Friday, October 30, 2009
HOLES CHAPTER THREE
In chapter three in the amazing book of holes it start of with a boy called Stanley Yelnats on a trip to Camp Green Lake in a bus, sitting by himself. The reason why he was sent there,was because people thought he stole sneaker, but he tried to tell them that it just fell out of the sky. so whenever something went wrong they will always blame it on Stanley. But stanley will blame it on his good dirty rotten pig for stealing great great grandfather. Supposedly,Stanley had a great great grandfather who stole a pig, and the the pig put a curse on him. but the parents didn't believe in the curse but when anything went wrong it was good to blame someone innocent like Standley. So as Standly was sitting in the bus and handcuffed to his seat he was
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Royal and General= #3
In the third chapter, Royal and General, Alex is called down to his uncle's work building to talk about his uncle's will, with one of the employees named Crawley. When he leaves for a moment, Alex finds this to be his perfect chance to do some investigating. He decides to sneak into his uncle's office and look at some of his documents, but he is caught and shot with a tranquilizer gun. Alex manages to find that Crawley isn't what he thinks he is. A man from behind Ian Riders desk jumps up to Alex and shoots. Around the room gets all fuzzie, while Crawley laughs with evilness. Many questions were said from Alex, but Crawley wasn't that kind of man. BOOM! Now, what was Alex to do? Its up to him to save the day, and find out, how did is uncle die?
T.F...
T.F...
Strombreaker!!!
The 3rd chapter in this action packed book is all about uncovered secrets. Alex gets invited to where Ian Rider used to worked, but what Alex doesn't know is that Ian Rider is a secret spy. When John Craweley one of the men that unexpectedly turned up at the funeral was the man that inveited Alex. As Blunt offered Alex some coke they talked and talked untill the phone rang. Crawley answered and excused himself from the meeting he had. He was going to be five minutes. As Alx thought about waht he was going to do in five minutes he thought about going into Ian Riders office which was just across the corridor. When he walked out, he tried the door, but it was locked. Then he thought about how he was going to get in. Now he climbed out the window and looked down at how he was. He walked across the outside of the building and jumped into the window right nnext to him. He looked around and saw some drawers. he then looked at his watch said to himself there is only 3 more minutes. He looked through the drawers and opened some files. One the files had the word Stormbreaker on it, but no papers inside. BANG!! Alex surprisingly looked at the door fly open and looked at John Crawely and another women standing at the door.
Alex Rider was BUSTED!!!!
Dominique Koloamatangi
Alex Rider was BUSTED!!!!
Dominique Koloamatangi
STORMBREAKER
FUNERAL VOICES:
The first chapter of the book hooked me right into it because it starts of with the Death of Ian Rider, which kept my eyes open wide......
Alex rider was very suspisous about Ian Riders Death, The only person he had new his whole entire life. A man who loved to keep him self fit, had never smoked, had love to read books and dreesed up very expensively. A man who love to travel had died.....
Did Ian Rider actually die in a car crash or did some one kill him?
Alex Rider wanted to get clues......
Who will look after alex?
And who could Alex really trust...
Will Alex Rider find the killer and get REVENGE.
Or will he DIE.........
By;Christina Semi
The first chapter of the book hooked me right into it because it starts of with the Death of Ian Rider, which kept my eyes open wide......
Alex rider was very suspisous about Ian Riders Death, The only person he had new his whole entire life. A man who loved to keep him self fit, had never smoked, had love to read books and dreesed up very expensively. A man who love to travel had died.....
Did Ian Rider actually die in a car crash or did some one kill him?
Alex Rider wanted to get clues......
Who will look after alex?
And who could Alex really trust...
Will Alex Rider find the killer and get REVENGE.
Or will he DIE.........
By;Christina Semi
Storm Breaker-2
As Mr Donovan writes an equation on the chalkboard, Alex enterupts, followed by a late to class exuse. On the second chapter, heaven for cars, Alex Rider has to solve an algerbra equation, but there's other questions churning through his mind. He gets curious about how his uncle, Ian Rider died, and he gets more worried about the gun that shot him. Suddenly, as the bell rings for home time.While everyone else streams out the door, Alex runs to the secretery. He grabs a copy of the Yellow Pages, and looks up for Breakers' yards. He is much worried about his uncles car. Throughout this chapter, Alex tries to save his uncles car. Once he's inside,theres a crusher on top of him. He glares at all the buttons in the car, wondering which one helps him find a way out. As he clings on a button, up he flies, along with his chair. Up above the air is as filthy as the ground below. His eyes start watering from the diesel fumes. He was beginning to regret coming there, but then he saw it. His uncles BMW was parked a few metres away seperated from the other cars. Down he came, and closer he went to his uncles car. Alex Rider smiled with glee. Finally!
