Blog For 2018

 Blog For 2018

WALT: Reflect about 2018

2018 was a rough year, with the camp fundraiser to Christmas in the park. We all had our up and down with people we liked and then left. But though all of this hard work we managed to still have an amazing year.

If I could describe 2018 in 3 words it would be Crazy, Fantastic and most of all stressed. The reason I said this year is making me stressed is because we always have to be up to date with our blogs, and when we have to do a lots of dancing and songs while making it perfect! But it was Fantastic because of all the trips we went on like Camp raglan, Pools, and more! 

This year I have made a big achievement and that achievement is being way more confident than I was before, I am way more confident with other peers and like to work with people who I usually don't work with. I discovered that I really like Abseiling, Abseiling was so fun and at the end we were swimming in the waterfall but the downside of when we went abseiling is that I lost my voice yelling at Kensington to stop because it was he was ahead and I also got pushed in the waterfall because we I was going to go off I wasn't there yet and got pushed into the waterfall that fell like 10 inches. 

 I've learnt a new skill about myself, and the new skill is that I am able swim faster than I did before thanks to the Pools trips. But what I really like about the all the trips is my friends with are always there and they are Akih, Faafiu, Carra, Taonga and sometime Fine. It is always fun when they are around and I feel way more confident with them. I Just want to thank my mum and dad for paying for all these trips, and other things you pay for like my lunch, my uniform and shoes and clothes without yous I wouldn't be here today, so thank you you mum and dad. And my next step is to trying and improve so I can be a student leader and making sure I am always doing patrols

 even though I missed 3 times because I was sick.

Reading Task

Pest Trap

WALT: Use our analysing skills

• Choose five key vocabulary and phrases from the list provided, and find the meaning or the definition of these key vocabulary and phrases.Show your understanding of these vocabulary and phrases by using them all in a factual statement about traps for pests.

• Lure Meaning - A lure is when you tempt someone to do something or go somewhere, but mostly when you offer them something.When they were trying to find something to Lure the Possum, they found out that possums really like cinnamon. So when they were making their trap they used cinnamon to Lure the possums.

• Inflated - Inflated means when something is expand using air or gas.

A guy name Craig Bond was stuck of thinking ways to power a new pest trap. He went out for a while and decided to use his bike but he got a flat tyre, a stranger offered a help to pump up the tyre using a small canister of compressed gas. Within seconds, the tyre was inflated ... and that’s when he had an idea,without the man he could have been stuck.

• Stowaways Meaning - a person who stows away on a passenger vehicle.

When the maori’s found New Zealand there were stowaway which catched a ride. Stowaway were rats that climbed aboard when they went to find New Zealand/New Island. Rats weren’t part of New Zealand native animals, even cows, pigs, and more like cats, and dogs.

• Durable Meaning- It is when something is long lasting, i’d even when it is pressured or damaged.

In the text they were talking about the trap and how they want it to be long lasting and durable, so we are use it implitple times, instead of buying another, after another.

• Predators Meaning - a predator is an animal that eats other animals (which is called a meat eater), it can be weak or small or even another animals egg, some predators eats its own kind such as a praying mantis, black widow spider,sand tiger shark and more other animals..The article shows how possums and stoats where brought to New Zealand by europeans. It has be found that possums and stoats prey on baby birds and baby eggs, they also eat a huge amount of trees, that can stress the trees so much that it eventually dies. This animal can prevent lest food for native birds, it also prevent regrowth.

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How has an environmental issue influenced technology?

Less native bird and other native animals haven’t been killed because of the pest trap that was being made. The pest trap is killing lots of New Zealand’s predators which is lowering extinction of our native animals.. 😺🐺🐀

What questions do you still have about the way we care for our environment?

Is all pests killed now?

Do u they have to get killed? Why can’t they killed by other way?

Slide 4

What sorts of animals do we have in New Zealand?

Here are  sort of animal that we have in our country;

• Kiwi bird,some a kiwi bird is national sweetheart and a lovely bird in our country, although this bird cannot fly.

• Lesser short-tailed Bat, Lesser short-tailed Bat or pekapeka is an important animal in New Zealand because it’s the only mammal in New Zealand.

• Hector dolphins, only found in New Zealand’s waters, this distinctive grey dolphin with black and white markings and a round dorsal fin is the most easily recognised species of dolphin in New Zealand.

Panmure Pools

Panmure Pools

IALT: Blog About The Weekend

I went in my dad's car with my brother and my nephew as my sisters were in my mums car. We were going to the pools, mostly because it was a really hot day. The drinks at the back were heating up because of the hot sun, but because of my dad's amazing driving skills we got there quick.

We went to the back of the pools because the front was packed. We went to the back of the pools and parked, we grabbed all our stuff and walked to the inside of the pools. Me and my sister's gave the food to our mum, dad and brother because they weren't going get changed yet. I went to the toilet to get changed mostly because I hate changing in front of people. We finally changed into our togs, and went to our spot where we put our food. I went in the bag to take out a sandwich, I didn't want a drink, chips or others things, just a sandwich I had to be quick though because we were going to go in the pool.

