New Zealand Huia

Huias are native birds of New Zealand. Huias come from the North Island in New Zealand. They are scared birds. They are extinct birds from New Zealand.

Look like
They have long beaks to eat adult insects, grubs and spiders they are a black bird and the end of it’s tale is white. Some can be white. A Huia Can get up to 45cm but female huias can be bigger.

Habitat
Their habitat is in the North Island in new zealand.

Extinct
Huias are extinct in the 1907 because of its beauty. Some was killed from glass cases. A huia is a New Zealand native bird that last confirmed sighting of a huia was in 1907. It was all ready a rare bird before the arrival of Europeans.

R.E

R.E
For R.E this week we were doing making room for Christ in Christmas. We drew and wrote how we can make room for Christ in Christmas. My ideas were helping people in need, give food to the poor, make a shelter for people in need, pray to God, celebrating the Eucharist.

doing a blog

Doing a blog

Doing a blog can be so easy some days but other days really hard. I have 38 posts so far. You need to do certain amount of post each term and every week you need 2 Posts. I really like having a blog because other people can read and know about your work we do in class time. The Year 5’s and 6’s have a blog so the year 4, 3, 2 and 1 have a class blog but they don’t have an individual blog each..

passport

 

Passport

For our passport we had to do a lot of fun activities and get two hundred points by the end of term 4. The activities are fun but some can be hard. You need to choose at least one activity from each category along the side and your teacher can deduct points off you and give you bonus points if needed. I am up to 90 points so far this term.

Christmas poem

Church
Host
Roasted dinner
I love Christmas
Sun
Tree
Mass
Apples that are green and red
Santa

Christmas in summer

Christmas in summer is great because you can go for a swim. But there is a problem: it’s so hard to get to sleep. There are 2 reasons why you can't get to sleep: it’s so hot and it’s Christmas Eve. Christmas is so fun and it’s my favourite holiday.

Math

For maths this week we were doing shapes and find out the number of faces, edges and corners. This shape is a square based pyramid. It has 5 faces, 8 edges and 5 corners. This one was easy for me.

writing

For writing this week we were doing persuasive writing and Mr Gadd came to our class and he helped some of us. My topic was swim between the flags and be safe at the beach.

Inquiry

This week for inquiry we are focusing on Kia Kaha, we created shields. I wrote about what makes my class special and unique and what makes me unique.

Minecraft

Once there were two boys named Ice Skeleton and Farland Tamer. They were explorers until they got captured by the Herobrine and his crew.





Chapter 1

“Where's my trident and my diamonds??”
Said Dj Creeper “I don’t know” said Farland Tamer “but I don’t know where my
diamond armor is. Look it's Herobrine with our loot” said Farland Tamer “and look it’s also a wither storm and it’s controlling Herobrine”
“Oh no, now he’s true evil without the wither
storm controlling it” said Dj Creeper.

Chapter 2

When the wither storm left Herobrine was so evil. “Look an Iron Golems parts when they die! Herobrine's close” said Farland Tamer “yep” said Dj Creeper. After that
Ice Skeleton and Farland Tamer went to their treehouse to get some resources like a carrot, two diamonds and and a bow.

Chapter 3

They went off to find Herobrine and
the wither storm. On their way they found someone named Steve “Steve what happened to you?” said Farland Tamer “a big wither storm past” said Steve. “Wow! we want to find that thing and kill it” said Dj Creeper “can you hear it? it’s over there” said Farland Tamer

Chapter 4
“Their eating pigs! lets kill him before Herobrine comes” said Farland Tamer. “There he is! I’ll just put a formidi bomb next to Herobrine then I need a flint and steel
to light it. Now move back guys” said Dj Creeper “It’s going to blow!” said Farland Tamer … KABOOM!

To be continued

R.E

R.E on Friday 19th we had to write something about Jesus getting crucified and a part of the cross. The cross is called the san Damiano crucifix.

When I went to point wells

When I went to Point Wells, the first day we just hang out at my auntie’s Bach.The next day we just went diving off a wharf. On the 3rd day we went fishing. We saw a Whale and it came up to the boat. We saw a jellyfish and about 60 dolphins. We caught 10 fish. Then I went diving off the wharf.





On the 4th day, we went diving and fishing with a net and I caught 4 fish. Someone else got 4. They were pilchard. On Thursday we went to Pakiri beach and we saw 25 jellyfish. The first jellyfish we saw was a huge one and it was in 3 parts and its guts were everywhere and it’s really poisonous.

