Kiaora to Our Friends in North Carolina

This movie gives you a little bit of idea of what our school looks like.
Levi, Kashya, Shalom and Jordenne had a fun day filming and editing this short clip with Mr Doubleday.

Our Trip to Cornwall Park

Room 13 went on a trip to Cornwall Park to go to Auckland's Stardome. It was a beautiful day so we decided to climb One Tree Hill as well. The fun began when we tried to get back down again!
To recount our trip we have written 50 word stories. It was heaps harder than we thought it would be, just writing 50 words to tell a whole story was tricky.

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‘What! we have to walk all the way to the top. Thirsty,tired,hot and grumpy. why did I leave my shoes at school? finally we had made it. Time for a rest . Looking out at Auckland, it seemed so small. Rolling,flipping sliding we tumbled into the crater. “Ouch!” - Isiah


Shaking, I stood up. Laughter echoed around the crater. “Be quiet”, I muttered.  Running down a  hill, landing  on my head and doing a flip. Was that a pleasant way to spend the trip? No it wasn’t. I brushed myself off and stomped towards the tree to relax in peace. - Thea


Walking to the top of the mountain, I whispered “Am I almost there?”. So thirsty. Quickly running and feeling the wind as it blew my hair. “FREEDOM!!!”. Relaxed and calm, a cool breeze. Looking out into the clouds, the view was spectacular. Running down the hill I nearly fell over. - Gloria

Net+Learning = Nearning

Room 13's entry into the Manaiakalani Film Festival for 2011.
What started as a Mockumentary, quickly turned into a crazy music video - strange unpredictable things often happen in Room 13! But we make sure to always have a good time - no matter what happens!
Levi, Rocky and Uili really made this movie with their amazing dance moves and fabulous outfit choices!

Greatest Pt England Hero

A group of very talented animators spent a few weeks making this animation for our film festival.
Haven't they done a great job! Cool dancing too!
To see more animations that the team have done, click on their blogs below.
Kaycee
Jonita
Jabez
Jonathan
Evan
Levi
Uili
Gloria
Howard
Mikaiah

Richie McCaw

Many kiwis know exactly who Richie McCaw is and perhaps, even regard him as one of the best All Black captains of all time. Do you know much about him?
Room 13 have undertaken some research and used their imaginations to create some cool movies all about Mr Richard McCaw.
Click the pictures to take a look.

Ezra and Noah Guest Post

Room 13 were very lucky to have Noah and Ezra come and share their stories with us today. Both boys have older siblings in our class and Miss King reckons that these little guys can teach the bigger ones a thing or two!
We all loved their stories so much that we decided to have them guest post on our blog. Make sure to click on their names to see their work from room 4.

When I was gone I was sick in bed! When I got out of
bed I played with Toby.
I think the Colcannon Room 4 made would be remarkable, amazing and magnificent. It is an Irish dish of mashed potato, spring onions, chinese cabbage, salt, pepper and butter.
I was sad because I wanted to have some Colcannon…

By Noah, Room 4.

Yesterday Room 4 went to the staffroom and we created Colcannon. It was irresistible! The best bit was eating the Colcannon!

The ingredients are spring onions, chinese cabbage, potatoes, salt, pepper and butter. The equipment is a pot of boiling water, a stove, a bowl and a masher.

Colcannon is an Irish dish of mashed potato. It smells splendidly spectacular!

The Colcannon was very, very, very tasty and delicious. I loved it! I tasted the cabbage and onions blended into the mashed potato.

By Ezra, Room 4.

Rugby World Cup - Where were you?

Room 13 have been learning how to understand other's point of view. We thought that people experienced the Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony in such different ways, that it would be a great idea to explore further.
Within our class we found seven different ways that we spent last Friday night. We wrote about each idea in a group, illustrated it and then acted it all for the camera.
On the wall outside outside our classroom you can bring your QR reader and watch all the movies - or simply click the photo below to watch all of them!
Some creative license may have been involved!

Gotta Share

Thanks "Improv Everywhere" we just loved your musical theatre and wanted to try our own. So, one silly Friday afternoon Room 13 had a go themselves.

The Origins of Rugby

Legend says that William Webb Ellis picked up a football and ran with it during a game at Rugby School in England in 1823. Here's Room 13's recreation of that historic day.

Day One Term Three

Our immersion assembly this term was fantastic. Here's the movie from our talented team 4 teachers. Aren't they amazing?