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Dear Emily

Hi Emily, we hope you are having fun in Korea.  Room 5 and Room 6 really miss you.  Say hi to your Mum and Dad, we hope you come back soon.

From,
Azaara

Dear Kevin

Hi Kevin, this is Azaara here! How are you? Are you having fun in Korea? Room 6 really misses youand Mr Waite does too. Say hi to your Mum.  OK bye Kevin, we hope you come back to Wanganui and visit us at Carlton School.

From,
Azaara

St Maarten International Airpoirt

This is an actual airport in a place called St Maarten in the Netherland's Antilles.

Posted by Mr W.

My Pet

My favourite pet is my cat she has ginger fur, I don’t know what type of breed she is.


Her name is Griffin she has green eyes and a pink nose with black dots on it. When she is angry she waves her tail very slowly.

Griffin likes salmon but she hates all other types of fish she eats cat biscuits and jelly meat. She drinks water left lying about.

She runs away a lot sometimes the only way to get Griffin is to give her cat biscuits. If I’m sneaky I can grab her but other times she runs really fast.

She’s not playful and she likes to sleep on my bed because she likes me.

I think cats make great pets because they are really quiet.

By Ronan S

Ethan is Famous!

Ethan T. has hit the big time, he's on Wikipedia!  Click the link to see.

My Pet

My favourite pet is my kitten. He is a brown Burmese and his fur is short and soft.

His name is Magnum and he has light green eyes and big ears. His paws are soft underneath. When he is happy he will come and cuddle you.

Magnum likes to eat mince and cat biscuits mixed in with one another.

He is very playful and loves to chase his tail and the dog’s tail. Sometimes Magnum pounces on you and falls asleep. Magnum takes turns at sleeping in our rooms, but he sleeps with me most of the time. He sometimes goes outside as long as someone is outside with him.

I think that Cats are the best because they are very cuddly and loyal.

By Alexis

Grooveshark

Grooveshark is an international online music search engine, music streaming service and music recommendation web software application, allowing users to search for, stream, and upload music that can be played immediately or added to a playlist. An optional paid subscription adds additional functionality and removes advertisements from the user interface.

Carlton School Gala

What an amazing success.  Well done kids and the community for supporting it.  Well done Teachers, Staff and PTA for organising it.  It will be back in 2013!

Take it away Jamie!

Population Clock

Follow the link to find out what the population was when you were born. What number are you? Mr Waite was number 4,470,639,835!  Just follow the link and enter your birthday.

Gala Time!

The Room 6'ins

Can you guess which members of Room 6 these are?

Writing to Terrorism Experts

Te Maungarongo Maarie e-mailed Richard Barrett to ask him questions about September 11.

Richard Barret's Reply:

Thank you for your enquiry about the terrorist attacks in the United States on 9/11/2001.

1. Were there certain people they wanted to kill? No. The attacks killed random people. But the attack on the Pentagon was designed to hit Defence officials, and the planned attack on the US Capital (the 'plane crashed in Pennsylvania) was intended to hit law makers. It is also possible that this aircraft might have been aimed at the White House in which case the hijackers would have hoped to kill President Bush (although he was not there at that time).
2.Did the terrorists mean to crash? Yes. They intended to hit their targets with the 'planes. They chose long haul flights which they knew would be carrying a lot of fuel and hijacked them soon after take off.
3. Did the terrorists target 9/11 as the day? No. The hijackers chose the day, not Usama bin Laden. This means that they chose a day when everything would be ready, not a day that had been decided by Al-Qaida. The date 9/11 was chosen in August, so not very long before the attacks.

From,
Richard Barrett
Coordinator
Al-Qaida Taliban Monitoring Team
United Nations, New York

Richard Barrett is "an expert on Al Qaeda-related terrorism. He is based in New York. Since March 2004 he has been the United Nations Coordinator of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Implementation Monitoring Team, also known as the Al-Qaeda and Taliban Monitoring Team, appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General at the request of the Security Council."
http://www.theglobalexperts.org/experts/expert-location/north-america-expert-location/richard-barrett

Room 6 Rugby World Cup 2011 Rugby Results

Room 6 has been playing a fictional Rugby World Cup using a dice game that Mr Waite invented.  Here are the results. GO ROMANIA!!!

