Monday 16 December 2013
Friday 13 December 2013
Dear Kauri
Dear Kauri I hope you get better soon but next time try not to fall. I feel sorry for you and sad because you broke your leg but I hope you get better and have a nice day.
Poem
P O E M
Intelligent as she is, strives to give us the best.
She persevered and resilient for 9 fantastic years.
Her education is good but needs to better thats why shes spreading her wings to make good use of them but we will see her again once in a while
:-)
Friday 8 November 2013
Senses
Senses
Happy scared angry and weird
Safe unsafe people yelling in my ear.
Looking and smelling nothing but dust.
But now I think I'm safe with my friends my
teacher and my family.
Tuesday 22 October 2013
Gramanastics
Grammarnastics: Week 7
Complete the following word study questions.
Make a copy, rename and organise into your Writing folder.
1. Write the names (nouns) of as many things you can see in this picture-
Start here: school, road, bicycle,bus,cars,trucks,plane,train,bush,tree,shower,light,book,door,shops,rubbish,windows,shop,tyers,hills,forest,dog,bike,camera,pushchair,footpath,crossing,family,groceries,fence,presents,grass,buildings
2. Add the missing capital letters and fullstops to the story below:
The Sand Saucer Competition
by Phyllis Johnston
I was nine when our school had a sand saucer competition it was to be judged by the Country Women’s Institute the prize was half a crown all the school had to take part, and the school would supply the sand we were to bring an old saucer and flowers to decorate it.
"I’m going to make a lake with a piece of mirror," jack said
"I’m going to use roses," said heather.
on the day of the competition mum told me to pick a few flowers because not many were needed to decorate a saucer she went to milk the cows with dad.
The zinnias had deadheads there was one violet and the hydrangeas were turning brown a daisy bush covered in white flowers with yellow centres grew in the middle of the garden i picked a bunch and held them in my hand as I rode my horse, ginger the daisy flowers shook, some petals dropped, some stems broke i felt sick inside how would I decorate my saucer with broken daisies?
I walked ginger and the daisy heads stopped wobbling jack or heather would win their mothers had lots of flowers in their gardens heather’s mother walked with her carrying a bucket of flowers she looked at my daisies.
3. Improve your word power!!!
Write the meanings (definition) for these words from the dictionary:
decrepit:weekend by old age
intrepid:resolutely scared
spontaneous:
4. Try to solve these hangman words:
5. Complete the sentences with words that are the opposite of each other
e.g.
The lights didn't work, so it was very dark.
The sun was out in the middle of the day so it was very bright.
I am when it is my birthday.
She was sad when her puppy died.
We were excited about going to the concert.
She was happy because there were many grammar exercises.
The desert is very hot.
My towel is wet because it fell into the pool.
The party next door was loud.
The mountains are very cold when it snows.
A weightlifter is very heavy.
He lost a lot of blood and was very scary.
6. Read the rest of the story-
The Sand Saucer Competition
Heather can share some of these roses with you." I wished my mother had time to grow flowers, but Mum had to milk cows. I filled a milk bottle with water and put the daisies in it.
After play time we scooped a saucer of sand from a bag and started decorating the saucers in the shade of the trees. My daisies had drunk an inch of water and sat up in the milk bottle. Heather’s bucket had roses, zinnias, petunias and a branch of maple leaves. She didn’t offer to share her flowers. I shook inside. I only had daisies. How could I make my sand saucer beautiful?
"I suppose you can have some roses," Heather said. "Those daisies grow on the side of the road."
"No thank you," I said. Tears flooded my eyes. The daisies went blurry. Everyone broke off flower heads and threw stems away. They smoothed and patted sand and reached again and again for a different flower. Their big buckets took up space. I shifted my bottle of daisies and sand saucer to the shade of the ash tree. Some of its red leaves lay on the ground. They looked pretty with the white daisies. I gently pressed daisy heads into the sand into a curly pattern and placed the slender leaves around the saucer’s edge. It looked like a skirt. Making a sand saucer was fun. I decided to make another when I got home. The boys had finished and threw flowers at each other.
"Time’s up," our teacher called. We took our sand saucers to the staffroom to be judged.
Before home time we had assembly. The Principal and a lady from the Country Women’s Institute stood on the steps.
"The winner of this sand saucer competition thought about their saucer," said the lady. "Care was taken in choice and placing of flowers."
Heather and Jack were giggling. Which one of them would be the winner? The concrete was hot and I stood on one foot and then the other.
"The winner is…" She said a name. It sounded like mine?
"It’s YOU," Heather gasped. I HAD WON!
The Principal beckoned me to the front. The Country Women’s Institute lady smiled and shook my hand.
"Such a delicate saucer," she said. "Congratulations." She handed me an envelope with half a crown in it. Everyone clapped loudly. I couldn’t wait to get home and tell Mum and Dad. I would buy Mum’s birthday present with the money. A green glass vase exactly half a crown that I had noticed in the store.
I ran to bridle Ginger. Heather and her mother carrying an empty bucket walked past the horse paddock.
"I gave you a full bucket of flowers," her mother said.
"There were too many to choose from," Heather cried.
"Who would have thought she would have made that dainty saucer from those bruised bunch of daisies!" said her mother.
