Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Beach Cleanup

Today, the Tuakana syndicate together with Sustainable Coastlines went to clean up part of the foreshore at Evans Bay.
Before we went, Room 7 had to think about what kind of rubbish we thought we would find on the beach. When we returned we compared our list to what we actually found, and cleared away.



What we thought we would find
What we also found


Plastic
Tennis balls
Clothing
Foam
Bottles
Rope
Fishing lines/hooks/nets
Wire
Paper/cardboard
Hose
Wood
Wool
Plastic bags
Tiles
Polystyrene
Rubber
Food packaging/wrappers
Charcoal
Fruit peel
Tar
Tin cans
Pottery
Glass
Fabric
Metal
Pipe
Cigarette butts

Pollution in the water/oil on the water



We found everything on our list except fish hooks, tin cans and cardboard. We found a lot of other things too.















 It was fun picking up rubbish and we were amazed at some of the things we found.

So that we could all see what we cleaned out we took three of the sacks of rubbish back to class. Altogether the syndicate would have collected about 8 times the amount of rubbish shown in the pictures below. See if you can spot the items from our lists.













Wednesday, 15 October 2014

The best day of the holidays.

This week we had to write about the day we thought was the best day of our holidays. We needed to explain why it was the best.

The Botanical Gardens


Last week on Friday, my family and my little cousin went to The Botanical Gardens and we went on a sunny day.

We went up a hill to The Lady Norwood Rose Garden. When we got up there, there were beautiful flowers. We walked on the pathway leading us to a very big fountain where ducks were swimming.

We walked around looking at the flowers and played a little bit. After a while ago, we went into the green house and we took many pictures, until we ran out of room.

We went outside and walked up hills and down hills. We went down to the garden that was down hills and while we were nearly down the hill, I saw a bunch of flowers shaped as the North Island of New Zealand.

After that, it was time to go home and I got a map of The Botanical Gardens and also facts.

I really liked going to The Botanical Gardens because it was the best day to go on and I really enjoyed the fun.

Jasmine


MOTHER-DAUGHTER DAY<3

The best day of my holiday was Saturday the 11th.  Saturday was MOTHER DAUGHTER DAY
When me and my mum go shopping
And have fun and enjoy our day.

It was a nice sunny day on Saturday so we went into town, down Cuba St. where we went shopping for
Clothes, accessories and shoes.

It was fun watching a movie with my mum at the
Reading Cinemas when a lot of people were there.

In the middle of the day I went on a small peddal boat -
For 30 minutes and it was AWESOME!

That was the best day of my holiday and it was AWESOME and JOYFUL!<3

Ngawharau



Softball Practice

Hi today I’m going to tell you about why softball practice was the best day of my holidays.

The best day of my holiday was softball practice. It was good that it was sunny because it is harder to play when it is windy because if it is windy when the coach throws high ones it will go in a different direction.

It was a good thing to see two of my friends from school because then I would know a couple people there. It also would make it easier because I would be able to ask people I know instead of people I didn’t know for help.

It was nice to practice softball because I’ve wanted to play baseball since I got to NZ. It also was really fun. My favorite part was the batting.

The reason that I didn’t like batting first was because it is easier for me to see how other people do a thing than do it before them.

That is why baseball practice was the best part of my holiday.

Addis
THE END




MY FAVOURITE DAY IN THE HOLIDAYS


My favourite day in the holidays was Saturday. 

Saturday was my Dads 59th birthday. It was better this year because last year he had a little birthday because my mum was busy.

We got to go to Yum Cha at lunchtime, which my dad liked going to. I like going to Yum Cha as well.

After Yum Cha we went to an Asian shop, which my sister and I liked, my sister bought some refreshments and food and my dad liked my ice cream. My dad liked mine because mine was vanilla and strawberry and my sister had mango, which my dad sort of liked.

At dinnertime we got 2 large pizzas and 1 extra large pizza that my dad order online and that he chose.


This was the best day in the holidays.

Jack



    The Best Day Of My Holiday



The best day of my holiday was when I went to a Lions game.

The reason why it was the best day is because it was a beautiful day.

