Giant Tortoises - By Hayley

Swingin, slidin, climbin our way to Wigram Primary

San Diego Zoo - Leo

Have you ever wanted to go to San Diego, because our class traveled through the virtual tour to the San Diego zoo. We'll  take you on a trip with the virtual world. I really like the Polar bears, the Panda and the Lion cubs.

 First  Susan told us that unique Polar bears in San Diego zoo live in Polar bear plunge. The day that I watched the video when it was snow day for Polar bears. One Polar bear named Takek, slid down the hill almost slid down into the little river. When the polar bears play in the snow they turn the color that the bacteria is.

 The next thing I watched was Chinese,and he loves to eat Bamboo. It's the Panda. Pandas have giant amounts of curiosity. The Panda cubs come out into the Panda exhibit. Pandas are chubby black & white four legged animals. 

Last I watched The Lion cubs' CUTE!' and playful.Ken & Dixie are the newest Lion cubs. Ken & Dixie weighed 3 pounds when they were born, in a few years the 2 twins could be 300-500 pounds. They both have sharp claws and teeth that grow as they get older.

The San Diego zoo was great. I loved watching the videos of the Pandas, the Polar bears and the two Lion cubs. It was stupendous watching the videos.

San Diego Zoo - Kieran

San Diego Zoo

1. Introduction	Have you ever wanted to go on a virtual trip? Well we went on a virtual trip to the San Diego zoo. We watched videos about the animals there. I liked the clever Egyptian vulture, the cute Armadillo and the humongous Komodo dragon.
2. Body Paragraph 1	Egyptian vulture The first animal that I had interest in was the Egyptian vulture. The zoo keeper Jenny taught me a lot about Egyptian vultures. All vultures eat rotten food and love eggs but not all vultures have no hair on their head. The Egyptian vulture is not like other vultures because it has feathers on it's head and also eats cleaner food than normal vultures like worms, insects, lizards, rats, rabbits and rotten fruit. With no vultures the world would be a smiler place because they eat smelly rotten meat that is left over from other animals. Egyptian vultures would crack an ostrich's egg by hitting it with a rock a couple of times. As you can see Egyptian vultures are really cool and clever how it uses a rock as a tool! And is really interesting.
3. Body Paragraph 2	Armadillo The next thing that interested me was the cute armadillo. The zoo keeper Kyn taught me a lot about armadillos and how their scales are made out of the same material as your nail. Did you that the armadillos are hard on the outside and soft on the inside and the pattern on it's head is different to others. On the armadillos proper body are long hair like wires that help them feel around at night which is really helpful because the armadillo has really bad eye sight. To protect itself it turns into a ball with only it's armor is showing. When it's time to eat it uses its little claws and good sense of smell to find and get food. Armadillos eat special pellets,vegetables , fruit, and meal worms. Armadillos are cute and very friendly as you can see.
4. Body Paragraph 3	Komodo dragon The third animal that I liked was the Komodo dragon. Zoo keeper Ken taught me a lot about Komodo dragons. Komodo dragons are like the king of lizards because it can get up to ten feet long and way up to 175 pounds! Komodo dragons have a fork like tongue just like a snake so it can smell one mile away. People say that the more Komodo dragons smell us the more it will want to eat us! .Komodo dragons eat anything they can find in the wild but their main priority is dear but at the zoo they eat rats, rabbits and beef shake and for a treat he gets eggs. Komodo dragons eat food in one giant gulp. Komodo dragons are so fascinating and extremely intelligent.
5. Conclusion	I like the San Diego zoo because it has so many cute and fascinating animals that I love!

My Trip to the Hospital - Micah

My Trip to the Hospital

Today was the day I was going to Saint George's Hospital. My mum told me I’m not allowed to eat after 7.30 or to drink after 11.00.

When garden club went out to Rob we did some work in the garden. Rob said “go and pick some berries and carrots to take home” so we all ran over to do exactly that. I had forgotten about what mum said and picked 3 berries, 1 tomato and a strawberry. I was just about to get a carrot when I realized that I had eaten some food.

I ran like the flash and headed straight for Mrs Boswell who was at the office with a whole lot of little kids and one of them had fallen over (I think).

Mrs Boswell asked me if I was okay. I replied, “I ate some food by accident”. So she rang mum and told her about it. Mum said she will call later. About 15 min later she came to pick me up.We drove through town and into my room but we didn't smash through the whole thing. That would be CRAZY.

The lady led me to my room. Room 5 was my room. It was my room until 7.00 in the morning on Thursday. There was a T.V. that I could watch if I wanted to. After 10 min’s the nurse came in and put some cream on the top of my hand so I could get a blood test. At 4.30 it was time to go have my surgery . They put a warm blanket on my bed to keep me warm so warm like the sun. They pushed me to this room that I had to wait there until they were ready for the surgery. About 10 minutes later I was able to be pushed into the theater to have surgery. They put some gas into me so I can go to sleep.

After I woke up I was given a ice block to get my taste back to normal.I had a bandage on to stop the blood. I was taking back to my room to chill and watch TV. I had to stay there for the night so I didn't have any problems at home. In the morning my surgeon came to take off my bandage and it hurt so much. About an hour later I was able to go home….and sleep. When I got home I slept for about 3 hours. When I woke up it was time to pick up my sister from school. When It was tea time I was not able to eat so I didn't eat anything for a week…. Almost.

I got back to school on the following Thursday. Everyone wanted to see my ear. This is a end of a long life mistake.

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Return Ticket Please! by Makaea

Knowledge: List 5 facts you learnt from the text.

1. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong in 20 July 1967.      
2. The surface on Venus is 187c.
3. Scientist think that there might be water under ground on Mars.
4. Mars is so far away that it will take messages four minutes and twenty seconds to reach us.
5. Venus air pressure could crush a human body.

