Hi In Room Eight, recently, we have been competing in an amazing road trip from Bluff to Picton. Firstly we had to design a car or van to take us from place to lace. then we had to decide what route we would take. would we go to Dunedin and up the east coast, would we go inland past Mt Cook, or up the west coast and across? we had to make our choice and then plan what towns or cities we would visit. at each stop we had to find one tourist attraction to do and where we would stay the night and where we would eat. Mr Burt 'gave us' $7000 to cover our costs (NI and SI)....he is a generous man! We had to keep a log of how many kilometres we had travelled, how much we spent in petrol food accommodation and on tourist attractions each day. We had to keep a diary of what we did in each town and at the end we had to decide which of our attractions we thought was the best. In the South Island many groups voted that whale watching in Kaikoura was the best SI tourist attraction.

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Over the last several weeks we have been involved in the school production, 'A Big Green Adventure'. Many of us had parts to play and those who did not get a speaking part were involved in props, costumes, lighting etc.

It was a great experience and went well on the night. We did three shows and they were fun. Some of us had to sing solos. That was a bit embarrassing at first, but we soon got used to it and in the end it was just part of the play and we enjoyed it.

Hi, Muz here. Welcome to Room 8 2010. This year there are 27 children in room 8 made up of 17 boys and 10 girls.

Term one is over (can' t believe it has gone so quickly). We have had a full on term (as usual). Last week we had an outdoor education week involving a couple of observation trails.

The one around the school was interesting in that the children found it difficult, as a first up activity, to not rush things and there by miss information as they followed the instructions. On Thursday we did a more involved one around the industrial area of Port Nelson. The children were really focussed and with great powers of observation, found the answers to all the questions. I was very proud of them all.