The Case of the Battered Bully by Marion Thomas is a story about Sally the Sleuth solving a mystery about Bradley the Bully getting beaten. At the start when the Year Sevens get to the Year Seven Camp it was pouring down with rain so they did their lessons. When the rain stopped at dusk, they wandered around hoping that the next day would be better and then later on they watched a video.
At 12:00am there were smokes and beer in Bunkhouse C and no one owned up. The punishment the boys in Bunkhouse C had was rubbish collection the next morning. The next day everyone went kayaking on the lake, horse riding and playing on the flying fox. Everyone hadfun that day for except for a few people including Bradley who over the course of the day had managed to give Frankie a bleeding nose because Frankie had referred to the night before, held Keith’s head underwater because Keith wouldn’t give Bradley basketball cards that belonged to Keith and called some girls sissies because of the night before.
Later on Bradley was banned from the flying fox as he had been pushing kids out of the way to get on it and deliberately kicking at to spectators legs. During dinner the boys in Bunkhouse had a food fight and no one owned up so the boys had toilet duty.
At 12:30am a tremendous din was coming from Bunkhouse C. It was Bradley. Someone had beaten him up. Blood was pouring down his face and his right eye was already half closed. Sally went into Bunkhouse C to investigate but found nothing.
Then Sally went to the flying fox and the wire was half cut. She got off and looked down. There were blood stains on the platform and there were big footprints at the bottom of the ladder. The answer was Bradley was trying to cut the rope for the flying fox and slipped so he broke two teeth, got a black eye and had lots of blood all over him.
Lost in the Rainforest by Sonya Stoneman is a story about Jade and Matthew’s (who are brother and sister) plane crashing because of a fire in the engine in which everyone except Jade and Matthew are killed. Then Jade and Matthew decided to go and find a village so they would be safe.
After one hour they got to a river and Jade dipped her feet in it and was almost eaten by a crocodile! Luckily Matthew warned her and pulled her away in the nick of time. Then when they were crossing the river on a fallen tree further along the river, Jade fell in and there was an electric eel swimming near there.
Later on it started to pour down with rain and there was some thunder. Matthew had found two massive leaves from a tree and gave one to Jade and kept one for himself. Then Jade found a hollow bit in the bottom of the tree and suggested that they could go in it so Matthew felt around inside it and there was a snake inside it already.
When the rain stopped Matthew and Jade quenched their thirst by drinking water that had collected on leaves and had some berries because previously Matthew had climbed up vines to get some berries.
As they were walking they came upon a column of army ants which stung to death a huge tarantula and a coral snake. A little further on they saw some toucans. Round the next bend in the river they came across a small Indian village. The man who took Matthew and Jade in to his hut couldn't understand Matthew when he told him he was hungry but found out that they were hungry when Matthew was rubbing his tummy and touching his mouth. Then they were given a hammock to sleep in..
About a week after the crash Matthew and Jade heard the engine of a motorboat and heard a familiar voice calling out their names. It was their dad! After one week with the indian tribe they were finally able to go home.
Today Robin, Mama, Papa and I went to Arapuni to bike along the Waikato River. One quarter of the way through my bike broke so Mama took my bike back to the car. Then I went on Mama's bike and Papa, Robin and I continued going ahead. Once we got to the Arapuni Dam we continued along on a harder path. After a while on that track I got scared because, I had almost fallen into the water, so we turned around. When we got back to the swing bridge we had lunch and then Robin and I walked along the bridge.
When we got back to Putaruru, we got an icecream from Countdown and then we all stopped at a railway crossing and saw the steam train Passchendaele that going to Glenbrook. After we saw the train we went back to Oma's and Opa's house.
Today we went to Firth Tower Museum in Matamata. Matamata is a town in the Waikato. First we went into the Matamata Church. We could only go into it before 2:00 as there was a wedding. Then we went into the Post Office and at the back of it there was a book sale and that was very awesome. After that we went into Mark Madill Shed to look at all the different types of farm machinery. Then I was looking at a model railway in a old train carriage.
Later on after we had looked at all the other buildings we went back into Matamata for lunch before we went to Opal Hot Springs which is at a campground in Matamata and went on a slide that reaches into the water at Opal Hot Springs. I was playing wrestling with Robin. Last we went to see Tarore's (a Maori girl who had a bible and treasured it but was killed and her bible helped spread the words of god) grave.
A medical centre is an very important place in my community because it is place where people go seek medical attention when they are sick.
First of all, people go to medical centres when they become sick. At the medical centres, the doctors or nurses decide the type of medical attention to be given if people need it. Without medical centres we could die.
