Rocketeer

In room 1 we have been watching a clip of Rocketeer. We wrote about it. What I enjoyed was learning about Rocketeer.

War planes practiced their loops in the sky. George copied the moves with his wooden toy plane. His mother and Grandfather proudly watching him.

Not far away a police chase was happening, Bad Guy (that’s his name) was zooming towards a brick wall and smashed through heading straight for George! His mother screamed, Grandpa stared in horror. Suddenly… Rocketeer swooped down and scooped George up and put him down safely. George adjusted his glasses and caught a glimpse of his hero.

Bad Guy stopped and hid in the chicken shed. Rocketeer zoomed in and punched Bad Guy in the stomach, Rocketeer won.

The Dance

In room 1 we are learning to describe. I tried to include some long and short sentences, adjectives, adverbs, juicy verbs to start a sentence and a simile or a metaphor. What I found challenging was writing a good hook.

Butterflies swarmed in my tummy. The heat close to melting me. Then it happened… My jazz dance teacher asked us to line up in the hallway. My jazz friends and I were in the dressing room.

 As we lined up we wished good luck to each other. As we walked down the hall, I felt sick. Handfuls of butterflies whizzed around in my tummy. I slowly padded to my starting position backstage.


The curtains slowly rolled open, my friends on stage held their pose. They were perfectly still. Then the music played… still nobody moved. The person at the music desk played the wrong music. The music was quickly corrected to dear future husband. Then we began to dance.

Caging Chickens Should Be Banned

In room 1 we have been learning about persuasive writing. What I found difficult was inserting an image. What I enjoyed was learning more about chickens.

 Would you like to be a caged chicken? I firmly believe that caging chickens should be banned.

One of the main reasons is that caged chickens are squashed. Eighty two percent out of three point two million egg laying hens are caged. In sheds forty five thousand hens are caged. In cages one chicken has a space of one A4 paper to live on.

Another reason is caged chickens get diseases. One of the diseases is rickets, this is caused by lack of vitamin D from no sun in the sheds.

My final reason is chickens can’t act natural. They can’t scratch for food, have a dust bath or stretch or flap their wings. They can’t build nests or perch so they get aggressive and peck each other so their beaks are cut. When a male chicken is one day old he is killed and eighteen month old hens stop laying eggs and they are also killed.

In conclusion I believe hens should not be caged because they are squashed, get diseases and can't act natural.

Saint Patrick

In room 1 we have been learning about saints, what I enjoyed was finding out new things about saints. What I found challenging was writing it in my own words.

Born: 385 AD, Britannia
Died: 431 AD, Saul, United Kingdom
Feast: 17 March (Saint Patrick's Day)
Full name: Maewyn Succat
Nationality: Roman

Saint Patrick has a special day called Saint Patrick’s day. It is on the 17 March, a day Irish people like to celebrate.

How he became a saint

His real name is Maewyn Succat and he took on the name when he became a priest.
When he was a teenager he was kidnapped by pirates and sold to slavery in Ireland to herd sheep.

In the 6 years he was in captivity, he learned to speak fluently in Irish and he turned to God in prayer. He escaped after having a dream sent from God in which he was told to leave Ireland by going to the coast where he would find a ship waiting to sail to Britain.

He is believed to have met up with his parents in Wales before travelling to France where he became a priest and bishop. Saint Patrick was sent another dream in which the people of Ireland were calling out to him to come and walk with them again.  He was set the task of teaching Christianity to the Irish. He travelled throughout Ireland, preaching the Gospel. He and his disciples preached and converted thousands and began building churches all over the country.

By Timiah

Winter

In room 1 we have been learning about painting pictures in peoples, minds. I hope you see a picture too.

Outside wild, ice cold waves raged along the shore. Frozen grass crunched  beneath my feet. Gray sky still and silent waited for company. Faraway frosty trees looked like toys. 

The nine stars of Matariki

In room 1 we have been learning about the nine stars of Matariki.

What is Matariki? Did you know Matariki has nine stars? Matariki is a group of nine stars that mark the beginning of the Maori New year. The stars names are Matariki,Tupu-a-rangi,Waipuna-a-rangi,Waiti,Tupua-nuku,Ururangi, Waita, Pohutukawa and Hiwa-i-te-rangi. The dates of when Matariki is celebrated always changes because the stars appear just after a new moon in June or July.Matariki is important because it tells when to harvest the kumara and other things. Matariki is celebrated by having bonfires and dancing and games, you could do this at home to celebrate Matariki as well. Matariki should be a public holiday because it is the maori new year and we have a public holiday for the 1st of January new year.

The challenge  was finding information about nine stars instead of seven.I really enjoyed learning about the eighth and ninth stars.