We got donuts and found our seats.

When we went to the vending machine I got a Sprite but my sister got ripped off four dollars I thought that was funny J

Then she put in the code for a Coke and she got a Coke Zero!

So we went back and the Lions won – YAY. When the lions mascot ran passed I got a high five YAY.

That is why it was the best day of my holidays. YAY.

By Harvie


 BIRTHDAY SURPRISE


The best day in the holidays was the day I celebrated my birthday!

It was the best day because my family and I were celebrating my birthday. My friends: Lindy and Daniel came over to stay a few nights. After we all woke up, it started to snow but it didn’t settle  - 5 minutes latter it stopped. Two minutes after it started to snow again.

When Ngaire, Klara, Lindy, Daniel and I had lunch it stopped snowing, so we decided to get some ice cream. When we ate the ice cream it started to snow again. Daniel said “ICE CREAM POWER” through a mouth full of ice cream.

It was also the best day because when I was watching some TV, I heard someone singing happy birthday. It was my Uncle arriving with two human size teddies!! And for dinner we had a 3course meal, the deserts were my favourite part of the day.

That is why this day was the best day of the holidays.

Mahera



BEST DAY OF THE HOLIDAY
KEYS:
FKP=Frank Kitts Park
YC=Yum Cha

On Saturday 11th October 2014 it was a beautiful day, the sun was shining. It was the perfect day to go out.

My 1st favorite thing in the holiday was that I went to Y.C with my two cousins, my sister, my aunty, my grandma and my grandad. It was super yum! I ate loads of FOOD!

My 2nd favorite thing in the holiday was about 1:00, we left Y.C and went to F.K.P (only my cousins, my aunty and I went to F.K.P, the others went home)
I had a good time at F.K.P.

BY:BILL 


Going to Mt. Ruapehu

Hi, I‘m here to tell you about the best day of the holidays, going to see lots & lots of snow!

11 October 2014
I woke up at 4:00 o’clock to get ready to go to Mt. Ruapehu. I got ready, my brother, my mum, my dad & I got in our car & went to Petone to go in my dad’s friend’s car. Three families went, my family and two of my friends families. It was a long… journey 
there were 9 kids including a little baby, she is so………. CUTE!!!  We stopped to eat! J After a long time we got there at last, climbed up Mt. Ruapehu & went down the chair lift & then…. We celebrated my aunt’s birthday, we cut the cake!! It is time to do some sledding!!! YAY!!
I also built some snowmen & had a snowball fight against the boys that is all we did in the snow. We got down & into our cars, did you know 2 things: 1 the snow Mt. is really a volcano & 2 all the cars we took were silver. We exited Whakapapa and went to the biggest park in the world (not really, just seemed liked it, because I haven’t seen a really big park before) we had lots of FUN .Then it was time to go home !!
To get ready to go back to school!!!
    That is why it was the best day of my holidays!!

Madhu



GOING SWIMMING

The best day of the holidays was Monday when I got to go to Splash Planet.
The reason why I went Splash Planet was because it was a nice day to go for a swim.
In Napier it was quite sunny. So I asked my dad if we could go to the swimming pools he said yes, so we went there. When I got into the pools it was quite cold, after that I went down the longest slide in there, when I went down I was going side to side on the slide.
It was really fun when I went back into the pool it was deep cause I went in to the wrong pool I couldn’t even touch the ground. It was the best holiday ever.


Havana


Best Day

In the weekend I went to Te papa (container of treasures) to go see Tyrannosaurs, Meet the Family.

I was terrified when I saw an Albertosaurus skeleton. There was a real thigh - bone with a tooth embedded straight in it. I learnt that Albertosaurus was an early ancestor of Tyrannosaurus Rex and lived at the time of Dinosucus, the giant crocodile.

Another thing I liked about it was it had two videos showing what it would be like if dinosaurs roamed the planet today. One video was filmed at the Wharf and Te papa, while the other one was filmed at a Gelato store.

After that we had some chocolate cake with whipped cream and it was topped off with a chocolate truffle.

