My prayer

Thack you God for my family that loves me and are kind to me.

Visiting the Mary Mackillop house

Visiting the Mary Mackillop house

Last Friday we had a school trip. We went to Mary Mackillop Center for the 60 Diamond Jubilee. When we got there Father Peter is getting ready for the mass. As I sat down, one old sister went in front of the altar. She was talking about the time when the school started. She was the first one to teach at Christ the King School. She told us about how far she live away from school. She said a car had to pick her up. When times the car would not come and get her so she had to walk to school and the children will be waiting for her. Sometimes she had to take the bus, she had to go every morning to school.   

                                                                                           

And next we started the mass with the sign of the cross and then Bronson did the introduction of the mass. We prayed the prayer of the faithful and some songs. The middle part of the mass we ate the holy bread and the wine. Lastly, the whole school blessed  the sister, we raised our hands and sung them a song.

     

Peace

Peace

What is peace? Peace is no war.

What colour is the symbol of peace?

It’s the same colour of the sand white and pure.

What peace looks like? peace looks like working together in a team.  

What peace sounds like? peace sounds like no one is bullying others.

What peace feels like? peace feels like people laughing together and enjoying each other.

A statement?

I think that we need to have peace because it will stop war and fights.  

Morning Time

Morning Time

My mum was screaming.

Time to get up for school.

But its cold.

My bones freezes !

I can hear the roosters,

They are telling me to get up too.

Mum I’m trapped.

I’m in bad dream?

Dad help me I’m stuck.

No more nonsense, mum said.

I will take no more of it.

Dad left me to have a wash.

And change to get to school

Now I feel awesome and cool!!

20 fingers on one hand

In Tonga a boy named Andy had enormous clump of bananas. They need lots of rain, warm temperature and sunshine to grow. They grow from small suckers from the main plant.   

They got no woody trunks but they grow i n clumps, they grow quickly. In two weeks new leaves sprout and they are  bright green shiny long leaves.  

It has a bell shaped flower bud. It has waxy leaves called bracts and they have a purple and pink flowers. In a few weeks they turn into tiny bananas hands.

The brats are called fingers. The branch will stretch and turn upwards. The bananas will turn dark green in to light green, and start to ripen. When they are ripening they are ready to pick. Do you know why? Because of ants, they will eat it and bats and rats fight for it too.

Take it off of the tree and put it in a cool shady place to hang. The green banana taste furry and starchy, over ripe banana taste mushy and the golden one taste delicious.

By Maira  

Me and my grandad.

My grandad and I

One morning my grandad and I went to the beach. When we were walking he found shells. When we went in the water he found pearls and more pearls. When we went for a swim he found a key. When he showed me the key, “I said to him”.”You have some pretty thing there grandad”. He said I found all of this things on our walk on the beach.

Then we went home so we could show mum and dad what he found. And when we were walking home I found some more things too. First, I showed grandpa and “he said woo you got a pretty necklaces and bracelet." Thank You grandpa we can show these to mum and dad.    

 

Te Tahawia Marae

Te Tahawai Marae.

On Monday the year 5,6,7 and 8 went for a trip. When the bus came and the room 4 girls when to the top and some of the year 5 and 6 went to the bottom and the rest went to the top. When we got there we had to stand and wait till we were called in. 

When we got called in we had to take off your shoes. When we got inside we got into the back and boys in the front. Then we had some speeches and a prayer. We all had to wash our hands and then we eat one biscuit and we drink water. Next, we had to split into two groups. One of the groups stayed in the kitchen and the other one went in to the wharenui. All the boys stayed with the year 7 and 8 and the year 5, 6 went in  the wharenui. When we were in the wharenui we were learning about poupou and the ancestors and we did some artwork of the ancestors. Nexts we went to the kitchen to make a card that shows you your family in korus. We learned about the 3 types of korus, and a poi song. My favorite part was when we made cards. Then we went back to school.  

Insulation

What is Insulation?  

Why is there a need to insulation?

Netx to proper air sealing, insulation is arguably the most important feature that contributes to your comfort and your home’s overall energy efficiency. Without proper insulation, your home needs larger, more expensive heating and cooling devices to keep you comfortable and those devices need to work harder, consuming more electricity, gas, or oil and costing you money.

Consider this. On a cold winter night, would you rather have a thick, puffy down-filled blanket or a single thin cotton sheet on your bed to keep you warm? Think of insulation as the blanket for your home. By:Maira

Definition

Celestia

1.pertaining to the sky or visible heaven, or to the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere, as in celestial body .

2.pertaining to the spiritual or invisible heaven; heavenly; divine: celestial bliss.

3.of or pertaining to celestial navigation: a celestial fix.

4.( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the former Chinese Empire or the Chinese people.

5.an inhabitant of heaven.

6.( initial capital letter ) a citizen of the Celestial Empire.

orbit

1.the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.

