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2012-01-04T11:21:00.000-08:00

Minutes to full time

2011-11-06T11:32:00.000-08:00

The All Blacks needed to stop france from getting a point.The score is 8 nill everyone was so nervous on who was gonna win The All Blacks or France. France wanted a pointbut The All Blacks fighted their way through until “tick” went the clock it turned 80:00 I couldn't believe it the scoreis 8 nill “we won! We won!” went the All Blacks.The All Blacks sitting on the ran on to the fied and hugged Richie McCaw. France was so gutted they lost the cup while the All Blacks cheered for joy. Soon Prize giving came All the All blacks lined up for prize giving. They all got gold medals for 1^st place. France got sliver medals for 2^nd place. Finally John Key gave the Web Ellis cup to Richie McCaw. Richie McCaw kissed the cup and we all cheered we were all so happy.

The Cup Final

2011-10-31T14:14:00.000-07:00

I'm shaking

Waiting

For the game to begin

Nervous

Scared

Butterflies

Prancing and dancing

In my stomach

All Blacks score

Excited

Jumping with joy

Halftime score 5 to nil

Still nervous

Penalty given

Donald kicks the goal

It sails through the posts

Yeah 8 zero

France score a try

And kick the conversion

New Zealand 8

France 7

Twenty minutes to go

Can't watch

Too scary

Hands covering face

Hands covering head

Biting nails

Tense

Time moves slowly

Finally the whistle blows

Shouting

Screaming

Cheering

Flag waving

Crying

Hugging

Jubilation

We won

Rugby World Cup Final 2011 France vs New Zealand

2011-10-31T14:01:00.000-07:00

Rugby World Cup Final 2011 France vs New Zealand.

7:08- Just 52 minutes till the final!! Or maybe it's just a dream. Or maybe it's real?!

8:00- Just as I put my foot out of the hotel, I heard the roaring of the crowd. IT WAS DEFENING!! We got on to the bus, some of the boys listened to music, but I chose to just watch the crowd, waving and smiling. It was the fifth biggest day of my life!! I had to do good!

8:30- Getting changed and refreshed. Had the day really come?!

8:40- Coming onto the field. The game is nearly starting!! My heart was bumping everywhere! I couldn't control it. The butterflies in my stomach weren't behaving themselves too! We listened to France's National Anthem. I proudly sang God Defend New Zealand. I was feeling a bit better when we started the haka, I felt much better when we finished …..... uh-oh! The butterflies and bumping came back!

9:00-The kick-off. 321!!! The game had started!!!

9:40- Half-time! Finally! I have a sore knee! And finally I can eat the lolly mum gave me!

10:10 Ten minutes to go till the Rugby World Cup Final 2011 and Rugby World Cup 2011 will END!!!! France-7 New Zealand-8! Now all we had to do was to get a point or don't let France get a point.

10:18- Just two minutes till the end. I keep lying on the ball so then France can't get the ball, my team helps me.

10:19 57 sec- 3 2 1!!!!!! Yay!!!It's a nightmare for France but a dream come true for New Zealand. We had won!!!!!!I couldn't control my happiness! So these days of hard work had come to use! I just had I little look at the crowd, some had tears of joy in their eyes some had gone crazy!! So had I. John Key handed me the Webb Ellis Cup! I held the cup up high!! We took a team picture. I kissed the cup!

The Kick

2011-10-30T17:42:00.000-07:00

The Kick

Yes! Finally my turn to take the kick. Thousands and thousands and thousands of people looking at me at one time. My heart races as I kick the ball...... a loud noise hits me. Its the crowd they are like animals, I look at the score board.

Yes! I score we are 8 nil, come on only 35 minutes to go, Oh No! France has scored a try, but we are still winning by 1 point. Come on boys keep recycling the ball COME ON! COME ON! COME ON! Shrillllllllll

We've won! we've won! The crowd is wild, the crowd are like a army of black fire ants (WE'VE WON!). The boys are hugging each other (WE'VE WON!). Its like dream for us (WE'VE WON!). My eyes flooding with tears of joy (WE'VE WON!). Its unbelievable and surreal (WE'VE WON!). We are exhausted but we are too happy to even think of this right now (WE'VE WON!).

Cee Fitton

RWC Writing

2011-10-30T13:12:00.000-07:00

The crowd roars. I look up and smile. Almost all of them are in black. 10 minutes left with a score of 8-7 our favor. Some people in the crowd have covered their eyes. I wish i could. I wish I could say that the minutes were flying past for us, and that we were finding this easy. But if I did I would be lieing. We came onto the field so confident. Now none of us are so sure. I'm beginning to wonder about us being called the unshakables...Or rather, Me being part of the unshakables. Huh. I hear cheering and groaning. The game must be over. How long have I been blankly standing here. I look over at the team...we won...It seems so unreal. I cant believe it this is amazing and here i am staring into space. I run over to the team overcome with joy and join them in celebration.On the way out to the bus none of us could really believe what happened just moments ago. My muscles still ache from the game. As we make our way out of the stadium we are greeted by roaring fans. It may have been hard, But it was worth it.

Dear Mrs Vohra

2011-10-04T18:28:00.000-07:00

You asked us if we should wear uniforms to school or not. Well I think that we should wear uniforms. The reason why we wear uniforms is because our parents have already spent a lot of money on our uniforms. Our parents try to save up money to buy our uniforms but they are very expensive. However, we think it's worth it and we don't have to worry every morning about what to wear! Some more rich kids may have more flash clothes and make us feel bad about not affording cool designer stuff. Cool shoes and hoodies cost a fortune. In conclusion isn't it just better to stick with our uniforms, we all look and feel the same. There's time later to be different when we are earning our own money!

Dear Mrs Vohra

2011-10-04T18:20:00.000-07:00

I think we should stick with our uniform so that people can see us and it's unique. Imagine you're on a school trip and you're lost! Your uniform will help people take you back to your school again. And it makes you look neat and tidy and you feel like you belong. We feel a sense of pride each time we put on our uniforms. The colours are unique and identifies who we are.
Why do we need to look different now? There's heaps of time later on in life to be individual.

Dear Mrs Vohra

2011-10-04T18:14:00.000-07:00

Dear Mrs Vohra

Should we use uniforms for school or not?

No we should not wear uniforms because if you lose your uniform you have to pay for another one. But mufti you can open your cupboard pick up a pair of clothes to wear and go to school. We should wear mufti because we are supporting our houses Hillary, Walker, Blake and Batten. It costs too much to buy another set of uniforms. You should wear mufti so you don't get a mixup with uniforms. I also think we should wear mufti is because if you have a uniform and the name tags are ripped off people will lose those and you will have to pay another $400 or more for it. If you want to wear mufti it takes a long time to wear for school at times but it is better than paying $400 dollars from your school expenses. People want to save their money and you can save yours too by wearing mufti mufti mufti and saving money money money! Bonus features- there can be a uniform day and you can wear suits dresses etc. In conclusion, mufti is a better idea to go to school because we can find things that suit us. I think its a good idea do you?

