Lift Off

Bright intense flames from the rocket lit up the night sky. Sweat fell from my head as I was ready to launch. I have been an astronaut for 5 years and now I finally get to go to space!

Preparing to launch I was filled with nervous excitement. Ignition came to the call and I felt my tummy shudder. “Hold on tight” I whispered to myself.

Cutting through the sky smoke came out of my rockets boosters. A trail of smoke was left behind as I was finally in space.

I enjoyed my adventure in space!!!

Immersion Assembly

From Immersion Assembly Term 4 2011

Sitting in the hall I waited for assembly to start. Finally the time had come - Mr Burt
raced out of the doors and told us what our topic for the term is. I couldn't wait to find out! “ The topic for term 4 is Outta This World”. Mr Burt said.

Mr Burt told us by telling us a story. The story was how Maui fished up New Zealand from the sea. Maui used the constellation of the stars to get him from Hawaii to New Zealand.

All the teams showed a performance or a movie that had to be about space, they all were really cool. But my Favorite team of all was team 4. Their performance was so funny. The teachers danced to Twinkle Twinkle and were dressed up like ballerinas.

I really enjoyed this Immersion Assembly. I am really looking forward to learning more about this topic.

My Reflection Of The Term

What did I enjoy?
I enjoyed playing in the A.F.L tournament. Because it was real run and I liked playing in that team and we have really good players.

Things I didn’t enjoy?
I didn’t enjoy cross country. Because it is boring and we the track is really long and tiering.

What did I learn?
I learnt lots of great things . I learnt how to make buttons on Hyperstudio.

How do I feel about my term overall?
I feel amazed at all the activity we had done this whole term like, badminton, netball and Aussie rules they have been a great experience for me.

What did I find most interesting ?
I found badminton really really interesting because it was my first time and we could challenge people and every week we learnt new skills.

What could I have done to help my learning?
I recon I can help my learning by concentrating on my work. I think that my learning can improve by listening and working hard. I need to find a way to work harder at my maths.

The Missing Cat - Part 1

Abagail and John sat in there bedroom thinking about what to do for there Mothers birthday. They were very poor children and hardly had any money so they had trouble deciding what to buy her.

“Ohh, I know”, cried the youngest, Abagail, jumping off her bed. “What?” asked John lazily. “We could take her on a holiday” replied Abagail leaping up and down. “Forget it Abagail we will never have enough money”.

The next morning Abagail and John got up, quickly got dressed, had breakfast and went out side to play. It was Saturday and they did not have to worry about going to school, they could play all day long. They sat in the yard and made cards for there mothers birthday.

“Now all we need is a present to go with our cards,”sighed John. “Yes” Abagail agreed. “Let’s go round to Sally's house”, suggested John, “Mother’s going out on an errand so she won’t need us, and Sally’s sure to have some good ideas of what we can do for Mother’s birthday.” So the two children skipped over to their friends house.

When they arrived at Sally’s her Mother answered the door. “ Could we please see Sally” John asked politely. “I’m sorry but Sally is sick today” Sally’s Mum sadly replied. “That’s alright”, John said, “we’ll come by another time when she is feeling better.”

“Oh dear,” moaned Abagail, “how will we ever get anything for Mother?” “We’ll cope”, muttered John as they started off towards home. As they walked down an alley way leading to the main street a poster fluttered down the alley way towards John. He picked and looked at it.

“MISSING CAT,” the poster said,” whoever finds a Siamese cat with blue eyes and soft white and brown fur, (like this picture below), please return it to Vet A. J . You will then get rewarded with $2,000.” John look up from the poster his eyes shining. “ That is how much money we need to Mum on holiday” cried Abagail as she looked over John’s shoulder and read the poster. “ We MUST find that cat” John exlaimed.

Sonny Bill Williams

Bravely awaiting for the match to start Sonny Bill got himself organised in the dressing room. He planned his scheme and waited for the time to come. The All Blacks had just got on the field as the crowd roared Sonny Bill’s name.

Anxiously running to the try line, Sonny Bill Williams gave a burst of speed. Gliding on the field Sonny Bill dived for a try. He had just proven himself a great player. The crowd cheered loud like lightning “SBW, SBW, SBW!!!”

It was a challenging game but the All Blacks won!!! Victory was in the All Blacks hands.

Warriors vs Manly Sea Eagles

Congratulation's to the Warriors for making it to the grand finals!!!!! New Zealand is very very proud.

Last night the almighty NZ Warriors played the Manly Sea Eagles. They played in Australia, Sydney. Manu Vatuvai burst through the defence and scored the first try for the awesome Warriors.

I felt really disappointed that the Warriors lost!!! But they sadly lost against the winning team Manly Sea Eagles. The Warriors played a good game though.

I hope the Warriors can play again in the Grand Finals and win to lift that trophy!!!