Then, medical centres are also important because it has facilities that can isolate patients with epidemic diseases, otherwise the people who have epidemic diseases would get worse and spread it to everyone else. Some epidemic diseases are measles, cholera, whooping cough, smallpox and rheumatic fever.
After that, medical centres are places people can go to for emergency treatments. . If people have big cuts, people need to go to the medical centre. However if people have little cuts people don’t need to. If people have a broken bones or a sprain, the medical centre will tell people to go to the hospital.
Then, the people at medical centres can also give people medical advice if people need it. They can tell people how to treat cancer, diabetes and they give people a diet for obesity. When people have a back injury, they can go to the physiotherapist.
Before people become doctors or nurses, they need to train and at medical centres. Doctors and nurses at the medical centres also give training to medical students. They teach them how to do operations and write prescriptions.
Finally, at a medical centre they give people prescriptions. If people have a disease, they need to get a prescription for some medicine and people need to go back every three months for regular check ups.
A medical centre is an important place in the community because it helps save peoples lives and provide professional advice and attention to the sick.
Compare and contrast information we read. will be able to identify similar information in the texts I read and then compare them. I will be able identify the differences in the texts I read. I will be able to create a table or a Venn Diagram to show the similar and different information I have read.
Activity 1 - Building a Healthy Body
With a partner, discuss the questions below. Be prepared to report back to the class
on your ideas.
1. What two kinds of food provide us with good, long-lasting sources of energy? Why is it
important to eat more of one than the other?
The two kinds of food rich in energy are fruits and vegetables. It is important to eat more healthy foods than unhealthy food otherwise you will get fat.
2. Imagine that the school athletics day is going to take place in two months and you
want to do as well as you can. How would you prepare? What have you learnt about
building a healthy body that will help you to prepare?
I would prepare by eating lots of healthy food and training hard. I have learnt what to eat to have a balanced diet and stay healthy.
3. Discuss the liquids you usually drink. Which ones are the right kinds of drink for a
healthy body? Use what you know about sugar to explain what drinking too much
fizzy drink might do.
The liquids I usually drink are water and milk. They are both the right liquids to drink. If you have too much fizzy drinks, you might get diabetes.
Kiteboarding is a game on Sumdog where you need to get points by answering guestions and holding them down to do tricks. Robin and I played each other and I came 2nd because at the end Robin got double points. It was Robin - 121, me 109. At the start I was winning.
Today we went on the train to Britomart. Because of the power cut we did not need to pay to get on the train in Glen Innes as the pay stations weren't working. When we got to Britomart Mama put $10 on our AT Hop Cards. Then we went on the red bus that was free for people with AT Hop Cards. We were late to do a tour that we were doing so we got off after a while and walked quickly to where we needed to be.
The first building we went into was the Baptist Tabernacle, built in 1886. It had a pool for people's full immersion baptism but that was covered up with carpet so they now use other churches with the pool.
Then we went to the St Kevin’s Shopping Arcade. The Nathan family used to own land there but had to move for the Shopping Arcade to go in. Arthur Myers (mayor 1905 - 1910) donated 10,000 pounds.
Next we went into George Court Department Building. It was designed by Architect Clinton Savage. It was the Air Raid Central Command for Auckland during WWII (World War 2).
After that we went to Samoa House Fale. It is the first Fale be built out of Samoa.
Later on we went to Hopetoun Alpha. It is the only building of it's kind with a curved wall shown on the outside. It is the first building in NZ to be built with cast concrete, and was built in 1875.
Then we went to Central Fire Station. It is now offices and some apartments. There used to be a wash-house for the firefighters.
Last of all we went to Pitt Street Methodist Church. That and Baptist Tabernacle have moving altars as in their religions, the ceremony was not as important as the preaching. It has a very big communion rail.
At night we went to Papatoetoe Library for activities from WWII. There was Blackout Challenge, Butter Making, Washing the Clothes and Army Dress Up.
First I did Army Dress Up and I wore a Paratrooper NCO (Non Commissioned Officer) hat.
Then I went to Washing the Clothes and I washed a pair of socks. We had to use a wooden wash board in a large washing tub.
Next I made some Butter and put it on toast. I learnt that it takes longer with salt in it.
After that we did the blackout challenge and we had to cover a table so no light was seen using newspaper and pegs. Robin and I won.
Last I had more toast and Milo, Pineapple Juice and an ANZAC Biscuit before I left.
Yesterday I went to my friend Joss's house for a little bit of the afternoon during the power cut. When I got there Joss was having lunch so I waited in his room while he got his lunch and brought it into his room. While Joss ate we played Lego City and the robber had stolen $400 and and two diamonds so the police came in their truck and got onto their boat and captured the robber.