Dear Mrs Vohra

2011-10-04T17:57:00.000-07:00

I think we should not have uniforms because it costs too much money and if your child loses their tops or bottoms it will cost even more. If our uniforms get dirty and you only have one set you might have wash it on the day or buy a new set. And that costs even more! Also if you don't keep your gear safely and look after it you could lose it somewhere! And if you dont have any P.E gear your regular uniform will smell when you play sports and you have to stay in it all day.
In conclusion why don't we just wear our own clothes in our house colours. That way we support our house and still look uniquely individual.

Dear Mrs Vohra

2011-10-04T16:27:00.000-07:00

I think that we shouldn't have school uniforms. I say that because it costs too much. Other clothes that you buy from different shops are way cheaper than school uniforms.
Some people can barely buy school uniforms the next year. So they use the same ones form last year or the before it. Uniforms cost about $200.00 or more!It is such a waste of money! Uniforms are getting lost and we have had lots of meetings for that. Like uniforms being flushed down the toilet and then the children saying it's lost! Our school uniforms get lost when we change into our P.E. gear. So, why don't we just wear our own clothes that just cost about $5.00 or less.Atleast it's not that expensive as our uniforms. The other problem is that we are growing children and our uniforms get too smalll in no time at all!
In the coming future we should wear our own clothes. Everyone will like it and maybe the school will grow bigger as a result.

Dear Mrs Vohra

2011-10-04T14:40:00.000-07:00

How much do you worry about what to wear in the mornings when you can just open your cupboard and get out a uniform and then just slip it on. So my opinion is that we should have a school uniform
My first reason for keeping the uniform is so people can identify us. By that I mean if the year ones go on a school trip and one of them gets lost then someone can read the logo and send him/her back to school. When we go somewhere for trips, people can recognise us and say "that's Mission Heights Primary School!" We also want to keep our uniforms so that we stand out from other schools. How would you like it if your school students wore inappropriate clothing like miniskirts? I have four more evidences and they are students could colour their hair they could wear long or too big clothes that don't fit them or they might even wear heavy shoes that they can't run in. Some children might show off with their clothes. They could also wear make up and nail polish. How hard would it be to choose what to wear in the mornings, when it's getting closer to the time to go to school. Some parents get frustrated and annoyed, angry and grumpy with their children who can't choose what to wear. If we had no uniforms then people like me who want to wear different clothes each day would find it very hard. So in my opinion we should keep our uniform. There are even more reasons to keep the uniform, but the things that I told you were so people could identify u and students don't wear inappropriate clothing. It would be easier to wear uniforms than mufti. However, I think we shoud still have mufti days but keep the uniforms.

dear mrs vorha

2011-10-04T13:45:00.000-07:00

Some people hate getting changed in and out of uniforms. Wouldn't it be awesome when you get home you don't have to get changed in or out of it and you can just wake up and look for any clothes and then you don't have to worry about money money money! And you don't have to worry about matching clothes. On the other hand we like wearing our school uniform because we feel proud of our school, but still I still don't like wearing a uniform and we should have the freedom to express our personalities through our own clothes.

Mrs Vohra Letter

2011-10-04T12:56:00.000-07:00

Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching thats the sound of money, OUR MONEY getting shoved into a cash register.

Why bother buying a school uniform when our clothes at home are better, brighter and more original. Our mums and dads spend enough money as it is on food, living and education. So my opinion is NO school uniforms.

Boring, Boring and Boring! School uniforms are dull and dont show even a teensy weensy bit of personality. Where as with no school uniform you can dress however YOU like.

Brrr how much are warm clothes these days?

When it comes to winter every one gets sick because the price of school uniforms are extremely expensive, plus most school jumpers aren't even that warm!

Yes, school uniforms look smarter and when we go on trips they show other schools how well dressed we can be but... not having a school uniform can do the same good. Being yourself and dressing how you want makes you stand out and look more original.

Waking up in the morning and knowing what to put on saves a lot of time, but wouldn't you want to wake up and actually want to wear something you like???

In conclusion we should not have school uniforms for the fact that our clothes are cheaper, nicer and more original!

Kind Regards,

Mackenzie

School Uniform

2011-10-04T12:48:00.000-07:00

Dear Mrs Vohra

Why bother looking for something to wear in the morning, spending hours and hours and hours looking for the perfect clothes to wear to school. Why don't you just wear your school uniform?

Our school uniform makes us look smart and unique. Also when we go to places, while wearing our school uniform, people will know we come from our school. Our school has a neighboring school, but if we wear mufti, people will think we come from the same school as them. The sense of identity makes us proud to wear our school uniform.

Would you wear inappropriate clothes? You will just say no no no straight away because you won't! You wouldn't want to see people wearing short skirt, bikini or high heels to school would you?

If we are not wearing our school uniform we will get lost on school trips really easily because lots of people wear mufti. But if were wearing our school uniform then we suddenly get lost someone well know we come from this school because were wearing our school uniform.

If you want to change our school uniform now is just going to be a waste of money for us, because our parents work really, really, really hard to get money to buy our school uniform but if you are change it now our money is just going down the drain and being clogged up in the.

So that's Why I want to keep our school uniform.

Dear Mrs Vohra

2011-10-03T14:24:00.000-07:00

Dear Mrs Vohra

Cash,Credit card, Cheques all wasted on new clothes. Just stick with your uniform.

First you will save money . Would you get your brand, new clothes and take it to school and get them ripped

the uniform is made from a good quality so it lasts longer and don't need as many clothes then you mother will be angry

Secondly imagine you where on a class trip ,no uniform

you cant tell whose in your group. It is good to have uniform to tell whose who

lastly you hear a noise “bling bling bling” you press the button and wake up you don't know what to wear. That's why w have a uniform. So when you wake up you know what to wear.

Thats why MHP has a uniform because of the reasons above. We have a uniform because we are Mission Heights Primary School.

Letter to Mrs Vohra about school uniform

2011-10-03T14:14:00.000-07:00

Money, money, money! How much do our parents pay for a full set of uniform? $100? 200? Even $300! All that for some clothes! And just one set won't last for a year! Or even just a week! Why bother when you can get other clothes for just $5! This is just one of the reasons i think we shouldn't have a uniform.

As you already know money is everything in this modern world, and until that $10 note you planted in the back yard grows into a money tree we all have to work! Uniform isn't the only thing parents must buy before they send their child to school at the beginning of the year! Theres also stationary to buy. It would cost a lot less without that extra $300 for the uniform!

Also it costs the school to design and sell a uniform in a shop. Why bother when we can come in our own clothes free of charge for the school! Though that may seem like a miracle believe me its true! And believe it or not it helps the environment! Although your probably thinking "why! How! Wait....what?" right now believe me when i say it prevents chemicals entering the atmosphere! If your still confused I'll explain. To get to a shop you must find transportation. And where does almost every adult go when they need to go out? To their car. Not only does driving pollute but petrol is costy too!

