My room 5 reflection by Yvette

Art -When we do art we are not just painting we are also learning maths at the same time. When room 5 made a Fredriek Vordemberge Gildewart painting we needed to rule 5x5 centimetre squares and number coordinates in the squares. I like doing art because I like maths and I love to paint. Art is my favourite subject.

Netbooks- Room 5 has learnt how to access different sites on our netbooks. We have learnt how to use floorplanner.com, popplet.com, fotor.com and  wallwisher. I like using these sites because it is fun educational activities and once you know how to use the site properly you can expand your knowledge with other people.

Production - When we made our production costumes we combined art with crafting to make our costumes and animals. I loved making props  because we had a part in  making our own costumes and in the end our costumes turned out really good. We also performed on stage in front of an audience. I believe that helped us a lot with our production because we had a chance to perform and work together as a class.

Sport - In room 5 we go out as a class and do class sports. I like doing sports in my class because we get to have some outdoor time and sports is fun. We get to play cricket, ripa rugby and a lot more fun games. It is good to do some sports once and a while because it keeps us fit and healthy and we get to learn how to play the games properly.

Drama - Nearly every  thursday  we get to do drama with Miss Eeles. I like doing drama with Miss Eeles because we get to learn how to play fun educational activities and we love doing them. Also we learn how to keep our   balance and stay steady when we do drama with Miss Eeles.

My netbook recount by Yvette

• I learnt how to embed/copy and paste my presentations, flipping e book etc… on to my blog by myself. I learnt how to embed a presentation on to my blog.  To embed a presentation I needed to go to the word file and click on publish to the web. Then a mini document would pop up on to the page. When that happened I needed to find  the word “presentation size” and make the size small.

Then I needed to find the word “embed code” and embed the code. To embed the code I needed to highlight the numbers and words in the box underneath the “embed code” and press ctrl c. Then I needed to go on to my blog and click on html. Then I clicked on ctrl v to embed the code. After that I needed to click on publish and my presentation was successfully published on to my blog.

I could also do the same things with a flipping ebook, google document, drawing and much more. Embedding my work on to my blog helps my learning by sharing my work with the world. If people spot a mistake or they see that I haven’t put much info they could just write a comment and wait for my reply. When I have read their feedback it could help me learn from my mistakes and when I do another presentation or flipping e book I could use people’s feedback to make my work even more fabulous. I had also done this at home so my learning is not just in school it carries on at home.

• I have learnt how to use fotor.com and how to create a flipping ebook by Lavinia. Lavinia showed me how to upload photos and decorate the template with the photos inside. I needed to go on fotor.com and pick a template. To upload photos I needed to take screenshots of photos from an album.

• Then I needed to go back onto my fotor collage. Then I needed to click on photos and pick the photo I screenshotted. After I had chosen a photo and pressed done or ok it will come on at the side. Then I needed to drag and drop the photo I had chosen on to the collage. When you have done that you can britten the photo and decorate it.

When I had finished Lavinia showed me how to share my collage with Miss Paton. I needed to take a screenshot of my college and go on to my email. From there I needed to click on compose and type in Joy Paton to share it with her. Then I needed to take the screenshot of my collage and put it under the box under Miss Patons name. After that I needed to put my name under the collage and my buddies name. There Miss Paton can access our collage and print it out.

I believe it is a good idea for our teachers to print our work out because people in our class can see our beautiful artwork and they can also critique it. If people see that there is only pictures and no added colours or features they might think it is boring. If they do think that they could tell you and the next time you do a collage you could remember their feedback and use it to help you make your collage more better.

My wonderful teacher Miss Paton showed me how upload videos and pictures on to my popplet. To upload videos on my popplet I needed to go on to popplet.com and sighn in. Then I wrote down all the things you can do at the Tamaki River or around the Tamaki River. When I had finished I wanted to upload a video of the Tamaki River. I needed to look down at one of my popplets and click on the tiny little tab at the bottom right hand of the square and click on upload things.

