Yeah it's pajama day! 
We are so excited because it is also G.P.K day (which is: growing positive kiwis). For some people they get to have a sausage. Here some photos of us in our pajamas.
By Amber and Pyper
cool pics eh!
PS: please comment!!!
On Friday UHPS had it's third annual Prep Market day. 
Room 16 loved the day, and we all bought heaps of cool products and enjoyed many fun experiences. Thanks TIOS for putting on such a great event for us!!! Here we are enjoying the fun in the sun!!
We have had a great term of Gymnastics. We learnt to use a range of pieces of equipment while moving, balancing and rotating in our rhythmic gymnastics sessions with "North Shore Rythmic Gymnastics". We have also learnt how to tumble and balance on our heads correctly with Mrs Pittman. Thanks to our fantastic gym teachers- we had lots of fun learning new routines and skills!
Watch the movie to see us in our gymnastics sessions this term:
In week 6 we had a really exciting surprise! Two police helicopters landed on our school field. Here are some recounts about the experience.
The Helicopter- By Stani
Frrrrr..Frrrrr.. "The helicopter is landing!" I shouted. Just as the flying sand flew in my face 4 men slipped down the rope they they were all dressed in black.
Josh shouting and stared at the helicopter. It was coming two times. At the first time I was thinking where will it land? and where did it come from.The helicopter was turning in the air. The black men were packing up the rope in the bag.
The police are coming! -By Sam
Yay! Today we had visitors at school- it was a helicopter.When it was over us it was loud and like a wind cyclone with it's propeller.
It landed with it's landers and black people out. Two minutes later the helicopter came back. "Oh no are they going to shoot us!" but they didn't,they just took the people away. It was awesome!-and it went over my house.
Published by Amber Bevan.
Mr and Mrs Millett ha
d a great time in the UK, and they saw lots and lots of old buildings and castles! They also went to the Edinburgh festival where Peter read his Boy Zero books to international audiences. It was exciting to meet some well known authors including Andy Stanton, ("You're a bad man Mr Gum"), and Phillip Adagh, ("The Fall of Fergal"). They also had the pleasure of visiting 
two primary schools in Linlithgow, Scotland. Here are some photos from their journeys!
Maybe Room 16 can set up some pen friends with the kids in Scotland!
This term we have been writing character descriptions. We have been practising using language features like similes and adjectives to enhance our writing. Here are some samples of descriptions of "General Pandemonium" from Peter Millett's books, "Boy Zero Wannabe Hero!"
General Pandemonium is an evil mad man who wants to take over the world with all his weird creations!! His nose is like a elephant trunk. His evil creations fail all the time. The pointy stick up bits in his hair are like twigs. He has swirly eyeballs. It looks like he's hypnotised. He's got chunks of snot up his nose. He's also pretty hip and a show off too. His chin is like a fat sword. His teeth are little bricks. HE want to destroy Boy Zero and take over the world! By Rebeccca
General Pandemonium is a strange show off and a greedy rock star! His ears are like monkey's ears and he has a sharp, pointy nose like a sword fish or a needle. He is an evil, plotting master and a greedy evil genius. His hair is like devil's horns and he fights "Boy Zero" until he would win. He is a fiery volcano burning villages down and he is a hypnotizing, brain-washing master mind. He is very tempered and has a puppy called "Miffy Whiffy" By Gareth
General Pandemonium has a difficult name. The General is un-calm about almost everything. General Pandemonium has big googly eyes that stare blankly at the outside world. General Pandemonium also shows off to everyone. He tries to take over the world with evil plans like making a pop song that turns people into break dancing zombies. Even though the General is a super villian he loves poodles! He doesn't think about what he says so when he is finished he realises he shouldn't have said that! The general has a nose as long and as pointy as a parrots beak. Wicked ideas come pouring out of his evil mind.General Pandemonium is always hungry for fame!! By Nadia
General Pandemonium has brain washing eyes like he has just been knocked by a tennis ball. The evil man is trying to take over the earth with his vicious plans. All his plans are failures. His long nose is a base ball bat. His cruel mouth spreads across the universe. He is a volcano that erupts every second with plans. His chin is like a lazer that is about to fire. What is he going to do next? He is always silly x 3000. By James