Not everybody has had the amazing idea of planting a $5 not in the back yard. As i said before parents buy the uniforms, but what happens if if they don't have that money? A week before the new school year starts. Mum heads into your room and opens your wardrobe then calls out " We need to go out and get some more school uniforms!". Now' that's fine if your family is rich but what about if your dad is "inbetween jobs" as he likes to say and your mum is trying to support your four person family and manage her job. Again at this point all parents will think the same thing. Hand-me-downs. Hand-me-downs aren't always reliable. for example. If the bottom of the shoes come of stick them back on! Button on your shirt come off? That's fine you've got another one! Your got a tear in your shirt? That's O.K. just sew it back up! It may be hard to believe but most hand-me-down cases are like this. All this really ruins the idea of a formal uniformed school.

Uniforms may make our school look formal and expensive but is that good or bad? When choosing a school to send their child to most parents will go to a computer as the fastest way to look over a school and decide if they should go and look at it personally. But if it looks to expensive most parents wont even spare it a glance. so taking off the uniform could mean more students!

All in all uniform is a bad idea. And as I said before "money is everything". Taking away the uniform not only saves money for our patents but also for the school. Although i don't think it should be completely free. We don't want anyone turning up to school in a bikini!

Dear Mrs Vohra

2011-10-03T14:12:00.000-07:00

Uniform,Uniform,Uniform going to waste.
Just imagine hundreds of kids coming to school in dark dull colors,Then just imagine kids coming to school in bright orange colors .Which one would you like?

Professional, Positive and Personal
School Uniforms make us look professional ,our school uniform is very unique ,we have an orange jumper with an orange kake. Most schools have navy blue.

Unique

since our school uniform is so unique, when we go on trips parents can easily identify us as Mission Heights Primary School ,so if we get lost parents can track our group.

When we go on sport trip we won't get confused by other schools wearing mufti

that's why we stand out with our School uniform.

In conclusion, I recommend wearing school uniforms because it saves you time to go to school, makes us look professional, we won`t get confused by other schools and parents can easily identify us as Mission Heights Primary School.

Dear Mrs vohra

2011-10-03T14:08:00.000-07:00

I do like unirfom but just not for school sometime. I do and sometime i dont want to and. Ilike mufty day sometime too. We should not have a unirfom because i dont want to but it so hard to get change in your pear all the time.
by lavinia

Rugby World Cup Day at MHP

2011-09-09T12:27:00.000-07:00

Here is how Mission Heights Primary celebrated the opening of the 2011 Rugby World Cup...

NIE Weekly News Board

2011-09-09T12:10:00.000-07:00

Over the last three weeks, two other LZ9er's have had their response to Nikki's News Diary make it onto the Display board. Well Done Danica and Izzy....Here are their responses

ASB Maths Challenge 2011

2011-09-06T19:24:00.000-07:00

On the 25th and 26th of August, LZ9 took part in the ASB Maths Challenge on Mathletics. We really loved the challenge and we got really excited seeing our names and our class move up the leader board. Miss Wills got really excited when we past her old school....
Here is a video and our final results of the challenge...

5W reply to our questions

2011-09-05T10:59:00.000-07:00

Our buddy class in South Africa have posted a reply to our questions about South Africa. Here it is...

Thank you so much 5W. We will reply with a video of our own to answer the same questions so you can learn a little bit more about New Zealand

To 5W from LZ9

2011-08-29T12:15:00.000-07:00

Here are some questions we have about South Africa. We hope our new buddy class from Port Elizabeth can help us out with some answers.

Dance Extra-ordinaries!!

2011-08-24T11:17:00.000-07:00

Over the last term and a half, 7 students from LZ9 and 10 students from the rest of the SLC have been working hard on a performance for the HPPA dance festival. Last night was the first night of the festival. Miss Wills is so very proud of the way they performed and can't wait to see it again tonight.....Well Done Americano dancers!!!

Amazing Grace

2011-08-19T13:05:00.001-07:00

Last term Mrs Boggs, our music teacher, asked if we would like to play at assembly to share our skills with MHP. We gladly accepted her request and LZ 21 (who we shared music with) joined us in learning Amazing Grace. Even Miss Wills and Mrs Wakefield joined in too!
We really enjoyed learning this piece and can't wait to move on to our next notes and pieces to play.

RWC 11 and LZ9 is supporting..........

2011-08-18T15:38:00.000-07:00

SOUTH AFRICA!!

We would really like to connect with a South African class over the coming months so that we can share in their success (except if they come up against the All Blacks!!)

Newspapers in Education

2011-08-13T21:10:00.000-07:00

In week 2, we have been trying out a new website for us called Newspapers in Education. We have really enjoyed our news book so Miss Wills thought we would enjoy this....and we do!!

We have been using Nikki's News Diary as part of our reading programme and we have to answer the discussion board questions on our learning pages and then make sure we add a comment to the page that might make it onto the display board on the site.

In our first week, Jaskaran was lucky enough to be selected by the NIE website to have his comment on the topic of Animal Ownership and Responsibility chosen to be on the display board. Well Done Jaskaran!! We hope that we see lots more LZ9 students on the site in future.

Noodle Hockey With Our Buddy Class

2011-08-04T21:49:00.000-07:00

LZ 9 and LZ6 are buddy classes. We love to hang out and do more than just reading together. This week we played two games - The Wall and Noodle Hockey. Miss Baker took the photos while we were playing and then Cee and Otama made the video on a new piece of software for us -KdenLive (we apologise for the transistions in advance, we are still learning!)

LZ9 Certificates

2011-08-04T14:56:00.000-07:00

LZ 9 had a great assembly this week. Three people from our class received certificates. Alistar got one for his music performance. MacKenzie had improved in maths and so received a certificate of excellence. Earlier this year, Akaash sat the ICAS computer exam and today was told he had gained a credit.

Well Done for such fantastic results!!

JING -The No Excuses Software

2011-08-03T00:16:00.001-07:00

Miss Wills has been playing with a new piece of software called Jing. It lets her record things so that if we are away or didn't understand an instruction, we can watch and listen again.

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Holidays week 2

2011-07-30T23:09:00.000-07:00

This week was a enjoyable week on Monday my sister, mum and me went to paradise ice skating. At first it
was hard then i got better and better . On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday me and my sister went to my sisters friends place and we watched lots of movies and played badminton, football and with her bunny. On Friday My mum stayed home again and we went to the shopping mall.

week one holiday

2011-07-28T01:32:00.000-07:00

This week was super exciting. On wednesday my friends had a sleepover, their name was Francene and Frances. We ate our afternoon tea first, and we went on the computers, we played some computer games it was awesome. Next we took a shower it was a warm cosy shower. So we ate our dinner and went on the computers, we watched some videos like "how to make a snowflake".We were making the snowflakes and i was disappointed because my one came out weird and funny looking and my sister laughed. We made lots and we didn't notice that it was eleven o'clock p.m so we packed up and took some photos like us jumping, doing funny faces and we took a photo of the snowflakes. My mum heard us jumping, and she said "go to sleep now" and we said "ok".

Holidays week 1

2011-07-24T15:09:00.000-07:00

This week was so awesome we watched lots of movies. On Tuesday we watched Big momma like father like son , it was so hilarious. on Wednesday we watched Rango it was a action packed movie and on Thursday night i watched Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 2 which, was just awesome.

