Northern Bays Cluster Festival

On Wednesday the 26th of June a group of fantastic dancers took part in the Northern Bays Cluster event at the Bruce Mason Center. These dancers performed in front of more than two thousand people and danced as the country Korea. They performed hip hop and korean fan dancing. The dancers from Room 20 were Jade, Cassady, Mackenzie, Tyler, Lauren, Eunchae and Kamil. With them were more than 10 schools who got together and performed two songs together at the end World in Union and Aotearoa. They did a great job. Here is a video of Upper Harbour's performance.

The frightful balloon experience

Last week we wrote a recount about a mystery sound experience. We had to close our eyes and Mrs Millett started to blow up a balloon. At first we didn't know what was happening. Here are two recounts about the surprising event.

The fright  By Joseph L

I closed my eyes as Mrs Millett instructed. I could hear loud giggles across the room. I was getting quite worried from the start. The object I heard was something like crackling plastic. My eyes was pitch black so I couldn’t do anything so I just stood still.

The next object sounded like something blowing a balloon. I felt like I was surrounded by thieves alone in the dark- trapped. But somehow I was getting excited.  My heart was beating faster than ever like I was running a 400m sprint and I still I heard giggles across the room.

My heart was pounding from the fright I got. I was still wondering what the mystery sound could be.

I heard something behind me sounding like scissors. Now I knew what Mrs Millett was going to do. ‘POP!’ went the balloon. It sounded like the trigger of a gun. My leg made me jump off my the chair then over my desk. “AAHHH!!!” I yelled in my mind. My heart was pumping faster than getting slower. So that’s how I got the FRIGHT!!!!!!       

THE POPPING MOMENT      By Mackenzie W

The moment I sat down and snapped my eyes closed crackling fireworks came into my head. "Wait", I said to myself while my tan face went pale. I noticed what was actually happening. Popping waking noises were happening. My heart shocked like a flashing yellow lazer.

I could hear giggles. "Was it my mind laughing at me?" It wasn’t my mind, it was everyone. Was I the only one terrified? The table was rumbling from everyone laughing. My head popped up. I saw the beautiful sight of light. 
We all found out that the mystery sound was the colourful shiny balloon that got popped.

In the end there were all kinds of colourful bits of balloon lying on the floor. I was anxious and relieved at the same time. What a scary and fun time.

Welcome back to Room 20- 2013!

Hi and welcome back to Room 20 at UHPS. I'm looking forward to this blog becoming everyone's place to share our learning journey. There will be loads of stories and posts about our learning this year, and you can also link to some cool games and resources available in time too. Enjoy the ride...