Tag: Writing

Littering is so bad because animals can eat plastic, cans or anything that’s actually our rubbish! My teacher showed Room 6 a picture of a turtle’s shell caught in a plastic ring. It grew but the plastic made his shell deformed and he couldn’t go inside it. This made me sad and mad.

 Once at my grandma’s house there was lots of rubbish so I went to pick it up. Now my grandma’s house is all tidy. At school we are becoming aware of our litter around and we pick up so much everyday. Yesterday I found 13 pieces of plastic! It’s getting better at school but we have to keep doing this and telling people how bad it is for our environment.

Last month I went to the beach with my family for my baby cousin’s birthday and I saw rubbish and so I picked up 20 pieces of rubbish and I was so proud of myself for picking up the rubbish and saving innocent sea animals from dying. Hopefully my cousins saw what I was doing and will all do this whenever they see litter.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of litter that has ended up in the ocean. It is so big and just like this because people around the world don’t care and years of litter have ended up there! In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, over 100,000 marine mammals and one million  sea birds die every year! Come on – we have to do something to save our planet!

Last Thursday Room 6 and Room 7 walked down to the Panmure Basin. As we were walking there my legs felt tired. These pretty girls named Steph, Ellie and this cool man Blair were there to teach us about sailing a boat. I was excited. 

 

Room 7 went sailing first and Room 6 went to do some land activities. Some of the activities were about making knots, pulleys and all of the Room 6 liked the pulleys the most because Mrs Bell\Room 7 teacher grabbed a bag full of sand and we had to use the pulley and rope to lift it up.

 

Room 7 finished sailing and while they were sailing these girls named Graziel and Marii  flipped their boat 3 times while they were in it and then Room 6 got to go sailing. We had to choose a partner and my partner was Thalia and we went on the boat and I was the one who controlled the boat with the rudder. Thalia was the one who controlled the sail with the rope.

 

Steph and Ellie threw some rubber ducks and Thalia and I got ducks called Harold, Otis,  Waffle, Gerald, Harper. Thalia’s favourite duck was Otis and mine was Harper. Then I wanted to swim in the water so I just jumped off and had a little swim.

 

After  I had a swim I wanted to get in my boat but it was very hard so Thalia tried to help me but she couldn’t so she jumped off to try to help me but she forgot that you can’t help people in the water because the boat drifts away!  So Kava and Spencer came to us and helped us. 

 

After that we hopped off the boat and we got changed and I was so hungry. After all that fun we had to write a feedback form for NZ Sailing. We also helped to get the boats clean and tidy. I was so happy when we got back to school to see my other friends. Thank you so much NZ Sailing for this fun day!

 

       

A few weeks ago it was Ash Wednesday and my Lenten Promise is to try not to be mean and to say kind words to others. Sometimes I have to stop myself and remind myself to be kind. It can be hard but I am trying.

On Tuesday at 10am, Room 6 went to the stone cottage and I was so excited to go with my friends to see something new. Well it is actually a very old house which is just in front of our school. The house was brown and is made of stone.

The people who showed us around were Patrick,Terry and Josephine who was an old lady who just sat in the living room! At first we went to the living room where there was cool old stuff  like an old picture of Panmure where our school is and where the stone cottage was before it was moved. It was in Mt Wellington near McDonalds.

Next we went to the bedroom, where I saw a picture of Phoebe Dunn with her baby. Terry showed Room 6 around the kitchen, and I saw a doll sitting down in her highchair and  another old picture of Panmure. Later on we went upstairs and some people hit their heads because the stairs were very small and low.

The next room was very interesting. It had an old perfume, corset and a man’s old boots and some old fashion outfits. They looked very pretty! Next we went to the kid’s bedroom. There were lots of dolls in the house and mannequins which scared me and Patrick showed us a map of New Zealand in the olden days. I thought it was a very interesting house to visit.

                                                   

 

 

On Monday it was the first day of school and these women named Kate and Kyla came to room 6. Kate and Kyla work for Auckland Transport. Kate and Kyla came to our class because they wanted to check Room 6’s bike skills and to see if we can ride safely.

Kate and Kyla told us to wear the right clothes. Everyone in Room 6 was wearing the right clothes. Then Room 6 had to line up along the fence near the top court. We had to be from the shortest to tallest so the tallest had to get the big bikes and the shorter people had to get the little bikes.

Some of the Room 6 people went with Kate but lots of people in Room 6 went with Kyla. We had to check our bikes first before we rode on them and make sure to wear our helmets firmly on our heads. This is the A, B, C, D and Q check! A is for air, B is for brakes, C is for chain and control, D is for drop test, Q is for quick release. The others and I went to the top court  and some people went to the canopy.

Next we started riding on the bikes. I was excited to ride on mine. The other people that were with me played a game with their bikes. It is called “The slow game” and it was really fun and we kept on playing the slow game. I didn’t really enjoy it that much because I kept on falling down. In the end I was faster than my friends.

Finally I was very confident and fast when I rode on my bike. I learned so many new things that make cycling fun.

Thank you Bigfoot Adventures for coming to our school and learning some new skills.

This month we celebrated Matariki, on the 14th of July. The whole of New Zealand had a public holiday and we were still on school holidays. Matariki means the eyes of god, and we learned about the god of the wind, Tawhiritamea who threw his eye up into the sky because he was angry that his parents got separated. He blows wind all around us everyday.

You can see in the picture the Matariki cardboard stars we made with cardboard circles and two different coloured wool. We had fun making these.

Last week my class and I learned how to play knuckle bones which is a game Maori children used to play long ago and also my dad said he played knuckle bones when he was young. I had fun playing knuckle bones even though we used little stones.

 

I am an old wise man. I like being in thunder and storms sometimes, but I’m not lonely. I’m happy to be in nature and I know how to cook and look after myself. Sometimes people make fun of me but I don’t mind. My ancestors have lived here a long time and I have learned everything I know from them. I’m tall and very skinny and can still run fast.I am resourceful.

On Tuesday morning after morning tea we played a ki o rahi tournament out on the field. Rooms 6, 7, and 8 children had to wear our house colours, which are blue for Rimu, grren for Kauri, yellow for Totara and red for Rata. I was in Rimu house. Coach Trey was my coach. Coach trey is really good at ki o rahi and reffing. Room 6,7, 8 were playing, and some people were watching on the wall.  I was cheering for Kauri and Kauri won. Most people had 2 turns but I gave my turn away to someone else. There were 6 rounds and I was in the second round. I helped some people score in the game and I was a guardian. It was a really good day out in the sun with my friends.

Last Thursday we ate ANZAC biscuits. I was happy as the class had to smell, feel and taste them. When I tasted the ANZAC biscuits, they were crunchy, crispy and hard like a rock. The ingredients were butter, flour, baking soda, coconut, and golden syrup. It looked like a hula hoop and was round like the moon. It tasted sweet. A long time ago women would bake these biscuits and send them to their sons and husbands in the Army. Did you know the First World War was in 1915 which is over 100 years ago?