BBPS Senior News

Room 5 -Book Character Day

2011-06-23T08:36:00.004+12:00

On Friday 17th June, all of the students at BBPS came to school dressed as one of their favourite book characters. The children in Room 5 were very excited as they entered the room dressed as witches, princesses, pirates and many other fabulous characters. It was fun to share our costumes with the school at the character parade in the morning and some children even brought along the book their character was from.

Interschool Swimming Certificates awarded

2011-04-08T20:42:00.002+12:00

Today the students received their certificates in assembly. We were all agog with the amount of placegetters there were. Obviously those 8am practices in the pool paid off!!
The slideshow showing skill and competitive fun was enjoyed by the whole school, and it is nice to be able to use it as incentive for the little ones during lessons! "Maybe that will be you one day..."

Mathletics

2011-03-10T12:52:00.002+13:00

I was running my class's assembly certificate down to the office for Mrs Bodley to sign, when i passed this studious bunch of Room 3 students.

I asked what they were doing and they quickly answered,
'mathletics'
but not one of them looked up!!
They had maths points to earn and problems to solve!!
Good job, Room 3.
From Mrs Johnson.

Room 3

2011-03-09T20:53:00.002+13:00

Room 3 has started the year well. We are all enjoying being part of the Senior school. We are doing Kia Kaha and learning how to be confident kids and not tolerate bullying. Everyone is really looking forward to our trip to Goat Island in week 7.

Year 5 trip to Goat Island

2010-11-08T15:57:00.002+13:00

We enjoyed a fantastic day at Goat Island. All year 5's took the plunge and went snorkeling. We found many interesting creatures on the rocky shore.

Enviro

2010-07-27T11:29:00.000+12:00

Vege Garden

2010-07-20T14:12:00.007+12:00

In the weeks of the holidays there have been some exciting things going on in the garden. We have harvested lots of vegetables and will be selling them. We are really enjoying it and we have had more people coming to help. The school has signed up for a Mcain competition. When people have bought our lovely veges we our getting money for our fence that we desperately need before people vandalise our beautiful gardens.

THE NETBALL FIELD DAY

2010-06-29T21:31:00.000+12:00

Our trip to motat

2010-06-23T11:07:00.004+12:00

On Friday the 2nd of June the Year 5's and 6's went to Motat. It was a long and annoying journey because many people were singing songs. When we arrived we were told the rules. The part was to finally open our lunch box and eat our morning tea. After that we headed down to the classroom. At the classroom we were looking at levers, pulley, wheels and gears.
When we finished that we picked up some objects and we were told to find out what simple machine they were. We then needed to make model pulleys with some K-nex and some string and a ping pong ball. The people in my group were Micheal, Steven, Daniel and Callum. We made a truck with a crane. In the end groups model was the best.

The next thing we did was go see a man named Mike. He was in charge of the pump house. While we were in the pump house we had to do a challenge. There were many machines in the pump house there was also a boiler to. After that we went to next door. Next door was created to pump fresh clean drinking water from Western Springs. The water that was being pumped at the pump house was sent to Auckland city.

Painting Drains Report

2010-06-21T11:50:00.004+12:00

Hi, I'm Jessica and I'm doing a report on BBPS's painted drains. It all started on the Friday 11th June and (my buddy reader) Milla from Room 5 wanted to make the drains attractive and colourful. So Mrs. Horn, a couple of Year 2s from Room 5; Hannah, Mahin, Nicholas and of course, Milla; and Zoe and I from Room 1 started to talk about what we wanted to draw and with what colours. I went to the Room 4's drain with Hannah and Milla with some chalk to draw with while Zoe stayed at the Room 5's drain with the boys.

Soon, ideas started to bubble up and explode everywhere as there were lots of drawings. After a while, we had two lovely, colourful drains. We did 3 more drains on Friday 18th June. Teal and I painted a 3D hole around the old, metal circle at Room 4. Madeline, Brianna and Emma painted Room 2's drain with sea creatures and a group of Room 2 students did the drain beside the hall with a scene of Rangitoto Island. Our school will look more wonderful when we finish all the drains!

