New School Website!

Have you checked out our new school website?? It is pretty awesome ... and has lots of cool things.  Go to www.plimmerton.school.nz  This is the front page:

School Song for Week 3 Assembly - Individuality

Here is a link to a movie of one of our school songs for the week 3 Whole School Assembly: Individuality. Watch it, practice it, sing it lots! The other school song is "The Irish Song" from Term 1.

An Octopus Steals My Video Camera!

Tom brought in for news a newspaper article about Victor Huang who went diving in Wellington and we watched the youtube movie of it. We thought it was pretty awesome - what a cheeky octopus! Here is the movie

Our Personal Portraits in the style of Amedeo Modigliani

We drew pictures of ourselves.  They are based on the European artist Amedeo Modigliani, using pastel and dye.  Amedeo Modigliani was famous for his elongated and elegant portraits, painted in Paris back in the early 1900s. The heads and necks were long and narrow, giving his subjects a very graceful look.

Room 8 Write a Story

Today we became online authors at www.storybird.com.  We made up a story using some silly pictures, and we think our story is pretty cool.  Check it out ... if you have trouble seeing all the writing, view it in full screen.  Enjoy!

 The Falling Cake Accident on Storybird

Room 8's first movie!

Over the past few weeks we have been talking about what each of us are good at.  We decided to make a movie about it, to share with everyone our thoughts!  We showed it at School Assembly today, and it was pretty awesome!  Check it out, and please post a comment to tell us what you think ...

Kowhai Syndicate Camborne Walk

It was a gorgeous day for the Kowhai Syndicate Camborne Walk.  We had lots of fun walking through the bush and along the Pauatahanui Inlet to the beach near Paremata Bridge.  After munching on our lunch we played a few running races, then had some games such as a treasure hunt and sandcastle building.  Finally it was time for the walk back to the car - there were a few tired people!  Thanks to all the parents who came and helped on the day.  Here are some pics from our class.