Monday, 22 October 2012
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Dester Dunn - research and report by Darren
Dexter Dunn
Dexter Dunn is a famous horse driver. He was born in 1990 and had a brother Roby. He was inspired by his fmaily to driver horses.
He has always had a passion to drive horses. He is 22 years old and has a sportsman of the year trophy. If he was not driving horses he would be doing a job to do with sports or being outside.
He has won the breaders crown and the harness jewels. He said that he is very competitive and enjoys driving fast horses. Commentators say he's one of the best horse drivers in the world.
Dexter Dunn is a famous horse driver. He was born in 1990 and had a brother Roby. He was inspired by his fmaily to driver horses.
He has always had a passion to drive horses. He is 22 years old and has a sportsman of the year trophy. If he was not driving horses he would be doing a job to do with sports or being outside.
He has won the breaders crown and the harness jewels. He said that he is very competitive and enjoys driving fast horses. Commentators say he's one of the best horse drivers in the world.
Richie McCaw - research and report by Josh
Richie McCaw
Richie McCaw is 31 years old and his real name is Richard Hugh McCaw plus he comes from Timaru. His weight is 106kg and his height is 1.87m. He was born on 31st December and his parents are Margaret and Donald.
Achievements
Richie McCaw was under 21 and was player of the year. He has 100 super rugby caps and is the most capped All Black captain. He is the IRB international player of the year and the NPC division one player of the year.
Family
Richie McCaw has a wife and a dad called Donald and a mum called Margaret and one sister.
Rugby
Richie McCaw is flanker and he plays for the All Blacks and he is the captain.
Richie McCaw is 31 years old and his real name is Richard Hugh McCaw plus he comes from Timaru. His weight is 106kg and his height is 1.87m. He was born on 31st December and his parents are Margaret and Donald.
Achievements
Richie McCaw was under 21 and was player of the year. He has 100 super rugby caps and is the most capped All Black captain. He is the IRB international player of the year and the NPC division one player of the year.
Family
Richie McCaw has a wife and a dad called Donald and a mum called Margaret and one sister.
Rugby
Richie McCaw is flanker and he plays for the All Blacks and he is the captain.
Maria Tutaia - research and report by Claire
Maria Tutaia
Maria Tutaia was born on the 18th February 1987 in Tokaroa. Her job other than netball is fashion and her primary school was Chaucer School. If she didn't do netball, she would be a singer.
Achievements
Maria Tutaia made the Silver Ferns team in 2005, so it's her 8th year playing.
Family and Friends
Maria is a bit Samoan. Her best friend wanted her to play netball and her name is Angel. Her mentors are her mum and dad.
Netball and Silver Ferns
Maria started netball at her primary school. She got the news at uni that she was in the Ferns. At 16 she was playing for the under 21s New Zealand team. She loves playing Netball.
Interesting Facts
Her full name is Solonai Maria Tutaia. Her nicknames are Rair and Rinks. She is 1.88m (6'17"). Her shoe size is 11 womens.
Maria Tutaia was born on the 18th February 1987 in Tokaroa. Her job other than netball is fashion and her primary school was Chaucer School. If she didn't do netball, she would be a singer.
Achievements
Maria Tutaia made the Silver Ferns team in 2005, so it's her 8th year playing.
Family and Friends
Maria is a bit Samoan. Her best friend wanted her to play netball and her name is Angel. Her mentors are her mum and dad.
Netball and Silver Ferns
Maria started netball at her primary school. She got the news at uni that she was in the Ferns. At 16 she was playing for the under 21s New Zealand team. She loves playing Netball.
Interesting Facts
Her full name is Solonai Maria Tutaia. Her nicknames are Rair and Rinks. She is 1.88m (6'17"). Her shoe size is 11 womens.
Brooke Fraser - research and report by Jess
Brooke Fraser
Brooke Gabrielle Fraser is a 28 year old singer songwriter. She was born on the 15th of December 1983 in Wellington. She has brown eye and long black hair.
Achievments
Brooke Fraser has many albums. She has What to do with Daylight, Something in the Water, Albertine and her latest one Flags. Brooke has piano lessons from 7 to 17, she taught herself acoustic gutair, she started to write songs when she was 12 and here is the amazing thing - she never had any singing lessons! She scored a multi deal with Sony Music when she was 17.
