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.

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The W.A.L.T

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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.

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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

The Answers To The Tongan Quiz

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

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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.

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.

Frozen In The Morning (This Is A Narrative)

A shiver ran down my spine when I took a step outside my door and saw everything Frozen! The grass, the side walk, the road & even my car! I almost froze! It felt so cold even though I was wearing my six layer sleeping bag and my Mac Pac jacket! No matter how warm I got it wouldn’t go away. So I slammed the door shut and waddled up each stair like a penguin in my sleeping bag. Then finally i knew it, the heat pump (heater). Worth a shot.

So I ran for the remote, turned it on and finally felt satisfaction. The first time this morning I felt warmth. Isnt it nice to be warm again. Then I felt something slither down my back, I didn’t take notice of it and walked past it.

Then I stood on something, it looked like ice. I picked it up. It was ice…”TOBY”

The End

My Extention DLO

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A Chain of Events

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Flappy Bird comparing to Flappy Wings?

Have you ever played the game Flappy Bird or maybe even Flappy Wings they are both awesome games if you don't like one of those two games then there is something wrong with you. they are the best games ever created except for Minecraft the best game ever!!!

It's sad that Flappy bird got shut down which is very sad it's only on the computer which is also sad because the computer version sucks well kind of. But the cool thing about Flappy Wings is when you bounce in the tubes you collect coins that you can buy hats with but only with your coins that you have collected not with real money.

Flappy wings is cool but so is flappy bird.

My Reasearching The Titanic

Researching the Titanic

List some questions that you would like answered?

1. What were the dimensions of the Titanic?
2. What was the biggest cause of the sinking of the Titanic? Explain...
3. How many crew members were on the Titanic when it sunk and how many people were on board the Titanic when it sunk(including the captain)?
4. What was the closest ship to the Titanic
5. When was the Titanic launched?
6. How much does it weigh?

Find your answers from the below websites:

• Titanic Site
• Wikipedia
• EyeWitness to History
• About.com 1
• About.com 2
• National Geographic
• Britannica
• History - Titanic by the Numbers

Insert your information notes below:

Question 1 information:

The length was 882 feet long, the height was 175 feet long.

Question 2 information:

When the Titanic struck the iceberg it caused major damage to the side of the big ship. The Titanic had a double hull that if any iceberg collided with it the iceberg would split. But the iceberg hit above the double hull which caused a big cut in the side of the boat and water leaked in at 7 tons per second. There were 5 compartments that if there was a leak it would hold but there were holes in the top of the compartments then it first leaked into the mailroom then flipped and snapped

Question 3 information:

There were 3,500 passengers and crew members onboard the Titanic.

Question 4 information:

The closest ship to the Titanic was the SS Californian.

Question 5 information:

The Titanic was launched on May 31 1911.

Question 6 information:

The Titanic weighs 46,000 tons when it is on the dock but when it is filled with all of the supplies, luggage and people it weighs 52,000 tons

Justify the building of the Titanic

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