On Friday we went on the wharf again and I went the jumping. I brought my rod and caught a fish and it was a pilchard but it slipped off my hand. On my last day Saturday I went to Omaha for a surf and the waves were 2.60 meters then we packed our bags and in the afternoon I went to the wharf. I didn’t jump and we got in the car and went home.

Whangarei

Whangarei

Whangarei is a place where my grandma and my cousins live. My cousins live on a farm. They have pigs, chickens, sheep and two dogs. When I go up to Whangarei, we always go to a beach, either Ruakaka or a beach near my Grandma’s house.

I get my surfboard and I padel down the beach or snorkel. The water is really refreshing. When I was 5 or 6, I kayak there.
I like going to Whangarei. It’s fun.

Rugby acrostic poem

Rugby

Rembered game
Useful for your legs
Grab people
Bones broken
You and a team

star wars acrostic poem

Star Wars

Super
True Jedi
Awesome
Republi

Wreck sips

Amazing

Rebels

Super movie

Star Wars is outstanding.

acrostice poem

Meg
Incredible game
Nether
Enderman
Crafting table
Redstone
Add-ons
Flint and steel
Tracks and mine carts
Minecraft is awesome!

Inquiry

Inquiry Term 3

When we were doing inquiry we were learning about birds. I chose a Huia and we had to do a poster with questions. we needed to draw something to create our poster. I like sharks so much that me and my friend drew sharks. We put our questions on the poster. It was really fun.

When I went to the Botanical Gardens

When I went to the Botanical Gardens

When I went to the Botanical Gardens, I saw a native bird.I
took this picture.

That is the bird.
Here's a good picture of the bird but I didn’t take this picture. I got this picture from the internet. The bird’s name is kererū known as the New Zealand pigeon.
This is the Botanical Gardens

That’s the tree I took a photo of the bird.

Art

Doing My Artwork
First I needed to think of something to draw and next I need to know how to draw it.
For my calendar art I drew Ruakaka beach. And I kind of like it but I was going to draw Scotland.

I can’t draw parts of that but when I thought of something else I thought “I should do Ruakaka” so I did it.

Ruakaka surf

Ruakaka Surf

Ruakaka Surf is a surfing club at the Ruakaka beach. I've done the surfing lesson once. There were big rocks that you can hit but nobody did. Before we surfed, we were doing games. My favourite game was when you have a buddy and you go on your surfboard on the grass and your buddy has to push you off and you need to stay on the board then we went surfing. It was really fun.

This is a surfer at Ruakaka.

how to ripstick

How to ripstick

1.You need to put your foot on the first part of the ripstick.

2. Then push off with the foot that's on the ground and put the foot on the back of the ripstick.

3. Then you need to balance and wiggle your feet and put your arms in the ear and move side to side.


And there is a ripsurf but it’s harder to ride and you ride the same but it’s harder.



I took a day to learn how to ripsurf and ripstick.
It was fun and cool.

star wars

Star wars
Star Wars is a famous movie and it’s my favorite movie, too. Darth Vader, he’s dead now it’s Kylo Ren. You may know Luke Skywalker, but he’s dead too. The people are Kylo Ren, Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron. He’s a x-wing pilot.

Artoo Detoo and c3po are still alive but there's another droed called bb8 he’s Poe’s droed.


This is the imperial star destroyer. It’s the ship with the dark side. It can follow ships in hyperspace and no ship can do that except this ship.

acrostic poem about lizards

Lizards

Lick insects
Impossible to catch
Zooming across the floor
Accurate

Racy
Delicate, they can die easily
Speedy

Louie

Louie a little dog
Louie is bland and big. He’s 10 months old and he’s got big teeth.

And he’s weird. Once he nearly pushed me off the porch, the porch shown in the picture below.
But I got down from there just in time. This picture was taken the second day we got him

Rip Surf Poem

Riding

Incredible

Pro

Super

Unlock the freedom

Riding heaps

Fun 

Sharks

Shark are not who they look like, they think surfers are seals. The Great White, people say it is the most dangerous shark but it’s not, it is a really friendly shark. The most dangerous shark is the bull shark but it does not eat people. All sharks are colour blind so they think we're seals. 
Sharks are my favourite animal and my favourite shark is the Great White.

My second favourite shark is the Blue Shark.

Eden Rugby

EDEN Rugby is a famous rugby club and I play in the club. I’m in Eden Gold under 10 so I take line-outs and scrams. I play in the forwards so I go in the rucks. Rucks are when someone with the ball is on the ground, you push the other teams forwards and they push over the person on the ground so your team gets the ball back.

