Brooklyn @ Pt England School

The Treaty Of Waitangi

2012-02-16T14:46:00.000+13:00

The Treaty of Waitangi took days to set up. But on the 6th of February 1840 the treaty was signed by Maori chiefs and the British government. The treaty was needed because there was alot of conflict between the Maori and Pakeha. They all gathered together under a marquee in the Bay Of Islands. Which had British flags every where. About 40 chiefs signed the the treaty starting with Hone Heke. And by the end of the year over 500 other Maori including 13 women signed the treaty.

Henry Williams translated the English version into Maori. The English version stated that the Maori's would keep their leadership and the chiefs would still be chiefs over their lands and toanga under rights of British subjects.

The communication between the English and Maori was difficult. And they didn’t want to risk the treaty. So they made nine copies. Most of them were made by hand.

Protection, Partnership and Participation. Those three words were in the Treaty and to this day at Point England School we follow these three P’s. Protection means looking after each other while Partnership means two people working together as one and finally Participation means joining in and being apart of something.

I am so glad that the treaty was signed because it bought peace to our nation.

Powhiri For A Prince

2012-02-09T14:40:00.000+13:00

Powhiri For The Prince is all about a girl who gets ready for Prince Edwards arrival in rotorua but the influenza came and heaps of people caught it. The little girls house had to be turned into a hospital and the rotorua trip got cancelled and she was really looking forward to it. But when the influenza was gone, they had an unexpected surprise. The prince was coming to lyttleton where they lived.

Making A Pie Graph

2012-02-09T12:59:00.001+13:00

In room 21 for maths we did graphs. Mrs Lagitupu showed us a website called Create A Graph its a website when you well create a graph. We had a choice for what kind of graph style we would like to do I chose Pie because I love pies and I have never done a pie graph before. The title is Favourite animals Room 21. And as you can see the most common animal is the dog. Thank you for reading my post I hope you liked it.

Going To The Lantern Festival

2012-02-09T09:53:00.001+13:00

On Saturday, we went to the lantern festival. I have never been there before. But it sounds fun. When we got there it was packed like cars in a traffic jam (well kind of). Also there was a wonderful aroma coming from one of the food stands. It was octopus cased in a ball of batter. We bought one each and guess what? They were delicious! (I wish I had some now).

After a little snack we had a look at the stands where there were toys and things like that. We even saw these cute little hats. Some of the hats were monkeys, frogs, rabbits and so much more. Then we went to where the actual lanterns are, they were beautiful. Some lanterns were up in the trees some were down on the ground. There was a variety of lanterns some were shaped as boats, flowers, animals and much much more.

After all our sight seeing we came across an activity where you get into a ball and well play in it. Me and my sister went in one each and we kept on trying to bump each other but instead we kept on falling over slamming our bodies on the bottom of the ball. That’s also how we make other people fall over, because the vibrations on the water shakes there ball. Sadly we had to stop after five minutes. When I walked out side I was really dizzy and I thought I was going to fall over. But I didn't. My dad told us that we looked like little hamsters in a ball.

We were all ready to go home so we went away from the huge amount of people crowding around the food stands, and started to walk to a bus stop. On the way we looked in some of the shop windows to see all the clothes and shoes. After that we went home and drifted off to sleep hearing the fireworks coming from the festival.

I loved the festival it was really really cool. My Highlight was seeing all the lanterns and playing in the floating water ball. I also recommend you go there too.

Having A Sleepover For My Birthday

2012-02-03T12:25:00.000+13:00

As I woke up and went into the kitchen, my sister jumped out from behind the corner of the bench and yelled out “happy birthday sis!” It was my eleventh birthday. I was going to have a sleepover with my friends.

Sadly only one replied back. But that was alright, I knew that most of them were on holiday. After we had breakfast, we went to pick up Ashleigh. Then we went back home and relaxed before going to watch Journey to Mysterious Island at the movies.

When we just about to leave we had an unexpected visitor. It was Shoal. We all welcomed her in and told her where to put her bags. Then we left straight away to the movies. The movie was hilarious we just kept on talking about it in the car all the way home. When we hopped out of the car we saw that my nana and papa had put up a tent for Ashleigh, Shoal and I to sleep in.

Us three girls entered the tent and started to make our beds. By then it was time for dinner. We had Spaghetti Bolognese. It was delicious. We watched t.v after that and by the time we all had our showers we went to bed.

The next day all of my friends had to go home but my mum said ”If you girls wanted to, you could ring up your parents and ask them if you can stay another night”. So they did and their parents said yes. So that day we went bowling. It was fun except Shoal isn’t really used to bowling and it was quite hard for her. By the way Ashleigh was the bomb at it.

That night we played Blinds Man Buff we kept on laughing tripping over and even falling on each other. After the game we sat down and took pictures of us. Then we went to sleep.

The next day we went to drop of Shoal at her nana’s house. Over all the sleepover was the best.

One Very Sunny Day In Whangarei..............

2012-01-05T20:25:00.001+13:00

(This is my cousins, my sister and me dressing up)

One very sunny day in Whangarei we went looking for Scollaps in my cousins boat (but we ended up getting heaps of Pipps) So we went to Urquarts Bay and we went on a little sand bit in the middle of the sea. While my cousins and sister were looking for shellfish me and my uncle went snorkling and we saw lots of stingrays I was really scared that I couldn't let go of my uncles arm. After that all of us wanted to go back home we also had a kayak and we tied the kayak on a piece of string connected onto the boat also my counsin and I and her brother went on the kayak. Well My counsins brother was hanging on the end trying to make us steady. Then we were off. As we looked back to check on my cousins brother we could see that heaps of water have been splashing on to him. While we were nearly to the shore we capsized luckly we had life jackets the boat was turning around and on my counsins life jacket there was a whistle for if your in trouble. Except the whistle wasen't working (until her brother blew into it)! Also the boat didn't come to us so we had to swim back it was soo cold!