Their, I needed to click on upload things. After I had done that a long tab came up. I needed to click on the picture that looked said youtube. A big square popped up on my screen. That was youtube. Then I needed to type in Tamaki River at the top right corner and a whole bunch of Tamaki River videos will come up. I picked  a few videos because they were awesome. Then after I chose a video I wanted I needed to upload it and press ok. Their my video would be uploaded on to my popplet.

I believe it is good to have video’s of the Tamaki River because people could get a better idea of the Tamaki River if they haven’t seen it and if they don’t know what windsurfing is they could look at one of my videos and they could see a person windsurfing. It is also good to upload your work onto your blog to show the whole world your progress and work and they could give you feedback. It is good for people to give you feedback because you can look back at your feedback and remember to use that in your popplet the next time you do it.

My maths whizz results By Yvette

`This is my maths whiz results. If you can see I am coming 2 in the class. Hooray.I have scored 447 pints this week. I believe I should be getting harder tasks because this is so easy. See you next time.

My blog comment to Inotia and Zahra's on their Flipping E-book on the Public Liabries Summer Reading Programme By Yvette

Yvette said...

Hi,
I love your flipping e book. It is very colorful and cool. I am sure to read a ton of books during the holiday. Keep up the important work.

By Yvette

December 6, 2013 at 2:50 PM

My blog comment to room 8 on their Tamaki River Animoto By Yvette

Yvette said...

Hey room 8,
I love your presentation on the tamaki river. The dog was really cuit. I hope you create more of these fabulous work so I could see them. Keep up the creative work.

By Yvette

December 6, 2013 at 2:45 PM

My blog comment to room 8 on their animoto presentation.

My blog comment to Zahra on sun safety By Yvette

Yvette said...

Hi Zahra,
I love your 5 safety tips. I will definitely remember them on the summer holidays. Your tips will be sure to keep people safe during the holidays. Keep up the good safety tips.

From yvette

December 6, 2013 at 2:42 PM

This is my blog comment to Zahra on her safety tips.

My blog comment to Nazzella on her EID By Yvette

Yvette said...

Hey nazella,
I really like your flipping e book on EID. Before i read you presentation I knew nothing about EID. Thank you for introducing me to something interesting. Keep up the amazing thinking.

By Yvette

December 6, 2013 at 2:37 PM

this is my blog comment to Nazzella on her EID.

My blog comment to Yvette in room 5 By Yvette

Yvette said...
Hey Yvette,
I love your presentation. You have explained your strategy's and answers really well. I wish I could eat your premium sandwich. In fact, when I get home I am going to make your premium sandwich. Keep up the good work. F,Y.I, I loved your performance today, it was awesome.

From Yvette

December 6, 2013 at 2:31 PM

This is my blog comment to Yvette on her "What's for Lunch" presentation.

My presentation on current evnts week 8 By Yvette

This is my presentation on my current events. This was quit and easy task because all the information i have gathered is the information people want to read or see. I believe i have done well with my partner because we tried our best and we gathered in as much info as possible.

My kiwi kids news graph by Yvette

This is my graph on my results and times this year. I have been wavy with my results. I am sure that i have tried my hardest and best. I believe if Miss Eeles is my teacher next year, i will do better and try harder.

Me and my partners kiwi kids news results By Yvette

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You scored 50%!

This is me and my partners kiwi kids news results. I believe we did well because we tried hard and we scored 50%. I believe even though we haven't scored that much, we worked well together anyways. I believe the hardest part of the quiz was that there was 30 questions instead of 15. I believe the easiest part of answering the quiz is that we knew a quarter of the answer because we have either seen it on the news or we have read the article. Me and my partner scored 50% in 5 minutes.

My "What's for Lunch?" Presentation By Yvette

This is my What's for Lunch? presentation. We needed to pick ingredients from the budget priced sandwich list, the medium priced sandwich list and the premium priced sandwich list. When we had finished picking our foods and  fillings we needed to add the total amount we spent on our sandwiches. Then we needed to work out how much it will cost to eat your budget priced sandwich, medium priced sandwich and premium priced sandwich for 4 days, 5 days, 21 school days of November and 193 school days for the entire year. You will find my strategies and answers in my presentation. I HOPE YOU ENJOY! :-)

How to make a rainbow By Yvette

This is my presentation on ow to create a rainbow. This Monday, a lady called Sally from water care came to talk to room 5 about the sewage plant and sewage pipes. sally taught us a lot about sewage water and how they turn it in to clean water. After sally talked to us about water care we did a little experiment with 4 plastic cups, 3 plastic spoons, 4 plastic tubes, 3 squirters, food colouring, salt and water. With just using those utensils we made rainbows. In my presentation you will be able to make your own rainbow. I hope you enjoy.

