This Is To You

Hello viewers who visit my blog. This might be the last time I write to you until next year. I’d just like to say Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all. Be safe in the holidays and have an awesome time in your countries. Thanks for your support and for the awesome feedback I’ve had from you. I’ve loved posting to you in 2014 and next year I look forward to you leaving me comments on my blog.

Pools In The West

W.A.L.T Summarise and combine information from across multiple text.

This post is about the holidays. This is one of the options that you could to in the holidays. If you don't know about it read my poster it has a bit of info about Parakai springs and where it is. Here is the site of Parakai Springs and more info about it.

Kawau Island advice column

The Best Camp I've Ever Been To

On Tuesday the Year 6’s at PT England School went on a camp at Kawau Island. We went to camp to have an awesome experience.

When we arrived at school at 7:00 am in the hall. We were lining up in our camp groups A & B. The groups are Bentzon, Mansion, Kawau & Katz. Bentzon means Camp Bentzon, Mansion means the Mansion house on Kawau Island, Kawau stands for Kawau Island and Katz is for the Catamaran which is the ferry we go on.

I've been told that the Bus ride and the Ferry waiting takes ages. As soon as we hop onto the bus I’m right up the front because I get car sickness. It didn't take to long I'd say. The Ferry waiting is next and that did take long. So we went to the park and played. When the ferry came we were so happy, it didn't take to long it’s just we had to pack the bags onto and off the ferry.

The next two days at camp we did activities and I'd have to say that the sailing was the best. I've never been sailing before. But even though it was my first time doing sailing I was told that I was pretty good at sailing. You can choose to go with someone else or by yourself (normally). For the first 20 minutes I went with Ryan in the sailing boat but then I went by myself and I was so lucky, I got extra time in the sailing boat. Now that was awesome!

On the last night of camp we had a concert. We've been preparing for it all week at camp and a little time before. Surprisingly enough we already finished our item on the first day of camp, so we had a lot of fun. We had to practice everyday and finally the night came. Every teams items were good and in between the items there were awards for best male and female stuff. I got best male Kayaker and I got a chocolate bar but it was a small choc bar. Then there were the Curly Brothers (Mr Goodwin and Mr Sommerville) or CB’s for short, they were our hosts for the night. After the items there was the awards for 1st 2nd 3rd & 4th. “In 4th place” said Mr S, “is Katz”. There were cheers in the crowd. “In 3rd place is Kawau, In 1st place is… Bentzon so that means that Mansion came second”. Bentzon went wild (by the way I’m in Bentzon) with roars.

On the last day of camp we were all exhausted from the concert and late night sleeps. When we hopped on the ferry back to sandspit we all waved goodbye. It was so much fun, camp was awesome. My favorite part was the swim and bombing of the wharf. I’d recommend the camp to year 5’s because camp is a lot of fun and you could do stuff that you couldn't do before.

My Wildlife Presentation About Kawau Island

Hello this is my wildlife presentation about kawau island. I'm talking about the wildlife on and around kawau island. Some history about kawau island wildlife. A man named Sir George Grey brought the wildlife to kawau island, he also owned the mansion house.

My Lunch Today Was... (Nek Minute)

I Had KFC for lunch today(NOT). Has Anything made you wonder where the chicken came from. Well my opinion was that they were native and lived in New Zealand. But they aren't. They're actually based in Polynesia. A lot of people I found out thought is was from South America? But what happened is the Polynesians sailed to South america and dropped off some chicken and picked up the Kumara and left.

Taniwha Task

The story is all about maori cave art and history. It has a lot of sacred and precious history that is getting cleared away. We need to try to keep it going for as long as we can. Saint Josephs School in Orakei have been taken on a field trip to the Opihi Valleys to learn about Maori cave art. The principal tells the constructor that the kids don't know enough history about Maori cave art.

The Robocup

Symbolism Project

In the year 5 & 6 extension group we made symbols for our buddy. We first got into pairs of two and we were asked a question, it was "You have to ask your buddy what is important to you.

Being a good friend (Writing Test)

WALT: Explain to your reader what being a good friend means

What is a good friend

What is a good friend? Are they mean, are they always putting you down instead of up. No, a good friend is kind. S/he is caring and always puts you up, they always include you and don’t say, “Go away”. If you're still unsure about a good friend read along and let me help you.