Then we went on the Nintendo3DS and played Lego Marvel and Spider-man. After that when the power ran out on the Nintendo3DS we played Midnight Vegas on his Ipad. Later on Joss had to go to his Grandma's house so I went home.
Dako-Snappysaurus by Kyle Mewburn is a book about Arg, the main character, going on his first dinosaur hunt. Dako-Snappysaurus is in a series called Dinosaur Rescue. Hng, Arg's big sister, keeps trying to kill Krk-Krk, Arg's pet. Then Arg's Dad comes and tells Arg he is going on his first hunt so Arg goes to pack his mamtress (Arg's invention, supposed to be mattress) full of weapons, but all the other hunters only had two spears.
When the hunters in Arg's tribe get to the hunting grounds Arg's Dad leads them to a beach at the side of Huge 'lake'. There Dakosaurus attacks Arg's Dad, Krk-Krk and Arg. Arg fights the Dakosaurus until he kills it. The rest of the hunters are surprised when they see the Dakosaurus and lots of fish on the ground as it takes a whole hunting party together to kill a Dakosaurus but Arg killed it all by himself.
I liked Dako-Snappysaurus because it made me laugh.
The last few days of the holidays have been very busy. On Tuesday Robin, Mama and I went down to Hamilton for the day. Mama went for a funeral while Robin and I went to stay with Tante Norma. At Tante Norma's house Robin and I played scrabble with Tante Norma. Robin came 1st, Tante Norma came 2nd and I came 3rd. Then we had a small block of Whittaker's chocolate and two cookies. Later on Oom Ron got home and we had dinner. On Wednesday Robin, Mama and I were biking down to St Heliers and we went to our church for a while and unfortunately Robin power-chucked all over the couch and Mama. Then we had to go home.
On Thursday we went to the Auckland Museum to see the exhibition, Still Life; Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott (who himself and four others perished on the final leg after getting to the south pole and they were 18km from the food station) and Shackleton (who survived). We saw that of the 69 dogs Shackleton took only four survived. One of them Oscar had his harness in a display case. The four dogs that survived were taken to Wellington Zoo. The food the explorers ate included seals and penguins, and not enough fibre.
Later on we went down to St Heliers and got a Travel Back in Time Passport and had to walk around St Heliers looking for answers for questions as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival.
I enjoyed my day today because I saw lots of interesting things.
Today Robin, Mama and I went to the RSA building in Papatoetoe for Auckland Heritage Festival. When we got there we went inside and I did a dot-to-dot picture of a soldier. Then Robin and I were making some medals. We made the Pacific Star, the NZ Operational Service Medal and the 1914 - 15 Star.
Then we went and were looking at the exhibitions. I was really excited when I saw a diorama on the Battle of Crete. It was the Alied Forces, Greek soldiers and Crete civilians attacking the Nazis. Unfortunally the Nazis won because of a mis-communication between the Alied commanders.
Then I went to try on an American Army Helmet, a pair of army gloves and a RNZAF jacket ranked Corporal. I had fun wearing it.
Last we went to the Papatoetoe library and I got a really cool Captain America comic.
I had fun today.
1914 - 15 Star.
Pacific Star.
Wearing American Army helmet.
Giving a military Gas Mask to a mannequin.
In front of a wall with the colours of medals on it.
Glen Innes was settled by William Innes Taylor in the 1800’s and he was the first European in GI. The Maori were in GI first.
Activity 3
The Ruapotaka Marae is an important structure in GI because it is a marae and it is where the Maori meet and have a Hui. The Ruapotaka Marae was built by the Nga Hau E Wha Tribe as their special place.
This story is about Karla, Mum and the narrator going to watch the rugby game in their small town. Their town is so small that they got used to missing out on the big things. When they heard about the rugby, they were very excited. Mum agreed to the children going to the rugby game, but there were conditions. The children had to do the chores for a week.
Even though soccer was the game in their family, they enjoyed the rugby game heaps. They were really excited when they saw Shane, as he was their favourite player. Karla and the narrator could not wait for the game to start.
When Shane did his big run and scored a try, Karla and the narrator cheered the loudest. At the end of the game, they waited to be allowed on the field. At last when they got on the field, Shane came straight to them to sign their programmes. Then, mum looked at the programme to see when the famous player was playing again.
On Saturday last weekend, Robin, Mama, Papa and I drove to Rotorua to get Mama a bike.
After we got it, we went to get lunch. We got lunch from Couplands Bakery. Next we went to Ohinemutu Marae. We went into St Mary's Church, which has a window with an etching of Jesus on it and when you look through it you see Jesus walking on the water, as the church looks out onto the lake.
We then went back to the bike place to see if we could find a new bike for Mama because we got an extra small. We could not find one so we got her a helmet from Bike Barn.