Fri Sept 9 20.30 A New Zealand 14 Tonga 7 Auckland
Sat Sept 10 13.00 B Scotland 19 Romania 21 Invercargill
Sat Sept 10 15.30 D Fiji 21 Namibia 7 Rotorua
Sat Sept 10 18.00 A France 10 Japan 21 Auckland
Sat Sept 10 20.30 B Argentina 14 England 17 Dunedin
Sun Sept 11 15.30 C Australia 14 Italy 12 Auckland
Sun Sept 11 18.00 C Ireland 21 USA 26 New Plymouth
Sun Sept 11 20.30 D South Africa 12 Wales 5 Wellington
Wed Sept 14 14.30 D Samoa 19 Namibia 12 Rotorua
Wed Sept 14 17.00 A Tonga 17 Canada 19 Whangarei
Wed Sept 14 19.30 B Scotland 5 Georgia 5 Invercargill
Thurs Sept 15 19.30 C Russia 5 USA 8 New Plymouth
Fri Sept 16 20.00 A New Zealand 21 Japan 26 Hamilton
Sat Sept 17 15.30 B Argentina 19 Romania 21 Invercargill
Sat Sept 17 18.00 D South Africa 26 Fiji 12 Wellington
Sat Sept 17 20.30 C Australia 21 Ireland 7 Auckland
Sun Sept 18 15.30 D Wales 22 Samoa 10 Hamilton
Sun Sept 18 18.00 B England 12 Georgia 0 Dunedin
Sun Sept 18 20.30 A France 19 Canada 22 Napier

The tramp ( with a pooy sitution)

On Tuesday the 30th of August Room Six and nine people from Room Five went on a tramp at the Westmere walkway.

We finally arrived, the people who sat on the back of the bus emerged out of the bus followed by the middle and then the front.

We stood at the start of the walkway while Mr Waite put us in groups.I got put in Group One, only one of my friends got put in my group, it was Tem.

The hills were gigantic, weirdly shaped, and small it was so tiring. If I drank lots of water I would waste my water so I drank it slowly. From my point of view I was'nt excpecting it to be so hard but kept on walking and dodging cowpats, peew!

It was time for morning tea I had my peach and a few of my chips. Then we carried on, ''Ohhhkk! Mr Waite there's cowpatts everywhere ''.So then he started jumping in the icky poo then Grace started to jump in the poo to, "ewww!" Then he jumped in a big ozey one.

We stoped for lunch, "mmmm" I sat down by Ulani to eat my sandwiches, biscuits, popcorn and to drink some of my water. After that I chatted to friends and played in a stream trying to stop people from building a dam.

On the way back I saw a horse that kept on bucking so I called it Bucky , we carried on walking and waited for the bus to pick us up and it came about 2 minutes later. Off we went back to school.

On September 12, Room 6 studied September 11

SOME OF ROOM 6'S SEPTEMBER 11 QUESTIONS

Why didn't the flight attendants call the Air Force?

Why did they hijack these particular planes?

Why those buildings?

Why four planes? Why not more?

How long did it take them to plan the attacks?

Why did the terrorists want to hijack the planes?

How did they smuggle weapons on to the plane?

Did they give clues beforehand?

Why did they have to kill the pilots?

Were they experienced pilots? Who taught them to fly?

How to make a Clay Rhino

Watch this video to find out how to make a clay Rhino.

So! What animal is that Trazarn?

Westmere Walkway

On the 30th of August all of Room Six went on a walk. We went there to practice for camp. It was a humongous farm. At the start of thewalk it was raining. Everone had lots of energy. Once we started going up the hill we lost all our energy. It was boring.

