Iron Tamariki

 

EP Awards

 

At school we have been doing a maths competition. I came 2nd in the whole school. 

Word Search

 

In class for Maori language week I made a word search with Maori words in it. Even I'm struggling with it.

States Of Matter Posts

 

This is some states of matter work I have been working on.

Film Festival Blog Commenting

 In Room Two we have been learning about writing quality blog comments. Quality blog comments need to be positive, thoughtful and helpful. We have watched previous Manaiakalani Film Festival entries and we made notes about them and turned them into quality blog comments so that we could get better at making them.

We made a DLO which had comments about different aspects of the films that we watched. You can read those comments on the slide that is embedded below. The slide below is the comments we made on peoples Manaiakalani Film Festival entries.

Elements Or Art

 This is some artwork that we have been working on in class each quarter of the flower has a different art style.

Top Left-Texture

Top Right-Shape

Bottom Left-Colour

Bottom Right-Line

And Then It Went Dark

And Then It Went Dark

Hello my name is Jazz and I’m going to be telling you about my 16th birthday. It all started on the 17th of April last year I woke up to the birds chirping and my Dad singing happy birthday. My Dad's real name is Simon. I don't have a Mum. She died in a car crash when I was three so it's just me and my Dad and my Dad’s boss Will who is also his best friend and lives at our house. My Dad bought me some breakfast in bed which was some delicious pancakes. Once I finished eating my Dad left the room so he could get ready for work and so I could get ready for school since it was Wednesday. I started walking to school. I felt like someone was following me and watching my every move. And then it went dark…


There was a hand over my eyes. I started screaming and yelling “leave me alone, what do you want, let me go.” I got put in the boot of a car, the car sped off and I could hear sirens and they sounded like they were following us. I was screaming at the top of my lungs. My wrists were tied together with rope and so were my ankles. The kidnapper had put a piece of tape over my mouth but I was able to get the tape of my mouth. After about 30 minutes of driving we finally stopped. I couldn't hear anything except people whispering. Someone opened the boot and there were four people standing there wearing dinosaur masks. There were three older looking men and what looked like a boy around my age. They were wearing all black.


One of the older men put a blindfold on me and picked me up and lifted me over his shoulder. He started walking. I was screaming and kicking and trying to get out of the guy's grip but he was not gonna let me go. After about 20 minutes of walking I got put in a chair I still had my blindfold on so I don't know what was happening. The boy around my age took off my blindfold. I looked around and I was in an abandoned warehouse. It was dark except all three of the older men were holding a candle. We have come to get you, we promise we will not hurt you. The boy my age pulled off his mask “of course it is you Billy.” I thought that me and Billy were getting to know each other and I thought he was nice but now I'm not so sure.


After about two hours of sitting in the dark scary warehouse alone Billy comes in and gives me a plate of food and then leaves. It went dark again. I started screaming and I could hear people moving around. The next minute the lights turned on and all my friends from school and all my family were standing there. Billy came over to me and untied my wrists and my ankles. I gave him a big hug and I thanked him then I ran over to all my friends and family and gave them all a big hug. We celebrated my birthday with food and partying.

Lost In The Jungle

Lost In The Jungle


It was a beautiful sunny morning and my brother Toby and I were going to the UK to visit our Grandma. Mum and dad couldn’t come with us but since I was 16 they let me and Toby go on our own. Me and Toby got a taxi to the airport where we board the plane. Since Toby was only six he was excited to see all the big planes. Toby and I were the only ones on the plane and we thought that we were the only ones that were going to be going on that flight. But then a group of 30 kids that got on the plane with a couple of adults. The kids were my age as well. They were going on a school camp. I've never been to a school camp before because our school can't afford to send us on one. We heard screaming, everyone on the plane froze and looked at each other in confusion. Next minute the plane was dropping and people were screaming. The plane hit the ground with a thud...