Racism about friends

It’s so annoying when someone treats you bad if you’re a different culture and their colour. You know what, a friend should never treat someone like that especially if it’s there friend. Because it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside it really depends on what you look like on the inside. People should not be racist is just not right, don't you think?

What would it feel like without friend

What if you had no friends? Would you be lonely? I think I'd be very lonely with out a friend, because friends are sometimes the only people you’ve got. That’s why you should respect your friend and not treat them badly about their colour. So a person without friends will be very very lonely.

What would happen if you got in a fight

Now here is where the real test comes in. If you're in a fight with someone especially your friend, you could really hurt her or him then you could be enemies. What you should do instead of fighting you should either go find an older family member, or maybe just try and stop the fight. Fights can cause a heap of trouble, first of all your old pal will probably not be your friend any more, and then you might get beaten pretty badly and be enemies.

How much fun it is with a friend

Finally how much fun it is doing stuff with a friend. You could Go to the movies, play games with each other (that means video games & outside games), doing whatever you love to do with your friends. Then all I want to say is life would be hard living without a friend.

Reading Maps

My Brochure

Being fit

Are you Fit?

Did you know your body is an amazing machine? It just needs to be used everyday to keep it working well.

Exercise keeps your body strong and fit. Fitness means having the energy to work and play and do all the things you want to do. Your body can’t store fitness so you need to exercise regularly to stay fit.

Exercise makes you feel and look better, it keeps your body a healthy weight. It helps you relax and sleep better. When you exercise your body produces chemicals called endorphins which go to your brain and make you feel better.

Exercise for strength makes your muscles stronger, so you can work different parts of your body without feeling weak. Exercise for stamina makes your heart and lungs stronger, and helps blood flow easily around your body. Stamina is the ability to exercise without getting tired or out of breath.

So you need to move it!!!

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Capitals Correcting

Capitals - what are they and when do you use them in writing?

WALT: Write an explanation telling people what capital letters are and when you use them in writing.

What are Capital letters?

Capital letters are the Upper Case letters in the alphabet. Capitals stretch from the bottom line to the top. Another thing about Capitals is they are not always the same shape as the lower case letters.

Capitals are used for I’s.

Capitals are used for many things but people sometimes find it hard to put I’s in the right place or when they write something like i’ll. For example: It’s I’ll and then if their is something like, i like those buildings. But it’s, I like those buildings. Another thing is I, I’ll and I’ve are all called personal pronouns.

Capitals are used for geographical places.

Another reason we use Capitals is when it’s names for geographical places. By this I mean places in the world. Which are names of countries, cities, continents and oceans like The Pacific Ocean.

Capitals are used for Titles.

Do you remember reading your favorite book or watching a memorable movie or TV show. Capitals have everything to do with Titles, especially for all of those movies and stuff. For example: the movie called The Lego Movie. You need Capitals because it wouldn't make any sense if it was spelt, the lego movie, Don’t you think?

Capitals are used for the date.

Do you know when some people think that even though it’s a different language that the date doesn't have Capital letters in it? Well I’m here to tell you that even though the language is different doesn't mean you take away the Capitals. For example: Monday isn't monday, that means that Rahina (Monday) isn't rahina.

Conclusion

After all that could you please leave a comment fixing up this paragraph; i like my pet panda because it just eats shoots and leaves and it is cuddly it lives in an area at the back of my house the elephant lives next door and it also eats leaves.

This is my marks for para 4.

Riverside Highlights Day 1

At riverside camp at Willow Park there were so many highlights about camp but I can’t tell you all of them so I’ll take it one day at a time

riverside highlight day 1

This year at Riverside camp we are going to Willow Park like every other year. Today is the first day of camp the bus hasn’t even arrived and we have got all our bags in the trailer. The bus ride to Willow Park wasn’t so bad. there were many highlights on the first day but for me would have to be the lunch. We had steak and cheese pies, oven baked wedges and salad.

So you can tell why I liked the lunch! Then there was one more… The crunchie hunt, it was magnificent you could choose to eat the crunchies once you found them or keep them until you come back in (and if you keep them you get money/points for your team. The winner was B ‘n’ A (Brothers ‘n’ Arms) which unfortunately wasn’t my team.