Once we had gone half way up the hill we started singing 'Dora the Explorer'. We all started strugling up the hill. When we had finally reached the top of the hill we had morning tea.Climbing the hill was really exhausting

After at least another hour of torturing walking we had lunch. After that everyone was making a dam in the creek. Some people were taking photos. Ethan and I kept climbing up the hill and running down. It was really fun. After that we walked to the street and went back to school on a bus. It was a really astonishing day at the farm.

Ford.P

Wanganui Tramping Club

Dick Mitchell from the Wanganui Tramping Club visisted Room 6 today to share some thoughts and information about our upcoming tramp.  Dick shared photos of Sunrise Hut and some special items he takes on a tramp with him.  Here he is showing off his balaclava.

By Carly and Tony

What animal is that Trazarn?

Sunrise Hut

Homework - Question 6

What is the name of the windfarm near Ashurst in the Manawatu?

BONUS: Comment on someone's work or post, get a sticker!

Mr Waite's Web page of the week

Carlton P.T.A is now on Facebook - keep up with all the latest news.

Follow the link and click the Like button.Carlton P.T.A

Bird of the Week - Australian Magpie

The whole class did an information poster about the Australian Magpie, Alexis and I won, so we got a prize.

by Maggie J and Alexis B

Magpie Sketches

For the past week we have been learning about magpies. Mr Waite asked us to sketch one. This is my one.

by Jessica B

Holiday Competition

How are your holidays going?  

Almost over! NUTS!!  

Post a holiday story and the best one wins a prize from the prize box

See you on Monday.

From, Mr Waite

Claret Jug

How are we going Renei?  Have you made two claret jugs for our tournament?

I hope you are all resting up in preparation!

Mr Waite's Web page of the week

The Royal and Ancient

More Stuff for the Narrative

PLOT: Dr Jorlisha is the new dentist in town, Garrison and Imagine are instantly suspicious of her, everyone just carries on regardless. Dr Jorlisha sees these bracelets, she has one herself but needs all 3 to rule this world, and unlock the special powers of that world. She already rules the underworld. She needs to place all 3 bracelets into a rock at the same time to gain control of this world. She had a sister who had all 3 bracelets handed down to her from her mother (Garrison’s grandmother).  Her sister realising the type type of person Jorlisha was turning into gave 2 of the bracelets to her twin children (Imagine & Garry) and sadly split adopted them out separately to strangers (in the middle of the night as it’s raining).  Dr Jorlisha tracks down her sister and throws her into the underworld where she is frozen and imprisoned in a chamber.  By chance Garrison and Imagine happen to end up living next to eachother. Dr Jorlisha must complete the spell by (certain date – which happens to be the twin’s birthday) to make it work otherwise Garrison and Imagine’s mum will go free. The bracelets must be destroyed in some certain fashion.

The Continuation of our Narrative Plan

SETTING:

THIS WORLD:

Perkyville Village – Popn. 877

Name of Garry’s School: PeeVee Primary   Mascot: Peevee Peacocks

Garry’s Street: Gleeful Road, Oak Trees, Very clean footpaths
Garry’s House: 73 Gleeful Road, Creamy coloured wooden villa, single story, garden with a pond out the front with fish, nice walnut tree with a tyre swing hanging from it, brick bbq, 2 car garage, solar powered, bright red door,

Dr Jorlisha Corvello’s house: Bill Peet House, Two storied,  Dark grey, Partly falling-down, desperate need of a paint, keep out sign on the door,     

Dr Jorlisha’s Dentistry: White building, with a large tooth on top that a mechanical toothbrush constantly brushes.  Ignore your teeth and they’ll go away – Mrs Glee (Old town dentist's motto)

Some tortures are physical, And some are mental, But the one that is both, Is dental - Dr Jorlisha

OTHER WORLD:

Plot? Dr Jorlisha is the new dentist in town.

STORY STARTER

It just happened to be the day Garry started feeling an ache in his tooth.