Not many people survived the plane crash that day. Most people were dead. I was the only one that was still awake. I had a massive headache tho and I had cuts all over my face and arms. I looked at Toby he had fainted and he had cuts all over his body. He had more cuts than me because he was sitting next to the window and the window smashed. I grabbed Toby and went through the exit of the plane. Everything was silent. I could faintly hear breathing but I didn't take much notice of it. When we got through the door I layed Toby down on a grass patch while I had a look around. We were in the middle of a jungle. I could hear water running and birds singing. It was very peaceful. I could hear someone crying and I turned to where I had put Toby down. He was awake. I ran over to him and asked him what was wrong. He said “where are we and why do I have all of these cuts on my body that are hurting really badly.” “The plane crashed and because you were sitting next to the window it smashed so you got cut by the glass”. Toby started crying. I hugged him so he would feel better. I could hear voices. I looked towards the plane and there were three kids my age standing by the plane. “Hello,” I said. “Hello, my name's Ashley, this is Hannah and this is Ryan.” “My name is Bree and this is my little brother Toby.” I said. We were talking for an hour waiting to see if anyone else on the plane was still alive but no one was alive.





We slept on the big grass patch. It wasn’t very comfortable but it was the only place there was to sleep. Ryan woke up first and he went onto the plane to see if anyone was alive yet but no one was. He found a piece of paper in his bag and a pen and he wrote a note. That said “If anyone sees this note, we were all in a plane crash me and four other people survived and we have gone to find our way out of this jungle when we get out we will make sure that we tell the police so they can come get everyone of the plane and if you survive make sure you stay near the plane so the police can find you also try to wake the others up and see if any of them survived.” Ryan woke us all up. Ryan, Ashley and Hannah had their school lunches so they shared them with me and Toby. We started the hike to safety.





It felt like we had been walking for ages. I looked at my watch and it had been hours that we had been walking for. Toby packed a little tantrum so Ryan was kind enough to let him on his back. Ashley Hannah and I were just talking the whole time and getting to know each other better. In the distance I saw a person wearing a black jacket and black jeans. Toby got scared and jumped off Ryan's back and came over to me. Ryan went over to the guy to see if he could help us. He was a really nice person. He came over to all of us to see if we were all ok. He said that he had a campsite not far from where we were. He asked us if we wanted to go stay at his campsite for the night since it was dark. We said yes and we followed him to the campsite on the way he was telling us about some of his adventures in the jungle. We got to the campsite and there were heaps of people there. The guy told us that his name was Michael and that he would get ahold of someone to come pick us up in the morning. Michael had a spare tent laying around so we all slept in the tent.





I was the first person awake and I just layed down for a little bit until someone else woke up. Toby was the next person awake so I took him outside to have a run around on the grass because he was full of energy. The others woke up one by one and came and sat down on the grass that had been freshly cut. Then Michael came out of his cabin “how are we all today did everyone sleep well” everyone answered. Then he made Ashley, Hannah, Ryan, Toby and I breakfast he brung it out to us and we ate as he was telling us more about his life and the adventures he has been on. He all of a sudden got a phone call and rushed off to answer it. He came back 20 minutes later. “That was the helicopter company they are coming to get youse all soon so I would get ready if I was you.” We all packed our bags and then we took Toby to the grass patch so he could have a run around before we went on the helicopter ride home.



We were sitting around the campfire eating lunch when the helicopter turned up. Michael made them a cup of coffee and offered them some cake. After an hour we were in the helicopter on our way home. When we got home our parents all came to the police station. We all met outside while we waited for the police to come out and talk to us. The police came out and asked us if we would go with them to show them where the plane was so the next day we all got up nice and early to go to find the plane. The police had brought us Burger King for lunch and then we got on the police helicopter and went to find the plane. We found the plane and there were three people sitting outside the plane talking. The police called in some more helicopters to help take the plane back; they also called the ambulance helicopter to see if they could help any of the other people to survive. The helicopters all turned up and did their job and went back to the police station. We all went back to our own houses.



