Room 21@EPS

On Saturday 12th April 5 students from Room 21 and Miss Adamson went to One Tree Hill to represent Elm Park School in the summits climb in memory of Sir Edmund Hillary.

The climb to the top of One Tree Hill was the 29th climb in memory of Sir Ed. Climbs are taking place all over the North and the South Island. It was New Zealand’s way of remembering a great man who was extraordinary in lots of different ways. He had a passion for walking so this remembarance for him would have been one that would have made him smile.

At 4pm students, teachers and family members from all over Auckland gathered to pay their final respect to Sir Edmund Hillary. Each school who participated also brought a stone with them that had their school name on it. All these stones from all the summit climbs from all over New Zealand will be gathered together and made into a cairn in memory of Sir Ed at the foot of Mount Ruapehu . This will be an everlasting memory at a place where Sir Edmund Hillary first fell in love with mountains.

At the beginning of the walk there was a speech about Sir Edmund Hillary from the organisers of the Summits for Sir Ed Trust. He spoke about his achievements and why these walks were such a great idea.

It was a challenging walk for us and fun at the same time. Some of the parents found the walk difficult as it wasn’t in their habit to walk up so high and far. When we made it to the summit of One Tree Hill we listened to a few people from the Nepalese community talk about Sir Edmund Hillary and then we held a one minute silence for him.

Walking down the hill was much easier and quicker. We also took a short cut which meant we reached the bottom in record time. Some of us were tired after the walk so we couldn’t imagine how Sir Edmund Hillary felt after climbing Mount Everest.

We are glad that we all took part in this walk and that we have remembered such a wonderful man. This will be an everlasting memory for all of us. We have learned a lot about him this Term and we all really appreciate what an EXTRAORDINARY MAN HE REALLY WAS!!

By MH, JW, JM, PK, LA & MM Room 21

Dear Diary,

This week the school value is called Worth Of Individual. I will show this value by making my work unique and making it stand out. I will also show this value by listening to other peoples ideas and accepting their ideas too because their idea could be better than mine.

I think that I need to use this value a little bit more because I need to try harder to be independent and to make my work stand out. I also think I need to be more unique.

Bye-Bye

From H.S

This week’s value was Tolerance. This week I showed the value by being reliable by doing what was expected of me.  I also made sensible decisions by completing my tasks on time.

This week I have enjoyed going to Tree Tops because it was challenging.  I felt overjoyed that I was allowed to go.

This week I am most pleased with my handwriting because I am getting better at my slope. I have completed my goal I set for myself last week. My goal for next week is to get better at my slope.

From: H.L  

On the 31st March the Year Sixes went on a school trip to Tree Tops Adventure to challenge ourselves. Everyone was waiting excitedly to get there on the bus. We were glad when  we were finally there.

When we arrived we saw dirt bike tracks and people doing amazing courses. I really wanted to give it a go. Everyone got of the bus and then walked by the Safety Instructors and they gave us something to put on called a harness. A harness is something that protects you if you fall of the tree.  Its just like a safety belt.

After we put our harnesses on we went to a practice course to see if we could do it properly and we all did it so we went on to course .
It was AWSOME because it was a bit hard and everything wobbled so we had to really concentrate and try hard.

On Monday 31st March Room 21 and Room 20 went to Tree Tops Adventure for our Term 1 school trip.  We got there at 10 am.  It took us nearly an hour to get there.  We all got there on the bus.

First we all got our harnesses on and we were shown how to use our pulleys for the flying fox.  The pulleys were for the blue life lines and the karabeaners were for the red life lines.

All of Room 21 went on Course 1, Course 2, Course 3 and Course 4 but I got to go on to Course 5 but don’t tell anyone!!  DO NOT TELL MISS ADAMSON!!

On Monday 31st of March 2008 the Year Sixes went to Tree Tops which was past Kumeo on Highway 16 in Wilson’s Forests. We got there in a bus. It took us an hour to get there. My buddy was Himanshu.

After a long hour we arrived at Tree Tops Adventure. When I got out of the bus I was very scared because I thought we were going to do all of the ten courses but we WERE only doing four courses.

We had to put on our special gear which were called harness then we went to get safety cheek. The first course was the practice course. It was very easy. We had to use two karabiners on our safety belt plus wear a helmet too. The helmet was very hard.

My favourite course was course one. It was kind of scary. After climbing all of those tree’s I got tired so I went to eat my lunch. I only did three courses. I had so fun. We stayed there for about three hours then Room 21 and Room 25 had to go back on to the bus and return to school.

When we got back to school I felt really tired and glad because I had so much fun. I would really like to go back again some day.

By TG

Well….. it all started at 8:30 on Monday for me. I was so ecstatic when I saw the bus that would travel Room 20 and 21 to TREE TOPS ADVENTURE. We travelled by bus on Highway16 to Kumeo where TREE TOPS IS.

It was time to get the gear on. Once I got my gear on I realized it was too bulky. Then I remembered that the instructor said they were going to tighten the harness so they tightened mine and then it felt better.

On the way back in the bus Mitchell, Tyson and I were playing a game called Give Up because we were bored. When we got back we were greeted by our parents (well for some people) I had an excellent time with my friends and I had the best experience every hanging in the trees.

By LT 

Dear Diary,

Konnichu wa Diary. Can you trust in me to write in you? I can trust in all my friends but not my enemies because I don’t trust in them with my belongings as they might lose them. If I am able to trust in someone they will have to be sensible, have to show the value with pride and loyalty.

I trust in Miss Adamson because she is sensible and she has as the teachers say The Best Class In The Whole School. I can trust in my friends because they are all reliable as so am I.

Rm 21 is the most responsible class in the whole school. I think that I could achieve the School Value this week just like that!!!

From your extremely reliable friend

MMM

Dear Diary,

This week’s value is Tolerance. I will show this value
by waiting my turn, sharing my space and time with everyone and by accepting others ideas and listening them.

My goal for myself is to keep improving my handwriting by focusing on my slope.

I like Miss Adamson she’s soooo pretty and I like her dreadlocks maybe I might get some.(Might). I like my class this year because everyone is really friendly and we cooperate nicely with each other.

Love from your best friend

BM