Theresa
Theresa
$ StOrMbReAkEr$
The first chapter funeral voices is very interesting as it begns when the doorbell rings early one morning at three o'clock , 14 year old Alex Rider finds out from a police officer that his uncle has died from a car accident. He hears from the officer that if he had been wearing a seatbelt, his uncle might have had a chance at survival, which doesn't make sense to him because his uncle is a very careful person.It is a very miserable moment for Alex as he stayed still on his bed wondering how could this thing happen to his uncle.
>$By ThEoDoRe$<
>StOrMbReAkEr<
The first chapter funeral voices is very sad when Alex Rider hears of his uncle's death in an car accident ian rider was Alex's only relative left and for ian to die leaves Alex with no family . After the death was explained to Alex he becomes instantly suspious . As far as Alex knew, his uncle ian rider had been a banker, and a very careful man and it was explained ian was not wearing his seatbelt.
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<[*****SToMBReaKeR*****]> -------- =]
The book starts of when Ian Rider Alex riders uncle suprisingly had a tragic death, because ian wasnt using his seatbelt but Alex didnt believe them Ian would always wear his seat belt even if he is going to drive to the corner.Alex
went toIan Riders funeral and he met some people who Ian worked for they told alex the truth they said ian used to be a secret spy, alex was surprised. alex was thinking in his head ian didnt die because of a car accident he die because someone killed him. when alex rider was walking home they saw a van parked outside his house and saw things getting packed he quickly ran to the house he saw ians office door open he wnt in and saw nothing at all................... chapter2.................................................................................................................
[MaVae HiNGaNo]
went toIan Riders funeral and he met some people who Ian worked for they told alex the truth they said ian used to be a secret spy, alex was surprised. alex was thinking in his head ian didnt die because of a car accident he die because someone killed him. when alex rider was walking home they saw a van parked outside his house and saw things getting packed he quickly ran to the house he saw ians office door open he wnt in and saw nothing at all................... chapter2.................................................................................................................
[MaVae HiNGaNo]
STROMBREAKER
The First Chapter (Funeral Voices) is awesome. It starts off with Ian Riders death, and about his funeral. On the other hand 14 year old Alex Rider is Suspicious about his uncles death. Ian Rider loved to travel the world, however he loved books, and he loved to dress up with expensive Clothes .Stuck in the middle of this mess Alex is trying to Figure out his next move.However Alex Rider is off discovering more clues about his uncles death,if the police is really lying, who will Alex trust?.Will Alex be able to find his uncle's killer, and get Revenge? What really did happen to his uncle, Did he really die in a car crash or did someone kill him?
Siosiana
Siosiana
Thursday, October 22, 2009
*Stormbreaker*
The first chapter, funeral voices, starts off with broken hearts, but then the action comes alive. A young boy named Alex Rider, at the age of 14, happens to be just like his uncle, Ian Rider. But is he? However, Ian Rider is a giving man. He was into books, classical music, and especially fancy clothes. He loved to explore the world and wonder around in different places. He looked things up, mysteriously, and kept it private. Caught between the moonlight, Alex Rider, discovered that his uncle had passed away, while not wearing a seat belt in the car. Alex wondered. What really did happen? He took off to discover more of what happend, and if the police really did lie. Will he be able to find the killer of his uncle, Ian Rider, or will he be the next to die?
Theresa
Theresa
Stormbreaker!!!
The first chapter Funeral Voices is amazing. It starts of the story with some hearts broken, but then the action happens. A young boy named Alex Rider at the age of 14 wanted to be just like his uncle, Ian Rider. Why? Well, Ian Rider loved to explore the world. He is a mysterious man. He looks things up and lets no one see. He is also all about hygiene and safety. One day Ian Rider died in a car accident. He wasn't wearing his seat belt, the police recorded. That had Alex thinking, Ian always had his seat belt on even if it was just a drive around the corner. Why had the police lye. When the funeral came around, a black car pulled up. Three men wearing the same clothes, glasses, shoes and mostly everything that was the same. They had all said they worked with Ian at the bank as bank managers, but Alex had never seen them before. Alex thought that they looked suspicious, in the way they talked, walked and and left without a word. He thought that having Ian dead, his life had changed and gone up a whole new level in his life.
