Slippery Slide

You can watch our movie at this link.

Rock This Party

This morning, Room 3 and Room 4 went into the hall to learn dancing moves and the instructor was Kate. It was cool because I learnt heaps of new dance moves.
You can see us on our class website at stproom4.blogspot.co.nz

Jesse Tree

Josh from Pam Thomson on Vimeo.

Pictures in the Mind

I have been practising using words that give readers pictures in their minds.

Last week, my whole school did Athletics Day.
The  9 year old boys and girls  rushed excitedly from Vortex to High Jump. The girls walked over to their blue, soft, plastic, ripped high jump mat. The bar was  black and white. The girls’ supervisor was Carla. 

I was so nervous. I felt like I was a bug in a giant spider’s web but I had a good feeling that I would do well. The boys’ mat was the size of a hippo and it was green and white and  had stitching marks on it. The bar was orange and white.

Athletics Day

Yesterday, my whole school and I went onto the field to do Athletics Day.

First, we rushed excitedly and nervously onto the green turf courts. There was so many of us that it looked like we were a swarm of bees. First of all, we lined up in our house lines and Mr K told us the instructions and he said  that Harrigan was standing by the junior block  with some sun block, then we started the chants. My house is St Anne. Our chant was, 

Let’s make it clear,

St Anne is here.

Step aside for this is our year!

Let’s go St Anne!

We are the best,

We're way better than the rest! x2 Go....St Anne.

We were the last ones to do our chant. Straight after the chants, the whole school marched around the field then went to their first event.

Next, the 9 year olds did discus.The discus was round and as black as soot and it  had writing on it to tell how much it weighed. I was third in line. My first throw flew in the air like a frisbee, and my second throw did the same, but didn’t go as far. My last throw was going good but, when I was about to let go, it slipped out of my hand. It became a no throw. 

                            

The Cat Who Got Swept Up

Once upon a time, there was a cat that lived in the wild. It was called Fat Albert. It was called Fat Albert because he was fat and his owner was called  King Kong.

One day, Fat Albert was sleeping in some mud when, suddenly, a big colourful  bird with a beak as sharp as a knife and wings as big as plane wings took him to a tree as tall as the sky. This tree was the biggest tree in the world. 

All he could see were about one hundred birds the same, with bones and flesh in their nests and, at the top, there was a nest as big as, and, in that nest, there was a bird twice the size as Fat Albert. 

The bird put Fat Albert in  the nest then he heard a big noise. It was his owner and about ten thousand monkeys. They all climbed up the tree and killed all the birds. When they got to the top, they killed the big bird then Fat Albert pushed the big bird off the tree and they ended up living in it.

Kapa Haka Practice

We are practising a haka for our concert. 

Athletics Practice

We are learning to throw the discus.

Cross Country

Book Character

My Speech

Josh from Pam Thomson on Vimeo.

My Dad is the Best

Do you want to hear about the best dad in the world?  It’s my dad. 

He’s tall, bald and strong, with olive skin. 

He is a car wrecker and the good thing about that, is that we find heaps of cool stuff in the cars and he builds heaps of cool things. 

He takes us hunting and fishing.  He buys me cool motorbikes.  He is funny and, sometimes, he scratches his beard on my face and it feels funny. 

My dad is the best.  

Professor Ponsonby's Amazing Medicine Machine - A Play

MAQ00005 from Pam Thomson on Vimeo.

My Wonderful Mother

My mother is wonderful because she takes care of me when I'm sick and gives me medicine. She feels my head and takes my temperature. She gets me some toast if I’m feeling hungry. If I need to be sick, she will get me a bowl. She gives me lemonade. She makes a bed on the couch and lets me watch tv and play on the ipad and computer.

My mother is wonderful because she helps me with my homework. She helps me if I need help. She prints out basic facts and tests me. She reads to me.

My mother is wonderful because she bakes baking. She makes yum brownie. She also makes yum banana cake. It is all nice.

