Jumping off bridge

            Scared at Jumping off!!

Wow splashes I can hear from the side of the bridge, wondering what it might be “two boys jumping off the bridge” screaming while they fall down, thinking in my head where have they have come from.

While two boys jumping I felt feared of the two boys getting hit by one or two cars. As the cars had been coming I smelt the bad smoke coming from the cars as they passed through, the fresh air from the sky and also the salty water sea. I see an bridge, feeling the the boy could get eaten from big and small fish. I hear seagulls hawking, fantails singing,cars beeping their horns,waves crashing into each other,boats racing and also big splashes from two boys jumping off. As the two boys had been jumping off they must of felt scared like a beetle or tough like a lion.

As  they take the risk, two boys jumped off feeling scared they must of feel happy because they fight their fear and did not feel scared again they must of feel happy.

Reference’s - http://beady.buzznet.com/photos/default/?id=2062356

The Blue whale

                        The Blue Whale

The largest animals ever to been on the Earth are still living today.

The Blue whale is much bigger than the largest dinosaurs, one blue whale measured nearly 34 meters and weighed more than 220 tones.

Everything about the Blue whale is big even its tongue may weigh up to four tonnes  they also call to each other in big voices which can be heard over 800 kilometers away they are easily the loudest living creatures.

Because they are Mammals, Blue whales breathe air, this means they must come to the surface of the ocean to breathe. The ‘waterspout’ a whale blows out, is really  water at all- it is hot breath and water vapour.

Mothers feed their young on milk by the time they are a year old,  the young calf mayn weight more than 20 tonnes. They can live for up to 45 years.

My Explanation about water

                       WATER

water looks like

• drops from the sky.

• spitting.

• water coming out of the tap

water:what does it look like

• the sea (blue)

• ice

• White

What does it feel

• Cold

• Warm

• Hot

What does it taste like:

• Nothing

• fresh

where do we get it:

• Shops

• Bath

• Outside

Where does it come from:

• Forest
• Rain
• Rivers

What do we do with it:

• shower
• drink
• cook

Meaning of the lighting of the advent candles

WILD HORSES FCTS SLIDE

Earth facts

                Earth Facts

Did you know? the Earth is made out of four layers, crust,mantle,outer core and the inner core.

Crust:

 The crust varies from around 5 km thick . The crust is made out of rocks that consist primarily of silica and alumina called the "sial".

Mantel:

The mantel the second layer of the earth. The mantle is much thicker than the crust it is about 3000 km deeper than the crust. This mantle is made up of slightly different silicate rock and magnesium and iron  

Tectonic plates

The tectonic plates are very fragile, when tectonic plates touch or bump into each other it could cause an earthquake or The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere.

My book review 3

             Charlie and chocolate factory  

Main Characters:

Willy Wonka - Manager of Factory

Charlie Bucket - Child

Grandpa Joe - Charlie's Grandpa

Grandma Josephine - Charlie’s Grandma

Grandpa george - Charlie's Grandpa  

Grandma Georgina - Charlie’s Grandma

Mr Bucket - Charlie’s Dad

Mrs Bucket - Charlie’s Mum

Some of the story:

Willy wonka he was the person incharge of the chocolate factory. One time he was tasting a sample of his chocolate to found out if it was sweet or sour or salty until he looked around him and could see many of the dwarfs whispering to each other must of thinking they we trying to get Wonkas chocolate recipe, Which they were. So Wonk closed down his factory and spoke to his dwarfs “you could go home now” he spoke in a loud voice Feeling sad. One month after charlie the main boy was in school and suddenly all  t.v’s and radios reported “Willy Wonka has put a special golden tickets in 4 wonka bars, if you had got a ticket in your chocolate bar you would be going to wonka chocolate factory. As a few days later  children have gone crazy and have been rushing in to chocolate bar shops and buying the delicious Willy Wonka bars  but no children could find it, until one boy that eats a lot of chocolate bars and found it, a gold yellowish ticket likely for charlie he has found it!!

