The amazing tennis🎾.

Yesterday Matai went to tennis. We are going tomorrow too. We have a lot of fun. Tennis is a very fun sport if you play it in New Zealand. When we played the day was Wednesday. At tennis we have a couple of warm ups. Tennis is a very very fun sport. I love tennis. I wish I could play it every day.  
By Isla

Tennis

Yesterday we played tennis. We had lots of fun. Tomorrow we will do it again. We had to do jogging for a warm up, then we had to go fast. This is why we had to go fast, we had to race.

By Shilah

The Amazing Tennis

On Wednesday my class went to tennis. First we had to do jogging  and it was not a race. The second time it was a race. The second hardest part was when the first person had to put one ball on their tennis racket.The third person had to put three on their racket.

By Adelaide

Gummy Bears

Our plan for making Sockburn School more awesome was to download songs and create a playlist. We came up with this idea because we wanted our school to sing some more amazing songs. We started this plan on Monday last week. The people who came up with this idea were the Gummy Bears.

By Kya

This picture is of our song list.

Swimming Time!!! - By Teegan

Every day, we go swimming & have a new swimming teacher. They teach Leo, Harry, Kaleb,Heaven & Teegan new things every day. On Wednesday, Matai jumped in the pool with our clothing on.

Kaimoana

My group was working on the sunflower garden. We got to dig up dirt with the shovel. Then we got to plant the sunflower seeds. Then we get to watch the sunflower garden and there were lots of bugs.
By Tizzy

Floating and Diving by Miguel

At the swimming pool, I learned how to kick on the front and back. I learned how to float and dive.

Making Signs

We made signs that were translations of English to Tagalog. We used PicCollage on the iPad to write them . Miss Harney printed the signs that we made. We stuck them on the objects that we wrote. My groups name is the Superheroes. The people in my group are Lars, Miguel, Faye, Qyn and Lorraine.

 

Swimming A Whole Length - By Miriana

Hi my name is Miriana. At Kings Swim School my swimming teacher, Jackson, lets me and Hayley HB, swim a whole length on our tummies and backs. But I don't know why me and Hayley HB are the only ones swimming a whole length? Oh! Now I remember! Me and Hayley HB said it was "too easy" so that's why me and Hayley are the only ones.

Swimming by Faye

When we went to Kings Swim School today we learnt floating in the pool. We've got different stages and I'm on Level 2. Sometimes we go in the deep end and we learn how to swim like a worm. When we did the worm we wiggled and wiggled. We learn to swim because the teacher, Laura taught us.

Amazing Swim School By Hayley D.

I am  learning to do a backstroke. I am so good at swimming. I hope that I can move up to a harder level.

The Deep End - By Rieya

Everyday the Knights and Sharks go swimming at King's Swim School with Kahikatea. Every Friday we go to the deep end. Sometimes when I can't touch the ground, I doggy paddle.

Swimming Down the Deep End - By Brad

At swimming, I learnt how to dive and swim better then ever! I like it because I get to go down the deep end and jump in. I have improved lots. That's incredible!

My Awesome Skills at Swimming - By Ezekiel

At swimming me and my class went to the most awesomess swimming school. My group was with Jackson. We swam lots when we were with him  we got to go to the deep end lots. We got to jump in the deep once we got to do a cannon ball. It was fun! On Wednesday we had to bring clothes we learned how to take our clothes off in the water.

A Swimming Start - By Joe

We started king swim school this term. Matai Rawhiti goes first and Rato last.
We wait in a little room where we play games and do some colouring-in. On Wednesday, we bring track pants and a long sleeved top. We have three groups of classes. We go on a bus. We love it!

Crazy Race - By The Troopers

Our group the Troopers made a mathematics board game for the class. It took us 3 days to make it we used the colour paint red, blue and glitter red. You're allowed 4 people to play, you have 4 counters each. First you roll the dice and if you land on a C four times, you put one of your counters down onto the crazy chamber. 

