School Gala - 14th November

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Our Albatross Community is running the Book Stall and the Clothing Stall at the GALA on November the 14th. We are looking for helpers to sort books and clothes and to sell on the day. Please let us know if you are available. We would love to see you all there. We can't do it without your help!

The Laughing Policeman

Sometimes it is fun just to have a good laugh! We are studying people that help us in our community. We had a chat with three wonderful police officers. We chose to put this song on the Blog to show a funny policeman, but we know their job is really quite serious. I am sure this will make you smile ...

Poem of the week

Our poem this week is called Snake's Skin. Atalia did a super job illustrating the poem. Great work, Atalia


Snake’s Skin

Snake said …
“I don’t feel right!
This skin I’m in is far too tight!
This skin I’m in, it doesn’t fit.
I’ll think I’ll wriggle
Out of it!”

Snake said …
“If you don’t mind,
This skin I’m in I’ll leave behind.
This skin I’m in, it doesn’t fit.”
And so he wriggled out of it!

Jill Eggleton

A class celebration

Our lovely Mia has been awarded a certificate for passing all her Basic Facts. We are so proud of her. Well done, Mia. You have worked so hard!

Police Officers visit Room 12

Room 12 is investigating the people that help us in our community. To help us "Get" the information, we wanted to talk to the people in our community. The police came to visit us to tell us all about how they help to keep us safe. We are so lucky that they are also parents in our class. We asked many questions. We saw many of the tools that the police use.(We even put the hand cuffs on!) We sat in the police car and heard the siren and then spoke on the loud speaker. Our next learning step is to "Sort" the information. We learnt so much. Thank you for visiting our school!

Fruit Kebabs

Yesterday Room 12 made kebabs. They were delicious. We had nutritious smooth bananas and I ate the dried apricots and crunchy apples. It was healthy. There was also juicy pineapple. We had a very sharp stick. When I went outside, I ate my fruity kebab. When I tasted it, it was delicious and nutritious. - Remy

For Oracy, Room 12 made a delicious healthy fruit kebab. There were so many delicious things that it made my mouth water. We put pineapple, apricots, bananas that looked like the sun, apples, celery and prunes on the stick. - Anya

Yesterday we made terrific juicy fruit kebabs. We had pineapple and apples. I loved it. I felt full. It was really delicious. - Ethan

I had celery on my kebab. I got spiked by the stick. There was fruit and vegetables. I had apricot and cucumber.I had fun making the kebabs. - Riley

Yesterday Room 12 did Oracy. We made fruit and vegetable kebabs. I put three pieces of crunchy celery, two pieces of sweet pineapple, three pieces of apricot and a piece of cucumber. There were also some squishy bananas, bright red apples and prunes that were as black as the night. I liked making our kebabs. - Charlotte

Yesterday we made fruit and vegetable kebabs. They looked delicious. We all chose our food. We nibbled it. The celery was crunchy. - Tyler L

Poem of the week

This week the class chose Jed's poem. He really thought hard about how he should illustrate his poem. Great job, Jed.



We also thought that Jayden's poem was beautifully illustrated.





Topsy - Turvy Land

The people walk upon their heads,
The sea is made of sand,
The children go to school by night,
In Topsy - Turvy Land.

The front door step is at the back,
You’re walking when you stand,
You wear your hat upon your feet,
In Topsy - Turvy Land.

And buses on the sea you’ll meet,
While pleasure boats are planned
To travel up and down the streets
of Topsy - Turvy Land.

You pay for what you never get,
I think it must be grand,
For when you go you’re coming back,
In Topsy - Turvy Land.

Room 12 Rock Stars

Room 12 dressed as gorgeous rock stars to raise money. We had such fun. Wow look at us!

Rock stars on PhotoPeach

Poem of the week

The class chose Poppy's poetry book this week. Look how beautifully she illustrated her poem. Well done Poppy!




What’s in my shoe?

I put on my shoe,
But it didn’t feel right.
My toe got tickled,
And my shoe was tight.

I took off my shoe,
And I looked inside –
A big, black spider
Was trying to hide.

I said to the spider,
“How are you?
What are you doing
In my shoe?”

I said to the spider,
“You can’t stay,
I have to wear
My shoe today.”

Jill Eggleton

Time Traveller 3000

Room 12 and the rest of Red Beach School have all been very busy putting on an amazing production. Read all about it ....

