Jarna Pt England School

Saturn

2011-12-14T10:07:00.000+13:00

In term 4 room nineteen have been learning about the planets in the solar system. My presentation is about the planet Saturn, and I hope you really enjoy it.

6 Facts about Jupiter, Venus and Neptune

2011-12-01T10:17:00.000+13:00

I hope this information helps you now and in the future.

Jupiter

1. Jupiter is the largest gas planet in the solar system.

2. This planet is the largest planet in solar system.

3.You can see Jupiter with your own eyes.

4. Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet.

5. Jupiter can’t even become a star.

6. Jupiter has been visited by 7 spacecrafts from Earth.

Venus

1. Venus is actually earths twin.

2. Venus is so bright it casts it's own shadows.

3. Many probes have landed on the surface of Venus.

4. There’s a spacecraft there right now.

5. People used to think Venus was tropical.

6. Venus rotates backwards compared to the other planets.

Neptune

1. Neptune’s surface gravity is almost Earthlike.

2. Neptune is the smallest of the gas giants.

3. Neptune has the strongest winds in the Solar System.

4. Neptune is the coldest planet in the Solar System.

5. Neptune’s moon Triton is even colder.

6. Neptune has only been visited once up close. There are no plans to visit Neptune again.

Ripper Rugby

2011-12-01T10:13:00.000+13:00

Every Friday before lunch room 19 goes to ripper rugby. On our first day of ripper rugby (tag) our instructor asked if any of us knew how to play tag or touch we said yes. So instead of him teaching us some skills we went straight to game.

My groups team leader was Jonty and we were the black team, there were three teams so one team had to stay off until a team had got two tries. We versed the white team, in the first round of games I got one try but the other team had got two, so we had to go off. Then they lost so we came back on.

When I finally got the ball I stepped Ervin, span past Tracey and Cruz and ran for the goal line I run as fast as I could because I was running from my goal line to theirs but luckily I got the run away try, I was so happy and relived because I thought I was going to get tagged.

When we left I wanted to play again. I really can't wait until this Friday.

The Year 7&8 Social

2011-12-01T09:37:00.000+13:00

It was a quiet Thursday night and tonight was the big night. It was the year 7&8 SOCIAL!!!The theme for the social was 'Glow In The Dark'. As I was getting ready for social I was feeling really excited and nervous at the same time because this is the first time that I've ever been to a social.

It was finally time to go. When I walked into the school grounds I saw my friend

Cael, we said hi and started going towards the hall. I gave my ticket to the people at the door and went inside. There were lights flashing everywhere, people were wearing glow sticks around their wrists and necks. Everyone was dancing to the music, then the people running it said it was time for the dougie competition.

Mostly the boys started to dougie, jerk and shuffle. Only about 4 girls dougied, The person who won the dougie competition was De'Vyne.

When everyone was getting into the music Tanielu said it was time for suppa. As soon as everyone ate their sausages and drank they drinks we went back into the hall. When it came to an end everyone was feeling sad that we couldn't stay any longer.

That was a very cool social. I can't wait till next year, I hope the next one will be as good as this one.

Tennis

2011-11-29T00:17:00.001+13:00

This term we have been learning how to play tennis. Our instructor taught us two ways to hit the ball, they were called forehand and backhand. We had to pair up, Denim was my partner. First, one of us had to throw the ball just in front of you, while the other person had to hit the ball back.

After we had done that 6 people had to stand in a line and we played a game called king of the court. I was king about 4 times. When we packed up at the end of the session everyone was tired. I couldn't wait untill next week.

My Alien

2011-11-18T10:32:00.000+13:00

This term, year 7 students in room 19 are making aliens out of paper mache. We are working very hard, and we are also having heaps of fun. I am making a two headed alien, one head is smart while the other head is not as smart. I have nearly finished my alien. Hopefully I will post my finished project on my blog soon.

Thanks to Cruz and Feki for checking my work.

Solar System Questions

2011-11-10T14:29:00.000+13:00

Mr Harris (teacher)gave my class two questions about the Solar System. I hope this following information helped you know a bit about the Moons, the Earth and the Sun ENJOY!

Is There Only One Moon In The Solar System?

No, there are about 139 moons in the solar system. Earth has 1, Mars has 2, Jupiter has 62 which is the largest number of moons, coming in second is Saturn with 33 moons. Uranus 22, Neptune 13, Pluto 1, Mercury and Venus have no moons at all.

Does The Sun Spin Around The Earth or The Earth Spin Around The Sun?

The Earth rotates around the Sun. Earth is rotating around the sun because of its gravitational pull.

Thanks to Rachael for checking my work.

