Rugby World Cup

In my class we have been learning the Rugby world cup. We had to rather make a quiz or make a google drawing. I made a google drawing with facts. I added photos of the all blacks with facts.
I hope you like it!

Napier Road Trip

"VVVRRRMMM!!..." went the roaring car as we entered Napier. We stopped at a large sideways 'C'.
"10 stories!" Dad told me as we entered the big front doors, "What level are we!?" I asked, "9..." Dad answered. Next to the building was a massive pool "Is that a pool!!?" "Nope!" I looked closely at the 'Thing'. It was a long deep square with water in it. We walked inside, Dad asked the lady what room we were in. I looked at my watch 10:00 at night it said. We grabbed our bags and walked to the entrance, Once again. I looked at the sign 'Scenic Hotel Napier' The blue tall sign said. We went up the elevator "Vmmm..." "Ding, Ting, Ping, Ding, Ting, Ping!" went the elevator door as it changed floors. We walked down the hall at level '9'. I looked at the window ledges "Red, orange, yellow, green, blue..." I said as I realise "It's a rainbow!" I said as we entered our room "243" a sign said glued to our door.

"Clink, Clink!" went the key to the door. We walked inside, "WAAOOHH!" we all yelled. "LUXURY BABY!" I screamed. Inside, One wooden brown cupboard, to the left a bathroom and an inch up - ahead two queen side tables, in front of them a TV, to the right a small kitchen. Next to the TV was a balcony overlooking half the city, the park and the ocean. In the morning everyone got changed. We opened up my curtains to see the sun rising! We waited for my brother to wake up and drove to the 'Aquarium of Napier' Once we got inside a man gave us  a map! The map had where everything was.

We walked towards the 'Walking Tank' It said on the glass that the fish were in, That freaked me out! "AAAHHHHH!!" I screamed as I saw a massive shark, I looked around "What's your favourite?" I asked my Mum, Dad and brother. "I like that massive shark." my dad said. "I like that tiny orange fish!" Mum answered. "Look, it's staring at me!" "My favourite is that stingray!" I said. Next, we went to the science room. "This is the smallest octopus in the world!" my dad told me. "SMALLEST!? It looks like the biggest!!" I said. We move on...
Next we went to another room, I saw an orange creepy fish. It was wrinkly and was staring at the bubbles at the top of his tank.We went to the gift shop, I got a gray shark teddy, then we went home to sweet home Gizzy!

My Speech

This week we presented our speeches.

I felt nervous, my arms were shaking and my teeth were chattering.

But at the end, I felt relieved! I was so happy I'm done.

We included our pepeha.

We had to use a clear voice, stand still, speak loudly, go at our own pace, look up at the crowd, use expression and be confident.

Our speeches needed to include a rhetorical question and be persuasive.

My speech was on Lions escaping the Rotorua lakefront circus 33 years ago.

Tihei Mauri ora! 

Ko Pepeha Ki ahau 

Ko Titirangi Te maunga

Ko Taruheru Te awa 

Ko Horouta Te waka 

Ko St Marys star of the sea Te marae 

No Tamaki ahau  

Ko Hato Maria toku kura 

Ko Jayda ahau

No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

Have you ever been to a circus? Well 33 years ago in the Rotorua lakefront lions escaped the Rotorua circus. Four big cats ran heroically all over town after they escaped there cage in a circus called the Whirling Brothers circus. 

The owner and his wife had a black poodle called Lucy. Well the owner was doing his tricks in the big tent the wife let Lucy out of the caravan to go to the toilet, but the caravan is right next to the lions cages and Lucy got attracted by the lions meat and when over. 

The lion sniffed Lucy from behind the bars, picked her up with its paw and was now in the lion's cage. Lucy tried to sniff the meat, but sadly the lion swiped her with its paw and killed Lucy. 

The lions were shaking the cage and wobbling the cage. There were at least 500 people in the tent when it happened. Once the lions got out of their cage, the wife of the circus called the police amendly. 

The first Policeman that came in his car, had to many things going on in front of him and went straight into a tree. The second police officer that came, he came on his motorbike, and he feel of his motorbike. 

The Elfa lion got under the hospital, so the police and the owners built a cage. The police said “I'm not getting under there!” and the owner said “well I can't! I gotta close the cage!” so the wife stepped forward and said, “Well I’ll do it then!” she grabbed a broom and shooshed the lion out of under the hospital. They put all the lions back in one big cage, and that was the end of that show!

10 Doors

Today I had a reliever in for our class. She told us how to play a fun game called '10 Doors'. In 10 doors you choose a door and it will lead you to something that the 10 doors theme is. Your door can be good or bad. There will be 1 door that's good and 9 doors that are bad. My class had tried making their own. I did 10 doors to sudden DEATH. I hope you make it out!

Climate Change

This week me and my class have been learning about climate change. We had to write what climate change was, what the difference between climate change and global warming is and how it is affecting the Amazon forest. Enjoy!

My Writing

How can we stop climate change?

Do you know what climate change is?

Some people think that climate change and global warming are the same, but they're wrong.

Global warming is the world getting hotter. Climate change is changes to our climate like the glaciers melting making the sea levels rise. The sea temperature is warmer.

Fossil fuels and carbon dioxide are releasing too much hot air, but it can’t be reused like other things can.

Did you know that the Amazon forest is 20% of the earth's oxygen? The Amazon Forest is home to thousands of animals. Many people are cutting down trees to make wood for their fireplaces, palm oil and clearing the way to make bigger farm lands, roads, mines and dams. But there are tribes people living in the Amazon forest.

Believe it or not but when cows fart it is really bad for the earth's atmosphere. This might sound funny but when a cow farts it adds up! Methane gas builds up in there digestive system and releases a fart! When you think there are almost 1.5 billion cows farting all that gas, it sure is a real problem.

Most people might think, ‘Oh well, it's not hurting the wildlife.’ They are wrong. Certain species of animals are suffering more than others. Polar animals are at risk of dying. Since the glaciers are melting the polar bears have less sea ice to hunt for their prey.

Certain seal species like ringed seals make caves in the snow and ice to raise their pups, feed and mate.

Climate change also affects people. There are more storms and hotter weather for us to cope with.

I think climate change is bad because most animals are dying because their habitats are being destroyed. We need to stop climate change.

Sploosh Poster

Today I was learning how to make a poster using google drawings or google slides, to do this we needed to add the price, persuasive language to entice customers, eye catching images, were this item can be purchased and a celebrity endorsement (someone who is famous and you add them onto something) and a catchy slogan. (something that  people always say, such as a saying 'just do it')

I enjoyed making all the colours pop out and adding pictures and thinking of a catchy slogan.

I found it challenging to explain what my drink did and what it was.

Next time I would add more to my writing and make it make more sense.