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Last Friday my school celebrated St patrick’s day.Firstly we went to mass and sang some songs.After mass we went back to class and did some St patricks work,one of the activities i did was wordle.Since it was raining we weren’t able to do the games on Friday so the teacher decided to schedule it for Monday.

 

On monday we first had room 6s assembly. After assembly we did some maths until the bell rang for morning tea.

 

Once morning was finished we had to sit in our classes in a line and wait for Ms Bullot to call out our names to get into teams.After a bit my name was finally called out. I was in the group called Emeralds and my team leaders were Laura and Minh.

 

After everyone got sorted into our teams we went off to start playing games. The first game my team played was Mrs Agnew’s game which was just called cricket bowling. After that we went to play Mr Bell’s games which was called scatterball. My team was vs Fe’ao  team and they beat us by one point. After a few more games we finally got to the last game which was Sister Evalasi’s game. When we finished the game we went down to the canopy and waited for our iceblocks to come out. There were three flavours which were Tropical,pineapple and orange. The flavour that my team got was pineapple. After we ate our iceblocks we said our lunch prayers and we went to have our lunch.

 

After lunch we went back into our class and got comfy so we could finish watching spirited away. Once we finished watching a bit we started to clean the classroom.When we finished cleaning we got our bags and said karakia then went to the canopy to line up and go home.

 

I really enjoyed the St Patrick’s day activities and I can’t wait for what activities we are going to do next year but my feet were hurting a lot.

At school my class learned about the goliath birdeater. We watched a video about it so we can get some ideas and facts. One of the facts I learned was that the goliath birdeater has 8 eyes but still has bad eye sight. The goliath birdeater is found in the northern part of south America. It is the largest spider in the world by mass and body length.The lifespan of the goliath birdeater is  about 15-20 years. After we wrote some facts we wrote a paragraph about the goliath birdeater.When we finished we copied the paragraph down on to our chromebooks.

 

The paragraph that i wrote:

The Goliath Birdeater is really big.It about a footlong that can cover someones head.The goliath birdeater has lots of predators but has a really hard time trying to hide since it has poor eye sight.

On Tuesday morning my class went to the stone cottage by our school. Around 10 am it was my classes turn to go to the cottage. Luckily for us the cottage was only across the road.

Once we got there we met these two people named Terry and Patrick. Terry showed us a few pictures of Panmure back in the days. She was telling us the history of Panmure and one of the things she told us was that the stone cottage used to be by the McDonalds that we now have in Mt Wellington.

When she was done telling us the history she let us inside. Once inside we went to the first room which was opposite from the bedroom. It was the parlour or sitting room and we were greeted by this lady named Josephine. At first I thought she was a mannequin until I saw her eyes blinking. There were  lots of pictures in the room which had a lot of history.

We finished and went into the other room. The room we went into next, had a lot of old fashioned stuff like old dolls, clothes and some old fashioned bed covers. There  were two old fashioned dolls which were really creepy.

After that we went into the kitchen and the lady showed us some antique cups and bowls. Most of the bowls and cups were really pretty and elegant. In the kitchen there was this really creepy doll sitting on this old highchair.

We went upstairs and looked in this one room which had a lot of antique stuff like typewriters, a Faberge egg, perfume bottles, a corset and a man’s boots and some more old stuff.

We went into the second bedroom which had another crib with a doll inside of it and there was another bed. There were 3 mannequins with different clothes that had been donated over  the years. They were old.

At the very end my class went back down stairs and went outside and took a few pictures. It was really nice and interesting there. I have often wondered what was inside the cottage

 

 

 

For the last 2 weeks we’ve had the opportunity to do swimming lessons. The things we had to bring were our  togs, goggles, towel, swim cap and a jacket which was optional. We started our swimming lessons on Tuesday 1st of August and ended on Monday 14th.

On the first day of swimming we had to get changed and then go on the bus to the swimming pool. When we got there we got split into different lanes depending on how good we were. The three lanes were beginner, intermediate and advanced. I was in advanced class with a few of my friends. The first thing we did was freestyle which was kind of easy. Then once we finished we did backstroke. After we did that we did some diving.

On one of the last days of swimming we were able to go on a boat which was really fun because we got pushed off  it and we also went under it. When we finished we went to this other activity where someone has to pretend to drown and we have to save them with life jackets, a rope and the rescue bag.

One of my favourite things we did were breaststroke and diving. On the last day we just did our normal swimming. It was really fun and I can’t wait for next year to do swimming again.

                 

 

 

 

How to make a Matariki Star:

The things you need are cardboard, wool (2 colours), scissors and a pencil.

First cut a circle around your cardboard shape. Next  cut 1.5cm  slits that have an equal distance between them. Now get your  first colour of wool and slide it into the first slit, leaving a tail on the other side. Begin making your way around the shape, passing through each slit several times until you have your desired look, leaving enough space to tie a loop.

Use your second colour of wool to weave a different side of the star from 1 to 6 etc. Above is my star which I like a lot and looks good with all the other stars on our display.