Breakfast

This morning, some people from Sport Waikato  came into my class and told us about breakfast. I learnt that some cereals you can’t eat every day. They have to have less than 15 grams of sugar, less than 10 grams of fat and more than 5 grams of fiber. You can make

things healthier. When you go shopping for cereals, you should look on the back to find the nutrition information. The best cereals are Weet Bix and porridge. Some cereals are missing fiber like Ricies, Cornflakes and 

spaghetti. You can add fruit to cereals and wholemeal toast to spaghetti. Some foods you can’t have all the time, such as pies, fizzy drinks, chips, lollies and Cookie Times.

Wolves

What Are Wolves?

Wolves are like dogs, but bigger and stronger, and they can get fierce like dogs.

What Wolves Look Like.

Wolves are like Huskies and German Shepherds, but grey and white, and wolves have very fluffy fur and have blue eyes.

Where  do Wolves live?

Wolves live underground in dens until they are at least seven months old. When the wolves are seven months old, they live in meadows in  Canada and Russia and wolves in Antarctica live in snow and ice.

What  Wolves Eat

In the spring and summer, wolves eat rabbits, hares, ducks and ground squirrels. They steal eggs and catch fish in streams and rivers. In Autumn and Winter, they can’t catch the little animals that are hibernating in winter so the wolves have to catch big animals such as caribou and musk oxen.  

What Wolves Do

Wolves like to go hunting, they like to go and play and they like fighting to see who is the strongest.

Wolf Babies

Wolf babies are called pups or cubs. The pups are born in underground dens until they are three weeks old. When the pups are three weeks old, they come out of the den to play and to fight.

The pups fight each other to see who is the strongest. When the pups are two months old, they move to an open meadow close to water because wolves drink a lot of water when they go hunting.

Wolf Dangers

Wolves are scared of people, and wolves and polar bears have a special bond.

Matariki

Josh Taught Us to Round a Number to Make it Easier to Add

Josh Adding Strategy Rounding from Pam Thomson on Vimeo.

Matariki

Swimming Video

Josh Swimming from Pam Thomson on Vimeo.

Zero Waste

It is important to reuse, recycle, reduce and compost so that we don't keep adding to the landfill. Every month, NZ makes a rugby field long and 30 classrooms high of rubbish. We can reuse some of our old things that we don't need any more and make something else useful  such  as pencil holders, puppets pet houses critter cup-phones and animals and, maybe, we could take down that pile of rubbish.

Elgrego's Anti-Bullying Show

Yesterday my school and I went into the hall to watch the Elgrego show.
When we were ready, Elgrego began his magic by making birds appear. He then put a dove in a box and tipped it upside down and it was gone, then he put three birds into a cage, then he put a cloth over it and took it off and there was a rabbit in there. My favourite was the bird that went upside down.
Next, he performed a magic trick with fizzy raspberry drink. He put a glass in an upside down box and turned it upside down. He took it out. We were all watching to see what would happen. It was still full. We were all captivated. We all clapped.

After the drink trick, we watched Elgrego talk with Seemore, the baby green dinosaur. Seemore was sad because people teased Seemore at school because he was green. Elgrego was being a ventriloquist. A ventriloquist is someone who talks for a puppet. He sung The Rainbow Song from The Muppets and he felt better. 
Finally, Elgrego performed the brick wall trick. He got a brick wall and a sheet and put his head in a hole in the wall and put the sheet in front of him and he went through the wall.

First Communion

Last night, I made my first Communion at St Paul's Church.

Half way through Mass, Bishop Browne called the candidates up, so we all stood up and walked to the front. I was the first one on my side to get the Host and the wine, then Father Keane put a Host in my hands and I said Amen, then I took a step to the side and did  the Sign of the Cross and had a sip of some wine. When I got back to my seat, I said a prayer to Jesus. I felt happy that I had received Jesus.

