Dear Diary,
If I could be someone else I would want to be my step-mum Ann because
she is talented and a great singer.
She works at the pharmacy because she is smart
and she is also good at maths.
Ann is very pretty and she comes from the Philippines.
I would really like to be like Ann. I love Ann just like I love my dog Gemma.
Well…… I’ve got to go now!
From BM
This week has been amazing. Finally the school has come to their senses and started talking about the Earth’s most important thing. Something we CAN NOT live without.
It is the ENVIRONMENT!!! 
We are learning about what lives in our environment , what animals are becoming endangered….even extinct and how we can really make a difference.
We have started Science classes. We are going to go to different teachers and learn about different things to do with our environment. In Miss Adamson’s class we learnt about animals that are endangered. We learnt how to make smog and about how it is damaging our environment. Smog is caused by pollution mixing with the earth’s weather.
I would like to learn a little more about how I can make a difference to Mother Nature.
From your Eco-Agent MM
P.S.- You can make a difference too!!
Yogie was bitting the head off the cat and the cat was clawing Yogie and Monty was biting the belly of the cat. My Nana and I didn’t manage to save the cat. Monty and Yogie got the biggest hiding from Charlie and my Nana for killing the cat.In Term 1 Room 21 looked at the meaning of different signs and symbols. As a class we created our own flags that represented our personal beliefs and values. Then as a class we brainstormed symbols that represented Room 21. We created a sketch of what we wnated our flag to look like.
JM & CJ worked with Mrs Tetupu in Room 25 and finalised the design before creating the flag using paints and printing techniques.
The Four Stars
The Four Stars represent the four stars in the Souuthern Cross that can be seen on the New Zealand Flag. These stars are shown on our flag to represent our belonging to New Zealand.
The stars also represent the fact that we are all stars in Room 21. The stars also symbolise that anything is possible of we reach for the stars. Like what Jonah Lomu said “Impossible is Nothing”
The Sun
The sun represents the brightness of every one in Room 21. We are all extrememely talented and have lots of different skills to offer.
The Sun also represents a new beginning. In Room 21 we believe that it is important to learn from your mistakes and that every day is a new day. We have to make the most of every day so that we can achieve our dreams.
The Planet Earth
The Planet Earth on our flag represents the world that we belong to.
It represents al the different countries that we belong to. There are 11 different nationalities in Rom 21. The Planet Earth symbolises our love of travelling and our dreams to visitlots of new and exciting countries.
The Planet Earth also represents our concern of what is happening in our world and how we can really make a difference if we all do a little part eg picking up rubbish, turning of lights……
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.
Next I went on course 4. I was absolutely terrified but I never gave up and I passed the course. At the ending there was a GIGANTIC flying fox on to a big pile of sand. It was very challenging.
After we got drowned by sand, we went to course 2. It was long and I got VERY scared so I tried as hard as I could to complete it.
My favourite part of going to Tree Tops was that I did something that I never thought that I could ever do. I really enjoyed doing the HUUUGE flying fox because it was very high.
I think I used the habit of mind Flexibilty in Thinking because I never thought that I could use a harness or climb the tree and was impressed with myself that I managed.
I also think that I used the habit of mind taking responsible risks because I used one carabeana at a time because if you unclipped two you could fall.
After that it was time to go back to school and it was a LONG LONG drive but we finally arrived. Tree Tops was the most exiting trip ever!!
BY HS
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!!
Each course had all kinds of obstacles like the Tarzan Swing, flying fox, tight rope,, vertigo swing, the log of doom and the criss cross bridge.
At the end of the day I was unhappy because I didn’t get to go on to Course 6,7 & 8. I bet the would have been good fun. I am going to go back to Tree Tops Adventure in the holidays with my Mum and my Grandad because it is such good fun.
By CJ
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
