Friday, March 2, 2012

TOKU MAHI NA COREY

Hello!  My name is Corey and I live in Motueka.  My favorite colour is red and my favourite subject is maths.  I am an extremely reliable person and Mr Bailey appreciates my work with the computer maintenance.

  
2 March
TURANGAWAEWAE FESTIVAL                                                              

Why do we have a Turangawaewae festival?

Quin and his ukuele
  1. To make money for things like sports equipment and doing up our new hall
  2. To celebrate our culture at our school
  3. To show our school to the public.

The band

HOBO STOVES
Yesterday room3 made pikelets.  We went on the grassed area outside MoTEC.  I was really excited.  First we picked our stoves and then we got them going.   It took a lot of going but we finally got them going.   We put butter on the top then poured the mix on.

How to make a stove (click here)

FANTAIL

Fantails are cool little birds.  They often follow you in the bush and eat the insects that you disturb while you are walking.  They can flit around and turn very quicklyl using its wings and tail.  The maori name for Fantail is Piwakawaka, they are an indicator species and often live in areas of bush with lots of insects.  Fantails can live in the bush as well as around houses.  They only live for about three years.


 NEW ZEALAND FALCON


The NZ Falcon is the fastest bird in NZ with a top speed of 240 kph.  The NZ Falcon is the only bird of pray left in NZ and it catchs its own food in mid-air.  The NZ Falcon is half the size of a Hawk.  The Maroi name for Falcon is Karearea.  It also fercly pretects its own  teritorial hunting area.


BOOK WEEK
We have book because: To help to get kids into reading.
During the week we: Did drop everything and read.                                                           
On Friday we: We went through town
We should thank Becky for: Organising book week
Are you a real pirate?
Evil gang


Captain T
Captain B

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Book week by Corey and Liam on PhotoPeach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 TREASURE ISLAND 
This story starts in the Admiral Benbow, an inn. Jim Hawkins (played by Quin) works there. Billy bones (played by Shanti ) comes to stay. He has a map. He was once a pirate, a member of Captain Flint's crew. He is visited by Black Dog (Stevie )who fights him. Then the evil Blind Pew (Sasha ) comes and scares him to death. 
Jim gets the map . He gets the Goodies, Dr Livesey (Charley) Squire Trelawney ( Sarah), Mr Dance ( Shannen) and they hire a ship called the Hispaniola. The captain is Captain Smollett (Makayla ) who gets Long John Silver (Madison ) to collect a crew. He is evil and one of Captain Flint's  pirates. He collects all the other pirates and away they sail.  On the trip Jim hears of a plot to kill them. 
When they get to the island the Goodies go to the stockade . The baddies go in search of the treasure . An old pirate called Ben Gunn ( Zion) who has been marooned , arrives and joins the goodies . Jim takes off and sails the ship around the island. The pirates have nowhere to go. There's a big fight. The pirates are winning until they hear Ben Gunn whom they think is a ghost of Captain  Flint. Ben screams horribly.. 
They all run away and the goodies find the treasure and sail back to England
 . They all run away and the goodies find the treasure and sail back to England.  My favourite part was Sashas song. My favourite character was Jim. I thought the whole show was great. We should congratulate Ms.Smith the pro .
Plind Pue/Sasha
Jim/Quin
VOLCANOS
                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                          Deep within the earth, rock is so hot that it melts to become a sticky substance called magma.  When magma is pressurised it is forced up to the Earths surface and it pushes up through the vents.  
When the two plates push together they sometimes form volcanos.  This is because the pressure forms cracks, and the magma flows through it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The 2012 Olympics
The Olympics were held in London in Great Britian. The participants were athletes from all over the world. Some of the activities I watched were Gymnastics,Soccer and Hockey.   New Zealand had a very successful games.  We won 6 golds 2 silvers and 5 bronze.  View here for medal table                                                                                                             
   
ROCK DA HOUSE
Name of the show: Rock Da House. Leaders of the show were: Pauletle and John who organised it. The band: The Peasants. Soloists are: Makayla,  Jason and Quin. Special items: Ukulele group. Songs I enjoyed: Eye Of The Tiger. How do I feel before the show: Excited
THOUGHTS AFTER THE SHOW
The band
Quin and his ukulele
I felt happy and proud.
I thought it went really really well.  It looked like everybody has having fun.
I thought the soloists did well.
I loved it and I hoped the audience did too.
I felt that it went well and all that practice paid off.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
DENTAL HEALTH
I learned the the enamel can weare away. Brush your teeth with a fluoride toothpaste for 2 min. Fruit and veges are good for you so eat them often.


OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT


We made the signs to help look after the birds.
I wrote some of the writing and painting.
We went to the Kumaras to look at our signs set up and we played a game.



LEONARDO DA VINCI

Inventions

  1. Ornithoter Flying Machine.
  2. Eight Barreled Machine Gun.
  3. Submarine.
  4. Triple Barreled Canon
His life

READ About Leonardo Da Vinci
WATCH A video about Leonardo Da Vinci



MY TENNIS TOURNAMENT

On Wednesday the 31 of October 2012 I went to Richmond to compete in a tennis tournament.  My  first game I won 6-2 second I won 6-4 and my third I lost 6-3.



LAST POST

THIS YEAR IN BLOGGING I HAVE LEARED TO:

  1. Add caption
  2. Inserting videos
  3. Putting in pictures
  4. Putting pictures side by side
  5. Copy and paste
  6. Word size
  7. Making words go to middle
  8. Putting links
  9. Going to safari
  10. Using smart login
  11. Making slideshows
  12. Blogger interface
  13. Going to the dashboard
  14. Using quick edit
  15. Putting in clocks
  16. Making a blog
  17. Using photo peach
  18. Using abc
  19. Making photos small and large
  20. Using HTML
  21. Putting in labels
  22. Putting in spaces after full stops
  23. Publish post (Save post,Update)
  24. Open blogger
  25. Preview
  26. Signing out
  27. Using undo  
  28. Turning on the computer
  29. Edit Post
  30. Going to sleep
  31. Waking up
  32. View blog
  33. write a coment
  34. Using Google Earth
  35. Going to Parklands School
  36. Going to pod wifi
  37. Going to youtube
  38. Putting links
  39. Highlighting words
  40. Going on blogger
  41. View blogger
  42. Finding pictures
  43. Going to rooms in Parklands School
  44. Filing window
  45. Using shift
  46. Opening google