Primary Marist Tournament

This is the 4th and final game. The tournament has gone well so far. The only problem is we missed the 3rd game, against Stone Fields which I was personally looking forward to this game, but we missed it. So in the bus we go and we're off.

When we arrived at the Marist grounds 30 minutes before lunchtime, I’ve got to tell you that the weather was not on our side today. It was windy and rain came and went like it had a switch for a light. This is going to be a tough challenge today.

The whistle blew and the game started. We were ready to catch the ball… the ball was caught and the first hit up was made, down he went. This just kept happening. When the opposition had the ball they’d kick down the field and not chase after it.

The highlights of that game for me would have to be three tries. Number one, the try that I made when we were close to the out line and I scooped up the ball from the ruck and bumped my way through the opposition and scored the try. Number two, the try scored by Taimana. He was magnificent as he scored the try right by the corner on the try line right next to the out line he jumped and placed the ball on the trie line and rolled outside the field. Number three, Maysun’s try: he was running next to the out line with Tai and then Tai did a short backhand pass to Maysun and Maysun scored the try.

After the game we went inside the club rooms and had a prize giving. Surprisingly enough we got a feed, it was from Subway it was a 6 grams of fat or less ham sandwich and we also got a starz drink, man the feed was delicious. After that they announced the Girl M.V.P (Most Valuable Player) then the boy M.V.P was Stevenson from Pt England School with us cool aye. Then the moment we’ve all been waiting for the winner is… PT ENGLAND SCHOOL. Yes we won it was awesome.

Article Criteria

This is my marking of my article out of five.

The W.A.L.T

W.A.L.T : Use the structure of newspaper articles to write news reports.

Kids Talking To Adults

Kids Talking To Adults

Jordan, School Reporter

Wed Sep 10, 2014

Auckland - Ambassadors at Pt England School explain to visitors around New Zealand about how it feels to learn at their school.

At Pt England School there are kids talking to adults and they call themselves Ambassadors. 

Their job is to Inform the visitors that come to school about Pt England School, whether they are random people or the President of the United States of America. Pt England School have even had an Indian Billionaire come to school.

Visitors come to Pt England School at unexpected times. All we do is talk and talk and talk. 

The way you get in you first have to apply for the job and learn a mihi and to all sorts of stuff.

If you want to be an Ambassador you have to be the right age. You first need to by year six and the age is around Nine, Ten and Eleven year olds. 

Pt England probably want younger kids to talk to visitors because they look more cute than those stinky year seven and eights, but also because the older ones already have other important jobs.

Conc : I Quoted Aaron a school Ambassador and he has told us a lot.

listen to ‘School Ambasssadors’ on Audioboo

The President Story

The President

The President

Questions

(answer these questions from the story)

1) Is this a true story? How do you know?

Yes because it has an intro thats says “We can’t tell you the name because it could endanger the lives of the relatives still living in their country.

2) Why are the children in the story allowed to go to school?

Because their parents are part of the council.

3) Who is helping the family escape?

The dads friend.

4) Why can’t they trust anyone to help them?

Because they might tell the president about it.

5) What is one reason that the family likes living in New Zealand?

Because know one can find them and they will be safe.

6) How long did the family spend in the Refugee camp?

The family spent two years in the refugee camp.

7) What language is the mother learning?

The mother is learning the language of English.

My Vocabulary Wall

This Is my vocabulary template. I had a task to define all six of these objects and add a picture with them. 1. Salamander 2. President 3. Land Mine 4. Border (Country) 5. Barbed Wire 6. Refugee Camp

A Change For Year 7 & 8

A Change For Year 7 & 8!

Jordan, Pt England School

There’s been a change in uniform at Pt England School. The year 7 & 8s get new uniform so they’re distinguished from smaller learners.

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Did you know that only 2% of the Seniors don’t have the uniform because of cost? At Pt England School the year 7 & 8 get Jackets which cost $56, Culottes (For girls) which cost $54, the hats which cost $10 and PE Shirts which cost $55.

What the uniforms look like

The seniors liked to have manly black on their uniform unlike the other kids who have manly red. The Jackets have a zip down the front and have the usual pockets on both sides and red stripes with the logo of our school, plain black Hats, plain black Culottes and red Pe Shirts with black stripes on both sides of their hips.

