My speech board

Calender art

Speech board poem practice

Speech board practice at the beginning.

My early speech board practice for the talk.

Maths

We  are using decimals and percentages in math.

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We have been learning to create posters. We have had to research a poisonous New Zealand Garden plant. We then had to find out the features of a warning poster. We have created posters to warn people about the dangers of some of our New Zealand plants.

DANGER: WARNING

Arum Lily  

It has been classified as a toxic weed and has been declared a pest. It may be fatal if eaten.

My Grandad

My Grandad

Q.What age were you when you attended Toko School?

A.5 yrs old- September 1940- 1944, I left just before the war ended.

Q.Were you the only child in your family at Toko school?

A.No. My little brother Colin started in 1943. Other relatives who have attended Toko school are my uncle,
Percy Worthington, Auntie Joy Worthington, Graeme Worthington and Graeme’s children and grandchildren.

Q.Where did you live and how did you get to school?

A.Where the play centre is now, there was an old railway house, my father worked on the railway.
We walked to and from school each day.

Q.What was it like being at school during the war?

A.On the east side of the school there were trenches 6ft deep, so if there was a air raid we would have to
shelter there. Fortunately the war didn't come as far as New Zealand.
We practiced the trench drill as you practice drills today.

Q.How many teachers were at Toko school?

A.3 teachers. I remember Miss Dean and the headmaster Mr Mc Nab.

Q.Did you get the strap?

A.No. I got the supple jack or the bamboo across my backside, and I only got it once.

Q.Were you able to print before you started school?

A.Yes. I was able to print, I was left handed but they made us write right handed, they stood over me while
I was doing it.

Q.Did you have a swimming pool?

A.Yes but very different from the pool today. We walked across a foot bridge over the railway, then down the
road to a creek\river. A 3ft deep oblong hole was dug into the clay, it was boarded around the sides and a step into it. The river was dammed, a pipe from this filled the hole.

Q.Is there anything else you remember?

A.Yes. Where the bus turn-around is, was a horse paddock for those who rode to school. I also remember that
the bottom field was full of pine trees and there was a grass paddock to play in.

Camp Story 2018

Yah! It is boot camp 2018 I’m so excited after it was delayed. Then it was time to go to school. We drove to school at a steady speed because we weren't in a hurry. When we got to school we heard the bell ring we all went to our lines and got our mascot. 

After that we got into cars and went out to Te Wera. I went with Iain Sextus. Just as quickly as we got there we were  told to go to our cabins, ours was called the kereru. Suddenly we rushed inside, we tried the beds they were comfy. My sleeping buddies were Jessica and Madison they were funny. After that we were told we don't need to use our closet and the rules I was very nervous about them.We talked about things like after lights out we had to go to sleep and room inspections, so we have to have our rooms, beds and clothes tidy. After that we were told about having 10 minutes before bed and about stickers that you can get private, Sergeant, lieutenant and captain. We were also told about sleeping bags, toys and torch's. 

After that it was time to go to Rotokare. First we went on the walk. We learned about birds like the hihi and watching the birds at the feeding posts. Seeing the lake and the fish was so cool. We also saw this kahikatea tree it was humongous. When we got back we went into the classroom and learned about predators and traps we also learned about lizards, and the wall of defence. We also made a animal. After that we went to the bush classroom. We did all these activities they were called find the birds nest, what birds eat, a bug station and bird habitats.

Then we toasted marshmallows the first one I did was burnt then Roxy came over and gave me another on, luckily I didn’t burn it this time. Once they were cooked Roxy would come along and put them inside the biscuits because the wire was very hot.

At camp I liked toasting the marshmallows the best I also liked finding out what our cabins looked like. The other thing I liked was going to Rotokare especially going on the walks and birds.

Our learning intention was to use different sentence starters so our work is interesting.

Camp photos

Camp goals

My first goal was to not get homesick when I'm away from home. I achieved my goal by not thinking about home instead I thought about camp and focused on things at camp.

My second goal was to try the flying fox for the first time. I achieved my goal by  by being brave and having a go on the flying fox and loving the ride and wanting to go on it again.

Camp goals

My first goal is to not get homesick when I'm away from my parents.
My second goal is to try the flying fox because I have never been on one before.