Five years later we all went to the same Burger King that the police had taken us to to have a catch up. Last summer Toby and I went to Ashley’s house for a month and Ryan and Hannah were there as well. We all are still great friends and we see each other all the time. All of our parents are friends as well so once a month we all go to stay at Ashley’s beach house. This month we are going to Hawaii because it was a month ago today that we all met.

My Lockdown Experience

My Lockdown Experience

The day I found out we were gonna be going into lockdown in 2 days I cried. I was so stressed and nervous for what was going to happen. I was also worried about my 13th birthday party because I was so excited to celebrate my birthday with the people that I loved and cared about. I enjoyed the first week of lockdown because we didn’t have any school. We could just do whatever we wanted. I was sad that I couldn’t see all my friends and my family.




Lockdown was hard for me. I struggled a lot. I have anxiety and in stressful situations, I get really bad with it. I was doing good to start off with and then I got bad. I started to struggle to sleep and I was constantly feeling sick. When I was feeling sick I would wake up feeling sick and go to sleep feeling sick. I wasn’t eating properly either which made me feel even sicker. But I started to get a lot better and I was barely feeling sick anymore. Now we think that my feeling sick was because of my anxiety and we also think that I’m lactose tolerant. I’m on a diet where I’m not having any food with dairy in them. I have lactose free milk, cheese, ice cream and butter.




My birthday was in lockdown and I was sad because I couldn't have a party. But because we were in level 3 we could have a few people over. So my Nana, Grandad and great Nana came in for lunch and we also had a couple other people over. I got a new phone for my birthday and I was so excited. I got a bunch of stickers for my bullet journal, I got some flowers, a blanket led lights and chocolate from some of my friends. I also got a bit of money. I enjoyed my birthday with my family.




I’m so glad that we are out of lockdown. I was really nervous on the first day of school because no one knew what was happening and how different things would be. When I and my brother Jimmy got to school the staff members had made a photo frame thing that was at the school gate entrance. We all got a photo taken there. Some people didn’t like the idea but I thought it was a good idea because it reminded kids that the teachers will be there for us if we need them. We have to sanitize our hands four times a day at school and we have to social distance ourselves from others. Our desks are all separated so we are not touching anyone or in their personal bubble.

Sophie's Times

SOPHIE’S TIMES






SOPHIE • SINCE 1976 • JANUARY 3, 2020









CAPTAIN CALM








Here Is The Cartoon Copy Of What He Looks Like




Captain Calm saves the world from COVID 19.
“Captain Calm told us that from what she knows that COVID 19 is a normal person that was given powers to give people a deadly virus.” “COVID didn’t want to give people the virus but there was a criminal that was forcing him to give people the virus.” “Captain Calms powers are calming people down so as soon as someone was diagnosed with the virus she went straight to their house to calm them down.”Captain Calm caught COVID when she was calming someone down at their house and COVID knew that she was there so he broke in and when she found him he asked her to help him.” “Covid needed help because the virus was starting to hurt him and he didn’t like giving people the virus so he asked Captain Calm to go with him and see the criminal and call the cops on him.” The criminal is now in jail and is going to be for a little while.” Covid is doing well. He's in hospital at the moment trying to get the virus off of him because the criminal gave him an illegal surgery and put the virus in him so he could give it to others.” Captain Calm told us that COVID is not a criminal and that she goes up to the hospital to see him everyday and they have become friends and Captain Calm and COVID have decided that COVID will be Captain Calm’s side kick so we will be seeing him a lot. Since in the past COVID was giving people the virus he will be able to cure every deadly sickness but he won't be curing colds. They haven't figured out a name for him yet.






