James's Super Box Crane.

Today, James shared a fabulous crane with us that he had constructed at Boys Brigade.
"It's got wheels and a hook and we used a hot glue gun to stick it together," James told us.

Olivia has been part of St John for over a year.  She has worked hard to earn some badges.  She shared her experience with us in Time to Shine today.

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Here you can see Karen sharing a collection of coins belonging to her family. The have come from countries all over the world that they have traveled to including China and Canada.

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Today at Time to Shine Vino shared with us her Dan Carter book. She lined up for three hours last December at Northlands Mall to get his signature. Vino loves that Dan Carter is so passionate about rugby.

Tainui and Melissa's TIME TO SHINE!

Tainui is a prop in the Canterbury Bulls and Papanui Tigers League Teams.  What a star!  He earned the Tiger's Player of the Year award in 2015.  Tainui is working towards being a junior All Black when he is 16.

Melissa showed us her box of special memories from when she was a baby.  She showed us the outfit she left hospital in, her first shoes, a picture of her handprints and footprints at 4 months, some art, and many other treasures from her life.  Thanks for sharing, Melissa.

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Today Rhys and Tayler shared some details of their recent holidays with us. Tayler went to Geraldine and he camped for a week. We cracked up when he told us that a peacock swiped his hot dog and ran away with it. Rhys went to the Gold Coast last year. The highlight of his holiday was going on the Tower of Terror at Dream World.

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Today at Literacy time, Cody shared some of his precious rocks with us. He also bought in some sharks teeth. Amber gave us a presentation on her baby book. She even showed us a blanket and a dummy that had been kept as treasures. We love it when students show confidence by sharing interesting  things from home with us. 

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This is Billy's muscle car collection. He has been collecting them for about five years. Some have come from overseas. One of the collection is a replica of his dad's car a 1964 SS Chevelle. Billy is a car enthusiast and his favourite is the Dragster.

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Cordy brought in her new phone. It was given to her by her dad, because he has a new phone. It is a Sony phone and has four games on it. Cordy will use it for getting in touch with dad, watching youtube clips and playing games

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Jordan brought his soft toy in to share today. It is named Lucky after Jordan's real dog that died. Lucky is soft and cuddly and sleeps with Jordan.

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Sara has had this guitar and has been learning to play it for 2 years. She brought it in to show us today because it is very special to her.

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Mandy and Peanut came to school with Kathy today for her Time to Shine. Mandy is just one month old and Peanut is three months old. Peanut has twelve sisters and he looks just like his dad, Dodge. While Mandy gets into mischief sometimes, Peanut is the best behaved rabbit. Kathy chose to keep rabbits as she thinks they are cute, easy to look after and not very expensive.

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Here you can see Shelby with her mum and their 7 year old Siberian Husky named Ryda. Shelby has had Ryda for 3 years. He is an outside dog. Ryda has a couch in the garage for his bed. Ryda is currently moulting. He moults twice a year. He loves people, especially children. Ryda is really friendly and he loves to be tickled. He makes a terrible guard dog though!

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Here you can see one of Ethan's Lego creations. It is Santa's sleigh. Ethan collects Lego and he loves making things.

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Dannielle brought her 7 month old Tabby cat in for Time to Shine today. Her name is Mingming. This is the Filipino word for cat. She likes to play with boxes and she is very impatient when it comes to meal time.

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Apeta plays league for Papanui Tigers. Two weeks ago he was awarded player of the day for his awesome stepping skills. Apeta plays in the U11s and this is his third year playing league. With the certificate he gets a free burger from the Northlands mall.

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Hifo is holding her family trophy. Each year her extended family meet and have competitions. They play touch and have relays and lots of fun. Last year Hifo's family won the trophy so they get to keep it until the next meeting. We thought it was a great way to spend quality time with whanau. The "M" stands for Maamaloa.

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Today Kya brought her dog Angel to school for Time to Shine. Angel is a mini schnauzer. Although she is only three years old she is fully grown. Angel is mischievious and at home she is the boss.

Time To Shine in Week 11

What a treat we had today!  We had another varied selection of Wairere students' interests.
Abbey bought her beautiful dog to school, Bodhi.  Bodhi is a rough-coated collie, or lassie dog. Abbey has had her special friend, Bodhi for 2 1/2 years.  Her family got him from Dog Rescue.  They have taught him lots of tricks... he even knows sign language!  Abbie has lots of fun with him.

Nicholas bought along the drift trike, he and Apeta share.  It was sooo cool! Nick showed us how he can drift and spin about.  He told us that he even takes it to the bike park and can go up and down the hills on it!

Sophie attends St John Ambulance.  At the start of every session, the cadets go through a drill.  Sophie taught us some moves...."At ease", "Attention!", "Right Turn", "Right Dress"

The cadets all learn first aid and sometimes participate in competitions.  It's great to know that Sophie will able to save us if we pass out!

He tino pai hoki koutou!

Time To Shine in Week 8

Today we were entertained by two well-organised young men, Premier and Tayler.  Premier had brought along his favourite toy, which he has used one million times! since his eleventh birthday, called Simon Swipe.  It is harder than you think to remember and play all the musical patterns!  Thanks for showing us.

Tayler had collated some great photos of his favourite things and presented them on a slide show.  We enjoyed listening to his stories and looking at his photos.  Great effort, Taylor!