My Instructions to making a Friedrich Vordemberge Guildewart Painting by Yvette

Title - How To Make A Friedrich Vordemberge  Gildewart Composition No Painting By Yvette

Equipment List

1 x 30cm Ruler

1 HB Pencil

1 Eraser

1 A2 Poster Size Piece Of Paper.

Example Of Friedrich Vordemberge Gildewart Paintings

2 Paint Brushes (1 Thick Paint Brush & 1 Thin Paint Brush

Acrylic Paints (3 Paint Colours)

Paint Shirt

Schwarzkopf Hair Spray

Instructions

1. Plot every 5 cm with a dot across with a pencil.

2. Join the dots together with a ruler.

3. Plot every 5 cm with a dot downwards with a pencil.

4. Join the dots together with a ruler.

5. Number the squares coordinates.

6. Make sure there are 8 squares down and 12 squares across.

7. Fold either side of the grid going downwards.

8. You are now ready to start drawing.

9. Go to the top left corner. Go to the top number (4) and do a dot about a quarter of a way at the top of the square diagonally. Go to the left side of the paper and go to number (3) and do a dot about a quarter from the top of number (3) diagonally.

10. Join the dots together with a ruler.

11. You would now have a triangle.

12. Go to the triangle you already did and go to the top number (2) and go to the right side of the (2) and do a dot about a half of a quarter in the top left corner of (2). Go to number (3) at the top of your paper and do a dot about a quarter of a way from the bottom of number (3).

13. Join the dots together with a ruler.

14. You will end up with a mini triangle in the big triangle.

15. Go to the bottom right corner of your paper.

16. Go to the number (8) at the bottom of your paper and do a dot in the bottom left corner of the (8). Got to the number (5) on the right side of your paper and do a dot about half of a quarter at the bottom of the number (5) diagonally.

17. Join the dots together with a ruler

18. You will end up with a triangle.

19. Go to the triangle you just did and do a dot at the bottom of the paper at number (9) about a quarter of away from the bottom of the page diagonally. Got to the top of number (9) and do a dot.

20. Join the dots together with ruler.

21. Go to the bottom left corner of your paper.

22. Go to the bottom of your paper number (2)and do a dot at the left bottom corner of the number (2). Go to the left side of your paper and go to the number (7) and do a dot at the top left corner of the number (7).

23. Finish off the other shapes.

24. Join the dots together with a ruler.

25. Put on a paint shirt or old clothes you don’t want.

26. Start painting the main spots on your paper.

27. Paint in the skinny long lines with white or another light colour but different from your main colours.

28. Let your artwork dry.

29. After it is dry spray your artwork with Schwarzkopf hair spray.

30. You are now done.

Drama with Miss Eeles By Yvette

Drama with Miss Eeles

Yesterday at drama we were asked to do 2 activities. The first activity we did was FLOW WITH WORDS. For that activity 2 people were called to come stand up in front of everyone and say something to do with water. In the end John beat everyone. After we finished that activity we were asked to get into groups of 4 - 5. Fine, Jharda'e, Tim and I were a group of 4. We were doing an activity called BUILD AN OBJECT. We had to become objects in less than 30 seconds and then freeze into a freeze frame. We needed to become a freeze frame together. Example - If Miss Eeles asked us to create a hose the whole group would have to become a hose, not become a person holding a hose.

That is what room 5 did for drama.

My 2 fotor picture by Yvette

 

This is my second fotor picture. Me and my partner wanted to try something different for our second photo. We decided to try a different style or look. I believe we did well because it is something different from what we did before and it looks great.