Watch this space for more reports and beautification!

BOOK CHARACTER PARADE

2010-06-18T11:56:00.001+12:00

On Friday 18 of June the students of Bucklands Beach Primary School had a book parade. The event was at 9:00am. There were many people characters from books. The person I was was Fred from the clever Gribbles. This book was written by Joy Cowley. I particularly enjoyed this book because it was very funny.

I looked like a boy with a shirt and a shorts. I like skateboarding. I have a cook named Mrs Munch. I have to sisters too. Me and my sisters are inventors.

This is the final book in the series. I would recommend you reading them from first to last. This is a good book for all ages.

My favourite part is when his sisters give him an upgraded version of his skateboard and smashes into a bus stand and a police car!

I hope you enjoy reading this book if you are going to read this book.

Mira as Nancy Drew

2010-06-18T11:42:00.005+12:00

For the book character parade I dressed up as Nancy Drew from the book Nancy Drew the Secret of the lost pavilion by Carolyn Keen. I would recommend this book to 9-12 year olds because it is quite a challenging book to read over all I rated the book a 8/10.

The Great BBPS Book Character Parade

2010-06-18T11:41:00.006+12:00

On Friday 18th of June the whole school piled into the school hall dressed in costumes of their favorite book character. Fleur was dressed as Fly Guy and Jessica was dressed as Sara the maid. Room 1 was the most stylish and creative class by far. There were lots of strange book characters like 3 talking toilets, a giant cyber turkey and a boy dressed as a princess with a large pea.

The Rangitoto girl whanau leaders did a great job by telling the junior classes when to stand and sit.

Every teacher had to choose a boy and a girl to stand forward and say who they were and which book they came from. The teachers also dressed up as well!

This year's book character parade was FANTASTIC! But it was the last year for the Year 6's to do this so they had to put in all their effort.

By Fleur and Jessica

The Book Parade

2010-06-18T11:34:00.007+12:00

The Book Parade
The book parade was a very successful with a wide range of charters including a cyber Turkey and some talking toilets. Many people thought it was very amusing and a creative festival Michael was called the artful dodgier . Harry was the boy called Greg from the book called the diary of a wimpy kid. Next time we have a book parade I think it flow a bit faster.

The brilliant book character parade by Grace and Teal

2010-06-18T11:33:00.010+12:00

On June the 18 BBPS had a book character parade in celebration of book week for this occasion BBPS students were allowed to dress as there favourite book character. There were all sorts of costumes from mice to toilets super heros and cats, they all looked wonderful and so colorful and the show took a while but i don't think anybody cared because it was a spectacular sight some boys even dressed like girls! Over all I think that the book character was very successful and AWESOME. In fact I'm still wearing my Minnie Mouse costume.

By Minnie Mouse and Snowfur

Book Parade 2010 By Madeleine,Sarah and Abby.

2010-06-18T11:32:00.024+12:00

On Friday 18th June 2010 Bucklands Beach Primary School held a book parade celebrating books! Everybody's costumes were AMAZING! It went in order from Middle school, Junior school and then last the Senior school.

People wore fabulous costumes! There were cats, witches, vampires, pirates and all the things you can think of! Teachers asked a couple of people what they dressed up as. Some people took longer then others to make there costumes because of how much detail was put into the costumes. This terrific event was held in the school hall. Everyone thought really hard about there costumes, and one boy from Room 1 even dressed up as a girl!! Today was a fantastic day for everyone who participated in this event.

I dressed up as a Vampire, Abby was a Vampire too and Sarah was a Cat. We all looked fantastic and had a great time!

By Madeleine and Abby.

Emma as Pinky Pick

2010-06-18T11:32:00.023+12:00

For the book character parade I was Pinky Pick from the book My Name Is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton. Written by Geronimo Stilton. I would recommend this book to children under 12 because it is really easy to read and it has lots of pictures. I would give the book 4 out of 5 stars.

Our Book Character Parade

2010-06-18T11:32:00.022+12:00

On Friday 18th of June, the whole school gathered into our school hall to start our fabulous and fun Book Character Parade. It all started when we had our Scholastic Book Fair, then Sharlene Bodle came to our school and read her books to us. Everyone had LOTS of fun! It was AMAZING!

