Swimming Explanation

Do you know how to swim ? If the answer no then get your togs and get in the water because I am here to help you !

Get a board and put both hands at the top of the board. Put your arms forward and face up and start kicking softly. Kick till you get to the other side and that’s one down 3 to go !
Since we have finished that we will take the next step. Now put your hands at the bottom of the board and your  chin on your chest and kick fast in the water. If you need to breath raise your head and breath then put your head back down on your chest. Get to the other side and then on to level 2 !

We know get to the hard stage. ARM STROKES. Do the same thing as before BUT know you put one hand off the board and hang up. Make a half circle then back to your board. Then switch arms all the way to the other end.
Last and final stage. Doing it by yourself. I’m off. My work is done here !

I hoped that you have learnt how to swim. Until then it’s GOODBYE !

Grid References.

Grid References

1. What is the grid reference of the ∞ ? A2
2. What is the grid reference of the * ? D4
3. What is the grid reference of the Δ? B3
4. What is the grid reference of the Circle? B5
5. What is the grid reference of the Love Heart? A4
6. What is the grid reference of the Smiley Face? C3
7. What is the grid reference of the Cloud? E5
8. What is the grid reference of the Sun? E3
9. What is the grid reference of the Lightning Bolt? C1

Geometry - My Glen Innes Map

Directions to friends house from Pt England school.
1. Go about 15 meters straight through Pt England Rd
2. Then after 15 meters you will see a road to your right .
3. Go through that road until you see another road which will be Taniwha St.

4. Go through that road and about 12 meters later you should see the number 25 on the mail box and you are at my friends house.

Directions to Pt England Reserve:
1. Drive to your left through Pt England road until you see a carpark.
2. If your parking your car on your right you should see a park to your left
3. If you do you are at Pt England Reserve.

Year 5 & 6 camp.

Beginning camp was awesome. Our first activity was oh hold on let me introduce you to my group. Our cap group is Manaki. Manaki is the maori word for caring. All of our camp groups have the word care in their names because our focus is about caring.

The leaders are me and Stevenson. We have mostly year 5's and only about 6 or 7 year 6's. So lets carry on about camp. Our first activity was time in the hall. It was super exciting. There were rollerblades, tennis, table tennis, basketball and much more. I decided to play tennis first.  On my team was Louis,Rosalina and Roimata and on the other team was Kyan, TJ and Kris. "Let the game begin" I said with a furious look on my face. The ball flies into the sky and Louis whacked it over the net and then Kyan hit the ball back with all his strength and then they won that round. I should have videoed it and put it in slow motion. It was going to be so hilarious.

After a while I got bored and started singing with raewen and Mrs Vaafusuaga. It was so funny playing songs and making up words to go with the song. 10 minutes later when we only had five minutes till morning tea I finally decided to play basketball with the boys. Five minutes was over and Mrs Vaafusuaga shouted Manaki group back up and time for morning tea. I then was wondering what was for morning tea.

The tears of the Albatross.

Audio and voice recording >>
 Tears of the Albatross

1. Who are the main characters of the story?

     Albatrosses, Naeroa, tamaira.  

2. What could be Timoti’s Plan? Can you predict?

      To hide the albatrosses.

3. What do you think Timoti will do with the Albatrosses?

     Hide them in a dark and hidden place.

4. How did he manage to keep the Albatrosses?

    He waited until winter because he knew that it was bad weather so the tohunga will be kind and tell the albatrosses to take him home and then timoti will hide the albatrosses and not take them back.

5. What blocked them into the cave?

    The heavy stones.

6. How did the twins get out?

     They saw a little light shining in the dark it was a star. So they decided to follow the star and the star led them out.

7. What did the Albatrosses give the twins? Why would this be a taonga?

They gave them some of their feathers.

This is a story about two albatrosses escaping from a dark and cold cave. It all began on a fine summer day. Their at the marae was the tohunga. A tohunga is a expert at maori society. Well lets carry on about the story. The tohunga had two very special servants and guess what ! They are not human. They are albatrosses. Albatrosses are a bird. They weight 8 kgs. That is a very big bird. So the tohunga had two albatrosses. One day a man came and visited. He lived down the mountain sides. His name is Timoti. The only reason he came is because he knew the Tohunga had two good and loyal albatrosses. When he reached the Marae and the tohunga said “Welcome Timoti please treat my house if it was yours”  he said. So he did. He stayed all summer until winter came because he knew that the tohunga would let the Albatrosses to take him home in the bad weather. And he did. BUT the tohunga said “Bring them to me before sunset and give them water to drink. But he didn’t. He hid them in a dark and far cave. He blocked the cave with hard and big stones so they couldn’t escape.

 When he went home his neighbours wonder why he was so happy. So they followed his foot steps and it led to the cave.They could hear crying. So they removed the stones and went in. The more they went in the more the cry grew louder. “This is scary” said Tamaira with fear. Then they found the Albatrosses. They walked further with the albatrosses and saw a hole it was a star shining. So out they went 1 by 1. And  escaped. The Albatrosses were very thank full and gave them some of their feathers and flew back to the tohunga.

Using Speech Marks.

This is a short explanation about how to use speech marks properly.
It was made by Mr Somerville's literacy group Ika.  Hope you enjoy :)

Favourite singer !

My favourite singer is Zendaya because she has the best voice and the most beautiful girl. She is an inspiration to me. She is well known as a good singer and a actor in movies like shake it up, Coleman and much more.