News Article.

A 3- week old baby has been seriously injured in a very serious car crash in Invercargill early this morning.

Police and Ambulance staff were called to the scene of the car crash at Princes Street at about 5:30 this morning,senior Sergeant Bruce Terry said.

Police inquiries are ongoing - it's very early on in the situation and we're just getting organised with the investigation and the ongoing work he  commented.

The baby was in a critical condition in Southland Hospital, but that is all that is been heard so far.

Week 3 learning reflection.

Reflection of my learning Week 3:

Last week in Maths, we learnt about angles and the perimeter of shapes, and also the circumference of a circle and I also learnt about the value of pi.

In Writing, we did Persuasive writing. We wrote about children working at the age of 8. Some of us agreed and some disagreed.

In Reading, we read an article about biogas in India. I learnt that in India, they cook with cow dung, then use it for the crops, because it helps the crops to grow faster.

Persuasive Writing.

Introduction: This is my persuasive writing. The issue / topic is about children working from the age of 8.

Topic - Children should work for their own money from the age of 8.

I feel that children working from the age of 8 is a bad idea because they’re too young.

Arguments:

There could be a family celebration.

Their boss could be a bad person.

They could get hurt.

They’re too young.

They might have no time with their family.

Summarising:

I disagree with the statement that children should be working at the age of 8 because they’re too young, and they need to learn more about life and what skills they need if they ever wanted to get a job in the future. It could also be too dangerous for them.

In The Holidays.

In The Holidays

In the Holidays, I went to my Grandparents house. When I was at my Grandparents house, I went to visit my Aunty. After I said "hi" to my Aunty, I went to play with my baby cousin Rylie for a while.

That Saturday, I went to Church. After Church finished, I left with my Grandparents to go to see my younger cousin. When we got there, we went to say hi to my baby cousin named Kane.

On Thursday, in the last week of the Holidays, my Aunty, Kane, and I went to Hunters Plaza in Papatoetoe. First, we ate some lunch, and then we went to the Timezone Arcade near the Food Court.

After that, we went home and we had dinner.  I enjoyed myself because I got to hang out with Rylie and Kane, and I had so much fun.

Limericks.

LI: To write limericks

SC: It must have 5 lines lines, the last word of the first and last line must be the same and all the last words of each line must rhyme.

Limericks are nonsensical 5 line rhymes that were made popular hundreds of years ago by Edward Lear.  

Here is an example:

                     There was an old person of Pisa,

Whose daughters did nothing to please her;

She dressed them in gray, and banged them all day,

Round the walls of the city of Pisa.

There once was a girl named Jill

Who freaked out at the sight of a drill

she brushed everyday

so her dentist would say

Your teeth are quite perfect. No bill.

 

There once was a lady named Sue Who had nothing whatever to do And who did it so badly I thought she would gladly Have stopped before she was through.

                                                                       

There once was a guy

that had a fly as a nerd

and when that guy had a vine,

the fly died, and the guy cried

only to find that it was a lie.

There was an old man from Peru,

who dreamed he was eating his shoe,

He awoke in the night,

with a terrible fright,

and found out that it was quite true.

There once was a fellow named Tim

whose dad never taught him to swim.

He fell off a dock

and sunk like a rock.

And that was the end of him.

Recount: The Matariki Whanau Ball

Matariki Whanau Ball Recount.

On Friday The 28th June 2013, Glenbrae school had a Ball to celebrate Matariki and to fund raise for the year 7/8 camp. Matariki is the Maori New year. The ball started at 8:00.

When I got to the door, I gave my ticket to Mrs Moopanar, and then Mrs Kumar put a blue stamp on my hand, and I walked in. When I walked in, it was loud and it was dark, but there was light effects, which meant that there were different colours, and there was a DJ. We were also dancing to a song which was gamgam style.

Then the music stopped, and we all made our way to the seats. The next thing that happened was that I then went with my younger sister and then went to go and order some food. The things I ate were a fritter, a drink, and a cupcake.  After that, I went back out to the dance floor, and danced till my mother came to pick us up.

I enjoyed going to the ball, and I asked my mum if I could stay longer, but my mum said “No”, because it was starting to get late, and the Ball was almost finished anyway.

Reading: The journey by Robin Nathan

Yellow Group SJ part 3 Sept., 2011.

The Journey by Robin Nathan pages 2-7

WALT: answer questions using full sentences.

Activity 1 - Reading Response

1. What did Mr Bird want Wilfred to do? Mr Bird wanted Wilfred to eat up.

2. Explain why Wilfred was going to be ‘left behind’ if he was too skinny.  If Wilfred was going to be left behind if he was skinny,it was because he wasn’t eating enough.

3. Where were the godwits preparing to travel? The godwits were preparing to travel to Alaska.

4. How far was it from Alaska? It was Two thousand odd Kilometres away.

5. Who was Captain Thunder? Captain Thunder was one of the old godwits.

6. Explain what happened to Wingspan? Wingspan got shot by lightning.

7. Explain what is meant by the term ‘eye of the storm?’ It means that they were in the very heart of the storm.

8. What do godwits usually eat? they usually eat crabs.

9. In your opinion is the godwit a strong bird? Use evidence from the story to support your

answer. That means that the godwits usually eat crabs to build up their strength.

10. List two other types of birds that travel long distances in winter. (You can use google to

research.) They are Barnacle Geese and kuaka.

Unscramble these words:

1. itgwdo- godwit

2. kynsin- skinny

3. aslka- Alaska.

4. kocfl- flock

5. nbrai- brain

6. ptinaca- captain

7. sihsed- dished

8. wnbol- blown

9. erlade- leader

10. vhneae- heaven

Select any 6 words from above to write complex sentences of your own.

New vocabulary:

Word	What you think it means	Dictionary meaning
stifle	to smothen out something	to smother or suppress
bolt	a shape of lightning	a bar that can be slid into a socket to lock a door, gate,
splutter	To choke or laugh in amazement.	to utter (words) with spitting sounds, as though rage or choking.
amazement	A feeling or emotion.	complete wonder or surprise
scoffed	to talk about someone or mock them.	to speak rudely.