School is Cool - Our Entry!!

2011-07-12T01:41:00.000-07:00

We are entering a competition to win some IPads for our school. When this has been processed we would really appreciate if you could vote for us and our buddy class LZ6. You can now vote here

My poem

2011-06-09T17:34:00.000-07:00

Danica

Shy and bright

lips and lily pad

humble like a tree

I look in the water

My hair is soft as feather

Eyes are like shiny stars

Skin is like a light brown piece of wood

I am Danica

Moon eyes

2011-06-09T17:24:00.000-07:00

Akaash sun poem

2011-06-09T16:49:00.000-07:00

ocean

2011-06-09T16:32:00.000-07:00

In the night the ocean keeps on attacking the sand the only hope to make more space once and for all.

Vidur

2011-06-09T16:29:00.000-07:00

Tall and loud
eyes are brown
thin as a cloud
my head is as dry as the sun
i like to do art
i never fry
i all way's shout
and I am a vegetarian

ocean

2011-06-09T16:28:00.001-07:00

In the night the ocean keeps on attacking the sand the only hope to make more space once and for all.

Cloud

2011-06-09T14:35:00.000-07:00

Cloud

glistening white

flying like a kite

lost at night

but seen in the light

sometimes faint

but always quaint

soaring high there I fly

sitting atop the sky

my journey is long

wind whistling its song

leaving behind me

the glistening sea

I daydream of a home down there waiting for me

there is not a sound

as I am a cloud

that I cannot change

The smelly uniform

2011-05-19T20:52:00.000-07:00

Hi my name is Anna and I'm an uniform, a smelly uniform..I have not been washed for five days. I am very unclean and smelly, well i was fresh before but when someone bought me I started to stink with the dirty socks and the dirty smelly bag. One morning I can see the black shoes staring at me like she wants to step on me with her stompy feet. I really don't want to fall on the ground, suddenly I can feel myself going up, I looked up and I shouted really loud but nobody can hear me. The girl who bought me was putting me with the shoe, the shoe stared at me excitedly but not in a good way. The girl is called "Ann" , She is really smelly and a really gross girl. One morning tea, Ann spilt juice on me I felt sticky, squishy and wet. It was really gross, I really don't like it. It was lunch time, Ann and her friends want to sit on the dirty spot and I will get dirty again. I heard Ann and her friends want to go to the field to play rugby but the field was muddy so I'm gonna be so dirty again. When I got home her mum shouted " go wash your uniform now!!!" but Ann said " no". I begged and begged, suddenly I can see Ann picking the smelly socks and the dirty black bag. Ann picked me up too, It was a miracle, I was a clean uniform once again and I liked it.

Uniform (clean) Black bag (clean)

Black shoes (clean)

haunted house

2011-04-13T17:18:00.000-07:00

There was no response. He heard ghost voice and the when on and off and the light smash bang!
James got scared and more scared. He sprinted down the stairs and he stopped down. He saw a cat this cat was cute the cat had red eyes. The cat was sitting on the trap door then it moved off the trap door and James opened the trap door and the cat pushed him. His shoes fell down the trap door and James was safe.

hauted house story

2011-04-13T14:43:00.000-07:00

James was fulled with fear as he felt his way up he felt spider webs until he found the light switch he tuned it on the chandelier smashed on to the floor like glass rain drops. He tumbled down the stairs
he got up he heard meow as james looked very confused the cat moved james said whats that
the black fluffy cat said its a trap door james opened it he lowered his right foot in.

Haunted House

2011-04-13T14:26:00.000-07:00

There was no response, James touched the wall beside him. James felt the light switch covered in dirt and spider webs, he turned on the light but there was an explosion, "BOOM" as the glass fell smashing on the ground. James sprinted downstairs but he tripped over. When he got up he saw a black fluffy cat sitting on a trap door. The cat crept off slowly James opened the trap door, it smelled like an old ladies perfume. James said in a shout "eww..... disgusting". James lowered his right foot slowly into the darkness below him......

Haunted House story part 2

2011-04-13T14:25:00.000-07:00

There was no response, James scammed the wall for a light switch, the lights flicked on then ''BOOM'' the glass exploded like a million raindrops storming down. James screeched and darted like a flash of lightning scamming the dark sky. James reached the end of the terrifying staircase and skidded to a halt in front of him was a jet black fluffy kitten. With deadly bloody red eyes and sharp as knifes with a drip of blood teeth. Suddenly a candle flicked on and the black kitten ponced up and stalked away watching James with his glamous glowing eyes. James was gobsmacked.
He sped a trapped door he carefully opened it his hands shaking like and earthquake.

He was so terrified that he quickly slammed it open and rushed aside. James was holding his breath. A horrible smell hit his nostrils it smelled like his grandmothers perfume. James lowed his right foot into the deadly darkness below.

Haunted House

2011-04-13T14:18:00.001-07:00

Haunted House

James thought in his head that someone is watching him.

He heard a cracking noise coming closer and closer,James was terrified.

He started to think that this house was haunted.

James felt something under the floor he walked around looking for the door in no time he herd the door SLAME!

James felt a slight wind on his face he followed the noise and suddenly he found the door.

James tried to open it but the door was looked!

James was screaming for help but it was no use because no one would even dear to come in this house.

He just remember that his mum was gone but wear could she be?

James thought that someone has taken he.

Suddenly he herd a voice, it sounded like a ghost, once again James felt a wind on his face but this time it was stronger!

He walked around but he couldn't see anything, he just remember that he got spare glasses with him, James put his glasses on.

Then he herd a foot step, who could it be???

The Haunted House Part 2

2011-04-13T14:17:00.000-07:00

Now james was walking around confused he was thinking “where is my glasses” and “where is my mum “? As he was crawling on the ground he felt something weird ,it was his glasses but they where broken “now how can I see” he mumbled .He managed to get himself standing he looked at the door he saw light but it was blurry he rushed towards the light “DOOM” the door slamed shut then “Click” the door locked imposable he gasped as he slowly walked away. He

tried to find somewhere else and get out of this freaky house,he kept on walking very slowly “ AHHHHHH” he shouted as he went rolling down to the basement....

Horse trekking

2011-04-10T13:11:00.000-07:00

At camp I went on horse riding it was really scary. My horse was small her name is libelle,when I sat on it, it kept on looking back at me and making me get scared. In half way i started to cry because it kept on shaking and i was nearly going to fall off but no one noticed. At the end here was some wood on the floor and the horses had to step over them, it looked like the horese were going to fall but i didn't it felt weird. At the end we were having fast go's it was fun the teachers had to hold it and run, they were running slow but the horses felt like it was running fast. after woulds i got confident and wanted to ride it my self but it was finnished and had to put the horses back.