COUNTING LAMBS

                          COUNTING LAMBS

Did you know? in the past farmers wished if they could see what was inside there ewes stomachs? to see if they are healthy and safe in a machine called  the Ultrasound.  When they hop their head it  is firmly held so they won’t get away, she must have an  empty  stomach so they see clearly and and what is happening. This ultrasound  machine moves a sensor quickly over each ewe’s stomach .They must do this fast because there ewe’s stomach. These sound waves bounce off the lamb inside, and the computer forms the patterns of the returning form waves into  a picture on the screen in a few seconds.Well these farmers had finally got what the wished for  and  was a something to look inside of the animals stomach they must of felt  happy.

What is heat?

5/5/2014

what is heat?

heat: Warmness,cold,hotness.

conduction: is  a direct  transmission through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential movement of heat to materials

convection: the movement caused within a fluid transfer of hotter and less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity that results in transfer of heat..

radiation: The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves,  high-energy particles that cause ionization..

Volcanoes facts

My Koru Prayer

My Prayer

Gracious God,

I can feel the gentle breeze of the wind flowing quietly like the koru moving around in a cross

I can see the opening and rolling of the koru in the sunset

I can  feel the smoothness of the koru curling back in its position.

It’s green as nature from top to bottom.  

My facts about the king Fisher!

The Kingfisher

Facts:

• These birds live in wetlands and dry lands around the world.
• This bird grows up to 45 cm which is 18 inches long.
• They are known to dig tunnels as long as 8 meters.
• Their main enemies are Foxes, Raccoon s, cats and snakes.
• This bird eats, fish, frogs, insects and also crayfish.
• There are 90 species of kingfishers alive on earth.

By: Valansea F

References -  http://a-z-animals.com/animals/kingfisher

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Plight of Sea Turtles

                       Sea Turtles

Sea Turtles are wonderful creatures that live in the sea. They have swum for million of years and has been alive since dinosaurs were alive. Did you know? Turtles have seven species?  Kemps ridley, Flatback, green,olive ridley, Loggerhead, Hawksbill and the leather back.

The Leather back Eggs. are the biggest of all sea turtles. Sea turtles are one of most ancient creatures. Sea turtles eat creatures in the sea which are jellyfish, crabs, shrimps, sponges and mollusks (sea snails). Sea turtles are found all over the world in warm temperature places like Samoa, Fiji and Tonga, They migrate when waters are warm or cold and swim up to 1400 miles close to beaches they could lay their eggs.

Problems:

“Black Market” the illegal market, they kill 1,000 of turtles, sell them to dealers and use their shells to make ornaments and use it for decorations, isn't that bad for turtles?

People don’t know that turtles are nearly extinct. People should think if they keep on killing sea turtles they might have to say goodbye to sea turtles and might never ever see sea turtles again.

People are damaging turtle’s habitats and most times that is how turtles die.

Lastly, I recommend that people should leave turtles alone  peacefully in the ocean. We should keep our sea clean for all sea animals especially for the turtles.

       

 Flat back                                     Kempsridley

Mary Mackillop trip

                       Mary Mackillop

On our 60 Jubilee our school Christ the King were lucky to go to mission bay to see Mary Mackillop center.

“Wow” a beautiful view rangitoto is before me with the sun shining and the sea moving side to side and clashing in the rock sides. Im sitting on the grass with my friends eating our lunch with the wind blowing into my hair, it feels like a huge hurricane blowing wind to my face. I look to my left and see Sr. colleen coming with a jug of juice, Another Sister came and had given my friends and I a plastic cup each  to let us have a drink each.As I am drinking they come with a bigger jug with more jucie  so then I ask one sister could I have another jucie she answered ‘yes sure’

I look closer and I see two buildings in front of  me it was as big as any other building in Auckland. We have finished our lunch and had a great look at Mary Mackillop center we finished our journey to Mary Mackillop

I really liked the Mary Mackillop center and I hope to go there again.

