Skiing on Mount Ruapehu

I went skiing on Ruapehu last weekend and brought in some photos and movies to share with Room 9.  In these photos and movies me and my sister Ashleigh went skiing in the weekend.  And we don’t have to do it with poles.
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Visitors?

The other day I installed a new widget.  It’s over there on the right.

It tells you where your blog visitors have come from in the last 24 hours.  Then it lets you view where they are in Google Earth.

So I did that and had a look at where some of our visitors lived.  I could [...]

Shocking!

Story coming…

Going to Australia Part 2

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I have been in Australia for 6 days now. We flew with Emirates, they gave us a great backpack filled with free things to do. There were over a 100 movies to choose from to watch.
We went shopping the first day as it was raining. On the second day we went to Dreamworld [...]

Going to Australia Part 1

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This Tuesday I’m going to Brisbane, Australia to see my cousins. I’m very, very EXCITED! We are going to Dreamworld, Movieworld and maybe Whitewater world. My cousins are Holly (11 years) and Emma (9 years). I am going to play with my Nintendo DS lite on the plane. I have been to [...]

I Got to Meet Greg Murphy at the V8s!!!

I went to the the Hamilton 400 on Friday 17.4.09 with Dad, my brother Brock and 5 other family members. When we were at the Holden merchandise tent I saw Greg Murphy signing posters. He signed our posters and was happy to let us take a photo with him. My aunty got him to sign [...]

Send a Postcard to Space

Hi Room 9, I hope you’re all enjoying your holidays.  I see that some of you have been on the wiki – well done!
I’m sure you all remember our visitor Eric Boe who came to school to tell us about space, NASA and the International Space Station (ISS).
There are a few astronauts on the ISS [...]

Winning What Now!

Read or watch this post first.

We were one of the 10 finalists but we did not win the big prize pack. It was still great to see us on TV even if it was only for 3 seconds. We did win the High School Musical 3 DVD however.
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Kayaking

At Camp my group was the SUPER STARS.
On Thursday at Camp Karakariki I went kayaking. First I got my togs on and got my towel. Then I walked to the kayaks through a gate. It took about five minutes. I was nervous because I thought that I was going to fall in. I was excited. [...]

Kayaking at Camp Karakariki

Last Wednesday I went to Camp Karakariki.
I went to kayaking with my group the ALL STARS. Mrs Tooley told us to get a paddle and find a space. Mrs Tooley showed us how to move the paddle.  Then we tried.  After that we got our life jacket on.
Then we got in the KAYAK.  I was a [...]

Kayaking at Camp Karakariki

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School Camp

Camp Karakariki – March 2009
Last Wednesday all the year fours went to Camp Karakariki for 3 days.  We had a great time.  Watch this space for new posts about our time at camp. 
Mr F

The Weekend in Auckland

On Saturday, in Auckland, I had two choices.  Number one was to go to the museum.  Number two was to go to the star dome thing.
I chose the museum and it was really cool.  I saw a green moray eel and a moa.   I saw the dinosaur bones from the T-Rex named Sue.  I found out that the female T-Rex [...]

Icy Tower

 
On Sunday 22 February me and Brock helped mum defrost the freezer.
“big bits of ice stuck to our feet”Mum scraped the ice into the bucket and we crushed it on our drive way. Big bits of ice stuck to our feet. We had to walk up and down our stairs to get it [...]

We Got Featured!

“Our Treaty” got featured on a website about free software for schools and e-learning.
Click on the picture and look closely in the bottom right corner.  The page is here.
Mr F

Most Improved

On Monday 1st of December i went to prize giving at karate.  Then the black belts gave out the scores from grading. Then they gave one trophy and the trophy went to me. I am so, so happy because I got my green tip.

 
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We Did It!

At about 3:15pm yesterday afternoon we hit 20 000 pageviews.  Your writing and artwork has now been viewed over 20 000 times since September 2005.  Your interesting writing, awesome illustrations and personal news keeps readers coming back for more.  Well done Room 9!  We’ll have cake on Friday to celebrate.
Mr F