Learning Zone 9: New Year, New Learners

2011-04-09T19:00:00.000-07:00

Learning Zone 9: New Year, New Learners: "Hi All, We have had a fabulous start to the school year. We are all looking forward to learning lots of new and exciting things, as well a..."

kayaking

2011-04-07T18:54:00.003-07:00

Right after morning tea I went to get change into my old cloths. Then I walked to Jeff and he give me a life jacket I grabbed a padler and then I started praticeing after I pratice I went to grabb a kayak then he pushed my into the river I did'nt feel comfortable because I had mud on my feet. my mum tried to go over the rocks but then she fell off her kayak we had to play a game you have to run or walk on people's kayak.it was scary but it was amazing after kayaking got to play in the river it was so fantastic.kayaking was my favartioure activity in lakewood lake I had a fantastic time.

Camp recount Archery!

2011-04-07T14:51:00.000-07:00

It was a silent evening.Everyone watched as people walking around,saying he cant make that shot.He's gonna miss it! BUt then other people started to have there turn The team was team 1 vs team 2 in team 1 there was Me Aisha Jiawei Claudia Aidan and Kendra.In team 2 there was Vidur Cee Martin and Shirley team 1 won by just 1 point.After that match it was Josh'es turn he was very good and he also got the balloon.

I was Very Impressed with josh'es Skills!!! He was Fabulous!!!

Even Kiwi Liked It (Side ways)?

spot light

2011-04-07T14:39:00.001-07:00

we stood infrount of a very sdeep hill in the darkness where the stars were glooming bright and the owls were going coo coo as a light flashes and a loud person saying 1,2,3 everybody rushed up the hill then the light stoped flashing. Then the light flashed again

Single Sentence Story

2011-04-06T19:51:00.000-07:00

A magnificent scientist darted excitedly down to his mysterious lab.

single sentence stories

2011-04-06T19:50:00.000-07:00

A beautiful ballerina danced gracefully on the stage.

Single sentese

2011-04-06T19:48:00.002-07:00

A dangerous criminal spirited despretly down the dark alleyway

an athlete story

2011-04-06T19:48:00.000-07:00

A power athlete jumped guckily over the tall hurdles

The Best Sentence

2011-04-06T19:47:00.000-07:00

1.The obbesed Alcoholac Slinked down the croaked Alleyway.
2.A sneaky criminal dashed through the guarded police battle field
3.The obbessed fat tub rolled down the dusty alley way.

By:Alistar,Dylan,Ayush

The jet black creature and I

2011-04-04T15:09:00.001-07:00

The huge gentle beast spied on me carefully with her big brown watchful eyes.

I sneaked up to the jet black creature terrified that the beast will do a vices kick.

When i got to the monsters side i stroked her strong stone like but beautiful body.

When i got sided on the beauty i was buzzing with happiness i felt like a party popper about to explode into a million pieces.

When we started to move i started to seek the beauty of the creature we like to call the horse.

We started to go into the bush were are new adventure was waiting for us.

When we started to go deeper into the dark forest we were faced with our first challenge, up we went we were hanging on for dare life when we were hanging on for dare life when we went up the steep mountain then we were faced with or second challenge a solid log covered in spiks we hoped over it as if it was a tiny mouse searching for cheese.

We sneaked on,it was a beautiful day the suns fingers shooting across the cloudless bright blue sky.

A few spectacular moments later we were faced with our next challenge it was a brick wall it was a huge challenge for the young kiwis that never rode a horse before.

When we got into the stable i was faced with my last challenge saying goodbye.

ARCHERY

2011-04-03T15:30:00.000-07:00

Big bright sun glooming right at us, it was like a bullseye that I'm trying to hit with my bow and arrow, but I couldn't it my third shot I nearly got it. I felt goose bumply, but my team cheered me up. It build my strength and I felt energetic again. I said to myself "this is my last arrow, I need to shoot that bullseye", but when I let go, I was sadly terrified it didn't go to the bullseye. That was my last chance, but it's ok it's just a game-not a competition. i had 195 points, but the highest score 440. Archery was very hard, but i got used to it easily.

Adventurous Wall

2011-04-03T15:11:00.003-07:00

As I was looking up at the gigantic thing I had prickly goosebumps all over my body, I had a sick yucky felling in the pit of my stomach.

As I started climbing the gigantic wall the atmosphere went silent I started to shiver. When I was almost half the way up I felt like a plate of jelly and fell. As I was falling I quickly grabbed onto a rock and thought positive.

All my team mates were watching in shock as I kept going.
Nearly there... 3...2...1
I finally touched the gleaming silver metal bar Ive done it!!!!
When I looked down at the ground everyone looked like tiny tiny ants squirming around happily.
I bounced down the wall with a surge of proudness!
I had done it.

After I had got my life saving harness taken off I smiled gleefully and sat back down to watch everyone as they set out to do the same adventurous thing I am now extremely proud of.

Camp Flying Fox

2011-04-03T15:06:00.000-07:00

I saw the board and found the flying fox marked by my group. I felt a rage of excitement and checked the gears list. I was all ready to go. When Jeff the instructor rang the bell I rushed to the meeting place and sat down. Our instructor was Abby. She took

us to the flying fox and told us to get into groups. We took turns and finally it was my turn. I climbed up and looked around with my eyes opened wide. It wast terrifying. I was really shocked. I was going to

jump from a high distance and hang. It is like flying

from one side to the other over the lake. When I was ready I started to jump. I closed my eyes and felt the thunderous wind going through my blazing eyes. I fell and opened my eyes and zoomed bast the birds half way to the other side. I made it. I ran back to the start and I asked for another turn and ii climbed up again.

Camp Recount

2011-04-03T15:05:00.000-07:00

It was my turn for archery I took the bow I was surprised that the bow was so light. I placed the arrow on the bow I pulled the string back as far as I could I let the string go “WOOSH” the arrow went as fast as a bullet it hit the bullseye “YES” I yelled. Just at that moment I felf like Robin hood, shot and defeated the nasty troll. The next round was the balloon round there was a balloon and you had to try and pop the balloon. The balloon was moving side to side quite fast because of the roaring wind,I was sixed after a long wait it was my turn I stepped up and got the bow and put the arrow on the bow I had lots of butterflies in my tummy. I was saying to myself “i can do this I can pop the balloon” I took the shot something went wrong but it was still going straight for the balloon, just at that moment when the arrow was going to hit the balloon the balloon changed direction “Awwwwwwww” I groaned as I walked off .

camp

2011-04-03T15:03:00.002-07:00

The moon was gleaming higher than ever in the starry sky.Darkness had crept over Lakewood lodge.
The first night of camp the perfect time for a game of spotlight.
we were led down walking over its crunching carpet of leaves.
we were told to stand by a log and wait until he said to go.
GO!
The sound echoed through the darkness.
Suddenly I heard the sound of scrambling feet as I to sprinted to the nearest hiding place.
Someone dropped down next to me.
I stopped breathing.
I had made it behind a thick tree just at the last minute.
The glimmering torchlight skimmed across the ground.
I got goosebumps it had stopped right in front of my tree.
Had i been caught?
My mind was racing furiously.
How could they have seen me?
The person behind the tree next to mine poked his head out and slowly slumped up the hill.
The light went off.
I found a small mound it was my only chance.
I slammed my body to the ground!
Again I made it and ran behind a tree.
TOO LATE!
I was seen.

I trudged back up the hill ready to start the next round.

