Room 1 and 7 went to Pilots Beach to weed and plant for the Little Blue Penguins as part of the Kid's restore New Zealand programme. There were aroubd 150 plants and we planted the majority of them. We also planted and camouflaged some special penguin boxes that the penguins could live in. They looked for comfy, for a penguin of course! Sally Carson , who was in charge of the programme, said that we were the most efficient school that had planted at Pilots Beach so far. That night Sally and Olivier went back and saw a few penguins living in the new boxes, this was very cool. We look forward to returning over the years and watching the trees grow and knowing that we have played a part in restoring the penguin habitat.

Packing and Delivering our Christmas Boxes

As a result of our fantastic fair fundraiser we were able to purchase enough things to fill 27 Christmas boxes for Operation Christmas Child. These photos show us packing our box. Each box had a soft toy to love, a tennis ball and a small toy to play with. They also three books for the children to write in, a pencil case with pens, pencils, a rubber, pencil sharpener and coloured pencils. We also included a face cloth, toothbrush and soap. Each child also included a photo of themselves and wrote a letter. We paid for the postage on line and pasted our barcode on so they could be tracked. We think they are going to Papua new Guinea. Four children were chosen to take the boxes into town ready for delivery. We found out that this will be the only time in their lives the children will get these boxes.We felt very proud with our efforts. By Ben

Room 1 Class Fair

Room 1 children ran a class fair to raise money to buy items to fill boxes for Operation Christmas Child. The fair had a toy stall, cake stall and book stall as well as some games such as Guess the Lollies in the Jar, Throw the Sponge. All of the Year 6 children worked on a stall and they also helped the younger with their shopping. The fair raised $550 which was an amazing amount for a fair run by children, for children.