2012 Here We Come

2012-01-01T12:00:00.000+13:00

10,9,8....... As we start counting down on New Years Eve we start saying good bye to 2011 and saying hello to 2012. The kids with there fizzy drinks and the parents with a wine in there hand. We all say cheers while the fireworks begin. After that the kids are so tried that as soon as they lie down to go to sleep there out like a light fast asleep dreaming of what awaits them for tomorrow. When we wake up there is another celebration it is my cousin roimata's birthday ( Bye the way she's turning eight). When we all hand in her presents she say Thank you everybody and have a happy New year. Also she got a I pod touch for her birthday.

Yeah Its Christmas!!

2011-12-25T08:51:00.000+13:00

As soon as I woke on christmas day I saw that santa had come yesterday. With presents underneath the christmas tree I wake up my parents to say can I please please please open up the goodies undearneath the tree that we put up yesterday! But just remember that there is no christmas without the one we love whos name is Jesus.

A Special Goodbye

2011-12-24T00:00:00.000+13:00

I'm going to miss you. If you go next year and I know some of you are so I am writing a special good bye to Litia, Ashleigh. I am really going to miss you!

Life Without A Netbook

2011-12-14T10:24:00.001+13:00

Back in the day (last year)! I used a pencil. Netbooks are so much better. I can’t even imagine a life without a netbook. Last year we had to write our story's in our exercise books and copy it all in the Mac’s it was a waste of time really. With netbooks all you have to do is go on to our blogs and type it all in.

I love using my netbook to go on to the Internet. Except there is a problem the connection fails its so frustrating. Sometimes it makes me fall behind. So I have to work even harder to finish my work. That’s not cool.

But I have to say there are some positives about our netbooks, for example we have easy access on to the Internet and when we don’t know how to spell a word all we have to do is click on thesaurus (one out of many websites we are permitted to go on), and type in the word that we are confused with and it will came up with oppositions.

The netbook is great but I would like tell you some improvements you could make. One of them is Tux paint when we have tasks that we have to draw pictures and post it on our blogs it makes our pictures seem just a little bit babyish.

If the pilot failed I would really be gutted. Having a netbook is a really big advantage for the year 5 and up. I just cant imagine a life without a netbook.

Outta This World

2011-12-08T11:58:00.001+13:00

Here is my animation for our new topic this term it is called Outta This World. All of our class had to choose what was wrong with our earth. I chose Pollution. Thank you and enjoy.

Mr Coope's Fantastic Meals

2011-11-22T10:02:00.001+13:00

Every day we wake up smelling this heavenly smell. Can you guess were that aroma was coming from? Well it was coming from the lovely fresh bread Mr Coope makes every morning. It is delicious! Most of the kids from team Bentzon ended up going for seconds just for the bread!

The lunches we fantastic. We had burgers and Hot dogs with sides of chips. That’s the only thing’s I remember any way. Just reading over this makes me crave for hot dogs yum!

Don’t get me started on dinner, it was the best! I went up for seconds one night. I was so full after that like a jar over flowing( I’m the jar). No offense mum but I love Mr Coope’s Meals! There delicious.

My Best Camp Ever!

2011-11-21T10:45:00.001+13:00

Sailing, it was the only thing I was really thinking about in the lead up to camp, but when the time came, I felt really nervous! To my surprise, I ended up volunteering for demonstrating how to sail. When I was out in the water, all the things Peter told me to do when into my left ear and straight out the other.

I was having trouble at first but when people started to came out to sail, I was felling just a little bit better. The thing I was most scared of was when I had to turn and move my whole body over to face the wind.

Coming back was better, but then I wanted to keep on sailing! I think I got the hang of it in the end. I would love to do that again. Even though I was really scared.

Going To Camp Benzon (Kawau Island)

2011-11-08T10:01:00.000+13:00

Yes! In 1 week we are going to Camp Benzon. This is going to be great.

If your asking were camp Benzon is? It is on Kawau Island 8km off the mainland. To get there you have to catch a ferry from Sands Pit.

Our class have been researching about Camp Benzon and found some really cool things like Abseiling, Sailing and here's one that I never new existed A Burma trail. It is a rope course which you can do blind folded or at night.

I am looking forward to going on this camp because I have never done this before. Also its with my friends. Its just sad how we cant fit any lollies in our bag because we don't have enough space in our bags!

The challenge for me would be the Abseiling because I have never done it before. Also the Burma trail. I’m just lucky that we have some one guiding us through it! To be honest.

I cant wait to go to Camp. Its going to be awesome!!

Tennis Coaching

2011-11-05T09:20:00.000+13:00

Tennis, in my opinion I am an expert, well kind of. I have lessons every Saturday, which is good for excercise and for learning more about the new sport. It's great.

As it came to 11:30 our class went straight to the courts. We had an appointment with Marcel, he is a professional tennis coach. After he introduced himself, the girls went up first to get a racket, then the boys. To warm up, Marcel showed us a ball skill to try and control it. We put the balls on the racket and we started to make it bounce. Some of my other class mates had their balls flying all over the place!!! It was funny.

After that we had a little game practicing the forehand skill. We got into partners for this and mine was Chante. First of all she went on the other side of the net. Marcel said to her side of the net to walk backwards and put down their rackets but keep hold of the ball. Then they started throwing the balls in front of us and we had to try and hit it back to them.

"Now we are going to play a little game now" Marcel said to all of us. We played rallies. Here is some of the rules, if the ball bounces twice in your out thats what happens to me heaps of times, I was gutted. One time when I was still on the court I was rallying Marcel and I bet him, but I still think he let me win or I was just to good for him. Yeah definitely the second one.

That lesson was great. I cant wait till next week, when we learn a different skill. I think it might be backhand.

Ice Cream Comets

2011-11-03T10:50:00.000+13:00

Did you know that some comets are edible? Well our class made some, out of Icy cold Ice cream an Ice cream cone and some biscuits and sprinkles. My comet had Chocolate ice cream on it,(Actually comets are made out of ice and dust).

There was people rushing out the door like a stampede. They were rushing because when the ice cream melts in your hands you will have a melted comet! Though I couldn't wait to eat mine even if it did melt. I ran out of the door as I was inpatient to start eating. I could taste it all ready.

The Rocks and Sprinkles were crushed and bashed to try and make it smaller, but it ended up looking like dust and not so much as rocks. When I tucked into my ice cream my teeth felt cold, my friend said that I had sensitive teeth. Even though my teeth felt cold I carried on do you want to know why? Because it was worth it!