Children dressed up as Tinkerbell, Indiana Jones, Batman, Minnie Mouse and cats. Stephen, from Room 1, even dressed up as The Princess and The Pea! The Rangitoto whanau leaders instructed the students of when to stand up and sit down. First, the mesmerizing middle school came up on stage, then the juvenile juniors, lastly, came the stylish seniors.

Sarah Millar, from Room 1 dressed up as Slinky Malinki from the book Slinky Malinki, written by Lynley Dodd. Shan Lan, also from Room 1, dressed up as Lucy Jessica Hartley from the book Planet Fashion, written by Kelly McKain.

By Sarah and Shan

book charter parade

2010-06-18T11:32:00.020+12:00

My BOOK CHARACTER

On Friday 18th June BBPS had an exciting magnificent book character parade and as it is my last year at BBPS I went as THE CAT IN THE HAT by Dr Seuss. The main characters in the story are the cat, mom, Quinn, sally and Conrad. I chose this character because he looks and is a funny character who is appealing to all readers. We had fun!

IT WAS AWESOME!

By Callum

Room 3's assembly

2010-05-05T12:46:00.002+12:00

Room 3 worked very hard learning about simple machines and how they make work easier.

We had fun doing it and love to share our learning with others.

The TREEmendous Makeover

2010-04-26T11:12:00.004+12:00

Early Saturday morning, 24th of April, in amidst all the excitement, stood 6 girls - Ashleigh, Naomi, Katherine, Sarah, Shan and Jessica. They were waiting for the makeover to start... but it seemed like the wait took eternity. Finally, after a lot of impatience, a woman wearing a lime green shirt announcing, ' Treemendous Makeover' asked for silence. 'Welcome!' she exclaimed to everyone. She talked about her business and how the makeover would start. A man, Koro Percy, stepped out and started singing a Maori song, followed by a prayer. Mrs Riach, a teacher, stepped out to thank everyone for coming and introduced the girls. They received red caps saying 'PROJECT DESIGNERS'.

After some photos and an interview, they were asked to go to the vegetable gardens to help shovel the compost down. The gardens needed heaps of compost because the boxes were HUGE. Four designers went to stomp out the soil whilst Ashleigh and Naomi went off to pile up some mulch. After a while, Jessica joined them with a spade. Meanwhile, the other three rolled some tyres for the potatoes to grow in to the vege gardens. Naomi and Ashleigh joined in. The tyres were really dirty because of the recent rain. Later, Jessica, Naomi and Ashleigh was asked to build a compost bin as it was donated to the school.

Shan, Sarah and Katherine decided to show some kids the worm farm-a wooden box full of 12 thousand worms, half tiger, the other blue worms. No, the tiger worms did certainly not look like tigers! The other three went back to the vege gardens to help out. Wow! The boxes were almost full! Mrs Riach asked all of the girls to make another compost bin in front of some little kids. Most kids wandered off, but in the end the bin was finished. A crowd of kids followed Rob, well, most people called him 'The Bug Man'. He showed them how to make little bamboo hotels for the nocturnal critters. Everyone else decided to join in as well. In the end, we made about 10-15 bamboo hotels. They looked so cute among the forest of trees.

Then it was time to go back to the vege gardens and we were just in time for planting the seedlings. They planted broccoli, lettuce, broad beans, Shang hai cabbages, bok choi and peas. Straight afterwards, everyone got called for a photo the 6 girls right up the front with the other children, Mrs Riach in between the girls and every other adult was right at the back, behind them. After the photo, Jessica, sadly left. Then the other 5 girls went back to continue digging holes for the seedlings. 3 girls were asked if they could have a interview with a young lady called Rose. They politely agreed. The interviewer asked questions like how did this all start off and how many people were in the entire making of the project.

