Gorgeous Room 8 Children!

Sensational Sunshine Prints

See our Sensational Sunshine prints made from rolling paint

and creating cut-outs from paper. Can you see the woolly sheep?

One minute silence for the Pike River Miners

We feel deeply for the loss of the 29 miners at the Pike River Mine. As a school we raised the New Zealand flag half mast and had a minute silence in their honour. We wrote letters of sympathy to the miners families and sent these to Greymouth.

Ruby-May Reads 'Sheep, Sheep, Sheep'

The story is about a little boy who cries 'wolf ' all the time. When a wolf does come and chases away his sheep no one believes him. The moral of the story is 'Those who start lying will end up crying'. Thank you Ruby-May for reading with such great expression and teaching us about this very important lesson.

Vincent Van Gogh Pictures

Come in and see our fantastic paintings of the famous sunflowers.

Dyaln's Gaff

Dylan was very proud of his gaff which was made with the help of Riley's Dad. He plans to catch some really BIG fish!

Writing Stars

Caitlin, Keziah and Ruby-May with their writing certificates

and crunchie bars. Congratulations girls for achieving your blue certificates.

Holiday story by Olivia

LABOUR WEEKEND

During Labour weekend my family and I went up to the river. We walked up to the Taieri river bank. It felt like I was in a jungle. There was merky water. The water was freezing and chilly in my shoes. When we came back mum said “ Do you want to go to Lake Waihola?”. “Yes, mum, yes mum, we want to go to Lake Waihola”. At Waihola we had fish and chips for tea. Oh boy, oh boy I had an amazing day!

Written by Olivia

Break in!

You may have heard we had some very bad news today.

'Ernie' our TV screen and Mrs Bellamy's laptop got taken from our classroom overnight. Many other things got taken from other classrooms too.

It is very sad as Mrs Bellamy's laptop had all our photos from over the year and lots of important teacher information. There is a reward for the return of the laptop which is a white 'macbook'.

Hunter's Last Day!

Hunter had his last day at school on Friday at the end of term 3. We thank Hunter and his family for the many contributions made to the school and the Outram Community. We will miss Hunter dearly, especially his personality and laughter. We wish him all the best back up north at his old school. We had a lovely farewell morning tea with Hunter's mum bringing yummy cup cakes and Riley's dad bringing a huge chocolate cake. Thank you

Abigail gets a Principal's Award

Congratulations Abigail! Your super story earned you a PA. Keep up the excellent work!

Welcome Back for Term 4

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and a refreshing break away.

This term we are focusing on 'Respecting the Sun'. We will begin with a short unit on 'Being Sunsmart'. (Please ensure your child brings their named sunhat each day).

To follow this unit we will be looking at the science aspect of the sun including:

*the need to respect the power of the sun.

*how we use the sun now and how we could use the sun.

*understand what the sun does for us.

*understand the suns place within the solar system.

If you have any resources relating to the sun please bring these along.

We have started athletics training. This is held every Monday and Friday. Please ensure your child has suitable clothing and footwear for these practice days.

Charlie wins Fish Colouring Competition

Congratulations Charlie, what a lovely job of colouring in.

Trip to the Aquarium

We had a wonderful trip to the Aquarium

today. A highlight was touching the creatures

in the touch tanks. As scientists we classified

different creatures into crustaceans, molluscs

and echinoderms.

Lachlan achieves his writing goals!

Well Done Lachlan! You have completed your card 3 writing goals. We look forward to reading your wonderful stories.

Albatross comes to Outram School

Abby brought along some real coral!

Wow, look at that piece of coral. It felt very fragile and delicate. It was very prickly and scratchy too. Thank you for bringing the coral along to show us Abby.

Oceans Alive!

'Oceans Alive' visited us today.

Some highlights:

The whole Junior syndicate stood on

a whale's tail.

We made a food chain using children

pretending to be fish.

An octopus squirted us with water.

We saw videos of fish and life sized models.

Outram School Talent Quest

Congratulations Abigail, Jackie, Amity, Charlotte,

Aaron and Keziah who performed in the Talent

Quest from Room 8. Can't wait to see you all in

2 years time.

Olivia plays the Ukelele!

Coral Reefs by Dylan

Super Writers

Congratulations to Liam, Brooke, Amity, Riley and Charlotte who have all achieved their writing goals. Well Done!

Policedogs at Outram School

A retell of 'The Three Little Pigs' by Ruby-May

A retell of 'Peppers Adventure' by Hunter

A retell of 'The Gingerbread Man' by Olivia

A retell of 'Zala runs for her life' by Camryn

You've got the power show

Hunter helped perform the magic tricks while learning about RESPECT and stopping bullies.

We need to respect others, be responsible, show integrity, be caring and have a good attitude!

Dylan's Shark Tooth

Dylan's Dad is a fisherman. He catches many different kinds of fish. One day he caught a shark. Here Dylan is showing us a shark's tooth. Be careful Dylan, that tooth is mighty sharp!