My first fotor picture By Yvette

Room 5 has been making photo's from fotor on our c3 church party. Miss Paton has shared an album of pictures from the c3 church party and we needed to use them for our fotor picture.  I worked in partners. My partner was Lavinia. We used zebra strips for our background for our first photo. I belive we did a good job because it looks great we tried our best.

Kiwi quiz news result by Yvette

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You scored 82%!

 I  scored 82% on this quiz today. We scored 80% in lest than 2 minutes. My partner Lavinia and I worked on this quiz today. I believe we did well because we worked hard and together as a team. I believe we scored 82% because we do well together and we try our best.

My Recount Checklist - Peer Assessment By Yvette

This is my peer assessment. I am peer assessing Latham on his Recount.

My Drama Blog Comment By Yvette

 Drama

 The first thing we did for drama this week is to become a picture from 3 photos Miss Eeles gave us. Miss Eeles said there would only be 1 group with 5 but 3 people from room 7 joined us so there was 4 groups of 5. I was in a group of 4 with Samantha, Fine, me(Yvette) and Jharda'e. We were a group of four. We got 3 different types of photos. Photo number one was a picture of a park. Photo number two was a photo of a group of kids next to their friends and some people lining up.The third photo was a picture of a group of girls next to the river fooling around. After a picture for each photo we needed to turn it into a freeze frame. For the park me and Jharda'e created a slide. Jharda'e was as still as a lader and i was a bendy slide on the other side. Fine and Samantha were kids sliding down. That was the hard part. For the second photo me, Fine, Samantha and Jharda'e lined up into a line like in the photo. For the third photo Samantha picked up angel like in the photo and Fine knelt down picking up rocks. my action was a person skipping rocks in the water. We presented all these photos but we needed to freeze between them. The next activity we needed to do was to pick a freeze frame we liked and add movement and sound. We picked the park photo. Samantha climbed the ladder(Jharda'e) and slide down the slide(Yvette), after that Fine said"look over there, omg it's a tree". Samantha said "omg look over there, it's grass'. And another whole lot of funny words. I believe my group was best at being sarcastic and enjoying themselves. I believe our group needs to work on trying not to laugh and smerk. After that we had a game of "Splish, Splash, Squirt". That was the end of drama.

My Quiz Results By Yvette

Today for current events we did the kiwi quiz news. Miss Eeles let us choose if we wanted to time ourselves witch was called the challenge. Or you could work with your buddy on the quiz. My buddy scored 90% in less than 2 minutes. I scored 40% in less than 3 minutes. I believe i didn't do well because i don't work well under pressure. I believe I score more when I do not time myself because I can concentrate without worrying about how long I will take. I believe my partner scores better with the timer because she likes challenges. I believe we do fabulous working together as a team.

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You scored 40%!

Room 5's Favourite Sport by Yvette

 
My favourite sport was netball. There were 27 people in our class so people voted for either netball, soccer, handball, touch or rugby. The most popular sport was soccer. 13 people voted for soccer. I believe soccer was voted more than the other sports  because lots of people go to the after school soccer program with rush. They love it. The least popular sport that was voted in our class was handball. Only 3 people voted for handball. I believe handball was the least popular sport because it is a sport this school does not participate in much. My buddy(Lavinia) and I worked together on this task. My buddy Lavinia wrote down the 5 different sports while I made the chart. My buddy wrote down all the people that were in our class that day and I went around asking them what their favorite sport was. My buddy chose netball.

My Water Cycle Picture By Yvette

 

This is my Water Cycle picture.Our class has been asked to draw a picture of where rain comes from. I have drawn a picture of the sun drying the oceans water and the water is rising into the sun. After that happens the water is turned into water. That is what my picture is about.

My Recount Checklist - Peer Assesment By Yvette

My self assessment writing by Yvette

My Homework This Week By Yvette

This is my homework answers and strategies.

My Blog Comment To Room 2 On Their Manaikalani film Festival Video By Yvette

Yvette said...