Life
Did you know that Brooke is a Christian. She has two siblings. Brooke's dad is former All Black, Bernie Fraser and her mums name is Lynda Fraser.
I think that Brooke Fraser is inspiring because she never, ever, ever had singing lessons and that's amazing.
Brooke Gabrielle Fraser is a 28 year old singer songwriter. She was born on the 15th of December 1983 in Wellington. She has brown eye and long black hair.
Achievments
Brooke Fraser has many albums. She has What to do with Daylight, Something in the Water, Albertine and her latest one Flags. Brooke has piano lessons from 7 to 17, she taught herself acoustic gutair, she started to write songs when she was 12 and here is the amazing thing - she never had any singing lessons! She scored a multi deal with Sony Music when she was 17.
Life
Did you know that Brooke is a Christian. She has two siblings. Brooke's dad is former All Black, Bernie Fraser and her mums name is Lynda Fraser.
I think that Brooke Fraser is inspiring because she never, ever, ever had singing lessons and that's amazing.
Margaret Mahy - research and report by Scarlett
Margaret Mahy
Magaret Mahy was born on the 21st March 1930 and died Monday 23rd July 2012 in Christchurch hospital. She was raised in Whakatane as the oldest child. She has two daughters.
Achievements
Margaret Mahy started writing at age seven. She won twenty three book awards. margaret Mahy wrote over 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 series. Her stories were published in 15 languages.
Interesting Facts
When Margaret Mahy was 62, she got a tatoo of a skull with a rose in it, on her left arm. Her favourite food was salad sandwiches and if she wasn't a writer she'd be a libraian.
Magaret Mahy was born on the 21st March 1930 and died Monday 23rd July 2012 in Christchurch hospital. She was raised in Whakatane as the oldest child. She has two daughters.
Achievements
Margaret Mahy started writing at age seven. She won twenty three book awards. margaret Mahy wrote over 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 series. Her stories were published in 15 languages.
Interesting Facts
When Margaret Mahy was 62, she got a tatoo of a skull with a rose in it, on her left arm. Her favourite food was salad sandwiches and if she wasn't a writer she'd be a libraian.
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Dr Suess - Oobleck
We made Oobleck and wrote Haiku about it.
We used the Haiku form:
3 syllables
5 syllables
3 syllables
It's sticky
It feels soft like pillows
Looks like slime.
By Tom N
It is dry,
Dry and sticky stuff,
Green milkshake.
By Mitchell
Gloopy green,
Squishy like a frog.
Gooey eww.
By Caitlin
Hard as wood,
Stinks like a skunk.
Your hands sink.
By Tatiana
It is wet.
It is really squishy.
It really stinks.
By Callum
Green milkshake,
Sinks your hands.
It goes really hard.
By Cassidy
Looks fluffy
Sploshy, slooshy, stuff.
Powdery.
By Makayla
Smells like clay,
Slumpy, bumpy, milky stuff,
Soft as clay.
By Elise
It is wet.
It melts like ice-cream.
It is weird.
By Josh
It is gross.
It is sloshy.
It is dry.
By Ben
Your hands sink,
It melts like ice cream.
Green dinosaur.
By Jacob
Looks green,
soggy and lumpy.
Feels gloopy.
By Brayden
Soggy slop,
Limey, greeny, slop.
Feels lumpy.
By Claire
Goey, soft.
Green dinosaur slop.
Hard, ew yuck.
By Jessica
Slooshy slop,
Melts when out of water.
Smells like clay.
By Niamh
It was green,
Soft as a baby
Gross and goey.
By Georgie
Yuck, bluck, stuck,
Ooey, gooey, green,
Sticky stinks.
By Scarlett.
Hot Air Balloons
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Book Week and a Mad Hatters Tea Party
Book Week and a Mad Hatters Un-Birthday Tea Party on PhotoPeach
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Noses - By Aileen Fisher
I looked in the mirror and looked at my nose;
it's the funniest thing,
the way it grows.
Stuck right out where all of it shows
with two little holes where the breathing goes.
I looked in the mirror and saw in there
the end of my chin and the start of my hair,
and between there isn't much space to spare
with my nose, like a handle, sticking there.
