Vaegaau and Afu had fun writing this narrative. They are starting to use similies in their writing and hope you enjoy their narrative.

The Haunted Stadium

On one cold misty night on the 22^nd of June 2010, Zuzu gazed out the window and saw a swirl of strong wind taking the leaves into a slow dance in the misty air. She was practicing her ballet routine for her school event by herself and all of a sudden she heard weird sounds coming from the stadium outside.

She ran into the stadium at the speed of lightning and saw no one. She then walked around looking for where the strange noises came from. Her heart was beating like thunder, her teeth were chattering like cups during an earthquake.

Stomp, stomp she hears someone moving around. Her heart started to beat faster and faster. She felt the presence of the person getting closer and closer. Her mind was telling her to run but her heart was beating so fast she could not make a move.

Just before she opened her mouth to scream, she saw the person move closer and realised it was her friend Bridget who was playing a trick on her.

Nostalgic Memories and Reflections of Term 3 2010

It’s nearly the end of the term and we start to reflect back to memories that have happened this term. A reflective feeling came over us as we thought of the science fair that recently took place in the hall.

In our Year 7 individual classes we were partnered up with a buddy to construct a science experiment. We experienced how hard it was to do this particular topic. But with a positive attitude and the help from our buddies we managed to get through. On the day of the science fair a lot parents turned up to see their child’s experiment that they worked very hard on. The next day one of the pairs got one of the individuals to present their work to the school. They left their projects in the hall ready for the two judges to judge their experiment.

Measurement, Time, Fractions, Angles, and Capacity, these are some of the topics that room 3 have been learning about in Mathematics this term. In our group we learned parts of a decimal. We also learned if the number is after the decimal that means that the number is not a whole number yet. But if it is before the decimal it is already one whole number.

Every Thursday Room 3 has P.E. At the beginning of the term we had gymnastics which was usually tiring. Even though it was hard we still managed to pull through it. In the last few weeks of the term we have been practicing our Large Ball Skills. This included the games of Volley and Dodge Ball.

Writing for Room3 has been in the format of a Procedural writing and also Narratives. Procedural Writing was connected to the “Crazy Science” unit study because when we presented our experiment we had to write out our method which includes a diagram of how you set up the equipment, and describes the steps you take to carry out the experiment.

Te Reo Maori for us was really interesting because we got to learn how to ask questions in Te Reo Maori and we also learned about the Atua’s of the Maori’s that lived long ago.

In Technology the girls in Room 3 had Art with Mrs Baker and the boys had Music with Miss Dekker. The girls in Art got to draw birds and we learned the basic shapes of a bird. We also learned how to weave and dye a background. The boys were enjoying learning to play songs on our school ukuleles.

By Vaegaau & Afu

Procedural Writing on making a paper napkin rose

How to make a paper napkin

Materials:
2 paper napkins
Cello tape

Method:
1. Fold the napkin three centimetres from the top
2. Rip off the two little bits of the opposite side ( 2 inches )
3. From the corner of the folded side start rolling the paper tightly
4. Start to loosen the paper as you keep rolling to form a rose shape
5. When you have finished rolling the rose shape, start to twist the bottom to make a stem
6. With the second paper napkin rip a three cm wide strip to the end
7. With this piece start to twist it from the top of the stem
8. Insert the pieces you ripped off at the beginning to make leaves where you desire
9. Use a little bit of tape to seal the end of the stem

You should now have a paper napkin rose

Experiencing life in the 1800s at the Howick Historical Village

On Wednesday the 26 of May all the year 7’s assembled in the hall. When Room 3 got there Mrs. Raj was ready to go on the trip. When all the year 7’s were in the hall we got into our groups. We were ready to go and we made our way to the bus. The bus couldn’t fit all the students so some of them went in the school van with Mrs. Raj.
When we got there we were all was excited. First we were greeted by three lovely women. They told us what activities we were going to do. First we got to eat our morning tea. When the bell went we had to line up in our class lines.

Our first activity was to experience what school was like in 1850. We got to experience how to greet the teacher. Her name is Mrs. Mills. When she said good morning girls had to curtsey and boys had to bow. Then we did handwriting with ink.
Our second activity was to make a small Raupo. We got split up into to two even groups. Genevieve, Afu and I went into the boy’s team. We were making the walls and Mrs Raj gave us a little help. Unfortunately we didn’t get to finish our Raupo because our next activity was waiting.

Our next activity was making bread. All the people in the front of the line got to put in one ingredient. She showed us some of the equipment in her kitchen. There were these things hanging from her wall when we asked what they were. We were told they were candles.

Our fourth and final activity was to make a small trolley. We got into different teams. All the tools we needed were in the bag. We were only given 20 minutes to make the trolley. Unfortunately we did not finish our trolley but it was fun trying to make one.

At the end I said thank you to the Howick Historical Village staff for being such awesome hosts. It was fun experiencing life as if were living in the 1800s. As a treat we were given free passes to go back for free.

Acrostic poem about bagpipes

Blowpipe
Amazingly loud
Great Highland pipes
Patriotic music
Instrument
Pipes
Excellent sound
Sounds carry up to 9 kilometers