By: Dominique Koloamatangi
By: Dominique Koloamatangi
Fish in the Deep Blue Sea!!!
It was one of those days, for us to work…and work. But today was no ordinary day. An art teacher had just stormed in class, with a whole pile of art materials in her hands. Her black high heeled boots and her mysterious black coat. We just knew, she was mysterious indeed. For the task she had given us, was forced to be completed in one day. Now the nightmare had just begun.
These were the steps we followed all through the day:
STEP 1: We drafted out two copies of ideas for our artwork. We had drawn a mixture of seaweed and fish. Followed by that, we drew patterns inside the fish, so that the fish could stand out. With the seaweed, we wildly drew a combination of seaweed, instead of making it straight and perfect.
STEP 2: Next we painted our background using a light blue water colour. While it was dry we drew our wild seaweed over the background. It was like drawing different, divine dark and light, coloured seaweed. Soon we were able to use a mixture of green paint so that we could colour our tangled up seaweed. We used different colours to create green and we also discovered many ways to make it.
STEP 3: Thirdly we drew our slimy fish swimming in all directions you could ever imagine. There were many different fish, although we were only able to draw three. We drew there shape and size and designs as well, of the shimmy, slimy fish.
STEP 4: Fourthly we used some very sticky gello paint, so our fish can stand out to the world. Now we were told to be careful with the paint, because it doesn’t come of clothes. Back to the paint, we coated the fish 3 times so it turns out smooth and it looks like clear paper.
STEP 5: Later on, we painted our fish using a pallet full of paint, along with some white compound to make the paint lighter and more useful. Two of our fish were coloured with the same three colours, and the other fish was jumbled up with several different colours.
STEP 6: Sixthly, we used some sketching tools to sketch in our designs. Our designs were told be like the fish we drew from an art book. Our fish’s eyes were supposed to be perfect, not like kiddies eyes. Sketching our designs was told to be at our best ability, like it had to be perfect. ‘PERFECTION!!’
STEP 7: Lastly for our masterpieces to be completed we went over our seaweed with some pastel. We used different light and dark colours to form our seaweed in our shiniest way we could.
Now this was an amazing experience learning how to create a masterpiece in a day. Room 5 learnt how to use gello and different colours to form a combination of the colour green. We hope to see another art teacher and have this much fun in a day again.
‘PERFECTION’
These were the steps we followed all through the day:
STEP 1: We drafted out two copies of ideas for our artwork. We had drawn a mixture of seaweed and fish. Followed by that, we drew patterns inside the fish, so that the fish could stand out. With the seaweed, we wildly drew a combination of seaweed, instead of making it straight and perfect.
STEP 2: Next we painted our background using a light blue water colour. While it was dry we drew our wild seaweed over the background. It was like drawing different, divine dark and light, coloured seaweed. Soon we were able to use a mixture of green paint so that we could colour our tangled up seaweed. We used different colours to create green and we also discovered many ways to make it.
STEP 3: Thirdly we drew our slimy fish swimming in all directions you could ever imagine. There were many different fish, although we were only able to draw three. We drew there shape and size and designs as well, of the shimmy, slimy fish.
STEP 4: Fourthly we used some very sticky gello paint, so our fish can stand out to the world. Now we were told to be careful with the paint, because it doesn’t come of clothes. Back to the paint, we coated the fish 3 times so it turns out smooth and it looks like clear paper.
STEP 5: Later on, we painted our fish using a pallet full of paint, along with some white compound to make the paint lighter and more useful. Two of our fish were coloured with the same three colours, and the other fish was jumbled up with several different colours.
STEP 6: Sixthly, we used some sketching tools to sketch in our designs. Our designs were told be like the fish we drew from an art book. Our fish’s eyes were supposed to be perfect, not like kiddies eyes. Sketching our designs was told to be at our best ability, like it had to be perfect. ‘PERFECTION!!’
STEP 7: Lastly for our masterpieces to be completed we went over our seaweed with some pastel. We used different light and dark colours to form our seaweed in our shiniest way we could.
Now this was an amazing experience learning how to create a masterpiece in a day. Room 5 learnt how to use gello and different colours to form a combination of the colour green. We hope to see another art teacher and have this much fun in a day again.
