Visit by Robyn Belton - famous illustrator

Yah! Robyn Belton was at school on Wednesday, it was cool. Robyn is a famous illustrator.
She drew a picture and it was super fast. Shall I tell you what I think about her. She's a really good artist. Robyn started drawing when she was three years old. Now that's a long time ago.
She drew a picture of Herbert the Brave Sea Dog with a dolphin in the deep, cold sea by a rock. Robyn is amazing because she draws very, very fast. I thought it was cool and nice for her to have a visit. by Rebecca

Wow, Robyn Belton has already been to our school today. She has long curly, blondish hair.
Robyn told us about the story, 'The Duck and the Gun' and she read it to us which was only two pages, which is okay. The bad thing was that they ran out of copies of 'The Duck and the Gun' and the good news was that they made a different copy and it was the same story.
Robyn and her friend read the whole story about 'Herbert the Brave Sea Dog. After that when Robyn was drawing a picture of Herbert her Secretary was showing us about the real dog of Herbert and the real person of Tim, on the whiteboard.
When she finished the picture we all looked, it was incredibly awesome.
We were rushing to get our bags and to go home after a great afternoon. by Reggie

Awesome! yesterday Robyn Belton came to Brightwater School. She was in Room 12.
When I was sitting down I was thinking, wow look at that picture of Herbert. Robyn must be learning a lot if she is that good. After that she showed us the pictures in a story.
It was cool, like more than cool, it was amazing!
We toddled back to class. Robyn was amazing at drawing. by Holly

Bad Hair Day

On Wednesday 28 of April it was BAD HAIR DAY at Brightwater School. Everyone could have bad hair and we had to bring a gold coin for the Rescue Helicopter. Brightwater School gave the Rescue Helicopter $375.20. We went to the front field court to do a parade. Mr Dobbie lead the parade and Mr Baldwin gave out free tattoos.
It was a great day. I want it to come again. by Brooke Searle

Cool Autumn

Autumn feels quite chilly in the morning and at night. You can hear leaves rustling under your feet. The coolish dew on the wet grass goes on your feet. The deciduous trees are loosing their colourful leaves and the leaves look like snow flakes falling from the sky. Shawn Beer

ANZAC Day

Early one morning on Sunday 25 April at 9 clock the Berkett family went down to Brightwater to remember the soldiers who fought in the wars to keep our wonderful county. All people in Australia and New Zealand celebrate ANZAC Day, and put wreaths on the war memorials. Aimee

Sand Timers

We had really cool fun in Maths because we got to make our own sand timers. The bottom was cut off a small plastic bottle and Pete drilled a small hole in the lid. Next we put some dry, fine sand into our containers and we timed the sand running out for one minute. A mark was put on the container catching the sand so we knew how much to put back into our timers. A minute actually takes a long time when you are watching the clock!

Making Clay Faces

One of our reading Groups read an article about how to make clay faces to hang on a wall. During Term 1 we learnt about drawing portraits so we were able to use this information to make our clay faces. First we rolled the clay into a ball and then flattened it out so it looked like a plate. It was hard work! Finally we pinched and poked the clay to make the hair, eyes, mouth, nose, eyebrows and lashes.
During the holidays our clay faces are being fired in a kiln and we can't wait to see what they will look like when we go back to school.

Room 5 Museum Visit

Yesterday morning Room 5 went to learn about Appo Hocton. When we got upstairs at the Museum we sat down in a big circle. Imo said that these information blocks are we are going to retell about Appo Hocton's life. Appo Hocton was born in about 1820 and died in 1920. Appo Hocton jumped ship when he was 22 years old, because he didn't have any soap or water to clean his clothes. His family were peasant farmers and grew peanuts, sugar-cane, chinese cabbage, rice, sweet potatoes and tea in China.
Appo had built houses for his three children but Albert got shot by Louis, he also had one girl as well. His mother had written a note to him and it said, "please come home," but he never went home. He kept the note for ages and ages till he died. Appo was naturalized in 1853 and he became a citizen so he could then own land in Nelson. He became a house keeper for a doctor, next he became a carter and then a builder. Finally he was back to being a farmer.
He married Jennifer Rowling then she died of T.B. Then he married Ellen. Appo came from China then to England. He was a farmer in Dovedale and and had cattle. His mother's name was Pee-See-Ting. He came from the Province of Canton.
The best part out of everything was making things out of koros to see what's special about NEW ZEALAND. We had 5 people in a group and Imo gave our group a name of a child who had come from another country. My group had Ricky. We made a football because it is apart of New Zealand. It was a fun trip. Aleisha