been called the "McBeth Assembly". John is a commentator and at the Olympics he is normally in charge of the swimming. He has been to many different Olympic Games. John told us some very interesting things about the London Olympics. He talked about the Olympic rings. He talked about many of our athletes who have been to past Olympics and some who have been competing in these Olympic Games. For his job, John makes announcements and needs to know how to pronounce hundreds of athletes names. Thank you Grandad John for coming to our school. Love Lauchlan and all of Room 4.

Margaret Mahy

Margaret Mahy liked school. She liked writing and reading. She wasn't so good at maths and swimming. She has one brother and I can relate to this because I have one brother. Her mum was a school teacher. Outside her house, she doesn't have a beach, she has a mud pool. She goes swimming all the time. This reminds me of my cousin because he goes swimming all the time. My favourite Margaret Mahy stories are "A Lion in the Meadow" and "Down the Back of the Chair". Margaret Mahy inspires me to be a better writer. BY BILLY.

Regan’s Artwork In the afternoon Regan and Ben go into the hall to do some artwork. They really like their art. Here is some of Regan’s work.

Trip to Island Bay Marine Centre

The NED Show

Check out the Ned Show website by clicking here! Today we went to the NED show. NED stands for "Never give up", "Encourage others", "Do your best". Some of it was VERY funny! Some people thought that he was a magician. He was really good at doing different tricks with the yo-yo. Some of the tricks he performed were "around the world", "rock-a-bye baby", "7-3", "walking the dog" and "ski lift". We really liked it when he put the ripped up tissue into his mouth and then pulled it out and it was a rainbow paper chain. It was so long...it went on and on and on! The rainbow paper chain ripped and then he said "mama".