Day and Night

2011-11-10T00:40:00.000+13:00

I have made a presentation about how day and night works. Hope you enjoy.

Basketball

2011-11-09T15:33:00.000+13:00

My dream is to play basketball, cause ever since my uncle taught me how to play (which was a very long time ago) I desperately wanted to have a game of basketball. And my dream has finally come true.

My mum signed me up for basketball. So every Wednesday after school I play. My team's name is Lakers! Our main strip is green and our alternative strip is white. In my team there are 3 girls and 3 boys. We had our first game last week, it was really good but unfortunately we lost.

I really like my team because they are really cool, they like to play basketball and are alright at it, also their very supportive and nice.

Oh, I totally forgot YES! Today is Wednesday the 9th November and you know what that means. I can't wait for my game tonight.

My Dream Outta This World Holiday

2011-11-02T10:51:00.000+13:00

‘Brring...’ screamed the alarm. I tried to ignore it. I wanted to stay in my dream. My dream outta this world Holiday.

My dream was about Mars. Mars is the seventh largest planet also is the fourth planet from the sun. Mars is a very hard planet to spot using telescopes even using the massive ones, they say it’s to small.

Mars is called ‘The Red Planet’ because it has a reddish appearance from Earth. The planet Mars is not a pleasant place to live. Early in its history, Mars was much more like Earth.
The two moons of Mars are, Phobos and Deimos.

Their were several spacecrafts that have been to Mars. The first spacecraft to visit Mars was the Mariner 4 in 1965. In 1997 the Mars Pathfinder successfully landed on Mars.

Bibliography:

http://nineplanets.org/mars.html:

http://www.vrmars.com/The-Planet-Mars.htm:

Thanks to Mr Harris for checking my work:)!!

My Mneomic Slideshow

2011-11-02T10:50:00.000+13:00

I have created a Mneomic slideshow with planets. Hope you enjoy!!!

Thanks to Ocean and Reina for checking my work.

Georgia

2011-09-28T09:28:00.000+13:00

This term we have been learning about the country Georgia, and had fun doing it.

“Who is a famous person in Georgia?” asked Eduard Shevardnadze.“Joesph Stalin,” I replied.“That is right,” He said.“What are their local delicacies?” He asked.I answered, “Peaches are Georgia’s local delicacies.”“Correct!” Eduard replied.

Eduard asked, “Where is Georgia located Jarna?”

I anxiously said, “Southwestern Asia.”

“Good."“Who is Georgia’s key player for their Georgian rugby team?”“My answer is Malkhaz Urjukashvvill.”“The colour of their main stripe for their team is....”“ Red,” I quickly replied.

“True or False, is red and white the Georgian team alternative stripe?”

I said, “Is it True?”He replied, “Correct!” “Who are Georgia’s neighbouring countries?”

“Mr. Shevardnadze, is the correct answer Turkey and Russia?”

“Yes, well done! You have got all of the questions right! That is just spectacular Jarna, great work!”

“Thank you, it has been an honour talking to you and answering questions about your country.”

Trapdoor Spiders

2011-09-21T09:33:00.003+12:00

Room 19 made presentations for Team 4's reading tasks. This presentation also has helped us to learn how to summarise.

Team 5 Silly Sports Day

2011-08-31T13:00:00.001+12:00

It was a beautiful day on Tuesday 23 August. Cause today was team fives 'Silly Sports Day!' As we got down to the bottom field all the teachers started setting up thier activities.

The first activity we did was Mr Harris's challenge. We had to find a partner and strap one of our legs to each other and walk with a spoon with a ball in hand. You had to walk to the otherside and back to win. As my partner and I started we were going well untill she fell over and then she gave up just like that. Samson and a few more people won and they challenged each other. After that we moved on to the next activity.

We moved on to Mrs Nua's challenge. Her challenge was a water challenge and I could tell this was going to be cool. As we got in to our teams Mrs Nua told us the rules. In my team was Sione, Jordan, Aliza, Denim, Aidan and I. "Go," shouted Mrs Nua, our team quickly tried to get the water into the other bucket. The team with the red bucket won the first challenge. In the second one we tried to get it into the bucket as fast as we could, but then as Jordan ran up to the front of the line he slipped and broke our bucket everyone including himself started laughing. Then we carried on.

As we got to Mrs laungitupo's activity she straight away gave us a band. I was in the red band group we had a good team but the blue team had all the good athletes in it so we knew there was going to be a challenge. We lost our game against the blue team and I'm not sure if we lost, drew or won against the yellow team.

