Term 3 Maori Legends

                                           Rona and the Moon 

                                           By Ty, Caleb and Josh.

                                          I am Tangaroa
                                          By Ashley, Marie, Maria and Mina

                                                      Maui and the Sun
                                                     By Apache, Kaiwhaiki and Todd

                                                    Tane and his Children
                                                   By De-Lyna, Mere, Ashlin, Anastasia and Zara.

                                               By Riley C, Lela and Danielle

                                                 Maui and Father of Eels
                                                 By James, Mary, Cooper, Austin and Riley B

Term 3 Week 9

On Wednesday we were lucky enough to attend the Melody Makers concert and watch Josh perform on his guitar. We were very proud of him and his musical talent.

This term we have been learning how to calculate the perimeter and area of surfaces. At the end of the unit we all drew our names in block letters and calculated the area and perimeter. See some of our work below.

We have also been completing a variety of collage pieces in Art. Here are a few of our pieces.

Term 3 Week 8

As part of Clean up Week the senior students decided to go and clean up our community. We walked down Trevors Rd and managed to pick up lots of rubbish.We were amazed at how much we found!! 

Keep New Zealand Beautiful!

Term 3 Week 7

Book Character Day!

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Mere for receiving Student of the Week! Mere is a respectful, kind and caring student who always tries her best. Mere is a role model to other students and is a student we are proud to have at Hampstead School! Well done Mere! Keep up the great work! 

Term 3 Week 6

Congratulations to Ashlin who was awarded 2nd place at the Rotary Speech Night! Well done Ashlin on this fantastic achievement!


Congratulations also to Danielle who received the class award this week for her positive attitude towards her learning. Keep it up Danielle

Term 3 Week 6

 We have been learning to make our writing more interesting by showing instead of telling. We tried a lemon and then had to write about how it felt.
Lemon Writing

It felt like a storm was raging in my throat. Never again, my mouth was yelling at my brain to stop. I wanted the suffering to stop. It was horrible, I could hear the laughter of me and my classmates. CALEB

 Slurp as I squeezed the lemon juice into my mouth. Yuck how sour! It tasted like 1 thousand flavours of sour skittles put in my mouth at once. The after taste stayed as long as a lake in summer. JAMES

After I tasted the lemon my tummy felt strange like tingles and tickles. When I was going to eat the lemon I was totally excited until I took the first bite and it felt like magic in my mouth, the acid was taking over! When I swallowed it was like a lightning storm in my throat. I saw my class mates’ faces going red and their eyes watering like a small waterfall dripping down. ASHLEY

Eee! My face was going crazy. I saw Cooper and James’s face turn like a red round tomato. I raised the yellow, round sour lemon. I felt like I swallowed 100 bees stinging my whole mouth and throat too. JUSTINE

 No, no, no as I screamed. The children yelled “Eat it! Eat it!” Lemon spaceship are you ready, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. “GULP!” It’s burning my insides into outsides. I scrunched up face and stepped twice Boom! Boom! Its stung as it splashed into my stomach. COOPER 

After it felt like frogs in my stomach. As it slithered down my throat I felt lightning striking me. I heard a crunch when Riley took a bite in his. JOSH