Earth Worms

Earth Worms are divided into segments or parts. They are found in salt and fresh water as well as in the soil. Earthworms are helpful to man as bait for fishing and more importantly, because they loosen the soil for roots to grow.
There are 2700 species of earthworms. Earthworms have many enemies including animals that eat them and man who uses them. As you may see here is a casting of a Earth Worm.

Surf Life Saving Ed

It was a amazing start to the day when I heard that we were on our way to Mairangi bay. We all jumped in the bus feeling ecstatic . It was a long ride but we finally arrived. Mrs Nua told us our parent helpers and who were in our groups. We all got in to our groups and travelled up stairs to the room. Megan, Rosie, Rechal, and Bailey introduced them selves then they told us the schedule for the day. First thing we did was we went for a tour around the beach.

It was time for morning tea we all got our bags from up stairs and ate. After we ate our morning tea we had a little play around. We went up stairs to the life guards room and learnt a few simple rules to remember while we were at the beach. When we had learnt the rules we played some beach games. Our first exciting game we played was bull rush touch on the sand. Me and Rachael both tripped up and fell. After we played Bull rush touch Megan told us after we finished eating our lunch to get changed in to our togs ready for some water activities


It was time for lunch. We ate our lunch and got changed into our togs as Megan instructed us to. Lunch time had finished we were all feeling excited to be in the water. Megan told us where the boundaries were and what water activities we were doing. When I heard Boogie boarding I could hardly wait. We all ran in the water with excitement.


We all felt sad when we heard that it was nearly time to go. We got out of the water had got hosed down. Everybody was changed and was ready to go home. Before we hoped in the bus Tanielu said our thank you to the life guards that were helping us all day.

During a ride home on the bus we sang some songs and said some jokes it was pretty funny you all should've came it was a fun time . I hope we go to Mairangi Bay another time and have heaps more fun.

ANTS

Ants are found practically anywhere on land. They have 6 legs ,feelers and transparent wings. Ants also live together in colonies and as a army to feed and defend their homes. The queens job is to lay eggs so that they can have more workers and defenders for their colony. From mid Summer to the end of Autumn swarming males and females go on a nuptial flight. The females shed their wings and the survivor's search out and establish a new colony.

(Extra Facts!)
1.Black ants while a nuisance in the home also clean up waste and some pets in the garden.
2.Red ants may sting people.
3.The Maori name for ant is popokorua.
4.Nuptial means marriage or weddings.
5.Swarming means flying around.
6.Industrious means hard working.
7.Transparent means to see through something.
8.Colony is a group of ants.
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Shontals Blog!

We have been learning to share the love and how to link pics that you used. If you click on the picture it will go straight to this persons blog.

Giant Burrowing Cockroaches.

Giant Burrowing Cockroaches live in Queensland, Australia. Their the only cockroaches who give birth live but other cockroaches lay eggs. When it rains they all come out to meet mate and to move on. They are 3 inches long. they have a little lip on their back which means they are a male cockroach.

Reflections about 'Jesse is BOY'

One day we decided to make a movie about a mighty teen mariner. I came up with the idea to a make the movie about Jesse Martin as ‘BOY’ as in ‘Boy’ the movie. We planned and planned for a long time, we finally had to film, it took an awfully long time but we finished. If you want to watch the movie that we made, buy a ticket and come and see it at the Manaiakalani Film Festival at Sylvia Park next month. Here are my reflections on what I thought about our movie.

Who Loves Music?

Do you love music? I do so much it is my favourite thing to do when I am board.
I sing at a lot of places like,Church, birthdays and other more places. I started to sing when I was a very young girl. Please tell me if you are interested in singing.

My favourite singers are Taio Cruz, and Hayley Williams. My favourite songs of theres are ‘Dynamite’ and ‘careful’. My favourite Bands are ‘Paramore’ and ’Muse’.

If you think my writing is Interesting.

Etta's Little Cutie

My little princesse name is Jane. She has a lot of amazing talents like Reading, Dancing, Singing and Saying people's name's. Here is some pictures to show you. Hope you love them.

Where is your eyes, nose, Head,hand,foot, and your tummy?

My Home Country

My home country is Samoa. It Is a great country. We have nice and kind people and also beautiful beaches. Samoa is a small beautiful Country that anyone can visit.

