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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Our Exciting Day Of Athletics.

Yesterday we had our school Athletics. I felt so nervous when I walked into school, I was already dressed into my house colour Tainui, which was the blue team. There were some other people dressed in different colours Blue, Red, Yellow, Green. When the second bell rang we went to class and our teacher wrote age & house colour on our hand, and off we went to the courts ready to start the event.

When we got there we sat in our age groups and they were the people you were competing against. Then Mr Burt told us the things we needed to do, then he said a prayer and off we went to do our first event. Our first event was Softball Throw. Everyone was lined up ready for there turn, “Up next” said Ms Squires it was my turn. I didn’t really try hard but unless I done it. Next we went to Triple Jump.

Next we went to Triple Jump. The instructor explained the rules, we had to hop, jump then land on both feet. Who ever jumped the furthest was 1st, 2nd or 3rd. We had a little practise, we weren’t allowed a run in the beginning so it was kind of harder. When my turn was up I done the technique but I slipped, so I didn’t come anywhere. But Thora, Toreka and Chelsea were the top 3. After that we went to Shot Put, Discus, 100 Meter Sprints, High Jump then Javelin.

The one I liked the best was Discus. I was the last person up, I was so nervous when I was about to throw it. I threw it and as my hands let go of the discus it was flying up in the sky, when it landed I saw that I came first. I was so glad this was the 3rd time in a row. 2nd was Thora and 3rd was Hossanah.

At the end of the events we done the relays, the little kids were first. “Bang” the clappers went as the little kids raced up and down the field. The final racer ran down the field as fast as they could, and the winning team was Takitimu. Then it was the older kids, off they went the relay was about to be won by Matatua but suddenly Tainui beat her to the finish line. Finally it was the Parents and the Teachers verses the kids, but sadly the parents and the teachers lost the relay.

It was fun playing all of the events. At the end of the day I limped all the way back home. It was worth it unless I came something in Discus. I was so exhausted when I came back home I went straight to sleep.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

My planet

This is my planet, it is called Unity. As you can see it is bright blue it is far away from the sun. I don't think anyone could live on here because there is no oxygen to breath.

The Film Festival

Every year all the school’s around Glen Innes make movies for everyone to watch on the Extreme Screen at Sylvia Park. Our latest session was on November the 11, only 3 school were there because everyone couldn’t fit in the cinema. But all the movies didn’t show because there wasn’t enough time, so there was a session at night that would show all the movies.

Last week all the schools in our cluster all went to Sylvia park for the Film Festival. As we arrived we saw 2 other schools, including Tamaki College. We went into the cinema and found our selves a seat. We waited for Tamaki Intermediate, and Glenbrae to come, when they came the movies started.

Tamaki College open up the film Festival there movie was called "Girls League Champions 2011". As I saw them come up to introduce them self I got up and started to cheer. It was a cool movie. The second movie we watched was "We Stand in Black" by Tamaki intermediate. It was hilarious because they made there own Flash Mob in Sylvia Park. During the day we watched some more movies.

Up next was a movie from our class it was "Enviro Travel". I was cheering as loud as I could because I was so excited to watch the movie. When the movie finished I thought that was the best movie so far. The film festival was nearly finished but there were 2 movies left. They were both awesome, but Tamaki College closed the film festival aswell with a movie called "Thriller".

All the movies didn’t show on our session so I went to the night one, so I didn’t really have a favourite movie. But when I went at night and I saw all the movies my favourite movie was "Te News". (Click on the links to watch the movies).

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

A Planet Comparison

Picture of the planetEarthUranusPlutoVenus
Diameter12,756 km51,118 km2630 km12, 103.6 km
Order in solar system3rd from the sun 7th from the sun9th from the sun2nd from the sun
This planet is similar to
(e.g. Venus) because...
Mars because they are both Terrestrial planets.Saturn because they both have rings.This planet is similar to no other planet because it is a dwarf planet.Earth because they both have volcanic activity.
This planet is different to (e.g. Neptune) because...Pluto because earth is way bigger.Venus because Uranus has rings.Mercury because Pluto is a dwarf planet.Uranus because it is the coldest planet and Venus is the hottest one.
Moons and/or rings:1 & no rings27 & 9 rings3 & no rings0 & no rings
Explain why life is possible or not possible on this planet:
Yes, because there’s oxygenNo, because it is to cold, and there’s no oxygen to breath.No, Because its to cold to live on.No, Because its to hot and you will burn.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Our last Taonga Time

This year the kids in Team 5 have been doing Taonga time. This term I am now in Mrs Telea’s group. This is going to be our last group of the year. Our group had to stay in the same group as we were last term so this would be our second time in this group. We are learning how to make better movies by shooting from different angles. But mostly getting hooked on to learning with the stuff we use.

Last week we had to take a photo of ourselves, then drew a hook around our neck. After that we had to draw the things that hook us on to learning such as ….... books, our Net books, the things we enjoy and other things. Mostly everyone completed that activity, but most people didn’t really want to take there picture.

After all that as done we finally done some filming. We had to film the story of a fairy tale. Our group got Goldilocks & the 3 bears. We had to do all the shots we could think of, to finish the movie. But luckily we did, it was funny make the movie because some of us failed doing our lines.

When we finished making our movie we had to go back in the I.C.T room to show all the movies we had made. It was hilarious watching the other groups movies, everyone had the giggles. Our group was sadly not the best movie but we were alright unless we tried our best. That was fun.

This experience was fun making these movies. The thing I enjoyed was making the movies. It was really amazing. I really wanna do this again and enjoy the experience some more.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Our Class Experience!


Our topic for this term is Outta this world, we are learning about the things that happen in outer space. Yesterday our class room 21 made an experiment with balloons, the balloons represented the sizes and looks of the planet’s including the Sun. I always wonder suspiciously what is really happening up in space.

Our teacher Mrs Lagitupu gave us 10 balloons to show us how the planet’s in space. Some of the kids in our class demonstrated how the earth and planets orbit the sun. We blew the balloons up and tried to make them the actual size, but in a smaller version. The sun was in the middle and the everyone else who had the other planet’s had to go around the sun as if they were really the planets. It looked realistic.

The planet’s were in position, Mrs Lagitupu was waiting for everyone to be quite. Then the planets introduced themselves, as Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. After all the that Mrs Lagitupu said “GO” and off the planets went rotating around the big, bright sun. We noticed that the Earth wasn’t rotating properly, it was supposed to go around in circles as it was revolving around the sun. When that was done we had to tell facts about each planet such as …......

Did you know that Pluto is considered a Dwarf planet, and so Mercury is the smallest planet in our Solar System. Did you know that Saturn’s rings are made out of little tiny pieces of ice. It takes Earth one whole year to go around the sun once but it takes Venus 224 days. Mostly everyone can see the stars but Uranus can't because storms of clouds. Did you know that Venus was named after the Roman Godess love and beauty. The sun is the biggest and only star in our Solar System, but the biggest star in the universe is VV Cephei.

At the end of the day, mostly everyone enjoyed themselves. It was fun and experiencing, to know all those things. My favourite thing about this was knowing what things happen in space. I really enjoyed it and I hope we do it again for another experience. I really thought that was great. My favourite planet is Uranus, because of the colour and it is really beautiful.