Sherbet

Today we made sherbet. I was in a group of four. We used three ingredients to make it. The ingredients were icing sugar, baking powder, citric acid and tartaric acid. We used popsicle sticks to measure out our ingredients into the bowl. Our recipe was two scoops of icing sugar and one scoop of everything else. I learned that eating to much gives you a tummy ache and my favourite part was getting to make up our own recipe. Our groups sherbet was a true success and it was really fun to make it.

Potato Experiment

Today we did an experiment using potatoes. It's called a potato gun. We used straws, skewers and of course potato's. You poke the straw into the potato in to both the sides of the straw. Then you use the skewer to poke one of the potato's out and that makes the other bit of potato shoot out. It's all because of the air pressure. That's how it's supposed to work, but our guns didn't work. My gun didn't work because it wasn't air tight.  😞

Six60 Music Tour.

Today I did another poster to get points for my passport. I did another 50 point poster. It is a music tour for Six60. I made the tour into a poster and wrote where they went in the middle of the stage lights and wrote the times of the concerts at the bottom. I had to invent the tour myself. It started in Auckland and then went to Wellington then Picton then Queenstown. In total it was a 2 week tour.
I hope you like my poster.

Geometry Santa Hat

In maths we did geometry. We had to answer questions on shapes. Then we got to pick a shape to cut out and glue together to make. Me and my friend did a cone shape and turned it into a Santa hat.

Womens Rights

WALT: write a persuasive writing piece.

Did you know that for centuries women were the property of men?

It was the dad's job to look after their daughter until the daughter gets married and then she is the property of her husband. How unfair is that. I’m not telling you that women should take over. But I want there to be equal rights for both men and women.

If you didn’t know women in America only got the right to vote in the 1900s. Which if you think about it it was not that long ago. they could have given women the vote from the start of all the presidential elections. Luckily for the women in NZ the people thought women should have the vote in 1883. But that is still not long ago. saying this humans have been on earth for thousands of years. The women that fought for the vote were called Suffragettes. These women did walks around the world to let people know how serious they were. Suffragettes were around a long time ago and they are not called suffragettes now. But they were.

There are people that fight so hard to win the freedom for women. One of these people is Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She fought to give women the freedom that would allow women to do more. She was the second woman on the Supreme Court of the USA. Ruth was one of the nine girls in the class of 500 men at her law school. The dean of the Harvard Law School asked all the women including Ruth a question. (how do you justify taking a spot from a qualified man?). When I found out someone said that I was disgusted. But Ruth kept pushing until she got onto the Supreme Court.

There was another woman who was before RBG called Sojourner Truth. She was a slave because of her skin color. Sojourner Truth had two things to fight for. Freedom for women and also freedom for black people. She wanted to be free and marry a man who was a slave from the next farm over but she had to marry a man from the same farm she worked on. Sojourner had 5 children. But one of them was going to be sold. Sojourner went to court and won her case. Everyone was surprised that a black woman went to court and won against a white man. She fought for her life to save women and black people. She is my true hero.

Women still want more opportunities as men. Over time women have been given more experiences, but it isn’t fixed yet. There are still countries that don’t believe women are better than men and as smart as men which is preposterous. Therefore I stand by my point, join me in this never ending fight to overcome the unfairness towards women.

Athletics Eden Albert

Today it was the Eden Albert Athletics Day. I was in everything except shotput and long jump. I didn't come a place in anything but I never came last so that was good. I had lots of fun running and taking part in all the events and for me that is the most important thing. My favourite event was the 100m running race. I came second to last but I enjoyed it so much.

world war 1

Today in reading our teacher got a package of stuff from World War 1. The stuff she got was real papers that had been printed like the real thing. We got in pairs and each group got two souvenirs. Me and my pair got the mother of empire badge and a picture of a memorial stain glass window. We made a power point about it. I hope you like it.

Birds Beaks

In class today we did our first science experiment. The experiment was testing forceps. We were testing them to see how a bird picked up their food. We used skittles, gummy worms and paper. We made our predictions and then got to actually test them out. Our predictions weren't really accurate but Mrs Drummond told us that it is just a prediction. After the experiment we got to eat the lollies.

