TOKU MAHI NA Connor.

I like playing  with my toys at home.  I am 9 years old.  my favourite colour is blue.  My interests are pirates,  science, toys, collecting, computers and family.  My goal is to have heaps of fun this year!

March 2

Turangawaewae festival 

We can raise money for the school by having the turangawaewae festival.  It has a bouncy castle, magnetic fishing,   rock climbing,  food stalls etc.  I enjoyed the watermelon, magnetic fishing and the bouncy castle.
  Rock Climbing activity

Here is a person climbing the rock

I think it looks fun

BOOK WEEK

BOOK WEEK - Connor Duan it is cool!!!!!!! on PhotoPeach

We have book week because it inspires kids to read.  It was arranged by Becky.  During book week we had d.e.a.r.  We also do book reviews.

I reviewed Horrible Histories. On we dressed up as our theme.  This time we went as pirates. We go around town  in a parade.  I went as a pirate with ragged clothes, a shirt with fish on it and torn jeans !

 Duan came as a t-rex!  We made a slideshow of it!  My weapons were a cutlass and a flintlock pistol.

Duan had teeth and claws. By Connor

 ROTOITI

On Tuesday 22nd 2012 we drove to Lake Rotoiti .  We had a stroll in the walkway.  We found out that honeydew came out of a bug's bottom!  On the bus some people puked!  Peta from the department of conservation talked about controlling, a.k.a killing, possums, wasps, rats and stoats.

Here we are

She wants to control them because they kill native birds like Bellbirds, Tui and kiwi.  Possums eat eggs, rats eat birds, and stoats eat nearly  anything they can catch.

The scenery is beautiful

Display about the plants

ANTARCTICA : My favourite animals Krill food : Krill eat the plankton and algae from the bottom of icebergs. Where they live : Mostly the Ross Sea. Predators: Penguin, seal and orca. killer whale Food : Krill, whales, penguin and seals. where they live : Icy waters. predators : I don't think they have any!!

I'm flying!!!

Isn't she beautiful ?

ANTARTICA by Connor on PhotoPeach  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

TREASURE ISLAND

This story starts in the Admiral Benbow, an inn.  Jim  Hawkins (played by Quin) works there.  Billy Bones  (played by Shanti) comes to stay.  He has a treasure map .  He was once a pirate, a member of Captian  Flint's crew.  He is visited by Black Dog (played by Stevie) who fights him.  Then the evil Blind pew  (played by Sasha) comes and scares him to death.

Jim gets the map . He gets the Goodies, Dr Livesey (played by Charlie) Squire Trelawney (played by Sarah),  Mr Dance (played by Shannen) and they hire a ship called the Hispaniola.  The captain is Captain  Smollet (played by Makayla) who gets Long John (played by Madison) to collect a crew.  Long John is evil and one of Captain Flint's  pirates.  He collects all the other pirates and away they sail.

On the trip Jim  hears of a plot to get the treasure. When they get to the island the Goodies go to the stockade. The baddies go in search of the treasure.  An old pirate called Ben Gunn (played by Zion) who has been marooned, arrives and joins the gang.

Jim takes off and sails the ship around the island.  The pirates have nowhere to go.  There's a big fight.  The pirates are winning until they hear Ben Gunn who they think is a ghost of Captain Flint.  Ben Gunn screams horribly.

They all run away and the goodies find the treasure and sail back to England.  

My favourite part was  When Billy and  Blackdog fight because there's lots of action 

My favourite character was (why?)  Jim because he was funny and made fun  of the captain  .

My favourite part was the big fight because I like action!!!

My favourite character was Jim Hawkins because he is the main character.

this is the main cast

this is the whole cast

                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                        

                                                          

The modern Olympics started in the year 1896.This year's Olympics host is London, England. The Olympics are every 4 year's.Athletes from around the world compete to get the medals. The medals are Gold,Silver and bronze. New zealand has 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 bronze.England has 18 Gold,11 Silver and 11 bronze.America has 28 Gold and 15 Silver.Spain has 1 bronze.China has 18 Gold and 11 Silver.                  

                                                                                                                                                                          

My favourite sport in the  Olympics is fencing.Two people use swords and try to hit each other. There are three types of swords;the Epee,the sabre and the foil. The other sports are aquatics, archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, cycling, equestrian, football, gymnastics, sailing and shooting. I also like shooting, archery and sailing.   Viewmedal table                          

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This is the stage.

This is the choir .

This is the front of the stage.

Here's a side veiw.