This week Red Beach School had a marvelous production live on stage! There were five different stalls from five different countries, India, Africa, Scotland, Samoa and Korea. There was also a New Zealand stall that sold gumboots. The school did the show so they could entertain the parents and raise money for the junior playground. A group of very clever children wrote the script and the music was great. "What an amazing show!" said one parent after Thursday night's final performance. - Mia


Red Beach School has done a big production. Room 12 has done six dances named Korean, Kiwi, Samoan, Indian, African and Scottish. In each dance there are two groups the Monday, Wednesday group and the Tuesday, Thursday group. Each of our dances has lovely music. I was in the Albatross community. I say “Annyong Haseo.” I have six people in my beautiful dance. I am really happy. I enjoy my magnificent dance. – Poppy

On Monday the 20th of September half of Red Beach School did an amazing production. We were entertaining the parents and we were raising money for the junior playground. The children at Red Beach School did a performance. There was an African, Indian, Korean, Samoan, New Zealand and Scottish group. What an amazing performance. – Alannah

This week Red Beach School are putting on a production called Time Traveller 3000. They are doing it to entertain the parents and to raise money for a Red Beach junior playground. Today, the Monday, Wednesday group is fantastic. Come and see them perform. – Jed

Red Beach School is raising money for a new junior playground. A group of children wrote the script. All the classes take part. Red Beach School also did it to entertain the parents. Red Beach went on stage in their hall. When Room 12 did it there were many different countries. – Matthew

Last night the Tuesday, Thursday people in Red Beach School did a play. It was fun because we were raising money. My group was called Samoa. When I got there I was nervous. – Tyler S

Red Beach School is doing a production. We are the Albatross community up on the stage the whole week. They are trying to raise money for the new playground. The children were amazing for the production. – Olivia

The school's awesome production. On Monday, the Monday, Wednesday group did their production. I am a Scottish dancer. I loved it. We are doing it to entertain the parents and raise money for the junior playground. The children at Red Beach School did it. It is called Time Traveller 3000. – Hamish H

Red Beach School is holding an amazing production with eight communities. I am in the Albatross community. Red Beach School is raising money for a new junior playground. I have had fun. – Jaydee

Red Beach School is doing a production. It was fantastic. The Mums were loving it. I was nervous because there were so many people. But it was fun. I didn’t believe how many people there were. There were as many as 400 parents that were looking at me. There were mums, dads, nanas and uncles. It was fantastic. – Remy

Red Beach School is doing a fantastic production and it’s called Time Traveller 3000 and my dance is a Sasa and I’m in the Samoan group and they are cool too. I bet the crowd will love it. – Jayden

This week we had a production at Red Beach School’s hall. Adults and kids were there but the kids were doing the production. We did it to raise money for the junior playground. I am in the Albatross Community. The production was held with eight communities. I was in the African group. – Mary

Red Beach School kids are doing a production on Monday to Thursday and they are doing it to raise money for a new junior playground. Hayley W’s part in the production is the happy joyful Scottish dance and I hope they don’t make any mistakes! They are going to look gorgeous. – Hayley

The Red Beach School children were on the stage. They were doing a production. The play is called Time Traveller 3000. They were raising money for the junior playground. – Riley

The whole of Red Beach School is doing the production. I love my costume. The finale song is “Together”. We are raising money for the junior playground. – Tyler L

Red Beach School has done a big production on the stage. My community is the Albatross community and I say “Namaste, come get your hot curry here!” My dance is the Indian dance. I wish we could keep the costumes. – Paige

Yesterday the Tuesday, Thursday group went into the hall for the production. It was very dark when we went there and when we got up the stairs we were cold. My feet were cold. The whole school was sitting on chairs. I was nervous. I loved the production. It was fantastic. Then I went off the stage. – Charlee

Red Beach School has a production. It was fun. I was dancing and the others danced too. – Hamish F

Red Beach School did an amazing production. The teachers called the production Time Traveller 3000. Red Beach School entertained and raised money for the junior playground. – Anya

On Monday we did an amazing production. There were bright shining lights. They were really colourful. My community did the stalls. – Ethan

I was in the second group in the production. All of the classes took part. The little kids were raising money for the junior playground. - Oliver


The amazing production. Red Beach School is doing a production to raise money for a new junior playground. The production is called the Time Traveller 3000. All of the classes took part. The production was in the hall at Red Beach School – Atalia

I am Wian and I dance for the African group. My dance is about Africa and I am in the Albatross community. It is an amazing production. – Wian