Visit to Mrs Hawkers Garden

Thanks Giving Lunch

Macandrew Bay School 150th Celebrations

Janet Bernard

Janet came to our school to tell us what Macandrew Bay School was like when she went here. She started school in 1967 so quite a few things had changed. For instance, where the staffroom is now used to be Room 1. There was a school nurse and she gave you a check upon your first day at school. janet and Johhn books were her favourite beginner reader books. They didn't use white board, they used blackboards. She performed in a play every assembly. They didn't have South Zone sports. Room 1 children (S4) had to wash the teachers dishes after play and lunch time.It was a very interesting talk and we got lots of information for our Inquiry questions. by Lili

Neil George

Janet Bernard

By Lili

Amanda

Amanda came to our class to talk about schooling in in 1970's. Helicopters used to be called whirly birds. They used to play hopscotch. The school pool wasn't covered. The game shed used to be the library.The play ground used to be asphalted. The staff room used to be a class room. The children sat in rows in alphabetical order.
BY Dallas and James

Allan Webber

Otago Settlers Museum

On Wednsday 12 of August Room 1 and Room 2 went to the Otago Settlers Museum to learn about early school days. Room1 got to dress up as olden day boys and girls for fun.
Sara told us a story about people travelling from Scotland to New Zealand. They got very sea sick and we enjoyed acting that part!! Then we had a pretend classroom where people got to act. We found out that in the 1800's if you giggled or got something wrong you were strapped. You were not allowed to write with your left hand. The children were told to do therir Maths but not how to do it! We enjoyed our trip.
By Matt and Ben

Art Gallery Visit

Room 1 went to the Art Gallery.We did paintings of memories we had of Macandrew Bay School.
This was part of our topic Footprints From The Past where we are learning about Macandrew bay Schools history as we are celebrating our 150 anniversary.
We also had a look at some old videos from the past and had a play with some of the olden day toys.
It was lots of fun.
By Harry and Oliver

Room 1 Learns about Respect

World Vision Says Thank You

We Were Heroes on the Stage!

Macandrew Bay School took part in Stars on Stage 2009 at the Regent Theatre. It took weeks and weeks of practising and a lot of hard work. Thanks to the teachers and Janet the dance teacher for organising it all. Everybody had fun especially the children. In the dressing room every one was nervous but that did not affect our performance. After our performance we were happy and proud,even the parents. Every one liked the dresses and tuxedoes. by Bradley and Barney

20th July is the 40th Anniversary Celebrating Man's First Walk on the Moon

Room 1's Spelling Heroes

On the Wednesday 17th June 2009,nine children from Room 1 Macandrew Bay School went to Tahuna Intermediate School to compete in the 2009 Otago Daily Times Extra Magazine Spelling Quiz.We had three teams of three.Team 1 was Alexandra,Lili and Bryn.Team 2 was Harry,Oliver and Seamus.Team 3 was Matt,Rowan and Solomon.We competed against over 20 schools from all over Dunedin.We were all very nervous. In the end we were pleased with our results. By Bryn and Harry

Lance Richdale Protected the Albatross at Taiaroa Head

Police

South Dunedin Fire Service

What they do:
• Deal with gas and chemical leaks
• Put out fire
• Pump out flooded buildings
• Cut out people who are stuck
• Attend care accidents
• Help police and ambulances
• Fit fire alarms
• Educate children and adults
• Lift fallen trees etc off peoples homes
• Tie down peoples roof in wind
• Use their 30m ladder to take crime scene photos
• Help get cats down from trees
Qualities they need to have:
• Commonsense – think before they act
• Apply their training knowledge to the situation – think about what they already know
• Persist to get the job done
• Team member- listen, co-operate, follow instructions, apply their strengths
• Determination to be the best they could
• Honest about their feelings
• Compassion

Alison Shanks - Cyclist

Alison Shanks
Achievements
• Won the “rainbow jersey”
( 1st place in the World Champs 2009)
• 4th in the 2008 Bejing Olympics
• 5th fastest in the world to complete 12 laps
• Only been cycling for four years
• Otago Rebel Netball player
• Ex pupil of Macandrew Bay School
Qualities Alison Shanks has
• Persisted even with a dislocated shoulder
• Perseverance –practising for races
• Can do attitude - when she was behind in a race
• Self Management Skills – discipline when racing and training
• Responsibility for her fitness
• Found a way to conquer her fears on the start line
• Coped with disappointment when on the bench as Rebel
Player
• A “can do” attitude to get to the top in cycling after just 4 years
by Connor

Nina Daniels- Syncronised Swimming

Nina Daniels
Achievements
( with her sister Lisa)
• Went to Commonwealth Games 2006 – Bronze medal
• 4th 2008 Olympic Games
• Won National Medals from 12yrs of age

Qualities
• Persisted and never gave up in training
• Worked as a team with her sister to be syncronised!
• Self management during competitions and training
• Managed her disappointments
• Strived for perfection
• Took responsibility for themselves and their routines.
by Joe

Terry Phelan "I Wanted To Be The Best I Could Be"

World Vision 20 Hour Famine

Room 1 decided to raise money for the World Vision 20 Hour Famine. We all gave a donation of $3.00 or more. Mrs Hawker donated the rice and we ate it for morning tea and lunch.We had to measure out the rice and then add the water.It made us realise what it would be like to only eat rice. We were lucky we were allowed to wash our plates in warm soapy water between meals, some children would not be able to do that. We raised over $90.00 for World Vision. Click on the titile to go to the New Zealand World Vision home page.

More Baking - Pikelets

What better way to learn about volume and mass for Maths than baking. This time it was pikelets. We divided the class into 4 groups. Two groups baked this week and the other two groups will bake next week. Everyone in the class will eat pikelets each time. What a yummy way to spend a wet Wednesday afternoon!

Farewell to Nicholas

At the end of Term 1 we farewelled Nicholas who has shifted to Wanaka. Nicholas started mat Macandrew Bay School when he was five years old, so he has many friends here. He always put in a super effort in anything he did. We will miss him in our class. We hope Nicholas enjoys his new school and know that whenever we bump into him he will flash that wide "Nicholas" smile. Good luck Nicholas.

Chocolate Crackle Cakes

In term one we made chocolate crackles.

Ingredients:
250g vegetable shortening,
100g icing sugar,
25g cocoa,
100g rice bubbles,
100g coconut.
Method
First we put vegetable shortening in a saucepan.Then we put it over a low heat element until melted. Then we had to sift icing sugar and cocoa together.After that we added the sifted ingredients. We stirred the mixture well.Then spooned the mixture into paper patty cases abd chilled until firm.
They tasted really nice!! Try making them yourself.
By Ben

Walk and Wheel Week

In Term 1 the school did a competition called Walk and Wheel Week.
The aim was to get most of the children that go to Macandrew Bay School to walk, bike, scooter etc to school.
First prize was $800 worth of school sports equipment second prize was $150 worth of sports equipment.
Our school got second equal with another school!
So we got $150 worth of sports equipment!
We were very excited.

By Harry

Otago Primary Swimming Champs

I went to Otago Primary Swimming Champs. Samantha and Emma from Room 2went as well. I swam in the freestyle race and beat 58 seconds qualifying time. I swam 50m in 52 seconds. For backstroke you had to beat 1.03 seconds to qualify, I got 1.01.It was fun. At first I had butterflies big time but then I had to race.I did not get in the finals but I had fun!

Jody