Words of wisdom

1. Success is a journey not a destination - I like this one because I believe that it is true and a great thing to learn.

2. Life is not fair get used to it - Because life is not fair and so many people think they can do anything.

3. Life is whats coming-not what was - Because I think you should look forward to your future and not worry about the past.

4. Today is a gift thats why it is called the present - Because I think you should take every day as it comes and not worry about tomorrow or yesterday.

Favourite pages

For DARE we got to decorate our books as much as posible and we would get prizes this as my favourite page and I did get a prize for it.

DARE movies and photos

This is Julie smoking through a plastic bottle to show us what it does to your lungs.

Julie taught us a fun dance which the year 7 and 8s then did a flash mob in assembly.

We had so much fun at H2O for our fun day.

H2O was a great way to finish the dare course.

Dare summary

The Dare programe with Julie has been AMAZING I have learnt so much. The daily visits were lots of fun and now i know what illegal drugs are, why i shouldn't use them, how to say no to them and what will happen if the police find me with some. I loved the word of wisdom that goes 'Success is a journey bot a destination.' I cant wait to see Jullie again!!

BY MONICA

D.A.R.E

Dare on thursday

Dare to make a choice has been a great learning experiment so far Julie is so much fun and she has great techniques to make you listen and really take it in.Yesterday we had lots of fun playing games and doing work sheets. The game was called minesweeper where we had to work together to get to the other side shown in the photo above. Then we did the worksheet, where we had been put into six groups and there were six work sheets where you have to be a judge that decides what the consequence will be and the police which say what the penalty is. we swapped the six sheets around and answered each question if you won you got lollie pops and the team that comes second gets a fruit burst. We are very excited to learn more and see Julie again.

by Monica and Ella

Point Drawing

This is my drawing it was very hard to do it is suppost to faid into the background to look like it goes on forever the house was very hard.

DARE

Dare to make a choice has been a great learning experiment so far Julie is so much fun and she has great techniques to make you listen and really take it in. I never thought that chocolate was a drug. Learning about drugs and alcohol for intermediate students would usually be quite a funny thing but we realise now that it is a very serious matter. I am very excited to learn more and see Julie again.

Production Reflection

Romeo Montague Asttle

Olympic Values Homework

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Me and Celine's final knowledge of the olympics

My Calendar Art!

Romeo and Juliet

My Love Letter!

My Love Letter Video!

Mini Olympics Obstacle Course

                       Obstacle Course 

Equipment:

1. 24 different colored bibs ( 12 blue & 12 red )
2. Big kids playground
3. Timer 

Rules:

. No pushing anyone off the playground 

. Big kids must be with a little kid when they are doing the course so big kids can help the little guys

Steps:

1. Years 1-4 pick a older buddy from years 5-8
2. Get into lines in your teams ( stand next to your buddy )
3. Climb up the small ladder connecting to the blue rings on the far right side of the playground then go through them.
4. Run across the fort with your buddy to bridge connecting to the newer playground.
5. Climb down the wooden wall with the rope in the middle.
6. Swing across the flying fox ( Little buddy hold onto the flying fox and big buddy walk along the ground next to them, make sure they do not fall off! )
7. Then jump off the platform and run to the concrete tunnel.
8. Once you have reached the concrete tunnel go through it.
9. Run back to the line and tag the next pair. 

Aim:

The aim of the obstacle course is for everyone in your team to complete it in the least amount of time. 

Special Seconds:

If you see good team work or behavior you can take seconds off their time. 

By Ella L, Monica, Kobe and Olivia

Romeo Montague

I fell in love within a few seconds from the moment I saw him. His  dreamy eyes were fixed on mine. Nothing else mattered at that moment to  me but him. I guess you could call this love at first sight. Since then, he has been the love of my life, the love that I call Romeo.

When the light shines from the sky, you can see how attractive Romeo really is.  The way his smile lights up the sun looks like millions of candles traveling through the air and his teeth are as white as the clouds they make me fall into a day dream. At the top of his head, you can see how his long brown locks fall to his ears.

My love for Romeo is far greater than our family’s hatred for one-another. Since Romeo is from the Montague family, he’s forbidden to co-operate with me or anyone else from my family. The hatred that my family has towards the Montagues is equivalent to what they think of us Capulets. 