Comprehension Why do spacecraft go to Mars and not Venus? What are the problems with sending people to Mars?

Spacecrafts go to Mars because the pressure on Venus could crush them. The surface on Venus is 187C hot enough to melt lead. Mars is one of the planets that people can survive on. At night the temperature seldom reaches 5 c. On Mars dust storms can last for months.

Application Choose four specialist words from the text and find their definition.

1. Spacecraft means a vehicle used for travelling in space.
2. Astronauts means a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
3. Oxygen means a colourless, odourless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
4. Temperature means the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.

Analysis Would you like to go on a trip to Mars? Why, or why not?

A reason why I don't want to go to Mars is because of the dust storms and how cold it gets at night. I can't breath oxygen. A reason why I do want to go to Mars I'll be the first kid that went to Mars. I get to experience a different planet. A might get to prove that there was life on Mars.

Synthesis- New Ideas Create a poster/infographic/google drawing about what you have read to put up in the classroom. Include information you have learnt from the text.

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Buzzy Bee a choking Hazard - Kayla

Knowledge:List 2  fact from the text  

1. The buzzy bee toy is only known because of when Prince William came to New Zealand and had a buzzy bee toy.

2. Did you know that there are heaps of babies that are choking on the toy buzzy bee.

Comprehension

The main thing is that the people that make buzzy bees should make sure that no one can eat anything off of it and make it more safe so if babies but it in there mouth nothing would fall off and choke them. This story should be called the buzzy choke.

Application:Draw three frame picture strip

Babies normally put stuff in there mouth but

You should watch your baby everything it put in its mouth!.

If you buy this test it be for you let your baby have it because parts might fall off and your baby might put it in it mouth.

When you get a toy for your baby make sure that the toy is made so no wheels are going to fall off.

Analysis: Make a flowchart with at least 4 things in it

Synthesis: New ideas write one thing you would changes

The one thing that i would change is that the people that are buy it get to see how's it made and if it made correctly.

Evaluate: Make a judgement and rate the story

I rate this story 8 out of 10 because i don't like reading stuff that have babies choking and that the people who make them should make them better.

India By Shanix, Kieran and Franchesca

India

1.

2 population of India is 1,326,801,577

3.Pranab Mukherjee is the 13th and current leader of India since 2012 he was born in December 11, 1935.

4.The capital city of India is New Delhi

5.Mumbai is the most populated city India with 16,368,00 people.

6.The longest river of India is the Indus River.

7.Kangchenjunga is the highest mountain in India with (8,586 metres) and (28,126 feet).

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10.India is the seventh largest country by total  In west Bengal,India,cows must have a photo, in india they have more mobile Phones than toilets,one of India's most deadliest animals is the black scorpion.    

       By:Shanix, Franchesca and Kieran

The fantastic Margaret Mahy playground By Kieran

The fantastic Margaret Mahy playground

The Margaret Mahy playground is directly in the middle of the city of Christchurch by my dad's work. The playground has a big slide, a climbing hill and a big spider net longer than a bus. The playground is designed big so everyone can have fun and the adults can join in with their child.

The big slide is the feature of the playground because it uses a massive space and it is the most popular place. At the top of the slide it looks extremely steep and dangerous. When you go down it is super cold on a cold day but on a warm day it is unbelievably hot.

The climbing hill is designed with special lizards to help you climb it when it's slippery. The climbing hill is made out of rubber and on top of it is fake grass. The slide leads up to the peak of the hill where the big slide and two tunnel slides are. On a wet day it is slippery and on a warm day you can walk up it with no problems. The climbing hill looks enormously steep from the bottom but at the top it does not look as steep.

Within the boundaries of the magnificent Margaret Mahy playground the spider net sits right next to the big slide. The spider net is made out of thickened rope and metal hinges shaped as a sphere. Under the climbing net there are ropes with tiny platforms to stand on and some super uncomfortable hammocks.

Everyone goes to the Margaret Mahy playground because it has a ton of exciting things to go on. You can  have family picnics on the big hills in the Margaret Mahy playground. The Margaret Mahy playground is extremely safe and stable. I like the Margaret Mahy playground because it is humongous and safe.

The Fishing Boat. - Greg

The Fishing Boat.

By Gregory

"How's your swimmin'?" My Uncle asks me, his loud, firm voice echoes in my ear. "If I fall in the water, I won't drown!" I yell back, I swiftly slide myself down the towering ladder. We were at the fishing dock, I was lowering myself carefully into my Uncle's boat. If there was no boat there, I would be soaking, wet and swimming with the fishes in the seemingly infinite waters.

Safely on the boat, my uncle opened his boating log and wrote down something. (I wasn't looking… Or caring.) Once done he placed the log down, walked out onto the deck and told me a fact about the "pesky little" seagulls. It felt awkward… Very awkward. Jokes were and still are, my Uncles great talent. "I will now make a container MAGICALLY appear," he announces. Yet magic wasn't his great talent, I had an eccentric look on my face…

He then proceeded to pull a container out from under a trapdoor on the boat. I clapped sarcastically and said "WHOA, WHAT!" My uncle opened the container, and I nearly puked. It was full of literal… FISH MUCUS! No gloves on, he started filling a transparent bag full of said mucus to use as bait. That's why he said the fact about seagulls, the fact was that "the (pesky little) seagulls swoop in and steal fish bait thrown into the water."

Seagulls were squeaking and squealing around our boat, this could mean only one thing. They had smelt the fish bait! I was about to take cover until my Uncle scared them away. Hizzah! I have now embarrassed myself... AGAIN. I groaned in despair, 'till suddenly he asked me if I had wanted to see over 20 oysters caught in one cage. He then states, "I will now pull this magic rope..." I sighed. It was going to be a long… day.