Arriving to the last activity which was Miss Tito's. Her challenge was to fling a ball with a big sling shot it into a hoop if you got it to land inside the pink hoop you would get 100 points for your class. we had tried to get a ball to land into the pink hoop but we failed. Ms Tito had a go and she had to try to hit Ms V and she did, it looked really funny. At the end of the day it was really fun, I hope we have another one real soon because I enjoyed that a lot.

Thanks to Racheal for checking my work

Taking Our Net Books Home

2011-08-18T09:37:00.000+12:00

On Wednesday the 17 of August I was so excited because today was the big day. As I got to school I thought I can’t wait till school finishes because we can take our ‘NET BOOKS HOME!!!’

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 “Diiiiiiiiii ring, Diiiiiiiiii ring,” yes the bell has rung. saying good bye to my teacher I rushed out of the street and off to my house to remind my dad about tonight. Arriving at school once again I was getting closer and closer to taking my net book home.

Talking to my friends I noticed that all the parents are in their childs classroom except my dad and Ms Teleso. So I quickly walked to my dad and Ms Teleso and said, “Come in the classroom,” my dad replied, “ I know I need a pen,” so I went into the classroom and got them a pen and pencil.

As they finished the paper it was our turn. We gave the papers and got our contract and left. I got home and got strait on to my net book and I was really happy.

Thanks to Jordan who checked my work.

"Where In The World Is Korea?"

2011-08-10T14:44:00.000+12:00

The Brumbies were given a number of names of rugby-playing nations of the world. These were some of the nations that are recognised by the

world governing body of Rugby Union, the International Rugby Board (IRB), as member unions but did not qualify for RWC 2011.

We divided them up amongst our team. I was given the nations listed b

elow:
This is what I found -

“Korea”
1. Korea’s national flag.

2. The continent that Korea is located in Asia

3. Seoul, Pyongyang is the capital of Korea.

4. The population of Korea is 24,457,492.

5. Korea’s most popular sports are figure skating and swimming.

I have decided to study Korea for our Immersion task.

"Where The Heck is Remuera?"

2011-08-08T09:27:00.004+12:00

Different Auckland town centres have adopted Rugby teams from countries that qualified for the World Cup. I found out information about :

The location in Auckland;

Something special about this place;

A 'potted' history of the place; If it has it's own symbol of some sort.(If we couldn't find a symbol we chose a picture that told more about the place).

Remuera is hosting Scotland for the RWC.

Remuera is a place found in Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb extends from Hobson Bay and the Orakei Basin.

Remuera is shown by the symbol to south-east of Auckland city centre..

Remuera has had a long history of human occupation, starting back in the early 14th century when the Maoris came to the area. They named the place O-hine-rangi - the

place of Hinerangi (girl of the sky).

The building to the right use to be Remuera’s first fire station.

Keep Your Eye On The Ball

2011-08-03T10:36:00.004+12:00

We are using the nations of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as our inquiry path.

For this unit we are in one of four teams: Brumbies, Force, Rebels, Stormers. My team is Brumbies

There will be a number of tasks for us to navigate to achieve our goal of an excellent result in this unit. There are a mixture of individual and team tasks to be completed. The main task that will show our learning in this unit will be a Hyperstudio presentation about one of the countries in the World Cup competition.

I don't really think of the rugby world cup that much because rugby's not my kind of sport. But I hope Samoa or New Zealand wins the world cup.

Furniture For The Street

2011-07-15T10:03:00.004+12:00

(To be continued.........->)

Hi my name is Jarna and I'm in room 19, for the past few weeks we have been making prototypes of furniture designs for the street. Everyone in our class has worked hard on their design, I’m developing a chair that is made of different types of triangles.

First we did a bit of research on different furniture designs so we had an idea how to start on our drawing of a piece of furniture

we had to draw our design on a piece of paper so we have an idea how to make it. Then we had to bring anything that is cardboard like cardboard boxes, toilet paper rolls, etc. only a couple of people brought cardboard including me.

Next we started to make our models with cardboard. After we finished that we paper mached them which took a bit of time because you have to do many layers. Finally we painted our furniture, I painted mine white. But then Mr Harris said I had some little noticeable holes on my furniture so I had to fill it with a thing called gib filler.

I am so very proud of my furniture design because I have worked hard on it. I really hope I can finish it by the end of term 2 so I can take it home to my family cause I know they would be proud of me.

Alfred J. Gross - Walkie Talkie

2011-06-22T12:15:00.012+12:00

In 1938 Alfred J Gross invented the first walkie talkie. The U.S. Government kept this communication system classified (secret) until 1976.