The last lick felt good, also there was a sticky mess through out my fingers, but then I wanted more ice cream. So then I scavenged around for more because they were bringing trays out with delicious lumps of ice cream on it. I picked a lump of vanilla flavored ice cream off the tray and ate it, and by my surprise it was yuck! After that I was picking my teeth because I could feel bits of biscuits and sprinkles stuck in my mouth! Out side where they were putting on the biscuits and sprinkles, right beneath their feet was a huge crumbly mess!

After that I felt sick but I could still taste it. YUM!! I cant wait for another ice cream comet, and you should try it out, just be warned, you will have a big mess after. So if you are under the age of eight ask your parents!!

Exploring Space

2011-10-27T12:16:00.002+13:00

Cleaning Out My Cousins Chicken Coop

2011-10-27T09:49:00.001+13:00

“Start Cleaning out the Chicken coop, now!!” my auntie said with a grin on her face. At first I thought she was evil but then I thought GROSS!!!!

My cousin and I walked into the coop, and it stunk like a skunk which just farted!!! Just before we started picking up the scraps, we looked in the hen house were the chicken’s lay there eggs. There was only one hen trying to lay an egg. My cousin thought it was going to die because its been there in the same position for ages. Except when it’s hungry.

When we were picking up the scrap food, my cousin was looking at me and picked up something squishy. Can you guess what that was? POO!!!!! The chooks were pooing in there food YUCK!!.

I was waiting for a scream to come out of her mouth, but it took a while for it to arrive she looked like she was going to faint to be honest. Just then a scream came bursting out of her mouth like a baboon.

Now that, was the worst experience of my life. That's going on my list for what not to not do ever again, but to be honest it was pretty humorous as well.

RWC Countries

2011-10-06T10:38:00.004+13:00

I have been researching two of the countries playing in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

AFL Couching

2011-09-29T14:25:00.002+13:00

Isn't AFL ( Australian Football League) an Australian game? I was intrigued when I heard there were Aussie Rules couching, coming in to teach us how to play. Next we would be taking up Canadian Ice hockey!

When we learnt a skill called the Drop Punt,we went strait into a game,trying to hit the innocent teachers Miss Garden and Mr Summerville."Oh no!" Miss Garden said as she thought she was going to get hit with the ball, sadly for all us kids she was wrong!!!! All of us were really bad, our aiming was pathetic.

Thank You Bucklands Beach Lions Club

2011-09-27T14:32:00.006+13:00

On Monday the 26th of September the whole school had a Duffy assembly. Rooms 1 - 24 got books age appropriate for their class. The Bucklands Beach Lions Club hold activities to help pay for these wonderful books.

The books that have been given to us is to help us kids at Point England Primary school raise our academic level's. The book that I chose was The Fall Of The Blade by Sue Reid. So thank you Bucklands Beach lions club for paying for these books.

Polar Bears

2011-09-19T09:57:00.004+12:00

The polar bear has a thick coating of fur to keep it warm. It also has bumps on its paws to help them grip on to the ice. Polar Bear's have sharp claws so they can pick up their food.

Normally Polar bears are found alone, but cubs live with their mother for 2 and a half years. In that time the mother protects and teaches her cub how to hunt for food.

The Polar Bear's main food is the seal. Polar bears finds the it’s breathing hole and waits for the it to come up and take a breath, and then the Polar bears grabs the seal and throws it on the ice so it can eat it.

When a Polar Bear lives in the wild it can live for about 20 years. One polar bear managed to live for 41 years in a zoo.

RWC Tonga vs Canada

2011-09-13T16:30:00.016+12:00

Thomas Palu (Tongan team) Ed Fairhurst (Canada team)

Who: The teams who are playing are Tonga vs Canada.

When: The date for this game is Wensday the 14 0f September 2011 and the time is 14:30 ( 2:30).

Where: This game is going to be played at Whangarei at the Northland Event Centre.

Prediction for score: I think the prediction for Tonga vs Canada is going to be 30/15 to Tonga!!!! Sorry Canada but I vote for the Tonga.

RWC Begins

2011-09-12T10:41:00.003+12:00

On Friday the 9th of 2011 the most remarkable event happened, yes it is the Rugby World Cup. The music the fireworks everything and it is all for the RWC.

The opening ceremony was amazing. The haka was performed by Maori people it was spectacular, people were dressed up in humorous costumes too. The Fireworks was a blast.

The crowed went wild when the commentator said “ Let the RWC games begin. First game of all representing New Zealand is the All Blacks and representing Tonga is Ikale Tahi in other words Sea Eagles. The score was 41-10 to the All Blacks.

Although the city struggled with the huge crowd, most people agreed that the opening ceremony was a huge success.

How To Take Care Of Birds

2011-08-29T10:19:00.004+12:00

My reading group has been learning how to find information from a range of different sources.

This presentation shows how to care for baby birds you find.

All Blacks Web Page

2011-08-08T10:30:00.002+12:00

This is my All black web page. It has Richie McCaw, Willam Web Ellis cup, and a heap more.I have taken photos and made it into a collage. This photos represent the rugby world cup. I hope you.

An Irish Web Page Challange

2011-08-08T09:13:00.002+12:00

RWC ( Rugby World Cup)

2011-08-04T09:55:00.003+12:00

I believe that the RWC hosted in NZ would help us Socially and economically by NZ Getting more money,to help ChCh build new buildings. The tourists would come from all around the world too.However the possible bad things of the RWC would be after games, people and the team that they were voting for lost. Then they might go to the pub and drink in anger and start fights. Also Drugs could come into NZ with tourists.

Bigger,Better,Faster,Stronger

2011-07-14T12:26:00.000+12:00

My Flag

2011-07-12T10:50:00.002+12:00

I designed this flag to represent me and my family.

We Need A Makeover!!

2011-07-12T09:26:00.004+12:00

My class mate Chante has marked my second paragraph and gave me a 10/12.

Rm 17s courtyard desperately needs a makeover! The following are reasons for this. Our courtyard is ugly, no space when fields are closed, kids get bowled over by seniors in the breeze and also it is hard to access our deck. We have surveyed kids from room 16 and found information as proof to redesign room 17s courtyard.

