Emily R @ College Street Normal School

Getting a Puppy Dog!! Have you guys ever been so excited before? I have I was so Excited when I found out that we were getting a puppy “ahh” what type of doggy is it Stu? A black Labrador! Ohh thats sounds so cute. ………… “That night I went and read a Labrador book that tells you every single thing about Labrador dogs”! Which was really interesting to find out. We don't actually know how old my puppy is yet but when We get it will find out the age! We get him and 6 weeks which is really exciting but we cant get him yet because he cant be taken away from his mum yet. I am so happy because my puppy we be here at before my birthday party which I love because all my friends can see it. To have a puppy dog you need to have a secure fence so that the puppy dog or dog cant get over! When you have a puppy dog and you and your family go away you need to have a secure place for it to stay and like a kennel! Some puppies well I guess all puppies are very messy when they come inside S...

I'm so excited because on Tuesday I learnt how to do lots of amazing things on the bars, Gymnastics lessons are on Tuesdays. It was my first time doing gymnastics so I really enjoyed it. I even met a nice girl who became my friend called evilen she's in my group too so that's good so we started to hang out more. our first lesson was on bars. We first had to learn how to get on the bars. So we started of by holding on to the bar then we took a step with the hand we write with but our foot I did it with my right foot. Then we kicked and the helpers would push as over the bar and we had to hold ourselves up and then the next person's turn. We did that over and over again. On my second turn I didn't really need help but they still helped out a little so it was safer. On my third try they didn't help me because they thought I could do it myself. I was really nervous I would make a fool of myself but no I did it I did it great. After gymnastics we went to the o...

On a warm sunny evening, I went to get my favourite food a warm hotdog from greys warm food. My favourite place to go just before I head to the beach to fed the pigeons. As I started to eat my hotdog a pigeon came up to me. “Oh hello there” “how are you”   i’m good said the pigeon. Secret agent got a bit of a fright can you talk said the secret agent yes all of us secret pigeons can. My name is harley, Cool So its us secret pigeons to protect and fight you secret agents so we fight… 0hh why don’t we just race first one to get to the diamond in the jewel shop at the london hall on the right, ok and how ever wins the other person has to shut down there company forever and agent pigeons will take over the world. Ok it’s on. On your marks get set go……… right your cheating no there were no rules involved were their fine if your take it that way he gets out his agent bag and get his jet and blow right down past and but went he got there a naughty pigeon called harley w...

Hanging with Lexy!

Camp green pastures Kayaking As our group headed down the lake I was getting super excited. We were given a Life jacket, Paddle and we got to choose our very own Kayak to use. As I hopped into my kayak it started to wobble a bit. I don't have a good feeling about this I thought. “Ahh” I screamed as they pushed my kayak out into the water, I started to wobble like crazy. Hopefully I don't fall out. I never been on a kayak only when I was 4 years old I said to the Miss Liddell as I was kayaking. Crash I just ran into another kayak I started wobbling so much. “Thank you” I said as they pushed me away. I paddle away. As I was paddling away I crashed again but this time into a bush I didn't know what to do. So I said to Miss Liddell can you help and she pulled me out she's a hero. Then the hooter rang so I paddled to shore then hopped out of my kayak and went to get changed I was so cold. I hope one day you could and experience what my class has at green pastures ...

Water safety lessons at the lido            This week we were having water safety lessons at the lido. On the first day we went in lanes in the inside pool. We were in groups of 6 and 7. We learnt how to float on our backs and kick with a flutter board covering our feet. That was fun. On the second day of water safety lessons we went in the outside pool and we went in one of the deepest pools in Palmerston North. It was 3.1 metres deep, WOW! It was so hard to swim because we didn't want to sink down into the pool. We did a challenge to see who could touch the bottom. All of my group touched the bottom but we all jumped or swam down. We went there so that we could learn some safety lessons from swimming instructors. It was so fun. Written by Emily Marie Rogers

Starting year 5! This year CSNS was trying something new, Karaka Block was going to have Teachers and a Teacher aide with 90 kids. Vicky is our teacher aide and our real Teachers are Miss Gordon, Mrs Liddell, Mr R and Mrs Dennison. As I walked into Karaka block I was shocked to see that there was yellow and black construction tape everywhere. I was a bit confused but then I finally got why. We were going to be designing our class! That explains why it say’s Grand Designs Learning Edition everywhere. I was so nervous that I wouldn't have any friends in my class but happily I had Fran and the two Hannahs. I had so much fun on the first day, we had to do google forms, a scavenger hunt, we even had a disco at the end of the day. My favourite part of the day was getting to meet everyone. There are over 90 kids in Karaka Block.  I even went home saying what a great time I had on the first day of school in Karaka Block.