‘PERFECTION’
Completed by: Dominique & Theresa
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Fruit in Schools
Honourable Tony Ryall
Minister of health
To: 5+ a Day charitable trust
P.O. Box 66047
Beach haven
Auckland 6749
St Therese School
463 Mt Albert Rd
Three Kings
Auckland 1041
Dear Honourable Tony Ryall,
As a student I feel that we need all the fruit that we are able to eat, as we need all the energy and concentration in our every day lives.
One minute I am eating the juicy fruit the next, I am fighting to keep it, and I really feel confused.
I strongly believe that fruit in schools is a very good solution to keeping students healthy. To take fruit in schools away will have every body back to their unhealthy lives. There are a lot of reasons to not banning or taking away fruit in schools.
Firstly, fruit in schools keep us healthy.
Secondly, it gives us energy to keep us up in our every day lives.
Thirdly, it makes us concentrate each day longer and smarter.
Fourthly, it fills us up.
…….And last but not least, it gives every one a chance to try a variety of fruits.
I know that they talk about people getting unhealthy and to fat, but when you say you are going to ban fruit, you are just saying that you don’t care.
I don’t speak for my self when I say that fruit in schools is beautiful, juicy, and sweet, but I know that not only I will feel sad and angry when you take away “Fruit in Schools”.
So Tony Ryall I want you to think about your choice before pulling fruit out of happy children’s hands.
From your unhappy St Therese student.
Yours Sincerely
John Tupouniua
Minister of health
To: 5+ a Day charitable trust
P.O. Box 66047
Beach haven
Auckland 6749
St Therese School
463 Mt Albert Rd
Three Kings
Auckland 1041
Dear Honourable Tony Ryall,
As a student I feel that we need all the fruit that we are able to eat, as we need all the energy and concentration in our every day lives.
One minute I am eating the juicy fruit the next, I am fighting to keep it, and I really feel confused.
I strongly believe that fruit in schools is a very good solution to keeping students healthy. To take fruit in schools away will have every body back to their unhealthy lives. There are a lot of reasons to not banning or taking away fruit in schools.
Firstly, fruit in schools keep us healthy.
Secondly, it gives us energy to keep us up in our every day lives.
Thirdly, it makes us concentrate each day longer and smarter.
Fourthly, it fills us up.
…….And last but not least, it gives every one a chance to try a variety of fruits.
I know that they talk about people getting unhealthy and to fat, but when you say you are going to ban fruit, you are just saying that you don’t care.
I don’t speak for my self when I say that fruit in schools is beautiful, juicy, and sweet, but I know that not only I will feel sad and angry when you take away “Fruit in Schools”.
So Tony Ryall I want you to think about your choice before pulling fruit out of happy children’s hands.
From your unhappy St Therese student.
Yours Sincerely
John Tupouniua
Basketball here and Basketball there!!!
Thursday. It was a cold morning. Crashing and bashing, trees colliding. It was like a storm emerging. Thursday the 15th , 9:00am our basket ball instructor still wasn't here. 9:30am, we heard an engine running, taps on the concrete floor and basketball bounces rebounding against it. Room 5 just knew it was time to go. Stop working, stop talking, it's time to play. As the wind forced us into the hall we walked in surprisingly looking around at the 4 basketballs in the bag and the man standing up straight talking to us.
Dribbling the ball up and down the St Therese Hall was harder then you think. Then cam defence, a game a board. It was all so confusing learning everything at once, I couldn't think straight, my mind was in a jumbled up basketball world.
What am I going to do?
"Hey Tai!"
Tai was our basketball instructor. We split into 2 groups and headed of to different places. My group learnt a combination of different techniques we can use in basketball, like dribbling, the jumpshot step and shooting. These three steps are very simple which we can improve on. Just remember shooting is all about the aim. Aim adn shoot. Learning basketball is fun adn we learnt alot of new things.
"Come on guys, GAME TIME!!!"
As we learnt how to dribble and shoot it was time to put our cool learning to the test. It wasn't a real game, but it was a cool practise game. Learning things is fun and also enjoyable. I learnt how to jumpshot, dribble and shoot in a basketball. It's all about thinking how you can get around the ball. My opinion on basketball is that it's fun and I can learn something from it.
Dribbling the ball up and down the St Therese Hall was harder then you think. Then cam defence, a game a board. It was all so confusing learning everything at once, I couldn't think straight, my mind was in a jumbled up basketball world.
