1. About us Room 5 Oroua Downs School

2. Where we live Students in our class live in 3 areas: 1) The Countryside 2) Himatangi Beach 3) Foxton Our school has got about 75 students in it from ages 5 12. After our school the students go on to high school for 5 years until Year 13. 3. The Countryside Braxton, Toby, Ava, Emma, Keegan, Dayjarn, Molly, Lydia, Rua-Matipou, Luke, Tyler, Peyton and Niamh all live in the countryside. Some of us have cows, chickens, roosters, pigs, horses, rabbits, cats, dogs, goats, sheep and bulls. Mollys family has 755 cows on their farm. Tyler and Emma have thousands of chickens because they raise them for the shop. 4. Countryside photos Lydias house in the countryside 5. Himatangi Beach Cearna, Logan, Shay, CJ, Tiopira, DeShontay, Levi and Shanelle all live at Himatangi Beach which is about 10 mins drive from Oroua Downs. Logan says it is a beautiful beach and we are even allowed to drive on it with our four- wheelers and horses! 6. Himatangi Beach photos 7. Foxton Benjamin lives in Foxton. He used to live in the countryside but now lives in the nearest town to Oroua Downs which is called Foxton. Foxton is a small town with a high school, supermarket and a few cafes and fish and chip shops! 8. Foxton photos 9. Our School Here are some interesting things about our school We have two swimming pools here We have a big playground We have a PE shed where we can get things out at lunchtime to play with We can take scooters to school We have a big field to play sports and games 10. We have an environmental area where we can sit down and relax in the trees We have gardens that students plant vegetables and fruits in We have a passport party at the end of each term for those students who display our school virtues of respect, excellence, teamwork and creativity. We have two courts to ride our scooters on at lunchtime and play netball or other games Most of us catch a bus to get to and from school 11. Photos of our school 12. Some Annual Events at ODS Pet Day Moto-X fundraiser Swimming Sports House competition Tabloid Sports Athletics Day Splash n Sizzle (swim and a sausage!) School Waterfight!