You're so immature! By Quinlan and Amber

The pencil that could talk - Part 2

It was a casual day when my aunt Sophie asked me if I wanted to go to circus, "Do you want to go to the circus? I heard they have better stuff there." "Sure aunt," I reply. We left at 1:00pm and arrived at 1:29pm.

"We're here." says aunty Sophie excitedly "Cool," I say "Looks like a lot of fun is in there." "Yup. Of course there's fun in there." says Aunty Sophie. We went into the circus and saw a pencil on the ground, I picked it up thinking that it was just a ordinary pencil. But somehow it opens a little cut in the front as if it was it's mouth. It was a mouth. It said to me, "Help me....." "OK, just be quiet.." I reply "What was that?" Asks Aunty Sophie "Uhmm.. I need to go to the bathroom." I say "Okay" replies Aunt Sophie.

I walk into the bathroom stall wondering why it said that. "What do you mean help me?" I ask the pencil. "I've been treated like an animal... one of those bad animals..." says the pencil "I'll help you, just be quiet." I say to the pencil. I walk out of the bathroom and straight there is my aunty, "That was 1 full hour! Oh my, we'll have to go home. The pencil wasn't on the show and the circus show is done!" "Oh um.. sorry I really had a sore stomach.." I say nervously. "We're going home." Says Aunty Sophie dragging me to the car. I accidentally drop the pencil, "No! Wait!" I shout "Nope, we're going home. I don't care if you dropped anything, we're going home." Says Aunty Sophie

Stay tuned for part 3 next week hopefully.

How to be a good Pt Englander

If you want to be a good pt englander then you should always be nice to the teachers, students and visitors. If you aren’t nice to them then they might not like you and you won’t be a successful pt englander. When visitors come you should always be nice to them.

If you want to be a successful pt englander then you should never talk when the teachers talking and you should always listen to the teacher just incase you don’t know what you have to do after you go and do it. If the teacher is telling the class something important then you should not play with your friends while hes talking.

If you annoy someone when they're trying to do there work then you should stop because that’s not being a very good pt englander because if you annoy them then they won’t finish their work and they might have to be in at lunch time. If you keep annoying them then they will tell on you and you will get in trouble.

If you want to be a good pt englander then you should always get good sleep so your good for school the next day. If you don’t get enough sleep then you will not have a nice day like a good pt englander.

Quinlan and Amber's man on the moon interview

Quinlan and I have made a video learning about the man on the moon and how he creates a mask and goes to a competition. Quinlan and I have done an interview showing you what it is like. We show you the information we have learnt about this book that we have read.

I hope you like it, here is some information about this book.

The pencil that could talk - Part 1

It was a casual day when my aunt Sophie asked me if I wanted to go to circus, "Do you want to go to the circus? I heard they have better stuff there." "Sure aunt," I reply. We left at 1:00pm and arrived at 1:29pm.

"We're here." says aunty Sophie excitedly "Cool," I say "Looks like a lot of fun is in there." "Yup. Of course there's fun in there." says Aunty Sophie. We went into the circus and saw a pencil on the ground, I picked it up thinking that it was just a ordinary pencil. But somehow it opens a little cut in the front as if it was it's mouth. It was a mouth.

To find out what happens next stay tuned into part 2!

How to use a compass

We have been learning about maps in literacy class today.

I have learnt about how to use a compass. WALT: How to use a compass

How to stay safe in the sun

It is very important to keep safe in the sun because you might get skin cancer. If you’re going for a swim at the beach you should put some sunscreen on so you don’t get sunburnt.

If you want to stay safe in the sun, always remember to wear a hat or sunscreen. If you don’t you will probably get sunburnt or skin cancer. You should wear sunglasses too, because if your not wearing them then your eyes will start to hurt and you might get blind.

Did you know that if you don’t wear any sunscreen before you go for a swim, you will get sunburnt. Want to know how? Well, you know how the sun shines down strongly into the water? It will shine down on you and you will get sunburnt.

Do you know what happens when you don’t wear a hat in the sun? You will get sunburnt, or skin cancer. You also need sunscreen too, if you don’t have sunscreen all over your body you could get them (skin cancer, sunburn).

If you don’t want to get sunburn or skin cancer you should always be in the shade, it doesn’t have to be a tree it can be anything.

Holiday Movies

Last week on Saturday, I was really bored. I asked my mum if we could go to the movies. She said yes. So me, my brother and my mum went to the movies.