The names of the songs are ; Eye of the tiger,  Black horse in a cherry tree,  California dreaming, Count on me,  If you wanna sing out,  Ma te mahi ka ora, We will rock you, One day, Someting in the water, The bad hair day , Were  gonna have a party, And Falling slowly                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

ORAL HEALTH WEEK

Last week I learned the layers of teeth.There's enamel, dentin and the pulp. The white stuff on the outside is enamel.  It's the hardest stuff in your body. If you peel away the enamel you would find dentin.  It protects the pulp.

horrible teeth

great teeth

                                                                                                                                                                     

WINTER TOURNAMENT

In the winter tournament.   I played hockey.  I was in b grade. It was so fun. We only won one. We played at the Motueka High School.  There were schools from around the area. The date was 14/9/12. It was sunny and hot. We took breaks for morning tea and lunch. I was so so HUNGRY! Hockey is awesome!The other sports are; netball, soccer and rugby! My best teammates are; Bailey, Daniel and  Piper-mae. I bet the other team members had fun too!

This is the team!

This is Daniel and Bailey!

OUR CARS

Me and my car

I made a car out of wood, plastic and batteries. My dad built an inner body out of wood. I made the outer body out of an ice cream container. On Friday the 19/10/12 we had the race. The cars were mouse trap, battery, push or pump propelled. I think mine did well!It was fun. Ryan's shot out fire works. Fergus's won. I came 2nd place in battery powered cars!!

OPENING CEREMONY

On the 29/10/12 we had an opening ceremony for the multi-purpose room or Te Whare Aniwaniwa. It was a sunny morning and we all had to take our chairs. Whaea Tania welcomed everybody and told a story about the colours. They were arguing about who was the best colour. The colour black said:"Your'e only good when you work together as a rainbow".  I think blue is the best! Whaea Tania had a bright golden bucket. It was full of chocolate! I got toffee!YUCK!!!! Whaea Marion Edwin thanked all the people who helped build the building. They made a flax panel with a building of colours, stars and more! It is so cool! I like it! Its called the Whaia Te Iti Kahurangi. The building had a kitchen, two toilets and a huge room. The room is around 30 ft long and 20 ft wide. The kitchen is around 10 ft long and 7 ft wide. I don't know about the toilet. In the afternoon we used the new building for kapa haka.     

The opening!

This is us

KAPA HAKA

For 8 week's room 4 has been training for the kapa haka festival. Our song's are:Pai mai, E  rona and poutini. On wednesday 6/11/12 the festival will commence. I think our hard work will pay off!It will be   awesome! I like kapa haka! I can't wait! Can you? The lyrics to poutini are:(thumping) poutini, poutini ke te  rere ha,oukapa oukapa ke te rere ha,aoutowana ohateana2X kss hi kss hi kss hi ha, kss hi kss hi kss hi ha,HI.

KAPA HAKA

On the 8/11/12 we went to the Kapa Haka festival. We performed 3 songs :Pai mai, E rona and Poutini. The other schools that performed are ; Mot south, Ngatamoti , Riwaka ,  Upper and Lower moutere, Mahana, Mapua , Brooklyn, St Peter channel and Salisbury. I think our performance was best because we were really fierce! I enjoyed everybody's performance, especially mot south & ngatimoti! We all sang the national anthem. It was very, very much fun!  I reckon I performed excellently! The leaders did too!  It was great!  We had to stay backstage until we performed. The little ones went first. Whaea Tania was the host. The Whanau was great. 

 

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TOKU MAHI NA AMBER (1)

My name is Amber and I am 10 years old. I like horses and dogs. My favourite colour is silver and I like to play netball. My goal for this year is maths and swimming.

MARCH 2

TURANGAWAEWAE FESTIVAL

1. Why do we have a multicultural festival? Because our school is the only multicultural school in the Nelson district.

2. Our activities were pony rides, rockcliming, bouncy castle, swimming and jump jam.

 

Pony Rides

Rock Climbing

                                                       ROCK DA HOUSE 

On the 30th of August Parklands School participated in the rock da house chior with two other schools. The songs were Black horse in a cherry tree, California dreaming, Count on me, Eye of the tiger, If you wanna sing out, Ma Te Mahi Ka Ora, We will rock you, We are the world, One day, Mary had a little lamb, Something in the water, The bad hair day, We're gonna have a party and Falling slowly. Parklands School soloists were Makayla sing we are the world and Jason sing falling slowly. I think everyones favourite song was bad hair day because we all enjoyed the actions and wearing the wigs. 

ORAL HEALTH WEEK

Two weeks ago it was oral health week. Our class (room4) did posters and projects o teeth. My project was on how a tooth is formed I learnt that a tooth has eight formations they are crown, root, enamel, dentin, pulp, gum, cementum and jawbone. What I found interesting was that the enamel acts like the tooth's personal bodyguard.

 

HEALTHY TEETH

DISGUSTING TEETH

 WINTER TOURNAMENT

On the 14th f september 2012 the year 4,5 and 6 students went to the winter tournament. There were 4 sports netball, socker, hockey and rugby. I played netball. There were four netball teams from Parklands school. I was in Parklands four with Shanti, Chevaughn, Siobhan, Lucia, Karina, Laura and Charlotte. We had 8 games and we won them all. 

