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Briarna has found a new friend.

A lady called Kay came and showed us some of her hens.  

She wrapped them up in a towel to keep them quiet and to stop them from pooping on us.  Then she let us hold them.

Sometimes the hen got out of the towel but it didn't run away.

Kay also had a bantum hen with some chickens.  They were really soft and cute.  The mother hen didn't like it when the chicks were taken away from her.

We learned heaps about hens - what they eat, that different hens lay different sized and coloured eggs, and how to look after them.

We can't wait until we get our hens.   

10, 9, 8,

What is happening here?  These men are busy building something - I wonder what it is?

Maybe it's a kennel for a dog?

Maybe it's shelter for a goat?

Maybe we'll just have to wait and see.

The Gardener

A man called the Gardener came to tell us some stories today.  

He started with the story of the Selfish Giant.  It was about a giant who wouldn't let children play in his garden and it was winter all the time.  One day some children were climbing the trees and it was spring time except in one tree wasn't spring, it was still winter.  The reason it was still winter was because a wee boy couldn't climb up the tree.  When the giant came out all the children ran away but the little boy didn't because he was crying so much that he didn't see the giant.  The giant picked him up and put him in the tree and                                                                                    then the spring came back again.

Then he told the Paper Bag Princess story and some kids were chosen to help him.

Jacob had to wear a microphone and help the gardener read another story - it was about cows that used typewriters and they wanted electric blankets because they were cold in winter.  The farmer wouldn't give th

em any electric blankets so they didn't give him any milk.  It was a funny story.

Some of the kids in our class had to dress up and help tell the Cinderella story.  The boys had to dress up as the ugly sisters and Shahil was Cinderella.  It was a bit naughty because it was the Roald Dahl Revolting Rhyme but it was very, very funny. 

Bradford's Unexpected Visitor

Thursday Bradford had a dog come on to the school grounds.  Nobody had any idea where the dog came from or what to do with it.  Before the teachers caught the dog, he was being chased by kids, trying his hardest not to get caught.  The teachers were worried that he might bite one of the kids so they rang the fire bell and everybody had to go back to class - boo-hoo, we missed out on some of our lunch time.

Mr Hamilton caught the dog and tied it up at the tennis court.  While it was there it was trying to get away by pulling on the rope and it was yelping too.  A lady came, she was a ranger.  She put a leash on the dog and she took it away.

The ranger said that she would

 check to see if it had a micro-chip in it.  We went with her down to her van to watch her. And it did.  The ranger said she would find out who the dog belonged to and take it back.  She also said she was going to tell the owners not to let it wander away again.

When she left, we got to have the rest of our play time - horray.

By Samara and Brenna

PJ DAY !!!!!

Friday 7th August 2009 we { Bradford School} had a PJ day to help raise money for the Caleb Turner trust programme. We are raising the money because Caleb needs to go to Mexico for stem cell treatment and yet he's only two. Everyone had to bring along a gold coin to help raise money - I hope we made heaps.

We were sooooooooo tired {yawn}. Mrs Tobin even got a picture of us sleeping{how embarrassing}.

We saw people wandering around the school in all kinds of PJs. Some were stripes, some were animals and other cool designs. So far we've been wearing our PJ's all day long, even at buddy reading. Here are some photo's.

Mrs Tobin got so hot in her PJ's that she had to change back into her clothes.



(I wish these girls were this quiet
all the time!)

TOP KIDS

I have decided this week to write the blog myself, on behalf of a small group of children who made me so very proud on Tuesday night.

Tuesday is the day that we play netball at the Edgar Centre against a variety of other schools around the Dunedin area. When we played this week, we had only 5 players for the first quarter and 6 for the remainder of the game.

The children who played just left me speechless – they gave it their all and being one player down for the majority of the game meant that they really had to put in their best effort.

Despite an extremely competitive opposition, we came away losing 11 – 14. An amazing effort from some very weary souls.

