Matariki

Two weeks ago we had a school Hangi to celebrate Matariki.
Matariki is a time of year when we celebrate the Maori New Year. If the stars are shining brightly, it means it will be a good year for growing crops. If they're not so easy to see it will be a bad year.
We dug a hole behind the P.E. shed and Thursday just before school we started a fire with Irons in it to heat them up for the Hangi. At lunch time they put the Irons into the Hangi and started putting the baskets of kai in. They then covered it up with soil and dirt. (The food was covered with foil and old rags.) They uncovered it at about 5:30 pm to have it for dinner.
When they uncovered they found that some of the food wasn't cooked properly, so they told all the parents and children to go and heat it up in their ovens.
They did a lantern walk with lanterns the children made in class on the end of their torches.

Interhouse Football.

Last week the Senior Syndicate had Interhouse Football that was organized by the House Captains. They were so enthusiastic about it and they all played such good and tough games.
When the House Captains added up the scores it turned out Brunner and Cotterell were tied for second place. They had to have a Play off game and Penelty Shoots to see who would play Spooner in the FINAL!!!
In the end, Cotterell won and bet Spooner in Penelty shots.

Communication Breakdown!

Today we found out our parts for "Communication Breakdown" which is the 'Variety Show' item for our class this year. We had a very dramatic lunchtime waiting after our auditions from last week to find out what parts we might get.....all was revealed at 1:15 when Miss Nixey posted the cast list on our classroom window!
Keep an eye out for the BB Wolf, Cindy (Cinderella), Snow White and friends, Jack and the Giant and all of their lawyers around the school over the next term! Script is out to students tomorrow!