Hot Air Balloon Day

Today our whole school went out to our school field when I saw the there was a huge hot air balloon on our field.
There was a penguin on the balloon. 

First  Mrs Thomson went in the balloon. She was vidioing on her camera. 

When Mrs Thomson was done, Mr Keogh went up into the Balloon .

I was lining up for a ride. Paige, Ruby, Keira and I went together on  the hot air balloon. When it was our turn, we climbed into the balloon, then Clare said to the men, "Don't hurt my Gym girls."
They said, "Ok."
We went up very calmly  and gracefully. We went up very high. When we came down the penguin was squashed. We had to be patient and have faithfulness.
Before I went on the hot air balloon, I had to be hopeful. The hot air balloon was very colourful. The colours were yellow, red, orange and maroon. The basket was made out of cane and there was a blanket over the cane. We hovered  above  the ground. I was  boiling like crazy. At the end, my Mum went up with Quinn’s mum in the hot air balloon then they put the hot air balloon down. Our whole school helped to get it down. It was amazing.

My Shell

My shell looks like a moon or a cave. I think that it came from a clam. 
It looks beautiful and sharp. Half of the shell is shiny and soft. I love my shell. It is a cool shell. It smells like the sea. It was carried by the sea. The sea is salty. All the sea animals live in the sea to keep themselves alive. 
I think it has been in the shallow part of the sea. It has some yellow on it and some cracks in it. I love it. It looks like a moon. I think it travelled from the Waikato River  to the Cavalli Islands. It must have been an awesome journey.

Ash Wednesday

Symbols of the Holy Spirit

Other symbols of the Holy Spirit are fire, water and oil.                                                 You can see other symbols, drawn by our class, on our class blog at stproom4.blogspot.co.nz

Swimming Sports

Yesterday, our school had our swimming sports at the Ngaruawahia Town Pools. 
The first race we did was freestyle. At the start Mr k said to get into the pool. Mr K raised his arms and said, “On your marks ,get set, go!”

We were off like a rocket. We were kicking our legs and feet and our arms were going fast over our heads. It was cold and I was shivering like crazy. My heart was beating very fast and I had butterflies in my stomach. We got out of the pool then we waited for the next race.

It was backstroke. While we  were waiting for the next race, the big kids did their race. Brooke and Pearl dived in like a shooting star. Pearl caught up to Brooke in backstroke.  Brooke won.

Honey Bees

What I found out: Bees collect the nectar by going from flower to flower then they put it into their stomach and carry it back to the hive. They put it in a hexagon shape. It turns into honey.

Swimming

Brogen Front Crawl from Pam Thomson on Vimeo.
You can see what else we were doing on our class blog at stproom4.blogspot.co.nz