Firstly to entice children to come, we need to fix the tap and the ditch has to go. The ugly drain in the middle has grass growing in it! It makes our courtyard uninviting. Also mud is on the wall behind the sports shed. As well as this, the concrete is uneven which makes games like handball hard to play. Not a very enticing area at all!

Unfortunately when the fields close there is a cause of crowded conditions. Like in the breeze, little kids get pushed and shoved, by the seniors with their sports gear. We really need more space!

With out being able to access our deck it makes the courtyard seem old and not enticing.
If we take out the rail stopping us getting us on to the deck it would make it easier to get onto the deck. We have to convince the board to take the rails off!

I think we really need a make-over don’t you.

On The Trail

2011-07-07T10:28:00.003+12:00

Today the wekas reading group had to read a story called On The Trail and after we read it we had to make our own motocross track with a key this is mine.

Amazing Stickers Story Web

2011-06-27T10:23:00.005+12:00

For reading the Wekas had to fill in a story web about the story Amazing Stickers.

Rm 17's Extreme Courtyard Makeover Eddition

2011-06-16T10:03:00.004+12:00

Room 17 is redesigning our courtyard. The following paragraphs are about what me and Shoal's idea's were.

One of our idea's was to put a basket ball hoop on the side of the hall. With no back board it would cost $45.00. I think we should buy a basket ball hoop alone because we could bolt the back board and hoop together.

For the back board of the basket ball hoop it would cost $248.00.I think we should have a back board because if we miss the shot it won't go on to the roof. Also Shoal's dad sells bolt's so we could get some from him.

Unique,extinct, Isolated And Volcanic

2011-06-02T14:09:00.004+12:00

For our extension task we had to split up in groups and think about a movie for the I Am Making Movies 2. We had three categories Unique Extinct Isolated and volcanic , Bravery heart brake loss and hope, My heritage Your heritage Who's future. My group chose Unique Extinct Isolated and Volcanic. Our Movie is about two students who get caught in a time capsule and getting in a whole lot of trouble.

Extinct, unique and volcanic from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

Redesging A Computer Mouse

2011-05-27T10:30:00.003+12:00

Today's task was to redesign a computer mouse. My plan was to make it a different shape make it glow and some how make it make a noise. Instead of having the shape of a computer mouse I made it the shape of a guitar.

I added two guitar heads for clicking and mad e the guitar body bigger so it would suit any hand and it would look appealing. It also makes a sound when you click on any thing on your computer. The guitar looking mouse would have small and very quit fans underneath so it could float.

Redesigning Our Netbook Cases

2011-05-25T10:07:00.004+12:00

“ I wonder what we are doing today”? said Vivienne. “ I don't know” I replied to her. As the second bell rang for school to start. Something caught my eye, which was on the projector. When I read it, it said “ the B.A.R key. Bigger, Add, Replace. Our class had to redesign our net book cases, not physically but we had to draw it.

First I made the case bigger so I could have a bigger flat screen television. Also I just saw that I don’t really need the handles so I replaced it with a stereo, and a lot more.

I added these features because it would be fun if we were doing it in real life. The T.V and D.V.D player was added for some more entertainment. Instead of handles I added A stereo so when I am writing or we are aloud free time I could just listen and relax. Instead of getting up and grabbing my net book from the cabbed I installed some little hover craft’s.

Marble Track

2011-05-24T14:49:00.005+12:00

Plan.

To make our marble track my group has been given, 10 pieces of paper and one meter of tape. With the amount of six newspaper’s we are going to be rolling them up in to tubes. Our group is going to connect them up at the end of each tube. We are going to be putting holes at the Beginning and the end of each rolled up newspaper so the marble can flow through. Also were going to try and use our tape wisely. I’m going to make the tubes, Chante is going to well balance our creation while Maru is taping it together.

What We Did.

“ I’ll start rolling the paper” I said. “Ok” Chante and Maru replied. As we started our invention strait away we got a positive attitude,but then I heard a plop on the ground. It was our tubes the weren't connected properly. So we tried to make it stronger with pieces of sellotape. Our group couldn't stick to the plan because it wasn’t working as we hoped it would, we were guttered . In the end we did not succeed. I hope that the next challenge will be a little easier.

Finally Swimming Starts

2011-05-23T12:12:00.003+12:00

Yes! swimming has began. I have been dreading it for the last week. Before we got to the pools we had a choice, we could go into the big pool with Mr Marks, or we could go into the leisure pool with Miss Garden. I chose the big pool.

As I went into the pool slowly I could smell the chlorine, and when I was fully in the water it was instantly cold. I had second thoughts for being in the big pool, because I knew that the leisure pool was definitely warmer than the pool I was in.

“We are going to do freestyle” Mr Marks said to us.When it was my turn my arm’s were exhausted, and to make it even better Mr Marks kept on telling us what we needed to improve. I had to work on my arms.

After we did all of our strokes we had extra time. When Mr Marks told us we could have free time everybody said “yes!. Me and my friends did flips and competitions. Sadly we had to go out of the pool and get ready to go back to school.

Vote For The Best Introductions

2011-05-05T14:25:00.005+12:00

I have tried to make two introductions about what I did in the holidays, but they are about the same things. So can you please vote for the best introduction by typing your answer in the box below the two choices. The first paragraph is going straight into the action and the second is going straight to my feeling's or what I was thinking. Vote for which is best.

“Hurry up” I said to my dad and sister, as I start hopping into the luge with excitement. When we arrived in Rotovages ( Rotorua). Our first activity was going down the luge.Down I went trying to steer it and just before I crashed in to somebody, I quickly read the instructions which I could not see. Later on I got the hang of it and got to go on it again but this time the intermediate it was more fun than the first time I went on. Half way on the intermediate lane I felt like I was on air but, I wasn't I was just going down a hill. After that l had to slow down because it was finished I had to wait a while because my sister and dad were taking very long to come down.

Cool I thought as I went inside the luge.Quickly I thought how do I steer this thing.After that I panicked and nearly crashed into somebody. A while later I got the hang of it and tried to go faster and faster, but then this sign was coming closer and closer it wanted us to slow down. “Oh” I said as I slowed down, it was the end. I really wanted to go on again I even begged for another go. Sadly we had no more passes.

