Community carols

The  Castor Loop Community carols were held at Russell School last week.

There were lots of people and lots of Christmas hats.

We sang two songs. We were sorry it rained and we had to be inside. They had brought a stage and the little kids liked playing on it.

  A big thank you to all who made it possible.

Sculpture

Whaea Liz took this lovely photo of the statue of giant kina we saw on our trip to Wellington - isn't it great!

Hobbit premiere

We were lucky because the day after our trip was the Hobbit premiere. We got to see the statues at the Embassy Theatre and to have our photos taken in the ring at the Hobbit market.

Te Papa lifts

Te Papa

When we were on the Wind Farm trip we went into Te Papa so we could go up the escalator and down the lifts.

They are great lifts because you can see out of them as you go up and down. 
We had fun in the lift with our friends from Room 9.

At last the windfarm trip

Last Tuesday we FINALLY got to the wind farm in Makara. We couldn't go last time because it wasn't very nice weather, but this time the weather was lovely.

We got to go with our friends from Room 9. We wore bright yellow jackets to make sure the drivers in town would see us when we crossed the busy roads.


The wind turbines are very,   VERY,   V E R Y tall. 
Thank you Room 9 you showed lots of H.E.A.R.T. and we loved going on the trip with you. 

Tennis anyone?

Issac came to school on Fridays, for four weeks, to teach us tennis.

He brought a big bag of tennis racquets and new balls. 

Russell School got to keep the balls and the racquets, so even though Issac doesn't come any more, we can still play tennis. YEAH!!

scooters

We are so lucky! The other day we had the Scooter Safety Programme come to Russell School.
They brought a scooter for everyone to ride, a helmet, knee pads and elbow pads.

 First we put on the knee pads and the elbow pads.

Then we put on the helmets.

We had fun on the scooters.









Thanks Mr Malo for doing it with us!