Romeo has that type of personality that any girl would want to die for. He’s a true gentleman who would never want to hurt a single fly. If he ever wanted to hurt someone, it’d only be for a certain reason that is very close to his heart. Romeo doesn’t believe in anything that’s involved with violence because he’s a peacekeeper that puts love before his hatred. 

In spite of our family’s rule, Romeo was love sick and couldn’t let me go. He made sure that nothing was going to stop him from getting engaged with me. This is what I call a romantic risk taker.

Sadly, He was mislead by my heart and could never live without me. So when I stupidly took a poison to fall to sleep for two days. Romeo fell to sleep with me but when he fell he fell forever. I woke up to find his beautiful head upon my lap this was the end of Romeo Montagues life.

Journey to Teamwork Island

                    Journey to Teamwork Island!

Equipment list:

16 Mats

24 Hoops

The hall

2 Timer

Rules

If you touch the ground out of the hoops you have to go back to start.

Hoops can’t be touching.

Two teams compete at a time.

Steps

1. Each team get’s on the 8 mats at the front of the hall near the stage.

2. There should be 6 hoops at the back of each teams mats.

1. Each team passes forward one hoop at a time.
2. The person at the front of the line places down each hoop, then once the first person has jumped into the second hoop the second person will jump into the first hoop, each player then carries on and jump’s into each hoop until you have reached the island.
3. Everyone needs to be in a hoop except for one person who passes all the mats forward then everyone steps over onto the island of mats.
4. Everyone needs to be on the mats in a circle holding hands then the time will stop.

Special Seconds

Teamwork (if the teachers see really good teamwork they can take of seconds from there time)

The team that gets to the island first will get 10 seconds off there time.

By Ella, Monica, Olivia and Kobe

Take Action For Air

Carbon Cycle

Introduction

Have you ever wondered what you’re breathing in and out every day? Well, you breathe in Oxygen and then you release or breathe out Carbon Dioxide. This is a part of the Carbon Cycle. The Carbon Cycle is a natural cycle that never stops. The Carbon is a key element to all living things such as plants, humans and animals.

Decompose

When a living thing dies it breaks down into smaller matter, this is called decomposing. When a fish or plant dies it releases all the carbon it has stored into the atmosphere or the water where it is then dissolved.

Compaction 

Compaction is when something forms or compacts together etc. When plants and trees die they often go into the soil. After a very long time it will compact. (When dead plants don’t accumulate fast enough it compacts).

Photosynthesis

Plants take in Carbon Dioxide that humans and animals produce, then the sunlight helps the plant turn the Carbon into Oxygen after that the plant releases the Oxygen into the atmosphere this process is Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is making the air nice and clean for us.

Respiration

Respiration is the simple process of breathing. All living aspects breathe, in some sort of way for example we (humans and animals) breathe in oxygen and breathe out Carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Another example is ocean animals breathe out, the carbon dioxide they have just released will dissolve into the ocean.

Humans Impact.

Humans are destroying the Carbon Cycle by burnning fossil fuels, cutting down trees (deforestation), traffic etc. We are raising the possibility of global warming. It has to stop!

Conclusion

In conclusion the Carbon Cycle is a crucial part of our everyday lives but humans are ruining it, we are destroying our own planet. Do you see how bad its getting? Do you want to help? For a start you could car pool or even better catch the bus and tell everyone you Know to do the same. So theres not as much traffic and there are many more ways to help out, please give it a try!

Handwriting Term 2

Buddie time

Self Report

Technicraft Reflection

Cross Country reflection

Maths Graph

What is the Water Cycle?

Have you ever wondered about how the rain falls? Well if you have, heres everything you need to know about the water cycle. The water cycle goes round and round every day of your life, so it never stops. If we did not have the water cycle, we would not exist along with animals and insects. 

Firstly, the water from an ocean, lake, river or plant evaporates up into the air, which then the clouds are formed  this is called condensation. After that the rain is stored in the cloud, this is precipitation. When the cloud snows or rains on top of a mountain, the snow melts and becomes water and travels down the mountain through streams and flows into a lake, then the ground water seeps from under the ground and back into the sea. Then the process starts again.