What am I going to do?
"Hey Tai!"
Tai was our basketball instructor. We split into 2 groups and headed of to different places. My group learnt a combination of different techniques we can use in basketball, like dribbling, the jumpshot step and shooting. These three steps are very simple which we can improve on. Just remember shooting is all about the aim. Aim adn shoot. Learning basketball is fun adn we learnt alot of new things.
"Come on guys, GAME TIME!!!"
As we learnt how to dribble and shoot it was time to put our cool learning to the test. It wasn't a real game, but it was a cool practise game. Learning things is fun and also enjoyable. I learnt how to jumpshot, dribble and shoot in a basketball. It's all about thinking how you can get around the ball. My opinion on basketball is that it's fun and I can learn something from it.
"BASKETBALL IS FUN!!!"
Waitakere Rangers
WHAT. The exact word kept screaming in my head non stop. The two experts told us some facts that kept me going. I was quite sad when she told us that they build tunnels with there muscles. Another interesting part was when we went in a little carriage about 600 mm, the hard thing was when we had to fit in 4 people in each carriage, on either side there was a map of where we were going. We went into our first tunnel; it was so dark it looked like the only thing that revolved around us was only black paper.
Next we saw some awesome views from out inside our carriage. Later after that we saw some cave wetas in side the tunnels, it was very close to the tunnel side because it was a small tunnel, what do you expect, its small and it was made by hand. Back to talking about the rain forest. The trip got better and better with the exiting history out in the forest. Drip drop as we walked out side of the carriage, we walked to a long hill that went side to side curve to curve it was really fun having a nice walk with my friend.
When we got there we saw the ignoramus dam it was so fascinating and very high from the dam.
Later we went back to the train and got our bags and had a feed, when we finished we went back and saw some
Lovely bright glow worms. Off we went off the train and walked to the bus and went back to school.
Done by Benjamin
Next we saw some awesome views from out inside our carriage. Later after that we saw some cave wetas in side the tunnels, it was very close to the tunnel side because it was a small tunnel, what do you expect, its small and it was made by hand. Back to talking about the rain forest. The trip got better and better with the exiting history out in the forest. Drip drop as we walked out side of the carriage, we walked to a long hill that went side to side curve to curve it was really fun having a nice walk with my friend.
When we got there we saw the ignoramus dam it was so fascinating and very high from the dam.
Later we went back to the train and got our bags and had a feed, when we finished we went back and saw some
Lovely bright glow worms. Off we went off the train and walked to the bus and went back to school.
Done by Benjamin
A Day in the Gymnasium!!!
Ka BOOM was the music to my ears when I heard about this amazing opportunity of going to this most wonderful gymnasium in the world. So I woke up early one morning and started swifting my way through a crowd and diving into the bus like a champion swimmer and also got my way through to the middle of the bus, but I nearly collapsed on the ground when I was saved by a blue chair which my boss tom was sitting on, so I sat next to him and talked about our most thrilling gymnasium. As the bus went on driving I stared out at the window to look at the beautiful world, suddenly tom poked me on my shoulder and said lets have a staring contest so we did, after that soaring game my eyes were going to rip but after for a while it weird out.
When the bus was stopping one of the teachers said some rules before going of the bus. One of the rules I remember was saying thank-you to the bus driver before getting off the bus. As we came out a lovely women offered us a cosy department in the inside of the gymnasium. When we entered the place, we could see the other class from St Therese School practicing there stuns but we had to move on. After a while another lady came and told us that it was our turn to come inside and finally it was the moment I’ve been waiting for. As the doors opened slowing, my eyes were glowing with excitement then we entered inside and it smelled like fresh air.
Then I explored like a genius hopping up and down. After my exploring time we had to get warmed up so that we can not have soar mussels or crams. Then when we were finished we played a wild game where every one went wild like animals in the jungle. After that tiring game we were put in groups of numbers. When we were put in groups we had activities to follow. Our first activity was trampoline, we were first on it and I was surprised as we started we had to jump on our knees, but it was a little bit tough for a 9 year old boy/girl but I handled it perfectly. After that we had a challenge of who can do the least jump from the beginning to the end, and the record was 6 made by John Tupouniua.
