Cooperative Task

Ever been part of a cooperative task? What is a cooperative task?...you may be asking. Well, it is an activity which forces a group of people to work together as a team in order to complete it. Room 12 took part in a cooperative task a couple of weeks ago.

Their mission...should they choose to accept it...was to get the entire class onto 14 chairs lined up side by side, and move the chairs and students from one end of the side walk to the other end. They could not touch the ground with any part of their body.

The first attempt didn't go so well, and upon reflection, they realized that cooperation means working together. This is exactly what they did on their second try! There was communication. There was observation. There was patience. There was encouragement. There was celebration!

Check out our photos!

A Clumsy Video

Jesse's Busy Weekend

Guess what? I went to see the movie "Up." I also went to the zoo, and my mum and I went to the shop.

Levi's Trip to Australia

My brothers and I were so surprised when we found out that we were going to Australia on a plane. First we waited for the plane to land, and while we were waiting I played on my PSP. It was so fun I kept on playing it in the airport. Then the plane landed straight on the ground. So we got on the plane, and waited for a while. Then my mum said, "Levi we're here!" and I was so excited that we were there at night. We got out of the plane and got the car and drove to our apartment. We slept there in our own bedrooms and in the morning I saw lizards!

Helping with Mr. J's Music Video

Mr. J asked each class at Point England School to contribute to a music video that he is making. We each chose a line from the song and then made a short video clip to go with it. Our line says - we won't delay or sit and wait. Read Wyatt's version of what happened on the day we decided to film.


On Tuesday, Mr. J. said, "Hello room 12, I'm going to ask you to make a part of my movie." So Mrs. Barks told us to line up and said, "Let's do that movie!" So we walked down to the big field. Mrs. Barks told us, "When I say action stay still but when I say go, you run like crazy!" She said "action" but some people moved, including me. Finally I didn't move and Mrs. Barks said "go." We all stood up and ran like a meteor had just hit the ground. The first time didn't work because some people went on the playground, but the second time worked. So we marched back to the classroom and carried on with our work.

Karen's Trip to Australia

Guess what? In the holidays, I went to this big country called Australia. In Australia it was hot and it was really, really strange. I couldn't believe it! The sun was like a toaster and it burned my whole body. Do you know who we stayed with? My mum's special friend - she has 6 kids. She had a nice house because she has an air conditioner. It was the coolest house I had ever seen. One day, all of us went to this Hot Hungry Jacks. We had chicken and a nice cold Coca-Cola drink. I went to the park of the Hungry Jacks and we played there for a little while. Then we went outside to the car. When I walked outside it was like a fire burning my feet. I was embarrassed because I had shoes but I wasn't wearing them so I had to go with hot fire feet. When we got home I felt nice and fresh when I got inside. I said to myself, "It's too hot outside." My mum's friend had a big T.V. and there were different cartoons. Some were fun to watch, but some were boring. I hate the boring cartoons but I like the fun ones.

Jorja's Day at the Pool

Guess what! I was so excited because we were going to my second favourite pool. It is called Jellicoe Pools. When I took one step into the entrance I said, "Mum, the pools are beautiful." First we went on this big slide that went straight into the pool. Next, me and my mum, dad, and my brothers played volley ball. It was me and my mum versus my dad and brothers, but my brothers and my dad won. After that we went on a floating blow up obstacle course. They called it a worm. Later on we went to the inside pools. They were much warmer than the pools that were outside. The colour of the kiddie pool was green. Finally we got to eat. We had chips, drink, sausages, yogurt, and sandwiches. Later on after we had a rest, we went back in the pools. Then we went back home and had an ice-cream and watched movies. I felt happy because it was an awesome day!

Isara's Trip South

My South Island Trip

On December the sixteenth, Point England School finished. I was so excited because it was the holidays! On the next day, we packed all of our bags and off we went. I said, bye to Auckland. When we arrived at Palmerston North, I jumped on my best friend Potiki when I saw him. Later on that night there was a big storm and it was raining very hard. Before I went to bed, their cat Clyde scractched me because he didn't know me very well. It hurt and I couldn't get to sleep. Finally I fell asleep because I got really, really, tired.

Christmas at Nana's

Guess what?...I went to my Nana's for Christmas! We got to her house late. The next morning, I woke up and it was early, and while I was awake, everybody else was still asleep. I decided to wake everyone up because I wanted to open my presents. When everyone had woken up, it was late so we just opened our presents straight away. Me and my brother Zane got a dance mat and a game of Monopoly. When we opened that present, we were really surprised and then started ripping open our other presents. My cousin TuAriki, got a big truck filled with racing cars. When we had opened all of our presents ...we had lots of presents, we started to play with them. Me and my Auntie's friend Toni played Monopoly while my brother Zane and my mum played with the dance mat. Then we all went outside to see the chickens, cows, and calves. After that, we went to Shrek's pond which was green - that's why we called it Shrek's pond. I saw a trampoline which was for my cousin TuAriki. When we started to play on the trampoline, my big brother Mareva came on and he bounced us high. That was really fun. While he was bouncing us, the others were still by the chickens. Later, everyone went inside except for me. I was playing on the swing for two minutes. Soon it was time to go home, so we packed our stuff and went home.

Summer Movies

In the holidays, me, my Dad, and my brother Crusader went to the movie theater to watch The Tooth Fairy. That morning, I got out of bed, got my towel, brushed my teeth, and washed my face. After that, I put on my jeans and a pink t-shirt. Then I ate some noodles and toast for breakfast, and watched T.V. My dad and my brothers woke up. My dad asked my brother and I to go on my cousin's laptop to see what times the Tooth Fairy was playing. We chose 11:30 a.m. After that, my mum woke up. She asked my cousin if she could watch The Lovely Bones on his laptop. He said, "Yes!" I watched the beginning of the Lovely Bones and then we went to the movies. I put on strawberry lip balm on the way to the theater. When we got there my dad bought some coke, chocolate coated vanilla ice-cream, and popcorn. We gave the tickets and watched the movie. When we got home we watched Invictus and I fell asleep.