Hi Room 2,
I LOVE your movie! Your class is very talented. They are a natural. I would love to know how to make one of those volcanoes. Maybe one day you could teach me. that would be awesome. Your class is very exquisite and creative. My fav part is when the volcano erupts at the end. Your class is so energetic

My Blog Comment To Room 1 From Panmure Bridge School On their Manaiakalani Film Festival Video by Yvette

YvetteNovember 18, 2013 at 9:59 AM

Hey Room 1,
Your movie was so awesome. I love how you edited bites and pieces to make the video very funny. I laughed my but off when I watched it at the cinema. Your class is very creative and cuit. Keep up the amazing, cool and creative work!!! :-)

My Blog Comment To Tamaki College On Their Manaikalani Film Festival Video By Yvette

Yvette said...
Hey,
I love how you made your movie so creative and interesting. It draws me in so easily. Your props were so realistic and cool. Your video has a lot of interesting props, people and clothes. Your movie has a problem and solution. KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK! :-)

November 18, 2013 at 9:44 AM

My Blog Comment To Tamaki College On Their Manaiakalani Film festival Video By Yvette

Yvette said...
Hey,
Your movie was a little freaky, it was kind of scary to me. Your movie was still awesome and cool. I wish I was there to see it at the cinema.

Keep up the creative work.

November 18, 2013 at 9:39 AM

My Blog Comment To Room 5 at Tamaki Primary By Yvette

Yvette said...
Hey room 5
Well done Room 5 with your movie. A good message was shown about appreciated what you are and not trying to be someone else. You look like you put a lot of work into this and it really was appreciated by me and other people that watched it. I really enjoyed watching your movie too.

November 18, 2013 at 9:27 AM

My Blog Comment To St Patrick's School On Their Manaiakalani Film Festival Video By Yvette

Yvette15 November 2013 14:33

Hi,
This is a very interesting movie. I really love how you stand up for yourself with bullies I would do the same as well. The best part of the movie is how you guys help the girl when she was getting bullied and you decided to help. Keep up the work Room 7 :) Whats going to be your next movie going to be about?

My Blog Comment To Room 9 at Panmure Bridge School On Their Manaikalani Film Festival Video

Yvette15 November 2013 14:28

Hi,
Hi Room 9! It was awesome to see you all on the big screen! Of course I love your movie and I am amazed that you wrote the lyrics yourselves. A great film to show water safety and all you learnt during the swimming term. You all looked great and I must say you sure have some top swimmers! Well done, great water moves and a very catchy song. Awesome photography and top marks to your teacher.

My Blog Comment To Stonefields On Their Manaikalani Film Festival Video By Yvette

Yvette15 November 2013 14:17

Hi,
I really loved watching your penguin movie,the special effects were awesome.
I am looking forward to what you will do next year.
Well done !! I think your movie was outstanding and creative.
My favorite path was the war because it so interesting.
I was wondering about the animations and the blood.
Thank you for sharing your movie with us!!!
:) AWESOME! Keep up the SWAG work. 

My Latest Maths Whizz Results By Yvette

This is my Maths Whizz results. I have finished my task and answered all the questions correctly. I have earned $30 on Maths Whizz. That is a lot of money. I hope I earn around $30 on my next test and I hope I will be able to get all my questions right.

My Blog Comment To Room 11 at Glen Innes School By Yvette

Yvette said...

Hi,
Hey G.I.P this movie was fantastic. The idea of the " Chocolate Investigation" was amazing. And I can tell you that I really enjoyed your movie. I am a big fan of chocolate. Just watching your movie and hearing you saying chocolate makes my tummy grumble. At the end when you had shown the block of chocolate my mouth dropped into hunger, cause I am a huge fan of CHOCOLATE !!!! Awesome work

My Blog Comment To Room 7 On Their Manaiakalani Film Festival video By Yvette

 Yvette said...

Hi St Pius X,
Hi my name is Yvette and I am from P.B.S. I really loved your movie. It was my favorite movie at the manaiakalani film festival. Your class is very talented at singing in the movie. Maybe one day you could teach me. Keep up the fantastic creativity :-).

