Maori & Pacific Island Festival

We have had the most awesome day ever.

We had to be at school early so that we could get our face painted and get into our costumes.  Then we went by bus to the Edgar Centre.

We were quite nervous waiting for our turn.

There were heaps of schools there performing and some of them had tiny wee kids, like 2 year olds, and others were high schools.

                                                     While we waited for our

 turn, we watched some of the other schools.  Kavanagh was really good and the boys made a lot of noise when they stamped their feet against the stage.

Soon it was our turn and we all went around the back to get ready to go on stage.  When we were on stage our parents all waved at us so that we could see where they were.

We sang our waiata and the girls used the pois.  The boys did a haka.

It was really cool to be able to see our mums and dads in the audience.

When we finished, we sat back in our seats to watch some more of the show.  We got a huge clap when we finished.  Mrs Tobin and Mrs Baines think that we were the best group.

Thank you to Mrs Mitchell-Bain who taught us all the songs and dances.  We 

really loved it and want to do it again next year - please.

Chinese Gardens Visit

Today our student teacher, Miss Gibson, took us the the Early Settlers Museum and to the Chinese Gardens.

At the museum, we had to find heaps of objects that the Chinese people used when they first came to New Zealand.  It was a bit like a scavenger hunt and some of the things were quite tricky. We saw a picture of Mr Chin, our mayor, when he was just a baby.

Did you know that when the Chinese first came to New Zealand, they weren't liked very much.  Because they looked different, wore different clothes and talked differently, 

the white people here thought they were not as good as they were.   Even children teased them.

Here Aiden, Brin, and David are sketching their designs for the Chinese lanterns that we are going to make.

After the museum we went to the Chinese Gardens. 

Did you know that there is a male lion and a female lion that guard the entrance to the gardens.  The male lion has his paw on a ball and that represents the world.  The female lion is carrying a cub.  

In the gardens we saw heaps of Chinese buildings and there are goldfish in the lake.  We learnt that the garden is based on a scholar's garden and he had places

where he could study quietly and places where he could see the trees and the water.  

Our guide said that everything, except the water and the concrete, came from China, even the big heavy rocks that make up the mountain.

  She said that there are no nails in the whole place - we hope the buildings don't fall down.

We had a cool time there.  Thank

 you to Sydney and Camble's mums who came with us. 

Let the Bradford Olympics begin!
We were very excited when we arrived at school because this was our Bradford Oylmpics day. Most of us had dressed up in colours that matched the mascots.
After we sang the Bradford School song and the National Anthem, we raised the flag part way up.


Nicole held on to a corner of the flag as she read the children's oath on behalf of all the children. She promised we would all play fair and try our very hardest.

Then Mrs O'Donnell read an oath on behalf of the judges.

We all headed off in our teams to play some games.






We played some really cool games. Jordan, Jacob and Tayla seem to be eyeing each other up - they have to try and tag the other people knees.
Freya and Cody are doing battle in an arm wrestle - go Freya!




This looks like a fun activity too. David is trying to tag Jason-Mark on the knee - I think he managed to get him.



OUCH! Jonathan is trying so hard to get Jason-Mark. When we were playing this game we had to use our honesty and own up if we got tagged.




We all had a great day. On Friday in assembly teams got bronze, silver and gold medals. We hope we can have the Bradford Olympics again next year because it was really cool fun.

Fantastic Miniball

Rules of the Game
We have rules that we have to follow, such as ... you are not allowed to push people, you can't play more than one game on one day, you must wear the right uniform. We are not allowed to foul.





How to Play
There are two teams who verse each other to win. The hoops are ten feet tall. When you score a goal it gives you two points; when you foul, the other team gets one point. each team is only allowed five players on the court at a time.

Uniform
You have to wear a Bradford top, and you must wear shorts not jeans, and good shoes to run in.


Games and Practices
We have practice on the tennis court at lunchtime on Thursday. We have two teams, the Bradford Bulldogs and the Dragons. The game times can be from 3,30 to 7.00pm. We play at the Edgar Centre.


Things we Enjoy
We enjoy winning (last week we won 25 to 15), and we also like the exercise and the team spirit.

Hayden & Camble

Book Fair

Our book fair was opened by a lady called Phillipa who came from the Dunedin Public Library. She talked about the library and how you can use the computers and she told us about how to get a library card.




Each day at 11am, one of the teachers read a book to us kids. It was really cool.

At the book fair there were some awesome books like Captain Cough a Lot and Ants Pants. Mrs Mitchell Bains was reading Cinderella in Room 2. On Tuesday night we had fish and chips in Room 6.












Some of the kids grandparents came to school on Thursday to read books to their grandchildren. It was a sunny day and some read outside.






On Friday we had a book character day where everyone came dressed up as their favourite book character. There were some awesome costumes.

The book fair started at the 4th of August and finished on the 8th of August when the Beijing Olympics started.



Jacob and Hayden

We have a variety of sports at Bradford School and some of us play netball on a Tuesday at the Edgar Centre. We have two teams - the Magic and the Mystics.

Some of the games we win, and some we lose but we always have heaps of fun.


Sometimes the games are quite rough and Jacob usually manages to fall over at some stage.

Most of the time Brin and Jacob are the shoots and Natasha and Deanna are the defense.






We have a lot of good players in our team who work together to help us win.

Our centre Tayla, is in the Otago Year 6 team.




At the end of each game we always shake the other teams hand and give them three cheers.


by Natasha and Caitlin

New Road Patrol Jackets.

The Road Patrol kids have got awesome new jackets because the small vests don't keep the rain off us.
Do you think we look snazzy in them?


Krystal's Dad bought them for us.
Don't you wish you had our job?


David and Aiden