2.the usual course of one's life or range of one's activities.

3.the sphere of power or influence, as of a nation or person: a small nation in the Russian orbit.

4.Physics. (in Bohr theory) the path traced by an electron revolving around the nucleus of an atom.

5.an orb or sphere.

axis

1.the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.

2.Mathematics .

a.a central line that bisects a two-dimensional body or figure.

b.a line about which a three-dimensional body or figure is symmetrical.

3.Anatomy .

a.a central or principal structure, about which something turns or is arranged: the skeletal axis.

b.the second cervical vertebra.

4.Botany . the longitudinal support on which organs or parts are arranged; the stem and root; thecentral line of any body.

5.Analytic Geometry . any line used as a fixed reference in conjunction with one or more otherreferences for determining the position of a point or of a series of points forming a curve or asurface. Compare x-axis, y-axis.

revolution

1.an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or politicalsystem by the people governed.

2.Sociology . a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one madesuddenly and often accompanied by violence. Compare social evolution.

3.a sudden, complete or marked change in something: the present revolution in church architecture.

4.a procedure or course, as if in a circuit, back to a starting point.

5.a single turn of this kind.

Nebulae

1.Astronomy .

a.Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula.

b.(formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in atelescope view.

2.Pathology

a.a faint opacity in the cornea.

b.cloudiness in the urine.

3.any liquid medication prepared for use as a spray.

One whole

The sea

The sea  

It’s early in the morning. What a lovely day to be at the beach. The girl is already at the beach sitting on the diving board. She looks thrilled. I wonder if it her first time going diving. She looks like she is ready to jump but she is waiting for the right time to jump. I think she will jump because at first she looked thrilled but now she looks screwed. But now she can do it.

A cat on the mat

A cat on a mat  

Once there live a girl and her name was Anna bell and she lives with her mum. They live in a bus. One day her mum went to work Anna bell stand home. When it was noon Anna bell met a woman and she was a witch. She gave Anna bell 3 dress and a cat. When her mum came back she was so happy that she got some new dress. One colour was red, blue and Gray. The red one was for the weekdays, blue for weekends and the Gray one was not used at all only for a cat mat. First the cat will make a miss it up or make mud preprints but now he sits on it. One day the cat was sitting on the mat Anna bell wish for new thing like a hat, some shoes and some food and the next day she found out that when the cat sat on the dress it comes trow. One day her mum got fried and the cat was on the mat and she said I want to life in the sky. By Maira.

A lost dog

A lost dog

Once there was a dog named Mat. One day Mat had to get some berries in the wood and he got lost. He was trying to get out but he heard a noise and it was a bear. When the bear came closer to Mat he breathed at the bear. So Mat runaway and he lost the bear. The bear was looking for Mat and he could not find him. Then Mat get more and more lost all he could see was trees and more tree when he was walking he saw a lake and a family and he lived happily ever after.

Half

To day I have been learning to create a poster about half. I used google drawing to create my poster I had to insert shapes.

science fair

Science Fair  

What happened yesterday?

Well we had a science fair.    

Did you like/dislike it why?

I like it because you can look and do the fun experiments.

Did you learn anything new?

Yes I did I learn that room 5 if you rub a comb on your hands you can pick up some paper.

Would you like to have one of this nexts time?

Yes so we can all look at the work you have done and also of the other classrooms.

Mighty Muscles

Mighty Muscles

Do you know that we have up to six hundred muscles in our body. Our biggest muscle is our bottom and it’s called the gluteus maximus. Our smallest muscles is deep inside your ear. It’s called the stapedius. 

  How to build your muscles

To build our muscles you need to eat Eggs, Meat, Fish and Cheese for the protein and also eat nuts and soya beans.  When you exercise you are giving your muscles work. When you workout it keeps your body healthy and fit.

popcorn

Popcorn  

One day my aunt bought popcorn and I opened the packet and it all spilled on the floor.  When I was picking it up I thought of how they make popcorn. 

In my class, we researched on the computer on how to make popcorn. First we got the biggest seed. Then we put it in a wet paper towel in a plastic bag with the end of the left side open. Then we waited for a week. Then a little sprout from the grain came out. Very carefully we took it out and poked a little hole into a pot of soil. We  checked the pots every day and sprinkled them with water. After another ten days or so, we noticed leafy coming up through the soil. We transplanted the seedlings to the sunny spot of the garden. We watered it and watched it to grow. The stalks grow straight and tall. Once a week we measured them with tape measure. We work out the growth, how fast it grows - about 1-2 centimetres each day.

Some more facts we found out -how the seeds pollinates. First in the tassel/ the male goes down to the silk. The silk catches the seed and pollinates. Then in the ear, the female meet with the male and mixes. This make kernels then they  fertilise. This is an interesting topic to learn about.  

By Maira