The Grapes' Muscels Presentation

My Fitness Progress

From my data, I can see that I am going higher and higher each and every time we do fitness.
My fitness goal is to run more then ten laps.

My Beautiful Place

Far beyond the horizon is my beautiful place Surfers Paradise...

I could see the sea water as it was smashing together and washed up on the shore. I could also see a huge lego man. He was flat on his big back. It was so amazing, I couldn’t believe my eyes. People were jumping off of the wharves around the beach and even jumping off the enormous lego man - they were going wild. It was one of the greatest and best things I had ever seen in my hole entire life. I was shocked.

I could hear people shouting and people splashing in the water. I could also hear the sound of little children crying as if someone had scared them.

I could feel the cool breeze as it ran up my spine like a cheetah. I could feel the cold sand running through my finger tips. It felt so nice. The shells they were so wrinkly and so warm as well. I could also feel blobs of sand stuck in between the corners of my toes.

I could smell the beautiful flowers that were in the pot plants next to me. I could smell the nice and yummy food coming from the cafes around me.

Last but not least, I could taste taste the sea water as if the sea was spitting at me. I could taste my delicious juice box that I was holding in my velvet hand.

This beautiful place isn’t just only a beautiful place it’s MY beautiful place.

By Destiny.

My Ireland Information Report

Did you know that Ireland has a Pancake Festival? And they also make Potato Pancakes.

Did you know that Ireland is famous for their POTATO Pancakes and love Corned Beef and pasta.

Richard St John Harris born on the 1st of October 1930. He was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, film director and writer.

Irish tap-dancing is a very fun activity to do during the holidays, and also Irish dancing. It is a very fun thing to do but still very difficult.

Did you also know that the most longest name in Ireland is Mucknaghederdauhaulia.

Using Google Maps

This is a map of New Zealand showing all the Stadiums of the Rugby World Cup 2011.I had to search for all the stadiums and one by one I had to drag the blue pins to every single Stadium I made this by using google maps.

Describing Piri Weepu.

When I felt the wind run up my back I couldn't wait for the action of the game to start. When I sat down on my comfortable seat, I could feel the excitement tinkling in my stomach.

Then finally the Haka started. I could see Piri Weepu slapping his hands against his chest like a true Maori warrior.I could see his Maori patterned tattoos on his arm. I heard his strong and loud manly voice shouting out the starting of the haka . He was so frightening it was like I was being threatened to live or die by a warrior.It was so frightening.

But then when he got the blue rugby ball he ran through everyone as if their was no one there on the field. His black hair brushed back, then when he was that close to the try line then he dived down as if he was flying and scored a try. I was so amazed. After that, he ran back to all his team mates when he was running I could see his white rugby boots getting pushed up against the lushes grass. His team mates came towards him and patted his back in joy.

And that night I will never forget.

Seasons In Maori

What Makes A Good Speech?

All Black Presentation

Orange Pear Apple Bear Book Review

WALT-write a book review to respond to a text by Emily Gravett.

Context:
.The tittle in this book is Apple,Pear,Orange,Bear.
.The Authors and Illustrators name is Emily Gravett
.This book is a Picture Book

Text Description:
.The main Characters in this story’s names are Apple,Pear,Orange,Bear.
.In this story their is a Apple,Pear and Orange Bear
.This story took place in the wide open space out in the open.
.In this story their is no problem or solution.

Judgement:
.This book is a very good book because it has a good rhythm, it rhymes and has very eye catching pictures.
.I would recommend this book to people that are finding rhyming story’s.
.I think this book has very good writing and I liked it how she uses angles to her writing.

Author Study Role Play - Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett

This week we studied Emily Gravett. She is an author from Brighton. Did you know she used to live on a bus? Emily Gravett writes and illustrates her own stories. Here is a movie of my reading group presenting a role play of Monkey and Me. I hope you like it!

Buddy Writing

Today we did some buddy writing with room7.We helped them to re-craft their writing samples.This is me and my buddy Niko I hope we get to do this again,it was fun!

Tsunami Description

I
was standing behind the camera.  I could see all the waves crashing up
against the buildings and houses.  I could see all the destruction
happening.  It was chaos.  I couldn’t believe my eyes...It was terrible
and horrible...