Gross was born in 1918, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. He began his life-long romance with wireless communications at age nine during a cruise on Lake Erie. While exploring the ship, Gross met the radio operator and was invited into the radio room to listen to the transmission. The sound of wireless telegraphy fascinated him so much that he begged his parents to buy him a crystal set, an early radio.

He was fabricating his own metal radio chassis in a metal working class at age fifteen. A year later he earned his amateur operator's license. He was now a ham radio operator.

After Gross invented the walkie talkie he created a two-way air-to-ground communication system in 1941, which was used in the Second World War. The nickname for the ground device, “Joan,” communicated over radio waves. Gross continued to develop and patent various cordless and portable telephonic devices through the 1960s.

Alfred J. Gross’s invention helps many people including police, St John’s ambulance service, etc.., because if people get hurt or their in danger they can call for help and back up. His invention was the forerunner of today’s mobile phones. If Gross didn’t go on that cruise on Lake Eire, we would not have walkie talkies now.

Bibliography

§ http://www.parxy.com/history-walkie-talkies.html (accessed 14 July 2011)

§ http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401200382.html (accessed 15 July 2011).

§ http://www.retrocom.com/Al%20Gross.htm (accessed 13 July 2011).

§ http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/csci_03/csci_03_00382.html (accessed 17 July 2011)

Starting My Story with a Exciting Hook

2011-06-15T14:41:00.003+12:00

Suddenly, I heard a creaking noise outside my bed room. Then I slowly got out of bed and sneaked a peak,

as I opened the door it made a 'screekey' sound, "Eerrrrr........"

When I opened the door "Nothing," I whispered, but then I heard the kitchen door quietly close, so I went to go investigate. As I opened the kitchen door, I felt a bit worried, but then I saw a shadow, now I was really worried. It was just standing there moving it's elbows. So I looked around the corner......... and it was my little brother stuffing his face into a chocolate cake.

Looking Backward- looking Forward

2011-05-20T12:16:00.000+12:00

Last term I really enjoyed participating in camp because I got to experience new activities and I got to know my camp mates really well. I also liked softball because I got to be our year 7 teams captain. We came second out of all the year 7 teams in the Eastern Zone tournament.

What I disliked about last term was Technology at Tamaki College. I didn’t like it because we didn’t get to do a lot of things in science that I thought we were going to do.

This term I really hope the people in my group at Tamaki College will be more sensible and more mature. Also this term I am going to try new things that I hope I really enjoy.

Great Inventions and Inventors

2011-05-20T11:49:00.004+12:00

Back in 1888 Karl Benz invented the modern car in Germany.
The car Karl Benz invented had three wheels, no covering, did not have a steering wheel, 2.5 horse power and the design was different very different to today's cars.

The cars now have four wheels, covering around the car, a steering wheel, and a better design. We also have engines with much greater horse power.

Karl Benz was a great inventor because I don’t think that I could ever create anything like he did.
I bet If Karl Benz didn’t invent these machines we may not have any cars now.

'Take Charge' Pt England

2011-04-15T12:16:00.002+12:00

Hey Pt England it's Jarna. I have created an animation to show you how to 'Take Charge!' So take it away and enjoy the show.........

In Praise Of Adverbs

2011-04-05T14:08:00.004+12:00

Adverbs help to describe verbs, adverbs are also action words and it makes your writing more interesting (You can also put these into different places in your sentences).

for example:
(verb) (adverb)
The Cheetah ran quickly through the grass.
(adverb) (verb)
Furiously ran the Cheetah towards it’s prey.
(adverb) (verb)
The Cheetah had greedily eaten the antelope.

My Letter Home

2011-03-25T14:08:00.005+13:00

Dear Mum and Dad,
How are you? I hope you are well. I am very proud of my-self because I am getting my work done a lot better and I am understanding my work better too.

I have posted my two favourite post onto my blog which are called ‘Soccer, Soccer, Soccer!’ and ‘Fantastic Camp TC.’ I am learning to do maths and write better in class which has really helped me. Last of all I really enjoy working with my class.

Yours sincerely, Jarna.

Soccer, Soccer,Soccer!

2011-03-23T12:56:00.007+13:00

Hi there, my name is Jarna and my favourite sport is soccer. I have been playing soccer for 7 years now, and I think that’s awesome! I really love playing soccer because it’s tons of fun but quite tiring after a while. I have been playing this sport ever since I was five years old and after my first match I really loved it.

My soccer season hasn’t started yet, but I will start playing my first pre-season game in two weeks on a Saturday. I can’t wait till I start soccer. I have a quick question for all you viewers, “ What is your favourite sport?”

The Fantastic Camp T.C

2011-03-17T12:46:00.003+13:00

This year for the first time, team five was going to be having camp! This year our camp was called Take Charge. Our camp is called this because we are going to be taking charge by doing different things by ourselves for most of the time, I knew it was going to be awesome!

