Cultural Day

On Friday we had our Cultural day. Cultural day was the day when we had to show our presentations to rooms 6 and 7. First we went to room 7s room. Room 7 were doing Europe and Room 6 were doing Asia. My favourite presentations were Italy and Spain from Room 7.

After morning tea it was us, Room 3. I was so nervous when we were up, but after my turn I was proud of myself because I was not that scared. My favourite out of Room 3 was Colombia, because they talked loud so that room 3,6 and room 7 could hear.

Next we were going to room 6. I liked their presentations. My favourite presentation out of all of their presentations was Japan.

I had a great day doing cultural day, it was so fun at school that day.   

 

Film Festival 2013

When I came to school on Wednesday 13th November we were going to Sylvia Park to see the the Manakalani movies. Some of the movies were funny and some were not. There were 3000 students in two theatres. Room 3, Room 6, Room 7 and the Juniors had movies in the the Festival.

My favourite movie was Room 6. Room 6’s movie was about a lockdown. Leki and his other friends were playing basketball. Leki went for a shot but he threw the basketball over the fence, Leki friends said “aww you ruined it.” After lunch Leki and Simione were sitting down. They saw a man that had their basketball in his hand. Leki said “he's coming closer, let’s run!” They ran up the stairs but Leki fell on his leg. Simione was trying to pick Leki up the stairs, that was the funny part. The person that was following them was Mr Slade. Mr Slade said “you guys should have listened to me in class”. Leki and Simione said “sorry Mr Slade”. The last movie was Room 7 their movie is their song called friends.

After the movies we went back to school in the bus. I had a fun day at Sylvia Park Hoyts.

 

Practicing Prompt 5

There was a lady that had so much hair. So she went to cut her hair. Her name was Cody. She wanted to have great hair that she like. The Barbary's name was John the place to be to cut your hair. She asked “can I have short hair, please,” “ok”. When she was done she was so happy that she ran outside. She showed it to her friends and family. Some people don’t like her hair but some do.

Practicing Prompt 4

 
There was a monkey that was with his family. They were looking for food to eat for breakfast. Later on he lose/lost his family. “Help!!!’’ he shouted. Next he try/tried and try/tried to find his family but he couldn't. He wept until then he saw a another monkey. He wept “where are we?" “Where/We're in the middle of the forest”. “How do you know?’’ “because I have been in these forests for 25 years”.

Squash

After morning tea there were going to be a awesome sport that we were going to play, it is called Squash. We went to the hall and sat down. The names of the people that are show us how to play squash  were Michael and Phil. They showed us the rules. There were 6 courts, one of them were a practice place. I was so excited that I was going to play Squash. Men have to wear tank tops and shorts and t-shirts. Woman have to wear a skirt and a t-shirt and a sports dress. Harrow School in England were the first people to play squash in 1830.

It looked like fun and when I had a turn it was fun. Even when I lost it was, I had a good game. We played king of the court, it was fun, I had to be at the third court. I stayed there for two games, but then I moved up to court two. After about six minutes I made it to the first court. It was me Patrick, Misiotei and Asipeli. The balls went so fast when it came past my face.

They were all hard, the winner was Patrick, he was hard to beat. Next we sat down and Phil said “who was the best man at playing squash?’’ someone said “Ramy Ashour’’, ‘‘who is the best woman to play squash?’’ asked Phil, someone else said ‘‘Nicol David”. I had so much fun for my first time playing squash.  

KIDS FOR KIDS

On friday night we had the Kids for Kids concert. I went into the backstage door and went to find Miss G and sat down and waited to go on the stage. There were 15 schools backstage. We got onto the stage and waited for Nathan King and Jackie Clarke. We sang the whole first half and we went backstage and sat down and had a little snack, we had chocolate frogs, chocolate cookies and moro’s. We were playing monkey barrel, it was fun. After we had our break we went back on the stage and Nathan and Jackie were wearing farming clothes because we were singing gumboots and we sang welcome home that was the second to last song we sang. After that we had to sing She’s A Mod, all of the schools were going crazy when singing that song. After that song we finished and went to the backstage and waited for our parents. After my dad picked me up from the backstage I went to the carpark and we went into the car, it was cold. When I was at home, I felt happy after I went to the kids for kids concert.   

Kids For Kids

On Friday night we went to Kids for Kids to sing. There were 250 children. The people who were singing with us were Jackie Clark and Nathan King. We had to sing in front of 800 people in the crowded audience, also our family. That was a lot of people, we were at the back of the stage. All the schools went out and sat down and we sang all of the songs in the first half then we went back of the backstage and had a little snack and then we went back on the stage and sang the soloists songs. They were 'Whether with you', 'Sensitive to a smile', and 'Maybe tomorrow'. I was proud of me.

                                     

Maths Reflection

Today in maths I was learning my basic facts on xtramath. I practiced my skills and I like maths because I like numbers and it’s fun too. I am in circles, when I do my math whizz I do counting in 4’s at the moment. I have to go on the computer tutor so that I can practise my maths skills.

Pope Pius Feast Day

On a rainy morning we were going to church  and going to celebrate the feast of Pope Pius X. He was the one that made children have their Holy Communion. We went into the church then we had the bread and wine. We went into the hall and we had cake, it was a banana cake, it looked yummy. The juniors had to get the cake first then the seniors had to get it last. I  liked the cake, it was one of the best cakes. When the lunch bell rang we had to go to the hall and show our talents. Room 1 went first then 2, 4, 5, then us, we sang Haere mai and Something in the Water. After  us was room 6 and then room 7.

