There was a lot of delicious food to eat - hamburgers, hotdogs, popcorn, hangi, hashbrowns and candyfloss. The cold drinks, spiders and juicies were very popular - they went down well on another hot day!
Our day started with a 'fly-by' from Molly and her dad:
There was loads of entertainment including a police dog display, the Halcombe School Choir, the Idol Competition (massive congratulations to Molly and Sophie, our runners-up, and Jasmine, our winner), a Western Riding display, and a fabulous performance by Turakina Maori Girls College:
There were lots of fun activities to do, including target shooting, rides on the Bren Gun Carrier, a bouncy castle, splat the rat, ping pong plunk, face painting and of course, the Magic Carpet Ride was very popular again this year:
One of the highlights for Miss Simpson, was watching the Year 8 students get dunked. It was hilarious!
This year, we had a hangi. It was awesome to see the process of putting down a hangi, and preparing all the kai. It was a massive job!
The good news.... a profit of approx. $13,000! Thank you so much to all our wonderful helpers who put in so many hours to help make our gala a success. Thank you to the wonderful students in Room 6, who have spent day after day preparing for this event - and get the fun job of cleaning up the hall on Monday!
Phew, what a day!
Hey Room 6, what programme to you guys use to organise the layout of you photos on your blog? They look so good! What did you guys think of our Harlem Shake video?
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs Bradshaw
DeleteI just put the photos into MSPUB (could probably use another programme) and resize and crop them. Then I rearrange them into whatever layout I want. Then select all (control A), right click, group, save as jpeg. Pretty simple and nothing fancy.
Haven't seen the Harlem Shake video yet, but we'll take a look in class tomorrow. We were thinking of making one too!
From Miss Simpson
Extremely disappointed that I missed the dunking, looks like it was fun! Well done Room 6 for all your hard work with the Gala, hope you will have a few days to relax and reflect on it now.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite part was getting dunked, even though it was a bit cold. Also I enjoyed the magic carpet ride and all of the performances that were put on.
ReplyDeleteWell done all of you wonderful Room 6 children for being such awesome helpers before gala, and on the day. I hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did. Looks like the dunking machine was a favourite!
ReplyDeleteMiss Jeynes