The Beginning of our Narrative

CHARACTERS

GOOD:

Main: 

Name: Garrison Vincente (Garry, GV)

Physical Description: Blonde, Blue Eyes, Light Skin,

Short, Ski-Jump Nose, Thin Lips, Round Ears, Male,

Who farted quizzical look on his face, Gold Bracelet

Character Description: Calm, Kind, Quiet, Tentative,

Shy, Friendly

Name: Imagine Walters (Ginny)

Physical Description: Brown Hair, Brown Eyes, Light Pink

Skin, Shoulder Length Hair, Slightly Pointy Nose, Female,

Thin Lips, Shiny Teeth, Bored Expression, Gold Bracelet

Character Description: Subtlety Funny, Smart, Clever, Friendly

Relationship: Next-door neighbours.

BAD:

Name: Dr Jorlisha Corvello (White Witch)

Physical Description: Long Fiery Red Hair, Long Fingernails, Sharp Nose,

Crooked Pale Scar (No-one knows where she got it from), Green glaring eyes,

Rust Coloured Teeth, Evil Stare, Limps, Cackling Laugh, Ice Cold Skin,

Character Description: Unpleasant, Unnecessarily mean, Laughs at inappropriate

times, she’s despicable, hates children,   

Leave comments! Help us out!

Where is it set? When/Where does it happen? 
What is the theme?
What happens? 

Mr Waite's Web page of the week

Bill Peet

The Artwork of Bill Peet

              

By Matthew & Harry

CAMP WAKARARA

Room 6's Camp

This is where we plan to go for camp, click the link to find out more!

Mr Waite's Web page of the week

University of Douala

Mr Waite is away for the day!

Hey kids,
I hope you all had a good holiday!  Sharee is not feeling the best so I'm looking after the kids.  Noah woke up at 5.30am!  I'm off to town soon to give Sharee a good break.  See you tomorrow.

From,
Mr Waite

Mr Waite's Web page of the week

Visual Thesaurus

Hard brown ground

In Winter when it rains the paddocks flood but as soon as it drys up the grass turns brown as brown as wood.
My Dad and I tried to dig a hole into were it was the brownest part but the ground was hard so the shovels just went tink! I said to my Dad "why is the ground so hard ?" He said "because we havent had much rain lately."
My Dad  went to the shed and got the sledge hammer to try break the ground a big crack went right through the ground he hit the ground again Boom! It was so much easier to dig. 

By Ethan T

Visit to the Mayor

On Wednesday my class a few parents and I went on a successful day out. Our first stop was to visit the District Council and meet Annette Main. She talked about being a successful Mayor. Then we asked a few
questions and tried on her shiny gold chain. When everyone tried it on, we had a shared morning tea which
was already set up when we got into the council chambers. Then a lady named Diana talked about all the glass windows and how special they are. My favourite window was Kowhai Park because it's so colourful.

After Cole had thanked Annette we got our bags and walked to Sport Wanganui.

By Huia P

Seeing Annette Main

Room 6 went to see Annette Main the Mayor of Wanganui because our topic has been success and we think that shes successful.
We walked up the stairs wanting to run.We all squashed up against the window looking at the Council Chambers.Diana,the receptionist took us into the Chambers."WOW!" I said Annette Main said,"Hello Room 6." We all then asked her questions after she said her speech.

There were beautiful and colourful windows up around the Chambers keeping the sun out,that reflected things that were important to Wanganui.My favourite was the Kowhai Park window,because it was so colourful to all the other ones.We all had to say goodbye and go to Sport Wanganui." I enjoyed seeing Annette Main and I hope that I get to see her again."I said, "Now I know that you need to have people skills to be a Mayor."