Evaporation is an essential part of the water cycle. This is important because  this is the first part of the cycle and if we didn’t have it the water would never make it to the sky to form a cloud which means there would be no rain.The sun extracts water from oceans, lakes and moisture in the ground and evaporates into a cloud.

Condensation is the formation of liquid drops of water from water vapour. It is the process which creates clouds, and so is necessary for rain and snow formation as well.

 Precipitation  is very important because it plays a very big part in the water cycle, if we didn’t have it we would not have rain. Precipitation is when rain, snow, sleet (any form of water) falls from clouds in the sky. 

Collection is when the rain falls from the clouds and the mountain collects it into the streams and then the water flows down to the river or sea. 

To conclude, the water cycle is a non stop cycle  that is very important to us, animals, insects and the environment. If we didn’t have it we would not be able to survive.The main parts are Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection.

By Caela Davy & Monica Sullivan

science hypothesis and procedure

Ingredients-


2 tblspns warm water
1/2 tspn sugar
1/4 tspn dried yeast granules
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1 cup sugar
juice of 2 lemons
rind of 2 lemons
1 tspn to 1 tblspn dried ginger




Equipment-


Sharp knife and chopping board
Lemon zester or grater
Lemon squeezer
Rolling pin
Large spoon
Kettle for boiling water
Thermometer
Large bowl or jug
Clean tea towel to cover bowl
Sieve and
Plastic (PET) bottle and cap. Do not use glass bottles!




Steps-


Step 1-First measure the sugar in warm water to dissolve, add yeast and stir. Place in warm place to start working.


Step 2-Finely grate or slice rind from 2 lemons and place in a heatproof container with the 1 cup of sugar and the dried ginger.


Step 3- Pour over 1 cup of boiling water and leave to steep for 10 minutes. Strain into 1.5 L plastic bottle in which the ginger beer will be made. Top up bottle with cool water to near top so that final temp is 2

approx.


Step 4- Add yeast to bottle as soon as it shows signs of working, ie. it foams. Cap bottle tightly. Mix thoroughly and put in a warm place. Leave until bottle becomes undentable. Depending on the yeast this can take anything from 12 hours to 3 days, but best to check regularly, as I guess there is a risk of explosion with this! Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled and OPEN WITH GREAT CARE!
Hypothesis-


The more sugar you add, the more bubbles will be generated which will make the liquid appear more cloudy and may produce some alcohol .
If you add brown sugar instead of white sugar it might lead to more bubbles, a different colour and more cloudy.




By Monica Sullivan.

Greek Comedy and Tragedy Masks!

Learning Goals Term 2

LITERACY- improve my proof reading by editing my work and using a dictionary while reading my work out loud.


MATHS- get 100 in my basic facts test by practising on mathletics and on sample tests.


GENERAL-get in the top 5 for cross country. I will practise in my own time 4 days a week.

Parihaka Poem

Pain lingered through the devastated village,
The smell of agonising death,
The sound of excruciating terror,
As innocent men fall to their knees,
I smell the smoke burning our delicious crops,
My parents have been imprisoned,
I am all alone in this deep dark world.

Flynn Te Ata Giles

Flynn Te Ata Giles was born on the 27th of August 1999. He has three sisters called Lily, Ella and a half sister called Juliet. His parents are called Philothea and Simon. Flynn was born in the Marsterton Hospital but has lived in Eastbourne all his life at 16 Kauri street.

Flynn went to Days Bay Play Centre and really enjoyed it even though he broke his left arm jumping of the play ground fort, as you do when your three years old.Also that year Flynn’s dad went to Shrilanka. Then when Flynn was four he broke his right arm jumping on his mothers bed. Flynn’s parents sadly split up later that year, This changed his life forever because he will never be able to see them together again.

Flynn attends Muritai School and has all of his primary school life. While he has been at Muritai School he has discovered many talents such as: rugby, hunting and fishing. When Flynn is at school his favourite subject is Physical Education. Flynn has a lot of great qualities like: taking risks and being very funny. You never know what will happen next.

When Flynn grows up he wants to make lots of money and live in a huge mansion in the Beverly Hills and  be a director just like Steven Spielberg. Flynn’s favourite  movie is Jurassic Park(which is directed by Steven Spielberg).

by Monica Sullivan.