When a woman named Sarah-Jane announced it was time for lunch, everyone came rushing like this was their first meal in ages! For lunch, they all had a delicious sausage sizzle and some workers and adults even had seconds! After lunch, everyone went back to work on the project some shovelling mulch, others laying down grass and the leftover people went to plant more beans and peas. At around 1 o clock, the vege gardens were finished. The adults that were planting seedlings went to help clean the deck or spread the mulch around.

It was a fantastic day and everyone worked hard. The gardens look beautiful and we hope it'll stay with the school for a long time.

THE END!

By Jessica and Shan

PS: Here's a picture of us!

The Enviro-groups Worm Farm

2010-04-21T14:33:00.004+12:00

On the 20th of April 2010 8 members of the Bucklands Beach Primary School Enviro group built a worm farm. They had help from Mr Magpike.
The builders were Daniel, Jack, Ben, Libby, Brooke, Teal, Maya and Harry.

The Spectacular Sausage Sizzle!

2010-03-30T12:09:00.011+13:00

Bucklands Beach Primary School had a awesome and a REAL YUMMY lunch on Tuesday the 30th March, as the PTA needed some money to help protect Project Crimson's veggie garden fences. Lots of students contributed their precious $1.50 to help the Enviro Group.

It was a success, because the adults that participated were making friends, and everyone loved the softness of the bread, the crispy sausage and a generous amount of tomato sauce. Wow, we all made loads of money for the fence, had a full belly and had tons of fun! Mrs. Manak was brilliant and we might have another sausage sizzle!
It might not be a optional diet, but it's for a good cause!

YUM!!!

By Jessica Kwong

Year 6 Camp sarah and madeleine

2010-03-26T14:35:00.004+13:00

Year 6 camp went on from the 9Th of March till 12Th of March.

Everyone had lots of fun and we did lots of awesome activities. Our activities were: Archery, Orienteering, Beach study, Mobile making, rock climbing, Mountain boarding and bush cooking!!

The food was soooooooo yum!! On the last day we had a concert! Everyone was singing and dancing it was soo funny! We got the biggest girl cabin, We were in cabin 8 there was 11 girls in our cabin. We all got bunk beds it was really cool.

Now here are some pictures.

Year 6 Camp by Mira and Emma

2010-03-26T14:30:00.004+13:00

Year 6 camp started off by saying goodbye to our mums and dads. It was pretty hard leaving them at home. The bus ride was cool and we even saw the Blues in their touring bus. We were all so jumpy on the way there, we were playing hand games and singing it was SO fun. I wondered what we were going to be like on the way back? Then, we got to Shakespeare Regional Park. We where all very glad to be there at last and we all ate our morning tea. After that, we got shown around the camp area and then we got to pick our beds in our cabins. After we had a rest, we got into our cabin groups and went for a hike. It was very long and really tiring href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YVsVBGV1Wv0/S7J-IQXE61I/AAAAAAAABD0/4zSEXu6hLvI/s1600/IMG_0709.JPG"> and when we got back to the camp and blobbed for another hour. Then we went to the beach for our first beach o'clock, after that we washed our hands and had dinner, we had yummy shepherds pie and for dessert we had fruit salad, jelly and plain vanilla ice-cream. When we had finished dessert we had night activities after we finished night activities we had showers and went straight to bed to wake at 6:00am in the MORNING!! to do JUMP JAM!

Room 3's Sand Art

2010-03-15T15:13:00.003+13:00

Room 3 watched a wonderful clip about sand art. It is a medium we had not tried before and were very enthusiastic to see what it would be like to create some sea week art through the sand medium in the classroom.

Here is the clip we watched to inspire us, then have a look at some of the art we created.
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Chess Competition:

2010-03-14T08:55:00.003+13:00

A group of students went to Bucklands Beach Intermediate School for the Chess Championships. The children were chosen by teachers because they were good players and were very keen.
At BBI we had seven matches. Our school won four medals and came third in the tie-breaker so we felt very proud.
All of us tried our best, we didn’t want to give up and we love chess.
We all had fun and we all got a certificate. The team was Ryan, Kevin, Christopher, Piper, Connor, Hayden, Vincent, Jake, Cory, Cole, Hinetea, Billie, Nthyan and Kane. Connor, Hinatea, Kane and Jake won medals.
By Ryan, Year 5.

