Room 8 recently enjoyed their four day camp at Tongariro National Park. We decided to share our experiences by writing poetry related to our favourite photographs. We hope you enjoy reading them.

DREAM, DARE, DEVELOP - Live a 3D life.
At Young Leaders' Day students were inspired by speakers: Alison Mooney, Tamati Coffey, Paula Fakalata, Alison Shanks, Nakita Turner and Cam Calkoen.
They shared their stories and encouraged all students to 'DREAM BIG'. Other key messages included:
"Give generously", Alison Mooney
"Do something that makes you happy", Tamati Coffey.
"Leadership is 20 seconds of insane courage", Paula Fakalata.
"Aim High, Dream Big", Alison Shanks.
"Follow your Dreams", Nakita Turner
"Have a vision, set your goals, seek out opportunities", Cam Calkoen.

Fun activities at National Young Leaders' Day 2014. Ryan, Kate, Olivia, Molly, Alex, Louise, Rose, Ella, TeRanui, Raymond, Cameron, Manny and Joseph.

Tall Poppies Cross Country Racing
Our class took on the Tall Poppies Schools at our annual Central Cluster Cross Country held at Whakamarama School today. Room 8 students displayed determination as they persevered up the hills and through the gorse! You should all be very proud of yourselves.
Top ten finishers included Ryan 1st in the year 8 boys, Donovan 8th in the year 7 boys and Tania 9th in the year 7 girls.

Pyes Pa School Year 7 and 8 Cross Country results-Wednesday 28th May

Year 7 boys
1st Donovan
2nd Jack
3rd Owen

Year 7 girls
1st Tania
2nd Paris
3rd Molly S

Year 8 boys
1st Ryan
2nd Raymond
3rd Cameron

Year 8 girls
1st Kate
2nd Alex
3rd Louise

As part of our Marae visit, students returned to school and participated in a range of Maori related activities. Here are some of them...

Enjoying skipping together.

What a fantastic cup and saucer!

Tuakana Teina- working together

Sharing our designs.

More rock and card designs.

Our school visited Waimapu Marae, where students had the opportunity to learn more about Marae Protocol and Tikanga Maori. We were welcomed on with a powhiri and our local kaumatua shared many stories with us. He spoke about  significant places and iwi, the history of the Marae, historic events and our school's connection to the Marae.

Holly, Reighan and Molly enjoying morning tea

Our school relaxing in the Marae grounds

On Thursday 15th May Ryan, Max, Jack, Olivia, Tania and Paris competed in the Year 7/8 Amazing Race at Mauao. Their team work, problem solving and fitness was tested against other teams in the Bay of Plenty. A big thank you to Kate C for being our team support adult.

We were the 3rd team to finish, however there was one question we think we answered wrong and as a result this changed our placing.

Jack-"Some of the questions were harder than others, but at the end of the day it was awesome and I'd love to do it again."
Paris-"The Amazing Race was a great challenge and we worked well as a team."
Ryan and Olivia-"It was great fun and challenging."
Tania-"It was a great experience. I had fun doing all of the activities and working as a team."
Max- "It was awesome and I enjoyed all the activities."

Welcome to the new Room 8 blog.
We are excited to share our learning with you.
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Check out our cool picture of us at Leadership Camp.
The high ropes were amazing!