I had a great day.

Christian Cullen

Christian Cullen played for the All Blacks and he played for the Hurricanes. He had 56 tries. He has two daughters and he plays as a fullback, wing and center. His job now was being a coach. He is one of the best legend in the world, he has been around the hole world by playing for the All blacks. He is 51 now but when he was playing for the All black he was 37.  Christian cullen started playing in 1999. Christian Cullen started playing for the Hurricanes  then the All blacks and then a coach. He is a good coach.   

X Country

Wow it’s a lovely day to do X Country.

On Tuesday morning  the 13th of August, the whole school was running the X Country. After lunch we went and lined up then we had to go to the courts. The juniors were sitting in the court and the seniors were running.

Mr Slade he was catching up to me and he did, but then I started to run and I tried to catch up to Kalo but I couldn't. When we were near the finish line that’s when I ran past Kalo.  I came second to last and Mrs Williams said ‘‘how old are you?” I said ‘‘9”. I saw everyone sitting down on the court. When it was time for the juniors, we cheered really loudly for them all.

I had a lovely day.      

term 2

My favourite thing this term was talking about water because we really learnt about water.  I didn’t know much about water and now I know that water is in our body and blood.

My least favourite thing this term was the chocolate chip key because it took so long! But I liked the machine to protect cookies which we had to build.

I’m looking forward to the rugby league next term because I like rugby league and I play for a team and that’s why I am looking forward to  it.

Pool description

A pool is 1 meter deep and 15 meters long the pool has a marque. A marque is like a big tent that covers the whole pool, the poles hold the sides of the marque up.

The first thing that you smell is chlorine, every pool smells like chlorine. Chlorine makes your eyes red and sore . The colour of the pool is white. the pool has steps into the pool, that was cool.

When I got into the pool I was a little bit cold I love pools. We started a warm up, we had to swim the whole pool. We also had a race I lost, but I had a lot of fun. Room 3 had free time in the pool. We went back to class and got changed, I had a fun day.

Teddy bear Description

I’m going to talk about a teddy bear called Fuzzy.

My little friend is as brown as a piece of wood and as soft as a pillow. Fuzzy Is cute as a baby. He wears a little scarf with colourful squares on the scarf I like squares. It is my favorite colour, blue. I like light blue and dark blue. Fuzzy is a toy. My little friend is as handsome as a prince and has a round brown nose and big floppy ears. He loves chocolate, it is his favourite food. Fuzzy really likes dogs and he also likes mice and dinosaurs. Fuzzy is fat because he eats too much chocolate. Fuzzy is the best bear in the world.

My Pencil

A pencil looks like a zebra stripes if it is all different colours and feels like a thin piece of wood.

You can find pencils everywhere and you can find it at home, they can be very useful. Sometimes it can be a circle or a hexagon. Its also made out of wood. Pencils are very easy to hold and when they are very sharp they can be as sharp as a thorn. Sometimes they have a rubber on the top of them and it is thin so we can hold it properly.

Pencils help us when we don’t have internet, then we can use a pencil and paper.  

My mother

The one that loves me is my Mum.

She black hair, it is as black as a black jacket. My mum also has long hair, it is as long as a long piece of string. She takes me to school everyday and she helps me with my homework and she loves me as well. She makes a lovely dinner and helps me when I am in danger. My Mother is happy every day but some days she can be angry. My mum loves the movies because she likes to hang out with me. She also likes to ride on the bike everyday because she likes to excise. My mum hates snow because she gets very cold and the snow is everywhere.

My mum is special because she loves me more then anything. She also hugs me when there is a storm.

Simile and Metaphor

Similes and Metaphors

A simile is where two things are directly compared because they share a common feature. The word AS or LIKE is used to compare the two words. Eg. As cold AS a dog's nose

A metaphor also compares two things, but it does so more directly WITHOUT using as or like. Eg. The shop was a little gold-mine.

Task One

At the end of the sentence, write in brackets whether the sentence is an example of a metaphor or simile.

Eg. The clouds were fluffy like cotton wool. (SIMILE)

1. As slippery as an eel. (SIMILE) ✔
2. Arnie was a man-mountain.(METAPHOR) ✔
3. He was a lion in battle.(METAPHOR) ✔
4. She is as pretty as a picture. (SIMILE) ✔
5. The striker was a goal machine.(METAPHOR) ✔
6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had risen early. (SIMILE) ✔
7. The moon was a misty shadow. (SIMILE) (Metaphor)
8. My friend has a face like a bag of spanners. (SIMILE) ✔

Task Two

Now you are going to make up similes of your own by copying and finishing these sentences.

For example:

As good as gold

1. As heavy as a rock. ✔
2. As cold as a ice ✔
3. As hard as a branch. ✔
4. She had skin like a fish. ✔
5. As cool as a my friends. ✔
6. As quick as a car. ✔
7. He was slow like a turtle. ✔
8. Slippery like a bath. ✔

What is a metaphor?

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My Holiday

On a lovely day I woke up, I knew that it was my nephew’s birthday. I was so excited, it was at my sister's boyfriend’s mum's house. It’s was a very, very big house.

I saw my whole family was there, it was so cool. My nephew was with my sister. I played with my cousin’s. There was a dog and pretended I was a vampire and my two cousin’s were a ghost and a zombie.

We had a awesome cake. We had to go home at the end but it was so much fun.