Hello From America

Hello Room 7

America is so cool. The other day we went into the Fashion Valley Mall in San Diego. We found the Mac Store and you could try using the I Pad’s which are not in New Zealand yet. We had a go playing on them and they are so much fun.

There are lots of things you can do on them like go on YouTube, use the internet, watch movies, play with photos, play the piano, play games and read books. They are so skinny and light you could take them everywhere. We all thought that they were one of the coolest gadgets around but unfortunately Dad wouldn’t buy me one.

I have seen some people reading books on a Kindle. They are like IPad’s accept smaller and you read books on them. You just download the book you want to read and it comes up on the screen. They look awesome as well.

I am heading to Mexico now and will be home soon.

From Libby

10 Minutes Writing

The sun lit the old stone steps, and as I walked up the path the leaves seemed to twinkle. The lush evergreen bush surrounding me was peaceful and full of life, and the humming birds sang like they’d never sang before. The suddenly a dark shadow fell across the garden, enfolding the stone steps in darkness. I was shocked and as I started to run, the steps behind me seemed to melt away into the sea.

This picture was found at http://www.ipernity.com/doc/manganite/963895

Science Alive

10 Minute Writing

The night was dark and misty, the town clock struck midnight. The bare, wintered trees loomed in the puffy fog, their branches like forks, motionless in the still night. The centrepiece of the lake was an old rickety boat with a mysterious figure occupying one of the seats.

This picture was found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/latyrx/sets/72157623492608542/

Kitchen Showdown Comes To Springston!

Team Venture is lucky enough to have four students entered into the Maggi Intermediate Schools Kitchen Showdown. The Maggi team will be here on Monday 19 July to film our wonderful cooking team making their meal.

Megan, Georgia, Courtney, Libby.

Rebel Sport Challenge

On 29 April some students from the Lincoln University came to our school to spend 2 hours playing some cool games with the school.

When the 12:30 bell went it signalled for the gathering. First the whole school split into house colours then into junior sections and senior sections. When the fun began the juniors went to the left hand side of the field to play games like soccer, cricket, giant’s wizard’s elves, relays and a few more. While the senior groups went to the right hand side of the field to play games like soccer, cricket, t-ball and relays.

When I asked some kids how they thought it was, I got some great feedback. They all said that they really enjoyed it and couldn’t wait till they came again.

On behalf of Springston School I would like to say a huge thank-you to the students from Lincoln University.

By Courtney

School Gym Team

Our school has created a gym team, made up of students from years 4 to 8. They have two dedicated coaches Janine and Wendy.

This team trains daily, normally from 1.30 to 2.00 or 2.00 to 3.00 during school time. The team will split up into smaller teams and represent our school in the Christchurch Primary School Gymnastics at the end of the term. There are several grades and there will be at least two teams for the grades 1 and 2. Hattie will be competing as an individual.

Go Springston!

The gym team have just brought a new beam and have been practicing their routines on it. Thank-you to the BOT for giving us the money.

We will update this post after the gym competition and we will hopefully have the results from the gym teams.