From Yvette

November 14, 2013 at 12:47 PM

My Current events results By Yvette

I scored 40% this week for kiwi kids news. I believe I did well because I tried my best and I scored it within 3-5 minuttes. My partner(Samantha) score 100%. She is so smart. She tried her best and scored within 2-3 minutes. My goal is to try to aim higher than I did today.

This Is My Recount On Our Trip To The Tamaki River By Yvette

Rotary Walkway

It was a beautiful, calm and cold morning. I had arrived at school early for our school trip around the Rotary Walkway. My wonderful teacher Miss Paton called out the roll to see who was away and who was at school. We needed to say if we were staying or leaving to go on the trip. Our whole class except John and Jasmine went on the trip. Rooms 5,6,7, 8 and 9 went on the school trip around the rotary walkway and the Tamaki basin. The senior school gathered their bags and sunhats. We met on the court to see how many children were staying at school and where to send the people that weren’t going on the trip to a junior class.

All the classes left at the same time. Miss Kirkpatrick and her class walked in the front. Mrs Anderson was behind our class. Rooms 5,6,7,8 and 9 walked around the Tamaki basin first. We walked all the way from our school to the Tamaki basin. We arrived at the Tamaki basin(finally). Miss Kirkpatrick's class walked a lot faster than our class. They were way in front of our class. We walked halfway around the basin. My legs were burning. I felt like lying on the pathway. There were exercise stops around the basin. We didn’t get to try out any of them because our teacher didn’t let us.

Unfortunately, halfway around the basin it started to rain. It was pouring, I was so soaked I felt like I was in the water. We had 4 camera people in our class taking pictures. The first 4 were Fine, Angel, Samantha and Caitlin. They did a good job. We finally finished walking around the whole basin. Hooray.  At the end of the tracks there was a skatepark .That is where all the classes stopped for morning tea. I was so happy and astonished. I thought we were never going to stop.

I sat down and ate my sausage roll, my pizza bread and drank some water. The Tamaki River was as beautiful as the stars that came out at night. After I had finished eating, I sat down until we were asked to leave. We had 20 minutes of morning tea. 20 minutes passed and Mrs Kirkpatrick asked us to pack away our food and get ready to walk the Rotary Walkway. I walked mostly with my best friend Fine around the Rotary Walkway.. The rotary walkway was so long. I was so hungry. We walked for about 5.5 kilometres until we finished the track. The Tamaki River had an amazing view. The river was in high tide so you could see how beautiful and how extraordinary the Tamaki River is. We almost made it halfway around the Rotary Walkway. We stopped at a small carpark area.

Miss Paton called out the roll to see if anyone was missing. Rooms 5,7 and 8 had a 10 minute rest at the tiny car park area. Our teachers decided to buddy up our class with a room 8 kid. I was buddied up with Iris. Sadly, the Room 8 kids slowed us down. After everyone in Room 5 was paired up with a Room 8 student we would carry on our trip to the end of the Rotary Walkway. We walked for about 30 minutes until we reached the end of our walk. We stopped at the Pakuranga Sailing Club. The Pakuranga Sailing club had a huge open field where we could eat our lunch and play games, it also had a weird training park. There was also another park called “Snakes and Ladders”.

Unfortunately, it started to pour with rain. We were forced to go under shelter. Students started to leave the shaded shelter to play games. Lots of people played on the weird training park.. They didn’t care if it was wet. I walked around the field. We need to wait until the 3 buses came to pick us up to drop us off at school. 2 buses had arrived at the Pakuranga Sailing Club. We needed to wait for 1 more bus to come. I had tried all the training exercises. The last exercise felt weird. The exercise helps build up muscles in your upper thighs and legs.

The last bus had arrived.. Room 6,7 and 8 aborted the first 2 buses.

Miss Paton thought we had our own bus but we needed to share with Room 9. The bus took us back to school. I felt glad that I had the chance to walk around the Rotary Walkway and have a chance to absorb the beautiful view of the Tamaki River. That was our time at the Rotary Walkway.

My Presentation On The Tamaki River By Yvette

This is  my presentation on the Tamaki River.

