Camp

Hey guys!
(This is Cara by the way)
Just wanted to day thank-you to Erica who has posted, it is great hearing about other people (*sniffles* I miss you all) and know that a lot of old room 5 kids want to as well.
As for me, I just came back from camp, and I am extremely exhausted, but decided to check out the blog.
Camp was amazing, but not nearly as fun as last year (last year was the best) but we did awesome activities anyway.
Such as a mud run, were we ran through a lake of mud (though really it was basically cow klunk (hehe, maze runner reference)), but I still have mud in my ear. I got stuck a couple of times in the mud,  and it took my group half an hour to get to the other side of the 8 meter long mud lake, thanks to the shoulder high mud and constant mud fights. But never the less, it was awesome.
Another activity we did was called 'Solo', were we got dropped off in a certain spot in the forest by a teacher, with no other people for another 5 minutes walking distance away, where we could not move and had no equipment other than a torch, and sat (or slept) for an hour in the pitch black with other creepy-crawlies.
The 'solo' night was definitely the most scary, not the high ropes that were 25 metres in the air or the part were I had to catch a rat.
So now my challenge is for you to make the most of every opportunity you get, because you feel amazing at the end.
Also remember that you are always welcome to post on the blog, just e-mail Mr Leith, Nikhil or myself for the e-mail and password.

-Cara the awesome

First day of High school!

Bonjour! This is Cara, and I'm just posting about my first day of high school!
Well, we had a  Powhiri, then went to our tutor group (home room) and got our timetables, lockers and all that jazz.
Then we carried on the day like normal, first off with interval, then dance and science. After science, we had lunch and then Maths (my brain still hurts) and ENSS (which is English N' Social Sciences).
During the day I actually made two friends! (I'm quite proud of myself), their names are Rosie and Ruby. Guess where Rosie comes from...... New York! She even has the accent and everything, while she is here, her friends are stuck three feet under snow in a snow blizzard!
But otherwise my day went fine, (apart from almost missing the bus) so there's nothing to worry about!
That's it I guess.
If anyone want's to put their first day of high school experience on the blog, feel free to do so :)
Just e-mail myself, Mr Leith or Nikhil for the password.

Au Revoir!
-Cara

Goodbye

Goodbye

Hi guys!
This is Cara, and before anyone thinks I hacked the account to put a message on the blog I didn't, I just happened to remember the e-mail and password to the blog from steps to success.
But anyway I'm just going to say that we survived! Yay!
I hope that everyone will have an amazing time at high school, and good luck!
From Room 5 :)

Happy Birthday and Sorry we Missed Yours Jacob!

September!

4.30 Show meets Room 5!

We had the pleasure of watching an interview with Eve and Michael from the 4.30 show at school on Wednesday afternoon. Cara and Jacqui ran the in review and did a marvelous job. Well done girls!

Room 5 Cantamath Domination

Out A and B teams tied to both come first in our school Cantamath competition today. Well done teams! 

The 'B' Team

The 'A' Team

ISS Presentations - Day 1

Room 5 have been working on paired inquiries over the last week.
ISS means - 'Inquiring about Space Stuff'.
Today was the first day of the student presentations showing what they've found. The goal is to share the information in an interesting way.

Day 1 - Here's the good stuff!

Cara, Tai-iba and Nikhil - The Solar System

Matt, Harry, Joseph - How The Moon Was Formed

Alex R and Sarah - Black Holes

Jacqui and Claudia - Gleise 581C

Emma and Alice - The Solar System

Masterchef Madness!

Two master chefs in one day! Thanks Holly and Cara. A great way to start the week. 

A cup of citizenship

Last night on the 16th of December 2013 , the Casebrook intermediate prize giving was held at Papanui high. There, I Nikhil Prakash won the year 7 citizenship award for boys. Cara won the girls citizenship. When my name was called, I had a major shock! I was never expecting it! I was full of joy, but I had to contain it since I was on stage. It was a wonderful and surprising night.

Northwood fair

On Sunday,  some of my family and friends (including me) had a stall at the northwood fair. We have a group called K.I.A (which stands for Kids In Action) and what we do is we fundraise money for charities.

At the fair we sold charms, pendants, soaps, cracked walnuts, and guess the amount of jellybeans in the jar.

For this project we are fundraising money for smiles, which is through worldvision, the only difference is that you can choose what you donate, for example say you have $40, you could then buy a goat for someone in Africa.

In the end, we raised $150 in profit, so we restocked a medical clinic, made a water pump, and gave someone a mosquito net (all in Africa). :) 

In the end I thought we did pretty well, and hopefully saved some lives along the way.
Cara

Room 5 Success in the World of Academics!

Cantamath Excellence and Highly Commended Awards!

Casebrook Cantamath Team

ICAS Science Credit Achievers

Alex, Cara and Erica 'Poppin' it in Assembly

More Room 5 Masterchef Goodness

A bevy of treats have been prepared for us this week.  Thanks guys! 

Swimming Zones

On Tuesday Cara and Oliver went to swimming zones!
It was pretty hot and stuffy but we did pretty well, Cara came 6th in both her events and Oliver came 5th in his event.
In the releys the year 7 boys came 3rd and the year 7 girls came 2nd!
I think we did really well.

Room 5 at Cross Country

Thanks Mrs Page for taking the photos.

Cara's fudge cake nom nom!

On Monday Cara brung her grandma's famous fudge cake!
(Warning:it contains sultanas)
Some people love it some people hate it!
Here's the recipe:

Fudge Cake:

•8oz (225 g) butter
•8oz (225 g) sugar
•3tbs cocoa
•1cup walnuts (I use none )
•1 cup sultanas (I use 2)
•1tsp vanilla
•2 eggs
•3 cups of crushed biscuits

Method:
Put first five for ingredients into sauce pan ( I use a microwave)
Melt all together, till boiling. Add beaten eggs and lastly add biscuit crumbs. Put mix mix into tin. When set ice with chocolate icing.

Then eat! Nom nom

Last P.A.T test YAY!

Room 5 has just finished our last P.A.T test for the term!
We have worked so hard, I don't think we're used to it after our long break!
I think we need a extra long PE session,Mr Leith!:)