How we made the board game:
1. We got a piece of cardboard.
2. We outlined our design of the game.
3. Then we got some paint and neatly painted it.
4. We added some red glitter to cover it.

Come see one of us to find out how to play the game!

By Rieya and Chloe W

We decided to make board games to make our school more awesome.We needed paint, cardboard, paint brushes, and vivids. 

By Kirby.

Backstroke by Catelyn

At swimming today I learned how to do a backstroke. It was fun at swimming and I learned how to do arm circle and after  that we went over to the deep side of the pool.

First in the Swimming Pool by Junhui

On Monday I went into the swimming pool. It was fun because I was first in the swimming pool. I was excited but you need swimming togs and goggles and swimming cap and towel and swimming bag. On Tuesday it was a very, very good day because I was good at swimming already.

Noodle Landing by Shilah

For three weeks the seniors and Matai have been doing swimming. Today my group with Jason jumped off the surface and landed in a noodle. Then we went upstairs. Once we get changed, then we go on the bus.

Swimming Term 3 - By Cody

This past two weeks most of Matai went swimming. We have two more days of swimming. We got to jump in the deep end. I learnt how to take my clothes off in the water.

Swimming by Qyn

At swimming our teacher  told  us to glide across the swimming pool .   I glided with my face under the water. Our teacher told us to do a giant strike. We went around the circle  and we put our face under the water.

At the Pool - By Trinity

At the pool I was floating on my tummy. I have improved more than last time. At the end of our swimming lessons we walked down to the deep end. Then we jumped and made a big splash!

The Pie's Project

My group the Pies is working on a new book area for Matai Rato. The Pie group is Teegan, Hayley HB and Kieran. We are giving Rato a new book area because it will hopefully make books more popular. By Kieran.

Last week me, Teegan and Kieran came up with getting another bookshelf. We already had a bookshelf. Miss Harney said "The back of the bookshelf looks boring". So we found some bookcovers on an iPad. Miss Harney said that she would print out the bookcovers. Then me, Kieran and Teegan stuck them on the bookshelf. By Hayley HB.

Swimming - By Dannielle

I am learning to kick while floating on my back at swimming. When I kick on my back, I get a lot of water splashed in my face. My teacher helps me to kick on my back. Her name is Lorna. At the end of the lesson, I went into the deep end.

Swimming - By Cyrus

Last week we  have been practicing swimming. Kahikatea went before us. I have been practicing  star fish looking down into the water. I have a swimming teacher and his name is Jackson. My favourite thing that I do with my group is going to the deep end and jumping off doing a safety thing. Then he told us to jump out and put our uniform on and then we all waited for the teacher.

Swimming - By Jacob

I like swimming because you can breaststroke. You breaststroke with big arms. Last of all you can dive.

Ukelele Stars

At our Matai lead assembly the Ukelele Stars (Kahikatea and Matai students) performed the song Rock Around the Clock. Mrs Tanner has been teaching the group some fantastic ukelele skills. Can you spot our awesome Matai ukelele players?

Swimming - By Nykachia

At the pool I was waiting on the platform and then my swimming teacher floated me in the pool. It was fun inside the swimming pool.

Learning how to swim - By Mya

Everyday I go swimming. Swimming helps me to learn more skills so that I can be better at swimming. Here are a few skills that I have learnt: starfish, wiggly worm, and dives into the water. You will get to learn more swimming skills if you go to swimming school.

Swimming at the Pool - By Lorraine

This Term we have been going to Kings Swim School. We have learnt all about swimming. I learned to float on my back like a sea star. Yesterday, I learned to dive. I sat on the edge of the swimming pool. I put my hands together, then I went down and I got out.

The White Shark's Project

What did my group and I do to make Sockburn more awesome?!

We are putting more colour around the school. We have already painted a snowman made from tyres. We will stack the tyres, add arms and a face. Some other people in my class painted some tyres different colours to make a sunflower garden.

By Trinity

K'naan

Here is a clip of us singing one of our favourite songs called K'naan. You might recognise the song if you are a football fan!