Athletics

Today it was Athletics Day at my school. The first thing we did was hop on a bus and went to the park that we were doing it at. The seniors started on running. The first event that I took part in was the 200m run, I came 2nd. The next thing I did was the 400m run, I came 1st. Another thing I did was the 100m run, I came 1st. Then the seniors were on field events (we had already done high jump at school and I came 1st). The first field event we did was discus and I came first. Then we did long jump and I came 2nd. Lastly we did shot put and I came 3rd. After all the events we did the relay races. My house came 2nd.

Comics

In class we got taught how to make comics by a really good artist. We got told that we could use a character from a movie or book and combine it with an animal or object. I chose to do half minion and half monkey and called him a Monyion. My comic was about the Monyion wanting a banana and drinking floating potion to reach the bananas. But he drinks to much and floats into space.

Reddish-Brown Caracal

This is my poster.

In Reading we read a book about different animals in different habitats. We had to make a poster about one of the animals in the book and add lots of facts and drawings. I chose to do the reddish-brown Caracal because they are cute and I wanted to know more about them.  I learnt that they only really come out at night.

Patterns with Pedes

In maths we were learning about patterns. The teacher used pedes to explain it to us. We were looking at a pattern called the humped back pede. The pattern with this pede is multiplying it by 2 each time. So we drew lots of pedes in our books and wrote the pattern underneath.

Here is an example of my pede.

Bigfoot Biking

Today the whole class went out on the courts and did the Bigfoot Biking Course. There were two really nice ladies who taught us how to be safe on a bike. The first thing we learnt was to do the helmet and bike cheek. Then we got on our bikes and did all these fun activities. At the end we got some prizes and then went back to class.

Communion Of Saints

This term we are focusing on the saints. We will learn when they became saints, their feast day and a million more facts on the saints. Saints are people that do miracles and almost never sin. The process to become a saint can only be done when you are dead and it takes ages to finish.
This is my title page that shows the start of the strands.

Lyric Poster

In topic this term we have been given a sheet of paper that has different activities around New Zealand music. Each activities are worth points. By the end of the term we have to have 200 point or more. I did a poster about a NZ song with the lyrics on the poster. The song is called Somebody That I Used To Know. The song is by Gotye and Kimbra. I styled my poster off the video.

Possums

In reading we learnt about how possums came to NZ and why they are such pests here.
These are some reasons why possums should not live in NZ:

• Possums have plenty of food but there is nothing to eat possums in NZ so they only die of old age and people killing them. Which isn't enough to keep it balanced.

• Mother possums usually give birth to 1 baby a year in Australia. But in NZ there is more food so they give birth to 2 a year.

• Possums eat farmers crops and gardens and farmers need there crops to live. So farmers get really angry.

• Possums eat the leaves of trees and that causes the trees to wither and die.

• People set out traps to kill and catch possums. But sometimes it end up killing native birds and other people's dogs.

I think possums are pests and we should just catch them and ship them straight back to their original country (Australia).

Shields

In class we have been doing a program called Kia Kaha. In Kia Kaha we are learning about being unique and how our class is different and the same.  We made these shields telling people things that make us different to the other people in our class and why our class is unique and different to the rest of the classes.

Fraction Booklet

In maths everyone got a fraction booklet to help us learn the simple and difficult fraction activities. Since getting the booklet I learnt how to do numerous fraction activities that I didn't even know existed. Here is the front cover of my booklet. One of the pages that I struggled with was converting fraction. But in the end I figured it out.
                                                                         

                                                                           

Tui

White necks, beautiful feathers. Yes, I am talking about the tui. The tui is a native bird to a country called New Zealand. I live in New Zealand, so I get the pleasure of seeing these birds everyday. If you have never heard or had the pleasure of seeing what the tui get up to everyday keep reading.

Tui have a puffy white necks which are called pois. They also have black and green heads. Their bodies are a mixture of black, purple, green, blue and a reddish rusty colour. The calls are a complicated mix of nice tunes, loud tunes and other times it is a grunt, cough or wheeze.

