Gaining! - a descriptive story by Renee Ekdahl

IT was gaining on me, as I turned to look back IT did not look happy, and whatever IT was I had NEVER seen it before! It all happened when I got lost at scouts, and went to stay the night in a cave, and IT awoke. I was thinking to myself "Can it climb?". So I took a risk and climbed the nearest tree. IT could climb too, so my only options were either to get attacked by this maneating thing or jump. I jumped, my leg was stinging. I knew it was broken then I saw a farm house I was so relieved I got up and ran. IT was gaining on me! When I had got through the painful run to the farm house I rang the bell, no answer! Again I rang and again and again. No answer, I knew the only thing I could do now was yell. "HELP!!!!!!!!!!"

I must have got the attention of someone. I heard rattling in the barn. I ran to the barn and there was a farmer, relief! The farmer and I hid. When IT had left I was so grateful, I didn't care about my leg. I WAS SAFE.....

First Basketball Title for St Pius!

The St Pius Scorpions celebrated a great victory on Monday night by beating Mangorei 27-18 in the Division 2 Basketball final. It was a tough game, and winning is difficult when you haven't won a final before.

"It was the hardest game ever" said Jordan "Someone tripped me up and I landed on my hip and arm - it hurt!"

"They played well, but we played better!" said Daniel.

"At 8-8 it was tough, because they had caught up from 8-2" said Lucy Gi.

"It was made even harder because of the pressure of the finals" said David.

"The opposition were terrible at shooting but very good at defence" said Sacha.

Bubbles created by Shianne O'Donnell

Have you ever felt stuck in a bubble, gasping for air

But all you can see is bare?

No help

No way out

Its just you flying alone until

You pop the bubble

You get fresh air

And you're soaring through the air

Waiting to land

And feel the soft sand

No more worries

Making a movie

Yesterday Corban, Corben, Josh and Ben had a go at making an animated movie. Ben got the idea of choosing animated bunnies. To make the movie we had to choose the characters and then typed what they said. On the website it said "if you can type you can create", so we did! You can find our movie at:

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7050485/

We hope you enjoy it, and look out the rest of the series!

Room 1 Scientists! by Lucy George and Tyson Hutchinson

In Room 1 we have a science table with lots of interesting things on it such as........

Fools Gold! Shark poo! Amethyst! Moon stone! Geodes! And a huge Sperm Wale tooth!

Why do we have a science table?

We have it so that we can look at unusual and everyday things, and we can ask questions about them. What is it? Where does it come from? How is it formed? Where is it from? How could we find out more about it?

Tyson: We like it because it has lots of awesome stuff on it.

Lucy: There are things that other people might not ever see. We could find out more about it by asking my Aunty Annette, who is a geologist.

A Rippa Day of Rugby by Olivia Johns

Our hearts were thumping and we were sweating all over our bodies! Time was going by, and we KNEW it was! I was breathing heavily, hoping to be able to gain more speed.

"RIP!"

It was only my first game and I already had my first rip! I was so proud because the person I ripped was really fast! I didn't get one try but I was happy that our team got an intercept pass from the other team.

I was really excited, but the downside of the day was really grazing my legs from diving on the ground. But, I didn't really care about it. After a few minutes I was fine and back on the field. We lost the first four games closely, but we won the first game of the knockout round. Sadly we didn't make it to the final though. It didn't matter though, as we did our best and had lots of fun!

Joyfulness By Jordan Roylance

Joyfulness feels like a rabbit in the grass

Joyfulness tastes like bacon in my mouth

Joyfulness smell like fresh kahawai in my smoker

Joyfulness sounds like my favourite song in my head

Joyfulness look like dolphins jumping out of the water

Joyfulness is the colour yellow as the sun

Sarah's Bio Poem

Sarah

Helpful, sporty, creative, loud.

Daughter of Sharyn and Terry

Lover of brother in Solomon Islands, Tennis, Pizza.

Who feels the need for world peace, safe at home, proud to be a school leader.

Who needs food, water, family.

Who gives friendship, love, happiness.

Who fears sharks, old age, huge spiders.

Who would like to have my own puppy, a laptop and a friend to play with all the time.

Resident of New Plymouth, Taranaki.

The Old Tree by Tyson Hutchinson

In the holidays the tree by the path was cut down. There is a big stump left now. I wonder how many birds had to rebuild their nests somewhere else?

The tree was cut up for firewood and sold for infinity dollars and I got none!

Room One in the News!

From the Midweek 28 July 2010

One Person - a poem by Beth Fisher-Evans

One person can't break your dreams.

One person can't change your mind.

One person can't speak your thoughts.

You can always dream.

You can change your mind.

You and only you can speak your thoughts.

The best way to get to school by Josh D'Ath

THWOK THWOK THWOK THWOK! It was Tuesday 20th of July and we were climbing into the Jetranger helicopter to fly to school. And how did this happen? Well, Callum won a competition on More FM and got to ride to school in a helicopter! He invited me to go with him!

Take off! I looked out the window. Suddenly the ground fell away from us and everything looked like little Lego buildings with tiny Lego people swarming around in the street below.

Then I saw the school! There was a red streak across the field. "It looks like blood" said Callum.

Then we landed and were greeted by a volley of camera flashes and interviewed by news reporters. It was probably the best way ever to go to school!

Garden Investigators by Olivia Conley

Room One have been investigating their garden by weeding it and having a closer look at the weeds. We have discovered and learnt that the soil might be healthy. Evidence that the soil might be healthy were that there were lots of worms. We have been collecting food scraps from the other class rooms to make compost, to help the soil to get richer . When we pulled out the weeds we discovered that you can eat some weeds. Some of them were very bitter, like dandelion. The photos below are of some of the class pulling out weeds and a student by the borage plant. Borage is good for the garden because it attracts honey bees and other insects. They make honey with blue borage. Next we have to plan what we are going to plant. To be a scientist you need to have a closer look at the world around you.

Up, Up and Away!

Welcome to the first blog post from Room One at St Pius X School in New Plymouth, New Zealand. This is the class of 2010! Our web address says "Future Kids" because we are going to make the future happen!

Through this blog, you will be able to see our photos of us in action, our outstanding work, upcoming events, sport happenings, and much, much more of our adventures in learning!

This week has been really busy, with real excitement on Tuesday when Callum Butler and Josh D'Ath arrived at school by helicopter! Stand by for a report from Josh and Callum next week!

Last term Room One farewelled their teacher Ms Howarth who headed overseas to the Tropics, and welcomed back Mr Swanson (aka Mr Evil), who has been on leave. Check out his blog adventures: http://patsscienceadventures.blogspot.com

Join us regularly on our adventures!