Glee

2011-04-15T10:55:00.003+12:00

This term I really wanted to build up my confidence. To do that me and my friends wanted to audition for glee. My friends and I made it in thanks to Mrs M (Muliaumasealii). Me and Chante my friend got taught ballet and we had to teach the rest of the people. Our practices were at Thursdays lunch times and after school till five o’clock. After all that had work we learnt all our moves and places. Next challenge was to get ready to perform on Friday all the people at glee had to go to the library to get dressed up and look pretty.Sadly some people ended up look like clowns. Next session we are going to be singing definitely my favorite category.

All About Me

2011-04-14T12:45:00.002+12:00

This my all about me I hope you enjoy it.

FleaBus

2011-03-31T10:54:00.003+13:00

We read story called " FleaBus"

Hieroglyphics

2011-03-30T12:44:00.004+13:00

The Greek word Hieroglyphics is hard to pronounce even hard to spell ,it has to represent a word a salable or sound. It is made out of two Greek words. Hieroglyphics is a kind of sacred carving or a familiar object.The name Marks is mostly found in a temples or a palace's in Egypt. These buildings were built thousands of years ago, but they are still standing today.

Why Do Babies Need More Sleep Than Grown Ups?

2011-03-30T09:34:00.008+13:00

The smaller the baby the more sleep they need. Babies require more sleep than adults.

All babies grow when they are sleeping. Young kids only need more sleep than babies, but less sleep than adults.Babies do little as sleep and eat.

While adults are sleeping the worn cells are repaired.Adults need sleep because they have a period of rest.So they are ready for work the next day.

The bodies of grown ups only need food for energy,but smaller bodies need food for bones and muscle also for energy. They need all of that food because they do a lot of running. Until the reach of age goes to 1-2 years.

Who Were The Spartans

2011-03-28T10:06:00.005+13:00

The Spartans lived in town in ancient grease, which was called Sparta. The Spartans were known for there love of freedom,honesty and courage.

No luxury for the boys at the age of 7, they got taken away from there family's, and only trained for war. To do that they had to grow there hair long, when they grew older they became police men or soldiers.

The soldiers fought all the time either for them selves or a city that would pay them. They work in they fields and the city were done by captured women and men, they were called helots.

The women were extremely tough in Sparta, they feasted if a son had died brave ,in battle. They even went as far as if a son returned from battle and lost they ,would kill them.

Japan Double Disaster

2011-03-15T11:49:00.002+13:00

As the force of nature occurred in Japan people were seeped up by the tsunami out to sea. This terrifying sight was seen by the people whom lived off the coast of Japan. The magnitude was 8.9 which was double the magnitude in Christchurch.The houses were scattered like toys upon the water.

The earthquake didn't cause so much catastrophic because the houses were built to stand, even when a earthquake is happening but the disaster made a extensive crack in the nuclear plant which had made a fire. Even though the double disaster had just happened it sounds like a massive death toll.The magnitude was 8.9. Thousand of people evacuated from there homes.

The Tsunami was 30 feet tall (10 meters), that’s there biggest wave in the current event that has happened in Japan. It also is the biggest Tsunami seance world war 2.The death toll grew throughout the day.The violent wall of water captured heaps of houses, cars also, ships got swept out at sea and some got caught in a whirlpool.

There was a large amount of people evacuating and trying to find higher ground away from the Tsunami. After that dint doubt that people were terrorized and felt blue. I feel apologetic for them.

Cricket Coaching

2011-03-09T11:46:00.005+13:00

“Cool cricket, I love it” I told my friend “yeah OK ,whatever” she replied quickly. Every week room 17 have cricket lessons out on the field in the evenings. I like cricket because I know how to play and I enjoy it. Hammond the coach first taught us the pool shot.I have never heard of that shot ,well I have never heard of any shots that's weird, how I love cricket but I hardly have any experience.

One Thursday we learnt the pull shot with Hammond. With the pull shot we had to split up in teams of four. We all had to try and hit the ball between these two cones, I hit them way out between the cones. Sometimes I hit it out of bounds and sometimes at the back of me.

We were all sitting down waiting for Hammond to tell us we could go and practice the front foot drive. For the Front foot drive we had to hit the ball between the cones like the pool shot , but we put the two balls on the Tee and hit it through cones. It started off being tricky, because I kept on missing the Ball. Later on I got used to it, but I still need a bit more practice.

Tennis Tournament

2011-03-04T09:44:00.002+13:00

“Wake up honey you have a big day to day” said mum “I know but I’m too tired” I replied.I have a big tennis tournament I have to try and beat two people, one from Ellerslie and one from the same tennis group as me.

As I walked on to the court I felt nervous as the first person I had to beat was the Madeira from Ellerslie. It was I long game the points started as love (0) then 30 40 deuce 30...at the end I won. I felt happy but at the same time tired because it Isn’t over yet. I have to beat another one it was like Wellington vs Wellington It was super trying after the first match.

Next one It was just the same but the points were different who ever got 9 games won, Meg the person I had to try and beat won . At the end of the day I felt sad but still happy because it was FUN!!.

My Sorry note to christchurch

2011-02-24T14:25:00.001+13:00

Dear Christchurch,
On behalf of Pt England School, we hope that you all find your way through this time of trouble. Your feelings of sadness and worry has made us think, what if we were you, how would we know that people knew where we were and if we were okay?We all wish you are okay.

We all feel helpless, and this is just a bit of our love and care to give to you. We hope that this will lift your hearts even the tiniest bit we also hope it will give you comfort,support and motivation to keep on going.We also hope that you find all your loved ones.

Yours sincerely Yr 5 and 6 extension group Chante,Shoal,Brooklyn and Kaycee from Pt England School Auckland,New Zealand.

The seed

2011-02-22T10:27:00.003+13:00

In a book named The Seed there were two tribes the Chafer tribe and the scarab tribe. One day a cherry seed dropped from the sky. and it landed right on the boarder line. The Scarab and Chafer tried to take the seed and drag it to their side but it just wouldn't budge because the other tribe was doing the same at the same time. That meant war said one of the tribes kings. They spent years of preparing and making armor. When they were ready for war they where distracted because the seed was gone. it had buried it self under ground and grown in to a cherry tree. the trunk was on the boarder line but the brunches were on both sides of the territory.

