Cross Country!!!

Yesterday, on Tuesday, it was the Fordell School cross country. We had been practicing and practicing for it!





The first race was the year 1s then the year 2s and so on. Before each race Cath Cranstone did some stretches and helped everyone warm up.
 

It was a house competition  so everyone was wearing their house colours and a sticker, I had a blue sticker because I'm in TAWA!!! 


 






Finally the year 6 race had come, before I knew it we were off. We had to do 2 small laps then a big lap then a final small lap. I came 5th out of the year 6 girls and had lots of fun. 
 
 
Everyone ran their best for their house and had heaps of fun.

 The end results were: Miro in 3rd ,Tawa in 2nd and Kowhai in 1st.

Well done Kowhai!!! 

The Bee!!! By Renee

It's black and yellow and can fly, can you guess what I'm talking about? Its the bee it may sound boring but its the most magnificent insect that I've ever seen.

Firstly because the bee works very hard to fly because its wings are so small compared to its body size. The bee flaps its wings so fast and so hard and fast that it makes a buzzing noise. Its also very interesting because the bee can fly faster than most people on earth can run.

Secondly I'd like to tell you about the different types of bees that there are in the world. There are honey bees, bumble bees,drone male bees, female queen bees and working bees, hornets and wasps. a lot of bees!

Lastly I want to talk about what bees eat. Bees eat nectar and gather pollen to feed their young, bees also make honey.

So that is why the bee is so fascinating to me!

Hockey!!! By Renee

On Wednesday, this week, the Fordell sticks are playing their final hockey game. We are playing at the Gonville hockey turfs at 3.30.  The team will be playing for 4th and 5th against
St Georges.We have beaten St Georges once before and have lost to them once.

 I am sure that we can beat them and get 4th place!

Go the Fordell hockey team!
 

Amazing fact of the week!!! By Renee

Do you get bitten by mosquitoes a lot?

Did you now  that mosquitoes prefer to bite people who have just eaten a banana or have smelly feet, interesting!

Check my blog out next week to read another interesting fact!!! 

Interesting fact of the week! By Renee

Did you ever think that someone could live to be 127 years old?
The oldest person on earth is a woman and is 127 years old. Amazing!

Every week I will put a new interesting fact on my blog!!!

Hiroshima Day by Renee

Yesterday Room 2 learnt about Hiroshima day.  We watched a video on YouTube and then had a discussion about it. I learnt that Hiroshima day is when the  Americans bombed Hiroshima in Japan because they wanted to get revenge on Japan for bombing Pearl Harbour, a  military base in Hawaii, when America wasn't even part of the war.

The bomb that they used was new and hadn't been used before, so they were testing it out. I think that the two pilots that were flying the plane that was going to drop the bomb into the city were really brave because they didn't now if it would blow up the plane or the plane would burst into flames and they would die. The bomb had heaps of radiation in it and killed thousands of innocent people in the city.  I think the American's revenge was a bit harsh and that they should have bombed a military base like Japan did. 

I think this was very unsuccessful  and do not agree with what the Americans did.

Flight! by Renee

 Today Room 2 went to the museum to learn about flight. We looked at birds and a few bugs. The best part for me was looking at the bones of the birds. I also found it very interesting looking at the feathers of the birds and their wings!!! 

 After we  had looked at all the birds and completed our tasks we went up stairs to look at the bug room. I saw lots of interesting bugs but the best thing in the bug room was all the butterflies. I had a go at drawing a few of them and I also drew an evil bumble bee. I think  the trip to the museum was very exciting and fun!