By Imogen B-W

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Bongo

Air Traffic Chief

Play Air Traffic Chief At FOG.com

Cheeky Bird

Dad called me to the balcony. I hurried up getting dressed and came out. A cheeky looking rainbow lorikeet was sitting on the ledge head turned towards my Dad’s girlfriend Karen. Suddenly it flew up onto Karen’s head. It then found her earrings and eyed them. The bird got one of her earrings out of her ear and held it tightly in it’s beak. Dad started a tug of war with the bird.

I heard my toast pop. I quickly ran inside and spread peanut butter on it and went back outside with a piece in my hand. The cheeky bird was back on the ledge. I lent on the ledge to eat, and the bird spotted my toast. It hopped onto my hand and started making its way to the hand with the toast in it. I pulled the toast away and it bit my arm. Goodbye toast.

I put the rest of my toast on the ledge and went back inside, for the other piece. When I came back outside, the bird had pushed my toast over the edge! How rude! It heard me coming and turned around. I stepped backwards into the house to avoid that incident again.

by Jessica B.

On Wednesday the 30th of March the interschool swimmers went to the Splash Center to compete in interschool swimming sports.

We had fourteen members competing in the races.

Competing in the girl's relay was Biasha, Rebecca, Grace and Alexis, we came first.

In the mixed relay our team of Joe, Biasha and Grace came 4th in the heat and first in the B-Grade final.

We did very well. Grace, Biasha and Alexis got into the A grade finals.We also got some people into the B grade finals too.

By Grace and Biasha.

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Rakaia Gorge

Fried Bread

On March  25th, Carlton School went to Putiki Marae in Wanganui.We learnt how to make fried bread and we are going to tell you how:

Ingredients


3 1/2 c self raising flour
1/2 tsp salt
cold water to mix

good quality oil for frying
How to make it

In a large bowl measure the flour, then add salt...gradualy add enough cold water to make a soft dough, mix through with a wooden spoon, but try not to over mix, as this can make them stiff and flat...

turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and push or roll dough out to 1 1/2 cm thickness..

cut into the desired size, then place each peice into the preheated hot oil and fry til golden on both sides and twice the size...

Serves 8

By Alexis B and Matthew E

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Biafra

How do Carly and Tony meet the Habit's of the Mind?

Remaining open to continous learning
Carly and Tony keep on learning their whole lives.

Thinking Interdependently
Carly and Tony work successfully in a group.

Finding Humour
Carly and Tony laugh a little.

Taking responsible risks
Carly and Tony live for adventure.

Responding with wonderment and awe
Carly and Tony say WOW!

Creating, imagining and innovating
Carly and Tony find new ways.

Listening with understanding and empathy
Carly and Tony give others a shoulder to cry on.

Gather data through all senses
Carly and Tony make other mascots gather data through all their senses.

Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision
Carly and Tony are loud and proud.

Questioning and Problem Posing
Carly and Tony ask themselves hard questions and find good answers.

Applying past Knowledge to new situations
Carly and Tony store data for later use.

Persisting
Carly and Tony keep on trying until they get it right.

Thinking about your Thinking
Carly and Tony think before they act.

Thinking Flexibly
Carly and Tony think outside the box.

Managing Impulsivity
Carly and Tony take their time!

Striving for Accuracy
Carly and Tony check it, then check it again.

Search Wikipedia:

The Origin of Carly and Tony by Renei P.

On March 7th we decided to make a class mascot.

To start our mascot Mr Waite put up posters saying - 'IT IS COMING.' Then we brainstormed about what it a good mascot would look like.

Jessica then wrote a letter to Mr Peterson asking him to come in a talk to our class and tell us his vision for the school.

Mr Waite put up YouTube videos about how to draw cartoons.  In our own time we got to design our mascots and colour them in.

On Monday (21st March) we voted for our top 3 designs.  The first 5 with the top votes had to go to the library and write a short speech about their mascot and why it should be our mascot.

We then went back to class and the final votes were tallied.  I WON with 25 votes.

After Morning Tea, Lawrence, Miss Kirkwood's boyfriend came in and fixed it up.

The next day we had a colouring in competition for our mascot.  Biasha won.