2011-02-16T10:39:00.000+13:00

New Netbooks

2011-02-16T10:36:00.002+13:00

At anytime and anyplace in GI we can use our new netbooks , other wise we will be disconnected to the Internet.We have our net books so we can be ready for the future,because we never know when we will need to use these skills that we are practising to do now.

Room 17 were sitting on the mat listing to the clear instructions that Mrs Burt gave us on how to un- box our new net books.
We also had a serial number. With antictipation we waited for Mrs Burt to tell us too press the ON BUTTON.

It is amazing when all our students look and feel energised when they do school in their own time like lunch, interval and even in the morning when you walk into class and see just about every one on their netbooks. When I get ready for school I feel so energised because we get to work on our net books.

My Holiday Highlight(My Birthday)

2011-02-09T14:32:00.006+13:00

“Arrghh”! I yelled as I woke up in a bed fulled of balloons well to me it was like a pool of it. One more thing right in front of my face huge word on a piece of paper were saying happy birthday.Just after I read those words I got out of bed and I started to wake my sister up and also she was surprised but just before I was going to say with glee two of the balloons popped and made a loud sound which woke up my dad and he is a very deep sleeper.

During midday we went out to St Luke's to get my present,my dad brought me a camera it was so cool I took heaps of photos that morning. After that we went to the dairy and brought 5 chocolate lamination's and heaps of lollies for my cake we named it The Monster Slash Caterpillar type thingy, with the lollies we made it like Godzilla, with the airplane's it was chucked on, some Landed on its sour tongue which was surprisingly yummy.

The most exciting activity was clip and climb which was amazingly fun because I had to go down the vertical slide it was scary, when I had to drop I didn’t really want to and then. “Arrgh” I said as my guts felt like they were on my head. “Few that was scary” I told my dad.

Later on we had to go home and finally eat the monster slash Caterpillar type thingy (my cake). It delicious. At about quarter two five we went out to the park for like an hour and then we had to go home.

That was the most exciting day of my life, so far. I cant what for next year or my sisters birthday we might be going Ice skating. I like ice skating too.
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Mighty Mariners Magellan

2010-12-12T13:03:00.002+13:00

Triathlon

2010-12-12T13:00:00.002+13:00

Going to the lagoon

2010-12-10T11:41:00.003+13:00

With a huge splash I plunged into the Pakuranga lagoon. As I stood on the bank I shivered and shuddered, with teeth chattering too. “Cool!”I exclaimed. I could still see the ripples from my cannon ball and the patterns of sun light on the surface. As I walked over to tell my mum and dad it turned out not to be the ripples of my cannon ball, but confusingly the ripples of my brother flicking water on to the lagoon. I was annoyed because my brother kept on poking me, so later when he wasn’t looking I pushed him into the lagoon. My sister cracked up, laughing so loud that later on she had sore ribs. The day started to grow cold and we decided to go home. My brother whispered I cant wait to go back there again so I can push my sister into the pool” I think it was his sugar rush talking.

Halloween

2010-11-16T09:50:00.000+13:00

One Halloween night is here and all I see is ordinary people roaming the side walks with plastic bags. Later that our nana and papa gave us a lollie lay and a flower aye that you wear around your head. But sadly we had to give most of our lollies away.

Quickly as we could before these strangers came to our house we brought out a silver bowl out of the bottom cupboard and put lollies and chips inside it. Sadly only one was dressed up as a scary vampire so she got the biggest lollie that my sister wanted “Mum I wanted that one” she said and cried. When we couldn't see any more trick or treaters, we ate the left over lollies it was nice.

A while later we watched a halloween movie which was really creepy “ahh!” my sister said at the end of the movie.

Swimming

2010-11-11T09:38:00.003+13:00

With great difficulty I squeezed into the life jacket Chris gave me. This is cold” I said to my friend. Eagerly awaiting to go into the pool, Chris helped me adjust life jacket. My friend Chante was chattering excitedly to me and just before I got reply every body had to line up ready to make their way inside the pool.

Chris is a Great swimming teacher he is a helper at water safety NZ he is going to teach as about water safety every Wednesday until it is the end of the term.

As I hopped into the pool my teeth started to chatter like beaver gnawing at wood. After a while i got used to it and and the chatter of my teeth started to die down. When all of us were in the pool we had to practise our help position all around the pool , we were crashing bumping into each other while doing that. Some activities that we were doing were a recap of the ones last week.

Another activity was when we all had to get in a huddle and sing the national anthem. Chris our instructor was spinning us around in a circle it was fun. After awhile we had free time. Chante, Jay’lee and I sang ring a ring a Rosie. After that we had to go “I cant wait to go next week” I said to Miss Squires. One of the games we played was a five second frenzy, with our life jackets on. It was hard because the life jacket forced us to float on top of the water.

2010-10-19T10:03:00.002+13:00

Do you know how scientists classify the animal kingdom? Well they classify the animal kingdom into categories based on their characteristics. The two biggest categories are Vertebrates and Invertebrates.

Vertebrates have a backbone such as reptiles, amphibians, birds fish and mammals. Humans are mammals too because they have a backbone, warm blooded and when they are young their mothers feed them milk.

Invertebrates have no backbone. They make up 97% of the animal kingdom and are comprised of 7 groups. Arthropods-exoskeleton, annelida- worms and mollusc's there soft bodied Invertebrates, like snails and slugs. That’s three groups.

Immersion Assembly Term 4

2010-10-12T10:33:00.009+13:00

“Oh my gosh” I said to my friends as I walked into the hall for our Immersion Assembly finally I know what our new topic is for this term. At home I had desperately wanted to know and now I did. It was about little critters. I like the Immersion Assembly because all of our teachers come together dressed up and perform a play to show us, what our topic is.

My favourite item was Team 4. They were a bee colony with worker bees and of course the queen bee. She was Mr Barks dressed in a curly wig with a tiara, wearing sparkly clothes. The worker bees fed him, cleaned him and they also cooled him down. Mr Barks kept on laying eggs which was funny as the eggs were teddy bears wrapped up in toilet paper.

