Merry Christmas!!

Next Thursday our class is having a Moring Tea to celebrate the year. We have to bring some food to share. Ms Whitwell has given us a name and we have to buy a small present for them, it has to be something meaningful to the person.

Day Dreams

For writing this week we wrote a Poem about Day Dreams.

 

 

 

Ms. Whitwell thinks I`m Reading

But No...

I`m eating yummy food like chocolate and ice-cream,

So much food whizzing round me, I`ll have this and that.

"Ella start Reading."

 

Ms. Whitwell thinks I`m Concentrating

But really I`m...

Cantering.

 Riding round a ring at the Parakino Horse sports,

 "3rd prize overall goes to Carissa Rees"...

"Second prize goes to"...

"Ella concentrate please. "

 

Ms. Whitwell thinks I`m Singing...

But I`m Shopping,

going from shop to shop.

That book looks nice, that top is really pretty.

I start to wonder what  mum is  getting me for my birthday...

"Ella you're not singing,"

Interrupts again.

Scraffitio

During Art we have been doing Scraffitio. You have to think of a picture scene and then get a piece  of paper and colour it in with strips of different colours. After you need to paint it completely black and leave it to dry. Once it has dried you scratch of your picture of. Then you have a Scraffitio  picture.

How to have a good Holiday cake

Ingredients

1 family

Handful of slacking friends

A place to move to

trucks

 An old house

A spa pool

A little cousin

Unpacked room

Laughs and giggles

 

Cut one happy family and melt.

Add a handful of slacking friends and Mix Well !

Put in a place to leave, a place to move to and some trucks.

Sift unpacked room, laughs and giggles.

Fold into other mixture.

Pour into new house in town.

Bake for 3 hours on 180 degrees and leave to cool for an hour.

Sprinkle a spa pool and little cousin over the top.

Enjoy!

 

Our Tea Party

On the last day of term 3, our class had a Mad Hatters Tea Party because we had been reading Alice in Wonderland. We all watched the movie Alice in Wonderland. It was a great party. We had to wear hats to school. In the morning we told the class about our hats. After morning tea we had a Mad Hatters Tea Party. We brought our own teacups. Ms Whitwell made us some juice that we used as tea. We ate some food and it was a great day to end the term.

The Jabberwocky

Last term Fordell school put on a play called the Jabberwocky. It was fun and interesting. Every one that came to watch would have had a great time. Here are some great photos.

Hockey Finals

On Wednesday the Fordell Sticks Hockey team played St Georges at 3:30. St Georges scored a goal but it was disallowed, that came as fantastic news for us. We missed a few goals but in the second half we finally scored. In the end we won 1-0. We`ve played St Georges before, the first time we lost3-2, the second  time we won 1-0  and this time we won 1-0 and all together we came 5th in the hockey season.

My Speech

Have you ever been past the Kohi Rd ?, just out of Waverly. Turned down that road and on to the Moeawatea Valley road. Well I`ve been going there since I was four

 . My place is the Moe, land that my great Uncle Ernie farmed for 60 years.

 

 Uncle Ernie was one of five boys, Ernie, Fred, Owen, Ray and Mervyn. Ernie's name is Ernest Frank Matthews. He was named after his two uncles Ernest and  Frank who fought in WW1. His parents were Les and Hilda Matthews. Uncle Ernie never married and he lived in the Moe all by himself, he was known as a hermit.

 

It was only about 2 years ago when he was about 84 that he came to live with us. Not long after that he died aged 85. He was buried in the Moe where he had planted Kauri tree ten years before.

 

 On the way into the Moe we always see at least 10 goats but sometimes we see more than 50. You could even see a deer if your lucky enough. Every time we go in we always go on a walk. last time all the kids walked along the ridge track. We saw a baby goat and we caught it.

 

 My Dad takes me hunting. I got my first goat in the Moe and I`ve gotten many more since then. Sometimes Mum and I take the horses. We ride them around, down the tracks and when they get sweaty we take them to the creek and wash them. I love being in the Moe. We stay in a house without power but we use head torches. In Maori Moeawatea means sleep in the daytime, which is what some of the adults do.

 

 To Me

Uncle Ernie is a legend farming in a remote place and leaving us a legacy that my family and friends enjoy being a part of. The Moeawatea is My Place. 

Interesting fact of the week

Did you know that the oldest Elephant is Lin Wang and he lived till he was 86 years old. Elephants usually live till they are about 60.He died on the 26th of February 2003. Lin Wang retired to the Zoo in 1954.

The Art Gallery

Yesterday our class went for a trip to the Art Gallery. The bus took us from school into town and to the Art Gallery. When we got there Andrea came and met us. She took us through to the kids room and she showed us some clay work. After that Andrea showed us how to make an alien face out of clay then we had to make our own. My Alien had ears like a fox, an ice-cream shaped face, one eye socket and the other eye coming out, a square nose and a mouth. I enjoyed our time at the Art Gallery.