The groups and teachers for camp are Responsibles-Mrs Langitupu, Respectibles-Ms Va’afusuaga, Motivators-Mrs Nua, Thinkerz-Mr Barks, Carerz-Ms Tito, and my group ‘PARTICIPATORZ-Mr Harris. My team leaders were Helen Tui and Charm, I think they had done a great job as leaders.

I really had a great time doing all the activities at camp T.C, but the most activities that I enjoyed was kayaking with Mr Burt and some other helpers and the Dunker with Brooke from Rock Up. I really had a great time at camp and I can’t wait till the next one!

Tamaki Reflect

2011-03-09T10:49:00.003+13:00

Yesterday Pt.England Intermediate walk down to Tamaki College for Technology. Some of the students were mucking around but I wasn't. As soon as we got there we had to sit and wait for our teachers, some of us had to wait a long time because the teachers had forgotten about us!

At Tamaki the area of learning that I am doing this term is SCIENCE! In science our teacher is Mr.Duwan. The stuff that we learnt about in science were living and nonliving things. It was very interesting because I never thought that plants and trees are actually living.

I thought it was very cool in Mr.Duwan's class because we learnt lots of interesting things. I can't wait to go back to Tamaki college.

The Beach Trip

2011-02-18T10:10:00.004+13:00

“Yes were here,” I shouted as I got out of the car and onto the sand. As I got into the water it was freezing! The waves hit me so hard I got a fright as I nearly fell deeper into the water.

My little cousins were playing in the sand and as the gross seaweed touched them they were scared.

My brother and I had a swimming contest, I won the first match then he won the last match. When we got out of the water we found black sand. We were making sand castles with our little cousins and my Pop.

That was a lot of fun at the beach I had an awesome time with my family, I really hope we can go to the beach again real soon.

Brianna's 3rd Birthday

2009-11-25T14:57:00.005+13:00

Hi it's Jarna again this is a movie I have created and it is about My Cousin Brianna and this is her 3rd Birthday as it says on the tittle.Now sit back and enjoy the show........

My Holiday

2009-10-20T09:44:00.009+13:00

Hi this is my movie about my holiday as it says on the tittle.Anyway I am proud of the movie I have made it's time take it away.

My Cross Country Post

2009-09-08T09:50:00.024+12:00

As Mrs.Jarman took us to the starting line I shivering because I was nervous about the race. When we were waiting for the seven year old boys to cross the finish line. Before I knew it ,"Bang", The clapper went and the girls raced off in a burst of speed, but lucky me I knew not to race off in the beginning.

After a while I saw Miss Wild and she told us to over take them so I over took them she said good on you Jarna keep going your doing great.I was Beside Chelsea then I over took her and some other girls then I slowed down and they over took me so I carried on and was still going plus my arms and legs were failing every were then I past them. Inside my body my lungs were screaming so I asked my self,"Your wheezing Jarna your exhausted can you continue running?"So I am doing it I'm reaching the last teacher.

There I was passing the teachers and passed the last teacher and I was in the school grounds again and I passed Mrs Tele'a and through the play ground and crossed the finish line beating Seini Mino and finishing with determination and perseverance also thirsty.

In the end I felt sore and I was felling good about my self and the place I came was 9th and last year I came 10th to last.

Here's a quick question do you think I can play guitar very good? PLEASE answer that.

My favourite Cartoon Sponge Bob Square pants

2009-09-03T08:56:00.007+12:00

Hey its me again you know how I wrote about other people well this time I'm writing about my favourite cartoon(SPONGE BOB SQUARE PANTS) this cartoon rules and I know most of you like to watch Sponge Bob am I right or am I right.

Anyway Miss MacKinley is Wyatt being a very good student specking of students here is a quick question oh and there is going to be some quick questions OK here we go who is Sponge bobs best friend? and in who bob what pants what did these silly fishes call Sponge Bob when he fell off a cliff?Anyway can some of my family members comment on my blog.

Thank you ka kite ano

2009-09-03T08:54:00.001+12:00

The Three Little Pigs

2009-08-31T09:03:00.001+12:00

My Wonderful Teacher Ms Squires

2009-08-20T09:40:00.002+12:00

Some children used to be in Ms Squires class in room six and you don't know her like I do because she is sweet. Anyway Ms Squires is a very beautiful teacher and she likes us when we be good for her and it feels like family and family never puts down family members.

So that is why I wrote about my teacher and that is how I think about Ms Squires plus how she teaches us. So all you commenters out there try and be very good for your teachers too.
(Except if you are an adult)

Thanks all you readers out there.Ka Kite ano

and please tell Ms Squires to read this post.

