The Sound of Autumn by Renee

Out in the playground I hear the birds chirp. I feel the sharp bark dig into my flesh, "Ouch".

As I slowly walk through the green grass I hear the grass swish and whish. The grass tickles my feet as I walk through it .

'Crunch, crunch, rustle, rustle', I hear as I run through the red and golden leaves.

Along the uneven, grey path I hear children squealing and my feet tap on the concrete path. I see the trees swaying from side to side in the wind.

'Crack', I hear the rust brown bark cracking as I skip through the playground. Up above me I see the huge, green leaves and big brown branches.

 I feel relaxed , I quite like the peaceful sounds of  Autumn.

Describing my shoe By Renee

My shoe is a medium size shoe that skips, runs, hops and jumps, all around the netball court, hockey turf and field. It is in too much of a rush to tie up laces.

It has a grayish logo with pink around the outside. My shoe sometimes gets dirty or scuffed but most of the time tries to keep clean.

 My shoe can be quite shy at first but then gets more confident and louder. My shoe mainly skips around quietly but if in a very bad mood can stomp noisily.

House Competition!!! By Renee

On the last day of term 2 we had a house competition. It was a singing competition, you could also make up moves and dances to go with the song.

Miro sang "Hey Baby"

Kowhai sang "We will rock you" 

Tawa sang "The Time Warp "

It was heaps of fun and I enjoyed my house Tawa winning! I also think the other houses did a great job as well.

Maori New Year! By Renee

Over the last few weeks Room 2 has been studying Puanga, Matariki, stars, constellations and planets. We are making a Puanga booklet with lots of information in them about Māori stars and constellations.
Māori new year is a time for celebrating, remembering, learning and setting goals. In the old days  Māori people used the stars as maps and calendars. I am enjoying learning about Māori New Year and the Māori stars.  

Ripppa Rugby! By Renee

At lunch time, everybody that wanted to play rippa rugby, played a game of rippa rugby. I was captain of the blue team, I picked all the girls to be on my team, so the teams ended up being girls vs. boys. Some of the boys got quite competitive and started cheating I think. I scored lots of tries and everybody in my team played really well, considering most  of my team had never played rippa rugby before. It was a very fun game and since we never knew who won I think we will have to have another game!