Aranui Cross Country

On Tuesday 17th some really fast runners from Fordell school went to Aranui for cross country. Everyone did really well. All the ten year old girls got in the top 25 but unfortunately Rebekah fell over and didn`t finish the race. In the ten year old boys we didn`t do as good, Ryan came 76th and Adam 113th. Everybody tried their hardest. I had a great race and came 22nd!

Mathex

On Wednesday night some really brainy maths people went to WIS for Mathex, a maths competition. You have half an hour or less to complete 20 maths questions. In our team there was Georgina, Renee, Bridgitte and I. Rebekah, Ryan, John and Lauren were in the other YR 6 team. We got stuck on question 3. We passed on 2 questions and finished with 30 seconds left. In the end we came second equal with St Georges.   

Fordell School Cross Country

On Tuesday, 3rd September, Fordell School had our Cross Country. We were all cheering for the little Kids, waiting for when we were going to be called. After awhile the YR 6 were called. We started warming up then we started our race. On your marks. Get set. Go. We were off. Run, run, run, breath breath, breath. I`ve done the first small lap and the second small lap. Now for the big long one and then the last small one. Finally we were at the end. At prize giving I came 3rd out of the YR6 girls.

The Hummingbird

The amazing Hummingbird. Today you are about to find out three awesome facts about the hummingbird.
Where does the hummingbird live?
They live in America but mostly south America. Their range is as far north as Alaska and as far south as Chile.
What do Hummingbirds eat?
They eat bugs and nectar from some flowers. They drink sugar water.
What different types of Hummingbirds are there?
There are over three hundred  different types of hummingbirds. The bee hummingbird is 5 cm long.  The most common types or species of hummingbirds include the Allen`s, Anna`s, Berylline, Black-chinned, Blue-throted, Broad-Billed, Broad-Tailed  Buff-Bellied, Costa`s, Lucifer, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, Rufous, Violet-Crowned, White-Eared and the Xantus . So do you think the Hummingbird is an amazing bird?

The world`s smallest tree

Can you believe that this is the world`s smallest tree ?  Well it certainly is the smallest tree. This small little tree can grow to about 60 to 80 inches tall and is called a Bonsai. Bosai trees can grow in many different shapes and sizes.

Andy Warhol and My Be Funky

Room 1 and Room 2 have been doing Be Funky on the computers. Be Funky is a Website that lets you change your self in lots of different ways. When Andy Warhol was alive there were no computers so he made them by hand. Andy Warhol was one of the best artists for pop. He was born on the 6th of August 1928. He died February 22nd 1987.

Andy Warhol`s photo                                           And my Be Funky.

Hockey Trials

In the school holidays there were Wanganui hockey trials. Five girls from our school Georgina, Renee, Catlin, Tineisha and I went there to get into the U11 Girls Rep team. There were 26 girls from all over Wanganui who came to try to get into a team. Our coach told us that there were going to be 2 teams of 10, 7 aside, with 3 non travelling reserves.  The first two times we had a few games and showed off our awesome hockey skills. We all got into the Wanganui Blues team which is the better team of the two teams but sadly Tineisha was a non traveling reserve for the Wanganui Blues.

1000 Paper Cranes

Last week on Hiroshima Day, 6th August Ms Whitwell told us about the Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima in Japan. She also told us the story of Sadako. This is how the story goes. Sadako was three when the Atomic bomb was dropped, her family survived the Atomic bomb but nine years later when she was twelve she got leukemia. Sadako heard of the story about 1000 paper cranes and if you made 1000 cranes you can get one wish. She tried to make 1000 paper cranes. All her friends helped her but she died before she made 1000 cranes. Ms Whitwell taught us how to make a paper crane. Last Thursday I went down south to Ranfurly to see my Grandad, who`s going to die soon. My cousin and I made 100 paper cranes for our Grandad.

Did you know?

That the world`s smallest spider is about 0.43 mm overall. The smallest known spider is Patu marplesi  of Western Samoa. A male specimen found in moss at approximately 600 m in Madolelei, Upolu in January 1965 measured 0.43 mm overall - about the size of a full-stop on this page.

The Patu marplesi is believed to be a rare native of Western Samoa.There are just very few people who know how to collect it and secondly how to recognize it. As this species only reaches an adult size of 0.43 mm, there are not many photographs of it. Even if photographed through a microscope, a clear picture is difficult to attain.

Hockey Report

Last night the Fordell Sticks 8 aside hockey team played  St Georges, last time we played them we lost 3-2. This time we had a great game, it was a very even game. At half time the score was 0-0. Jaida, our goalie, saved some goals because she has a very good eye. With five minutes left Lulu scored the only goal. Everybody in the crowd cheered! The last game we played against St Georges we lost by 1 goal, this time we won by 1 goal.