Flying Fox

2011-04-03T14:57:00.000-07:00

When I first saw the 130 meters flying fox i was suprised.
It went acrossthe lake,she said the lake had crocodiles in it, but none of us believed her.
The tall, skinny instructor name was Abby, Abby told us how to put on the harness, but we like to call them superman undies.
When we finished putting on the superman undies we had to lind up.

Finally it was my turn, Abbry attached the rope on to me then i climb up.
When I got up , I was terrified, but then i went flying off.
When i got to the end Miss Keber unattached me, then i came running back screaming out saying I want to have another turn!, so i did

When it was my turn again i jumped of, i was going so fast I looked like a shooting star dropping down on earth!

I got to the end again Miss Keber unattached me, then i came running bake hoping like crazy if i could have anotheer turnbut saly I couldn't, the atrocious loud bell rand and it was time for lunch.

sow hoy

2011-04-03T14:56:00.000-07:00

Hi Miss sow hoy that day i was in your class and the people. in my class they went to camp and we was in lz7 and the year 6 and year 5 went to camp too. and me and ianeta and aiya was in lz7 too. i like the counting in jaoanese thank you thank you for looking after me i liked the counting in japanese thank you.

Camp 2011

2011-04-03T14:54:00.000-07:00

It all start's when we ate our afternoon tea we had to make the one and only

Da vina bridge there were lots of wood. We put it up step by step by step. My group made me hold it “not cool”. I slipped the wood was about to touch my noise. I picked it up Alistar helped me hold it up. I pushed the biggest wood in and we where done. We had a good time playing on the fantastic Da vina bridge. After that we got to take the bridge apart and that's when it was over. We were done in the time of 35:40 that time got us to 2nd place

Horse of the Year

2011-03-16T12:44:00.000-07:00

He jumps the first jump then the second then the third and clear Robert Steele is the winner of the 1 meter show jumping.
On the 15th March - 20th March at Hasting New Zealand the biggest horse show in the world has landed.
Horse of the year is a huge comp for riders all over the world and i am lucky enough to go.
The show is so huge there are at least 25000 horse trucks and more then 5000 horses.
You can learn more about it on hoy.co.NZ or go on YouTube and search horse of the year.

Bye

P.S I am 100000000000000000000% horse crazy!

My Weekend

2011-03-15T12:41:00.000-07:00

Last weekend me and my family went to stay in a small cottage in the middle of a peaceful vineyard. Inside the cottage there were five rooms. These included the bathroom (definitely needed),the kitchen (although it didn't have much food in it),the lounge (with a not working TV!!),mine and my little sisters room (the beds weren't very comfortable). and last but not least (as it was the warmest room) the master bedroom (where my parents slept). We were going to go to the glowworm caves but my mum and dad decided differently. So we stayed in the car for the rest of the day and got lost twice. The next day when I woke up the cottage was freezing so I snuggled down in my PJ's on the couch with a book. (Oh I forgot to tell you that I am a complete bookworm). Well about an hour later my parents got out of bed and made me and Ffion(my little sister) breakfast. Sooner or later we had to get dressed and go home(which gave us about half an hour to have as much fun as possible even though the TV didn't work! So me and Ffion decided to go and try a few grapes. Ffion didn't like them but I found a way to eat them without getting the bitter stuff. I did this by biting into the grapes and then sucking out the juice without the bits in the middle. Then my mum started to make it know to everybody that she was stressed out about having to make breakfast for me and Ffion. So my dad got the message and piled us all into the car to go home. The ride was a nightmare as Ffion was whinging about being hungry and I was bored because I had finished the book I had bought twice meaning I had nothing to do. Eventually we got home and I could go to bed and sleep properly. Only to be woken up early in the morning for school.

my best weekend

2011-03-14T18:05:00.000-07:00

I went to the warriors game on saturday night.
On sunday i went to my uncle's house for the day and we went to the movies.

My Sunday

2011-03-14T18:04:00.000-07:00

On Sunday I went to the Kumeu Show. One of the Activities was sheep racing. Sheep racing is when there are seven sheep and they all run to the end and the first sheep that passes the finish line wins. All of the sheep have a coloured toy horse on the back and for example if I chose red and the red sheep won I got a mug. At the Kumeu show there was also heaps of rides such as The Gigantic Slide, The Explorer, Crazy circus, Haunted house and many many more. Not only were there rides there was also animals like alpacas, cows, chickens, horses, sheep and LOTS LOTS more. I had loads of fun!

the christchurch earthquake

2011-03-08T16:52:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday 22nd on 1:pm there was an earthquake in Christchurch. I feel so sorry about them, some people died and some was injured,even babies were injured. The cars got squashed,the roads cracked, it was so sad I nearly cried:( . The earthquake was stronger than the last time, Christchurch is really damaged this year. The earthquake was a big disaster, I heard this story from my sister... There was this mum with her baby and the ground started shaking, the cans started to fall down and the store starting to fall and a heavy brick nearly went to the baby's head but the mum blocked it and the heavy brick went to the mum's head, the mum died. The earthquake was 6.3 magnitude,that's horrible.

christchurch earthquake

2011-03-08T11:33:00.000-08:00

Christchurch earthquake

In the earthquake there was a big crack in the road and the buildings were broken and they said that 17 people were confirmed dead. They were trying to get everybody out of the building. It happened at lunch time and 5 people tried to get out of the building but 10 people were still in the building. Some of my family is in Christchurch but they are going to live in Auckland. I hope that they are alright. it made me feel so sad because those buildings took so long
to make. Now they have to take even
longer for them to build all of those buildings that got broken in to lots of pieces. The road needed to be fixed as well as the buildings.

The Christchurch earthquake

2011-03-06T12:22:00.000-08:00

Since the earthquake in Christchurch I felt cheerless. I really felt like doing something for them. The earthquake was 6.3 magnitude. It happened at Tuesday 22^nd. None of my family or friends were there but I still felt cheerless. The police and ambulance officers have confirmed that 65 people are died and more than a 100 are missing. This was one of the biggest earthquake in Christchurch. Most of the buildings broke and the building that has been there for more than 100 years fell down too. This time loads of people died. The building fell on builders, some of the builders were crying and thought of there families and friends. They were so afraid. On the news it says some rescued workers are having to leave died bodies on the streets and other places of Christchurch as they focus on trying to save trapped survivors of yesterdays devastated 6.3 magnitude earthquake. There are bodies trapped in the cars. Loads of roads have cracked. The earthquake also caused a fire in Christchurch. It will take a long time to fix the buildings and the builders will have too work really hard. Nearly all of the cars, houses and other stuff are devastated.

Red and Black Day

2011-03-03T20:23:00.000-08:00

Mission Heights Primary had a Red and Black Mufti today to show our support for our fellow New Zealanders in Christchurch following the terrible earthquake ten days ago. Here is some footage from our assembly today.

