Inter-intermediate Cross Country

On Tuesday the 22nd and Friday the 25th the Cross Country qualifiers ran
 a sausage sizzle to fund raise the bus fee to get to the Inter-intermediate Cross Country
event. The sausages were pork flavoured and they were very nice. It was a huge success for
all to enjoy and also congratulations to the top 10 runners.

Inter-intermediate cross country

Last Wednesday it was Inter-intermediate cross country. It was a cold start but a fun filled day made up of running, eating and two long bus rides. When we got there we went for a jog around the coure to warmup a bit because it was quite a cold morning. The year 7 girls went first and got back very fast our top year 7 girl was a girl named Olivia (I think) and she came 2nd we are all very proud of her. I came 51st and very proud of it! I had a very good day and am looking forward to cross country next year.
Emily, Rm 5 

Quote

"Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."
- Plato

What we think it means:
If you do a good action, you'll feel pleased with yourself and other people will follow your example...

My favourite sport

This is my favourate sport. Nucomball is my favourate sport because there is not alot of running and you get people out. I like nucomball because it is a fun sport. I am not good at nucomball that much but next year I might get better and better.

Scott, Room 5

Cross Country

Today is cross country and the vibe is aloft, chills are going up spines and people are on edge. Fun for some a dread for others, the rain passes by and the wind blows on but still the vibe lingers. As we work in the morning thoughts are running through heads and worries are building but still the vibe lingers. Lets go Tawa Intermediate!

On Thursday 10th of May Tawa Intermediate had a disco. It was extremely loud
and it got alot of people dancing. Everyone who went really enjoyed it and had alot of fun
also there were spot prizes, a raffle, lolly scrambles, dance comps and food stalls for everyone to purchase food. Overall it was enjoyed by all.
By Kelvin, rm 5

Winston Churchill

'' We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.''

Something about Winston Churchill.

Sir Winston Churchill was a British prime minister and statesman who led the country to victory against Nazi Germany and the Axis powers in World War Two.
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on 30 November 1874 at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. His father was the prominent Tory politician, Lord Randolph Churchill. Churchill attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, before embarking on an army career. He saw action on the North West Frontier of India and in the Sudan. While working as a journalist during the Boer War he was captured and made a prisoner-of-war before escaping.

By Becca, Eden, Kate and Scott.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
Jack_London

Human Rights Quotes

"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness". Martin Luther King Jr

Chinese Proverb Quote

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime"
Chinese Proverb

We think this means Knowledge is greater than material gifts
Survival
Teach someone only once and they will live
People have a right to education

In Room 5 one of the groups for maths are doing interges. I find interges alright, I can do them but they are not easy. I think they are fun to do but that is my opinion. I like doing them but I would like to do something else.
By Emma, Rm 5

Inquiry

In Room 5 we have been learning about Human Rights in inquiry. We have learned about the origin of them  and what they are. We have also looked at a poem by Marguerite Heath, here it is:

Tell me -
Is it right that you leave the tap running
While I walk miles for a pitcher of water?

Is it right that you leave food on your plate,
When my belly is empty and bloated?

Is it right that you resent school on Mondays,
When I will never learn to right my name?

Is it right that you buy our food cheaply
Yet carp about the forests cleared to go it?

Is it right, when you have burned coal for decades,
To begrudge our first smoking chimneys?

Is it right that you take our best doctors
and leave us to die of your diseases?

Is it right that you take the oil our ground
To drive cars we can only dream of?

Is it right that your medicines cost the earth
While millions of us die of treatable diseases?

Is it right that your banks charge endless fees 
for monies we borrow to provide for your needs?

Is it right that you sell us your landmines and guns
That maim our daughters and kill our sons?

Tell me is that right?

On Monday 30th Room 5 played Room 12 in an exciting game of K.O. Room 12 beat Room 5
and they really deserved to win because they played very well. But Room 5 started to make a comeback
but sadly it didn't pay of, so well done Room 12. In other games Room 14 beat Room 8, Room 18 beat
Room 7 and Room 17 beat  Room  4 so who will win the K.O. champs?