Tui are birds so they lays eggs, the female usually lays eggs in September to January. The tui builds nests like every other bird, the nest is usually built by the female. The structure is built with strong twigs, sticks and grass, for the outside. The egg is white with pink and brown splotches. male tui do not have much to do with the baby but after awhile the male feeds the baby and helps the female take care of it.

Tui eats nectar and honeydew from trees like flax, rata and pohutukawa trees. The babies will eat large invertebrates such as worms, slugs and insects. As well as nectar and honeydew they eat fruit, pollen and seeds. A funny thing about the tui is that when it eats nectar from flax it makes them look drunk.

The tui is mostly found on islands. They also roam gardens looking for food. Tui are generally found in forests with lots of trees to keep their nest and babies safe. The tui left Poor Knight Island because of the bellbird. Bellbirds also eats nectar and they sing so beautifully that the tui feels like it has to sing better so there was a big competition. One of them had to leave.

The tui has a beautiful call but ferocious temper and that is so cool. It sounds just like me! They are my absolute favourite bird in New Zealand.

Coral Reef Diorama

In topic we have been studying the adaptations and habitats of animals. We had to do a diorama showing a habitat of our choice. I chose a coral reef and added fish, seaweed and an octopus. We also made an app showing facts on the coral reef. I hope you like my diorama.

My Cross

At school we have been painting crosses. We did these to symbolise the death of Jesus and the life of God. We decorated our cross by painting symbols of our school the church and Auckland. On my cross I painted the word 'love'. I made the hand coming from the side, an o and the word 'love' is in swirly writing. I hope you like my cross. I am very happy with it and very proud of it.

Social Justice Week

This week it was social justice week. We watched a video clip about a square that had disabilities and didn't fit in with the rest of the group. He had a series of unfortunate events. He did not have money to go on the bus, so they gave him a free bus pass, he couldn't get up the stairs for his doctors appointment, so they put in a ramp. Finally he started to adjust and fit in more with everybody else.

Inter Schools

Yesterday it was the Catholic Schools Cross Country Championships. I was racing for the Year 6 girls race with my friend Maggie. We where in the second to last race. Waiting for our race was building up my nerves and by the time of my race I was the most nervous I have ever been. After my race I was so tired and I had a really bad stitch. Then we all went back to school and got congratulated on our achievements.

Green Anole Lizards

In class we are looking at reptiles and we had to write about one and put it in a slide. I chose the Green Anole Lizard. The reason I chose this reptile is because they are cute and they have a big red neck which looks so cool.

Grid

In maths we are learning about fractions. We had to colour a grid with 100 squares in it. You were allowed to do a pattern so I did one. On the side of the page we had to write what fraction of all the colours were out of 100.

Maths Vocabulary

In maths Mia and I did a poster about addition. the focus for this was maths words. We had to do a poster and show it to another class that was having trouble with the words in maths and what they mean. You were allowed to do your poster on subtraction, addition, multiplication or division. We chose addition for our poster. The poster had to have lots of the words about the subject and three word problems containing three different words from that subject.

Here is my poster:

Cheetahs

Cheetahs don’t actually cheat in your ordinary game of cards. They are actually part of the cat family so they are mammals. Even though they are big they are just an oversized cat that can run faster and hunt for their food. If you want to look into the cheetahs more read my report.

Once the cheetah mum is pregnant they will wait 90-95 days. After that she will give birth to approximately 3-4 cheetah cubs. The baby cubs will weigh 250g after they are born. The mother cheetah stays with cubs until they are 18 months old then the mothers will chase the cubs off. Cheetahs can live up to 10-20 years, but they only really live up to 8 years.

The cheetahs diet starts out with milk. They drink milk for up to 3-6 months. Then the cheetah cub starts eating meat and learns from their mothers to hunt and survive. The adult cheetahs diet contains gazelles, wildebeest calves, rabbits, birds, hares, antelopes and warthogs.

The cheetahs live in Sub-Saharan Africa. So that means dry open grasslands where they can use there fast legs to easily catch their prey. But these beautiful creatures are on the verge of becoming extinct because of us. Yes, humans are increasing and destroying the cheetahs home and so that means cheetahs are decreasing.