My Second Favourite Singer Taylor Swift

2009-08-12T12:22:00.001+12:00

One day I wanted to say Miley Cyrus was my second favourite singer but when I saw what Miley did

it made me feel a bit stink so I decided to go with Taylor Swift because I like her style and her voice and most importently

her songs my favourite songs are called You belong with me and Love Story so all of the pictures are in the song You belong with me.

And one of the pictures are from love story so any way who else likes Taylor Swift? please write on the comment.

And teachers if you like her to can do that as well. you can ask me,(Jarna) or Selena to sing one of the songs if you want to and that's the teachers too pretty PLEASE!!! you see I wrote it in capitals letters.

Thank you http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=8523560 for letting me use your

pictures you are COOL!!! and can you also post on my blog people around the world.

Thank you very much commenter's.

Jane Is A Very Nice And Kind

2009-08-06T13:21:00.001+12:00

Hey its me again did you know I have tons of friends but i am only going to write about her and her name is Jane. Jane and I were friends when we got to know each other but we were in different classes she was in room 14 and I was in room 12. So do you know what class we are in now? by the way as the title says she is also very good in class she hasn't got a detention that I know of. Her favourite sports is volley ball,soccer and cricket. And some of her other friends are Reina,Tule,Destiny and Sylvia and some of them are in her group Ziggles.I wrote about Jane because she is very loyal to all of her friends.And tell Jane to read my blog too PLEASE!!!!! thank you all.

Immersion Assembly

2009-07-28T11:40:00.001+12:00

As soon as I walked into the hall it looked like I was in a mixture of fairy tales.I saw Mr Burt and he yelled ,"Arra! wheres my Princess?,"he was wearing a old fashion ball tux and he also talked in an old fashioned accent.I saw Shrek feeling happy and Fiona sat next to him but she had pink hair,Ginger Bread Man was grinning cheekily,Fairy god mother who was granting wishes. These were the things I saw as I walked into the hall for our Immersion Assembly.

When we sat down Mr.Burt told us the topic for this term which is The Art In Storytelling.For the first day of every term we have an Immersion Assembly that's why we go to the hall.Teams 1,2,3,4s teachers all do something to help show us what the topic for this term is.So we discovered that our topic for this term is all about fairy tales heroes and villains and all of the stuff that is make believe.

One of the funniest teams are team three.Their teachers acted out Cinderella Miss.Garden was the exquistintly beautiful Cinderella wearing a flouncy,frilly wedding dress with a flowing train,Miss.Walters was the sympathetic fairy god mother and she had magical and mysterious powers,Miss.l was the first hideous step sister and she had a pointy crooked nose,and Miss.MacKinlay was the second hideous step sister and she had a mustash,big teeth and a hunch back.They were squabbling and disputing over a picture of Brad Pitt on a broomstick.

Team four had all different kinds of fairy tale characters.Mr.Palmer was Shrek he bellowed,"What are you doing in my swamp",Miss.King as Fiona,but with pink hair she was holding Shreks arm.Mrs.Nua as another fairy god mother was granting wishes strait after that Mrs.Tele'a was dressed as the evil witch from Snow White showed us three items that were in her bag their was a heart to damand proof that Snow White was dead,a poisoned apple to kill Snow White so she could be the fairest of them all and she had a mirror to tell who is the fairest of them all and she said,"Come to my palace and talk to my camera my beautiful magical camera because I am far to beautiful to talk to you and who ever gets the best answer gets a prize". Then Mrs.Burt was Puss In Boots and Miss.Va'afusuanga yelled out,"You are another impostor because I am Puss In Boots,"and she replied",Where is your tail". Then we carried on and Mr.Burt turned on the music on and we went back to our classes to do something that we do not usually do.

After the Immersion Assembly my leg felt very sore and I felt energetic and my favorite teachers that were dressed up was Mrs and Mr Burt.

Jordan Is A Smart Kid

2009-06-17T12:46:00.001+12:00

Hi you must know me so I do not need to say my name and hope you like my story any way I am writing about Jordan S. He is very cool and if you see him ask him to read Jarna's blog because he might not know that I wrote about him and you might see him in room 15. His best friends are Ilalio and Marven but I am only his friend. Jordan is very smart at maths and he is the first smartest out of the boys in his math group which is oblongs,but he butts in allot when someone else is talking.So that some of the things I know about him and keep reading ka kite ano.