Thoughts On Lockdown
On the day that we found out that we would be going into lockdown in three days was a scary day. We decided that with everyone being scared that we would interview people. Don’t worry these interviews were safely done by people in my bubble. I decided to interview people from different generations. The hardest thing for most people was not being able to see family members and friends that are outside of their bubble. Leah said “I’m most worried about not being able to pass NCEA level 3 because if I don’t pass then I might not be able to get a good job. I’m also worried about my St John's camps because I want to be a doctor when I'm older and the way to do that is to be in St Johns which I’m quiet high in but I need to go to the camps to be able to get badges which make me get even higher in st Johns.” Grandad said “I have enjoyed the peace and quiet and I've enjoyed being able to walk around my property.” My family has been video calling every couple of days and we have all enjoyed the calls. We sit there for hours and we just talk. Mum is relieved that she has her kids and husband with her and my parents can keep us kids safe. Everyone wanted to be able to see all their friends and family again. We are so lucky to be out of lockdown but we all need to remember to wash our hands and social distance otherwise we could be in lockdown again very soon.

Worry Dolls

We made Worry Dolls. In the top left corner are the ones that I made. We had to do something creative with information about them. I decide to make a poster.

My Big Adventure

My Big Adventure

I was running straight through the forest not knowing where I was or where I was going. I could hear footsteps from the wolves chasing me. I saw a cliff so I ran to it not knowing that if I jumped off I would be going into the deep blue sea. Luckily my Dad made me take diving lessons when I was younger. If I hadn't taken those lessons I might drown. I leaped off the edge of the cliff and landed in the ocean with a thud. I sunk right to the bottom of the ocean. I quickly floated up to the top and I was able to see the wolves sitting on the cliff howling. I swam before they could see me. I swam under the water swimming and swimming not knowing where I was going to end up. I saw someone on an island in the middle of the ocean so I dived right down to the bottom of the ocean and I started swimming. I can hold my breath for a long time. I swam to this big paradise-like island.




I was so wet and I was cold. I found some sticks and I had a lighter in my pocket. Luckily I had decided to use my waterproof bag so that nothing could get wet while I was adventuring. I made a nice campfire under a shaded tree. I started to warm up and then in the distance I saw a banana tree I was starving so I ran over to it and grabbed lots of bananas to eat. I ate some bananas and then I fell asleep. I woke up in the morning to a loud bang. I looked around and I saw that the campfire that I made the night before had gone out so made a new campfire. I sat by it and ate some bananas and then I heard another big bang.




I looked out over the ocean and I saw a fishing boat and this big white creature. I was watching it until the big white creature saw me. He quickly swam over to me and I started to get a bit scared. So I ran into the forest. I found this random pond and I jumped in and held my breath underwater for as long as I could. I looked over to the other side of the pon and I saw a bunch of colourful lights. I swam over to the lights to see what they were. I looked around myself and I noticed that my skin was looking red and I started to get worried. I heard footsteps and I looked up and the white creature was leaning over the pond. I went up to the top of the water and looked at my skin. It looked normal, that's weird I thought. I felt something touch my foot so I looked up and the white creature was trying to pick me up. He picked me up and put me on his hand. I started to speak “what are you doing to me put me down.” The white creature started running with me still in his hand. He ran and he ran straight through the woods.




He ran into this white wall but we went straight through it. I was confused about how we had gone through the wall. We were in this tropical forest. There was a big blue waterfall. I thought I was in a dream. I could hear animals running around the island. At the bottom of the waterfall was a little pond with tropical fish in it. The white creature put me back down on the ground. I looked up and there were even more white creatures surrounding me. I saw a door and I ran to it and opened the door. It led me back to the island that I was on earlier. I started running faster than I had ever run. I jumped into the ocean and swam as fast as I could.






I swam until I found the island that I live on with my family. I ran up the beach and I ran at night to my house. I opened the door and saw my Mum and Dad sitting at the table crying. I asked them what was wrong and they said “Where have you been you've? Been missing for a week now.” I ran over to them and gave them a hug and we all started crying. I explained to them what had happened and they hugged me tight and told me that they missed me so much. The next day they rang up the newspaper. They asked if I could put an article in the newspaper about my adventure. They said that they would love to hear my adventure. So I went in the next day and gave them the article that I had written. They enjoyed it that much that they asked me to write a story about it is that what I did.