My Te Whiti :)

Te Whiti images

Te Whiti Biography

Te Whiti-O-Rongomai was born in 1830 at Ngamotu, Taranaki. Te Whiti was in the turmoil of the Musket wars .Te Whiti was educated at Reminschinders missionary school in Warea. His best subject was bible studies. His farther ( Tohukakahi ) was a minor chief.Te Whiti set up a flour mill once he left school in Warea. He lived peacefully on the coast of Parihaka untill he was 35.Te Whiti was a spiritual teacher.

by 1870 Parihaka had the biggest population in all of New Zealand. The Europeans burnt down Te Whiti’s village leaving nothing left no crops, no animals, nothing.Then in 1881 Europeans began taking maori land and brutally hurt the men and raped the women  unfairly. Te Whiti ran meetings on the 18th of each month about the progress of the Parihaka movement. Te Whiti wanted to stop the meetings because he believed in peace and none violence but because he wanted to stop he was assaulted and put in jail, which is very mean and unfair.

A few days before Te Whiti got released from jail his wife died. Te Whiti was not allowed to go back to his land or attend his wife’s funeral to say good bye.The families of the other men in jail often died because of the poor conditions they were living in while trying to save there loved ones.Te Whitis time in prison was not all too bad as he learnt how to use European technology.Te Whiti kept protesting in peace but for this he was imprisoned again for six months.

Sadly Te Whiti died from old ageon the 18th of November in 1907.Te Whiti will never be forgotten and his change to Parihaka will live on forever.

Te Whiti is very insertional because he did not believe in violence and stood up for his village untill his death.He has changed 100’s of peoples lives for the better.

by, Monica Sullivan

learning goals

literacy- my goal for literacy is to get better at proof reading by editing twice and using a dictionary.

maths- I want to get better at my basic facts.

general- To take my leader ship role very seriously and remember where i should be and when.

Niall Horan images

Monicas artwork!

This is my art work on a piece by Cecilia Russel, doing this art work was very fun but also very hard and it used up lots of time in class, it was challenging but I am happy with the finished art next time i would like to add more colour!!:)

Niall Horan Biography

Niall James Horan was born in Mullingar, Dublin, Ireland on 13th September 1993. Mullingar is a small town with a population of 35,000 people. Niall has a mother called Maura and a Father called Bobby. He also has a brother called Greg (24). Niall went to St Mary’s Boys Secondary School.


Niall’s parents split up when he was 5 years old, he lived with his mother for 2 years then swapped between them for a few years but finally he ended up living with his father because it was more convenient for school. Niall was 12 when he started playing the guitar and is still playing now at the age of 18. Niall was studying to become a sound engineer but instead he auditioned for X Factor England in 2010. He got through to boot camp he then got out and was called back by the judges to be asked if he wanted to be in a group which is now known as One Direction. One Direction is a 5 person boy band that went on to come 3rd in X Factor.


Niall is a friendly, funny person. He was also the most devastated when they did not win the X Factor. One Direction won the best British single award at the 2012 British awards for their hit single What Makes You Beautiful. One Direction are touring the world, they are coming to Wellington on April 22 this year. They have become so popular that the tickets to their concert in the Saint James Theater sold out in 10 seconds flat.


We think that Niall James Horan is a very inspiring person because as you can see he followed his dreams although he was just a normal boy and now is a teen sensation.

By Ella and Monica

All about me

Letter to the Board

Room 22
Muritai Road
Eastbourne

Dear Board of Trustees and Mr Bird,
I am writing to you to request new desks for room 22 as our current desks are unsuitable.

Firstly, Room 22 have tote trays and every time we need any equiptment we are forced to congest, this distracts any pupils who are learning.I am sure you will agree that this is unaccepeptable.When children are working they require a quiet environment which does not happen when you have to stand up and walk to your desk constantanly.

Secondly, these desks are graffitied,unstable and creaky. These also have big chunks taken out of them.This does not for perants who are coming in and seeing what there children are working on.Our desks are a disgrace.

Thirdly, We have four types of desks in our class, all diffrent heights and diffrent colours.This should not happen as it is unfair to the  21 pupils in our lass when four pupils have tote trays below their desks.

In conclusion room 22 needs new desks so please make it happen for us.

Yours sincerely,

Monica Sullivan