Room 1 has been very busy of late trying to blow the biggest bubbles we can.  

If you have a bubble blower at home, try this mix.  We reckon it's the best.
8 cups of hot water
2 cups of detergent
2 tablespoons of baking powder (not baking soda)
2 tablespoons of glycerine (available at the chemist)

 Matariki Magic at Poukawa School
An awesome night at our school celebrating the Maori New Year.

Dad, Ayden and I went to the Matariki Magic night at our school.

When we were driving home, 

we saw a big gleaming bright moon. 

Kayla

Pop! Pop! Pop!  Room 1 made popcorn the other day.  This is what Montana and Olive wrote about it.

Pop! Pop! Pop!  goes the popcorn.  

You put it in the microwave to make it cook. 

 put it on for 5 minutes.  It smelt all buttery.  

It looks like a big bunch of snowflakes.

Mmmmm popcorn!
                        Montana

I had some popcorn.

It tasted like butter.

I liked it.  It looked like curly hair.

My taste buds were tingling.

Olive

Some of our Room 1 lads were at this breakfast, held last week.

Room 1 & 2 at Otatara Pa, Taradale

Gymnastics

We are all entering the Novice Gym Festival which will be held at our school on Monday 17 June starting at 1.30pm.  It's only our school who is taking part in this festival this year.  Otane and Pukehou, who normally join us, are unable to take part.

So, we have been practising our rolling, our hanging and swinging, our jumping, and our vaulting every day now for some time.  
This is what we look like.

Clowns have been the order of the day for the last little while on Thursdays and Fridays.

On Friday out came the shaving cream, up went the target and the children had a ball throwing their "cream" at the target.