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Quick Write – What does your dream day look like?

This is our quick write we have done today.

What does your dream day look like?

My dream day is flying over to Australia and going on roller coasters and when I fly over there I be on a private jet and have as much ice cream  as I want. When I get to the roller coasters I can cut to the front because I have a VIP necklace.Or I would like to go to a water park and I will have a VIP necklace. Or I would like as much infinite money so i would be rich. Or one more thing I could stay home and watch tv and eat chocolate and ice cream all day with a cat next to me. That is what I would do in my dream day.

What is your dream day?

Quick Write

Today we have been writing a quick write. They are about would you rather live 100 years in past or future.Here is my story.I would rather live 100 years in the past because I could see all and do all of the things they did back in the olden days.Also invent more things and I would famous. I would be able to be a worker in the mine and get paid hundreds and thousands of dollars. In the future there would be robots that destroy the world!!! That is why I would rather live in the past. 

would you rather live 100 years in past or future?

Boating

In the holidays me and my family went boating and I wrote a story about it.

                        Going boating

It was Thursday and me,mum,dad,Nate and Lucy were going to go down to Haast. We brought our boat down because we were meeting some other people on the way there to go boating.It was very crazy jumping over stumps and stones.

We went down one river on the first day,it started pouring down with rain so everyone (other people that we were boating with) decided to turn around and head back. Everyone went to dry off,next we went to the pub in Fox Glacier .Me,Nate,Bille and Saxon went to play pool. The others ordered food.After we all ate dinner we got on the road again. It started to get dark so we stopped at Hans bay for the night.On the way there Nate,me and Lucy saw 14 possums. When we got up, we had breakfast. I had pancakes.

We had to pack everything back in the car, but left our togs and wetsuits out because the second day we were going to the lake. When we got there was a fence of boys that ruined the view, but we first had to take the cover off the boat and get everything out.Next dad backed the car into the water as Nate got the boat into the water. We went down a little river stream at the lake and it was very rocky but a good track. Then after we decided to turn around and got back to the lake we went back to the cars and I got my wetsuit on. Nate wanted to go on the weight board so we connected the rope and we went off. Next dad threw me and Lucy off the boat into the freezing cold water, it was in the boys. When we were all packed up we drove to Haast.

That night we decided we were going to go to the pub and play pool. After we played a few rounds we went home and went to bed.The Next day we were going back to Hokitika. On the way back we were going for a little boat.It wasn’t long till we got to the river.There were heaps of bumps we got to a place with blue and green water it was very cool. In the last little river we went in there were heaps and heaps of trees that we had to jump over, there was one that we got stuck on but we got off the tree.

  

Finally we packed the boat and the car.At the petrol station we bought ice blocks and drove back to Hokitika. That story Is a little bit about my holidays the end.

Districts Athletics

Yesterday me and about 28 people went to WHS for districts/athletics. There were five different schools there.We arrived about 9:20 and at 9:30 we had first it was 800m I came first and tara came second, then we had a bye,after that dicus, then we had high jump, next a a bye,then shot put and second last 60m,and last 80m.  Me and my friend Tara are going to go to west cost, I am going there for 800m, long jump, 80m and 60m, Tara got in for 800m, high jump, shot put and dicus.

What place would you think you would come in all of the activites?

Inside Outside Poem

This week we have been making some poems. They are  about inside and outside,and this is my one hope you like it.

Inside, my tummy feels like jelly.

Inside, I wonder if I’m going to win.

Inside, I feel nervous, like there are butterflies in my stomach.

Inside, I am cold, and I don’t want to do it.

 

Outside, I feel rain falling, making the track all muddy.

Outside, I hear people getting called to the starting line.

Outside, I feel I will lose my mind,

Outside, I hear Mrs King calling me up to the starting line.

 

Inside, I breath slowly,

Inside,  my legs feel wobbly, 

Inside, I remember what my friend said “ You can do this.”

The Lighthouse

This week Tara and me have been doing our reading activity. For our reading activity we are building a lighthouse, just a small one. This is our reading instructions so far.

Introduction

Hi,Our names are Meia and Tara, we are making a mini Lighthouse for our reading activity. The book that we are reading is called Pencarrow: New Zealand’s first Lighthouse. It’s about the first lighthouse in New Zealand,the first owners were George Bennet and his wife Mary Jane Bennet. Mary Jane Bennet took over in 1855 because George Bennet Drowned, so Mary Jane Bennet became the main keeper for the Pencarrow lighthouse. Mary Jane Bennet was the first Woman to be a lighthouse keeper in New Zealand.

