The happenings of a Year 7-8 class at Tawa Intermediate. Our class is now in Room 15. We learn lots of weird and interesting things at our school in Tawa, Wellington New Zealand. Have a look at our blog, feel free to comment!
In Tui Syndicate we have been growing our own vegetable garden. We planted the seeds ourselves and watched them grow into many types of vegetables such as…
Lettuces, Peas, Radishes, Zucchinis, Broccoli, Silver Beet, Spinach and much more.
Here are some photos of Jordan Holford picking some radishes.
| For Camp |
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| □ Packed lunch for Day One | □ Drink bottle |
| □ Scroggin / Energy snacks | □ Camp book & pencil case |
| □ Waterproof jacket / Parka | □ Woollen hat |
| □ 2 pairs longs (1 pair track pants) | □ 2 pairs shorts |
| □ T-shirts (4-5) | □ Bush shirt / Polar fleece / Wool jersey (2) |
| □ Underwear (at least one per day) □ Thermals – Merino/Polypropylene undergarments | □ Socks (at least one pair per day + warm, thick pair for at night) □ Toiletries |
| □ 2 towels | □ 4 pegs to hang up wet clothes |
| □ Sunhat / Sun block | □ Swimming togs |
| □ Sleeping bag, pillow case | □ Torch |
| □ PJ’s / Nightie | □ Insect repellent, band aids |
| □ Backpack (day pack size) | □ Bags for dirty clothes (rubbish bag) |
| □ 2 tea towels | □ Toilet roll |
| □ Named knife, fork, spoon, mug, plate, & bowl. | |
| □ Book / Cards – for indoor activity and quiet time. | |
| □ 2 pairs suitable footwear for around camp & walking – Old shoes for wearing in water. | |
ENSURE ALL GEAR IS NAMED
NO RESPONSIBILITY TO SCHOOL FOR LOST EQUIPMENT - CHECK HOUSEHOLD INSURANCE
NO FIZZY DRINKS – NO CHEWING GUM –
NO ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT – NO MONEY
My beautiful house in Vienna
The snow is thick,
On the footpath below
My beautiful house in Vienna
I sit on my bed,
And watch the wind blow
My beautiful house in Vienna
The park across the road,
Has a blanket of snow
Witch will soon melt away to let the grass grow
My beautiful house in Vienna
By Grace Burt
Rhara, McKenzie and Lidiah dealing with the pressure of smoking. 
Tohu, Elis, Jordan Dominic dealing with what to do when there are big scary people smoking in the subway.
George and Jenna
In Room 7 for writing we have been focusing on using descriptive language. To help us to remember to use lots of adjectives we were asked to create our wild self. We used a website called
Once we had created our wild self we used the picture to create a fake dating profile for wild crazy people. Here is what we had to include on our profile page
-Personal Info (age, sex, weight height, disfigurements etc)
-Hobbies
-Create a name for the website
-A description on what type of person they are looking for.
-Description of their looks
-Reason as to how they became deformed.
-Written description of their Ideal first date.
Here are some examples of what some of our stars have achieved! Click on the image to enlarge it! Check out Amy as her wild self.
