beach cookout

On Wednesday the 3 of april 2019  room 1 and room 8 along
with the parents and teachers.  We went down to Karoro beach
by the Tasman Sea. We went down to the beach to do a beach
cookout.

We basically went to the beach and built a tipi fire then waited
for it burn to ashes and then start cooking some food.
Our group made sausages and pancakes.
I was very happy with the way that they turned out.
They were very nice and we had extra to give Ms Kemp.

We cooked in groups; in my group was me, Jack, Phoebe, and Clem. The adult with our group was Kelly (clem’s mom).  We did the beach cookout for William Pike Challenge but also it because it is a good life skill that we could used in the future and just to have a break and go down and have some fun.

ride of the supers

Ride Of The Supers

Sleeping, I have been for many years wondering what inhabits this planet. Are the humans still there? I saw them about 2 hundred years ago when I last woke up.               

                

My siblings Flameatou and Ashfer had told me about these creatures.
 They had been in their countries for hundreds of years but it was the first time
I had seen them in Aotearoa. They were  deadly hunters, colonising the
world but weak like most creatures.
They were smarter than most animals and getting stronger by the day,
still I decided not to blow.

I have blown before, about 300 thousand years ago.

I was bored, there nothing to do and plus that annoying worm bug keep
waking me up. The eruption took care of him  but that wasn’t the only thing.
It took care of Flameatou and Ashfer all the way from where they were
on the earth. Apparently humans  in Greece had recorded red skies for months.
Still I wasn’t surprised after all I was the taniwha of one of the
super volcanoes;I can destroy half the world.
What would be really dangerous is if Flameatou and Ashfer and me
blew at the same time.

Any way, it was time to go see the world and what had happened
to it in the time that I was sleeping. I opened one eye.
The light rushed, in blinding me but I shook it off and flew up through the
tunnel to ski through the water. Oh, I forgot. A lake had formed on top
of the volcano. And now I’m drenched!

But I’ve got bigger problems than that, I thought, looking over the land.
What happened to the bush? The beautiful forest?
The sound of the bird’s, the majestic moa and the Haast eagle?
That was a funny bird last time I was awake.
I saw it pick up 5 year old children and carry them off.
But now it’s all gone, all of it and in its place... is trouble!
Big metal cubes billowing out smoke, the
ground covered in stone, smaller objects whizzing around
but still leaving trials of smoke and a weird brightly colored material that
people keep dropping on the ground. Whatever it is, it is not good for the
environment.I fly back to the volcano as fast as I can.
I need to call Ashfer and Flameatou.

I get to the volcano and slowly breath
some fire, instantly it roars up into the air.
After a while the dancing flames start forming into my troublesome siblings.
Even though they are just holograms it looked like they were actually there.
 “Have you seen the disgrace the humans have turned this beautiful
planet into?” I said hastily.
“They need to go so we need to blow, all three of us and now.”

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” asked Ashfer.

“It’s what we need to do. The humans are destroying the earth and we
need to stop them,”said Flameatou.“Right, it’s settled then.
Let’s do it now, the sooner the better,” I said and then hung up.

I went down to the bottom of the volcano, in and blew.
The lava rumbled getting higher. It sprang out the top and into the air,
the fiery red storm devouring everything in its path.   

• Brighid  

                                                                                                                            

my self poem

I am from a tree hut

From homemade muesli and sand

I am from the house across the road were everything thing is warm and familiar

I am from the crack willow tree from the dance floor the cabbage tree

I am from the sounds of chookes

And the stormy waves

From my unmade bed

I’m from dads tortellini and his mild currys

I’m from Brighid and thomes

I’m from reading and walking

Dance and chess

I’m “from get up” and “clean your room”

From the pages of throne of glass

And twinkle twinkle little star

I am from chess and chess tournaments

I am from biking around greymouth

I’m from my living room and newzealnd

From pizza and pasta

I’m from my nana pam

How though a water mellan out the car window

I’m from gallagher wine glass.

summer learning journey day 3

task 1
your own mythical beast
Pukurua The Greedy


Did you know I have a Ahwinat? Well I do. Her name is Pukurua. Most people think she is evil but that’s only because she steals everyone's food! Her head is circular and she has an oval body and four legs. She has an oval eye as well as her two small wings on her back. Her food basket is an oval like shape and it sits on the bottom of her back. She has a mud brown head, neck and a back leg. Her other three legs are pink. She has four orange feet, blue eyes and thin peach hair which comes out the top of her head. She also has two wings on her back and the outer part of her wings is kikorangi and the inner part is kōwhai. She has a kākāriki food basket with a pango net. She also has a kākāriki tail with mangu spots and black hair on the end. Her hobbies are stealing food and eating. I love flying on Pukurua’s back. She can go as fast as the wind. When we fly we go up to the sky, under the earth and into the sea. I go everywhere on my Ahwinat. Once we went into outer space and into a black hole it was like a display of colours. It looked incredible. But then we had to go before we got sucked in by gravity. I have an amazing Ahwinat!

task 2

pros and cons of being a doc ranger

Pros:

• you get to see pretty bush
• you get to be around cool birds like kiwi  
• you have a job without pollousion

Cons:

• theres relly ugly uniform
• you might get lost in the bush

in conlesion i would not like to be a dock ranger

task 3

wwf

the wwf is trying to save the saimaa ringed seal. they are doing this by bilding snow banks for the seals to nest in. i think that it worck effectively because  if there are no snow banks the seals will just nest on the ice  and the pups are to vonrible to preaditers and the cold.

summer learning journey day two

task 1
would you like to visit Tāne Mahuta


 Tāne Mahuta is the biggest tree in new Zealand and is located in the northland region in witch is the north island. I think it it would really could to go see it because of it's height and the fact that it is 50 times bigger than me! it would also be quite a cool walk to do it's quite short only 5 minuets one way.

task 2
new Zealand sports teams with the word 'fern' in there title

• 'black ferns'

Picture from: http://www.allblacks.com/Teams/Ferns

• silver ferns

Picture from the Silver Ferns website.

• white ferns

Picture from: https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/archive/new-look-for-white-ferns

I like the silver fern uniform the best because it isn't so tight on you so you have a lot of breathing room and it looks nice and also netball is the best sport!

task three

cuktice math proublem

if a cutice need 3 millilitres of water per day how much would it need in a year

click here to see the vidoe of how to worck it out

summer learning journey

last year I said that I was doing something called the summer learning. but I didn't  do that much. This year I'm doing it again and I hope to finish.

the summer learning journey is a program to help children keep there learning up so that they don't forget there learning over the summer.

task one.
write 3 fun facts about new Zealand

• New Zealand has two official national anthem  god defend new Zealand and got save the queen
• Io become a citizen i of New Zealand you have say an oath to queen Elizabeth to prove your loyalty 
• New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote

task two 

what is special about were you live 

Greymouth is an amazing town because It has Beautiful  bush and is right by the sea. Also it has quite a small population of just 10 thousand people. Which means there is no loud noises ,dangerous  traffic and expensive houses. people are also a lot Friendlier and it is normal too say hi to random people in the middle of the street. In Conclusion I think Greymouth is special because of it's beautiful bush and quiet surroundings.



task 3
a good digital footprint

Sun Set Spot Motion Animation

For the past week in class we have been working on stop motion animation. I'm excited for you to see it and I hope you enjoy.