Mrs Escolmbe's Fabulous Food Art

Speech: Our Cool School by Te Kawehau

What do you think of Kelvin Road School? I think our school is the best school in Papakura. We have the best school because we have awesome teachers. They teach us exciting topics such as Space and Trains. At Kelvin Road School there are about 450 pupils and 47 staff.

Our school is fantastic because unlike other schools we have lots of equipment and resources. There are four fields and three adventure playgrounds and we have many computers in every class room. Soon we shall be building a climbing gear train. This year the school might be getting some more drinking fountains.

At our school there is a radio station that you can listen to if you live nearby in Papakura. Our radio station is called KRS FM 107.1. Every day we present the news and ongoing events. I think we are the only school with a radio station so we are very lucky.

Every year we have wonderful visitors, musicians and authors that come to our school to talk to us. During book week we had a visit from the author Chris Gurney, Lindy Davis and others. Even TV 3 presenters came to read to the juniors. We celebrated by having a book parade with the entire school.

Each term there is an inter-school sports day and a lot of children participate to have fun. This year we have had the summer sports, winter sports and gymnastics and I have participated in all three events. This term we have been learning about trains and in week 5 the seniors went to Britomart. When we go out of the school we are expected to listen and do well and to show that we are responsible ambassadors of Kelvin Road School.

Our principal Mr. Robertson has really got to be thanked for buying some of the sports equipment, books, computers and other cool things we have in our school. When my bag got stolen with my expensive rain jacket Mr. Robertson gave me a brand new Adidas rain jacket. Those kids whose lunches got stolen all got free morning tea and lunch from the school.

Our deputy principal Mr. Mc Millan is the second in charge. He is the one who mostly deals with all the problems in the senior school. He will make sure that if something gets stolen he will find someone that knows what happened and then he will catch the person.

In Room 8 we have been doing heaps of cool and exciting things, for example we had a class trip to the Sir Edmund Hillary library. Most of us became members of the library and borrowed books and Play-aways. We also went to the art gallery which was fantastic. Room 8 has also competed in poetry recital. We had to practice hard to make Mrs Raman proud and we did. I came first because I listened to Mrs Raman’s advice. The thing that I enjoyed doing was making the space question video for astronaut Mark Polansky. My question got chosen and was answered by the astronaut from space. This year my teacher helped us create networking accounts such as gmail, twitter and a blog. She did that so we could interact and stay in touch with each other when we are at home or overseas and also to communicate with our global gateway buddies. I have a blog and I have already written something about the book parade on my blog. Our teacher told us never to share our important information on the Internet. Every Tuesday we are lucky to have one hour of Taha Maori with Whaea Erena which is really fun. On Wednesday during lunch times our whole class learns Kapahaka with Whaea Davene. On Friday afternoons my mum and Whaea Emma come to Room 8 to teach us how to make different kinds of putiputi using harekeke. We are so lucky to have all these awesome opportunities at our cool school. That's why I think Kelvin Road School is the best school in Papakura. Don't you agree?

WorldSkills - New Zealand

In the next two weeks a number of young New Zealanders are going to be competing at Calgary in an effort to be recognised as the best in the world at their work skills. There are youth from many different trades competing in their individual areas. Last international competition New Zealanders did the best they have ever done. If you would like to send a message of support the address is toolblacks09@yahoo.co.nz . If you would like to receive daily “official” video clips you can register at http://wsc2009.worldskills.tv/register/  .

www.worldskills.org.nz

WorldSkills New Zealand's mission is to challenge New Zealand to achieve world-class standards by demonstrating excellence through workplace skills competitions for young people.

This has been sent to you recognising that you have an interest in challenging young people to do well and then better. Have a great day.

Train Trip 17 August 2009

Library Week 2009

Room 8 kindly asks all our readers to VOTE for our video in the Library Week Video Competition. It is the first video submitted which appears at the bottom of the webpage: http://www.libraryweek.org.nz/Library%20Week/Overview/Video%20Competition

Title:
Library Week Video Competition: Discover, explore, escape to Papakura Library, NZ by Mrs Kree Raman (Teacher)
Video Description: This video shows Room 8 Coolkids visiting The Sir Edmund Hillary Library on 19 June 2009 as an extension to the amazing work we are doing at our cool school, Kelvin Road Primary, Papakura, Auckland, NZ.
Vote for this video

Total Votes to date: 101

Thank you.

Book Week – Lindy Davis (Author)

Today Lindy Davis visited our school to talk to the seniors about how to write a story. She is the author of an adventurous thriller and mystery book called The Golden Scarab. Lindy told us that  writing a story is similar to baking a cake. This is what you need:

Creative idea = recipe

Plot = flour

Characters = eggs

Action/Romance/Mystery = sugar & spice

Introduction

Conclusion

Then you put the cake in the oven and wait for it to bake, same as submitting a book for publishing and waiting for acceptance. And after a while, you have a really delicious cake to enjoy or a really exciting book to share.

Lindy read us a whole chapter from The Golden Scarab which was so exciting that we cannot wait to read the rest.