My Time at the beach By Yvette

It was early in the morning and the sun was coming up. I decided to go for a surfing at the beach. I was going to wear my swimsuit but I could not find it, so I decided to wear my most hideous clothes I had. I wore my school uniform. My mother allowed me to go swimming because we live right next to the beach and whenever she is worried about me she could look out the window and see me. The water was freezing so I decided to lie on my board. I was chilling on my board relaxing until my mother looked out the window and saw me with my uniform on. My mother was so furious she walked straight in to the water and took me out. I then decided to never go swimming in my school uniform. The next time I go swimming and I can't find my togs, I will remember to go swimming in my mufti. :) 

My Narrative on Fireworks By Yvette

A perfect night for fireworks

It was a horrible morning. Emily woke up by the most extraordinary noise. She could hear banging on the top of the roof. Emily had a deck outside her bedroom so she decided to go outside on her deck to check out the noise. She opened her curtains and saw it was just raining hail. Emily lived in a 15 story high apartment with her elder brother Josh. Her brother was only 18 so he was allowed to live on his own. Josh offered his sister to come and live with him in the apartment. Emily and Josh's parents were alcoholics, their parents knew that it would be best for their baby girl to go with their son. Emily was 5 years old. She loved reading, playing with her dolls and doing her homework. Josh on the other hand loved soccer, playing his x-box and taking care of his sister.

Emily went to ferman primary school. Ferman primary school was a girl school. It was the best school in the city and the closest to where Emily and Josh lived. The students at Emily’s school were told to leave school for a week due to leakages and lack of inspections. Josh chose to take 1 week off school until Emily’s school reopened. Emily is very frightened of staying at home by herself. Her brother was Emily’s guardian so he had to stay at home with her. Emily loved her family. Emily didn’t have any friends at all, She was a quiet and lonely little girl. It was still a rainy afternoon, Emily was playing with her dolls in front of the tv. She was trying to reenact the Little Mermaid.

Josh was in the kitchen making lunch for Emily. Emily felt like she was coming down with a headache so she decided to go open a window. Emily walked over to the window and opened it, she could feel the cold breeze blowing in her face. She looked down and saw a gigantic banner saying bad boy fireworks. Emily then ran to the calendar and saw it was Guy Fawkes today. Emily asked her brother if he could buy fireworks for them because it was Guy Fawkes. Josh said he would of loved to do fireworks today but it is pouring with rain and Josh didn't think it will stop. Emily felt sad and unhappy. She loved fireworks.

The dark night came and Emily went to bed. She cried under her blanket. She wished she could see fireworks. Josh heard Emily crying. He walked over to Emily’s bedroom to see if she was ok. Josh knew how much she wanted to see fireworks but he said that it was too late in the night to buy some. Emily then heard a bang, and then another bang. She stood up and walked to her terrace. She saw huge fireworks going off at the sky tower. She loved the sight. It was so beautiful. Josh asked Emily if she wanted to go see the fireworks up close. Emily told Josh she didn't need to see the fireworks up close, she could see the fireworks perfectly. It was the perfect night to hold fireworks because there was no rain and no hail. The sky was pitch black.

Emily woke up happy and glad that she had the chance to see  the most marvelous fireworks in the world.

This is my narrative Miss Eeles asked me write. We needed to find a picture from the kiwi kids news articles and write a narrative on it. This is my narrative I wrote on the picture of fireworks.

My Haiku Poem On The Tamaki River by Yvette

Tamaki River.

Powerful Water

Children Swimming and playing

Exquisite River

Drama With Mrs Eeles By Yvette

For drama yesterday room five needed to get in a group of four or 3. Lavinia, Jharda'e, Tim and I(Yvette) was a group of four. Jharda'e went with Mrs Burt somewhere so we ended up with a group of 3. We were given 3 pictures from our trip to the Tamaki River and create a freeze frame. Me and Lavinia were a bridge. We decided to become one bridge because our bridges looked alike. Tim was water so he was the water underneath us. To make this freeze frame me and Lavinia stood on our knees and put both of our arms out and held each others arms. We looked like a long bridge. Lavinia was taller than me so our bridge was a little tipsy. Tim was under neath us trying to freeze in a image that looks like water. The next thing we needed to do was add movement to our freeze frame. Tim was moving his arms like water and me and Lavinia was moving our bridge back and forth like the cars. The next thing we needed to do was add sound. But this time we didn't do our own noise our group did it for us. Lavinia made a water sound for Tim. I made a car noise for Lavinia and Tim made another car noise for me. That is what we did for drama.