Cheetahs are wild beautiful animals so here are some things you can do to save there home and from them becoming exctinct. Keep informed and give money to the national geographic big cats initiative. Now you know why cheetahs are my favourite animal.

My Holiday

Last week my sister had her schools ski champs. I was allowed to go to because even though I wasn't in the competition I would have still been allowed to ski. It was a 15 minute walk up to the lodge. When we got up there we saw my sister who went up with John a couple days before and she gave us a tour of the lodge. In the morning we found out that the whole ski comp had been cancelled. So we spent the rest of the time we had there playing in the snow and making snow slushies.

God

In RE we are focusing on God.  In my title page I included stars and light to show Gods creations. I also included God holding earth with purple robes to represent royalty. We have started in RE looking at promises and the promise God made to us.

Gymnastics

Yesterday a group of year 5 and 6 students went to the gymnastics competition. We started with our floor routine which I think was my best apparatus. Then we moved on to beam and then vault. After the competition we had to sit through the prize-giving. The year 5 boys team got first place and two of the year 5 boys got 4th and 1st equal. It was such a fun day even though I did get a bit nervous and the girls team didn't get any prizes.                                                                                                                                                               

The Turtles of Namuana

                                         In reading we read some of the old Pacific myths and legends. We chose one of the myths from Fiji and made it into a slide containing snippets of the story. I did my slide with my two best friends. We did this myth because we love turtles and it interested us. This is my slide show on the Turtles of Namuana.

Water Colors

This term we are learning science. In our last science session we tried to guess if wet paper towels absorb water faster or if dry paper towels absorb water faster. We left the paper towels with the tips of the towels in the colored water. After lunch we came back in to class and saw that the dry paper towels absorb the water faster. This is because the wet towels already had water socked in them so it was harder for them to absorb more water, but the dry towels could absorb water faster because they are already dry so they can absorb the water faster.   This is a photo of our experiment.

Hauora

In RE the whole class did a hand to show who could help you if you are in any type of situation. We brainstormed our ideas and put them on a hand that we cut out and colored in. for me the people that could help would be family, friends, teachers, pets and a doctor.  My hand is the rainbow gradiant.

The Sacraments

This term in RE we are learning about the sacraments. The sacraments are certain things that you can do to show your love for God and follow him, whether it is forgiving of the sins or getting the Eucharist.

Animal Classification

Today we learned about how animals are classified into groups. Animals are either vertebrates (which means they have a spine) or invertebrates (which don't have a spine).

Inverterbrates are animals like jellyfish, crabs, insects and octopus.

Vertebrates are put into five groups. They are mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians. Mammals have fur or hair and give birth to live young. Birds have feathers and lay hard shell eggs. Reptiles are cold-blooded and lay soft shell eggs. Amphibians breathe through there skin and need to keep their skin moist. Fish breathe through gills and have fins.

5 examples of each type:

Mammals: horses, humans, giraffes, cheetahs, dolphins.

Birds: doves, woodpecker, kea, fantail, kiwi.

Reptiles: snakes, chameleon, lizards, turtles, crocodile.

Fish: goldfish, salmon, kingfish, clownfish, snapper.

Amphibians: frogs, toads, salamander, caecilians, newts.

Wanted Poster

In reading we have been learning about Pacific myths and legends. This myth is from Fiji. This is the wanted poster for the myth of the Turtles of Namuana. The wanted poster is for the three men that were trying to catch the princess and her daughter. The gods saved the two girls and turned them into giant sea turtles so they could protect the village from anyone trying to catch any innocent people.

The Two Miracles

In Religious Education we all did a performance about something Jesus did that was good. My group did a dance about the old lady touching Jesus' cloak and getting healed. The bible reading is called the Two Miracles.

Here is our dance:

Hansel and Gretel

In drama the class got into groups and performed a skit on Hansel and Gretel. In my group we did the part when Gretel was helping the witch prepare for the witch to eat Hansel. In our skits we got to make up random things that are not part of the story and include it in our skit.