Christchurch Earthquake

2011-03-03T17:42:00.000-08:00

Christchurch
Earthquake

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the south of Christchurch last week at 1-00 pm. By the following day 38 bodies had been found and had been brought to the police morgue. So far more than 150 people have died. John Key expected the official death to rise from this. There were 100 people trapped in the Pyne Gould Guinness building. John Key told breakfast the number 1 focus was on search and rescue, with around 100 specialist from Australia. If I was in a earthquake I would've been terrified. Falling buildings crushing over 1000 people is really scary. Parents loosing children is a disaster and too much destruction. It is like a tornado up all the buildings and when it stops the all break in to pieces, only a wedge tornado can do that. Earthquake are extremely devastating, destructive and dangerous things. The earthquake this time it was with more violence by killing nearly 100 people. I think the people want to move to another city or wished it never happened again

N.Z Christchurch Earthquake.

2011-03-03T17:34:00.000-08:00

Tuesday 22nd February there has been a big earthqwake that hit Christchurch at about 1.00 pm. The buildings have been damgded, cars have been destroyed. The people that were working in the buildings had no idea what was about to happen. There were lots people in the buldings, more than 150 people have died ,and the others have been injured. People that don't know who have been injured, they have been offering their trucks, cars, and vans. This is unthinkable thing that have been hearting our people. Family and friends getting tears in their eye, missing people that have been past away. It is also a heartful thing for me , when I heard about this I was bursting into tears and my family were thinking about how to help the people in Christchurch. Well if we do fundrasing or mufti at schools or at work we can make a big difference by getting 2 dollar coin or more ,so in christchurch to build peoples homes again and make their lives the same asit was before

earthquake story

2011-03-03T17:30:00.000-08:00

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Christchurch earthquake

On Tuesday 22^nd Feburary at 1.00pm there was an
earthquake. I feel sorry for the people in Christchurch who died from the 6.3earthquake. They ran out of ambulances for the people in Christchurch. They say over 150 people died lots of people lost family members and friends in the earthquake. A womans baby died rigth after a falling debris fell on it also another baby also died when a televison fell on it. The earthquake was worser than last year.There have been a little
more earthquakes over night they have search for suviors Mayor Bob Parker says that 120 people have been pulled out alive. A young man was was in the parking lot of a shopping mall in his car he was in high st when the car was flipped over the man he saw people traped under the shopping mall.He was injured really badly cover by bricks and concrete.The nation is sad. All of New Zealand's flags are at half mast
I feel horible for the people in Christchurch traped in concrete and bricks and the people who died.

Christchurch shake in disaster

2011-03-03T16:59:00.000-08:00
Since the earthquake in Christchurch happened I felt really sad. The earthquake started at 1.00pm in the afternoon, the 6.3 earthquake killed many families and friends. So far there are 103 people dead and more than 200 people missing.

Many buildings are destroyed, and people have got stuck in lots of buildings. But my family and friends in Christchurch are safe.

Cars, houses and buildings are destroyed. There are lots of people that are hurt ambulance had run out so random people tried to help. It was a really bad day for all the people in Christchurch, and New Zealand. I wish I could help.

After shocks will happen so it is really hard for them not to worry. It will take a really really long time to fix all of the buildings

People will not have places to stay but random people have offered people made homeless to come and stay with them. I feel so distraught.

N.Z disaster

2011-03-03T16:48:00.000-08:00
Since the Chrichurch earthquake I have felt very upset. The earthquake happened on Tuesday the 22nd of February at 1.pm. The 6.3 earthquake has destroyed many many buildings. Police and Ambulance officers have confirmed more than 80 dead and more than 200 missing! Everyone is hurt in someway either in their hearts or are physically injured. Most of my cousins, aunties, uncles, and grandparents live down there and are really scared. All of my family are fine but their work and houses have damage. All hospitals were evacuated and also the Airport was evacuated too. With all the injuries Ambulances ran out so people with 4 wheel drives and jeeps offered to transport the people that were hurt. This day was a tragedy for everyone. Aftershocks are sill continuing but the community are trying their best to help.For example: Some people who have not been injured are helping to clean up the debri such as door frames, windows, glass, wood ect.
Most schools in N.Z are doing a red and black day on friday to show their support to Christchurch.
Anyone can help!!!

Shaken Christchurch

2011-03-01T17:42:00.000-08:00
One day ago a massive earthquake hit Christchurch killing many people.

The earthquake hit at 1.00pm.

Rescue workers are having to leave bodies in the streets of Christchurch as they focus on trying to save the survivors which are trapped in fallen buildings which collapsed after the devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake.

Up to 140 people were killed leaving their family's weeping.

This was all over the news which talked about nothing else.

I am worried about my friends in Christchurch as I have not been able to make contact with them for a long time.

I feel sorry for all the families that have lost people who are important to them.

I feel like there is nothing I can do and I wish I could do something to help.

Christchurch quake

2011-03-01T17:36:00.000-08:00

1or 2 weeks ago there was a earthquake the magnitude of 6.3 almost over 100 people died. They were running out of help so people were helping with there jeeps and cars. People where Evacuated out of homes. So people let these homeless people stay at there homes. There was a lot of aftershocks.

My dad's friend is OK. It was good to hear from him. His arm or foot almost got stuck
I feel sad for all the people whose arms or legs got cut off and for the people who were evacuated from there home's

Shaking Christchurch

2011-03-01T17:28:00.000-08:00

Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51pm something happened that we thought will never happen to NZ, Christchurch was shaken to disaster.
This started on a September 2010 morning when there was a 7.1 earthquake this one was 6.3 but the people that felt the quake said it felt stronger then the one in September. There has been a toll of 147 deaths and more than 200 people still missing. There have been 120 pulled from rubble but more and more are getting rescued. People have been asked to leave their homes and been having to sleep on a marque at Hagley Park.
At the airport the tower has collapsed. Canterbury TV, St ashaph st, Christchurch Press and much much more have been damaged.
They have ran out of ambulances and people have been offering their cars for the injured that need to go to hospital.
Today there have been more people that are from around the rest of NZ,UK and the rest of the world counting to help.
I feel horrible that I cant help all of us can only pray that Christchurch can be a happy town once again and the earthquakes are out of our mind.
Our school(Mission Heights Primary School) put our flag at half mast for the deaths from the quake. The past few months have been not imaginable, first the September quake the the deaths at pike river mine and now this New Zealand
is in heartbreak.

Christchurch devastation

2011-02-27T13:34:00.000-08:00
Christchurch-A devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch 10 km south-east of the City. So far 75 people died in the earthquake. The quake caused devastation. All the ambulances were full so people offered to lend there cars and truck to take the injured people to hospital. Hospitals through the south island have been cleared to take in the flood of patients from Christchurch. It will cost over 740 million dollars to fix all this damage.

My friends and family from Sri Lanka skyped me they thought the earthquake hit us but we said that we are sad but we are ok. My mum also emailed all my family and said that the earthquake didn`t hit us because family kept on calling us.

It made me feel crushed because there were lots of people who died and there families would be devastated also tourists were left homeless because there hotels got crushed.

Check out our buddy class

2011-02-16T13:39:00.001-08:00
Our buddy class, LZ6, has created their own blog to share their learning. Please visit it and add a comment about their learning. We know they will be excited as us!!

http://bakersbeautbunch.blogspot.com/

What is a Learner?