My Quiz results.

For  kiwi kids news this week I scored 20%. I am so ashamed of my score. My buddy lavinia timed me while I was doing my quiz. I had finished my quiz within 1 - 2 minutes. My buddy scored 70%. She is so smart. She scored 70%within 1 - 2 minutes. I believe i tried my best even though I scored so low.

My Time At The Rotary Walkway By Yvette

Rotary Walkway

It was a beautiful, calm and cold morning. I had arrived at school early for our school trip around the Rotary Walkway. My wonderful teacher Miss Paton called out the roll to see who was away and who was at school. We needed to say if we were staying or leaving to go on the trip. Our whole class except John and Jasmine went on the trip. Rooms 5,6,7 and 8 went on the school trip around the rotary walkway and the Tamaki basin. The senior school gathered their bags and sunhats. We met on the court to see how many children were staying at school and where to send the people that weren’t going on the trip to a junior class.

All the classes left at the same time. Mrs Kirkpatrick and her class walked in the front. Mrs Anderson was behind our class. Rooms 5,6,7 and 8 walked around the Tamaki basin first. We walked all the way from our school to the Tamaki basin. We arrived at the Tamaki basin(finally). Mrs Kirkpatrick's class walked a lot faster than our class. They were way in front of our class. We walked halfway around the basin. My legs were burning. I felt like lying on the pathway. There were exercise stops around the basin. We didn’t get to try out any of them because our teacher didn’t let us.

Unfortunately, halfway around the basin it started to rain. It was pouring, I was so soaked. We had 4 camera people in our class taking pictures. The first 4 were Fine, Angel, Samantha and Caitlin. They did a good job. We finally finished walking around the whole basin. Hipi.  At the end of the tracks there was a skatepark .That is where all the classes stopped for morning tea. I was so happy and astonished. I thought we were never going to stop.

I sat down and ate my sausage roll, my pizza bread and drank some water. After I had finished eating, I sat down until we were asked to leave. We had 20 minutes of morning tea. 20 minutes passed and Mrs Kirkpatrick asked us to pack away our food and get ready to walk the Rotary Walkway. I walked mostly with my best friend Fine around the Rotary Walkway.. The rotary walkway was so long. I was so hungry. We walked for about 5.5 kilometres until we finished the track. The Tamaki River had an amazing view. The river was in high tide so you could see how beautiful and how extraordinary the Tamaki River is. We almost made it halfway around the Rotary Walkway. We stopped at a small carpark area.

Miss Paton called out the roll to see if anyone was missing. Rooms 5,7 and 8 had a 10 minute rest at the tiny car park area. Our teachers decided to buddy up our class with a room 8 kid. I was buddied up with Iris. Sadly, the Room 8 kids slowed us down. After everyone in Room 5 was paired up with a Room 8 student we would carry on our trip to the end of the Rotary Walkway. We walked for about 30 minutes until we reached the end of our walk. We stopped at the Pakuranga Sailing Club. The Pakuranga Sailing club had a huge open field where we could eat our lunch and play games, it also had a weird training park. There was also another park called “Snakes and Ladders”.

Unfortunately, it started to pour with rain. We were forced to go under shelter. Students started to leave the shaded shelter to play games. Lots of people played on the weird training park.. They didn’t care if it was wet. I walked around the field. We need to wait until the 3 buses came to pick us up to drop us off at school. 2 buses had arrived at the Pakuranga Sailing Club. We needed to wait for 1 more buses to come. I had tried all the training exercises. The last exercise felt weird. The exercise helps build up muscles in your upper thighs and legs.

The last bus had arrived.. Room 6, 7 and 8 abounded the first 2 buses.

Miss Paton thought we had our own bus but we needed to share with Room 9. The bus took us back to school. That was our time at the Rotary Walkway.