Here is our performance:

Limericks

In class we learnt how to write a limerick. Limericks are funny poems about people that do silly things.

There was once a boy named Fin 
He had a very large kin
They were very silly
Especially Billy
Because they were all full of gin.

Ode

In class we learnt how to write an ode. Odes are poems about a person or an object you like. They can be funny but are more likely to be serious.

Oh spinny chair!
You are the best chair in the Warehouse Stationery
You are as soft as a feather pillow
You are a merry-go-round of fun
You raise me up when I am down
Oh spinny chair, how I adore you!

Gymnastics

A few days ago a few people went to the Gymnastic Fun Fair. I was one of the people that went. At 10:30 all the Year 5 and 6 who were participating in the fair went to get changed into our leotards. Then we all got into the cars and left for Tri-Star Gymnastics. When we got there it was very crowded so we went to wait on the benches. We waited there for a couple minutes and took some photos. Then we were called to do a warm up before the competition started. The three activities that we had to do was the vault, floor and beam. I got 8.7 on beam, 8.2 on floor and 9.2 on vault. After the competition we all got our certificates and ribbons. I got a red ribbon. The order of the ribbons from worst to best is green, blue, red and the best is gold. It was such a fun day. We all loved it.

Science Roadshow

Last week the whole Connolly School went to the Science Roadshow. They presented the ice and fire show and the human body show, the ice and fire show was about different temperatures and the human body show was about how we digest our food. Also there were lots of exhibits to explore like a 3d printer and stuff on planets, water and the spin chair.

Here are some pictures of us at the Roadshow watching one of the shows.

Book Week

On the 7th week of the term the school had Book Week. Book Week includes the school Lit Quiz, the book hunt and the dress up Book Parade. The Lit Quiz is when all the year groups answer questions about books. The 5 and 6 do a separate quiz to the year 3 and 4 and the year 3 and 4 do a separate quiz to the year 1 and 2. The book hunt is where we get into groups of 3 or 4 in our houses. We race around the school answering lots of questions on authors and books. The winner and second place get a prize. The dress up Book Parade is when every one dresses up in costumes of people from books. I dressed up as Hetty Feather from a book by Jacqueline Wilson. We had all sorts of other fun on book week but those were the main activities.

The Toy Shop Production

On the 21 and 22 of June the whole school performed a big production called The Toy Shop on Zip Zap Avenue. I was one of the main characters along with a few year 3, 4 and 6's and my best friend. me and my friend were the MC's and our costumes were thing 1 and thing 2. We did three performances 1 matinee and 2 night performances. It felt so great being up on the stage and I learnt so much about speaking and acting.

Self Portraits

In class we were doing art. In art Mrs Drummond took a picture of all of us and used an app to make the picture look like a sketch. Then we all colored in our pictures using the real picture to help guide us and put them on the wall. We used blending and shading to show the lines on our clothes and hair.

Cross Country

Today it was cross country. At first I was so nervous and then as soon as I started running I felt happy and at peace, except for when people cheered for me. I don't like when people cheer for me because I lose the flow of my running and go faster so I lose my breath. I came 3rd and I was so proud of myself. The day turned out to be a great success.

The Life Cycle of a Cheetah

I.A.L.T: write an explanation on the life cycle of an animal of my choice.

Today I am going to explain the life cycle of a cheetah. Cheetahs are part of the cat family and they are very big and very fast. All cheetahs live in Africa. So let’s see how a cheetah is brought up to learn about the wild world around them.

Firstly the mother cheetah waits 90-95 days until she has her cubs (name for a baby cheetah). The mother can have a litter of 3-5 cubs at a time. The cubs’ eyes open when they are 2 months old and then 2 months after that they start to to take their first steps.

Then at 6 months old the cubs stop drinking the mother’s milk. The mum then starts teaching them to hunt and fend for themselves. When the cubs reaches 18 months the mum leaves the cubs and the cubs stay together for another year. Then when they all reach 2 years old the females cubs leave the males. Once the females leave them the males stay together forever. So then the cycle starts again.

