Some 'Acrostic Writing' related to our Inquiry... 

Motor making heaps of loud noise.

Oil burning with horrible yucky smells.

Terrific fun riding free in the breeze.

Officer catching you when you speed.

Roars like a lion when you turn it on.


Big huge wheels that make it look cool.

Ice cream falling off its cone on a hot summer's day when you take off too fast.

Keeping on going and going until it runs out of gas.

Engine roaring furiously as it zooms down the highway.

(J.H.)



Propellers spinning really fast into spinning action.

Lively motors roaring hard.

Action packed wheels full of air.

Nice Pilots who show the way.

Endless lights that shine extra bright.

(K.C.)

We all enjoyed supporting our Kiwi Olympic athletes at the London games - and didn't they do us proud with a massive haul of 6 Gold, 2 Silver and 5 Bronze medals!!  According to our maths that's 13 medals in all which placed us at 15th in the world - an awesome feat for a country of about 4 and a half million people.  Now we can't wait for Rio in 2016 when we'll all be at Intermediate school - freaky!

We got to check out KC's very cool Quad bike today in class as part of our Transport Inquiry. We learnt about shock absorbers, knobbly tyres, 2-stroke motors, kill switches, disc brakes, pull starts - and loads more.   We also decided that (ATVs) All-terrain Vehicles have been designed for fun and to help people in their work or on their farm.   Thanks for sharing your toys with us KC - Mr Hayward enjoyed it too! 

Our Year 3 and 4 Production Under the Sea last week was a huge success and a lot of fun.  We're still trying to get hold of some photos to post, but have a look at some of the things that we learnt from the whole experience. 

Well done to everyone involved - you're awesome!!