Tiritiri Matangi Trip

Talofa lava blogging world, last Thursday we went to Tiritiri Matangi Island for a senior school trip. We went to the island on the ferry. We each got to go to the top of the ferry in the groups we got put into. When we got to the island we sat down in our groups and the instructor from the island told us about it and what happened. We went for a walk in our groups again and were looking out for birds then writing them down on the piece of paper. I learnt that when the Maori first saw the Nikau they thought there would be coconuts on them but actually there was nothing so they called it the Nikau tree which means no coconuts. When I was on the island I found out a lot of new things about it. We also did a treasure hunt to find little finger puppets. I didn't find that many, I only found one. After all of the hunting and looking we went down to the beach so we could chill and have some relax time but I got injured. After all of that we came back to Auckland and went home. I saw a lot of birds that I didn't know about so it was a great experience to see those birds like a Takahe, Tui, and a Pukeko. 

Here is a link to the Tiritiri Island website:  http://www.tiritirimatangi.org.nz/home

Des hunt visits Waikowhai Primary

Today, Des hunt visited Waikowhai Primary School. He taught us about physics and he showed us some of the books he wrote. Des hunt is a popular writer that writes books for kids. The kinds of book he writes are fiction. He came with his wife Lynne. He showed us his backstory it showed us when he was born and where he was born. He was born in the north island. He studied to be a teacher in wellington and moved to Christchurch to become a actual teacher. He showed us how to make a powerful force out of a lighter he took out the parts of the lighter and made some kind of explosive.

My favourite part of the presentation was when he exploded the balloon it exploded and made a loud sore noise. I liked that part because it got bigger and bigger then it was a green explosion. It was important because the balloon that popped was representing an eel it popped because he told us that an eel get's bigger and bigger until it's system can't handle it anymore. It also represented the tension in a book because the tension gets big then you never know when something is going to happen then BAM it strikes.

Now that I have seen this presentation I want to read more of Des Hunts books. I also want to use him to motivate me to write books

Anzac Day

ANZAC DAY

This week we have been learning information, reading books and discussing Anzac Day. ANZAC day is a day when we celebrate Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought in the war. Our class have been doing different things about Anzac Day like writing acrostic poems and we read storys about the war. We read different storys their was one that was about this village called Le  Quesnoy and the Germans took over but a group of New Zealand soldiers came from across the world and saved the village.  On our first day back from the holidays we had to put the crosses on the grass for the people who died around the Auckland area. 

Kiwiana artwork

Hi guys, In art in my class we have been doing some Kiwiana artwork. For our great pieces of art we had to colour our background either warm colours which are red, yellow, pink, and orange, or cool colours which were green, black, blue, and purple. For my background I used warm colours. When we finished our Kiwiana background we had to draw a picture of something native to New Zealand. This picture had to have the opposite colours of what I did for my background. I drew a fern for my picture in cool colours. Blog you later!

fun at wheels day

Talofa lava bloggers, Richard here. On Monday we had a really good time because it was our wheels day we had a slip,n slide I felt awesome when I slid down. the wheels was really cool we had fun games like capture the flag and t-ball the day was so amazing. The cool things about our wheels day was that we could have fun during school and also we got to stay outside for the day and didn't have to go to class. The downside was that it was hot the whole entire day. tofa soifua blog you later.

Waikowhai primary Gala day

Hi guys, during the term my class have been busy making things for our Gala day my class are making tote bags. We are making tote bags because plastic bags are killing our animals. I am learning how to sew while making tote bags and have also learnt that our environment is very important to us. The steps of making a tote bag is to choose a fabric and then get some calico then put it together and start cutting it. After you cut them you pin them but you have to be careful because I stabbed myself while pinning the bag. Then after you pin them it's time to sew make sure when you sew do it slow you don't want to go fast because you can go cricked like me. After you sew you fold the top and iron it, you have to do this two times and make sure you iron it until it goes really flat.

My book review

Hi people of the blogging world, a couple of weeks ago we had to make a slideshow about the novels our teachers gave us, the book that was given to me was called Jonty and Choc. My book was about two boys who were best friends in primary and were to scared to go to intermediate. We had to put information about the book into the slide. During reading this book I have learnt that you can make new friends and fighting with your friends is not good. Next time I do another slide I think I can give you guys more information about the book. This book was really fun to read because it was suitable for my age. Blog you later