Cluster Sports - Soccer by Daniel

Today we had our cluster sports day and some of us were playing soccer. Cluster sports got postponed because of the wet weather so we had to wait another week. All of the children playing the other sports left Sunnybrae to go to different venues and soccer was played on the Sunnybrae School field. All the other schools that were playing soccer came to our school (Saint Mary’s, Willow Park and Northcote Primary). We were lucky to have some coaches from the Northern Football Federation come in to run the soccer games. It was so much fun, especially because we got really muddy!

Cluster Sports - netball by Emaraina

Today some children from the Senior Syndicate went to the AMI Netball Centre to play in the cluster Sports netball tournament. There were 5 teams in total (3 teams that currently play in the Year 5/6 netball competition and 2 teams of beginners), our teacher Miss Bateman came with us too! Earlier this month the cluster sports day had been postponed due to bad weather. In preparation for this tournament, we had practised our netball skills and in some cases, learnt how to play netball. The teams played about four games each against the opposition (St Mary’s, Northcote and Willow Park). After all the games were played there was a mini prize giving by one of the organisers and then we walked back to school. It was a great sports day for Sunnybrae Normal School - everyone developed new skills, played fair and had fun!

Cluster Sports - Hockey by Thomas

Today some children from Sunnybrae went to the hockey cluster sports day at Northcote College. We versed a lot of teams from Northcote Primary, Willow Park and Saint Mary’s and it was a lot of fun. We played hockey on a really small court and we won lots of games and lost some too. My favourite game was against Northcote because we won 5-0 and also they had a good defence.

Receiving Postcards from our buddies from Senna

This term, we have been learning about different ways to communicate with other people from the past and the present. Miss Bateman found us some ‘pen pals’ from Gordonton School (near Hamilton). First we had to write a postcard to the buddy that we were matched up with. Then we had to write our name and our age and our favourite sport and where we are from and what language we speak at home. After we wrote postcards, we then had to write a letter to them and then we wrote an email to them. They sent us postcards, letters and e-mails back and it was really cool to hear from them. I hope that my buddy wants to keep in touch with me.

William Pike's visit by Emaraina

“Line up!” called Miss Bateman as we filed outside, we were heading to the hall to listen to a motivational speech by mountaineer William Pike. Eleven years ago, he and his friend James were climbing Mt Ruapehu when it erupted while they were sleeping in the Dome shelter. William was trapped in the flow of rocks and mud, crushing his leg. James, seeing that William was in huge danger, ran down the mountain in his underwear and a rain jacket to get help. William was taken to hospital and his crushed lower leg was amputated. After the tragedy of losing half a leg, William taught at a school for a while, before deciding to summit Mt Ruapehu again. Now he runs the William Pike Challenge Award programme, to help young people become explorers. As we went back to class, we all agreed that we would definitely remember the story of William Pike.

Pink Shirt Day by Prachi

Today is Pink Shirt Day. The idea was created by 2 children that gave away 50 pink shirts at their school after the new boy was bullied for wearing a pink shirt on his first day. We had our class assembly last week and the theme was about Pink Shirt Day with a story about Dragons trying to find some friends but having a difficult time. In the end it’s a happy ending. As well as being pink shirt day, it is also Anti-bullying week! Here is some photos of Room 11 children wearing pink clothing to show our support for anti-bullying.

Baking ANZAC Biscuits by Jessica and Lian

Today we baked ANZAC biscuits because we have been learning about ANZAC Day. Rm 11 made ANZAC biscuits to learn about how the soldiers were given ANZAC biscuits from their families in WW1. Rm 11 first wiped down the tables and washed our hands then we split into our groups and took turns putting the ingredients into the bowl. Once all of the ingredients were combined, we started to shape our ANZAC biscuits and baked them in the oven. At the end of the day we gobbled them up and took a photo together. They smelt really good and were delicious!