Welcome back after a lovely summer break.

2010-01-26T15:26:00.001+13:00

All entries above this point have been made in 2010.
Watch this space for updates once the school year is underway...

Summer Festival 2009

2009-11-06T15:42:00.010+13:00

The Choir, some musicians, the Jump Jam group and some Wearable art representatives
were proud to be able to go over to the Westfield Plaza in Pakuranga to present their items to parents and other shoppers there. They did an amazing job.

Wearable Arts

2009-10-22T14:59:00.005+13:00

The Senior school paraded their wearable arts to the junior and middle school and parents this week. We had so much fun artistically creating works of art for our body, using recycled materials.
Don't we look amazing.
This is Room 16's effort.

Gymnastics.

2009-10-20T12:35:00.002+13:00

We had teams from Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 competing at the local Eastern Zone competition. The Year 6 boys and the Year 6 Girls teams qualified to compete at the Auckland Champion of Champions competition. Also one boy in Year 4 and one boy in Year 5 qualified for the individual champions competition. The Year 6 boys team came 4th and we had some individual placings in Year 6 individual boys, Year 5 individual boys and Year 4 individual boys. We were really proud of our effort.

2009-10-20T12:07:00.001+13:00

Senior School Wearable Arts

2009-10-19T16:07:00.003+13:00

This week all of the senior students will display their amazing artworks on stage. Each student has created trash to fashion using a variety of recycled materials. They will be walking in time to music and posing as the audience will be thrilled with the detail and techniques. This was part of our art and technology units in Term 3.

Matariki Whanau Day

2009-07-27T19:54:00.016+12:00

Jump Jam was in the hall. We were able to watch the Jump Jam DVD and learn new Jump Jam routines as we followed the movements on the screen.

Our pavement art depicted the story of Matariki or some of the legends that we had been listening to. Here the moon and the Seven Stars are being drawn.

A range of tabloid activities were included. The students rotated around the activities. Whanau leaders guided students in the activities.

Here the students are listening to Maori legends

We ended the second term with a Matariki Whanau Day. Matariki is the Maori New Year. We had been talking about Matariki and its significance to Maori in the past. We have listened to stories and researched our information.

June and July are the months of Matariki. It begins when the Stars of the Seven Sisters rise into sight. A number of Maori legends give different accounts of how it came into being. If the stars were bright then it would be a good year for crops. If they were dull then crops were left a little longer before they were planted.

Matariki traditionally was a time to remember those that were no longer with them. It was a time of learning of culture. It was a time to feast with family and friends. The crops were harvested and the foods from hunting had been preserved. It was a time to fly kites so that they would reach close to the skies.

We celebrated our Whanau afternoon by listening to Maori legends, producing pavement art about the stars and the legends that we listened to, taking part in tabloid sports and by doing Jump Jam.

Year 5 and 6 Hockey Field Day June 2009

2009-06-21T19:53:00.005+12:00

On Thursday 18 June, Mr Ohms took two teams of Year 5 and 6 students to a hockey field day at Lloyd Elsmore Park. They had a great day and played really well for BBPS!

Year 6 Camp

2009-03-23T13:41:00.027+13:00

The Year 6s Went to Shakespear Lodge in Shakespear Regional Park for camp from the
11 to 14 of March.
Here are some photos from our trip.

This is the view from the top

of a hill when we went on the
Shakespear Expedition.

This cave was discovered on
Shakespear Expedition along
the shore of Pink Beach.

This is a picture of the Archery
hall where we did Archery and
at night played UNI-HOCK.

These are the pigs we had to
feed every evening with the
food scraps from the day.

These boys are navigating
there route on the
Shakespear Expedition.

This is Sean who managed
to climb the climbing
wall BLINDFOLDED!!

This is the climbing wall.

This is the beach with some
Peacocks along side it.

The Year 6s really enjoyed there trip to camp an it could not of happend without the
help and support of the parents and the teachers exspieally Mrs McKenzie who gave
up her own time to orginise the camp.
Year 5s when you go to camp we hope you all have a great time at camp because the
year 6s sure did.