2011-02-08T16:11:00.000-08:00
LZ9 have begun looking at learning as part of their Integrated studies this year. We brainstormed what we thought a learner was, how they acted and what they sounded like. We did this on a Wallwisher and were surprised at the number of different ideas we had.
We would really like to have other people's ideas, so please feel free to share them with us.
Thanks
LZ9

Quad Blogging Across the World

2011-02-06T21:58:00.000-08:00
This is lZ9 quad blogging on the Bangkok class blog. We are trying to comment on all of the things they have written about!

It has been so much fun!
We all have to comment on 3 blog post and we had to ask 2 questions!

From LZ9

New Year, New Learners

2011-02-03T18:15:00.001-08:00
Hi All,
We have had a fabulous start to the school year. We are all looking forward to learning lots of new and exciting things, as well as trying a lot of new skills. One thing we are all looking forward to this term is Camp....only 7 weeks to go!!

This year our umbrella overview is Sustainable Society. This means making our society last for a long time. Each term we will focus on a different aspect of it. This term we are calling our learning "Me and Learning; Learning and Me". It is all about us taking responsibility for our learning and how we can become life long learners.

We hope to share our learning with everyone this year in a more regular basis....
Welcome and Enjoy once again!!

Pecha Kucha

2010-10-18T14:44:00.000-07:00
This term, when we returned to school, Miss Wills didn't want us to write recounts about our holidays - we were really excited!! (We aren't big fans of writing recounts!). Miss Wills had been at a conference and had seen a new way of presenting called Pecha Kucha (but sometimes we call it Pickachu...opps!!).
We had to choose 6 images that represented our holidays and then speak about each one for 20 seconds.
It was lots of fun and lots less pressure than when we had to do our speeches. We hope we get to try to do this again!

Why there are Thunderstorms

2010-09-30T14:43:00.000-07:00

“No you will not come out of the under world” bellowed Zeus “and if you don't obey you will be punished”. Then to make sure he obeyed, Zeus sent his own son Herpillys down to protect earth from Hade's servants - his demons. The demons fought Herpillys and his army of centaurs . But they would never win against the half god.
Then onetime it was Herpillys father Zeus's anniversary and gave Hades time to think. One day Hades had a plan. He would get Herpillys into the under world. So Hades sent his army of demons to attack then when they were fighting they ordered a retreat. Herpillys was confused but followed them to finish them off but they moved into the under world. But now he was here Hades would not let him go.
The next day Iris the messenger of the Gods came to Mount Olympus and told Zeus of his son being captured by Hades. Zeus was furious with Hades . Zeus bellowed “you shall pay for your treachery”.
It was so loud that the heavens and the Earth shook from the message. Zeus cast down a lightning bolt at Hades. Every once in a while Zeus would let loose a lightning bolt to punish.

Calendar Art 2010

2010-09-30T14:33:00.000-07:00
We used New Zealand artist Warren Pohatu as our inspiration for our calendar artwork this year. We are all so very proud of what we achieved.

RESPECT

2010-07-27T20:16:00.000-07:00
We are looking at our school's values this term. The first three weeks we are focusing on RESPECT - here are some of our thoughts....

THINK GREEN - What we think we know.....

2010-07-27T19:50:00.000-07:00
We did a bus-stop activity using wallwisher to do this. We went onto four different walls and spent five minutes talking about the question and putting our answers up. This helps Miss Wills help us plan for our learning this term. Here are the four walls that we created.

We would like you to add your own comments and thoughts on our wallwisher - here are the links

What is your carbon footprint?

What are the causes of climate change?

What is the impact of climate change?

What do we know about climate change and global warming?

ANZAC letter

2010-04-29T19:24:00.000-07:00

11^th April 1915

Dear Mother,

Hello,it is me,Rashmeen, I am writing to you to tell you that I am perfectly fine here in Gallipoli. Even though it is very hard to breath around here me and my fellow friends are coping well. I am missing you more than ever mother. I think of you all night and day,even in my dreams. I am sad to say that I have lost the wonderful picture of you that I had taken just before I left for war. When we came to Gallipoli we were expecting to hear ear-deafening sounds of bullets striking past us every second but since they don't know we are here we have to beas silent as we can be. We are camping right outside where they are practising to surprise them when it is time to fight by already being here. They are expecting us in about another 2 weeks!The general says that we will be back in 3 weeks. It is obvious that we will win.I hope that you and Father fine at home.

Yours Sincerely,

Rashmeen

anzac letter

2010-04-29T19:13:00.000-07:00

30 april 1915

dear mother,

I am in Gallopoli right now, I have been facing the enimies 5 days ago and tommorow is the last day. I am missing you so much and I miss my friendswho have passed away in the battle …..if the enimes didn't start shooting in the middle of the night my friends would've been alive and gone back to New Zealand with me. Right now I have my left leg injured of the bomb that was buried under the ground but that dosen't really matter. I hope I can go back soon with victorie!

From your eldest son.......

Anzac Letter

2010-04-29T18:58:00.000-07:00
Dear Mum.

I am on a ship to Gallipoli. I miss you mum and I don't know If I will live or die. So don't cry mum if I die, just don't worry mum I will not die I will live and I will be back soon, I will stop this war. One of my best friends died. Tell my little brother I miss him. Mum have you taken your treatment and I hate this trip there is to much battle ships fighting. We are no landing to gallipoli in 10 hours and its so long, I hope my brother is taking care of you and I love you mum. Love always, your son Jason.

Camp hopes and dreams

2010-04-29T18:49:00.000-07:00
CAMPS HOPES

Keep staying active till I sleep.

Awesome activities for excitement.

Yucky mud slide so I get dirty.

Always keep listening to instructions.

Keep helping and have a great time.

I hope there will be no accidents in camp.

Never be scared at the actives.

Go do it and never stop.

BY JAIDEV

Tanuvi's Anzac Day Letter

2010-04-29T17:20:00.000-07:00

Anzac Day Letter

Dear Mother,

I have safely reached the island of Gallopoli. I have met so many people who have similar

emotions as me. There is a pang of fear and guilt churning in my stomach like a blender, feel fearful because I don't know that after writing this letter I will even be alive, and I am feeling guilty be cause even thought I am fighting for my country I really don't want

to hurt a soul. This place is like a nightmare every morning when I wake up I hear blood-curling screams and the bang of a gun. But don't worry this son of yours will not let you down and I will fight like a lion .

Okay wish me luck...

Bye

Love Your Son

Connor O'Neill

Anzac Letter

2010-04-29T17:17:00.003-07:00
Anzac landing

25 April 1915

Dear Mum

it,s Ruben here. I thought you might be worried about me. So I wrote you this letter .

I,m OK . Some of the ships sank . There are also lots of gunpowder lying around. I almost got shot in the arm . I have killed 12 people so doing ok for the first day. The water we have to swim in is freezing cold. There is lots of blood everywhere. I miss u so much , I want to come home . The war is horrible children are losing their parents. Right now I can hear the cannons. Quintin died

love your son Ruben