Then we moved on to the next activity. On the next activity we had to do cartwheels all the way to the end and back, we had to do it 5 times. When we were finished my arms were going to rip apart like a person pulling of someone arms. Next we were sent to go to the next activity which was called the foam pit. When I saw it, it looked easy but trust me you won’t want to try it, because it is another ripping experience but instead of ripping your arms it rips your legs it is so deep that you can drown to the bottom. Then after we went to the second to last activity which I call hanging dead, on this activity we had to hang on it the longest and close our eyes, it really is fun because you can swing the whole way through the session, while I was swinging a lady called out last activity which meant go to the last activity.
On the activity we had to do stuns on squared poles and the following instruction given by the lady who was running the activity and be ballerinas on it. After it we went back on the mat where we were doing our stretches and stared swinging the parachute. Then when we were done one of the students from St Therese stood up and said a very big thank-you to the leaders. Then we went back to school with the bus.
By Brian Valoia
When the bus was stopping one of the teachers said some rules before going of the bus. One of the rules I remember was saying thank-you to the bus driver before getting off the bus. As we came out a lovely women offered us a cosy department in the inside of the gymnasium. When we entered the place, we could see the other class from St Therese School practicing there stuns but we had to move on. After a while another lady came and told us that it was our turn to come inside and finally it was the moment I’ve been waiting for. As the doors opened slowing, my eyes were glowing with excitement then we entered inside and it smelled like fresh air.
Then I explored like a genius hopping up and down. After my exploring time we had to get warmed up so that we can not have soar mussels or crams. Then when we were finished we played a wild game where every one went wild like animals in the jungle. After that tiring game we were put in groups of numbers. When we were put in groups we had activities to follow. Our first activity was trampoline, we were first on it and I was surprised as we started we had to jump on our knees, but it was a little bit tough for a 9 year old boy/girl but I handled it perfectly. After that we had a challenge of who can do the least jump from the beginning to the end, and the record was 6 made by John Tupouniua.
Then we moved on to the next activity. On the next activity we had to do cartwheels all the way to the end and back, we had to do it 5 times. When we were finished my arms were going to rip apart like a person pulling of someone arms. Next we were sent to go to the next activity which was called the foam pit. When I saw it, it looked easy but trust me you won’t want to try it, because it is another ripping experience but instead of ripping your arms it rips your legs it is so deep that you can drown to the bottom. Then after we went to the second to last activity which I call hanging dead, on this activity we had to hang on it the longest and close our eyes, it really is fun because you can swing the whole way through the session, while I was swinging a lady called out last activity which meant go to the last activity.
On the activity we had to do stuns on squared poles and the following instruction given by the lady who was running the activity and be ballerinas on it. After it we went back on the mat where we were doing our stretches and stared swinging the parachute. Then when we were done one of the students from St Therese stood up and said a very big thank-you to the leaders. Then we went back to school with the bus.
By Brian Valoia
A Moari Understanding!!!
"Tahi Rua Toru Wha!"
Te Ao Kori is so much enthusiastic fun. It includes string games, hand games, stick games, knuckle bones, elastics and the poi. Room 5 and 6 girls do Te Ao Kori on a Monday and Friday afternoon, from 2 till 3pm. We started Te Ao Kori toward the end of term 2 and to the beginning of term 3 to the seventh week. When I first heard that we were doing fantastic Moari games, I was so excited, I couldn't stop thinking about how much fun I would have. I think that Te Ao Kori is a Moari understanding of how the Moari children played back in the past and now in the present.
The hand games we played were so fun. The games were Hipitoitoi, which was the easiest game, then Hei Tama Tu Tama, which was the is the easiest game, and lastly Whakaropiropi Ai, which is the hardest gmae to remember. Every single girl from rooms 5 and 6 that did the hand games had buckets and buckets full of fun. When everyone felt comfortable about battling against each other, the games had just began. The girls were racing for gold in the end not caring if one of their team mates won. This lesson proberly went on for 2 enjoyable days full of laughter. My friends and I were ready to compete. Our little fingers and thumbs were racing for gold, before they exploded with fireworks spelling “I WON!!!”
Now the stick games were a bit tricky. As we partnered up with a study buddy and we had to make up our own original rhythm to a Pacific Maori song. It was so much fun watching other people muck up their routine. Even though they are embarrassing themselves. As the laughter in the room made by rooms 5 and 6 girls uplifted through the roof. It exploded the top of the building. “WOW!!” this lesson was combined with other Maori games. I think the stick games went on for 3 amazing experiencing weeks alone. Another activity was the string games. The
string games were the trickiest. Why is it so hard to get a loop over knot? So confusing and frustrating. Any ways rooms 5 and 6 girls always mucked up, but they never gave up hope. We kept on trying until we made something. This fantastic lesson went on for about 2 cool weeks. These 3 games so far are so much fun. It brings out the inner talent in children’s hidden body.