The other one that I liked was Team 3 they were NZ Next Top Little Critter every one of them were lady bugs except Miss Mauld she was a bee. It was funny when they were dancing. After the Immersion Assembly I couldn't wait to learn about little critters

Christchurch Earthquake

2010-09-10T12:22:00.002+12:00

On Saturday morning 4:00 a.m an earthquake unexpectedly struck in the city of Christchurch. The earthquake was 7.1 on the Richter scale. There was Devastation in the middle of Christchurch with tilted building , massive cracks and also shattered glass .

With roads buckled this is what made it really dangerous for the people who were living there.Just when the earthquake happened a person had a heart attack and sadly died . Many parts of the city were covered in water through liquefaction and there were bricks and rubble littered everywhere. The Buildings were unstable and that is what made them collapse.
It was dangerous when the earthquake happened because there were chimneys falling, blown pipes and crushed cars. People had to quickly evacuate from their home or they would have gotten crushed. Some people say it sounded like a train slammed into their house and there are still more after shocks to come.

I was really scared when I heard about the earthquake because of all the damage and the possibility of people getting killed.I thought there might be an earthquake in Auckland.

Cross country for 2010

2010-08-27T11:56:00.007+12:00

Waiting for the cross country race to begin is so nerve wracking. “Senolita are you nervous?” I asked, “ I am”. Suddenly Mr Burt started talking but although I couldn't hear him, my friend Senolita told me what he said. It was time for the really thing. “I’m so nervous but luckily I’m in Mataatua they are the bomb!!” I said to my friend.

Suddenly Mr Burt said “ The 11 year olds come to the start line they're up first." Race after race it started counting down. Finally he said that the 9 year olds are up. Right then my heart skipped up a beat. We had to go to the start line and wait for a bang of to starting blocks to crash together.

After a while Mr Burt was saying “ On your marks get ready” then I heard a bang. I nearly slipped over at the start as we all went off pushing and shoving each other to try and be at the start. But I was only at the middle.

Later on we all passed the gate and there was a big puddle of squishy yucky mud that made it hard for us to run. Suddenly when I was half way there Zion caught up to me we sprinted all the way to the finish. She ran across and she came 8th and I came 9th. I felt glad that I made it. I said to myself “I think my goal next year is to came less than 9th”.

My Movie Surprise

2010-08-02T10:37:00.003+12:00

“Another morning another day,” I said wearily as I slowly got out of bed. Ariana my sister groaned at my mum, “Whats for breakfast mum, I've been waiting till ten o'clock!” My mum replied “Then make yourself some cereal.” “Ok.” Ariana said with glee.” “Come on girls get changed were going out.” Our mum yelled from the kitchen. “Where are we going out?” We asked. “It’s a surprise!” She replied. “ Oh,” we moaned. “Chop chop” she yelled. “Aahh” my sister said, “mum kind of scared me.”

While we were waiting in the car, we were bubbling with excitement over our surprise.
It soon started to get boring waiting our mum. She couldn’t decide what to wear. “Hurry up Mum!” We shouted from our seats. Finally after taking her time she opened the car door and hopped in. When mum put the keys in the ignition the car roared to life like a grumbling stomach. On the way Ariana shouted from the backseat, “Can you put on California Girls?” We sang along to the song in our best Alicia Keys voices.

“We’re here!” Mum said as we pulled into the entrance of Highland Park. “Oh I know where we are going now. We are going to the movies!” Ariana replied. “What are we watching?” I asked. “Its part of your surprise!” Mum smiled.

Suddenly my hand started to get sweaty. I was nervous because I didn’t know what the movie was, or if I had seen it before. With tickets in hand we tried to find our seats in the dark. We waited in the cinema for about five minutes listening to the music. My sister and I were bursting with anticipation. Finally the lights dimmed and the ads came on. I was still trying to find out what the movie was called. Mum told us we were watching Shrek Forever After. I was thrilled to hear that.

After the movie I felt like I wanted to see it again. My favourite character was donkey. When he had to sing to the witches his voice was hilarious! The best part of the movie was when the Ogres and Fiona and Shrek started dancing under Peter Pipers spell. Donkey and Puss tried to rescue them but you will have to watch it to find out what happens. My sides were hurting from laughing too much. It was so good that I want to get it on dvd if it comes out.

Immersion assembly

2010-07-22T09:57:00.003+12:00

When I went to school on the first day of term 3 I wondered to my self “ What is are topic for this term “? So then we all went inside the hall for our Immersion assembly and i saw Mr Barks wearing a red beard which looked really funny on him. Before long I heard mr Burt saying “ Tena Koutou tamariki ma “ assembly has began .

After that Mr Burt showed us what our topic is this term and it was Mighty Mariners I had know idea what that meant until we saw the items from team one to five teachers. My favourite team was team 5because Miss Tito, as Jessica Watson a sixteen year old from Australia, the youngest to travel around the world solo on a yacht for me that is amazing.

My second favourite was team four with Miss King dressed up as a pirate looking for Johnny Depp ( Miss Tele’a ) it was funny after that I felt amazed because It was interesting but funny. I wonder what the topic will be next term.

Bike safety

2010-07-01T11:58:00.003+12:00

"Yeah its finally the day to ride bikes" I said to my self. Well not actually it was just to learn about bike safety ,which was fun to. We had coaches from a group called Bigfoot Adventures and there names were Tony and Adrian .

Room fifteen were listening attentively as Tony and Adrian told us about the safety precautions . Tony also explained to us what a bike was in good working order .He said that a carefully adjusted helmet was correct safety equipment along with brightly coloured clothing and correct foot wear . Room fifteen were listing to Tony because he was telling us what we were doing next so he said " We are about to do some races but it is a different kind of race , you have to go slow and you cant touch the ground and you have to go straight or you are out at the end of the race I came 5Th or something like that .

Before long Tony said "Now we are crossing over to the hand-signaling course . Suddenly I felt nervous because I thought it was hard but Tony said" look over here and I will tell you what to do". So he showed us how to do the hand-signaling ( Indicating ) . Then we had a go are selves when it was my turn I found out I was mistaken about it being hard. Well it was pretty tricky riding with one hand but I got the hang of it later on Because I didn't really focus and I needed to because it was still a bit challenging. When we were finished I felt awesome.

