the new space

A few days after we first moved into the new space we were ask to do a thinking hats piece of work. From this work I think I finally started to realize how much work the teachers and Mrs Peterson put into the building of this new space for us to learn in. In the opening ceremony the Kapa Haka group preformed a song and than Micheal Wood cut the ribbon and parents went in then came the juniors then the middle school then the kids that would be learning in the area, which were the senior school.

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here are some photos of the inside and the out side 

the opening ceremony 

Mrs Peterson and Michael Wood with the new sign  

Michel Wood 

Kapa Haka group

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Caesar the ANZAC dog

This term we read a book as a class called Caesar the ANZAC Dog about an ANZAC dog called Caesar that saved hundreds of lives and was killed in action by being shot in the chest with the hands of the solider he had been saving still around his neck.

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the tooth

Last term we read a book in class called The Tooth by Des Hunt about a boy who has a fight with the school bully who follows him to the place where he will later find dinosaur bones. The book goes deep into the personal life of the boy, whose name is Timothy Thomas and his best friend, whose name is Mits. We then made a slide show about the book. I really liked the book because it didn't have long words that I couldn't understand. 

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My fatu feu'u inspired painting

This term and last term we were working on our Fatu feu'u art and it is now in the hall.
We also made a template on it. Feel free to visit it by clicking on the link but please do not make any changes to the writing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HWLYbVpTD4HY9P-Et3h1yWBbP4YDhAZLxVJ7oBYzC9k

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my trench diary

We were ask to do a trench diary in remembrance of ANZAC day ( Aussie New Zealand Army Corps) about what we thought a day in the life of a soldier would be like. This is what I made.

WALT describe using our senses

	I can see rats, lots of them, some as big as cats and all feeding on old Sam's body with our mascot, a cat called Tobie trying and failing to fight them of his master’s body. It’s a sickening sight and Sam's brother just threw up but he can’t help it and I think i’m about to follow in both of their footsteps.
	I can hear bombs and bullets which makes me feel sick because I know I will die soon. I Can also hear Sam's brother being sick which is not very nice at all. Through the rest of the choir I can hear old and faithful Tobie fighting off the rats.
	I have the taste of blood in my mouth and I don't know if it’s mine. I can also taste rust and a lot of bad food that, if I was at home I would never have eaten.
	I  can smell gunpowder in the air and a little bit of mustard gas which I know will kill me soon. I can also smell rats and the rotten food they feed us in Sam's brothers puke.
	I can feel death. It’s under my fingernails and creeping towards my heart were it will end me.
	I feel sick and in pain and as though I will die soon which I know I will.
	I feel like I will die soon and am denying it because I want to go home and see my children grow.

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by Saskia 

ANZAC Day

We were asked to do a piece of writing on what we did on ANZAC day and this is what I wrote.


On ANZAC Day (25th of April) I went to my cousin's house (his name is Kasiam, I think that’s how it should be spelt) in Hillsborough. We built an advanced hut including an unused toilet (we aren't that gross, even if we did dig a hole and put a tyre on top), three beds that we could lie on (made out of two tyres with a boogie board on top, but they did work and are comfortable), a roof that could hold off the rain for up to a hour (it was made out of boogie boards on sticks), a nearly flat floor that didn't drive holes into your feet, (the reason we didn’t wear shoes was that we wanted to make the jungle idea stay alive, and wearing shoes would demolish it) and sticks that wouldn’t break in the face of danger!

It took five hours to build and by the end we were exhausted and out of breath, but still ready to go if the time called for it ( which it didn’t, but could have easily). We didn’t really do it for any reason apart from boredom, but in the end we were proud of what we had managed to make in the space of five long hours.           By Saskia

as you may have noticed i did not go to a service on ANZAC day

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Cyber smart-who's looking?

In cybersmart we have been learning about digital foot prints and how to get rid of them. Also we have been learning about who would look at our work. This post is to show what we have learnt so far.
      

I know a lot of people that could come on to this blog but these came to my mind first 

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