I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Well done to all those who competed in the 'Surf to City'. I look forward to hearing about it tomorrow.

Just a few reminders for Monday... Please remember appropriate clothing for Athletics practise and don't forget your Literature Circle books as we are very lucky to have Mrs Hughes visiting us at 11am to talk about these great books.

By the way, did anyone find the answer to our Brain Teaser last week?

"I have a box of cereal that weighs one kilogram. I put something in it, now my box weighs half a kilogram. What did I put in the box?"

Check out "Simon Says" at the bottom of our Blog. I used to play this when I was young...so much fun! See if your parents remember it :-)

Room 7 demonstrated their creative problem solving skills today when faced with the Marshmallow Challenge. Not only did they work co-operativley in groups, some displayed great leadership skills. Keep checking up in the Blog and commenting on your thoughts :-)

Hi everyone. We have had a busy day...the "jelly bean" game was yummy, our new furniture is really comfortable and awesome and we are creating collages to show who we are.

There will be a Room 7 and 8 newsletter going home tomorrow. Looking forward to sharing our learning on our Blog with you all this year. Keep checking out our Blog :-)

We have such a busy week happening at school this week. Tuesday is the visit to Kerrs Bush and Thursday is Room 6 & 7's Surf Life Saving Day at Oreti Beach.

In class we are finishing off our presentations of our Solar System learning. We have everything from posters, brochures, information wheels to keynotes.

For homework this week everyone is practising their speeches and working on presenting this with clear and precise voices. It was great to listen to Gerry Forde today and see what makes a great public speaker. We will also be practising these in class with the use of the microphone.

Don't forget your appropriate footwear tomorrow and warm clothes...just in case!

Sand flying everywhere like a tornado

Ultra hot burning sun

Mouth watering melons

Mmm nice ice-creams

Even heat waves

Really really warm weather

By Gabby

Spilling water on my head.

Under the water the sea bed awaits.

Marshmallows cooking over the fire.

Meet with friends at the movies.

Every boy and girl eats ice cream and get brain freeze.

Rippling cold water.

By Aidan W

Sunshine out, everyone playing

Unbelievable weather

Mum's lying under the palm tree trying to get away from the sun

Massive boiling sun covering the whole of Invercargill

Enough sunlight to make you blind

Really exhausting, can't wait to get into the pool.

by Jack W

So hot that it burns,

Underneath umbrellas keeping shade from our bodies,

More and more hotness,

More kids wearing sun screen,

Enough already, its too hot,

Ruby red faces, I have got sun burnt.

By Kaitlyn