ANZAC Yum yums!

For ANZAC Day we made ANZAC biscuits!  All was going well until they hit the oven - approximate measuring proved the downfall with them going as flat as the Canterbury Plains.  As you can see though, they still got the thumbs up taste wise...mostly!

Room 18 visits Red Gallery

Rm18's museum visit

It was a long long walk to the museum but it was worth it.At the museum the we learnt about  fish plankton and even the Cawthorn Institute.We did this fish hunt and we had to find different kinds of fish and eel's.It was super fun!!

BY MATT 

Team 18s Hockey stars!

Webb Ellis visits HSS

Last Wednesday the Webb Ellis Cup came to HSS - it was sort of like a roadshow.  Two people in R18 were allowed to touch it - me and Mr F.  We had to wear funny white gloves to hold it because the only people allowed to touch it with bare hands are the winners.  They asked us questions to win posters.  The whole school dressed in black for the day.

By Jess

Duck Attack!

On Friday Ben brought in his ducks. We got to feed them; some ducks got more food than others. The ducks were eager to get food. Until they got scared, then they hid under the bench it was cute.

By Jacob

It's Hampden Houses day ...again!

Last Friday saw the end of swimming for term 1.  It finished with a BANG with the interhouse relay and staff v children race.  House colours were out in force cheering on their swimmers.  Initially Van Diemen held a narrow lead but this was over taken mid race by Hampden, who held on to win.  Van Dieman came in second and Waimea in 3rd.  This meant that Hampden House had accumulated enough points to be the overall swimming champions for 2012!   

Like last year, the teachers proved too strong for the kids to grab back bragging rights in the staff v children race.  Better luck next year kids!