This Is My Family

2009-06-10T11:54:00.001+12:00

This is my family and in my family is my Mum Petrina, my Dad Bruce, my Brother Wyatt,my Cousin Brandee, my Cousin Dani, my baby Cousin Zac, my baby Cousin Prayer, my Aunty Ang, my Uncle Toma, my Nana Marie and my Pop Graham. Now you know my family it's time to tell you what we do together in the holidays. We might go out for lunch or go somewhere to spend half of our day at the movies first to watch something that we haven't seen before.On Sunday my family and I went to the movies and watched Night At The Museum Two and after that we had lunch at Wendy's with` my Mum,Dad and Brother oh and I forgot not my whole family just the ones that went to Wendy's with me.Any way you are great readers and hope you read my storys and if some of my old one's are not there you have to go to the older posts at the bottom of the posts o.k any way hope you readers have a good day today or tommorow so bye bye.

The New Kid Jephte

2009-06-10T08:51:00.001+12:00

Hi it's Jarna again and this time I am writing about the new kid called Jephte and he came all the way from Africa to New Zealand to stay. And he is ten years old so that also means he is going to Intermediate next year and that means he is a year six at Pt.England school. And I think that he came here to learn more Literacy and also he is learning English yeah!!! but he knows some English. Jephte likes to play soccer,touch and lots of other sports because lots of kids play with him and also his brother Johnathan plays with him a lot because that's his brother and you know brothers like playing with brothers and sisters. His favourite colour is Green and Blue and his best friend is Marven and Joshua plus Me. Anyway that's all so hope I can write some more later on so bye for now.

My Friend Sylvia

2009-06-09T09:57:00.001+12:00

Hi this is Jarna and I am writing about my friend called Sylvia because she is my best friend in the world. And we mostly do everything together because well you know because we are the best of friends. When we work together I will help her when she is stuck on her work during reading time or writing time. When it is lunch time we usually go down to the junior side and play with my Brother Wyatt also we do lots of cool stuff together like seeing each other when we go to school or when we leave school and all those things that best friends do at school and not at school. So we met each other at kindergarten when we were little babies like 3 and under and look at us now, all grown up. We meet each other at the shops after school sometimes.

Any way hope you like my best friend story I wrote for all of you to read, so good bye for now.

If you click the play button below, you will hear me read this story for you...

Ankylosaurus

2009-05-26T10:04:00.001+12:00

Armoured dinosaurs can not be defeated.

No dinosaur can flip over a Ankylosaurus.

Kind dinosaurs like an Ankylosaurus do not harm any other dinosaurs only attacks predators.

Young Ankylosaurus can be killed by predators.

Lived in late cretaceous in North America.

Other armourd dinosaurs like an Ankylosaurus mostly eat plantes.

Some paleontologist found Ankylosaurus's fossils.

An a Ankylosaurus existed 70 million years ago.

Using it's beak to nip off leaves from heages.

Rough skin and lots of armour.

Using it's armour to defend it- self.

Some paleontologists

Thank-you http://www.picsearch.com/pictures/animals/dinosaurs/ankylosaurus.html

Tyrannosaurus Rex

2009-05-21T14:49:00.001+12:00

Tiny arms and long teeth as long as banana's and as sharp as a carving knife.

Young T-Rex is waiting for his Mum to come and bring there food back to the family.

Razor sharp teeth going to kill a young Ankylosaurus.

Ankylosaurus is getting attacked by a Tyrannosaurus and getting badly hurt.

No dinosaur is going to kill a Tyrannosaurus-Rex.

Never will a Tyrannosaurus get beaten by an Ankylosaurus.

Other than sauropods can bet a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Some paleontologists found Tyrannosaurus rex fossils in south america.

And Tyrannosaurus rex can rip off hard and rockey skin off other dinosaurus.

U can't fight a Tyrannosaurs rex and kill it.

Ready to kill its precious pray.

Using it's teeth to kill other dinosaurs .

Sauropods can defeat a Tyrannosaurus.

Ripping apart some nice nice flesh.

Enoying dinosaurs so T-rex is going kill dinosaurs.

Xtremely scary and very freakey to touch a Tyrannosaurus.

Thank-you http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/IgorsBrain/Tyrannosaurus_Gonna_Gitcha.jpg

Dino-might

2009-05-05T09:19:00.001+12:00

On Monday we went to the immersion assembly for term two where we found out that our topic was called Dino-might and we are learning about dinosaurs.

When we got to the hall we sat down in two lines then Mrs.Jarman was talking to us about what topic we are learning about for this term.Mrs.Jarmon asked Blessing to tell Mr.Burt was coming soon.When Blessing went to ask Mr.Burt he came in jumping around and took Feki's hand and dragged him down to the end of the hall.And whacked him on the head and his back then he went back and took Tyler by the hand and dragged him by the hand and took him to the front of the hall.The whole school was laughing even the teachers and Adults.