Thank you to:

GK - Briarna who managed to make so many intercepts as the opposition tried to get the ball into the goal circle

GD - Abbie – one of the youngest players in the team, Abbie was able to free herself from her very tall opponent to receive the ball

C - Natasha who constantly ran from one end of the court to the other and also help cover the opposition's 'free' player

WA - Samara as always, a lovely mover around the court, able to anticipate where play is going and gets herself there to receive the ball

GA - Jacob – a talented player who was literally everywhere, intercepting passes and shooting some much needed goals

GS - Storm who played a great game and was able to help feed the ball into the circle and even have the confidence to take a shot or two

Who has the courage? Who has the skill?

Who has the strategy, the form, the will?

Who will play fair with discipline and speed?

Who has the strength of real team work?

We have the courage, we have the skill

We have the strategy, the form, the will.

We will play fair with discipline and speed.

We have the strength of real team work.

We’re Bradford. We’re the best. We pull together as one.

We got – team spirit. WATCH OUT!

Here we come. –

Invincible, strong, together as one

We rise! We rise!

Ko matou te tima. E tu kaha! Awhina mai. E tu, tu kaha!

Kia rite, kia rite, rere mai!

Kia oho, kia ma taara.

Timata! Hi!

Hold your heads high guys, because you are what our song stands for.

Our Thoughts of Term 2

Term 2 was the best. We were very busy with so many visitors. We had Sleeping Beauty, Kat Anna Fiddle, and also Stars on Stage. We also had the ten sec club where we have to say our times tables in 10 seconds.  But the best part was Mrs Tobin coming back. We also visited KVC and had a fun afternoon doing science experiments, baking, making wind twirlers and doing PE.  

Cody Smith

In term 2 we were learning about entertainment. It was cool because we had lots of perfomers and plays come.  My favourite was Once Upon a Pie.  That was cool because it was about a baker and his daughter who had been taken by a witch and he has to find 4 things to get his daughter back from the witch. But thats not all; we did lots more stuff like Stars on Stage, and swimming and lots more.

Tama Masina

I liked Term 2 because we got to do Stars on Stage and two plays came to our school.  One was 'Kat Anna Fiddle' and the other was 'Once Upon a Pie'.  The top field had been getting a bit wet so some trucks and diggers have been up there putting in a drainage system.

David Pask

Term 2 was really fun.  Some of the things we did were start up our scramble club in Room 5.  We also performed in Stars on Stage a few weeks ago.  I thought it was extraordinary.  Another thing that we did in Term 2 was that Mr Hamilton picked some people to be PALs (physical activity leaders) who were Sydney, Jacob, Shaniia and me.  We even started up our own word worm - if we find a word we don't understand and we think it would be a good word to use in our writing, then we get to put it on the word worm.

Samara Mackie

Our pick-a-path stories were really cool after they were published on powerpoint.  We showed some of them in assembly.  I helped by teaching the others to hyperlink which makes the powerpoint go to another slide.

Aaron Rumpler

In Term 2 Briarna, Brenna and I moved up into Room 5. It's wonderful here and Mrs Tobin is a great teacher.  The council is very good and is going to hold a disco.  I think Term 2 is the best term of my life.  I don't ever want to leave Room 5 because 1) Mrs Tobin and 2) everyone is so nice.

Natasha Humphrey

This term has been a very exciting term. We have had Stars on Stage and lots of performers came.  First we had Kim - he's a man who travels around schools with plays.  This time he came with the play Sleeping Beauty.  The next performer was Kat Ann Fiddle and she told us stories.  Kat told the story and Anna played the fiddle and sang.

Sydney Mowat

In Term 2 we have had two plays come and help us with our inquiry topic - Let Me Entertain You.  One play was called Once Upon a Pie and the other was called Kat Anna Fiddle.  Also, at the start of the term, Gill picked some new librarians.  They had to fill out an application form.  When Gill picked some people they had to get trained on how to use the computer.  Our library is really cool because on the side of it we have a big bright painting of our native birds.  Inside our library there are lots of books for us to read.

Mikayla Te Whaiti

Have a wonderful, safe holiday kids and I'll see you all back at school on 20th July.  Mrs T