Senior School 2009.

2009-02-25T21:20:00.002+13:00

The Senior team are currently working on updating this site. We are all preparing for our Outdoor Education experience. WATCH THIS SPACE!!

Interschool Athletics

2008-12-05T11:06:00.003+13:00

BBPS children had a great time competing at the Interschool Athletics.

Sportstacking at BBPS.

2008-11-23T18:53:00.003+13:00

Sportstacking is becoming a craze at BBPS. Room 4 took part in a Guinness Book of Records attempt on the 13th November for the most people sportstacking in multiple locations around the world at one time. Lots of students have had a go at sportstacking now and many are getting very fast. The world record for the Cycle Stack is 6.9seconds. At the moment the fastest person in Room 4 is Metoyer who is able to do the Cycle Stack in 17 seconds.
A pamphlet about sportstacking will be going home this week. If you want to order a set of sportstack cups you will need to bring your order form back to school and give it to Mrs Mac.
Here are some photos from our record attempt.

Room 5 Electricity Assembly

2008-11-03T11:50:00.003+13:00

The Bengal Tigers reading group prepared and performed an amazing and electrical performance about their learning. The boys dressed up as Vector workmen and acted out the actions as is they were putting a wire in the ground. A special thankyou needs to be made to Cameron's Dad, Mark who let us borrow the hard hats and uniforms from Vector.
The boys moved to the music by Eddy Grant, Electric Avenue.
Mrs Bodley thought the performance was awesome. Well done, boys.

Weather Poetry

2008-10-20T14:15:00.003+13:00

Winter Wonderland

Howling winds,
Shadowy clouds
Exploding snow and hail.

People made of snow guard the roadside,
Skidding cars on ice.
School closed.

Sledding on the ice.
Sledding down the steps,
Having an excellent time.

Star shapes falling from the sky,
Cars crawl at slow speed.

Skiing competitions,
Bob-sledding around corners,
People chucking balls of snow.

Winter wonderland.

By Malachai

Weather Poetry

2008-10-20T14:06:00.003+13:00

Stormy Storm

Clouds gathering - very black,
Wind's already up to 120.
House's windows getting battered,
Doors slamming closed.
Thunder booming, wind is howling.
Kids screaming like mad.
Parents fists are clenched,
Their patience is wearing thin.
Waiting for the storm to end.

Written by Daniel P

GYMNASTICS-Auckland Champion of Champions Competition 12 September. What a talented group of gymnasts.

2008-09-14T19:40:00.004+12:00

Congratulations
Year 5 Girls and Year 6 Boys teams.

Art Exhibition 2008

2008-09-11T13:47:00.001+12:00

Room 5 Term 3

2008-09-03T11:02:00.004+12:00

Room 5 Update
Newsflash Miss Sayers has left and Mrs Riach has joined us.
Term 3
Art with Miss Sayers was awesome, we hand art, fishes with dye, paint and oil pastel and cool circle patterns. For Maths we form into groups of 4 which are diamonds, squares, circles and triangles. For Reading groups we have 4 groups called Dragonflies, Chameleons, Bengal Tigers and Angelfish. Reading rocks.

QUIRKY fun facts
7 of us are double jointed, 22 of us can roll our tongues and absolutely everyone in the class can read.
We rock!!!!!!!

Room 3's Olympic Personification Poems

2008-08-26T15:49:00.005+12:00

New Zealand Flag
A personification poem by Olivia.

Launching yourself from the athlete's hand.
Twirling side to side, while being held by our
New Zealand Olympic Superstar.
Rising up to the tallest pole, as my athlete receives
her gold medal.
Proud to be part of New Zealand.

Running Shoes
A personification poem by Natasha.

I'm staring at the white line,
zooming at the speed of light.
I'm cautiously taking each step with pride,
Cutting the track.
Sweat trickling down,
I'm nearing the end.
Leaping to a halt,
Proudly wearing gold.

Shot Put
A personification poem by Logan.

Launching myself from the thrower's hand,
soaring and swerving through the air.
Sinking slowly,
then thudding and splintering to the ground.