Fishing Tale

Once upon a time, there were two boys. One was named Josh and one was named Nat. One morning, they decided to go for a fish so they hopped into their dingy and paddled out. It was still dark and cold.
When they got out deeper, they put down their lines. Suddenly, they both got a bite then Josh got a bigger bite.
The next moment, a big school of tuna was under the boat then, in the corrner of Josh's eye, he saw two Mako sharks, circling around the little boat.
Just then, a bigger Mako shark hit the boat. The boys fell out of the boat. The water was as cold as ice, then they saw a little island. They swam as fast as they could. Josh's heart was pumping like loud music.
They got to the island. Josh was about to have a heart attack.

Fishing

The Loch Ness Monster

Holy Week

Palm Sunday was  Sunday. That was when Jesus rode on a donkey into Jerusalem. The people  in Jerusalem laid their cloaks on the ground and waved palms at Jesus like Jesus was a king.
On Holy Thursday night, Jesus had his last supper. At the last supper, Jesus broke the bread and said, "Take this all of you and eat it. He shared the wine. he went to a different place in the room and washed their feet. One of the disciples left the table. His name was Judas.
On Good Friday, Jesus got put on a cross and he was crucified.
Jesus wasn't dead for long and on Easter Sunday, he rose from the dead. We call it Easter Sunday because we celebrate new life with Easter eggs.

Swimming Sports

Yesterday, my school went to Ngaruawahia pools to do swimming sports.

After lunch, the relays were on. I was in the Flying Squadron. The Flying Squadron was a house relay and the little kids had to run across the pool. Izabal ran to Logan then Logan ran back to Lakin then she did freestyle to me. I put my goggles on and looked at the pool. I put my hand behind me THEN my hand got tagged and I dived into ice coldness. It was cold but it was nice because I was hot. I came up then I started doing freestyle. I was putting hand after hand and breathing on every second, then I heard Go!!Go!!Go. I went faster then I put my hand up. I tagged Nathanael then he dived in.

Proper Nouns

This morning, we learned about Proper Nouns. Proper Nouns are special names given to ordinary nouns and they start with capital letters.
For example,
1. the name of a girl -Kate
2. the name of a boy -Josh
3. the name of a dog -Rusty
4. the name of a cat -Monty
5. the name of the street our school is in -Belt St
6. the name of your town -Ngaruawahia
7. the name of of the place where you swim - Ngaruawahia Town Pools
8. the name of today -Tuesday
9. the name of this month -March
10. the name of your favourite eating place -BBQ Master
11. the name given to your school -St Pauls
12. the name given to your parish - St Paul's Parish

Model House

Life in NZ Compared to Life on Kapo Island

Our donations to Caritas are used to help people on Kapo Island in Papua New Guinea.

My Biopoem

Josh
Kind, fast, fit, sporty
Son of Julie and Travis
Brother of Ethan and Logan
Lover of lego,  hunting and fishing
Who feels happy, brave and smart
Who needs a house,  parents and food
Who gives love,  jokes and happiness
Who fears pain and nothing else
Who would like a farm,  a mansion and a boat
Lives in Huntly, New Zealand
Bradbury

Shrove Tuesday

This morning, we burnt last year's Palm Sunday palms to ash, so Father Keane can use them on Ash Wednesday, when he makes the Sign of the Cross on our foreheads and reminds us to follow Jesus.
After swimming, Olivina from Caritas in Tonga came to say thank you St Paul's Catholic School for the donations.

Rock Climbing

In the holidays, I went to my friend Nathanael's birthday.We went rock climbing. 
After they picked Logan, my brother, and me up, we went to rock climbing.
When we got to rock climbing, the instructor told us what to do while we put on our harness .The first rock wall I went on was  the ladder. It was a grey and black ladder that was skinny and wobbly, but I still made it to the top.
It was so cool.

Waitangi Day

Waitangi Day is a national holiday to celebrate when the Treaty of Waitangi was signed and and NZ became a nation.
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on February 6 1840. It was signed in the Bay of Islands.It was signed by 500 Maori chiefs and representatives of the Queen. The agreements were that Maori agreed that British would make the laws and the government, and the Queen agreed the Maori would own land, forests and rivers. The British bought land off Maori. 
On Waitangi Day, we went to my dad's friend's farm and did target shooting. The target was a rubbish bin lid. My dad got a bulls-eye.