Typing Test - Term 2

Facts about China :)

The 10 Commandments :)

Southern Lights

Southern Lights - Pt 3, No 1, 2005

1. Find the meanings of these words from the story.

fascinate - To be Interested. ✔

karakia -  Prayer ✔

seize - To take something quickly or by force.✔

2. Find out 3 pieces of information about the Southern Lights - you might find some information and images on the internet.

• 1.The southern lights comes alive at night with green and blue colours and crimson lights.
• The southern lights dance across the sky at night.
• The night comes alive with beautiful crimson lights.  ✔

3. Answer these comprehension questions to show your understanding of the text.

a) What lets you know in the story that the story is told by the Maori?

Because of the names are maori and also the pictures.✔

b) Where do you think the men were when they saw the large islands of ice in the south?  The men were in the south.✔

c) Why did the people burn the waka? Because Tama rereti died.✔

Week 8 - Melbourne Learning

Last week on Tuesday afternoon Miss G and Mrs Tui went to Melbourne in Australia to look at 8 different schools.
They went to Melbourne because they went to find out how our school can be a modern learning environment. 

While Miss G went away for the last 5 days we did some cool activities and cool fitness. Mrs Denny took some of room 3 students to the pool that came with their togs, some of us forgot and some were sick. When we went to the courts the students who went to swimming had a lot of fun because there were no instructors and they had no lessons all they did was play and have free time while Mrs Denny watched them. I was part of the unswimmer group, we played master with the basketball and some played King ball with the tennis ball. 

Today our teacher is back! Miss G told room 3 all about what she did in Melbourne and she said that she visited 8 different schools with 21 teachers. The teachers from different schools were Pt England, Panmure Bridge, Tamaki College, Stonefields, St Patrick's and last St Pius which was Miss G and Mrs Tui.

When Miss G showed us the photos she said "they were like a big huge classroom in their art room" and I was like Wow that is COOL!. One school I liked was the one with the modern neighbourhood learning, they had a Big finger chair and it was colourful full. I was like that is cool and then we finished looking at the photos that Miss G took at Melbourne she said that "She ate lots of food over there" because every time you turn there's a Restaurant". 

Miss G brought us adorable and cute koalas for room three and they were beautiful. She brought them from Melbourne and the Koalas were holding a Boomerang and it was brown.We put it on our Jersey or our shirt and it was cool when it was hanging on us and some students got a koala that was holding a flag and difference colour T-shirt and it says 'I love Australia!'.

Fuzzy the Bear!

Today I am going to describe to you Fuzzy the Bear and what he looks like, what he feels like and also what makes him special.

Fuzzy looks like brown as a chocolate and he is handsome like a kid, he is small like a mouse and he looks fat like a Hippo.

He feels soft as a blanket and he feels fluffy like a dog  and cuddly like a baby, Fuzzy’s big footprints on his feet looks like a dinosaur’s feet and his big round nose looks like a pig.

I've seen Fuzzy in my bedroom and inside the classroom, and he can also seen inside the shop or a car. Also someone could be walking around holding him, or maybe in a baby trolley.

Fuzzy needs to be looked after and he needs to sleep with someone at night and have fun with them. He needs to be taken care of and also he needs to be really loved by someone.

Description about the Pool

Today I am going to describe you the pool.

The pool is as warm as a spa pool, it is indoor and it it covered with white tents that is called Marquee and the pool is 1 metre deep and 15 metres long.

The pool is in the tennis court and it is locked at home time and the weekends. Inside the pool it is heated with warm water and it is see through as the clouds and the water in the pool is comfortable.

The people from Mt Wellington Trust brought the pool and we borrow it and we had two Instructors and their names were Jillan and Kevin. They were teaching us how to swim and teach us new lessons. The shape of the pool is a rectangle and when you shout inside the pool to someone it echoes out on the courts.

When we learn with the swimming boards we glide and float with it and also we kick with it.

I enjoyed the pool with the Instructors at school.