A Famous Light
A personification poem by Alice.

I'm a newly lit flame, on a famous torch.
Flickering madly with excitement,
I'm dancing to the beat of the cheering crowd,
Flying up to the sparkling stars.
Blazing like an everlasting bonfire,
Am I ready?
Yes, I'm ready, ready for the opening of the games.

Cycling
A personification poem by Adam.

You zoom out of the starting blocks like a heat missile,
Your wheels spin fast and steady as they smoke with lightening speed,
You're breaking world records thinking of GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! all the way.
Final lap approaches as you hear the last lap bell,
Approaching the finish and thinking my goal is broken,
Is this VICTORY! you smell.

Chess Team at Our Lady Star of the Sea

2008-08-03T14:53:00.003+12:00

On Friday 1st of August, a group of committed chess players represented our school to play with some of the top players from other local schools.

This tournament is in its seventh year and the games will be played as a round robin over the coming Friday lunch times. The team of four players travelled to Our Lady Star of the Sea for the first game and unfortunately we lost all our games (however we gained experience!)

Thanks to Mrs Howell for being a wonderful photographer, driver and supporter!

Safe From Mother Nature

2008-07-23T13:53:00.005+12:00

The stormy clouds congregate into one dark gloomy cloud.

Once again , yellow strikes reappear in the sky where you can't see.

Once people hear the signal, that's when they flee inside.

The rain is inpatient, smashing on the door trying to enter the house.

Doors shut, so no entry for the rain and I am snuggled inside.

Safe.

Matthew

Storm Poetry

2008-07-21T14:16:00.003+12:00

Thunder and Lightning
by Kai Heng

Thunder sparks,
BOOM! BOOM!! BOOM!!!

Rain and hail knocks on the door.
God suddenly growls in anger.
Grim clouds explode as loud as bombs,
Howling leaves and windows shake.
Family dinners disturbed by flickering lights.

BOOM!BOOM!!BOOM!!!

Blinding Sky

By Tyler

Blinding dark sky up above.
People scampering indoors
To take shelter.
Lightning charging across the sky.
Thunder smashing objects like a fist.
But I'm safe.

Senior CHOIR

2008-07-04T16:37:00.005+12:00

The Senior Choir is made up of 47 Year 5 and 6 students.
Currently the choir is learning over 12 different songs for a combined schools concert later in the year.
Five local schools are all learning these songs as well as an individuals school choir item per school.
These photos show the choir in practice on the last day of term.
Children were allowed to wear 'street clothes' [mufti] as a reward for a very busy, active and successful term.

ST JOHN visited to teach us about FIRST AID

2008-07-03T11:22:00.004+12:00

The whole school enjoyed learning about different aspects of first aid.
Room 2 especially enjoyed practising to phone the 111 operator and giving information and receiving instructions.
In groups of three or four we had turns being the patient, the first aider and the 111 operator.
Taking instructions over the phone and following them correctly to put the 'unconscious patient' on their side [recovery position] was also a valuable lesson.
The fake blood and hand bandaging session was great also and learning how to think and speak clearly in an emergency was important.
Jacob, Rhiannon and Kelvin thoroughly enjoyed being volunteers and acting out specific parts, and Dylan sounded very confident and professional in his thanking Ms Hyland on behalf of everyone.
Thank you again to the St John Ambulance instructors who came to school.

Our Interactive Whiteboard!!!

2008-06-12T16:25:00.003+12:00

Room 15 children have spent their morning in Room 14 so that an interactive whiteboard could be installed in our classroom.

We were so thrilled to see it up on our back wall this afternoon. We can't wait to experiment and have FUN with our whiteboard!

RUGBY FIELD DAY

2008-06-06T13:36:00.004+12:00

On Thursday 5th June 20 senior school students attended the Rugby Field day at Pakuranga Rugby Club. We all played hard and have now mastered the skill of tackling and scoring tries.

The Netball Field Day

2008-06-04T16:23:00.010+12:00

33 senior students played in the Eastern zone tournament at Lloyd Elsmore Park on June 3.