TEAM FOUR

OUR CARS

Room four got given a new project. The project was 'cars'. We had to create our own car and have a race My car was finished in two nights. It was built with;
Two coke cans.
Two bronze rods.
Four wheels made out of rubber and plastic.
Four rubber bands.
Lego.
I had help from my grandad who knows about cars because he is a  mechanic. He made the wheels and put them on for me.

Friday was the the day the race set off. I was in the push powered group and I came second.




KAPAHAKA FESTIVAL     

Room 4 and 3are going to be in a Kapahaka festival on the 8th of November 2012. We have been practicing 2 songs and 1 haka with Whaea Brooke. The songs are Pamai and E rona E and the haka is Poutini. The schools that we are going to be peforming with are Uper Moutere, Motueka south, Rawaka, St  Peter Chanal, Brooklyn, Ngatimoti, Salisbury, Mapua, Tasman Bay Christian and Pakarana (us). Room 3 and 4 all cantwait untill the big day.

THE GREAT DAY

On the 8th of November room 4 and room 3 were in a kapahaka performance. At the start Whaea Tania and Matua Aaron . When we were about to go on the stage we were in the backstage rooms watching the first peformance on a t.v. When we came on stage my tummy started hurting but going through the first song I got more confidence. Overall I think the whanau were the best out of everyone.


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TOKU MAHI NA AMANDEEP

My name is Amandeep. I am 10. I have a mum and a dad and a big brother.

BOOK WEEK

We have book week  to find out about book characters and to get kids into reading.  It was

arranged by Becky.  During the week we drop everything and read (DEAR).  For the parade we had to wear costumes. I wore a pirate costume. It was on Friday. It was about islands. Mr B also wore a pirate costume.

Aman and Shanti's Bookweek on PhotoPeach

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

TREASURE ISLAND

This story starts in the Admiral Benbow, an inn. Jim Hawkins (played by Quin) works there. Billy Bones (played by Shanti ) comes to stay.  He has a map .  He was once a pirate, a member of Captain Flint's   crew. He is visited by Black Dog (played by Stevie )who fights him. Then the evil Blind Pew (played by Sasha ) comes and scares him to death.

Jim gets the map. He gets the Goodies, Dr Livesey (played by Charlie) Squire Trelawney (played by Sarah),  Mr Dance (played by Shannen) and they hire a ship called the Hispaniola. The captain is Captain Smollett (played by Makayla) who gets Long John Silver (played by Madison) to collect a crew. Long John Silver is evil and one of Captain Flint's pirates. He collects all the other pirates and away they sail.

On the trip Jim hears of a plot to kill all the pirates. When they get to the island the Goodies go to the stockade. The baddies go in search of the treasure. An old pirate called Ben (played by Zion ) who has been marooned, arrives and joins the ghost.

Jim takes off and sails the ship around the island. The pirates have nowhere to go. There's a big fight. The pirates are winning until they hear Ben Gunn  who they think is a ghost of Captain Flint. Ben screams horribly..

They all run away and the goodies find the treasure and sail back to England.

My favourite part was when the goodies found the treasure because it made them happy.

My favourite character Was Billy Bones . 

 

My part in the show was Singing

                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                       

                                               

The Olympics is in London. The idea of having a marathon came from ancient Greece. In 490 BC the people of Athens, the capital of Greece, were at war with an invading army of Persians.  Did you know that Olympics started two thousand years ago and they used to compete in the nude. 

We had 6 gold 2 silver 5  bronze medals. watch here 

                                                                                                                                   ROCK DA HOUSE CHOIR

 

 

Rock Da House is when a lot of schools get together to  put on a singing show. Some the songs are One day/ Something in the warter/ Bad hair day/ Count on me/ We are the world and We will rock you.                                                                                        

ROCK DA HOUSE CHOIR NO 2

 

 

                                  

ORAL HEALTH WEEK

I learned that you brush your teeth three times a day. Brushing our tongue helps keep our breath fresh. The best way to brush our teeth is in little circles with fruoride toothpast.

good teeth

bad teeth

WINTER TOURNAMENT

On winter tournament day I played hockey. In our team was Dougles / Duan / Sharly / Charly / Suelakah / Kingsford and me.   On our first game we lost but we got four and they got one but in hockey we came third

OUR OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE MULTI -PURPOSE ROOM

On the 29th of October our school had a ceremony for the opening of our multi-purpose room.  Whaea Tania, Whaea Sue, Mr Major, Aunty Mere, Whaea Gladys the Maori minster all came to the ceremony.

WHAEA GLADYS BLESSING THE ROOM

                                              Kapahaka Fun Day                                                                            On 8th of November it was kapahaka fun day.  Motuea, Riwaka, Upper Moutere, Lower,Mahana, Mapua, Brooklyn  came  to kapahaka fun day.                          

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