Words Of Wisdom - DARE Programme

My Asttle Writing

What I Learnt From The DARE Programme With Hailey

DARE To Make A Choice

This Term the Senior school has been focusing on DARE. Dare is a unit on Drugs and alcohol. Room 24 had Constable Julie came in and talk to us about Dare. We shared our information and gave ideas. Today I found out chocolate is a drug. 

At the end of this unit the Teachers are taking the Year 7&8's to H20 to go swimming. 

My Asttle Writing :)

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My Dear Abby

Dear Abby,

I have a big problem, I fell in love with this man that I have only known for a couple of hours, but it gets even worse - he is from a family that is forbidden to walk by each other without a fight. It has gotten so bad that the Prince has come many times to stop the fighting. I love him and want to marry him. I believe that he is my true love, but I don’t think that our families would agree, so I have thought of having a secret wedding as am very close to the  Friar and he would happily wed us two. But there is also another problem...  My father has already arranged a marriage with one of my kind. His name is Paris and I would NEVER marry him! My father thinks he knows what is best for me but he obviously doesn’t. I am so  confused, I can’t marry twice! What would my father say?

Juliet

My Thoughts On Olympics with Elbby

Mini Olympics With Elbby & Hailey :) Part 2

Mini Olympics With Elbby & Hailey :) Part 1

Homework Part A

Homework Part B

Homework Part C

My Calendar Art

Prior Knowledge Of The Olympics

Technicraft

The Cross Country

Take Action For Air

The Water Cycle

What is the Water Cycle? 

Have you ever wondered about how the rain falls? Well if you have, heres everything you need to know about the water cycle. The water cycle goes round and round every day of your life, so it never stops. If we did not have the water cycle, we would not exist along with animals and insects. 

Firstly, the water from an ocean, lake, river or plant evaporates up into the air, which then the clouds are formed  this is called condensation. After that the rain is stored in the cloud, this is precipitation. When the cloud snows or rains on top of a mountain, the snow melts and becomes water and travels down the mountain through streams and flows into a lake, then the ground water seeps from under the ground and back into the sea. Then the process starts again.

Evaporation is an essential part of the water cycle. This is important because  this is the first part of the cycle and if we didn’t have it the water would never make it to the sky to form a cloud which means there would be no rain.The sun extracts water from oceans, lakes and moisture in the ground and evaporates into a cloud.

Condensation is the formation of liquid drops of water from water vapour. It is the process which creates clouds, and so is necessary for rain and snow formation as well.

 Precipitation  is very important because it plays a very big part in the water cycle, if we didn’t have it we would not have rain. Precipitation is when rain, snow, sleet (any form of water) falls from clouds in the sky. 

Collection is when the rain falls from the clouds and the mountain collects it into the streams and then the water flows down to the river or sea. 

To conclude, the water cycle is a non stop cycle  that is very important to us, animals, insects and the environment. If we didn’t have it we would not be able to survive.The main parts are Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection.

By Caela Davy & Monica Sullivan

My Term 2 Goals :)

My Handwriting Sample

My Self Report

My Maths Sheet :)

My Mask Reflection

Biography on Oscar

Oscar McClelland

Oscar Thomas McClelland was born May 16, in the year 2000 at 4:00am, he was born in his house on Richman street in Petone. His parents are Katrina and Jason McClelland. Katrina is a software developer and Jason works with Radio New Zealand. He has one younger sister who is 9 years old and also a dog named Gizmo. Oscar went to Man Arthur Play Centre then Beach Street Play Centre then he  attended Sacred Heart Petone. After that he attended Muritai Primary in 2009.

Some of Oscar’s hobbies include practicing his football skills and thinking of ideas for inventing. Oscar does this in most of his spare time. His most significant moment so far was when he changed from Sacred Heart Petone School to Muritai Primary School in 2009. It was significant because he was leaving his friends and having to make new friends when he started.

When Oscar is older he wants to work with the Periodic Table with the elements. He would also like to travel for around about a year. Oscar has also been to Malaysia and Vanuatu. He especially liked those places because they were tropical.

Oscars proudest moment was when he did time trials for the go-cart race this was because he had planned the race for a long time and was excited for the race to finally happen!

By Caela.

Te Whiti Biography

Te Whiti-o-Rongomai


Te Whiti-o-Rongomai was born in 1830 near Ngamotu, Tarinaki and was born around the time of the musket wars. His father was a minor chief of the Te Ata Awi tribe. When Te Whiti grew older he attended Reimenschneiders Mission School in Warea and was excellent at bible studies. He was identified as a teacher/prophet. After leaving school he set up a flour mill in Warea. He lived peacefully on the coast near Parihaka, until 1865 when the troops burnt down his village.

With close relative Tohu Kakahi, Te Whiti led the people of Parihaka in their non-violent resistance to the confiscation of Maori land by the New Zealand Government. As a young child, Te Whiti was well educated by Maori elders, who taught him about the traditions of his culture.
In 1879 the Government began to survey 16,000 acres of confiscated Waimate Plain without setting aside Maori reserves. In response, Maori led by Te Whiti and Tohu, began ploughing land occupied by settlers. Arrests followed, but the pace of the protest continued to grow. Parihaka became a symbol for many Maori.
 
In 1881, 1,600 army and volunteers invaded Parihaka led by John Bryce. The Maori inhabitants, numbering only 2,000 put up no resistance. Instead they greeted him peacefully. The Parihaka leaders, Te Whiti and Tohu were arrested. The Pakeha then destroyed all of the settlements and crops. They took the land unfairly and punished people. He was not released until 1883, when he returned to the ruined Parihaka settlement. Te Whiti and Tohu continued to lead peaceful Maori protest, and Te Whiti was imprisoned again for six months in 1886.

While Te Whiti and Tohu Kakahi were incarcerated, Maori ploughmen came from all over the country to assist them keep their land and prevent the building of roads on Maori land, thousands were arrested and their property confiscated. While Te Whiti was in prison, he played mind games on the prison guards. He attempted to make them doubt their sanity.

 I think that Te Whiti was inspirational because he refused to take up arms.  He refused to use violence as a defence.  He instead peacefully protested.  Te Whiti was a man who always stood up for hat he believed in. Sadly both of the Parihaka leaders died in 1907, but their history still remains and it shall for years to come.

By Caela