All right now it’s the knucklebones. This is my personal favourite. I was just getting ready to face the champion Christina. I was felling more and more confident as I practised night and day. Everyone was filled with endless joy, as they played. Knucklebones were usually
played with medium sized rocks. Then as somebody invented hard sliver knucklebones most people don’t play with rocks. This lesson was also mixed in with other games. It went on for maybe 4 or more weeks other cool games.
Now the lucky last 2 games, are the elastics and the poi. These 2 games were outgoing and enthusiastic. The elastics were a bit hard, because we had to stretch. This game tests your flexibility and strength. Flexibility for how high we can kick our legs. Our strength
is to see if we are strong enough to jump real high. This lesson only went on for a day. I don’t know why this is relevant to Te Ao Kori but it was loads of fun. Now lastly, the poi. I didn’t do the poi but I knew it was going to be so much fun because of when people walked into
the room smiling and laughing. The poi was also mixed with other games, but it went on for only 3 weeks. I wish I could have had the chance to do the poi, because then I would be laughing and laughing my heart out.
These six games are all apart of Te Ao Kori. I wish the entire school
could do Te Ao Kori, so they can see how much fun it is. Next Term or year I would like to do Te Ao Kori again. I had so much fun this past term learning how Maori people use to play back then and now.
“Tahi, Rua, Toru, Wha!”
By: Dominique Koloamatangi
Te Ao Kori is so much enthusiastic fun. It includes string games, hand games, stick games, knuckle bones, elastics and the poi. Room 5 and 6 girls do Te Ao Kori on a Monday and Friday afternoon, from 2 till 3pm. We started Te Ao Kori toward the end of term 2 and to the beginning of term 3 to the seventh week. When I first heard that we were doing fantastic Moari games, I was so excited, I couldn't stop thinking about how much fun I would have. I think that Te Ao Kori is a Moari understanding of how the Moari children played back in the past and now in the present.
The hand games we played were so fun. The games were Hipitoitoi, which was the easiest game, then Hei Tama Tu Tama, which was the is the easiest game, and lastly Whakaropiropi Ai, which is the hardest gmae to remember. Every single girl from rooms 5 and 6 that did the hand games had buckets and buckets full of fun. When everyone felt comfortable about battling against each other, the games had just began. The girls were racing for gold in the end not caring if one of their team mates won. This lesson proberly went on for 2 enjoyable days full of laughter. My friends and I were ready to compete. Our little fingers and thumbs were racing for gold, before they exploded with fireworks spelling “I WON!!!”
Now the stick games were a bit tricky. As we partnered up with a study buddy and we had to make up our own original rhythm to a Pacific Maori song. It was so much fun watching other people muck up their routine. Even though they are embarrassing themselves. As the laughter in the room made by rooms 5 and 6 girls uplifted through the roof. It exploded the top of the building. “WOW!!” this lesson was combined with other Maori games. I think the stick games went on for 3 amazing experiencing weeks alone. Another activity was the string games. The
string games were the trickiest. Why is it so hard to get a loop over knot? So confusing and frustrating. Any ways rooms 5 and 6 girls always mucked up, but they never gave up hope. We kept on trying until we made something. This fantastic lesson went on for about 2 cool weeks. These 3 games so far are so much fun. It brings out the inner talent in children’s hidden body.
All right now it’s the knucklebones. This is my personal favourite. I was just getting ready to face the champion Christina. I was felling more and more confident as I practised night and day. Everyone was filled with endless joy, as they played. Knucklebones were usually
played with medium sized rocks. Then as somebody invented hard sliver knucklebones most people don’t play with rocks. This lesson was also mixed in with other games. It went on for maybe 4 or more weeks other cool games.
Now the lucky last 2 games, are the elastics and the poi. These 2 games were outgoing and enthusiastic. The elastics were a bit hard, because we had to stretch. This game tests your flexibility and strength. Flexibility for how high we can kick our legs. Our strength
is to see if we are strong enough to jump real high. This lesson only went on for a day. I don’t know why this is relevant to Te Ao Kori but it was loads of fun. Now lastly, the poi. I didn’t do the poi but I knew it was going to be so much fun because of when people walked into
the room smiling and laughing. The poi was also mixed with other games, but it went on for only 3 weeks. I wish I could have had the chance to do the poi, because then I would be laughing and laughing my heart out.