The reason this is an important explanation is because cheetahs are the closest animals to extinction out of all the cats in Africa. This is because of humans who want to make money by selling the skin of the cheetah and because there are people who have a terrible sense in style and wear the cheetah’s skin. So if you can, help these beautiful creatures.

Roll and Answer

                                                               
 Today in maths we played a game called Roll an Answer. It tests the skills we have learned this year like rounding, place value, addition and subtraction. My group did a board about adding large numbers.

Healthy Eating

In topic we learnt all about the digestive system and about keeping healthy in our food and exercise. We got an activity about putting the correct body parts in the correct places. This is mine. I have put the brain in the head, the heart in the chest, the lungs in the chest, the stomach in the middle of the tummy, the kidneys below the stomach, the small intestines below the kidneys and the large intestines around the small intestines.

How a Light Switch Works

Room 5 is learning to write explanation writing this term. This is my explanation on how a light switch works.

Diary Entry

In room 5 my reading group was looking at books about the war and did a bit of research on the war. We had to write a diary entry from the perspective of a soldier in the war.

Sunday 10th January 1916

Dear diary,

I feel like the war will never end. Today my chap got hit by a bomb shell and has been taken away by a nurse, but I haven’t seen him since this morning. I miss my family. I got a telegram from my wife saying she had a baby and called him Arthur. I have been trying to fight as much as I can,but it is hard watching people get shot and taken away. I found a man in a pit with a shot leg. He was a German but I didn’t care he was tired and hurt.So I decided to help him out of the pit and bandage up his wound. He hopped away and turned around and smiled at me. I think this made both our days. At the end of the day we were all tired and I felt like a dog in a kennel chained to the wall.

The Holy Spirit

In room 5 we were learning about the Holy Spirit and we all wrote a prayer about helping ourselves in our work to the Holy Spirit.

City Rail Link Art

As part of an art class with Miss Down we created images that will be displayed in the country's busiest rail station, once it opens to the public in 2023/2024.

The images will be used and turned in a ceramic tile and display within the station.

The Storm

I see the storm getting bigger and bigger,
I hear the wind rattling my windows as I drift of to sleep,
I smell the soapy dishwashing liquid as John washes the dishes,
I taste the hot Asian tea as mum reads to me through the whistling of the wind,
I touch my teddy bear so I'm not as terrified,
It makes me feel scared.

In Room 5 we did a senses poem on the storm in Auckland last night. this is my poem.

Mantra

In our class we looked up inspirational quotes and mantras. We got to pick one quote and publish it and make it look all pretty. We looked at growth mindset so you can think about your work with more confidence.

Fred's Memoirs

Present times are hard on us now. We are from France and i live in an orphanage.There are only 10 children at this orphanage. My name is Fred and There is a war happening in France. I’ve heard of people from France that go and fight in the war in the city (Paris) just outside ours. We have to pretend we are actually German when the German soldiers come because those are the people who are fighting against France. They are so powerful that they even have there own name (Nazis). We never get to go outside the gate and our matron who is called Matron peters has very strict rules about it even though she is so nice.

One afternoon all of the orphans were playing outside when we heard some noise in the distance, it got nearer and nearer until we could see acrobats, woman and even little girls in pink spangles twirling and whirling around. There was also a big wrinkled creature jumping and bumping around. At first i thought it was a very large cat or dog. Then a man in a waist coat came out of one of the many carriages with a big speaker in his hand shouting “The pine rings travelling circus has come to town and you can catch it all like the tightrope walkers, clowns, elephant and of course all our acrobats big or small. Tomorrow at 2:pm or Sunday at 7:pm, Come now!” Then I new what the creature was. I was so excited that I was screaming out to all the others. I was being so loud that we all had to come inside and I got a slap on the bottom. That afternoon I was thinking badly about the circus and decided I would run away and join it and become a little acrobat.

The next morning I climbed out of bed very quietly managing not to wake the others so I could sneak away to the circus. I had done it, I was there standing before a giant tent. I saw a little girl in a dressing gown looking rather lost. I went over to her because I was rather lost to, so I thought we could be rather lost together. But I was so wrong she was looking for a way to sneak out of the circus without being seen like me in the orphanage except I knew my way around because we had once gone on a field trip so I half knew the hills. We said hi and told each other our names.