I
could hear the wind pushing the waves and making them powerful.  I
could hear the people screaming and crying.  I could hear alarms going
off like dogs.

The tsunami was so frightening, it was making buildings bust and fall with its big powerful waves.

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the big waves submerging into much more bigger waves.  It was very catastrophic!

But
I would always glare at the most biggest wave.  It was big and round.
 While I would glare, I could see people running.  It was very
destructive.  When I would see the people get washed away by the waves
and sea water.

Layers of the earth

WALT-make a model of the layers of the earth out of play-dough.

So...that when we learn about natural disasters we can use our knowledge of the layers to understand them better.

To...help us in topic and science and learn about the earth around us.

The crust contains continents and seas.The thickness of the crust is 15-75km.

The next layer is the upper mantle.  It is 400km thick. It’s made out of iron, magnesium and silicates.

The lower mantle is more dense then the upper.  It is 2300km thick.

The outer core is a liquid.  It contains iron,nickel and sulphur.  The outer core is 2300km
deep.

The inner core is solid. It also contains iron, nickel and sulphur.  The inner cores temperature is 6650 degrees Celsius!

Aitua

We are learning the Maori names for Natural Disasters.  This is our new topic.  We had to illustrate each word to show what it meant.  I hope you like my illustrations.

My First Movie!

Miss Hansell set a challenge of making our very first movie using iMovie! We had to take the pictures, add transitions, add music and edit it all ourselves! Here is the end product, I hope you like it.

Prediction Key

I have used the Prediction Key to think about what the Tamaki Primary School uniform might look like in 50 years time.  Here is my design!

my term 2 goals

My learning goal for Reading this term is:

To go to the library to read an entire chapter book with all the spare time I have.

To achieve this goal, I will need to:

Remember to go to the library every day.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Getting my mum and dad to remind me to go to the library. They can also take me to the library and they can pick out a good book for me to read.

My learning goal for Writing this term is:

To use more interesting vocabulary in my writing to describe my characters.

To achieve this goal, I will need to:

Find more places I can put describing words in my writing and using a dictionary or thesaurus to help me find new words.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Teaching me more interesting words and showing me why I need a large vocabulary. By talking to me and reading to me, I will hear and see new words.

My learning goal for Maths this term is:

To move past stage 6 and to past 3b.

To achieve this goal, I will need to:

Think of more creative answers in my maths and use all my maths knowledge.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Showing me more then + and x but - and / as well.

My personal goal this term is:

To get my little sister ready for school.

To achieve this goal, I will need to:

Wake her up early and get her in the shower.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Waking me up to wake my sister up.

My Marae recount

My Marae Recount


I tingled with excitement as we marched into the cold office with our school bags and our delicious lunch. We sat down in the hall so Ms Hansel could go over the rules. After that we set off on our journey. We all got welcomed into the marae. When I stepped into the marae my heart leaped...


I couldn't believe my eyes. I bowled my head down to show respect to some of the ancestors that had died. I knew each pattern and carving told a story. When my cold hands touched the ground, my stomach had the butterflies. Then kaumatua said a karakia and introduced himself. Then he said a speech about the patterns and the carvings. Then Arapeta stood up and said his Whikorero. After that, the whole senior syndicate sang a song to kaumatua William and the kids that went to the school there. After that it was time for our interval. I ate my lunch next to Ngatokurua. After that they separated the boys and the girls. Us girls had to go to the marae and the boys went down to the bottom of the hill.


The girls split up into three groups. The the first group was using the poi, the second line did the actions and the last line used the rakau. Whaea Celeste taught us. We each supported each other and didn’t laugh if someone done something wrong. After that it was time for lunch, we all finished our lunch and then went into the marae to show the boys what we had practised.
We showed the boys what we had learnt. I liked the boys haka. When we finished we sang some songs to the people and the kids.


After that we all left and went back to school.


That day I learnt that the most important thing to the Maori people is their knowledge. I also learnt that there are 5 parts in a Marae; the heart,spine,arms,ribs and the head.

This is Me

I am Destiny I like my netbook because they are fun and extreme.