Nervously Waiting For Cross Country To Happen.

On Wednesday the 18th of August 2010 Pt England school Was nervously waiting for cross country to happen . Everybody was shaking they didn't want to run at cross country . Ms T had said the bad news 'There is no cross country today it is postponed to Friday. 'Everybody was relived that cross country wasn' t happening. Friday Morning arrived with everybody wishing it was not going to happen.

At morning tea time it started to rain everybody was really happy. the morning tea bell rang for the end of morning tea we went in to our class then Ms T said to us 'You cofident year 7 runners are going to run around the reserve. 'We thought to ourself 'Man' but we still ran.


The boys were Feki Charm Tamati Zane Raven Tanielu Tuipolotu Henry and Rayden. The Girls were Destiny Shontal Helen Tup Ocean Tracey and ME!. Out of the Boy's feki came 1st Zane came 2nd and Cruz came 3rd. Out Of the girls Destiney came 1st I came 2nd and Halen Tup came 3rd.


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Mighty Teen Mariner Quiz!

Room 19 are learning about Mighty teen mariners. We were asked to do a multiple inteligence task. We decided to do quiz cards about Jesse Martin. our time limit was 1 hour and 50 minutes. Tracey and I chose to do it in Keynote. If you know the answers to our quiz please comment and leave your name and the answers on our blog. We will let you know if you got them all right. Have Fun!

Immersion Assembly

Immersion Assembly

On the first day of school every term we have an Immersion Assembly. You might be thinking what’s an Immersion assembly? Well an Immersion assembly is an assembly when all the teachers dress up to give us a clue what this terms topic might be.

At our school we have 5 teams of teachers. Each team of teachers have a chance to go on to the stage and introduce themselves.

The topic that I remember the most is ‘Up Up And Away’ because it was so amazing when the hot air balloon came to our school and also when the police helicopter came as well it was so awesome.

I love Immersion Assembly’s and I’m pretty sure you’ll love them to.

My Favourite Movie Is....

My Favourite movie is Eclipse it is the best. My Favourite actor inthe movie Eclipse is Edward Cullen which is Robert Pattison and Kristen Stewart which does the act of Bella.

My Favourite Singer Is.....

My Favourite Singer so far this year is Hayley Williams. My favourite song of hers is Airplanes. She also performs in a band called Paramore.

Mt Taranaki DLO

This term we are learning about Active Earth. Our class were asked retell the story of The Legend Of Mt Taranaki. The group members of my group were April, Gabby, Ocean and me.

We decided to retell the story by using green screening but we didn't quite get to do it because none of our team members knew how to. So, we used the green screen for our background. April and I were in charge of the editing, Ocean was in charge of the props and Gabby was in charge of the script and story board.

We were glad that we place second in our whole class. Our score was 17/25. I really enjoyed working with my group it was fun and so was our project.

Here is our assessment rubric for the Mt Taranaki DLO

Here are my reflections about what I learnt from the Mt Taranaki DLO.

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My Volcano

On the second week of school room nineteen drew some volcanoes. The first thing we did was go over the outline of the volcanoes with chalk. Then we had to colour it in with pastel. We are still waiting for the Indian ink so we haven't completed it yet.

The Legend Of Mt Taranaki

For those of you who don't know Mt Taranaki here is a little story that tells you about what happened in Mt Taranaki life. One day a long long time ago Mt Taranaki fell in love with a beautiful maden Pihanga . Pihanga was also the wife of Tongariro. Tongariro bursted out with ash,fire , rocks, and burning lava he was really angry. His eruption caused the earth to shake violently. Taranaki started to cry, his tear created the whanganui river. When he was defeated he moved to the coast and their was his final resting place.

Our Ruthless Game Against Henderson Intermediate

On Friday the 3rd of June our year seven rugby girls team went to Henderson to play against their year seven girls.Once we got out of our vehicles one of their teachers welcomed us in to their hall.While we were in the hall we were also waiting for the other team to get ready.

When we saw the other team arrive on the field they looked very big and strong.We trained while we were waiting.When it was about 20 minutes past the had started.Henderson kicked of to us and we received it.

We tried our best but sadly we lost buts its OK it was just the start of the season we still have other games that we could win.Our never give up because CHAMPIONS NEVER GIVE UP.

My Goals for 2010

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Etta