Her body was so cold. The man’s hands smeared with blood. I thought we could save Elizabeth. I was wrong. Her neck. I couldn’t take that scene out of my mind. In my mind, I wondered how many people out there in other towns in England were under rubble or pieces of Anderson Shelters. Words couldn’t describe my anger for Hitler. I don’t really know Elizabeth. She has been at my school, so I feel like I have lost something in my life. I could feel tears filling my eyes. They never come down. Looking back at the scene, I’ll never forget looking at the pale, bloody body of innocent little Elizabeth. I picture my life as a bunch of balloons. When something bad happens in my life, one of the balloons pops. Elizabeth is one of those balloons. The balloons of Papa and Mutti have already popped. My few balloons left consist of Aunt Miriam and others like Mrs Huntley. I walk past the perfectly intact green gate. Hitler knew what he was doing, he knew people would die. He just doesn’t care.

Room 8 is reading Pennies for Hitler by Jackie French. As part of our learning we had to choose a critical moment from different parts of his time in london. We split into 4 groups and chose our scene. Our group chose a part where the main character, Georg, a German – Jew escaping Germany to England, was staring at his favourite place in London, the Library, in flames, with bodies everywhere. After we chose it we then drew our scene on paper. After that we then made the chosen scene out of clay. It took a while, and it was hard to make it, but it was worth it. 15 minutes later, it was all finished. All our groups went around, looking at each others, and giving feedback. It was my first time with clay, and it was a very fun experience. Thank you to Miss George for letting us make it, and I will hope to make some more next time!

 

Kia Orana, Malo e Lelei, Talofa Lava, Bula Vinaka, Susadei and Kia Ora.

My Name is Daniel.

I am 12 years old and I am a Year 7 at Saint Patricks School and my teacher is Ms George. I have 6 siblings. My mum is Tongan and is a teacher at Glenbrae, and my dad is from the Cook Islands and is a Caretaker at Mcauley High School. My favourite sport is football and I play Fifa 23. I love playing the Cook Island Drums and I love watching the Premier League. My favourite food is my dad’s Butter Chicken. If you want to see more of my work, keep coming to this site to see my learning, projects and more!

Tamaki Cluster Touch Tournament

On the 2nd of November, Room 7 and Room 8 walked out of our school to represent our school in the Tamaki Cluster Touch Tournament. Most of the Tamaki Cluster Primary Schools were there, like Panmure Bridge and Tamaki Primary were there. All of our four teams were so excited. Our coach was my friend’s dad. Our first game started against Panmure District. We lost 4-0. Our coach trained us some more. Our second game was against Stonefields School. 9-0 to Stonefields. We were disappointed that we lost 2 in a row. Our coach said it was all right. Our next game was against the school that my mom teaches. Glenbrae. They beat us 6-0. We were starting to get more disappointed. Our last game was against Glen Innes. They beat us, 6-0. We had a fifth game for the bottom teams to face. It was Glenbrae. They barely beat us 4-1. We were not that sad that we scored a try. The Room 8 girls, however, made it but sadly lost in the finals. We were so happy. It was our best performance in 3 years. We went home happy and proud that we represented our school. Next time we will win!

Lifting A Line

 

All of them look toward the window… towards something…towards a monster, a creature looking back at them. The Creature was super tall, had sharp teeth, wide eyes and a pointy nose. Nicholas started shouting.Then a slash silenced the room. He dropped down on the floor. Nicholas was Dead. Nicholas’ body lay helplessly on the floor. He had a long, deep, bloody line across his back. 

Harold was shocked, Michael vomited. Thomas stood there as if he was the next victim. Suddenly, the monster ran away. Jarome takes his compact camera and tries to take a photo. CLICK! Jarome takes a look. “I’m going to take this to the cops!”, he said.

Lifting a line is an enjoyable writing activity where you choose the best sentence of writing and use it to start a new story off that sentence.

On Friday we had Mission Day. We had to bring coins to get raffle tickets, and we also brought parishable food. We also coud wear mufti. At 9.00 am, We first had a liturgy. When we finished the liturgy , we went back to class and worked on our Te Reo – A – Thon. we finished just before Morning Tea. During Morning Tea, everybody queued up to buy raffles. After Morning Tea,  my class and I watched a movie in class called Spirited Away. A few people were not watching. We all liked the movie, but we had to finish the movie after lunch. Before school ended, we went to the canopy, and they did the raffle prizes. Two from our class won the Middle/Senior prizes. At the end of the day, we said prayers and went home. Now all I have to do is collect the money from my sponsors to fundraise the money.

 

 

We should control pests so that our birds and nature can thrive. Pests keep destroying nature and native prey, so we set traps to decrease the amount of pests in our country.

 

What are common pests of New Zealand?

Common New Zealand Pests include Possums, Rats, Hedgehogs, Ferrets, Stoats and Weasels etc. They eat native birds as well as bird eggs and Rabbits dig holes in the ground of farmers. They also destroy our natural resources. When Chris Judd came to our school he talked about an annual Rabbit hunting festival, called the Easter Bunny Hunt.

 

What are Natural Resources?

Natural Resources are food, water, plants, trees and other things. Water and Food keeps us healthy. Trees and Plants are useful medicine and wood for tables and chairs.

 

What kind of traps stop Pests?

Not only traps are used on animals. Chris showed us Possum Skin and old leg holders which were banned for hurting innocent animals. Tracking Tunnels, Wax Tags and Chew Cards. Tims Traps, Doc Traps and Mouse Traps etc. are designed to kill pests.

 

Conclusion

Native Plants and Birds are being killed by pests. There are many more pests than humans, and they are responsible for the reduction or extinction of some native animals, which is why we should learn to control pests.

On Friday the 5th of August, a man named Chris Judd came to our school with some cages and a box. He said he was from the Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board (MTLB). He was here to educate us on Pest Education Day.

 

First, he talked about different types of pests and what we can do to stop them. He showed us different types of traps that can kill or catch pests, including Tracking Tunnels, Doc Traps and Mouse Traps. He also showed us mushed, chopped up rabbit and possum skin.

 

After that, we had Morning Tea and then we jumped on a bus to Cornwall Park (Maungakiekie). It took about 20 minutes. When we arrived, we split into two groups. One group with Chris and another group with two women named Lisa & Charlie. Chris took us to look for native and non native animals and traps. The other group with Lisa and Charlie, looking at native trees. When we finished, we had lunch and played Kiwi, Ponga, Possum and another game. After that we hopped back on the bus back to school.

 

At school we did two final activities. First, we made a Tracking Tunnel, which some of my friends and I struggled with. The next activity was to guess the animal that made the footprints. At the end of the day, my friend and I helped Chris carry his stuff to his car, then he drove off. I enjoyed the trip and I wish to learn more, so I can become a trapper in the future. 

 

Link to Photos

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1txnqUka6ReFi7Gr973Dc25dDPnDOVVW0