Graduation

 

Valediction

Salty Tears rolled down my eyes as I walked through a huge green gate for the first time. As I walked into my first class I was nervous and scared. I was also amazed how I saw new faces and my first teacher.

Her name was Mrs Tombalato but I called her Mrs Tomato. After some days I got use to be being in my class and I made a new friend, Nehemiah.

When I got to Year 5 I was excited because we did this thing called outdoor education. Outdoor education is when you go on trips for the whole week.

Trips I went on were… Rocket Ropes and Butterfly Creek.

YESS finally I got to year 6. I started  getting responsibilites like doing the flag. Then we did enrichment groups. Enrichment groups are when you go to a group like Whanau every Wednesday in the first block.

The greatest highlight was going to Chosen Valley camp. We spent 2 days at the camp and my dad came to help. I liked going on the water slide and the kayaks. I loved it there. By then I had grown up and I made more friends.

Another great highlight of this year was when I represented my school rugby team at Bruce Pulman and came first place. I've represented my school in many sports throughout the year. The sports I have been involved in were… rugby, league and netball.

As a person in a movie said “Good journeys must come to an end.” I was really sad.

The hardest part is saying goodbye to this school. I will miss all my teachers and I will always remember our school motto.

                

                EFFORT BRINGS REWARD

                                                       

Astronomy Acrostic Poem

Amazing views of the planet Earth from space.

Stars sparkle in the night sky.

Telescopes  look at the super moon.

Rocket ships soar through space.

“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” said Neil Armstrong.

Neptune is the name of a Roman god.

Organising for blast off.

Mars is not red it is butterscotch color.

Yellow stars light up the night skies.

Pluto

Mrs Willowban P.1

She was a dark woman with  fangs as sharp as a thousand knives. Every time we played in our yard we heard a strange noise coming from her black, scary house. But little did we know Mrs Willoban was a vampire with super powers.

At night she would walk around in the dark by herself looking like she had just arrived from the dead. But in the day she was nowhere to be found. One day Mrs Willoban was not home, so my brother and I decided to sneak in and see what she has been doing.

When we got inside we saw red marks on the walls. Finally, we reached her room. It smelled like dead rats or like  someone had died. When we entered we saw photo albums of her.

We got to the last photo it was a picture of something trying to enter her body. Then we saw a strange thing happening  in the photo. She was somehow teleporting! I couldn’t believe what I had just seen.

A few minutes later we heard the door open and  footsteps walking down the dark hallway. We were more scared than Steven scaredy cat at our school. Silently we hid under her old, rugged bed hoping that she wouldn't find us. A few minutes later, we heard a smash coming from the kitchen. I started to cry and wanted to go home but there was no escape.

Later on, when it got darker, Mrs Willoban left the house. My  brother and I quickly rushed out of the house then ran home. When we got home we were puffed but we were curious at the same time about Mrs Willoban.

That night my brother and I couldn't sleep after what we had seen. Next morning I woke up with a tattoo on my arm written in blood. It said, “I'm coming for you boys!“  Tune in for Part 2, Mrs Willloban’s Revenge, coming soon.

         THE END………..OR IS IT?

ANIMALS SHOULDN'T BE KEPT IN CIRCUSES!

 Nearly every year thousands of different animals from around the world have been taken from their homes to perform at circuses. It may sound like fun performing but who knows what they do behind the scenes? Maybe the animals get whipped or tortured for doing the trick wrong.

The animals live a sad unusual life while they are forced to do what the leader says. When they are performing, the animals get boos and laughs. Imagine living your life as one of the animals getting humiliated and tortured. I sure would not want that.

I believe that the animals in circuses don't get fed properly and are not treated well. If you want animals to entertain people, send them to the zoo so the animals are happy and the people are entertained.

Every night the animals are locked up in their cages. I bet the animals couldn't even move because the cages are too small.

Dunedin and Wellington City Councils have local bans on the use of wild animals in circuses. Austria, Costa Rica, Hungary, Finland, India, Israel, Singapore and most recently China  have banned the use of wild circus animals, while Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and the Czech Republic have limited the use of certain species.

I bet that the animals want to go back to their natural habitat and be reunited with their family. So do you want this to continue? I sure wouldn't so LET'S MAKE  A CHANGE AND LET THE ANIMALS HAVE FREEDOM!

References

https://thesolution.org.nz/2011/02/09/circus-animal-bans/ 

The Black Hat

Once upon a time there was a little boy. He had no friends but that didn't worry him because he loved exploring. Now it may sound dumb to have no friends but the little boy was different, he thought that friends were dumb and stupid.

In a way he was right because he found some amazing things from the dark, spooky forest. One time he found a real Egyptian armour and a book of magic spells. 