Reasoning

We should do this because not many people know about the first lighthouse in New Zealand. Also to warn ships of danger and guide them safely on their way. The world should spread awareness about lighthouses because they save many ships from wreckage. Some of New Zealand’s coastline is dangerous for ships and boats because there are big rocks near the shore.

Facts about lighthouses 

  • Lighthouses can be square, round, conical, rectangular, and even octagonal. 

  • Some are painted with identifying stripes, spirals, or diamond patterns. 

  • Some have twin and, in one case, triple towers.

  •  Most lighthouses range in height from 10 m.

  • They serve to warn mariners of dangerous shallows and perilous rocky coasts, and they help guide vessels safely into and out of harbors. 

  • The first lighthouse was built in ancient Egypt. 

  • Lighthouses use different types of light sources.

  •  The tallest lighthouse in the world is the Jeddah Light in Saudi Arabia

  •  The first lighthouses used fire beacons by burning coal or wood

  • The original pencarrow lighthouse was made of cast iron 

Equipment

  • What you need for this craft

  • A lamp at the top*

  • Wire for the frame*

  • Cardboard for Structure

  • String for connecting the cardboard and wire together

  • Plastic cups ( see through ones) for the windows*

  • Popsicle sticks for the ring on the outside of the lighthouse* 

Instructions For The Lighthouse

  • 1. Curve the wire into a circular shape

  • 2.  Wrap the cardboard around the wire

  •  3. Tie the wire and cardboard together with the String

  • 4. Cut the popsicle sticks in half and strike them together with glue 

  • 5. 

Summary

Our names are Meia and Tara. We are making a mini Lighthouse for our reading activity.The book is about Pencorrow lighthouse, New Zealand’s First Lighthouse. Not many people know the importance of lighthouses. Lighthouses help to tell ships where the shallow or dangerous places on the coastlines are. 

How would you build a mini lighthouse?

 

The Weekend

This is my story about the weekend I went to the airport to watch the planes. Here is my story.

As  they launched off, I ran after them. It felt they like they were going to crash.When the wind banged the edge of the planes, it was like it went kaboom. It felt exhausting trying to keep up with the planes. We had a look at all the cool and different planes, some were old, some were new and they had all different colours. It was amazing.It was pretty hard to see them when they were flying really high.If I was a polite and flying it would be real fun. There was heaps of people there going to watch all the planes.

If you got to fly in the plane how would you feel?

Avis Car Rental Hokitika Airport - Terminal Building, Airport Drive, Airport, Hokitika 7810

Top Team

Today for one hour and thirty minutes we did top team. Top team is when we spilt up into about 12 teams and vs each other to try get the most points. The team at the end with the most points win. There were three water ones,there was a pipe one that you had to fill up with water and there were holes that you had to block your hands so you could get the ping pong ball to the top, and it was my favourite one. There were 12 activites, my group went to 4,5,6,1,2,3 after that we went 10,11,12,9,8,7. We had lots of fun and I liked getting all wet it was like I was shower. If you got to make a game up what game would you make?

Quick Write – Week Eight

This week we did our quick write. We wrote about elephants breaking out of the zoo. This is what I would do if the elephants were loose at the zoo, and this is my story.

You work at the zoo and the elephants have broken loose! What will you do?

I was working at the zoo one day and I checked on the monkeys and turtles, then I was walking to check on  the elephants but I heard something stomping and then I saw the elephants were escaping so I ran to them but they saw me so I grabbed a rope and made it ring a bell to make other employes to come and help. Then after about one minute they appeared out of nowhere but we cornered the elephants and we walked them back to there stable and we saw a mouse in the stable, that must of been why they escaped to get away from the mouse.  The end

If you had to write about the elephants breaking out, what is your plan to catch them?

Elephants Abound on a Southern Summer Safari

Jump Jam

On Monday we taut the little kids jump jam. We forgot some actions but they didn’t know when we made an mistake because they didn’t know the actions so it was good. This week we aren’t practicing any new songs because the television is broken. Me, Tara and Sophie were doing it and we were a bit nervous but then it was fine and started laughing. If you were doing it in front of heaps of people would you be nervous? Remembering the six bangers from Jump Jam: Volume One | The Spinoff