Lastly there was a scavenger hunt where you tried to find parts of a Tyrannosaurus Rex from a mine.

I loved that day so much I wished it wouldn’t end! 


Liam



The Best day of the Holidays

Sunday was the best day of the holidays because I came home from Eketahuna (the place where my nana moans and lives).

My mum and I went for a bike ride. I have an orange bike and my mum has a purple bike, we rode to school to show me the route to there, so I can ride to school next year.

My family is AWESOME because we went to The Warehouse                                                                                                                 
and got some huge water guns, then went home and had a giant water fight.                                                                                                                                     

I got heaps of treats. A meerkat statue, a huge fluffy orange blanket and pole tennis, so I was playing pole tennis for the
whole day.  

  That day was nice

   By Ryan



Geometry, table-tennis n stuff

Yesterday I went to my grandma’s house to celebrate. It was good because,
I like to see my cousin, it’s also fun to watch them play my favourite game Geometry Dash.

He finishes a level called base after base, the icon looks like a skull with connected eyes.

I have a go at a harder level called x-step and then I beat his record.

We went down to the basement to play table tennis, I improved from last time I played and beat my mum. 

That’s why that was the best day in my holiday.

Sean


The Napier Trip
People: The two sisters Grace + Emma,
                The Dad and the writer Olivia!!!
On Saturday morning,
I woke up in…
THE CAMPERVAN!!!
I had never woken up in a campervan,
I thought oh - yeah,
We’re on our holiday.
We are in Napier. “Dad, what are we doing today?”
I asked, “Well we could go and see what there is to do” “Remember that Mini Golf we saw maybe we could do that” “Ok we will see how much it is” “YAY!!! Thanks Dad you’re the best Dad in the world” “Ok if you want to go than shall we get up?” “Ok then, Dad don’t look I’m getting changed” “Ok be quick” so I got changed as quick as I could “Lets get ready to rumble!!!” my dad went. He even banged 5 times, it was annoying!!! So when we got there my Dad asked the lady “How much is it for 2 kids and 2 adults?” “That is” sorry but I actually don’t know how much anyway lets carry on where was I… oh yeah so we each got our Mini Golf Clubs and started playing. Here are the results, in the first round out of all of us Dad came 1st and in the second round out of the three kids my sister Emma came first. Then that night my dad decided to go out for dinner at a restaurant. “Which one Dad?” I asked “Umm, How about this one” “Yes please!!! This looks cool” so the next day was Sunday [our going back to Wellington day] I was sad and exited at the same. I was excited to go and see my Mum in Wellington and sad because I enjoyed the holiday.
The best thing about my holiday was being with my Dad.
The End
MY DADS THE BEST DAD IN THE WORLD!!!

Olivia





The best day in my holidays.
Hello, my favourite day in the holidays was Saturday.

Saturday was the best day of my holidays because it was a beautiful day. I could see only a little bit of clouds.


My sister and I went to St. Harriers Athletics Club.
It was our first time this year because it started two weeks ago but we didn’t go last week.
My favourite bit of SHAC is long jump and sprints.
We learned how to start off sprints.


After we went to town we went to Farmers. My sister was going to get a toy but we both got a toy but she also got another toy. We got a Robo fish, Hannah’s was pink and purple, my one was yellow and blue.

After that long day we had fish and chips at the south end of the airport.
I got a Hawaiian burger and chips. We saw a ferry and a fishing boat. My Mum said they were racing but I didn’t think so.

This was my favourite day of the holidays.



Hamish...The end



The best day of my holidays


In the first week of the holidays I went to Auckland and stayed in a motel.

I had an amazing holiday in Auckland and that was partly because we had never been to Auckland.

We had so much fun especially since my cousins were there.

We were so lucky because my mum told us to wash the dishes, but we just ran down to the beach. We were so naughty!!!

It was so cool because the beach was just down the road! We did Olympics and I was the judge for every thing. There was even medals and things. My cousin’s Ruby and Flynn came first every time.
  
           And that is why I had an amazing holiday!!!!!


Emma


THE BEST DAY OF THE HOLIDAYS               

In the holidays my Mum, Dad, brother, and my grandparents and I went to Wet and Wild Hawaii. 