At the end Room 8 Coolkids and Mrs Raman were happy to have taken a photo with our Kiwi author Lindy Davis.

THANK YOU MRS DAVIS – and we hope to have many many more wonderful books from you.

Book Week 2009 – William Mace (Journalist)

Today, 12th August, a young Journalist William Mace visited Kelvin Road School to talk to the seniors about how articles are published in the newspaper. William works for the Papakura Courier and enjoys writing. His favourite is writing about crime stories to make people aware of what’s happening in our community. We learnt that an article has to answer the following questions: WHO? WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? WHY? HOW? In Room 8 there are three kids who were inspired to become journalists when they grow up. They are Kingi, Tyson and Shavanah. Good luck! Thank you William Mace for an informative and interesting talk.

Room 8 Coolkids Reaching for the Stars!!

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Soccer World Cup 2009

Above: Room 18 Champions & Gold Medallists

Congratulations!

Above/Below: Room 8 Winners of Plate Finals

Well done!

5 golden railway rules

Always remember the 5 golden railway rules

1. Never climb over or through a fence by the side of the railway tracks.
2. Never climb on a bridge over the railway tracks.
3. Never play with a ball or any other toy on a railway station platform.
4. Never play with a kite or balloon near electric cables over the railway tracks.
5. Never throw stones at a train or put anything on the railway tracks.

Always tell your parent or carer:

• Where you are going to play
• How long you are going to be
• Who you are going to play with

Play Safe and Stay Safe

Wish Upon a Star Competition

This is a picture of the International Space Station, 200 miles above Earth – AMAZING!

Room 8 & Kelvin Road School are taking part in the Wish Upon a Star Competition.

Harold’s dream is coming true. He is off on a space trip!

Your dreams are important. No matter who you are, or where you come from you are special.
What is your wish for your future?

Wish Upon A star Website:

http://www.haroldinspace.co.nz/wish.html

Cool Reading Task:

http://www.haroldinspace.co.nz/diary.html

Harold’s Message board:

http://www.haroldinspace.co.nz/message_board.html

Teacher’s Resource Pack:

http://www.haroldinspace.co.nz/Upload/Mission_Facts/Teachers_Resource_Pack.pdf

Soccer World Cup Winners

Room 8 Soccer-stars win the Plate Finals today
As always our team played their hearts out today for a two-nil victory against Room 16 who showed some really awesome soccer-skills. From the start of the KRS Soccer World Cup tournament, our team was determined to do their best while having fun too. Their positivity and perseverence took them through to the finals. Our players believed in themselves and gave 100% to the game over the past two terms.
Well done boys and Shavanah - we are really proud of you.

Space Shuttle Endeavour Glides Home After Successful Mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a 10:48 a.m. EDT landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the flight, Endeavour delivered the final piece of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and a new crew member to the International Space Station.
Endeavour's mission included five spacewalks and installation of two platforms outside the Japanese module. One platform remained on the station and serves as a type of porch for experiments that require direct exposure to space. The other was an experiment storage pallet that returned aboard the shuttle. During the mission, Kibo's robotic arm transferred three experiments from the palette to the platform. The station now is 83 percent complete and has a mass of more than 685,000 pounds.
Mark Polansky commanded the flight and was joined by Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Dave Wolf, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette and Tim Kopra. Kopra remained aboard the station, replacing Flight Engineer and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who returned to Earth on Endeavour after more than four months on the station.
When Endeavour's seven astronauts joined the six resident Expedition 20 crew members aboard the space station, a record number of 13 people were aboard the orbiting laboratory. All five partner agencies were represented.
A welcome ceremony for the crew's return to Houston will be held at Ellington Field's NASA Hangar 990 at 5 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Aug. 1. The public is invited to attend. The crew's return will be broadcast on NASA Television's video file Monday.
With Endeavor and its crew safely home, the stage is set for the launch of STS-128, which is targeted for Aug. 25. Discovery's 13-day flight will deliver a new crew member and 33,000 pounds of equipment to the station. The equipment includes science and storage racks, a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and the COLBERT treadmill.

For more about the STS-127 mission and the upcoming STS-128 flight, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

Source: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jul/HQ_09_179_Shuttle_landing_success.html

Building Blocks

 

Experts Chase, Ben and Tyson showing off their latest creation. It is Chase's dream to be a Civil or Structural Engineer when he grows up. You can do it!

Room 8 Coolkids Reduce, Re-use, Recycle

 

Coolkids Quinton and Ariana keep Kelvin Road School tidy by picking up litter during break-times.

Room 8 children take turns to collect the recyclables after lunch each day and put them into the appropriate recycle bin.

Mrs Raman got the 12 blue recycle bins for our school through Mrs Sue Martin from Papakura Council at the end of term 2.

A big THANK YOU to Mrs Sue Martin for her informative talk to Room 8 about Recycling. We are proud to be part of Kelvin Road School by keeping our environment tidy. Are you doing your part to take care our world for your children and your children's children?