  

My book review 2

               BOOK REVIEW        

CHARACTERS:

Corner, Abeke, Meilie, Rollon, Zerif, Devin and  Uraza

SUMMARY:

In the darkest forest where trees clicked and growed and fluttered. There were children Corner, Abeke, Meilie, Rollon, Zerif and Uzara. they had been scared of this dark forest. They have gone into a mission to find another way of making another spirit animal and fight against an enemy that will break any rule to defeat these men and women  

I recommend you should read this book, and I rate this book 7 out of 10 these spirit animals are best animals.

My book review 1

                       Judy Moody

Character:

Judy Moody, Stink, Frank, Rocky, Nellie Bly, Amy Namey, Mum and Dad

SUMMARY:

In this book Judy Moody's class has a mission to go around the world in 8 and a half days. They have to split into four groups and try to look like you are in that country, Judy Moody has chosen to be in Italy with her friends Frank, Rocky  and Jessica Finch.

I recommend this book for children ages 8 to 12 years old, and I rate this Book a 8/10.

Peace Poem

                  Peace poem

Peace looks like people working together, having no fights and no bullying.

Peace sounds like no yelling and no violence.

Peace feels like laughter and being loved.

Peace is bright as the clouds in the sky.

My Marae Trip

                 Te Tahawai Marae    

On Monday 25th August 2014, Year  5,6, 7 and 8 went to

Te Tahawai Marae in the morning.

We had left by the  bus and had arrived to the Marae at 10 O’clock. Wondering what to expect , I have never been to a Marae before, So I did not know what to expect.  

A lady had appeared from the Marae  and started calling in Maori which I think was the start of our school welcoming.

The year 7 and 8’s  answered back to the Maori lady, and we started walking towards the house and entered the house by taking our shoes off first. Boys sat in front of the Marae and the girls sat at the back of the boys.

We were greeted again by the Maori ladies and then one boy named Bronson spoke for our school said Kiaora after saying his speech. Our school brought a koha of a koru drawing that had be drawn on paper.  When our koha  was placed on the ground, the students had done the hongi. The Maori culture of saying you are welcome to the marae. After the hongi,  of touching noses,  together we had washed our hands and shown to the wharekai (kitchen),  where we ate biscuits and drank water. “We are  finished” . When  they finished drinking their tea and coffee they separated the year 6 boys.  The girls went to a different area for their activities and the boys and intermediate girls years 7 and 8.  I was surprised wondering what we had to do. “Poi’s Yay ” I said  to Bronson.

We learnt about Poi’s but for boy we were meant to learn how to swing a spear and attack their enemies. We finished our Poi dance and then  drew koru patterns on paper knowing where your family stays. At our last activity it  was to  know our ancestors and what they did for us and also where they came from, in Maori called tangira. One of the ladies had given us a paper showing the tangiwha, which we could drew a pattern on it . It was fun knowing our ancestors.

We finished our trip at the mare  by singing a song for the tangata whenua and to say thank you, being grateful to us. We hopped on the bus and drove a long way back to school. I really enjoyed the mare  trip because I learnt a lot about the Maori cultural and I hope to learn more .

My Book Review

Book - Dick king-smith Lady lollipop

Characters:

People: Princess - Penelope

Father King - Theophilus

Mother Queen - Ethelwynne

Royal Servant - Helpers

Pig owner - Johnny Skinner

Pig - Lollipop

About the story:

Penelope the Princess is nearly turning 8  and her mum and dad do not know what to get her? She walked down the hallway and found her dad and mum seating down on chairs in the seating room. Her parents asked her what she wanted, fearing they might not be able to get what she wanted. Instead they got what she wanted and that was a PIG.

What I think about this book and rating:

I like this book because, it has parts that made me laugh and feel happy. I had also dreamt of having a pig.

I rate this book a 7/10 and recommend it for children at the ages of 7 and over enjoy reading this book.