A retell of 'Toby and BJ' by Riley

A retell of 'The hungry caterpiller' by Liam

A retell of 'Hermie the Crab' by Henry

A retell of 'First Flight' by Amity

A retell of 'The Flood' by Dylan

A retell of ' The Magician's House' by Caitlin

A retell of 'The Seat Belt Song' by Charlotte

Junior Syndicate Super Star - Caitlin

Congratulations Caitlin. Caitlin was chosen

because she is a wonderful role model in

Room 8, always trying hard, helpful, neat

and tidy, willing to give challenges a go

and always a nice friend to everyone.

Well Done!

Making Tropical Fish!

During art with Mrs Simpson we started

making paper mache fish. Using glue and

torn tissue paper we begin covering our fish

thinking about a pattern and colours. We

had to make sure the glue completely covered

the tissue paper to ensure it sticks. Next week

we will do some more glueing to finish them off.

We can't wait until we hang them in our

classroom OCEAN!

Some Tired Bunnies!

Congratulations to Abigail, Liam, Cailtin, Amity, Charlotte, Ruby-May and Brooke

who all recited a poem at the Senior Speech Competition last night. Mrs Bellamy is very proud of you!

Oceans Alive!

Check out the OCEAN in our room!

We will be learning about why we

need to respect our seas and the

creatures in it. Can you find out

what a habitat is and tell the class

some different habitats within the ocean?

Liam Cares about the Birds

Liam has made some food for the birds

this winter. It contains fat dripping, bird

seed and many more goodies. I hope the

birds enjoy it Liam! Good on you!

Brooke and Marley

Brayden Achieves his Red Writing Certificate

Congratulations Brayden for completing all your Card 3 writing goals. You are Zooming!

A retell of 'My sloppy Tiger and the party' by Brooke

A retell of 'After the Flood' by Abby

A retell of After the Flood by Brayden

A Retell of The House on the Hill by Lachlan

A Retell of Candlelight by Aaron

Watch Abigail skip!

Our New Lost Property Cupboard Has Arrived!!

No more mess outside Room 8 anymore, we now have a Lost Property cupboard situated in the hall. The money we raised from our second hand market went towards paying for the cupboard and many thanks to the 'Friends of the School' for funding the rest.

Riley's Raptor Claw

Riley's Grandma gave Riley a model of a fossilized raptor claw from America.

Look at the size of that claw!

A Retell of Jessica in the Dark - By Charlie

A retell of the story 'The Cross Country Race' by Jackie

A retell of The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids by Keziah

Ben Skiing at Cardrona!

Look at Ben whizzing down the hill. You are a champ!

Outram school had their first ski trip to Cardrona on the 24/25th July.

Activities at Library Time

Dylan is trying to make a magic trick he found in a book. It looks tricky,Dylan!
Lachlan looks at rocks under the dynoscope.
Hunter and Brooke look at some of Hunter's Rocks under the dynoscope.
Keziah has a go at twilling. This is when you wand a piece of paper around a pencil or something similar and then squash it to make certain shapes. You can create some very cool pictures.

Different Touches

Constable Ross talked about different touches.

Some touches can be confusing. If we don't like it we say "Stop it, I don't like it" and we tell someone we can trust.

Feelings

We can feel many different feelings. Here are just a few:

Can you guess how these children are feeling?

Rockband visits our school!

Wow! the Taieri High School rockband visited our school today. They played cool songs that they had written and composed the music to. We really enjoyed getting up and dancing!

Keeping Ourselves Safe

Today was our first lesson with Constable Ross! We watched a DVD about Bryan and Bobby who got lost in a shopping mall. We talked about what to do when we are lost.

- stay calm, find someone you trust to help, say where you last saw the person you have lost, give your name, address and telephone number.

Five Weeks in a Row!

Congratulations to Charlie, Keziah and Hunter who have earned a week off homework next term. Well Done for bringing your home-learning book to school every Friday for 5 weeks in a row!

Ruby-May plays 'Row Row Row your Boat!'

Well Done Ruby-May! That pink ukulele certainly suits you. We enjoyed listening to you play 'Row, row, row your boat'.

Keziah gains her Writing Certificate!

Congratulations Keziah, you have achieved your Card 4 writing goals. A super effort!

Room 8's Market Day

Well Done Room 8! We made $71.00

at our Second- Hand Market Day.

The money raised will go towards

purchasing a Lost Property cupboard.

Everyone brought old books and toys

along to sell for 10 cents, 20 cents, 50

cents, $1 and $2. We all brought $3 to

school and went shopping. Everyone

went home with a big bag of goodies.

Thank you to the parents who helped

out at our market day and our seniors

who were the shopkeepers.

Abigail plays to the Junior syndicate

Wow Abigail, you are great at playing the guitar and singing - 'He's got whole world in his hands'. Everyone enjoyed listening. You are a star!

Prize Winners from the Rocket Launching Competition

Congratulations to Aaron who designed and

made a rocket that won the prize for going

the furtherest and the highest as part of

another great Allen Centre Competition.

Also a big Well Done to Keziah who won

a prize for the rocket which made the

greatest number of twirls.