After we got the helmet we went mountain biking just out of Rotorua. Later on we went to Waikite (Wai - Water Kite - Clear) Hot Springs. There were a lot of pools and they were all warm, with the hottest being 39 degrees Celcius.
A while after that when we finished we went to Oma's and Opa's house for the night. In the morning we went for a bike to the school and we saw Monsieur (monsieur is french for mister) Billy Goat. The school has a garden for each class and the adventure playground was awesome.
I had fun on the holiday. I also felt a bit guilty that I had made myself comfy at Oma's and Opa's house when they were not there.
Today Robin, Papa and I went to Swim-Arama for Robin and me to do water safety. We were with Zoe the swimming instructor. We were learning how to be safe all over the place in the water, the kick-board and the noodle to complete the challenge.
Matariki I turn into a bird then I fly into the night sky, I see the seven stars of Matariki in the clear bright night, I land on Matariki and I said "Oh wow", I hear the people in Aoatearoa at the Matariki Ball, I smell the yum kai and I hear the music at the Matariki Ball. By Karl Plessius.
Tanki Online is a tank game where you can get lots of weapons for your tank and you can also get more hulls. I am rank Master Coporal the fifth lowest level. I do not know how close I am to ranking up to ranking up. The next rank I need is Sergeant and I need to get 7 100 points to make it. The top rank is Generallissimo and you need 1 400 000 points to get it.
On Monday Oma, Opa and I were watching Germany vs Argentina. It was a very tough game. The person who got the only goal was Mario Gotze. It was 1 - 0 to Germany.
This morning Opa, Oma, Papa and I watched Netherlands vs Brazil. It was a tough game. The two two teams both played really well. It was Netherlands 3 - Brazil 0. At halftime it was 2 - 0 to the Netherlands. I enjoyed the game heaps.
This afternoon Robin, Oma and I went to the Panmure Library for Wild about Star Wars. At the Auckland Libraries they are doing the theme Wild over the school holidays.
We were making lightsabers and playing with them. There was also pin the lightsaber on Yoda. To make the lightsaber we had to roll up cardboard and tape the paper from the instructions that had the printed hilt (handle). My one was red and Robin's was blue and red.
Uncle Malcolm has recently been to Turkey and bought back an evil eye for both Robin and I. I wanted to find out more about the evil eye.
The evil eye is an eye that you can get that scares away the evil spirits and curses from when people do the "evil eye" to you. The evil eye is when someone is angry at you and they glare at you. The above picture shows a talisman.
Heaps of cultures believe in the evil eye, especially the Middle East. The evil eye is a curse that is believed to cause harm, illness and even death.
Nowadays, a lot of tourists buy evil eye talismans as a memento of their holidays, like the one that we were each given.
This morning while we ate breakfast Robin, Mama & I watched the FIFA 2014 match Argentina vs Netherlands, the second semi-final. With Papa being from the Netherlands, we were supporting Netherlands.
The game was very gut-wrenching with both teams playing defensively. At half-time the score was Netherlands 0 - Argentina 0. After half-time, Argentina did better getting more attempts at goal that all missed.
At full time the score was Netherlands 0 - Argentina 0 so they went in to stoppage time followed by extra time. Still Netherlands 0 - Argentina 0. Lastly, they went into penalty shootout time where each team gets 5 penalty kicks at goal, one kicker vs one goalkeeper for each kick.
We were on the edge of our seats during this phase. The final score was Netherlands 2 - Argentina 4. We felt depressed at the end of the game. Netherlands now will be playing Brazil in Brasilia.
On Wednesday morning NZ time we were watching Brazil vs Germany in the first semi final of FIFA 2014 Football World Cup. The score was Germany 7 - Brazil 1.
It was really exciting because no-one expected the turnout and also because Germany got the opening goal and then got 4 goals in six minutes. At halftime the score was 5-0 to Germany. After halftime Brazil were doing much better and got a goal on full-time and there was a bit of extra time even though earlier on in the game the Referee had said no extra time. Germany missed getting their eighth goal in extra time.
The previous biggest loss for Brazil was in 1920 when they lost 6-0 to Uruguay.
Brazil has won 5 of the nineteen FIFA Football World Cups, but will not play in the final at Rio and will instead play for third and fourth at the capital of Brazil, Brasilia. Six of the FIFA Football World Cups have been won by the home country, but not this year.
Project Huia is a good chapter book by Des Hunt. It is about Logan, Jim and Ana who try to bring the Huia back from extinction. The Huia was a New Zealand native bird that became extinct long ago. The people who try to stop them are the Carson family that try to get the Huia first and get lots of money.
I recomend this for people who like books about New Zealand. This is an exciting book for more advanced readers.
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