YouTube

YouTube is a company owned by Google which happens to be very interesting. It is a site that has 1 million videos or more. It's the site where you can leave feedback on videos, subscribe to channels and most recently watch really cool videos. My favorite channels on youtube , aka , 'Youtubers' would have to be Olga kay and Michelle phan also wassabi productions. 
This is the part when I say, 'YOUTUBE IS USEFUL' meaning youtube can help you with your problems . Youtube is not boring , thousands and millions of people have used it! They find it fun,cool, magical and awesome.  Trust me , everytime I go on the computer the first thing I go on is 'youtube'. Can you believe that? and I am soo not lieing. Youtube is awesome, so go on it and use it and see how the spark works! 

Getting Captain For Netball!

Thanks to Mrs. Erasmus & Miss Vaafusuaga , I finally I got chosen to be captain! Which was really surprising. My friend Ana gets to be vice Captain and she is doing well. I love how Ana & I like to hang out during training!

Our first game is next term and we are flowing really well. Thanks to our Coach and Manager, we are getting much better. Todays session was really fun and pumping. We got to learn about Defence and Attack also passing and more. Our team is called the 10Flavahz.

I am in Team 2 and I especially LOVE it. I can't wait to play next term. I have been hearing that we are getting new uniforms which is part of why I am excited! Thanks to Mrs. Erasmus & Miss Va'afusuaga for all the support that is going on!

 Mahalo!

What The. . . ?

Have you ever seen an elephant on a power line? On a cold christmas morning, Jim and Sally could not wait to open up their present! After eating a yummy breakfast , Jim had already sprinted to the Christmas Tree with his bowl still sitting on the breakfast table. Jim opened up his present and he got a scooter, candy, new clothes and a pair of expensive sneakers and a rubber elephant! Sally had a bike, chocolates, accessories and a pair of fresh boots also a little elephant.  “ We should go outside!” Jim suggested. “Yes” Sally replied.

Jim & Sally ran straight out the door but they noticed something really shocking! They were really sad about what they had to see. On the  power line they could see new shoes hanging and they could especially see one of their favorite things ... which was a little elephant. The shoes were getting quite wet and the elephant was turning into an ugly toy! This was bad news.

“ Throw it, you can do it!” Shouted a boy. They turned around and could see who caused the problem. It was a group of mean people. They had a bucket of tiny elephants, and some new shoes. “HEY!” shouted Sally. “WHAT?” said the girl. “ Why are you treating them like that?? they deserve better” Replied  Jim. “ so?” called the bully. “Maybe..... we should take all of this down.” Suggested sally. “We should!” replied the group.

In the afternoon the group of bullies also Jim and Sally, had help from the fireman putting the shoes and tiny elephants. While taking all the things down they started to become really good friends. “Why don’t we put these on our christmas trees?” asked Jim. “Great Idea!” Replied everybody! They spent their christmas hanging the tiny elephants.

I hope you like my photo !

Animal Artist!

Lately, I have been playing a game called Animal Artist! I would like to compare the game to sumo or tux paint! It is lots of fun! I really enjoyed it. I made posters for our fiafia hawaiian group. Be free to make a poster on animal artist. I hope you love my creations. Here is the link to 'Animal Artist'- http://www.gamesgames.com/game/Animal-Artist.html

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Omaru Creek Animation

Over the past weeks, I have been learning about side profile and omaru creek at the same time. I have learnt so much. I hope you enjoy my video of me walking pat Omaru Creek! Be free to leave a comment below.

Winter!

Over the past days from this week, I have noticed that the weather has been getting cold! So everybody MUST wear jumpers and long pants outdoors so that the flu will 'not' knock you. Make sure you are  wearing 'Warm' clothes when you are going out. I would like to advice that when you are sleeping you might need to put on 2 blankets and 2 pillows to keep you comfortable! Make sure that you and your friends , especially 'family' know that it is important to wear warm clothes in the winter time.

When it is raining , you might need to wear a raincoat also you need an umbrella to keep yourself safe. Be careful with the slippery roads and paths. Remember to wear comfortable shoes. Make sure your friends & whanau get ready for this months cold weather! I made this image on glowtxt.com!

Mars Bars!

Mars Bars

By Norman Billbrough

Main Characters: Mars Bar who is the new student that turns out to be a robot. Albert  who doesn’t get use to Mars Bars body features!