If you ever want to giggle and shout
and you can't think what to do it about,
just look in the mirror and then, no doubt
you'll see how funny your nose sticks out.
it's the funniest thing,
the way it grows.
Stuck right out where all of it shows
with two little holes where the breathing goes.
I looked in the mirror and saw in there
the end of my chin and the start of my hair,
and between there isn't much space to spare
with my nose, like a handle, sticking there.
If you ever want to giggle and shout
and you can't think what to do it about,
just look in the mirror and then, no doubt
you'll see how funny your nose sticks out.
Monday, 10 September 2012
Sunday, 2 September 2012
The trampoline - By Josh
On Saturday I went on the trampoline. I went as high as a red shiney rocket. I felt like I was in a storm becasue I could feel the wind rushing through my face like a car. It was cold and warm at the same time because it was cold but I was jumping around. Boang, bounce, high as I jumped around like a kangaroo. Next I did a flip. I was as fast as a cheetah. Next minute boing, I landed it. I did more then I felt dizzy like I could fall off the tramp. Then I lay down. I could feel a gentle breeze across my back so I climbed down the old rusty ladder and jumped down. Then I went inside. It was awesome.
Sandwich Response from Miss Irvine:
Josh, I love some of the language features you've used to describe what you felt when you were on the trampoline. I especially like "I felt like I was in a storm."
You have a good beginning and a personal comment at the end, but I think it would be helpful if you worked on using paragraphs in your writing to separate different thoughts.
I also really like you're use of 'because' and 'so' to make your sentences different lengths. It makes it less boring for the reader.
Sandwich Response from Miss Irvine:
Josh, I love some of the language features you've used to describe what you felt when you were on the trampoline. I especially like "I felt like I was in a storm."
You have a good beginning and a personal comment at the end, but I think it would be helpful if you worked on using paragraphs in your writing to separate different thoughts.
I also really like you're use of 'because' and 'so' to make your sentences different lengths. It makes it less boring for the reader.
Skiing - By Callum
On Monday some year 5 and 6s went skiing. The bus ride was really long.
When we got off the bus I went to the platter. When I finally got to the top I started to go down. Weeee! I shouted. Clack! as I went down the slope.
Then is was lunch time. I had a good lunch.
After that we went skiing. There was another two and a half hours. Then it was time to go back home.
Sandwich Response from Miss Irvine:
Callum, you're writing has improved so much from the start of this year. You are now writing in paragraphs and adding more detail to your work.
I like that you've attempted to use speech to help you retell what happened, but you need to work on using the correct punctuation for speech marks.
You have used time words well to retell your events in order and you have a good informative introduction.
When we got off the bus I went to the platter. When I finally got to the top I started to go down. Weeee! I shouted. Clack! as I went down the slope.
Then is was lunch time. I had a good lunch.
After that we went skiing. There was another two and a half hours. Then it was time to go back home.
Sandwich Response from Miss Irvine:
Callum, you're writing has improved so much from the start of this year. You are now writing in paragraphs and adding more detail to your work.
I like that you've attempted to use speech to help you retell what happened, but you need to work on using the correct punctuation for speech marks.
You have used time words well to retell your events in order and you have a good informative introduction.
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Who inspires you?
Who inspires you? on PhotoPeach
How many of these people can you name?
Can you name what they are known for?
What do they have in common?
Do any of these people inspire you? Which New Zealander inspires you the most?
You will be choosing a New Zealander to find out some more about and presenting your information in a report format. (We will learn about that!)
Before you start your inquiry, use your little book to record what you already know, what you want to find out and to figure out some questions you want answered.
Once you've done that, this wee video might help you get started with doing some research:
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html
How many of these people can you name?
Can you name what they are known for?
What do they have in common?
Do any of these people inspire you? Which New Zealander inspires you the most?
You will be choosing a New Zealander to find out some more about and presenting your information in a report format. (We will learn about that!)
Before you start your inquiry, use your little book to record what you already know, what you want to find out and to figure out some questions you want answered.
Once you've done that, this wee video might help you get started with doing some research:
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Monday, 30 July 2012
A Skip to Beat Bad Temper - Cynthia Mitchell
An angry tiger in a cage
Will roar and roar with rage,
And gnash his teeth and lash his tail,
For that's how tigers rant and rail.