These six games are all apart of Te Ao Kori. I wish the entire school
could do Te Ao Kori, so they can see how much fun it is. Next Term or year I would like to do Te Ao Kori again. I had so much fun this past term learning how Maori people use to play back then and now.
“Tahi, Rua, Toru, Wha!”
By: Dominique Koloamatangi
Rainforest Express
Freezing! Woweez!! The Intermediate department blasted off to the Rainforest Express, by bus. Because the weather was unbelievably freezing, we were able to bring with us warm and cosy clothes. As we left to catch the massive bus, I felt the coldness all ready. It was like the breeze touching my cheek with sprinkles of dust. While everyone hopped into the bus, the volume increased more as we were chattering about how extreme the Rainforest Express would be.
As we arrived at the Waitakere Rangers, I was smiling with joy because of how beautiful the veiw was. I had never seen such an astonishing veiw that (Auckland) New Zealand had.
Swishhhhhhh... Soon, the door of the bus had soon shut, as we jumped out of it. When we reached the ground, it was as mucky as coloured paint. Finally, we gathered together in the reception, where we met Kathy and Andy, who were the two train drivers, and our tour guides. Kathy told us many facts about the dams, the (Rainforest Express) train, the tunnels, and especially the water supplies.
Chugger... Chugger... ChooChoo...
Suddenly the train had budged. As we went into the magnificent tunnels, we were amazed by the fascinating wetas, but we weren't amazed by the frightning spiders, because of how large they were. Going into the tunnels was just like going into my own nightmare.
Wow...
As we chugged along the bridge, we stopped to see the prettiest veiw, and it was a few metres down from where we were. We also had to stop to take photos of us in the train and of the beautiful veiw.
Suddenly, we lurched again. We had then reached another tunnel where we were able to spot a lot of bright glow worms.
Soon, we had reached the eating area, but it wasn’t time to eat yet. We were there to have a look at the massive dam. It was a very long way to get to the dam, but that was okay for us to do some excising. As we were at the dam, we could see the water, a lot of houses, and how high we were compared to how low it was on the ground.
Finally, we met together at the eating area, where we had to eat, obviously.
Then it was time to go back to school. We had to reverse back to the same place that we were, a few hours ago, which was the reception, of course.
Yeah!!
As we all came back to School, we all told everyone how cool that the Waitakere Rangers was, and that it was a great opportunity for us to be there. I loved that trip. One day I’ll be their, with my family or with my friends.
This work was completed by:
Theresa Filipo
As we arrived at the Waitakere Rangers, I was smiling with joy because of how beautiful the veiw was. I had never seen such an astonishing veiw that (Auckland) New Zealand had.
Swishhhhhhh... Soon, the door of the bus had soon shut, as we jumped out of it. When we reached the ground, it was as mucky as coloured paint. Finally, we gathered together in the reception, where we met Kathy and Andy, who were the two train drivers, and our tour guides. Kathy told us many facts about the dams, the (Rainforest Express) train, the tunnels, and especially the water supplies.
Chugger... Chugger... ChooChoo...
Suddenly the train had budged. As we went into the magnificent tunnels, we were amazed by the fascinating wetas, but we weren't amazed by the frightning spiders, because of how large they were. Going into the tunnels was just like going into my own nightmare.
Wow...
As we chugged along the bridge, we stopped to see the prettiest veiw, and it was a few metres down from where we were. We also had to stop to take photos of us in the train and of the beautiful veiw.
Suddenly, we lurched again. We had then reached another tunnel where we were able to spot a lot of bright glow worms.
Soon, we had reached the eating area, but it wasn’t time to eat yet. We were there to have a look at the massive dam. It was a very long way to get to the dam, but that was okay for us to do some excising. As we were at the dam, we could see the water, a lot of houses, and how high we were compared to how low it was on the ground.
Finally, we met together at the eating area, where we had to eat, obviously.
Then it was time to go back to school. We had to reverse back to the same place that we were, a few hours ago, which was the reception, of course.
Yeah!!
As we all came back to School, we all told everyone how cool that the Waitakere Rangers was, and that it was a great opportunity for us to be there. I loved that trip. One day I’ll be their, with my family or with my friends.
This work was completed by:
Theresa Filipo
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