Give a Day

On Wednesday 31st August everyone at NBC School took part in a day of giving back to our community. We all had lots of fun. Our class did gardening and washed cars. I liked the way we worked together as a team. We all had lots of fun helping people. During the term we had been learning about all the important work of volunteers. It was got to actually something as well.
By Rein Venadas

NBC Talent Quest

I entered the Talent Quest with Grace and Rein. We performed the dance Domino by Jessie J. We spent a week and a few days practicing in Room 8 during morning tea and lunch time. For our outfits we all wore denim shorts and singlets with a glitter pattern on our cheeks. When practiced at Grace's place as well. We made up a lot of new moves and tried to make it as exciting as possible.We were really nervous on the day and when we got up on stage the butterflies had gone. Grace did slip and fall! But she got up and carried on like nothing had happened. We had a great time at the Talent Quest and I'm looking forward to trying something new for next year.
By Olivia Carey

Talent Quest

In Term 4, NBC had a talent quest. The talent quest was held in the school hall. Everybody had loads of fun. Amy and I did a dance for the Talent Quest. We danced to the Lazy Song by Bruno Mars. Amy and I didn't win but Laura and Jade came first. Amy and I had lots of fun and I'm sure everybody else did too.
By Mairenui Paio

Arthur's Pass Camp

On the first day of Camp we went to see the Devil's Punchbowl Waterfall. There are 328 steps to climb to get to the viewing platform. It was tiring but at the end we had a good time. Mrs Harliwich took photos of the waterfall with all of us in front of it.
By Liam O'Sullivan

Taniwhas

On Monday 4th April, Room 2 started to make Taniwhas using rubbish to form a collage. The rubbish we used was chippie packets, muesli bar wrappers, raisin boxes and lots of other rubbish from our lunch boxes. First we started with a piece of newsprint. We drew the face, body, arms, legs and tail. After we did that we picked out the rubbish with the colours we wanted to use. Then we cut the rubbish into small pieces and glued in to out shape that had been traced onto cardboard. When all the taniwha was covered and dried Mrs Harliwich went around the outline with black liquid PVA to make them stand out. When they were dried they were cut out and put up on the wall.
By Grace Taurima

Give a Day

On Wednesday 31st August, Room 2 had a GIVE-A-Day. We did this because we thought it would be nice to wash the staff cars. Our principal was pretty happy when hers was done.
On this day we learnt how to wash cars properly. By making sure we wet the car before scrubbing, because there is a chance that the paint may get scratched. We all got really wet that day. A few boys wrung out their tea towels and flicked us girls with them. It really hurt.
After we finished the cars, they looked great and we were puffed out. It was a really fun day.
By Amy Beaver.

RWC Nations Day

In Term 3, Thursday 6th October, we celebrated a Nation Food Day. As part of our study about countries who took part in the Rugby World Cup 2011. We had to find out all about the country - where they are in world, all about their culture and what sort of foods they eat. The country I studied was Canada. I did some research and found out that they eat fudge. For our celebration we had bring a type of food from their country. It could be an entree, a main or dessert. There was lots of types of food and it was very good.
By Brianna Willloughby