One day he snuck out of the house and went out exploring through the dark, creepy, damp forest hoping to find something new. When he got to the forest entrance he took a big gulp and a shiver then ran really fast like a cheetah. 

Suddenly he  tripped up over something. Ohhhhhh woow slam! The boy got up with salty tears in his eyes and scratches on his legs, but that didn't stop him from his adventure.

After the incident the boy was curious about what he tripped over. He thought it was a little branch but he knew it wasn't a branch so he went back to where he tripped and he found a black hat.

He leaped into the air with excitement and yelled, “Yippeeee!” then ran back home. The boy tried the mysterious hat on. “It fits!” the boy yelled. He wouldn't take off the mysterious black hat.

It was finally night time so the boy gently put the hat beside his bed and drifted off to sleep. That night something magical happened. Glorious peaceful creatures crawled out of the hat. The creatures sparkled like diamonds in the sun.

The boy woke up with excitement he couldn't believe what he was seeing. But he was selfish he kept the wonderful, mysterious creatures in a rusty old cage.

The creatures started to get depressed and their glimmering color started to fade like a weak joke. The boy began to feel sad too so he opened up one of the cages and grabbed the creature. Wosssshhhhh! The creature flew out of the little boys hands then dashed through the dark forest.

The boy rushed outside and ran after the beautiful, lugubrious bird. After a few minutes the boy finally found magical bird on a old, raged tree. The boy burst into tears and cried, “Please, oh please come back to me magical bird.” The bird didn't make a move so the little boy sadly walked back home.

Meanwhile when the boy got home he noticed that two more birds had escaped. The boy screamed loud enough to shatter the old dirty windows. He quickly blazed through the forest andto where he remembered the first bird was.

At last the boy reached the destination and saw all the magical birds sitting on the tree. Then something shocking happened. The birds started fly in circles and because they had a beautiful color it looked like a disco ball. The boy suddenly knew what he had to do so he dashed back out of the forest and ran back home. He was going to let out the other birds.

He said good bye to the birds then opened the cages. Whoossssh! The birds scattered out of the window then into the forest. The little boy ran too because he wonderd what was going to happen. Finally they reached the location where the birds got in a big clump and flew around.

Suddenly all the other forest animals started joining in. It was like the forest was having a party. The birds finally had freedom and the boy had animal friends.

Milk

Self Portraits

                                                    

Milk in Schools

Pepeha

Milk in Schools storyboard

Self Portraits

We are preparing our self portraits for printing. We will chose a primary colour and the opposite colour on the colour wheel for our face and our hair.

More Who Am I?

I am a 9 year old male.  I’m also a year 5 student in Manurewa Central School.  I can speak more than one language which are Samoan and English.

My eyes are an oval shape and my eye colour is dark brown like dark chocolate.  My height is not quite tall but good for my age and last of all my skin colour is brown like chocolate with a bit of white.

I like sports. My favourite sport is touch because I am fast at running.  I’m good at hiding because I’m always the last one found.  Last of all my favourite colour is dark blue like my t-shirt also my sleeves.

I’m always hungry because my favourite thing is food. I’m also good at rugby. I also like to climb trees.

I have black shiny hair like the dark night sky .  My eyes dark brown like a kiwi fruit skin.  My skin is smooth and soft like a baby's bottom. I also have a strong, athletic body.

I’m good at swimming, kayaking, writing, reading, league,

touch, tag/ripper etc.

I am a really sporty boy and kind. I am tall, strong and fast. When I grow up I want to play rugby league for Melbourne Storm.

I’m a Maori and Samoan boy. I am 10 years old. I was born May 13th 2006. My family is Samoan, Maori and the other half is Fijian a little bit. I think my family is mostly Samoan and Maori but I mainly speak English.

I have brown eyes like mud. I am tan just like colours of a rottweiler.

I like running into beach waves or playing around. I also like sports like softball, soccer, or basketball. In the relaxing time I love to play video games or watch movies.

I am a kind of lazy person or a more relaxed type of person. I’m a lazy person because I am always slouching to do things.

Thank you for reading or listening about who I am.

I am nine and I am a year five girl turning 10 this year. I am in Room 12.  My culture is Tongan and Maori. I was born on the 16 of November 2007. I mostly talk English and Maori. I am trying to learn how to speak Tongan. I have a brother and a half sister and I have 1 mom and dad. I have a lot of cousins and aunties and uncles.The school I go to is Manurewa Central school

I like to play netball and basketball. I like baking muffins.I like singing songs from the movie Moana and other songs.I am good at some of my times tables. I like to play touch because we get to run and have a bit of fun.

I am always nosy and I am sometimes happy because I get to have fun when I am playing with my friends and I get to go to my grandmother's  house and go for a swim. I am sad because my nana Pat died when I was only at the age of eight. We visit her when we go up to Dargaville.