Once we got to the movies at Sylvia Park I was so excited. I got a large Fro-zone. We got a combo which has 2 ice-creams, 1 bucket of popcorn and 2 Fro-zone drinks. It was finally time to go into the movie room. The people sitting next to us gave us a free trumpet. I didn’t want it so I gave it to my brother.

The movie finally started. “Finally!” I whisper to my mum “Shh!” She says back to me, “It’s starting.” Not to spoil it but, in the movie this vampire from a cave changes him into a vampire. He gets the strength to defeat his enemies.

Amber's Commonwealth Animation

This is my  commonwealth games animation. I am so happy that I finished it before the term ended. If I didn't finish it this term I would have nothing on my blog. Hopefully I will post for videos and blog posts on my blog next term.

Here you can see how good I think I've done.

Darcy's made friends - Part 3

Last time Darcy had no friends, but this time everything changes.

Darcy was sitting alone eating her yoghurt, when suddenly a new girl came up to her and said, "Hi, I'm Palanquin. I am a new girl at school." "Oh, um.. Hi, Palanquin." Darcy replies. "Um... so do you have any friends? because um-" Palanquin says "I... I don't have any friends to be honest. Do you want to be my friend. But first I have to ask my mum because you might be bad and do bad things." "I don't do bad things. But you can ask you mum." says Palanquin. The school bell rung, lunch time was over. It was home time, too.

After school Darcy ran home with her new friends, Palanquin to ask if Palanquin could be her friend. Her mum said "Is she a blonde?" "Yes." replies Darcy "Then yes." Darcy went outside with Palanquin and started running around. "I'm tired," says Palanquin "Me too," says Darcy. "I'm going to go to sleep." they say at the same time. "Goodnight." says Darcy "Goodnight." says Palanquin.

Mahana, PJ, Josh and Amber - Robert's Stone Collection

Pigs & Ducks

Samoan Narrative Writing

As I woke up to the birds tweeting in the sky, I jumped out of bed and looked out the window. “What a lovely day to go for a bike ride. I wonder if my friends want to come”. I grabbed my bike and rode down to Rosalina’s house and knocked on her door. “Hi!” Rosalina says “Hi!” I reply “Do you wanna go for a bike ride?”. “Sure” Says Rosalina “I’ll go get my bike”. “Okay.” I say.

Rosalina came out around her backyard with her bike and helmet, “I’m ready!” she says. “Okay, let’s go” I reply “But wait, I’m gonna go see if Quinlan wants to come” “Okay, I’ll come with you” Rosalina says. We went down to Quinlan’s house and knocked on her door “Hi, is Quinlan aloud to come with us on a bike ride?” “Sure. Quinlan! Your friends are here” “Coming…” She says while she rushes down the stairs. “Wanna go on a bike ride?” I ask her “Sure, let me get my bike”. Quinlan ran to her backyard and grabbed her bike “Let’s go. Is anyone else coming?” “No,” I reply “Let’s go”.

We were riding our bikes up and down the street when suddenly a car appears in front of us leading us to doom, we tried to turn but there was 2 men carrying a glass window to a building and we crashed into it. The broken glass popped our tires and we fell down a huge cliff, but luckily there was a river. But little did we know, it was a time traveling river!

It sent us to the dinosaurs age! “Ahhh!!” We all scream as we got teleported. “Where are we?” We all ask each other. “I don’t know! do you think this is… the dinosaur age??” I ask. “How will we even survive?” Quinlan asks “Eat a dinosaur?” Rosalina replies “Of course not!” Quinlan says “How will we even get a dinosaur down? It will eat us!” “I know” Rosalina says. “Stop whining! We need to get out of here! Where is the river we came out of?” I say curiously “Is it that river?” Rosalina says pointing to a random river. “No! It’s right behind us, duh!” Quinlan says. “Ohhh” says Rosalina “Let’s go before that dinosaur eats us!” I scream.

We all jump in the river just in time and we teleport to the cliff. “We’re home! Well, sort of…” Quinlan says. “I guess we’re stuck down here unless we can climb up?” Rosalina asks “We can try to climb, I guess. Let’s try” Quinlan says. We tried to climb but we just fell down, but we got back up because we can always try again. We climbed up once again and yay! It worked! We were up! Just before 6:00pm. If we weren't home by 6:10pm we would be in trouble! Oh wait… It’s 8:00pm.