Soccer Field Day

2008-06-04T10:51:00.007+12:00

Tuesday 27th May 2008

BBPS had a very successful day at the Soccer Field Day 2008.

The children were well behaved, and each team gave their best. The added bonus of the school sunshade helped make BBPS stand out from the crowd.

A fantastic effort by the parent helpers, team managers and supporters. A big thank you to you all.

Back to the Moon.

2008-06-03T16:15:00.002+12:00

Tuesday 2nd June
Today we had a visit by an interactive Science programme called "Back to the Moon". We saw lots of space technology used by the astronauts and we found out how some of it worked. We were told that it was rather difficult to live in the very cramped space module inside the rocket. Did you know that astronauts have to wear nappies?!!
Some lucky students were able to try on some of the suits similar to what the astronauts wear.
We saw models of our solar system and were told that it was not possible to have a model of the sun as it would be too big to fit in the hall!!
What a great show-we learned heaps about the history of space travel and exploration.

Room15's iMovie Slideshow

2008-05-31T09:46:00.003+12:00

A group of children in Room 15 have been working with Miss Chen to create a slideshow using still photographs.

The slideshow below illustrates some of the marine pollution issues across the globe and ends with a question for thought - What can you do to help?

Mad Science Rocketry-Wednesday 21st May.

2008-05-21T19:29:00.002+12:00

Wow check out the fun the mad science kids had launching their rockets after school today!

Family Fun Day Costumes

2008-05-18T17:03:00.009+12:00

There were hundreds of funky students at school this week. Dressed in sports gear, club uniforms, pyjamas, or dressed as their parents, children worked in whanau groups to create family portraits. P.T.A. members put these freshly created artworks on display in the school hall.

The 2008 Science Roadshow

2008-05-18T16:53:00.007+12:00

Our Year 4, 5 and 6 students visited the Science Roadshow for a stimulating experience. Demonstrations on Chemistry in the Kitchen and Electricity generated enthusiasm and curiosity. The students explored a wide range of interactive displays.

Funky Family Fun Day

2008-05-18T13:22:00.002+12:00

What a lot of fun we had. These photos show Pakatoa whanau group.

A Reward of Pikelets!

2008-04-18T22:55:00.008+12:00

As a reward for a term of solid learning, hard work and pleasing results, the students in Room 2 spent a maths lesson measuring and cooking pikelets. It was an activity enjoyed by all.

Room 2 and 3 study boat design.

2008-04-18T22:24:00.005+12:00

Both year six classes have finished the term by studying boat design. At The Auckland Maritime Museum we looked at how technology has aided boat design over the generations. We saw outriggers, sailboats, steamboats and a display showing the latest in New Zealand customs vessel design.
Our Float-that-Boat competition was a great way to finish the term. Sixty students made boats for home learning and each was then entered in one of two categories - either the glitz and glamour category or the sporty and aerodynamic category. A class of year 2 students were invited to watch, and they were so inspired they went back to class and wrote about what they had seen.!

Rooms 2 and 3 on Year 6 Camp.

2008-04-18T21:07:00.009+12:00

All the Year 6 students have had a fabulous first term. It has involved a four day camp at Shakespear Regional Park, a trip to The Auckland Maritime Museum and a Float-that-Boat competition.
Shakespear Lodge is approximately an hour and a half North of Auckland, at the end of Whangaparaoa peninsula. It is a beautiful location and the students all participated in archery, mountain boarding, bush cooking, beach studies, rock climbing and abseiling, night games, team building activities and a raft of other opportunities.

Room 4 and Room 5 visit Goat Island.

2008-04-16T18:34:00.002+12:00

On the 3rd of April Room 4 and Room 5 set off in the wee hours of the morning to travel up to Goat Island. They stopped off on the way for a yummy breakfast at Burger King in Albany then continued on their way, finally arriving at Goat Island. They had a wonderful day- snorkeling in the crystal clear water, doing a rocky shore study and visiting Seafriends where Dr Floor Anthoni talked to them about the creatures found around the Marine Reserve. They also were able to see the aquariums at Seafriends. There were some tired students on the bus going home!