I jumped in the deep part of the pool and insteadly I regretted it. It was so cool, I felt like I was in the arctic oceans but not literally. I eventually got used to it and started to have fun! Paige keeps picking me up and pushing me down, that's what we usually do at the pools. 1 hour later I started to if hungry, I got out of the pool and at some cookies and had a drink, I jumped back into the pool to do some challenges, 1 by 1 we had to push off the wall and wherever we stop is how far we went. We weren't allowed to kick our feet or hands, only push off the wall, I won once and that was because I cheated they never knew.

We all went to eat and after that we packed our things and got changed. After we all got changed we walked to the car and went home. I Jumped on the bed and fell asleep it was a fun day.

Freestyle Writing

Freestyle writing
WALT: Freestyle Write About An Image


Today our teacher asked us to write a story about a picture. This is what I wrote about this image. Tell me what you think in the comments down below.
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The wind rushed through her hair as she descended the mountain at great speed. For most children this would be an exhilarating, even 

terrifying experience, but for Lucy it was just an ordinary journey to school.

Her house was on top of the mountain making her journey to school dangerous. She got used to it eventually but she is still scared it might break. She arrived at her school, saying Good morning to her teacher as she sat down at her desk. She looked to the classroom door to see that her friend Milla has arrived! She smiled as Milla came to sit next to her. Lucy loved her school, because nothing bad ever happened thanks to Master Bruce Lee. 

Bruce as we all all him for short, always looked after the school and taught us Martial arts, on Mondays and friday for P.E but not all the time he usually comes in to check on us. She went to look in her bag to find a pencil. All she saw was rulers, books, coloring pencils and rubbers, but no pencils. Her school wasn't an ordinary school, it was quite unique, with it's beautiful ponds and flowers but her school was made with a rare type of wood which would not let bad energy pass through.

One day we had a new teacher come through, his name was Collin and he was to take over Bruce because one of his grandma passed on. Lucy didn't get a good vibe around him so she keeped an eye on him. The next day Master Bruce Lee arrived to school early. The funeral was short that why he came back early, but because none of the teacher knew he was coming back that early, so Collin was still at the school. When Bruce entered the room and saw Collins he stared at him when a evil look, Collins looked back I backed up with terrier.

Master Bruce Lee took out his sword, and told him to get out. No one knew that Mr. Collins had secretly put a sword in the classroom just incase he did arrive unexpectedly. Lucy, Milla and all the other classroom kids ran out of the room knowing things are going to go down. Mr Collins slide down the desk and grabbed the sword and tried to hit Bruce Lee but he failed, Bruce lee blocked the attack knowing he would go for the legs. 



BANG! BOOM! CRASH! We all sat in the hallway worrying who is going to come up on top. "AHHHHH" Collins screamed in agony. We all were scared for our lives, thinking about is he really going to kill someone in our own class! Enough was enough, Lucy opened the door to see Bruce Lee sword against Collins neck. Lucy screamed "BRUCE STOP!" They both stared at her "Go back to the hall" Bruce said, "NO, ARE YOU REALLY GONNA KILL SOMEONE" Lucy screamed "If I have to yes" Bruce said in a calm voice "Then you would never be welcomed anywhere!" Lucy started to walk out of the classroom. 

He signed and let collins go with a bloody nose. Lucy was so happy but she had to leave because her mum and dad are taking her somewhere. After that, everything was normal ever since. 

At The Moment... Turning Old Into New

Turning Old Into New

WALT:Use analysing skill to identify key ideas in the text.

For the last 50 minutes, I have been working on turning old thing into new. It is a reading task and we have to answer the question to slide 10, 11 and 13. I was finishing off slide 13 because me and my buddy Carra did slide 10, and now we are doing a slide each, she has slide 11 as I have slide 13.

I had to answer question about what we can make into new and what is the definition of natural resources. I have almost finished it but I just need to do the question about microfiber. It is a hard question because I have to find out if there is a type of technology or invention if it could solve the problem with microfibers. But if I do a lot of research I might just find the answer!

What I found challenging is explaining the process of what happened when the rubbish bin picks the rubbish up, because I almost filled the whole slide with the explanation

Forming An Opinion!

Forming An Opinion
WALT: Form an opinion about the statement

Today we are learning to form an opinion about the topic. The first topic is, should 10 year olds be able to drive? Well I disagree with the statement because 10 year olds are not mature enough with could make them have a car crash. It would also increase traffic, specifically when overpopulation is a issue on earth with a number of 7-8 billion people on earth. I also disagree with the statement because some 10 year olds are colorblind, the reason I am bringing this up is because the traffic lights has 3 colors, right? Well if you are colorblind you wouldn't know when to go or when to stop because it is a different color to the real color.

The next statement is, should school have school rules? Some people agree and most people disagreed. I disagree because it would cause fights, and people would bring phones, toys, tablets would take them off task. Kaleb said "If a special person does come, we could be as nice as we ever were" Well I disagree with that statement because if there is no school rules I don't think anyone would show up to school, they would go to shops and other places other than school. So even if a special person comes i bet a little people would come to school well only be there to mark the rule, mostly because if they are not their and their mum knows they're at school, then she will get a notification that her child isn't at school, so if the child is there when the teacher is marking the roll it would show up that her child is at school. But I also disagree with the statement because then it would create violence, and the school would possible close down.