This Week's Junior Syndicate Super Star - Ruby-May

Ruby- May was selected for her independence and ability to work on her own . She always follows instructions and gets on with her work. She is a great role model in Room 8!

Aaron -an Amazing Composer

Aaron has been very impressive composing his own music to play the bottle xylophone. Have a listen!

Charlie brings antlers to school!

Charlie's dad found these deer antlers in a paddock. Charlie is exited to show the class and Mrs Stedman in the Allen Centre.

Library Time

Henry - What a super Writer!

Henry receives his certificate for achieving all his card 3 writing goals. Well Done!

We did it - 5 weeks in a row!

No homework for us next week! Gold Star!

Stories about the Cross Country

I went to the cross country. I waited for the year ones to go on the cross country. I ran like a cheetah. I got my socks dirty. I felt my heart beating. I was fifth in the cross country. After the cross country I had a drink of water.

By Ben

We had the school cross country yesterday. I was happy and nervous at the start. I came second. We raced in the year 2 race. We ran like the wind. I was proud of my self in the end. I liked the mud and the mountains.

By Charlotte

All the year 2 boys went. The boys went has fast as they could. I felt proud of my self. I ran as fast as I could. My mum and dad were there too. My mum and dad cheered for me. I ran past them then I saw Georgia. I went past her. She was at the finish line. She told the runners to keep going and I was running as fast as I could. Then I was at the finish line. I came tenth in the cross country. I was sweating.

By Aaron

When I ran like a cheetah I wanted to win the race. I felt proud of myself. After that we went back to school. I went on the computer. I went on car games.

By Lachlan

It was nearly the end of the day so we went to the cross country. I was 12^th. I felt boiling hot. I got past all the poles then I was nearly at the finish line. There was sheep poo.

By Brayden

We had the cross country yesterday. We waited for Mr Hunter until he blew his whistle and he said “ On your marks, get set, go!” I raced like the wind. I went puff, puff, puff. I was just about at the finish line and I came third.

By Brooke

On a nice, warm, hot, sunny day Outram school had the cross country run. Mr Hunter said “ On your marks, get set, go!” I ran as fast as my feet could carry me. When I saw the finish line I felt proud of myself because I came fourth.

By Caitlin

Yesterday was the school cross country. I was scared a little bit. When it was the year 2 girls turn, Mr Hunter said “On your marks, get set, go!” and the year 2 girls went. It was a long way to the finish line. I got the stitch but I still kept going. Abigail was still in front. I came 6^th. She was 5^th. Daddy and mum were proud of me so I got an ice cream.

By Camryn

Cross Country race

Yesterday I ran like the wind at the school cross country. I was trying to beat Ben. I felt NERVOUS but I could not beat him.

By Liam

We had a Outram school cross country. I felt scared when I just started. The wind was catching me like a cheetah. I didn’t fall over a bit. It was hot and I felt sweaty. When we came to a big hill it was steep. The wind was a little bit strong. It was very muddy when we just came to the cross country. I got 7^th. Dad was very proud of me and so was I.

By Olivia

In the cross country I was running fast to come 8^th and I felt proud. We didn’t have many people left at school. In room 8 when we came back to school Jackie and I played on the computer.

By Charlie

Outram School Cross Country Run

At the cross country I ran like a cheetah. I came 11^th in the race. I felt excited in the cross country. Dylan was behind me. I ran like a spooked deer on the grass. Brayden was after Dylan. At the end I felt proud of myself.

By Hunter

I went to the Rodeo grounds for the Outram cross country. I felt happy that I finished. I felt proud I came 13^th. I ran like the wind. After the cross country we went back to school.

By Dylan

At the cross country Mr Hunter blew his whistle and all of us ran like the wind. I was proud and excited I said. I hope I am going to win I said but I came 9^th.

ByJackie

Outram school had a cross country run. Mr Hunter said “On your marks, get set, go!” I ran like the wind. It was like a cheetah was chasing me. I was a year two. At the end of the race I felt proud. Just when mum called me, it was Jacobs turn. We saw the first person. I liked watching it because Jacob was fifth.

By Keziah

On Tuesday we went down to the cross country and I bet Camryn just by one. Mr Hunter said “On your marks, get set, go!” and I ran as fast as I could. I past Camryn. I past her really well. I came 5^th and Camryn came 6^th. I felt happy and nervous but I did it because I had a cough and Mrs Bellamy said that I might not be able to do it but I did. She was proud of me. Mum was proud and Courtney was proud. Dad was proud of me too. I felt happy and excited that I came fifth and beat Camryn.

By Abigail

I am running fast like a cheetah because I want to win the race. I felt nervous and scared. I liked doing the cross country. I liked going up the hill. I liked the slipperiness.

By Henry

The Outram school people had to run the cross country and I got the stitch. It hurt. I felt that I couldn’t run so I walked for a little bit. Mrs Bellamy ran with me and I came 10^th. My mum was cheering me on. I was impressed with myself. I had a little drink.

By Abby