Interviewing Mrs Flavell about the Jackets

Mrs Garden asked Mrs Flavell about the Jackets. “We have a different option, it’s just so you can distinguish the senior children from everybody else” she said. “It’s actually decided some time ago when we decided about when we were turning into an intermediate school, that would they like a change, will they still want to where there sweatshirts?” Then Mrs Garden asked how many people actually end up bying the uniform, “%98, so nearly every child has a school Jacket.”

A Bad Day At The Snow

It is day three at the snow and I’ve had a lovely time here already. But today the weather will be dreadful, the snow has risen, the visibility is not very good and even one side of the mountain is closed! Only crazy people would go and snowboard/ski down the mountain… oh what that is the family I’m in, so I will be going up the mountain too then. The only problem is traveling there because I feel sick easily, so I hope that I will not feel sick.

Fifteen km’s left, it might take a while? A little further up ahead there was a gate, and the signs said, “Only four wheel drives or cars with chains” could go past that point. Some vans had to turn back because they weren’t four wheel drives or chains on their wheels because it will be too slippery. After the gates there was a turn off and you could get chains on your tires if your car wasn’t a four wheel drive, but lucky for us we just got a nice truck last month so we went right past it.

When we arrived at the foot of the mountain (the car park) we saw that the car park was FROZEN! The cars and the gravel everything, there was snow falling from the sky. But it’s not like nice little drops of snow, NO, this snow felt like hail for most of the time. When we were snowboarding down the mountain  we would slide past other people and then I would fall over. When the snow got really bad and it got in my face I was luckily given a bandana from my mum, and put it around my face so the snow wouldn’t hurt me.

After all the excitement we had, it was time to go home, the mountain closes at 4pm and it was 4:05. When we got home we ate the most delicious kebabs we’ve ever tasted. After dinner we had a spa and watched a movie called “The Blind Side” it’s based on a true story about a teenager Michael Oher (Michael O-er) whose mum takes drugs. He is poor, then a family takes him in and Michael becomes a great NFL player, and plays for the Ravens. Then the movie was finished and it was time to go to sleep. I had a fun time at the mountain I can’t wait until tomorrow on the snow, throwing snowballs at each other, you know how brothers are (that’s if the snow isn’t frozen or ice).

The Accident That Almost Ruined My Holiday

It’s my league game today and to be honest I don't feel like getting up. I’m tired, but I shouldn't tell my coach that I’m tired this morning. Two minutes later I get woken up by my mother... you know mothers are like that. I had to be there by 9am and it was 8:30 so I needed to hurry up! After the game I’m going to the snow mountain, Mt Ruapehu.

To my surprise I got there a little early and my team wasn't training, they were playing on the park. After a while Tyson (our coach) called us in to have a quick chat about today’s game. He told us that we were playing Ellerslie Eagles and let me tell you they are not an easy team to beat so it will be a tough game!

The whistle blew and we’re ready to go. The ball was kicked far down the field. We chased the ball all the way down the field. Bang, the opposition was spear tackled. “1”, yelled the referee. After two tries we were getting hacked off so we tackled hard. I tackled one of the biggest guys in their team, he fell over and put his knee right into the side of my leg. My leg was fine until I stood up, I was limping, my leg was so sore. If I wanted to tackle I had to fall flat on my stomach, put my hands out and wrap them around their legs and they were down.

I got a charlie. I had to get taken off the field before half time. It was annoying. So I waited until the final whistle blew and the game was finished I’ll see how well my leg is before the snow tomorrow.

The Answers To The Tongan Quiz

1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. B

If you haven't done the Quiz yet click here to go to it!

Owen and I's Togan Quiz

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NZ hosted the Commonwealth Games

Did you know that the Commonwealth Games have been hosted by New Zealand three times? The years we have hosted are 1950 - Auckland, 1974 - Christchurch & 1990 - Auckland. I have found out about the year 1975 and the details relating to the Commonwealth Games.