I keep my temper in a cage,
I hate it when it roars with rage,
I hate its teeth, I hate its tail,
So when it starts to rant and rail,
I tell my mum, I tell my dad,
I tell them why it's feeling bad,
And then I skip and skip and skip,
And lash my rope just like a whip
And when I skip because I'm cross,
My temper-tiger knows who's boss,
And when I've skipped and whipped like mad,
My temper-tiger's not so bad.
I have to keep it tame this way,
Or it will eat me up one day.
Will roar and roar with rage,
And gnash his teeth and lash his tail,
For that's how tigers rant and rail.
I keep my temper in a cage,
I hate it when it roars with rage,
I hate its teeth, I hate its tail,
So when it starts to rant and rail,
I tell my mum, I tell my dad,
I tell them why it's feeling bad,
And then I skip and skip and skip,
And lash my rope just like a whip
And when I skip because I'm cross,
My temper-tiger knows who's boss,
And when I've skipped and whipped like mad,
My temper-tiger's not so bad.
I have to keep it tame this way,
Or it will eat me up one day.
Adventure
I stepped on to the sloshy ground. Glug, slurp, glug. I could hear the trees rustling.
Then I saw a dark shadow. It looked like a hairy sasquatch but it wasn't. It was a bushy tree.
I took a short cut through the ferns and wild flowers. The birds were sasquatch like mad. "Squeekpeekdieek," that's what it sounded like.
We came to an opening. It was the Darfield desert, it's the only desert in the world with puddles the size of lakes.
I slowly trudged along, "No-o-o-o-o, why me," I yelled at the top of my lungs because in front of me was the most biggest puddle ever. I had no choice but to squidge through it.
I finally got out, the air was hot and the sun was roaring. "Ro-o-o-oaw."
The adventure that I had was the most fun ever.
P.S. No sasquatchs were harmed in the making of the story.
Then I saw a dark shadow. It looked like a hairy sasquatch but it wasn't. It was a bushy tree.
I took a short cut through the ferns and wild flowers. The birds were sasquatch like mad. "Squeekpeekdieek," that's what it sounded like.
We came to an opening. It was the Darfield desert, it's the only desert in the world with puddles the size of lakes.
I slowly trudged along, "No-o-o-o-o, why me," I yelled at the top of my lungs because in front of me was the most biggest puddle ever. I had no choice but to squidge through it.
I finally got out, the air was hot and the sun was roaring. "Ro-o-o-oaw."
The adventure that I had was the most fun ever.
P.S. No sasquatchs were harmed in the making of the story.
The Touch of Horror
"No, no, no, no," I whispered grosely. "I will not touch a dead deer." "Do it, do it, do it," My whole family was shouting. "Oh fine," I felt grosed out! I felt inside like I could pop like a gross dragon. "Really, look I can see all their insides," I was thinking in my head.
"Okay I'm ready to touch now." "Go, go, go," everyone was shouting. I touched a dead deer. I was relaxed. It was as soft as a piece of possum fur. Soft, sad and scared all at the same time .... but I thought it was quite nice! "Ahhh," I said as I was as relaxed as a baby sleeping.
Then it was time to go! "Ohhh but it was to nice." "Just come," mum nudged me as she talked. I finally left.
I had the best time ever!
"Okay I'm ready to touch now." "Go, go, go," everyone was shouting. I touched a dead deer. I was relaxed. It was as soft as a piece of possum fur. Soft, sad and scared all at the same time .... but I thought it was quite nice! "Ahhh," I said as I was as relaxed as a baby sleeping.
Then it was time to go! "Ohhh but it was to nice." "Just come," mum nudged me as she talked. I finally left.
I had the best time ever!
Chucking Pea Straw
On a sunny beautiful Sunday, me, Georgie, Jake, Nicole and Nev chucked so crunchy so chunky pea straw onto their wonderful garden. Sling! down, down, down went the pea straw. Nicole said, "You guys work faster." We said, "Okay." So we worked as fast as a running dog.
Soon we had to get a new, fresh bail of super crunchy, chunky, crawly pea straw. We super quickly rolled one over. We finished the bail. Meanwhile Nev rolled another crunchy bail over to the beautiful garden. Soon it was finished. We made a fabulous swing, "Weee."
I enjoyed chucking pea straw because I got to chuck it at Georgie.
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