Dallas and Frank's Learning video

In week 3 we got into groups and created learning stories. A learning story is a way of showing what you have learnt through video, Dallas and I chose to base ours on fitness, we showed what we could do before we learnt how to do it, and then what we learnt to do after  and what we had taught eachother during the process. 

Gearing Up For Camp

Gearing Up For Camp!

By Frank Brown Room 9

Less than a week now until our class gears up and heads for camp at

the Wairarapa Outdoor Pursuits camp area. Room 9 has been talking

about camp all week. Camp isn't the only thing our class has been

talking about this week, class speeches. 

So far nearly our whole class

has done a speech, every single one on a different topic, from

speeches about Dodgeball to speeches about Minecraft! What crazy

speeches. Our class has been working on speeches for over 2 weeks,

what a great working class! Our "WALT" was to plan and write about a

formal speech. 

Anyway, more about camp, on Monday morning our class

has to be at Wellington Train station by 7:40am! Isn't that an early

start! I wonder if everyone is going to be there on time. Sadly, not

everyone from our class can go to camp, we wish everyone in our class

could go, but that's just the way it is.Everyone is so excited about

camp, we can't wait! First we will be making our bivys to bivy at the camp ground then we will be going for a tramp up Mount Holdsworth , that's going to be hard work!

                                  

Room 9 newest game

Ki o Rahi

Poem by Lisa Rolinson. Chinese Cinderella An unloved girl is drifting away, While her family shouts "Hurray, Hurray!" She sits around and wonders what to do, While they blame her saying "Mum died because of you". Her step mother shows her nothing but hate, But Aunt Baba believes she'll be great, With a medal hanging around her neck, She goes to dinner acting her best, Attention is what she craves, But hate is all that Niang gave. Nai Nai's feet gave her great pain, She tossed and turned all night in vain, Her heart was going as fast as a car, It skipped a beat and she was gone by far. No one goes to pick her up from school, So she walks into a restaurant like a fool, Her Dad picks her up with dismay, And hands her a map so she knows the way. The family unites with a terrible fight, It truly was a terrible sight, SMACK! Little sister is crying now, How can Niang be so foul. Fourth brother and little sister eat a tonne, While she has just a sticky bun, Her and her siblings start to fight back, Only to find big sister stabbed their backs. Her new best friend gives her a present, As she takes it she feels pleasant, Quack! Quack! The tiny animal cries, The little duck was the apple of her eyes. Her family sits at the table, That was when things became unstable, The family dog catches the duck, By then it was too late and she was stuck. Big sisters wedding has come too fast, They hope this will be the first and last, Her jade necklace is safely away, But Niang finds out after a day. She went to a party on a day of no school, But they soon found out she had broken the home rule, She had to take on Niangs scold, After that her heart felt cold. She was shipped off to an unknown place, All of her memories she had to erase, She is back to square one without comfort, At her new school she feels discomfort. Aunt Reine saved her from depression, And she became her greatest possession, She treated her like one of her own, Even though she was not well known. She gets a call stating an emergency, A girl summons her with urgency, She finds out that her Ye Ye is dead, But she fights back her tears and bows her head. She was scared at the thought of meeting her father, She did not want to intrude or bother, But when he found out that she had won, He said it was a job well done. Her father lets her go to the U.K, She is overjoyed and shouts "Hurray!" Her dream had finally come true, Now she can do what she wants to. Before she leaves she gets a letter, From Aunt Baba (no one better!) She tells her mothers favourite story, All about a cinderellas glory.

Fun Run By Frank Brown

13 June 2012
WALT: Use interesting words in our writing

Tawa Intermediate Fun Run

On Wednesday the 13th of June we had our school fun run at Tawa Intermediate School. It was a five kilometer fun run which meant we had to run six laps around the top college field but we could run more laps if we wanted.My friend Daniel and I ran the fun run together. As our syndicate Tui is called, Daniel and I start off bursting with energy for our first lap.

This is Daniel and I

As we come to the end of our first lap Daniel and I are very happy to have finished our first lap.We knew that once we had finished our first lap that the amazing fun run was just getting started.As Daniel and I came to the hill I took a sip of my powerade and Daniel took a sip of his water.We felt an incredible energy rush pumping through our vaines as we had conquered the hill.

This is Nathan and I

We felt so bizarre to have finished our third lap, we were halfway there and we kept going.
Mine and Daniel’s aim was to get at least nine laps.When we finished our fourth lap we went to Miss Moran who congratulated both of us.We thanked her and carried on running.When Daniel and I passed Miss Christie we told her we were aiming for nine laps and she told us that someone had already finished their eighth lap.We were only just finishing our 5th lap.We knew we had to pick up the pace, we both took a drink then kept running.

                                                    This is Kolio and Ben

Our legs were killing us, we both wanted to stop we looked at each other then looked back at the track and kept on going.Daniel and I saw our friend Noah so all three of us ran together until the end.We came to the end of our ninth lap, we had done it, we had finished our 9 laps!

By Frank Brown Room 9

bens science

for my science im doing it about dreams.
i made a portfolio and poster to show info.
you can do this to. some ideas are about plants
or music.it a good idea to start early.
you need it by next week so get started.

Bottle Cars

We are making some bottle cars in Room 9. We are using valves, coke bottles, paper mache and plastic wheels to create a running car, powered by pumping air into the coke bottle. When you release the cap, air bursts out, letting the car boost. Here are pictures of us making the cars.

Samarah attaching her axle to her bottle.

Elias' group, paper macheing their bottle

We are going to race them today. Good luck to everyone, and have a nice race!

Ryan and Ben, official blog monitors.