Miss T's Classroom.

Here is a video done by Harry on making a paper bird. It shows you everything you need to know on origami bird making. There is a reward for the first person in the class to use the video to make your own. But you can’t either know how to make it already or be related to the people who had anything to do with it. Good Luck!

This term our class has been working with Ms G.  They have been learning to present orally their personal information which identifies their iwi, family origins and connections.  They have been learning to do this in Maori, the language of our Maori people.  So in the video you can listen to five of the students. Others will present their pepeha at another time.

Challenge 3

Somes Island is in the middle of Wellington Harbour. It’s a scientific reserve free of predators of  the birds and creatures living on the island. In the first world war it was home of prisoners of war (P.O.W) and an a.a gun.This island has many, about fifty trails and one leads to the old lighthouse.  (Connor)

The Beehive  is the popular name for the executive wing of the parliamentary complex, because of the buildings shape.  This is where the prime minister adn the cabinet ministers have offices and where the cabinet meets.      By Joseph.

Wellington Cable Car.  You can find this on Lampton Quay.  There are two, but they only use one track.  They operate by making the track divide into two in the middle.  The cable car is red.  You can find it by looking for the pole with a cable car on it.  At the top you can access the cable car shop and the beautiful Botanic Gardens.   (Antonio)

The Botanical Garden  was made in 1886. The Botanical Garden is a very nice place to walk and relax with the beautiful flowers. It is nice to have a picnic or walk your dog. You  then take a tour with the cable car. By Beatrice and Amelia.

Te Papa is in Wellington.  It is our national museum and you’ll find a lot about legends, history and animals.  You can also see a 3D movie on an octapus.  There is also a nice cafe to eat while watching the birds.  Many of the exhibits are interactive.  Its a great museum.  By Britney.

 Statue of Mary.  The statue of Mary is on the top of the hill beside our school.  People coming south down state highway 1 can see her as they come into the Kapiti Coast.  She is 14 metres high and she was made in 1957.  Her halo is made of metal and it lights up the night. Hanging from her arm is a rosary beads with a cross on it.  (Breellen).

Lindale is a great activity centre on the way into Paraparaumu.  It is just off state highway one.  Lindale is a great place to take the family to, because its got a farm adn you can feed animals, there is a huge playground and a bunch of shops.  Lindale would be a great place to visit.  (Daniel M)

Kapiti Island.  This island is just off our coast and it is a bird scantuary.  It takes about 25 minutes by boat to get there.  You need a special permit to go there and they only allow a certain number of people on there each day.  You can see native bush and you can do the climb to the top or walk about.  There are lots of native birds to see.  Its a beautiful place.

Southwards Car museum has hundreds of cars, all of them olden day! there are quite a few olden day airaplanes too. it is very big. I reckon the Car museum is cool and I don’t like cars  that much, so think how much somebody who does like cars would like it!                     By Monique

Nga Manu is a nature reserve that shows all our native Fauna and flora.( animals and plants )

They can show you areal live kiwi and tuatara. They even have over seven hundred plants. You can hold all sorts of stuff there, BBQ, Guided tours and even weddings!  That is why you should viset  Nga Manu.

 

It started out as a normal day.  We had touch practice with our friends.  But then, an ambulance pulled in beside one of the parents.  We were wondering what was happening.  After about a minute of talking, she yelled out We have to move.  They’re going to land the Westpac Rescue helicopter.  Our coach announced that touch practice was cancelled.  We were very disappointed. 

By that time, everyone was wondering what the commotion was all about.  There were different stories going around about what had happened.  In about 5 minutes everybody was off the field and the teachers were coming out to see what the commotion was.  Every once and a while a police car, ambulance or fire Engine came past.  A little bit later, it even started to rain.  After a wait of over 15 minutes, you could hear the sound of the helicopter in the distance.  When it came to land, it was like a huge windstorm.  When it was hovering above the field, you could see the grass blowing away from the chopper.  My sister kept getting small leaves in her eyes it was so windy.  As it was touching down, you could see the navigators door open.  Finally it started to power down. 

