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.