My Lock down Experience

MY LOCK DOWN EXPERIENCE





Little did we know the world was about to change


Owners of shops shutting their doors and making life-changing decisions


Children normally complain because they don’t want to go to school and now we are complaining because we want to go to school


Kiwis doing the right thing well most of them at least


Dads and Mums on the frontline risking their lives for others


Only seeing the people in my bubble


When is it over I’m bored and want to see my friends


Not knowing when it's going to end


Education is really important now than what it has been before


Exercise is the only escape from our home, the real world and our thoughts


Positive thoughts are what everyone needs through this rough time in our lives


Easter in lockdown was the worst at least Easter Bunny still came


Rough times like this is when we should be thankful for everything that we have


Inside 24/7 not allowed out except for doing exercise of course


Everybody is going crazy at supermarkets and buying more stuff than what they would normally buy


Never-ending it’s been so long, is it over yet? I can’t wait!


Children are doing online school which, to be honest, is quite fun


Excited to go back to school finally I can see our friends again

Famous Singers

NOT MY HOUSE

NOT MY HOUSE


I pulled down on the chain with my left hand steering herself towards the target. It was supposed to be the most exciting birthday present ever for a hot air balloon ride. However I have been hanging on for dear life for over 100KM (since the basket of the hot air balloon had fallen off). I was now getting used to steering the huge balloon by manoeuvring my body leaning to the left or the right. Terrified yet excited at the same time I could just about make out my house and garden far below. It was the one surrounded by trees straight ahead, wasn’t it? I took a deep breath and focused…






I focused on the yard that I thought was mine so I let go off the chain and I started to float down. I floated into a tree and I climbed down the tree. I look at the house and then I realise it's not my house, it's not even a house. It's the queen's castle. I knock on the door to ask if I can borrow their phone to ring my parents. The queens body guard answers the door “what are you doing here?” “You're not supposed to be here and I’m sorry but I have to call the police because this is trespassing” he said. I’m sitting on a chair, my hands in cuffs waiting for the police to arrive. The queen came out and asked the bodyguard why there was a teenage girl sitting on a chair in handcuffs. The bodyguard told the queen “don’t worry your majesty you will be safe now go and do some sudokus.” “I’m sorry sir but you can’t tell me what to do so could you please leave so I can talk to this beautiful young woman,” said the queen. The bodyguard left…






The queen asked what I was doing here and I told her “I’m really sorry for causing trouble, today is my birthday and my parents got me a hot air balloon ride but the basket fell off and I was stuck hanging on to the chain. I thought that this was my house but it was yours and now I’m going to jail and my parents are gonna yell at me and be mad I might get sentenced to jail for trespassing when I’m only 14”. The next minute I hear sirens and I see cops. The queen whispers to me “don’t worry I will get you out.” The bodyguard comes in and takes me out to the police. The police take me to jail and they put me in a cell and they ask me questions. They asked me why I was at the queen’s castle, and I told them that I fell from my hot air balloon but they told me it was the stupidest excuse they had ever heard. They ask me what my parent’s phone number was and I told them. They rang my parents but they didn’t answer the phone the cops told me that until they could get a hold of my parents that I would have to go to jail.






The cop took me to the jail and they made me put on this blue jumpsuit and it was very uncomfortable. I got to my jail cell and I stayed in there for a long time and I started to get depressed and sad. When I was talking to one of the people that I share my jail cell with they were saying about the dog program. I didn’t know anything about it so I went and asked the office lady about it and she told me to go sit down and wait for the person in charge of the dog program to come. So I went and sat down and this woman came in wearing a green shirt and black jeans. The office lady started talking to the women. The office lady came over to me and introduced me “this is Carly she is in charge of the dog program.” “Hello, I heard that you were wanting to know about the dog program. Would you like to be a part of it.” YES PLEASE!!! “Ok I will go find you a dog and then I will be back to help you start training your dog.”