The paramedic got in a police car and went down to the accident scene.  About 5 minutes later,the injured person arrived in an ambulance and parked next to the helicopter.  About 10 minutes later the relatives put up white sheet.  I saw a yellow stretcher that the patient was in.  The next day I heard from my friend Nathan that when the helicopter was coming in to land, it flew only 4 metres above his house.  I also heard that the patient was a male about 30 years of age and had possibly had a heart attack.  For a short about of time the patient wasn’t breathing and they needed to perform CPR.

Here is Joseph’s speech.  Joseph went on to the finals and was placed third. Congratulations Joseph.   Joseph’s speech

Joseph’s speech  Joseph spoke next.  He too explores Fear!  I will share a couple of speeches a day, until we have seen all seven.  Did any of  them get chosen to speak in the finals on Thursday evening?  I was busy writing reports so I missed out on that part.

“The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold …”

This is the first line of the poem “The Destruction of Sennacherib” that was written by George Gordon Byron, about the war between the Assyrians and the kingdom of Judah in 705 B.C.  I learnt and memorised the six stanza poem this year.  The Assyrian king Sennacherib had wiped out every single nation  that had come  in his  way. Now it was the people of  the kingdom of Judah’s turn. The king of  Jerusalem Hezekiah told his people to rely on their God.  Sennacherib sent a cup bearer to tell the people of Judah, that they had no chance of  victory. Jerusalem was like a bird in a cage, surrounded by the Assyrians. But the Assyrians never entered Jerusalem “For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their heats but onced heaved and forever grew still”  185,000 Assyrian soldiers died in their tents…”and the tents were silent the banners alone, the lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.” Sennacherib went back to Assryia where he was killed by his two sons.

By Joseph

You know how some people go camping for a holiday while others go overseas and some people  relax at a beach batch. Well my family went fishing at Te Horo with my Uncle and Aunt.   The water was very calm and restful but we weren ‘t. We wanted  fish  for dinner.This was a pretty bad day. Uncle Daniel had thrown his line out, but he hadn ‘t flipped the metal arm over the spool so the line  snapped and the sinker went soaring over us into the sea, like a marble from a sling shot. Dad had nothing on his line and neither did I.  So I put my rod on hold, turned to see what dad was doing , turned back and my rod was gone !!! I saw the trail of the rod leading towards the water. Instead of catching the fish the fish caught my rod.

By Joseph

What does this sound like? Racing  zero to ninety kilometres per hour (55 mph) in just three seconds… a racing car perhaps ? No, it’s the top speed a cheetah can reach from a standing start. It is the fastest land animal by far over a short distance. When it’s chasing, its high- speed rarely lasts over 15 seconds [ roughly over 500metres] or else it will give up. And its gratefully breathless prey runs away. Like the leopard the cheetah hunts on its own. The cheetah’s attacker is the lion’s pride. There are 4 sub species in Africa and 1 in Iran.The male cheetah is simply known as the cheetah while the female cheetah is known as  the she- cheetah. This wild cat makes a sound like a hiss and a growl .  So if you’re  holidaying in Africa, watch out for the cheetah because you won’t have time to run!  

By Joseph

 Has your heart ever beaten so fast, pounding like its going to burst from your chest?  You get that feeling when you dance and exercise to the rythmn of music.  This is my experience of Jump Jam. Every Monday and Friday,  our school swarms  to Grace hall to participate  in Jump Jam.  Jump Jam is kids Aerobics.  Sometimes the music is fast, like when you dance to “4 minutes” and other times it starts off fast and slows down like a car braking.  This happens with the “Madagascar” song. I like to stand at the front and lead. Sometimes we leaders muck up the directions and I think you know what happens next.  It ends up in a disaster… some leaders move to the right and others to the left, and the followers part like a banana split.  Once we went to the workshop in Palmerston North where we were shown how to be a leader. That was loads of fun. About 13 different schools also joined in. Maybe you want to be a leader ?