Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Letter to Mr Horan
5 Candy Lane
Glen Innes
Auckland
Tamaki Intermediate
80a Tripoli rd
Panmure, Auckland 1072
Thursday 2nd February 2012
Dear Mr Horan,
Throughout the whole entire holidays I have been awaiting, today. I was nervous because my cousins were telling everyone in my whole family that I was the head boy this year.
This morning I was afraid because I didn’t know what class I was in and who my teachers were.
Once I was settled in the hall, my friends were telling me that I was in Rm12 the Extension class with Mrs Raj and Mrs Parker Tofa. As they were my teachers I was so relieved that I had some very cool teachers. I still feel like a Yr 7 because one of the teachers was teaching me last year. I almost exploded with excitement thinking about the fun learning I will be doing with my class and teachers.
In my class this morning we started off with a reading activity, it was the best reading activity ever. For our activity we had to read these pages from a book that Ms Raj had photo copied and we had to put it into our own words. After we had to do some illustrations about the text for our wall story.
At interval today I felt so welcomed by my friends. They were so kind to me. It was fun to reunite with them again.
Yours Sincerely,
Siosaia
SPCA visit recount
Four adults were in the school hall waiting for all of us to arrive and to be seated. On their tee-shirts the logo of SPCA was embroided.
I couldn't wait to hear Norm Hewitt speak because he looked like an interesting speaker. “Wow” was the first describing word that came up in my head because our school has never had a man like him come to our school before, so were all very lucky.
“Awesome” was the word that he always said and it was really funny seeing him say that all the time. Hearing Norm speak about how he and Shellie love taking in and looking after abused animals made me really sad but looking at the animals that they look after made me really interested in looking after or adopting animal pets when I’m older.
What was really cool was that Norm and Shellie brought along their friend Alamein who is their pet dog. What was amazing was that Alamein knew 5-3=2. She would bark two times to answer the question.
Norm also showed us short clips of when he was a rugby player in the famous All Blacks team and how he was on “Dancing with the Stars.” He also spoke about his childhood dream of becoming a cow boy but instead he became an All Black.
Every story that Norm talked about made each and every one of us laugh because he was so hilarious. Hearing Norm talk about his own adventures and experiences made me want to kind of do what he does. At the end of our big school assembly, the house leaders had the opportunity to take a photo with all of the special guests who came along but Norm Hewitt was like taking photos with a lot of other people too.
Today was so much fun because I learnt all about taking care of animals like our own pets.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Description writing about - Dream Cars
My dream car would be a Lamborghini Mercurlago with a tremendous blue paint job. With some blue tinted bullet proof windows so I can be anonymous at all times because you can’ttrust street kids! I’d have the most slippery tires for some outstanding drifting. On the rims I’ll have some golden spinners to make people jealous.
My Lamborghini would be dent proof so It can look magnificent at all times! With some built in missiles on the door and they will be wing doors! It'll also be voice activated because who needs keys?
On the inside of my dream car my seats would have the most rarest leather of them all and it will be a massaging chair which can vibrate to comfort me! On the steering wheel it would be covered with sparkling diamonds, astonishing aqua marines, bright red rubies, significant emeralds and dark blue sapphires!
It will have a built in LCD plasma t.v as big as my windscreen with voice activation. I’d also have a built in PS3 in my glove box which I could use to play with on my plasma t.v! On my fabulous seats it would have a built in bed where I can just go sleep when I want to.
My engine would have approximately 5000 horse power for some serious rushing! I would have an auto pilot mode so I can play on my PS3 on my TV while going to my destination. It’ll also be an amphibian so I can explore the seas and save planet earth from water pollution!
I can only dream of that car but if I ever see that car I will be totally amazed.
Description writing about - Dream Cars
My car's tyres and rims will be so flash that no one will know what hit them. My tyres will be lime green so that when you go full out you will see green smoke. The rims will be solid gold with five carat diamonds implanted in them.
Now something special about my car is that the exhaust pipe blows bubbles. This will surely surprise road users.
My special motor is awesome. It is more trustworthy then any other motor invented. It'll be able to rich speeds higher then any other motor on earth. It'll also be super light with more power. And an extra touch is that it will have chrome piping.
Next a cool feature? My grill will be able to come off and be replaced with another.
On the inside it will be black leather interior. Even the floor will be black leather.
