Diary Writing

On super Saturday, I went to the strong, powerful butcher shop to buy the lovely lamb and beef for twenty five dollars.

Then we went to the delicious bakery. We got healthy sandwiches. I crossed the road with my excellent dad.

When we got to our car, we saw my wonderful grandfather so I called him and we went to our lovely home. We put the lamb in the oven.

Finally after 25 minutes the lamb was done. It was delicious. I can’t wait until next time for that lamb.

By Kanwar

Diary Writing

On super sad Sunday, I skipped through the extremely long grass to the playground.

I was on the monkey bars when my quiet cousin pushed me off and the wood pushed my cuticle back and also damaged my toe nail. My toe nail went white, purple then blue. Now it is very sore to squeeze it hard. It is painful to walk on as well. I am so lucky that my toe nail didn't come right off my skin! I am so lucky that I am not in hospital right now. I am glad that I'm at school and not in hospital.

Then we walked back through the long grass to go home. My favourite part was the monkey bars because you can swing, jump, miss bars and climb. I felt extremely happy and excited to go there.

Diary Writing - At the Beach

Last Sunday I went to the Papatoetoe beach. We brought three boogey boards, 1 shovel and 4 buckets.

Later we built sand castles. Eventually one big wave was coming towards us and we nearly lost a boogie board.

Meanwhile, I started to surf again and then a big rip knocked me off the boogie board. It felt like I was running towards a rhino.

After a while my boogie board got stuck in a bumpy rock. I was trying to keep calm but suddenly a beastly wave nearly washed me away.

During the day we made a bigger sand castle so we don't get hit. If we saw a wave coming, we always put the bucket over it.

In the end we got dressed and drove back home. My favourite part of the day was going back home.

Gardening

In the holidays I gardened with my dad. We took the roots out of the dirt and mud. I saw fat worms, short worms, long worms, and even skinny worms. The garden is about 10 metres long. My dad and I have only done half of it.

How we got the roots out was; first you have to get a shovel and turn the dirt or mud over. Then you have to get a rage and rake the roots out.

My dad was thinkling about getting a worm farm, and to get some vegetable plants, fruit plants and maybe he might get some herbs.

The next day we carried on with the work. My mum brought some drinks for me and my dad. We planted some chilli plants that were in pots. Then we decided that we should plant them into our garden. My dad planted the big one and I planted the small one.

It was fun planting and digging. I hope we do it again some day!

Character Description

My Baby Sister

My baby is four. She is my sister. She is pretty short. She likes lollie pops a lot. She likes to do a forward roll. She likes to sing and dance.

Her face is as white as the clouds. Her eyes are as blue as the sea, and her eyes are as white as a smartboard. Her skin is as smooth as a rock under water. She has small arms like noodles.

Character Description

My Sister

My sister is very kind and nice. My sister has two pretty little eyes like a star in the sky. She has brown and black hair. Her skin is the colour of vanilla and chocolate. Her face looks like my other little sister. She looks a bit like me. Her nose is a little long and a little short.

She likes to sit in the sunny day and eat cold ice-cream with hokey pokey.

Character Description

My Baby Sister

P. is so cute, she is my favourite flowers colour. When she was born on 25 August, her eyes were bigger than mine. In the morning she laughs. When I say, "You are the cutest baby in the world," she laughs again. She looks so tiny, like she is older than my grandma because she didn't have teeth when she was born. She has short hair like an elephants short hair. When she cries I say, "You don't have water in your eyes."

Character Description

My Mum

Mu mum has long black and white hair. She has long sharp finger nails like a crocodiles teeth. My mum has brown eyes like the mud. She has glossy white teeth like the moon at night. She has beauty spots on her arms and legs.

She does the dishes. My mum always cleans the house. She puts out the washing and also washes the clothes.

My mum says nice things to us. She is a kind and loving person. She plays with us at home all the time. She gives us lots of hugs and kisses all the time.

Karate World Cup

When I went to Australia, I didn’t go for a trip. I went there to compete for the world cup. I stayed at the Parade Inn. We had to walk all the way to the tournament which was three blocks away. I was very tired.

When we got there, we put our Geys on and we got in our groups and did our kata. Kata is karate movements and kumitay is like smack downs too. Then we fought a non contact battle.

There were 1300 people and I came 3rd on smack downs and 1st in kata.

After that we went to the Zoo to celebrate and we went to dinner 5 times in a row.

Robert.