Cleaning the Environment

My group's name is Dancing Stars. In my group there is Juleana, Catelyn, Kyla, Eclipse and me! We picked up rubbish. 

By Junhui.

How to Make Sockburn School More Awesome! 
To make Sockburn School more awesome, The Dancing Stars picked up rubbish to make the environment clean! Rubbish being spread around New Zealand could make our country like a rubbish bin.We have rubbish bins in New Zealand so that rubbish won't be spread around. The rubbish being spread will be stopped. We all took turns taking photos. The best thing that we did was to work together and help each other.

By Juleana

Swimming by Kya

I went swimming with Kahikatea. We learnt how to do a butterfly in the water. It was fun. I like swimming because we can have fun and have exercise. My favourite part about swimming is when we get to jump into the deep end of the pool. Then after we hop out and get dressed. I like swimming.

Floating on my Back by Saia

At Kings Swimming School we had to float on our back. I'm getting better at floating on my back. Then she told us to put our face under the water.

The Storm Titan's Leaf Pictures

The reason that my group made leaf pictures was to make Matai Rato better because there Was lots of space left for Matai. Rato looked empty. The Storm Titans filled the
Space with leaf pictures. We decided to use crayons. Also we used blank paper.
We used real leaves, and last but not least, we used grass for the hair. We finished our project in two days and took photos of them!

By Ezekiel

The Storm Titans made leaf pictures to represent spring to make the classroom more colourful and beautiful. It took two days to make them. It turned out to be amazing! Miriana made a butterfly that looked like a person. I made one that looked like a big tree. I also made a face! Me and my group had a lot of fun! We got to make leaf faces and bodies.

By Mya

On Wednesday the Storm Titans made leaf pictures. They were so cool that my head popped off!! We got stones and leaves. It took us two days.

By Jacob

Swimming by Eclipse

Swimming is fun. I wear a pink cap and black and blue togs and pink goggles. My swim teacher's name is Lorna.

At the Pool by Trinity

Today at the pool our swimming teacher put us on our back and made us do a starfish. During the starfish, Jackson asked us what we had for breakfast. I told him hot cakes. Mmmmmmmm!

Swimming by Lily

I am getting better at swimming because I can swim on my back. I can float on my tummy.

Like a Fish by Riley

I learned how to swim like a fish. It was hard but I did it. I had blue goggles. It was fun.

I Like Swimming by Vivian

I like swimming. Swimming is good because you can exercise and in the swimming pool you can be very happy. My best friend XinHui is very happy as well.

Swimming Fun by Tizzy

I enjoyed the game at the finish. It was called Floating Mushrooms. How to play is that you hold your breath in the water and it was a competition. Then we went to change to our school uniform. Then we had to go with Mrs Seeto.

Kelly Sport

This is a video of Matai students participating in Kelly Sport.

Our amazing class

Our class is a great place to learn.We have amazing teachers in our class. We are all great friends.We all love learning together. We love doing art together.You will think it is an art house.

by Mya

Winter

Winter!
Winter smells like delicious ice cream.
Winter tastes like frozen berries.
Winter looks like melting snow.
Winter feels like the soft warm sheep.
Winter sounds like howling wolves dogs and puppies.


By Chanel

Going to the Dairy

I went  to the dairy  with  my  dad and me. Then I went to the park. Then we went  home  to  see my friends and  then we  went to Wayne's house. Then dad drops me to my mums place.


By Lily

Our School's Haka

This is a video of Matai students practising our school's special haka.

Holiday Story

In the holidays we went to my best friends house.We went to the park and played soccer.

By Miguel

My Poster

This is the most beautiful poster in the whole world.This poster is about Maori culture.

By Makaea.

The awesome group

Me, Coby, Kya and Chloe are all friends because we're in the same class.😎

Coby Cuteness

This is a fantastic picture of two hand fishy. Me and Abby are best fishy hand fish friends.

Me and Kody love learning together because it is great fun 🎮🏆😑😐

Coby maths homework Results

My picture is awesome by Coby.