Setting: Inside class, @ the park, @ the storage room, @ school

Orientation: Mrs Jane introduced a new student in class, his name was ‘Mars Bars’! He sat next to Albert’s Desk.  Albert found him very funny looking. , He had a nose hose pipe and eyes so wide , they could reach his ears. Why are you wearing a hat @ school Albert asked. “to keep my head warm” Mars replied. “Albert save your talk till play time!” Mrs Jane interuppted. “ We are now do ving our spelling test”

Problem: Albert saw that Mars was copying his spelling. @ Play time he grabbed mars arm and felt a heat burning up on his hand, it felt like a sizzling bar.” Ouch” he said. “Why did you copy my spelling in class?” Albert asked. “I  covered it all up that NOBODY could see it , how could you see it?”. Albert said. “I can see EVERYTHING he said.”

Action: Albert had no lunch so he had to share with mars. He wasn’t quite agreeing with that. One time he raced all around school searching for mars , he couldn’t find him. Then he found him in the storage room with something wierd plugged to his head! He couldn’t believe it. !

Outcome: Then after school, Albert didn’t get the chance to say goodbye! Instead Mars ran to a weird looking vehicle! “Where are you going?” Albert shouted. “I’m late I need to go to the ships” Mars replied. “What ships?” Albert asked. Mars didn’t reply. Th en Albert saw a thin pink arm coming out of the vehicle and he saw it wave. It made Alberts day!

My literacy class have been focusing on reading logs. 

Getting Ready For Fiafia

I am looking forward to performing in our Fiafia ‘next week!’. As you might know , I am in the Hawaiian group and we are so lucky to have three tutors that give us lots of support! We are dancing to He Mele No Lilo from the animated series of Lilo and stitch! Overall I feel really confident & focused  being in the hawaiian group!

My favorite part of the dance is when  you clap from the top and move your hands down like an angel! It is an very awesome move. So far, the Hawaiian tutors have helped us learn ‘a lot’ of nice hawaiian moves! Now we are on the level, of quality and we’re getting better and better at it!

Our younger girls, sometimes get stuck , but most of all they are really ‘focused’ in what they are doing. Our tutors help us teach the little ones which is very awesome. You might be thinking . . “are you actually Hawaiian?” ‘No’ I am Tongan/Samoan!

I really hope that you would come to our Fiafia next thursday and support us. We have been so busy , and we have managed to finish our dance. It has been a great job cleaning up our item.

I would like to thank the Hawaiian group for being outstanding and practicing very well. As well as our tutors, you have been ver supportive and I thank you for giving us a lot of amazing advice! Mahalo, and thank you!

Island Comedy!

Nothing can beat an 'island comedy' that is called 'Tiger & Raa!' This comedy is about a man who drives a Taxi and saves the day with his special claw. He has help from his Nephew Raa and together they help others in the comedy way. You might see them on Fresh! I would like to recommend this show to you! 

Well Done!

I am very proud to say this because the Ambassadors were very lucky because we were on the 'East & Bays Career' I loved the way how the narrator put our names under our photo, I loved it. I also love the way she said "ambassador Josephine says" I would like to give a BIG thank you to Mrs. Burt and Mr. Burt for helping us to become very famous! I am VERY impressed with all the Ambassadors hard work!

Here is the link to the 'special' Site: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/8509054/Digital-learning-takes-off

Saving poormans creek

So far comic life is going really good! My activity was to make a project about saving poormans creek. When Mitchell biked past the bridge of poormans creek and he noticed that there was a lot of rubbish, he wanted to do something about it. His school volunteers to help clean up, Mitchell also set a guide line! In one hour they cleaned up about 100 meteres of stream. I hope that this cause is not happening to Omaru creek.

Omaru Creek Testing

I have been investigating what the smell, colour and turbidity of the creek has! I learnt so many things. 

Easter

I have created this piece of art using a creative site called 'Wordle'  We simply had to write in all the key words that are all about Easter! I wrote lots! After that , I had to change the font, colour and layout to make it look very pretty.  I used some words from my past Easter posts. I hope you get the chance to make some creative words too.

What A HUGE Day!

On Friday my cousins & aunties were REALLY busy! We had to catch the Rail Buses all the way to Papakura, because there was a baby shower happening on Saturday . But there was one problem! The rail buses were closed! So my sister decided to call my dad to drive us there. I wasn’t really agreeing with that one because he’s been driving everywhere!  He took us around to give out the invitations and he went to my aunt's house for something important and he took us out for lunch! I felt sorry for my dad because he drove us all the way and the way back! We made it to my nana’s house and she was busy washing the dishes!

“Hi nana” I greeted. “Hello” she replied with a grin. After that we went to my aunt's room and we put down all the presents for the baby! We scattered all the spare invitations onto the bed! After that we actually made a video for fun, I was filming and my hand were really sour because it took ‘so long’.  My dad was about to leave after the video recording. I went down to say goodbye to my dad.

