Cricket for Teach Me Tuesday!

We are nearing the end of out Teach Me Tuesdays for the year! On Tuesday Xavier and Caiden taught us how to play non-
stop cricket. We had a fun game together and enjoyed the winter sunshine too! Here are some photos from our cricket game.

Swimming super stars!

Congratulations to Emily and Caiden for your great results as part of the UHPS swim team at the North Shore swimming competition late last term. 

The team came 3rd place overall! What an awesome effort!

Teach me Tuesday starts again!

It was "Teach me Tuesday again today. Today Gina taught us how to make origami frogs. She was very patient with us and carefully explained how to fold the paper and create a jumping frog. It was really cool.

After the origami lesson, Marina and Caiden took us out on to the court for a sports lesson. Marina organised 14 of us into a netball game. She explained the rules and positions clearly, and both teams played a close game.

On the other court Caiden lead 10 of us in a soccer game.  
Everybody had heaps of fun kicking the ball around. Some excellent goals were scored by Saahil!

Thanks Gina, Marina and Caiden. It was another great "Teach me Tuesday!"

The bush walk

Today we headed down the natural trail and out into the bush behind the school. We were surprised at the quiet sanctuary we found. We found a spot to sit down and there we took in our surroundings. Here are some pieces of descriptive writing from the bush walk.

The bush Walk- By Caiden B
The trees were coated with

dry flaky, dark green moss. A pile of dirt lay on the ground like a monster waiting to be freed. Skyscraper trees blocked out the suns harsh rays. Tuis sang merrily and trees swayed in the breeze. Tree roots were like an old mans wrinkly fingers. Damp forest air was clinging to me like a baby koala. A filthy river as dark as night was flowing at a jogging pace. Trees surrounded me like I was in a cage. Bark was peeling off an old tree like paper.
My stomach was jumping up and down like a kangaroo. Leaves were littered together like a sock. I thoughtI heard the trees whisper to me, "Come back soon..."
"Maybe," I muttered under my breath
I looked back at the stretch of trees as far as the eye could see and then dashed to my friends.

The bush- By Jamie G

I felt the fresh air controlling my lungs. A choir of birds were singing. Their song was like a lullaby that filled me with peace. I felt the mossy leaf litter crawling up my legs. I looked up and saw towering trees trying to get to the light. I glanced over and saw a giant umbrella shaped silver fern sheltering the river. At my feet I spied broken down tree branches sleeping. I looked and saw a delicate purple and green Tui feather littering the forest floor.

The haunted place- By Keita 

Plop, plop, plop, plop. I walked down the stairs of the trail. I smelt the peaceful smell of nature. I found a place to sit with Sunghyun. I thought it was a good spot, but...

"Eeaaaa!" Sunghyun shrieked. He had seen a cicada left on a sticky spider web dangling by its leg.
"Don't talk or move and get on with it!" shouted Mrs Millett.
"G...g...g...g we have to stay here," I  whispered with a croaky voice.
"I guess so," replied Sunghyun in a scared voice.
I glanced around. I could see poisonous looking, vivid flowers. I imagined monsters lurking around haunting the witches castle. I saw branches with spiders webs making it scarier.
"Brrrrr... it's scary," commented  Sunghyun.
"Yeah!" I agreed. I felt sick. 
I could hear dogs barking, water running and machines banging and it only made me imagine more.
I imagined a cerbera (3 headed dog) edging towards me, or rocks falling...
I could only describe this place as haunted. 
"Brrrrr..." I thought.

Welcome to Room 13!

Hi and welcome to Room 13 at UHPS. I'm looking forward to this blog becoming everyone's place to share our learning journey. There will be plenty of stories and posts about our learning this year, and you can also link to some cool games and resources too. Make sure you get your family to comment on our learning and follow our blog too!