Thursday Wellington

As we entered the police museum there was photos all over the place. Our educator told us about the photos. She said these are photos of people who went to jail in the olden days, It was mainly because of gold mining in those day and people tried to steal food and gold. If they were in big prisons they have to put their hand up to show that they have nothing in their hand but if you were in small prisons that can have fancy photos.

Then we went to do some activities we learned that the print on the tip of your finger has names like whorl, loop, arch, double loop whorl and it gets more and more complicated. For this activity we pressed down our fingers all over a glass plate and then we used this metal piece brush showed our fingerprints. After that we put a really strong see through sticky over it and now our fingerprint was on it. Then we rolled all ten of our fingers in a ink pad put them on a piece of paper that was it for that activity then we went around the museum doing other activities. What I learned at the police museum was that even with tiny bit of your fingerprint they can find out the rest of the print.        

Day Two Wellington

A shiver went up my spine as I stood at front of my station. To my left really good bowlers played their game. We had to wear special shoes when we were bowling. The shoes that we wore was really slippery when we stood on the wood. The games was really fun and exciting. I learned that you have to concentrate, the ball has to hit the middle pin and the ball has to go really fast. The balls were different sizes and everyone faught for size six.

While we waited for our turn. We joked around and had fun. I won one game and I lost the other. When we finished our time I still wanted to play but we couldn't because we had to buy more games. This activity was worth spending time at.

Day One Wellington

24/11/14

We got out of the bus after the 5 hour trip. When I got out of the bus, next thing I knew was I was just in front tall building named Te Papa. As we rushed in through the door in front of us on there was a big, yellow dinosaur footprint on the stairs. When everyone saw the footprint they stopped and waited for the teacher to come. As everyone looked at the entrance they saw a big dinosaur we all knew what it was it was a tyrannosaurs. The teacher took us upstairs to look at the display there. There were many touch-screen devices all around the place. There was many other things that was at Te Papa for example The Earthquake house and many more. I learned a lot on Monday about the tyrannosaurs.        

Story With Michael

When we went to the beach, we had fun drawing in the sand. After we finished it looked real so we acted as it was real as well. I had four friends and they each did different things like water skiing, sailing, fishing and many more. The soft golden sand looked chocolate coins. The water glistened in the sun. The tides came in and went out. The worf looked like big kit kat blocks. The flag looked a arrow flying in the wind.  

Polar Bear Free Writing

I the lonely one just stand there waving hello to everyone that passes. But they seem to be too busy to notice me. All alone I just stand there all day and no one pays attention to me. The ice is  sharp as knives and I can feel the cold ice under my paw. Each day I grow and I get used to the environment. All you can see is long sheets of ice that covers the deep blue ocean. Tiny holes here and there just big enough for me to go through to have a dip. Then I started my journey as a polar bear to become strong, to find a partner and make a family of my own. So that one day there will be polar bears with a better family that mine.   

 

Leadership Conference

At the leadership conference we listened to four speakers. What I learned at the leadership conference is that never give up and keep trying until you achieve your goal. The speaker that inspired me most was Paora Winitana. He said being a part of a family is important and that you get the most support from them in everything that is sensible. If you work together in a group you can get your work done faster but if you do it all by yourself it is going to take longer. This is not only useful with work but with almost everything you do.   

Michael's Story

In class We've being doing buddy writing and this is a story made by Michael and hes seven yrs old and here is his story below.







The playground is coloured light blue like the sky.  Its body was like a car driving down the road. The roof of the playground looks like a shed to me. The slide looks like a horseshoe as I go down it. The other slide is like a water slide. When I drink the water I am drinking nice, cold, healthy water.