Here is an alphabet of words which have significant memories for Year 8 students in Huia 1 this year:
A - anthology, ANZAC Day, acrostic poems, assembly, assonance, Awhitu, apostrophes,
B - box, beach, ball, butterflies, biology, basic facts, badminton, bowling
C - cooking, choir, camp, Castaways, current events, Capulets, caterpillars, capital letters,
D - daffodils, dental nurse, dancing, drama, drop-cover-hold, doona,
E - eggs. egg nog, education, energy, eels, Espanol, empanadas,
F - fish pie, friendship, Ferdinand the Bull,
G - guitar, garden, Gangnam Style, Grand March, Gay Gordons, Miss Griffin
H - hospice, Huia 1, hobo stoves
I - invertebrates, Intermediates, interesting, invierno, Mrs Irwin
J - Juliet, jump jam, James Bond,
K - keyboard, Kidz Cafe, knowledge,
L - languages, learning, La Boca, Mrs Lee, lighthouse
M - Mount Tongariro, monarch butterfly, mufti, Matakawau, mud slide, Maxina
N - numbers, narratives, nonsense
O - Olympics, options
P - Poutama, PE, poetry, portfolio
Q - Queen Victoria, quizzes
R - R.S.A., rockets, Romeo
S - Shakespeare, Spanish, sewing, sausage sizzle, speeches, singing, Speed your Journey
T - tests, Treaty of Waitang, Totara Park
U - ukulele, Uno, Dos, Tres, uniform,
V - vocabulary, visitors from Australia, video competition, Mrs Vincent
W - White Island, winter wonderland, Wodonga, Mrs Whitehead, waltz, Wai Care
X - Xmas, exchange students, expression in drama
Y - year, Mr Yates
Z - zeal
(Established 2009) This is the history of our Year 7 and 8 classes in Huia 1 at The Gardens School, NZ. We wrote for ourselves, our families and friends and for anyone who wanted to know what life was like at our school. From 2009 to 2013, Huia 1's teacher was Mrs Vincent. 1n 2014, classes changed and Huia 1 became Miss Murphy's room, with Mrs Vincent teaching on Thursday afternoons in Term 1. This blog has now ceased regular publication but is a record of our time together in Huia 1.