Camping in Kaitata

2010-05-29T10:43:00.002+12:00

"Finally we are going camping with our cousins!" I said to my sister and my mum. For me it was my second time camping, my first time was our school camp. When we were on our way to Kaitaia it took a long time (4.5 hour drive). Any way at Shipwrecks Bay almost every day my cousins, sister and I would always play in the water because we were camping on the beach, literally on the beach. Sometimes I had to clean out our tent.
One day when we were playing in the water my cousin Tekerehi told my sister and I that we were water babies because we love swimming. I wonder, do you love swimming? Well back to the story, in the water we played with our boogie boards also our uncle brought some kayaks and they were really fun until I flipped out of the kayak while catching a wave. It hurt but at the same time it was fun.

The day after that we went to Coke-a-Cola lake that was really fun too, if you flapped your arms around in the lake you would see that it looks like fizzy coke.
When it was time to go somewhere (the adults wouldn't tell us) we felt hungry. We wanted fish and chips so we sang the fish and chips song to give them a clue, but sadly it didn't work. Anyway we went to this beach, it had big waves so it was good for boogie boarding. Also my uncle, cousins and I went snorkeling, it was fun. I saw a school of fish and a fish skull that kind of creeped me out.

A while later these things popped up and I didn't know what they were until my cousin Tekerehi thought they were jelly fish. We panicked and my cousin jumped on her dad and I jumped on too but, it was just fish scales. We didn't know that until afterwards.
Soon we had to go back to our camping spot. After a while we had dinner. It was burgers, they were perfect.

It was getting to late so my mum said " Come on darling your sister's asleep" and I said " Oh" and so all of us went to sleep "Zzz".
When we woke up I just sat out side to wacth the sunrise.
That day it was time to go home back to Auckland. I was sad to leave but at the time really happy because of all the fun things we did with my cousins. I love camping and I cant wait to go back next summer.

Questions

2010-04-28T10:28:00.005+12:00

eThis term I want to learn about...

Funny Immersion Assembly

2010-04-27T14:47:00.003+12:00

"Yeah volcanoes" I said to my friend . We went to the hall for an a Immersion Assembly . An a Immersion Assembly is when our teacher introduces our new topic, which this term was called Active Earth. Suddenly Mr Jacobson came inside the hall saying "Everyone calm down". As soon he finished it suddenly became quiet , Mr Jacobson had a backpack filled with gear . Not long after all of the teams had to do an item about Active Earth .

My highlight was team four and their fabulous performance . The host Maggie Magma with her vibrant yellow hair and her beautiful assistant Miss Lava lava and the contestants, Miss Cinders ,Miss lahar and Miss Bionic super sonic electronic In the game show called " Whose smarter than a ten year old " . When they answered questions they popped party poppers and sprayed party strings.

I also liked team Five when miss Tito played miss colarlava a smiler name to Miss Lavakula and Miss Nua acting to be Miss lady lava another smiler name to Lady Gaga , She said she would sing a song and she didn't that was a shame I was really looking forward to it I can't wait to learn more and more stuff about active earth.

Tennis

2010-04-22T13:10:00.001+12:00

On Saturday about ten fifty after my sisters swimming I went to play tennis. Tennis is my favorite sport. At the tennis court my teacher was waiting for me and the rest of the class. When they came we started to do some exercising with the racket and the tennis ball. First we practised hitting the ball over the net starting at the baseline. It was pretty far but we did it. After a while it was over so we went back home and went to watch t.v. I cant wait till next Saturday for more tennis.

school camp

2010-04-22T10:56:00.002+12:00

"Wow" I'm finally going to camp with my friends, and I cant wait till we do interesting things like Orienteering ,kayaking ,skating bowling and other stuff.My favorite part was kayaking and rock climbing. When we went kayaking Ashleigh fell over.I didn't even fall over and it was my first time to.My arms were tired later on.So I gave it to some one else . Suddenly we had to go back to school and practice are item . As soon as we went back to school it morning tea we had cookies and cake. After that we went to do orienteering . My partner was Ashleigh it was fun until we got lost . At the end of camp we went to summerier . When we came we had races I was in the freestyle race . I came second . I was puffing and panting when I came out of the pool it was time to play in the pool I cant wait till next camp.

Me as a bowling ball

2010-04-21T11:04:00.001+12:00

Anxiously waiting at the bowling ale for somebody to pick me up. Suddenly I'm being lifted up in the air".Aha" I said to my self as i was rolled down the ale . Smash I hit the pins I wonder how it would fell like to be a bowling pin having just been bowled over by a bowling ball? I'm still dizzy from going down the ale in zig zags and hitting the pin down oh I fell someone lifting me up again "oh no" that was quick Here we go again.

NZ History

2010-04-06T14:09:00.003+12:00

The Rematch

2010-03-14T14:58:00.002+13:00

We were eagerly waiting for MissKing to say go. My heart was pumping.That's because it was time for a rematch of a game called Capture the Flag with room fourteen down at the bottom field.
Shoal, Rita and I were guarding the flag. It started to get boring because people from the other team were in the safe zone but they were arguing and not working together. We were getting frustrated and started to yell. Suddenly Josiah snuck out and won the try. I think we lost because we didn't have any strategies and we didn't have any team work.

Capture the Flag

2010-03-03T16:33:00.003+13:00

On Friday in the last block we went to room 14 to play a game called capture the flag. When we got there Miss King precisely explained the rules before dividing us into teams. Room 14 was the green team and we were the red team. We had to use the Riverside Club bands. After that we went to the bottom field to play the game.
Miss Wood took us to our places. Suddenly Miss King said "Go." Ashleigh and I pretended to have swords like a real war. We were laughing when were running with our pretend swords.
After that I started to guard the flag. But while I was guarding I was getting hungry. Finally we had to go to class because it was nearly time to go home. It was a tremendous game for us. Next time I hope it is another tremendous game.
Capture the Flag is a tactical game but it is fun. I can't wait till next Friday so we can play the game Capture the Flag again.

2010-02-14T16:57:00.000+13:00

Welcome to Room 15 Brooklyn.
For everyone reading Brooklyn's blog here is a link that takes you to the posts she wrote for her class's blog in Room 12 last year.
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