Mr.Burt shouted out,''Term 2 Dino-might team1#.The teachers in team1 are Mrs.Wild,Mrs.Katu,Mrs.Georege and Ms.Lal.They made a video clip about dinosaurs and they made a sign that said 'They're Not Extinct(yet)',Then they finished.Mr.Burt called out the same thing but he said team 2 instead.The teachers in team two are Ms.Va'afusuaga,Mrs.She,Ms.Glaze.And there Item was a rap about dinosaurs names.Then Mr.Burt said"Term Two Team 3",The teachers in Team 3 are Ms.Garden,Ms.Walters and Mrs McKinley. There Item was being paleontologist and pretending to dig up in the hall and find dinosaurs fossils.Then it was team 4's tern and the teachers in team 4 are Ms Squires,Mr.Palmer,Mrs.Nua,Mrs.King. And there Item was a video Clip about dinosaurs and they are a live and they were dreaming of it.Then Mr.Burt grabbed Levi's hand and dragged him across the hall too.Then Mr.Burt said ,"Dino-Might E-Learning group".And in the teachers in the E-Learning group is Mrs.Tele'a and Mrs.Burt and there item was a video clip too.When the video clip ended the music went on and we all went to our class rooms and did our original things.

Rock climing

2009-04-09T11:46:00.000+12:00

Triceratops

2009-03-27T08:50:00.002+13:00

Thick skin and horns.

R azor sharp horns on its face.

It lived in the late Cretaceous.

Can be found in North America.

Eats leaves and horses fantail.

Ready to charge on predators.

And is a big dinosaur.

Triceratops is a herbivore.

One amazing dinosaur.

Paws were much powerful.

Soft and very friendly.

Thank-you http://mattmihm.org/images/triceratops.gif

The Challenge

2009-02-17T09:54:00.001+13:00

Last week on Thursday Ms Squires said ''We are going to play a game it is sort of a challenge''. So Ms Squires told Lepa and Matthew to get the balls, cones and the hockey sticks. Ms Squires took us to the hall and she told us to pick a partner but I had to sprint to the class room to get scrap paper and sixteen pencils.
When I got back no one was alone so I had to go with two partners Sylvia and Jane. After a while it was my turn so I took the hockey stick off Sylvia and the ball. I had to wait for three or four beeps then finally I started. I was as fast as a snake but a little bit slower. But when I looked behind me Jordan was right on my tail so I went faster but Jordan was shoving me and he bet me to the finish line. My time was 1:45.
Then Destiny had a sore stomach so then I had to go with Mubasshira and then it was Mubasshira's turn. When she got there I had to take 20 off Mubasshira's total time.The four beep's went and she was off she was fast as a snake but a bit faster and then it came the difficult part.But she was like the master of the challenge.When she finished the challenge her score was 1:20 but I took off 20 second's and her total time was 54 second's.

The Beach

2009-02-10T09:39:00.001+13:00

One lovely day at the beach on Saturday with my family we were all packing our stuff out of the car and we put our stuff on the ground next to our tent . All my cousins my Mum and I carried the table to the beach over to our tent and then we all went to the water put our feet in it and we were splashing around. We put sunscreen on then we played touch with my Mum, Dad and cousins. When I went to pull the tag off Robert's strap instead I bent my finger on the end of his pants. My team lost so we went for a swim in the sea.

We started to look for crabs and mussells. My cousin Robert ate a clam without cooking it I said ''Yuck!" I almost threw up.

We went in to have our morning tea and we put some more sunscreen on before we went to have another swim. We were splashing around and fighting on my Mum and Dad's shoulder's. If you lose then you fall over. So then my cousins Brandee and Chay were on my Mum and Dad's shoulders. Next my Mum and Brandee lost so my Dad and Chay won that one.

After that we went in for lunch, we had a barbecue. It was fantastic. My uncle Rob said "Who wants to play tag?" So every one said "Yes." I was in the blue team which my uncle Rob was in. My Mum, Dad and Wyatt were in my team too. We played against the Yellow team. It was only a family game. I shouldn't have played because of my finger, but in the end I did.

Welcome to Room 15 from Ms Squires

2009-02-05T17:11:00.001+13:00

Hi Jarna, welcome to Room 15 and your new blog. This is your own place to share your stories, poems and thoughts about different topics. You will be able to also post any podcasts or videos you make and any of your e-learning tasks you complete throughout the year. Don't forget to let all your family know so they can see what you have been up to and can leave you comments.
Happy Blogging!!