But with the black it will be really hot. So I am installing a super charged air conditioner, by every seat.
Some of the extras in the car will be a 10 inch touch screen TV monitor in the front centre console. There will also be a flat screen in the back so that the family can watch DVD's. Also the sound system will be loud, actually so loud that the car will bounce. It'll be so loud, it will blow people's ear drums out.
The last important thing about my car is that the car will run on biofuel. It is fuel that is good for the enviroment.
This is my car. It wll be fun for my family and I but will also get us where we need to go.That is why this is my car.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Manaiakalani Movie
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Tamaki Intermediate officially opened the Rugby World Cup. Here is Zaiden's recount about the fun and exciting day
I lined up with my class, the All Blacks and waited for the call to go inside. Mrs Parker-Tofa asked me if I would be Graham Henry and carry the cup. New Zealand went in first and Australia followed us in then France then South Africa, Fiji, then Tonga.
After everyone was seated we stood up and sang the national anthem. Mike stood up and said a speech in Maori and Samoan. He did the honours of kicking the balloon to officially open the Tamaki rugby world cup and the games were on.
"People for the Chip And Chase please come forward" said Miss Waetford. Throughout the game Room 1 was dominating the field. People were cheering for other classes, but it just didn't seem to work, they were unstoppable!We headed outside to play sports and try to win the title as strongest class.
The second game to play was the scrum.Our class and Room 2 were the first to go up against each other. Room 2 won that one but we were sure that we were going to get back at them. Meanwhile all the other classes were going head to head in the scrum. The last two classes that made it to the finals were Room 1 and Room 2. Room 2 won but the chants were coming up and we were feeling lucky.
Room 3 was last to do their chants and we were getting excited. Vea walked between us calling the Haka and shouted "Kia Mau!" The boys were slapping their legs and chest and doing the Haka. Everybody shouted and screamed when were done.
Soon after that the teachers were tallying up the scores for the chants.
The Daniel Carter kick was up and Jeffrey and Vaolele were doing it. They weren't the best kickers but they made our class proud.
The overall scores came in. Australia in 3rd, France and New Zealand in 2nd place equal and South Africa in 1st place.
That day was the best because we got to show our true colours and do a bit of team work.The atmosphere was intense and people were happy.
Friday, September 30, 2011
How do you make a paper plane? Maria will tell you how with her procedural writing
How to make a Paper Plane
With this procedure you will learn how to make a basic paper plane.
What you will need: ·
1 A4 sized paper Method:
1) Firstly find yourself a clear space, preferably a table.
2) Next lay out your paper, making sure that there are no creases or bumps.
3) Take one corner of your paper; fold it down along the opposite side of the paper.
4) Then take the corner that was opposite the one folded and bend it all the way over so that it is touching the other side.
5) Make sure that all the sides that are supposed to be creased make sure are and check that everything is firm. The paper should now look like a house or a pentagon.
6) Now take the very tip of the “roof” and fold it down.
7) Next find the side of the “roof” that is loose and tuck it into the middle of the folded down tip. 8) After this you fold the whole thing in half.
9) This part is a bit tricky you need to fold both sides down again but leaving about 1cm-2cm.
Congratulations! You have now finished your very own paper plane!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Samoan pride
My Samoa
Samoa the Navigator islands
Is as beautiful as the beach
Friendly and kind are the people
And tough like a warriors
Mats and clothes are very stylish
And very unique are the Tapa cloths
Fan weaving takes a lot of time so don’t sleep or you’ll never make it
Pork buns and green bananas are as sweet as lollipops
And fruit trees are as juicy as oranges
The umu waters your mouth every time
Coconut trees are very good to eat with lemon on a summer’s day
Our sasa is fast like the speed of light
But our Siva is as graceful as a slow snail
Fire dance is really hot in our culture too.
Schools are sometimes strict so be good
Our head teacher is like dragon
But our teacher is like a flower
The population is as big the North Island of New Zealand
But our islands are as small as Auckland
Cities is like being in wonder land
But we live like free spirits
Our fale is as high as the sky tower
And our churches are as big as a field
Rules in our culture are really, really strict
But our family rules are alright
Our language is very complicated to understand
But the English language is easier to understand
Samoa is a beautiful country
So come along and enjoy it with us
By Kaisara