Parachute Recount

Today Mrs Armitage brought her red parachute to show the Middle school. She chose Keziah to put in on because she is tall and brave.

Mrs Armitage showed us the parts on the harness. There was the altimeter, main parachute and reserve parachute. The main parachute is the first one. For example, when you jump out of an aeroplane the main comes out. If the main parachute does not come out or gets confused with the wires then you can just pull the reserve parachute. You can land without getting hurt. That is why they have a main parachute and a reserve parachute.

There is a little parachute that Mrs Armitage pulled out. She kept pulling until the main parachute came out. She chose 3 strong people to hold Keziah then she let the wind inflate the parachute.

The parachute was fluffy and big. I thought the parachute would be bigger than our classroom. Then Mrs Armitage pulled the parachute back down on the turf and showed us the brakes.

When we were having questions a strong gust of wind came, as if a tornado tore through the school and the parachute pulled Keziah over. We thought she was going to fly away across Manurewa. Luckily the teachers got hold of the parachute. We were all surprised. We all had a great big laugh. Then Itomi sat on the parachute so it wouldn’t fly away.

By Jenny, Manveen, Daniel, Deken and Sukhdev.

Should we have solar panels at home?

I believe we should have solar panels at home.

Firstly, if we use electricity we will be wasting resources. Coal is a nonrenewable resource. People use it to make electricity. But if we use solar panels, we will be catching the sunlight to make electricity instead.

Secondly, with solar p0wer you don't have to pay for how much power you use. But you have to pay for how much you use with power from power lines.

Thirdly, generating power from other resources such as coal, makes pollution but solar power doesn't because it is energy from the sun.

Daniel

Should we have a compost heap at home?

I think we should have a compost heap.
Firstly, we put all our food scraps in the compost heap instead of the rubbish bin. Then less rubbish will go to the landfill.

Secondly, we can use some kitchen and garden waste to make compost for our garden.

Thirdly, composting recycles nutrients into the soil and the plants can have healthier soil.

Therefore I believe that we should have a compost heap at home.

By Bridget

Police Visit

Constable Dave came to our school and into our class. His job is to go to schools and tell children about the police and to help people. We talked about the police.

Then Constable Dave gave us some photos. We had to write the number on the paper and write what's happening in the pictures.

Constable Dave took his jacket off and showed us his tools. He had a baton, pepper spray, hand cuffs and a first aid kit.

This is the fun part. We walked to the car park. Constable Dave turned the car sirens and lights on. We sat in the car. I sat on the front seat. I spoke on the radio.

It was so much fun. I can't wait to next year to have fun again.

By Kanwar

Police Visit

On Friday a police man came to our class to tell us about the police.

First he told us about the jobs police do like catch robbers, stop drink drivers, stop speeders and much more.

After that he put some pictures on the desks for us to explain to him.

Then he showed us his tools. They were handcuffs, pepper spray, baton, firearm, walkie talkie, taser, first aid kit and bullet proof vest.

After that we walked to his car.When we got there he put on his siren and let us sit in his car.

I had so much fun I can't wait for next time.My favourite part was sitting in the police car.

By Daniel

Oil and Water Don't Mix!!!

Oil and water don't mix because oil sits on top of the water.

Oil gets into water because of boats loaded with oil breaking in half, people pouring oil into drains or sinks and people spilling oil into the water when filling up their boat.

When oil gets into water birds swim into it and get covered with oil so they can't fly very well. Sometimes fish swim into oil thats on top of the sea, that causes the fish to not swim very well and die.

People put up a floating wall called a boom on top of the sea around the oil spill to make it stop getting any bigger, then they use a thing like a vacuum cleaner to suck up all of the oil that was on top of the water.

If you want to help stop oil getting into the water and help save the enviroment, you can try to be careful when filling up your boat and not pouring oil into drains and sinks.

By Deken

Decomposition

Decomposition is when animals and plants die and their bodies break down and turn into soil by worms helping a lot. For dead animals and plants to turn into soil it needs some worms, bacteria, fungi, air, water and sun. Without worms dead animals and plants would just lie there and cover the world and wouldn't turn into soil.

When an animal or plant dies a worm will come along and eat all the good stuff out of it and poop it out to make really good fertiliser for the plants. When a Tui dies its body breaks up and a maggot eats all the soft bits and leaves the hard bits like its bones, feathers, beak, legs and head. Eventually the hard bits break up and turn into soil.
By Hannah M.