The Creakers Book Review

Lightning Never Strikes Twice

Room one was learning how to add more language features into our writing. We also had to describe how we would feel if lightning struck twice.

I was frightened as I crouched between a pile of dusty sacks.  Inside the windmill it was dusty and even a stale stench. The wind was howling like a wolf on a full moon. The streaks of lightning hit the itching bolts of the sail. I screamed but it only got louder. The wind wasn’t howling like before.  My foot crept away touching a magic light. Heat waves rushed through my body as I was zapped. Light cloud of smoke crept past the tip of my nose and made me sneeze. My eyes felt like they went out of my skull. The wind stole the door as if it were a thief.

William Pike Beach Cookout

Today room 1, room 8, teachers, teacher aids and parents went down to the Karoro beach
near Watson's creek and the Tasman sea. The people in my team were Sam, Xavier, Callan,
Grace and I. Also the parent supervisor for my team was Matt Levein.

We went on the 3rd of April in the morning in Autumn during the open fire season.

My team made a tee pee campfire and surrounded it with rocks. First we dug a hole in the
ground. After digging a hole everyone got pieces of wood and put them into a pile. We then
started to build the tee pee out of the sticks. We searched for big rocks to surround it and
then lit it with the match after. Lastly Matt put a grill on top of the rocks so we could cook
our food.  

All of my team took some food or Cutlery to school for the beach cookout. We made steak
with potatoes and garlic butter for our main course. For our desert we cooked bananas and
put chocolate sauce and mini marshmallows inside. We also cooked our food on a grill when
there were hot embers and small flames left. We wrapped the potatoes in tin foil and cooked
them in the fire and on the grill. As we cooked the bananas we left them inside of their skin
so they wouldn’t get dirty from the grill.

We went to the beach cookout for the William Pike challenge and we had lots of fun cooking,
eating and making campfires. Our classes also went to learn new skills as a team. The skills
my team learnt were how to build a campfire and how to cook really good food.

I personally thought that the beach cookout was a good experience and I would do it again but
next time I would bring bread and a rubbish bag. Next time I’d wear more enclosed shoes as
well. I really enjoyed making the tee pee campfire because I haven’t made one before.
I enjoyed the banana split because it had lots of chocolate sauce and mini marshmallows it
was yummy.

My Fraction Poster

Room 1 was learning about fraction. Once we had finished learning about fractions we made poster about what we had learnt. I made a poster that  says, I learnt that 1 3rd is larger than 1 5th because on the fraction chart it shows that 1 3rd over laps 1 5th. So there for the larger the bottom number the smaller it is. 

My Descriptive Writing

My cat was at his darkest when he started lurking around in the precious grass.
His eyes greener than ever. His ears looking sharp as they pointed upwards.
His fur looking soft and smooth. The position he was in looked as if he was ready to
pounce right at me. He was a sloth with his slow moments. Everytime he meowed it sounded
 loud like a lion's roar. MEOW! He was a dark lord who looked like they needed more sleep.
His teeth looked sharper than ever now. His eyes focused on almost everything. His head
turning side to side. MEOW! As he moved his head it went Click. He was greedy cat wanting
to eat anything he wanted. Gurgle Gurgle! His stomach grumbled as his eyes went sharp.

Tohunga Reading Reflection

            Tohunga Reading Reflection

From reading and learning about Tohungas I now know that Tohungas were
illegal and rongoā the natural herb/plant they used was illegal as well. I also
learnt that Tohungas are like māori doctors but they use natural ingredients,
herbs and chants. Tohungas used rongoā and it is a plant that the Tohunga
used to heal many illnesses. Tohungas and rongoā used to be illegal but
aren’t anymore.

In this story there was a boy called Rāmahi who was quite sick so Mā his
mother took him to a Tohunga because all the other doctors didn’t help him
at all. In the end he didn’t get better straight away but he did start talking and
walking around when they got back.    

My Wonder Letter

Dear, Mum and Dad

I don’t want to go to school because people say my face looks like a puffer fish
that had plastic surgery but then it went wrong. It’s like I was cursed by space
aliens. Why don’t you just learn fractions then you’ll be able to teach me. I will
just get bullied and embarrassed.

I’m NEVER going to school and you can’t make me. I’d rather join Darth Vader
and be a storm trooper. Nobody would stand up for me because they are
STRANGERS. END OF STORY!

August   

Decimals DLO

Treaty Of Waitangi

This year we did learning about the treaty of Waitangi. I learnt about the great fleet and there were 7 wakas. The wakas names were Tainui, Te Arawa, Mataatua, Kurahaupo, Tokomaru, Aotea and Takitimu. The flag names were Union  Jack, Tinorangatiratanga, United Tribes and the New Zealand flag today.

My Mihi

Stem And Leaf Plot

A Moment In Time Writing Work

In Ruma Tahi we wrote about a moment in time. I found it quite easy because I wrote about a moment in time last year.

A Moment In Time

I was in the rough waves with my sister. I felt like I was being tackled
except it didn’t hurt that much. Every time a big wave came I jumped like I
was a high jumper so I didn’t get smashed. Every time a wave made go up it
felt like a water slide but not as long. I could feel the little bumps in the waves
every time they passed me. The salty water went into my mouth a few times
and when it did my mouth went dry.