To end the winter term, Room 18 decided that they wanted to get away from Auckland's cold, windy weather and go somewhere warm so, on the last day of school, we went to . . . Hawaii!
People brought appropriate luggage for the plane trip - togs, towels, shorts, summer tops, buckets and spades, blow up floaties, sunglasses and lots of picnic food.
To set the mood, everyone painted a picture of Hawaii - we had waves, pineapples, coconuts, palm trees, swim suits and much more to hang around the room. Next, we set the temperature up to high and got changed into our beach gear. Everyone was presented with a flower lei and there were plenty of sun hats to go round. We danced the hula, paddled in the sea and ate our picnic. It was a great way to end the winter term - roll on summer!
We could hear the water gently lapping on the shore.
Everyone used water colours to make a beachy picture for the wall.
The weather in Waikiki was perfect!
Time to relax!
Ready for a swim.
Dancing the hulal
Picnic time!
And WHAT a picnic it was!
Luckily, the eruption from Kilauea was too remote on the Big Island of Hawaii, so it did not spoil our fun.
One of our longest pieces of writing this term was our reflections about our production, 'Rock Bottom'. Here are a couple of our stories. You can read them all on the Reading page or in the 'Rock Bottom' folder when it comes home in your book bag.
