Taking the Plunge (Vehar)

Just Jumped Out Of The Plane, I See The Beautiful Yellow Sun Shining In My Wrinkly Eyes, Feels Like I’m Walking On Sunshine, The Bright Blue Sky Is Inspiring Me, I Can Feel The Butterfly In My Stomach Making Me Happy. I Feel The Breeze Making Me Nervous, I Was Afraid To Pull The Big Red Parachute Out Because It Might Get Tangled, The Smell Of It *Breathe In* Breathe Out* Fresh Air. I Look Down, All I See Was The Blue Clear Water, I Got Ready To Pull Out My Parachute. 3 2 1 Ahhhh! 5 Minutes Later I See The Sunset, Haaa! How Romantic.

I am free (Olivia)

I just jumped out of a plane... I did it , all my fears have long gone and now the wind is whipping my face at tremendous speeds,and I feel weightless.Never have I had enough courage to even get on a plane but now I’m jumping.As I’m falling the rush of the wind makes my bones tingle, and the adrenalin of spreading my arms and legs it amazing, my floppy cheeks are dancing because the downward momentum is forcing them to.And I didn’t even mention the view, up here thousands of beige and creme, brown and white, yellow and blue buildings are surrounding the world below me , the clouds are above me, the sky is around me, my friends are all around me.The feeling of flying crosses my mind a few times, I’m not looking forward to ever reaching the ground.This moment I wish could last forever,I can only just manage a smile before a river of saliva and spit come out and explode all over my jiggly face, my palms start to sweat and tears rush out of the small cracks in my eyelids,I feel as if the part of my brain that controls fear has just been sucked out of me, My fingers start to wiggle and my toes start to curl up inside of my boots and once again I spread my arms and pretend I am a bird taking it’s first flight in it’s life,not wanting to ever forget this memory, not ever going back to being grounded and stuck in a world of fear, I am free! Olivia

School Cross Country 2012

Hi guys I would like you to leave a comment under this post reflecting on how you think the school cross country afternoon went last week. The comments that you leave will help us plan a bigger and better school cross country event next year. Please leave constructive comments only.You can think about; 1) What do you think was the best part of the cross country? 2) What would you like to see changed for next year? 3) Do you think the course was long enough? 4) Do you think your fitness has improved so far this term? I can't wait to read your comments. Thanks Mr Creek

Evile "Pansy P Petunia Poem"

Inquiry/Homework

Room 10 I have chucked some more helpful videos about different aspects of the human body below. These are really interesting and clear videos that will help provide a starting point for your inquiry/homework research. Please watch these when you have a moment and leave a comment stating one interesting fact that you learnt by watching each video. Keep up the great work everybody, I have already learnt so much about the Human Body as a result of watching your last Inquiry!

The Brain

The Immune System

The Nervous System

Business Brains On CTV (18.48)

The Lungs by Zac

The Heart By Evile, Mareta and Theresa

The Heart by Simone Barnes

The Digestive System By Madi and Olivia

Caleb Riddell Slide Show

The strangest thing ever...

It was the strangest thing i ever had seen ,with tubes and wires : spreading all around my front gate i stood there and wondered how did it ever happened i could smell BURNING fire wrapping around my noise & the color of the tube and wires was dark coal  i took another look it wasn't just my front  gate it was all around my neighbourhood i heard the phone ringing in my ear so loud  so i ran up the high stairs to get the phone then the ringing suddenly stopped i jumped out out of the open window  and the sky became overcast and it became to rain so fast i took a little walk to my mum and dads house while i was walking i saw …..    

By Evile

The lane was night-dark even at noon... the wind was blowing through the trees... silence in the air. End of the world?, global warming?, it just didn't make sense. Windows closed, fear in their eyes the people of earth had never seen anything like it. I heard the faint, crackling sound of the radio “breaking...news....all..sch..ools cl..osed for the day”. “mother?” unfortunately mother had already left for work I now had 2 younger brothers wondering what we were going to do. I could see the blankness in their eyes but their appearance was if to say “ I am not scared, I am the new head of the house “   We have just experienced the trauma of losing a loved one who loved us, a treasure, a friend, a Father. silence now filled our house nothing but the bellowing sound of the wind, thunder and rain. “ im hungry.. get me something to eat” moaned my brother. “do you mind... use your brain and get something yourself, how old are you? seven c’mon” I never usually talked like that but the events that were happening made the sentences sound depressing .6:00 and mother had not arrived yet. “ there happy” “yummy, thanks”. “ i'm going to find mum” my brother said he had just turned 9 . “ if you walk out that door i'm gonna...”. The door flung open, heart beating rapidly,sweat forming on my head. “GET HERE YOU TWO!!” A shadow slowly creeps towards the hallway, you can hear the footsteps

By Fifita

The lane was night dark even at noon .I was thinking big time .why? it was like that for 4 straight days .it smelled like rontan food hanging around. The clock hit midnight it was getting cold wolfs hawling rats taking the last remains.I shot to the airport know one was there I ran as fast as I could  back at my house I went to sleep hopeless thinking where is everyone?I was waiting for morning I couldnt sleep that night .I was ferious that morning.


By Jordan P

She ducked as the plate smashed against the wall behind her..