The first ride we went on was the worst to start on my Mum NEVER went on it again. I did.

My favorite ride was for 2 or 4 people. You are in a tube, you go through pitch - black darkness straight down a drop, and then up 4 walls. You get soaked in water.

The best part of the day was spending a great day with the people I love.
Lets go back again sometime, it was fun!!!!!!!!!

By Neve

My fun holiday

In the holidays I went to Botanical Gardens with my family.

It was fun because it was a very, very sunny and beautiful day. Most days in Wellington are windy, so that was great.

And I love spending time with my family. It takes quality time to get to know each other better.

The best part about Botanical Gardens is the flowers. There was even a group of flowers that looked like New Zealand! The flowers were so cute and gentle, like me.

I even loved getting ice cream. It was mouth watering, white, creamy vanilla ice cream.

The trip to the Botanical Gardens was the best day in my holidays.

Sharanya

MY HAPPY HOLIDAYS

My favorite day of the holidays will have to be Sunday; it was a glorious day just perfect for some outdoorsy fun.
While I was thinking that my mum busted through the door and told me that I would be having some outdoorsy fun after all.
How crazy is that.

Off we went heading down the road just my mum, brother, sister, her friend and I.
Once we got there I asked my mum “what are we going to be doing”.
Then she told me we were going to be painting and did I mention I absolutely love painting, I was so excited!

While I was painting flowers I over heard my sister and her friend chatting away about how we can paint what ever we wanted. It was hilarious when I caught my sisters friend painting an alien in the helicopter.

The interesting thing was whenever I come out of school I would be able to see it. Oh I forgot to tell you its right across the road from my school.

The best part of my day was the fact I got to do it with my amazing whanau that I love SO much!


Sapphire

The best day of my holiday


The best day of my holiday was going to the Kilbirnie Pools with my family.

I was happy that it was sunny because my mum said if it wasn’t sunny we would of not have gone to the pools.

Once I got changed I got in the water and played with my brother. It felt good to get in the water.


A little bit later I went on a big blow up dolphin that you jump off. I liked it because it was really fun.


Later I got tired so we packed up and went home.


Nohaila...The end.

Beach time!
In the holidays I went to Shelly Bay
Beach so that is what I will be writing about
today.

Do you like rain? well I don’t. Luckily
it was not raining on the day I went to Shelly
Bay beach, that day was so hot and warm.


My family was so desperate to go. By my family I mean my brother and I. In no time we were off. When we got there my step – mum put a big blanket down and we all lay down on it.


It was much better being outside than stuck
inside all day. My brother and I were running like crazy at the beach.

I found a little bench in the rocks [well it was shaped like a bench] for Levi [my brother]
and I to play on and to put our collections on. I called it our station.

It was great being outside it really was, and also
being with my family - two things that I love.

The end......Ojhan

The plane trip

Wednesday was the best day of my holidays because…

I was at the airport at 7am in the morning but I woke up at 4am.
When we were boarding the plane I noticed the plane was small, when I got on the plane I needed to find seats 9a and 9b.
When we got to our seats my Mum put some of our bags in the overhead lockers and other bags under the seats in front of us.
When the plane took off it was really windy.
When the plane was landing in Hamilton I got really happy to see my Nana again!
My Nana said we weren’t going anywhere but we did.
It was a beautiful day in Hamilton which made the day even better.

Charlotte

Football In Taupo

It was the best day in the holidays because my family went to Taupo for a football tournament.

My brother Sam played in it. It was 3 days long but I loved the 3rd day the most.

I met up with my friends Mela and Baxter. We played football and jumped around like a group of rabbit’s. We went on the swings and then had ice creams from Mr. Whippy.

After all that fun, Sam’s team found out that they won the tournament. Later, we went to a swimming pool/waterpark called DeBretts.

While my family and I were at DeBretts, Mama Punie, Papa John John and Aunty Miranda were having a nice sleep.

I loved how Aunty Miranda and Mama Punie came from Hamilton to Taupo for the tournament.

The End                     Tom