Let The Games Begin

Get ready for some spectacular moments here in the Glasgow stadium where there will be Athletics, Boxing, Judo, Cycling, Shooting & more. I believe that it started EIGHTY FOUR years ago! But that means that there have been 21 commonwealth games but it is the 20th commonwealth games. Have YOU ever wondered why they are called the ‘friendly games’?  it’s because they let anyone and everyone join in with the fun, also because it is between individual sportsmen and woman not countries.

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I can't wait I'm so excited the commonwealth games is only a week away! I’m right here in Glasgow Scotland and when I look over my balcony I can see the Glasgow Stadium. The next night I couldn't sleep I was so excited, instead I was jumping up and down in my bed. “Tomorrow is the Commonwealth Games”, I was thinking.

“And now the moment you've all been waiting for the opening ceremony”, Pronounced the announcer. The crowd went furious like a pride of lions hunting their prey. I found the opening ceremony quite weird this year. But when they introduced the countries I was surprised to see that Valerie Adams was the flag bearer but then I thought why not she is a good representative  for new zealand as she will definitely win gold in Shot Put I’m sure of it.

“And here they come the Shot Put women's Finals”, announced the announcer, “Today we have a tough competition with competitors from around the globe, we have Valerie Adams from New Zealand, Cleopatra Borel from Trinidad and Tobago & Julie Labonte from England”. Now for their Final attempt Valerie holding first place… and she’s done it again Valerie Adams wins with a 19.88m!

Man that was the best games I’ve been to. Did you know that they started setting up the games before the last one in delgh it took FIVE YEARS just to build the sports village, well that just about wraps things up.

Strings Of The Guitar Episode 2

https://www.movenote.com/v/e_EWLmadvEFZP Click here to watch my guitar show. I have recorded episode 2.

Parts of the Guitar Episode 1

This is the parts of the guitar. Click on the link to watch it.

Extension Commonwealth Games 2014

Commonwealth Games:

1. What is the commonwealth? The Commonwealth is a association of 53 countries, almost all of them were being ruled by the Queen and Britain once.
2. Countries who are part of this? New Zealand, India, Jamaica, Malawi and United Kingdom.
3. Where in the world are these countries? Pacific, Asia, Africa, Europe, Caribbean and Americas.
4. What do these countries have in common? They have all volunteered to be in the commonwealth, BUT WAIT Some of these countries were once ruled by Britain and the Queen but not any more!

Commonwealth Games

Use the Young Commonwealth Site to answer these questions.

They will need detailed sentences or sometimes paragraphs to answer fully.

How did the Commonwealth games begin?

When all the commonwealth countries who were once ruled by britain and the queen decided to join Britain in a club called the commonwealth nations.

Why are some countries in the world part of the Commonwealth?

Because they agreed to accept the british king or queen as their ruler.

What is special about the Commonwealth games?

Is that they started the commonwealth games eighty four years ago and they let every one participate.

How many years ago was the first games, how often are they?

It was eighty four years ago in 1930, and the commonwealth games are every four years.

Why are they called the ‘Friendly games?

They are called the ‘friendly games’ because the competition is between individual sportsmen and women not countries.

Now you are going to put these elements on to google draw to give us a background to the Commonwealth games.

Use shapes, free to use images and amazing layout design to make this poster attractive and clear.

Publish on your blog.

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The Surprise At The Beach

“Lets go down to the beach today”, I sang to my mum. Our family were very excited, even though it is the middle of winter we still love to go for a refreshing swim. I am on holiday with my brothers & cousins in Pauanui. We stayed just down the road from the beach.

It didn't take long to get to the beach only about three minutes. when we arrived at the beach we played a little with the sand. Which when you drew on it, it becomes black, cool aye.

So after playing with the sand for a bit we decided it was time to go for a swim. When my toe touched the water I felt how cold it would be. I couldn't possibly tell how many times I ran in & out, in & out. Then I made up my mind to walk in until I got smashed into the water from the waves. I lifted up my legs and felt them, they were icy cold, but I carried on.

When I got smashed a couple of times I suddenly felt something… “oooowwww”, I yelled in pain. Then I went to kick it of my foot. It was a crab that nipped me, it felt this size . Then I ran out with the crab clinging on to my foot, I desperately wriggled my foot to get that crab off of me then finally it let go and I ran to shore.

After that surprise there were no more and we had a lovely time playing in the water and on the sand. Then it was time to go home. I had a fun time at the beach.