Luckily she ducked, if she didn’t, she would get smashed by the strong, metallic plate and her face would start bleeding like red food colouring. Her brother James was playing frisbee with the plate because he said it would be fun. After the plate got smashed by the wall Katie’s heart was beating real fast like she was being chased by Shaun Johnson. And she said “MUM!” her mum said “what?” Katie said “James was playing frisbee with the plate and the plate got smashed!” James was grounded for a week, SHAME! he spent an hour crying like a girl in his room, he’s such a sookie. After James finished crying his mum came upstairs and he had to write an apology letter and had the clean up the bits and pieces of the plate with his OWN DIRTY HANDS!

The End! :)


By Vehar

It was the strangest thing I had ever seen, with tubes and wires all connected to one strange rectangular machine.From the beeping sound protruding from a speaker, I would compare it to the machines in a hospital room, but this could potentially be much worse than I had expected.. never I had even thought a invention like this was even possible.But what had forced the creator to think up this machine.Forget that .. I know why, the orange suit I saw him wearing the other day, was a prison uniform,six years ago he was divorced and started selling illegal items from the back of a blackened truck with huge tyres so he could gain enough money to devise a way to get rid of his mental wife, until two years ago when he got locked up... but at what stage did he find time to build this contraption? And where did he gather the mountain of resources needed to just make the switch activate it...Suddenly a horrible BANG! comes from what used to be the door, now it was just a wall of concrete, was I found, was I not supposed to be here, just a mere 6 seconds after a horrible stench of mouldy cheese and grime from the sewers forced its way up my nose, and a feeling of the ground collapsing beneath my feet makes me left to only hope this is just a dream but just managing to open my eyes I find my legs moving and I watch as the ground whip by and then, my legs collapse and I grip to a nearby pole, or at least I thought it was a pole but it was just a hallucination brought on by the fatigue my legs have just caused my face to meet the tiled floor, as the windows tilt to a 90 degree angle my face feels the impact and a terrible sense of pain shoots through my nose and forehead, was my nose broken, well if it is or not its bleeding ... BADLY!

as my mind brings me back to reality, I find myself in a white room, hearing the beeping of the machines beside my hospital bed forces me back to a daydream and I panic as I slowly realised it wasn’t the machine of the mad man.. I slowly raise fingers and gently touch my nose and as expected it is bandaged, the room goes fuzzy as I glance up to the wall revealing a bunch of translucent sheets in front of a bright light and, yes that's my nose, broken and out of shape, as I try to sit up I find a tremendous force pulling me back down and before I black out once again,I see a young nurse with bouncy auburn hair leaning over me and I hear her whisper in a very gentle tone three words “You are okay.”. When I come to a sound outside startles me and a blur of thoughts rush through my sore head, It’s just rain, as I calm myself a bolt of lighting and a strike of thunder hit the world I am trapped in, and I see the nurse return to my room,she’s saying something although I can’t quite make out what she's saying but she is rushing me out of the room then it comes to me, she was yelling “WE HAVE TO EVACUATE!” as the world around me rushes by I am plonked down on a seat next to a old man with a bald head, but he’s not bleeding and he’s not breathing, as I panic, another doctor by who introduces himself as Riley,tells me “it’s okay”, I scream back at him, “IT’S NOT OKAY!” the lights flicker in such a way I could swear it was a pattern but I don’t have time to think.

She ducked as the plate smashed against the wall behind her. She turned around to see the angry face of Professor Van Heed. He reached out to grab the lid of the garbage can but Sophia was too quick. She threw back a broken piece of the plate he had thrown at her earlier. The hit was dead on target. It hit him on the back of his hand. Blood started dripping from his hand and onto the pavement of the dark alleyway. He cried out in agony and pain.

Then she woke up sweating. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness of her room. She recognised the scene, it was a replay of her encounter with Professor Van Heed. Two days ago she had broken into the laboratory of the Professor. Her older sister Niceta had hacked into the security system of the laboratory, her older brother, Max, had gone in through the main entrance to cause a distraction and it had been her job to steal the secret papers. She hadn’t been alone of course, her best friend, kelly who was also her cousin was at the secret base with Niceta directing her to the laboratory. She got the papers and had made it out safely but it was a narrow escape. She was lucky to still be alive and safe in her own bed. She looked across the room to see her sister still asleep in her bed. She felt safe and secure with her sister just across the room and Sophia gradually drifted to sleep.

The next morning she awoke in her bed feeling much better about life. She sniffed the air, was that pancakes she could smell? Just then her sister quietly crept into the  room “Good morning sleepy head.” she said softly.
“What’s the time?” Sophia asked and then sat up in bed. Niceta looked at clock on the wall and replied “Quarter to nine,” she paused before saying “Dad’s in the kitchen cooking pancakes for breakfast,”


Melanie Aitken

Creative Writing 14/5

Check out some of the creative writing that we did in class today. We started with some interesting sentence starters and then let our imaginations run wild. Today's session was all about enjoying writing. Please feel free to leave a positive comment.

Check this article out room 10. Some great publicity for the business brains club and for R.P.S. Please read this article and leave a comment about what you think about what the business brains club are doing for our school.Please remember to leave your name at the bottom of your comment. http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6908109/Low-decile-school-uses-its-brains-to-fundraise

Check out these videos on the human body and let them guide your inquiry on a part of the human body. Enjoy!

Adrenalin Forest

Break Dance Battle