Darcy's start to school: Part 2

One day Darcy went to school with her popular brother. People were making big fun of her. They were throwing stuff at her, too. She ran to class and put her bag in the cloak bay, sat down and started reading her book. People started walking into class and randomly mocked her. Poor Darcy!

A few hours later, about 2 hours, the bell had rung for morning tea. Darcy had packed banana yogurt, a wholemeal sandwich and an apple. Darcy ate her yogurt and apple, leaving the wholemeal sandwich for lunch. She never went to play, she just sat under a tree. She thought the tree knew her well, it did. She named the tree, Tree. The bell had rung, once again. “Time to go to class!” Darcy says while she stands up. “Goodbye Tree, see you at lunch.” But little did she know, Tree wouldn’t be there because…

Tuis Samoan Similarities

For 2 whole weeks we have had to make a DLO about Samoa. Do you even know what DLO is? If you don't, it's a Digital Learning Object. A.K.A... A Movie. So we did this little movie about the Similarities between Samoa & New Zealand. Here is a few things I have learnt;
The buses are free in Samoa
The capital city of Samoa is Apia, it is pronounced as Abia.
Samoa & New Zealand are different because not much people in New Zealand eat Coconut. But In Samoa everyone does.

The things I didn't like about the planning and making was that whenever I wanted to do a plan the other team-mates would deny it. I don't know why they would deny but I think they just don't like the planning.

The things I liked about doing the planning and making the movie was how we would keep having to restart over and over again once we've made a mistake. That's when it had gotten funny.
So sit back, Relax, and enjoy the video!

My high bar

The High Bar 3.3.00
WALT: Analyze surface features and the language usedThe authors describe the high bar in different ways by giving it human/animal like characteristics (personification and simile (using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’). List examples of these characteristics below.

The human or living characteristics of the high bar,  gravity, her legs.	Page	Copy the sentences from the story here.
	17	The high bar is a DARK DEMON.
	17	To small to reach the High bar.
	18	Inpatient like a wild horse.
	19	And the bar glows softly at her.

Using personification. Write a sentence personifying the items/objects listed below.

Object	Write your sentences below.
a netball or rugby ball being passed to you.	When my friend passed the Netball to me it hit my face.
a kayak	Today I was waiting for my turn on the kayak.
your netbook	I nearly broke my Netbook by dropping it but lucky it was in the cover
your shoes	I made a mess in the class because I didn’t take off my shoes.

Using simile. Write a sentence that describes these items/objects like something else.

Object	Write your sentences below.
the grass	Soft like a pillow.
a kayak	Is hard like a wood or a rock.
a pair of scissors	Is like a knife.
a pie	Yummy like a treat.

Darcy's start to school

Darcy has been picked on at school because she wears glasses. But she’s pretty without them. But when she has them on they call her a geek. When she takes them off she can’t see, so she has to keep them on. Her brother is popular, too, and Darcy is jealous.

Swimming Event

Did you know swimming started in the first century and has been in the Olympics since 1896. Captain Matthew Webb he has was the first recorded person to swim, He has been swimming since 19th January 1848 to 24th July 1883. When people swim 50 percent of them have pain in there shoulder.

Lauren Boyle is a Swimmer that represent New Zealand, She was the fourth fastest in the heats of 400meter freestyle 4:03.63. Lauren has completed three commonwealth games and two Olympics Games, I reckon Captain Matthew Webb and Lauren Boyle will win the Gold for New Zealand only if Matthew Represented New Zealand.

World War 1

Why is today special? Today is special because it is the 4th of August 2014. Why is the 4th of August 2014 special? Well, the 1st ever World War 1 was ended on this day. No, not this year, the year was 1914. That was 100 years ago. Want to know why this started? It all started when a 'king' was in his carriage. Another man came along and shot him.

1 country were mad at the person who shot him, and the other country was against the 'king' who died. So they made war. And that is how the World War 1 started.

Here is a video of a few facts of the first world war. 

What I did in the weekends

In the weekends I drew with chalk out on my back porch. I used the colours: Pink, White, Baby Blue, Green, Cyan, Purple, Orange, Yellow and Sky Blue. After I did that stuff, I went to go buy some food from the shops. I came home and I heard my Nan was going to go shopping, I decided to come. I brought my FIRST onesie!!