The Block NZ

When I went to the Block NZ, I saw the girls. Amy and Stu were painting. Clare and Agne were shopping together. I got a picture with Ben and Tom. They are my favourite team on the Block NZ.

How are day and nights formed

The Earth spins around and it seems that the Sun moves but Earth moves. It takes 24 hours for Earth to spin. The day and night affects most animals like birds and insects and animals who need sunlight for warmth to be busy.  Cold-blooded creatures, like snakes and lizards need the Sun for warmth. 
Some animals are busy at night. They go to hunt for food when it is dark like badgers and barn owls. 
People work and play during the day and sleep at night.

Self Portrait

During our art session I got a pencil and drew my face but not my real face. I did it for Room 9’s assembly in week 7. I am quite proud of it.

The elephant who came to stay

The elephant who came to stay.

Prediction:
I think the book is about an elephant who came in someone's house and an elephant who is lazy and eats a lot of cake and more stuff. There's a small small man and the small man likes him.

Check:
I got some right and some wrong. I was wrong about the elephant being lazy and eating a lot.

Why do we need to eat healthy food?

Eating healthy food will help you keep fit and it will help you stay alive.
You need to eat about 3 or 2 fruits a day and eat meat for dinner or lunch 2 or 1 time a week. We eat lollies 2 times a week. Your body needs different foods every day.
You need to eat fruit all the time and eat meat sometimes and lollies not that much. Food will give you energy like lightning.

You need to eat healthy food every day of the week and not lollies every week.
Fish is good for you. But you don’t eat fish all the time and it’s the same with lamb, beef and pork. Don’t eat it all the time.
We need to eat not too much but we need a lot of fruit, some meat and some lollies in our life.

Surfing

To surf you need a wetsuit and a surfboard and surf wax.
Then you need to find a good beach when you go to the beach.
When you’re there, you need to wax your board and get in your wetsuit.
Then get in the water and patil and look for a good wave when you have a good wave you do 3 paddles.
When you’re on the wave wait then stand up.
When you’re standing up you can grab the side and lean a bit.
Then to do ten toes at the front of the board. Put your toes off the front of the board.

The Titanic

The titanic was a big boat people thought it would never sink, but one day it did.

• 1,303 people died on the titanic. Less than 50 people were alive.
• Probably 5 or 3 people could still be alive from the titanic.
• People don't know if Jack and Rose (from the movie Titanic) were actually on the real boat. If you have watched the movie you will know Who they are.

This was the titanic

This is the titanic now

The Floating Citadel

There was a robber named Roby. He wanted to get the King to go away so he made the King’s castle float away.
The king was so angry. He was so scared that he screamed, but later he said he liked it. Roby got so, so angry. But then he thought of a plan. He got a war plane with guns and shot 4 hot air balloons. but how surprising the other hot air balloons were keeping the castle up. When Roby was down on the ground, the police came running after Roby. Roby ran so fast that he nearly cried. He got home and locked the doors and windows and hid in his bed. The police came barging in then he got arrested. “Nooooooo!” cried Roby. The police said “Tell us where the king is?” “No!”
But he told the police where the king was “He’s at the snow.”
The Police raced off. And Rody saw a gremlin. Ah… it’s so scary.

AIDEN Accrosstic Poem

Artistic

Intelligent

Delightful 

Energetic

Normal

Aiden is incredible!

Our Maori Dance

When I was learning to do my poi dance, I was so bad at first. But I got the hang of it. The next day we went outside to do it with Lisa, (Ellia’s mum). We were divided into two dance groups. One is poi dance and the other is the break dance which is a really cool dance. Poi dance is a maori dance and we learnt the dance for the school production which is in Term 2.

My Mimihi

Tena koutou katoa

Ko Mt Albert park toku maunga

Ko Mt Albert pond toku awa

Ko tuku waka

Ko Scottish tuku iwi

Ko Scotland tuku marae

Ko New Zealand tuku ahau

Ko New Zealand tuku kainga inaianei

Ko Good Shepherd school tuku kura

Ko Pool tuku whanau

ko Glenn tuku matua

Ko Jenal tuku whaea

Ko Aiden tuku ingoa

St Joseph's Day Tabloids

On St Joseph’s Day, we have tabloid sports. In tabloid sports we do the shark game. It is a game that we put your feet under a big mat. There is a shark and a lifeguard. The shark pulls people under the mat and the lifeguard has to pull them back I was the shark on one of the games we had 3 games on the 2nd game I got pulled under the matt 3rd I didn’t get pulled under the mat.