My Family

My family is nice but my family has a dog called Jaguar. I'm the 2nd youngest in the family, Crystal is the oldest child in the family. 
Mum is a fantastic cooker in the house.
Dad is a very busy strong man.
They're a very strong family and nice.
Thanks
By Chanel

My Favourite Thing

Swimming is my favourite thing because you get to hop in the pool. You get to swim backwards and back again. The pool is blue. My togs are black and blue. I have pink and butterfly goggles.
By Eclipse

New things

The first week of term three, week one, we have been doing writing workshops. I like it because we can buddy up and use the iPads. I like it because you can work together on a story. It's really awesome because it's a new thing and  I Iike to try new things. 
By Chloe and Abby

Different cultures

This week we've been learning about different cultures. We have been colouring our own flags. We' ve got 13 different cultures in our class. Top one is New Zealand, top two is Philippines.
 By Kirby and Cody

I love ...

I love doing basic facts because I get to learn lots of equations.I also love doing Discovery because we get to dress up funny and wear funny wigs.  
By Miriana

We like school

We like school. School is number 1, our school is called Sockburn School.We play all-in tag. We play with rooms 5 & 6. We play our game. It's only for us!  Our school is huge!

By Chanel

By Xin Hui

Matai

Matai is an amazing class with fun and creative art. And we make new friends. Also we get fun maths time and we've got brilliant teachers. We also have fun reading. 
By Rieya and Kya.

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

I enjoyed using the super pictures from the Mysteries of Harris Burdick because they definitely helped me to develop larger sentences and giant words. Here is a picture of my awesome writing!

By Kody

Dancing Raisins!

Splish! Splosh! Splash! Five raisins went into a cup of sparkling water. At first nothing happened, but then it starts to have bubbles coming out of the raisins. WOW! A raisin went up to the top.

By Genevieve

Reading Time!

My favourite thing to do are my reading rotations each week. A lot of people from Matai rato have been booking in their own rotations on a time schedule. One of my favourite rotations is "book report" time.

By Juleana

Martial Arts

For the past six weeks I have been working on getting my Blue Belt. There are six things you need to do if you want to be a Ninja: respect, leadership, self-control, nutrition, focus and breathing.

By Abby

My Writing

What was my favourite thing about this term? It was when we wrote about Antartica, slime and bubbles! We used a dice to make our sentences long and short. When you get a three, you need to write a sentence with three words! That's hard! Make sure you try rolling a six! I'm serious!

By Leo

Proactive Tigers

My favourite thing was Proactive Tigers because we learned karate. We learned leadership, focus, breathing, respect, self-control and nutrition. My favourite was leadership because you needed to have teamwork. It was amazing and wonderful like a funny clown doing a silly dance. We went on Tuesdays first thing in the morning. I liked how we learned that Ninja weapons were used for making food.

By Kya

Flying Bunnies

My favourite thing was the Flying Bunnies because I did some art. The beautiful peacock was the best. It has lots of colourful paint. We did them every Tuesday morning. Miss Harney is in charge of the Flying Bunnies.

By Maggie

Cross country

My favourite thing is the cross country. I came second in cross country. It was cool. I love running because it is my thing I am good at.

By Kyla

Assemblies

My favourite thing is assemblies because we get our name on a koru card. If you get your name called by a teacher you stand on the stage until the teachers stop talking. So the principal tells you where to go after morning tea and you get a certificate too in the assembly.

By Vinnie

Kelly Sports

My favourite thing was doing Kelly Sports because you can play sports games. I liked playing the basketball one because you have to bounce it to the end.

By Nykachia

Cross Country

My favourite bit of cross country was when it was the Year 4's turn to run. We did three laps and what I like about it was when we got to do 3 laps, because I like to run 'cos of the fresh air that you run in. It was amazing! I came first place and I said to my opponents, "Good game."

By Chris

ANZAC Assembly

My favourite thing this term was the ANZAC assembly. I liked it when we went out to listen to the trumpet in the middle of the assembly. The Australian and New Zealand flags came in.

By Dannielle