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Tuesday, 21 October 2014

- athletics practice

As a part of athletics we have to practice the technique and how to do the things that we will have to do on the day, so we practiced high jump today and did a group run. The boys were the first to practice on the high jump and the girls went for a group run.

The girls did two laps around the field and if they stopped they would have to do another lap. Almost immediately everyone was panting and ready to quit, but the thought of doing an extra lap motivated them to keep running.

Next the boy and girls swooped, so the girls now had a chance to practice on the high jump. Almost all of the girls got over the rope, but a few didn't, but everyone still cheered them on. Mrs Parker re-taught us the scissor kick technique and told us which side of the high jump we should jump from.

Lastly anyone who wanted another turn had another turn, before everyone left so that room 9 could have their turn.

Friday, 17 October 2014

- one bad bannana

  1. What effect does this gas have on fruit?
The gas causes bananas and other fruits to ripen extremely faster, like 2-5 days fast.


  1. How is this gas produced?
The gases produce from darker and black bananas.


  1. What do you notice about the fruit in our fruit box?
They are sometimes yellow. The way I like it but, some are bit green and I don’t think it makes anyone want to eat it.


  1. What could we do to keep our fruit box fruit fresher longer?   SHARE
We could eat them as soon as they arrive, separate them from other fruits or we could just place them in a plastic bag so the the ethylene does not escape from the bananas and into the surrounding air.

- tomatoes fruit or vegtetable

This is a diagram of the different fruits and vegetables that I read about

Thursday, 16 October 2014

- holiday explanation/recount

A Term break is when students have a two week break where you don’t have to go to school. The reason we have holidays is to have few weeks break, so you can relax and you can also visit relatives. Holidays are also good for teachers to catch up with their family, and so they can reflect on the term that just passed.  Instead  I went to the movies, suffered without internet and electricity and also visited my aunts and uncles.


I went to the movies twice, once with my Dad and my sibling and once with my Nan and sibling. I watched The maze runner and the next Step up. For three horrible days Glen Innes, Mt Wellington, Mission Bay, Pakuranga, Panmure and a few other suburbs suffered the horrible tragedy of no electricity and internet. I went to a barbeque at my Aunt and Uncles and visited them throughout the holidays.


I watched the next Step up on the second Monday of the holidays at the Manukau Movies. My nan drove my siblings and I to the movies, and then we bought the tickets to the movies. Then we went and had lunch, my younger sister and I had burger king and my brother had butter chicken. Then we went back to the movies and watch the next Step Up.


On the fourth of October there was a fire at the power station in Ellerslie causing most of the suburbs surrounding Ellerslie not to have electricity and internet. When it was night time I would hear shouting and beeping. Also at night we had to use candles to see and to barbeque food instead of cooking on an oven. I also had to boil hot water with a generator or in a pot on a barbeque. When I went to church there were no lights, so we had to open the curtains and there were no speakers, so the music was really quiet. At night all of the lights were off and you couldn’t really see that well.


Throughout the holidays I visited my Aunts and Uncles a lot. On Saturday the day after school finished I visited my Aunt and Uncle, they had a barbeque to celebrate them finally getting married. My grandpa and I cooked the food on the barbeque, which took a few hours. Then I had dinner, it was delicious. When I finished eating I was really tired, so I fell asleep on the couch watching Harry Potter.

During the holidays I went to the movies, endured three painfully long days of no internet and electricity, and also visited my aunts and uncles. The part I enjoyed the most was when I watched the Maze Runner, and i’m looking forward to watching the sequel to the Maze Runner.

- tomato fruit or vegetable part one

Yesterday I read Tomato - Fruit or Vegetable? from the journal Connect 2 200 by K.E Anderson. The question to this answer is - Is sweet corn a fruit or a vegetable?

Sweet corn could be a vegetable, I mean we eat sweet corn like it’s a vegetable, but then again sweet corn’s characteristics and oranges characteristics are almost exact. So I think it’s a fruit, but also a veg. Since all fruits are vegetables.

Friday, 22 August 2014

- what i understood

Today, straight after lunch Mrs Parker had a lesson with the entire class, something about figuring who bought what, at which price. It was beyond confusing, but it sure got me thinking. What I understood was that; Olive spent the most, and Alisha spent the least.

Monday, 11 August 2014

- glenbrae powhiri

Last week on Thursday, Glenbrae School had a powhiri to turn the sod for the Early Childhood Centre and Community Centre, that will be opening sometime soon. a lot of important people came like; Len Brown, Nick Smith, Housing New Zealand workers and other people like that.

Sadly a few protesters thought it would be the perfect time to speak, more like shout, their opinion. But to our relief that is all the protesters did, protest.

Any ways the sod was turned, and the start of an Early Childhood Centre and a Community Centre was made official.