It was getting really dark and I felt a little homesick. But I felt calm the most. For dinner we had sausages , vegetables and mash potatoes! It was yummy. After that we watched a movie called tangled. When the movie finished , we got to eat Churros covered with yummy melted chocolate freshly baked from the night market.  My uncle was a dj , and every time I came he’d always tell me to listen to his remixes. It was natural. He got tired so he turned off the movie player also he left his phone behind! Soonly, I fell into deep, deep sleep.

Visiting Grandpa's place:)

I  haven't seen my grandpa since a while, and my Dad thougth it was a good Idea to visit him! When we went there we saw my aunty Ana Falefa who was baking yummy Easter cupcakes! Luckily we came in-time for the yummy cupcakes! My Dad and my Grandpa didn't eat some because they don't eat it. All though it was a great time with my cousins Adrienne, Nivannah and Vonyae:)   Thanks Aunty Ana for the yummy cupcak-es and Harmony , Nivannah and Vonyae! Some photos from our visit:))

Omaru Creek Testing!

Over the past days , my literacy class has been investigating the streams, Pond and colvert and we hae found out so many things!

Testing Omaru Creek for -

I am going to find out:  The turbidity of the water also what are differences between the colour.

I am going to test this by: By dipping a plain white sheet into the water to try and see the differences between the colour. I am also going to test the turbidity by putting the water into the jar and try and focusing on the water.

Resources and equipment: four Jars & a Bucket & a 4  White clean sheets.

Smell:

I predict that: That  the sea water would be the most “turbid” because you can hardly see the salt!

I think this because:

	Prediction	Observation
Sea water	Smelly, Salty & most of all .... Dead fish.	Salty , Fishes, Clay & Sand!
Tap water	Fresh & Clear!	Fresh & clear also like a clean stream.
Omaru Creek water by culvert	Yucky & would smell like Gas!	Gas, Oxygen weed and garbage.
Omaru Creek water by bridge	Oxygen weed , catfishes & tadpoles.	Oxygen weed, catfishes and tadpoles, also  rotten plants.

My conclusion (what I found out): Investigating the smell I found out that  “ducks eat the oxygen weed all though it still smells like it!

Colour:

I predict that: The colvert water would

I think this because:

	Prediction	Observation
Sea water	clear and see through!	Clear but a  tint of murky grey!
Tap water	Clean ,Clear & reflecting!	Reflecting & cLEAR
Omaru Creek water by culvert	Black and Grey!	Murky grey and green!
Omaru Creek water by bridge	MUrky and a tint of green!	Pale lemonade and tint of grey.

My conclusion (what I found out):I found out that each day the water changes!

Turbidity:

	Prediction	Observation
Sea water	I thought it was grey	It was actually clear!
Tap water	I think it goign to be clen	acutally it was CLean and clear
Omaru Creek water by culvert	Foggy and a tint of murky grey!	In reality it was “clear:”
Omaru Creek water by bridge	I thought it was velvet green.	It turned out to be really blurry!

My conclusion (what I found out): I found out that sometimes the turbidity changes.

Equal Addition

apart from 'Conpensation' I have been learning about Equal-Addition previously and so far. . . I love it! I know you hear the word Equal "addition" but 'recently' people have been saying that this strategy is only used for "subtraction" I hope you have learnt something new from this video!  Also leave a comment on this post:)

Edgewater Culture Festival 2013

Korean, Samoan, Tongan what else? The Edgewater college had a very amazing festival! They performed on a stage held 'outside' the school which was very cool. I went with my mum and dad also my auntie. We watched the 'Polyfest' Niuean group perform and my sister was performing, which was very cool! My brother performed for the Tongan boys and the Samoan item, he did it very well.

The food was very scrumptious we had, chinese food and indian food also tongan otai. While walking past the tents I went past my friend, 'Sela'  and she was selling the Otai. It was really yummy! My favorite item was the cook-island item , they had a lot of confidence! It was only girls. At the end , each girl had to grab a partner from the big crowd and do the hula with them, it looked challenging. If you have a brother/sister in edgewater it'll be best if you go there! I have made this animation  image on glowtxt.com 

Congratulations!

Congrats to me I finaly made it to the next level! Well done me, I am very proud of myself. I have been working hard on trying to get to another level. . . and I made it! My Result.... 

Math Whizz Catch Up

 I am learning about measures! I am doing very well at it. I am learning to know what the weight of things are. For example: A baby weighs 2 KG I must put the arrow on to the right number!  Here is my result from today. . . .