Room 3 St Josephs Whakatane

I.R.B. DRIVER

probertson — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:34:31 +0000

ROOM 3′S MONKEYS

probertson — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:26:08 +0000

HANGING OUT IN THE SHADE

probertson — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:19:31 +0000

CLASS OF 2012 -ROOM 3

probertson — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:14:36 +0000

Hugh’s Excellent Narrative Writing

probertson — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:39:03 +0000

Jackal

The seals take refuge from the scorching sun as the waves crash in from the endless ocean the only source of water around. The dunes from the Namib Desert stand as tall as giraffes. The Jackal stands on top of the hill loaning for a fresh meal of new born seal. He’s lonely, in search of an opportunity to kill. Watching, waiting unspotted. In the corner of his eye he sees a baby seal isolated on top of a hot dry rock. He takes his approach. He pounces. The baby seal, the baby seal has no chance now, his jaws are around its neck. The jackal dashes leaving a trail of blood behind him. As the mother mourns over the heart wrenching loss of her young, the jackal lies on the dunes savouring its bloody meal. As the sun drops on the beach, the golden sand and grey rocks are bathed in an orange light. The beach is barren waiting for the commotion of next year.

By Hugh Spence

Room 3’s Top Chef – Hugh S

probertson — Thu, 12 May 2011 03:21:22 +0000

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Room 3′s Waitomo Camp

probertson — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:59:22 +0000

WAITOMO ADVENTURES

OUR AWESOME ROOM THREE CHILDREN – 2011

probertson — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:38:28 +0000

2010 in review

probertson — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:59:21 +0000

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,500 times in 2010. That’s about 4 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 22 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 34 posts. There were 21 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 50mb. That’s about 2 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was March 16th with 64 views. The most popular post that day was Ella’s Awesome Cameo Writing.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were stjosephswhakatane.wordpress.com, alphainventions.com, sjsroom1.wordpress.com, centre4.interact.ac.nz, and centre4.core-ed.net.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for harakeke paper, cameo writing, how to make flax paper, how to make harakeke paper, and making paper from flax.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

Ella’s Awesome Cameo Writing March 2010
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Making Paper out of Harakeke (flax) August 2009
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Sailing on the Ted Ashby Scow March 2010
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Harakeke – flax paper making August 2009
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We have some fabulous photos of Caleb swimming with Moko the dolphin. Moko is wild and has befriended the people of Whakatane/Ohope. The children have written stories of their experiences with Moko which we will share over the next few weeks. February 2010
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probertson — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:39:43 +0000