I hugged their words to myself like a warm cardigan. It hadn’t taken many daisy heads to make my sand saucer. Wild flowers or garden flowers, big or small were all beautiful, and I knew if care was taken in arranging them, they could be even more beautiful.
© Phyllis Johnston
What did you think of this story?
Monday 23 September 2013
Friday 13 September 2013
Thursday 12 September 2013
Wednesday 21 August 2013
Friday 9 August 2013
Friday 2 August 2013
Thursday 1 August 2013
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Monday 8 July 2013
Friday 5 July 2013
Thursday 4 July 2013
Friday 21 June 2013
Thursday 20 June 2013
My Hero!
My Hero!
Isn't it amazing to think about the Man of Steel or the hero SuperMan.
He has super blue eyes which is brighter than the morning sun rise and is as muscular and as big as a huge elephant's leg power.
He can fly up higher than a rocket going up to space but we'll save his life for American sedition.
He can lift up elephants one by one as bullets rebound of him, similar to a bullet proof catapult.
He is my greatest hero!
Friday 17 May 2013
How kites fly
↘ How kites fly ↙
WALT:learning to write an explanation
A kite is a toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
All kites weren't made to fly they were made to glide in the wind softly and peacefully. A kite gets up on the wind by gravity for ex.gravity is what pulls us down, wind pulls light things like plastic bags and paper in the air. Then the top of the kite lifts the wings and the end of the kite drags in the wind, thats what makes a kite glide.
When the kite is in the air the back of the kite is on an angle attack so it gets a bit crazy and may come back to the ground, from the gravity and the wind
pulling it down and also the drag.
Kites have been around for thousands of years and are used for scientific purposes and leisure.
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Thursday 11 April 2013
Wednesday 10 April 2013
Friday 5 April 2013
Current Events
1.
What is Tiwai Point Smelter? Its a power company
What do they make there? Meridian Energy
Who are Rio Tinto? Name of the company
2.
Who is this? Kim Jong Un 
Who is North Korea at war with? South korea
When was the Korean war? 1950
3.
What is unusual about the bottle?the bottle has three layers of plastic
What will it do?By stopping light from getting to the bottle it stays fresher for longer
Who is Fonterra?Its a dairy producer
4. Who is this?Steven Adams
What is the article about?That he his a new basketball player in NBA
6. What is the headline?
Hospital body case
Who is the article about?A lady called Jovaan she was ran over by a car and was dumped out of a hospital died and killed
What happened?Jovaan was ran over and killed and then dumped outside a hospital
Where did it happen?On the roads and the hospital
What was the problem?Jovaan was ran over by a car
Was the problem solved?No the cops are still trying to find the murderer of the case
Thursday 28 March 2013
te whare tapa wha
Wellbeing
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What should I write about?
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How should I start my sentence?
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Choose a word that describes how you feel...
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Explain why you feel that way...
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Wairua
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I am
I am
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happy, satisfied, fulfilled, equipped, contented, positive, blessed, cheerful, delighted, glad, gratified, joyful, jubilant, overjoyed, peaceful, pleased, thrilled, upbeat, calm, steady, untroubled, thankful, healthy, safe, connected, important
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because I go to church
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Tinana
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I am
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happy, satisfied, fulfilled, equipped, contented, positive, blessed, cheerful, delighted, glad, gratified, joyful, jubilant, overjoyed, peaceful, pleased, thrilled, upbeat, calm, steady, untroubled, thankful, healthy, safe, connected, important
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because...
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Hinengaro
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I am
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happy, satisfied, fulfilled, equipped, contented, positive, blessed, cheerful, delighted, glad, gratified, joyful, jubilant, overjoyed, peaceful, pleased, thrilled, upbeat, calm, steady, untroubled, thankful, healthy, safe, connected, important
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because...
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Whanau
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I am
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happy, satisfied, fulfilled, equipped, contented, positive, blessed, cheerful, delighted, glad, gratified, joyful, jubilant, overjoyed, peaceful, pleased, thrilled, upbeat, calm, steady, untroubled, thankful, healthy, safe, connected, important
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because...
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Friday 22 March 2013
Monday 18 March 2013
Albatross
The Royal AlbatrossThe Royal Albatross is a local bird to New Zealand and is part of the Seagull family .
An Albatross has big wings black and white markings and one of the top ten biggest becks.Its beck is sharp for eating the old fish on the beach and even leftover bits of food,and mammals like rats sometimes in the bush.
Albatross live near North shore other fishing spots and did you know that an Albatross was first found at chatham island and they mostly live in the south island of New Zealand because the sea is much bigger and filled with fish
Albatross eat fish as whitebait old fish on the beach like snapper and kawai and they even eat caterpillar i didn’t know that cool right.
An Albatross spends its day catching its prey,it sits on decks.And did you know that there breeding is endangered, thats the most interesting fact on the Royal Albatross .
A Royal Albatross has wings twice the size of your arms,its wings are used to fly long distances.It flys up to 3.3 km an hour and the time it use to fly in a year is 190 000 cool!
Friday 15 March 2013
Friday 8 March 2013
My Aiga Poem
WALT write and present an Aiga poem about our ancestors and culture, and how we feel about them
I am a Warrior
I am a warrior of Maori and I am proud of it
I come from the family of Tikitiki and come from the Maori country New Zealand
My Ancestors are shining on me like beautiful angels
I am a Maori boy and I am proud of it
By:Brodie
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