We had a walk talking all about were we came from and why we both wanted to escape and join different things. She also told me why she wanted to leave the circus and I told her why I wanted to escape from the orphanage and join the circus. Until we couldn't see the tent or orphanage. Her name was Jenny and she was very peculiar but friendly and fun all at the same time. She also told me she was one of the younger girls in pink spangles on the tightrope. Suddenly I looked behind me realising we were in the middle of nowhere so we both just panicked and ran in all different directions until we heard a train coming towards us. I thought this train would be able to take us back to the orphanage but obviously Jenny had had much more experience and told me to hide behind a tree. Then I saw why we were hiding it was an army train taking people from France to one of the Nazi death camps.

The train had gone into the distance and I had thought that maybe some of the kids at the orphanage were in the train so I convinced Jenny to come with me and we started our adventure back over the hills. To hopefully find all of the orphans not in the train and all alive safely at the orphanage. Along with matron peters. Jenny and I went over several hills and down a couple valleys until finally we saw the gates of the orphanage. But we didn't see the circus and from what it looked liked we were standing on a patch of dead grass. Jenny told me that this was were the circus tent had been and that the tent always made a big square shaped square of dead grass.

I started running to the orphanage but Jenny stayed there and started crying but she soon stopped and ran after me. I asked if she was okay but she just said she was fine. (I think she missed the circus). As soon as we reached the gates I through them open and to my surprise found the the building had crumbled down. I thought maybe the elephant from the circus had accidentally stood on it. I had looked behind me to find Jenny crying again, but she wasn't crying for herself she was crying for me so we sat done and she told me the Nazis would have found out that we were from France and had bombed the orphanage. In no time I was crying to.

We walked along a cobbled road trying not to be seen by Nazis, because even Jenny was from France. Soon enough we heard the rattling engine of a car coming down the road coming towards us. There was a kind looking lady in the car. The lady had asked us how we were and that she was from France and that we could come to her house were she had some other french people taking refuge. I had hoped that it was all the people from the orphanage but I didn't get my hopes up because it might not have been them. But sure enough we arrived at her house and in her little living room stood all the ten orphans and matron peters. I was so relieved.

So here I am, writing my memoirs. The war has finished and I am one of the most famous writers in France. I live with my beautiful wife Jenny and my three little children John, Julie and Mia. I never thought I’d say this but I have a family and a happily ever after.

Good Friday

In Religious Education we were talking about what objects symbolize Good Friday and some things that happen in the church that are different. Here is the work that I did today.

Statistics

In room 6 maths class we have been doing statistical investigation. First we learnt about Stem and Leaf graphs and did fun investigations on sports. We also learnt how to make graphs on Excel. We learnt how to make Pie graphs and different types of Bar graphs. Below is my Pie graph I made on Excel.

Newspaper Design

My friend and I designed a newspaper cover reporting the invention of the printing press during reading.

Camping

The camping site was usual enough: 

it had A goat, a swing, a hill, a dairy

And even a beach that we swam at

My friends and i did what friends do-

Trudged up a hill, rubbed sun

screen on each other, swung

on a squeaky swing, help

put up the complicated tent,

read as we wait for

the scrumptious breakfast,

Doing nothing important.

Pepeha

In Maori the whole class did a pepeha explaining where we came from, where we live and all the things that are close to where we live like our mountain and lake/sea and who our family is.

All About Me

Hi, my names Francesca but I like to be called Frankie.  My hobbies are crafting, art, wood work and architecture.  I also like swimming and jazz.  For my sisters and my birthday mum always makes her special dinner, it is my favourite dinner even though it has a really weird name it is potato bottom pizza. She also makes the best raspberry white chocolate cheese cake which she also makes for our birthdays. My favourite book is the London Eye Mystery and Wonder, they made a movie about Wonder which is sooo cool even though they missed out alot.  So that is some information about me and you will see a lot more activities and work that I will do throughout my last year at Good Shepherd School.