Carly gets back with the emotional support Dalmation , her name is Chloe. Carly is handing me the dog and says, “This is Chloe and she will be the dog that stays with you until you get out of jail. She will be with you all the time she will be there when you go for a walk and when you go to bed”. Carly comes in every day to help me train Chloe and my depression is starting to get better and I am starting to be happy again. The good thing is that when I come out of jail I am allowed to keep my dog. I am enjoying training Chloe. I have taught her how to sit and all those simple tricks. I am starting to teach her more complicated tricks.



Finally, the cops have got hold of my parents and now my parents have rushed to the jail to see me. I have been in jail for 4 months now and they have been worried. I see my parents and I run and give them a hug. The office lady comes over and tells us that there is a cop that wants to talk to us. My parents ask the cop why I’m in jail and the cop tells them. The cop says that I will need to be in jail for 2 more months. But my parents are allowed to come to visit me whenever they want to. They asked me if I have made any friends and I said yes I have. They ask to meet my friends. I introduced them to Carly and Chloe. Carly asks to speak to my parents alone. So I take Chloe outside so she can go to the toilet. “She is doing better but I think when she comes out of jail she will need counselling because she is such a young age and she has gone through a lot I also think it would be a good idea if you let Chloe move in with you guys so that your daughter has her emotional support dog”. “I completely understand and thank you for helping our daughter,” says my Dad.



The next two months go by and it's finally the day that I get out of jail. I'm so excited but I’m sad because I have to say goodbye to Chloe. We get back to my house and we go inside. I see Chloe and Carly sitting on the couch. I'm confused because I just said goodbye to them both. I walk in and ask what is going on. “Honey Chloe is gonna live here and she is gonna be your emotional support dog”. “That's amazing I say but why is Carly here.” “I’m going to be your personal counsellor and I’m moving in next door so I can be closer to you.” This is so amazing and I hug everyone and say thank you. Fast forward two months. I am having the best life with my family and Carly. I’m so happy with my life and the new people that are in it.

Anzac Service

Since we couldn't have a anzac service. We did one online me and a couple other kids made it and here it is.

Handwriting 3

Handwriting 2

Daily Writing 8

This is my daily writing task for today.

Summer Music Festival 1

Handwriting 1

Daily Writing Day 7

Baking

I done some baking over the weekend here are some photos.

I made these cupcakes for me and my siblings to decorate these are the ones I decorated.

On the left is the box of the biscuit decorating kit that I used. I used the icing and the sprinkles that were in the kit but my Mum let me use some of her fondant that she had so thats what I used to decorate the biscuits. On the right is the photo of my biscuits I decorated.

Spelling

While we have been in isolation I have been doing some spelling work and here i something I have done.

My Emoji And Word Story

Today I made a story using words and emojis here it is.

Rugby

For my topic task today I decided to make a Kahoot about rugby and rugby history.
You should go try it out.
My Kahoot

Treaty Of Waitangi Homework

We got the task of doing some homework we got given several pieces of paper with puzzle pieces and they had questions on them and we had to answer them from reading a book. We then had to make a scroll with all the puzzle pieces.

Sunglasses

The lens on the left is of we went to the beach with my cousins uncle and aunt. The photo on the right is when I was at my friends house and all the neighbourhood kids were there and they were in the tree throwing pine cones at me.
You should were sunglasses because:
If you look at the sun without sunglasses you can go blind.
It is more comfortable  from not having to squint.

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 2

Activity 1
I see a chess board with black and white birds at the top and I see people on some of the squares as well I see two villages on each side. The board has a black side and a white side.

Image Attribution: Day and Night, 1938, by MC Escher. Images courtesy of Collection Gemeentemuseum Den Haag/the MC Escher Company.
Activity 2My little brother broke his leg when he was 2. Me my brother and my sister were on the tramp and we accidentally double bounced him and he fell and landed on it the wrong way. Even though we were being gentle it was just bad luck by the way he landed. He screamed and cried and Mum and Dad came running outside to see what was happening. Once he settled a bit Mum and Dad took him to the hospital. He was very brave with it.Activity 3

I think the app is good its a bit hard but is fun to use.