Matariki

Many years ago, many New Zealanders knew a little about Matariki. Matariki is the Maori new year, a day that is special to the Maoris and the New Zealanders,Matariki is an important festival to the Maoris and the New Zealanders. Matariki is a name for the cluster of stars, also the names of the stars are called Waiti,Waita, Tupu-a-nuku, Tupu-a-rangi, Waipuna-a-rangi and Ururangi also Matariki is another name for Pleiades. Matariki It also means a mother star with it’s six daughters, it also means the eyes of  God. Did you know that the constellation of stars can be seen from different areas if the world?  Did you know that Matariki only be celebrated for three days?  Matariki is the time of harvest. Matariki is a time to remember. The Matariki cluster of stars is important to people all around the world.

Did you know that the seven sisters  were lifted up in the night sky by the god Zeus. In English Matariki can be called the seven sisters. Orion is one of the most easiest constellations to be seen in the night sky.

By Ronan

Tornadoes

Ikouir the razer horn

Ikouir the razer horn.

Monster's name is Ikouir

What he likes to eat: Ikouir likes to eats animals and sticks. 
Ikouir's favorites :Ikouir hates humans and plants and Ikouir likes to break things.

Ikouir’s favourite color: Ikouir likes red, blue, green and purple. Ikouir lives in a dark cave in the middle of the ocean.  
Ikouir looks like: Ikouir has 2 red horns and a cape arms and 2 sharp feet.

Ikouir makes snorting sounds.  
Ikouir uses to walk climb and stand straight up
Ikouir walks with his bottom 2 arms and uses his 2 top arms to climb things and uses his legs to stand straight up (The one on the left side is y monster and the one on the right is my dad (Dracula).

By:Ronan

               

ANZAC Commemoration

Anzac

ANZAC

(A.n.z.a.c) is a Australia New Zealand Army Corp. it is also when Australia and New Zealand come together. ANZAC people fighting in war. The war began in 1915 April 25.

We commemorate ANZAC because they have fought for us. We commemorate ANZAC because it reminds us of all the New Zealanders and Australians that have died in the war.

WE commemorate ANZAC by coming to a dawn celebration, in the war memorial celebrated with military service and wearing a poppy flower.

The dawn celebration is when you have to wake up at dawn and it goes to 12pm. The dawn celebration will always start with a march.  

contaminated water

Contamination of water

Good or bad

P1

I wonder what will happen if all the water is contaminated? I think it will be a world with contaminated water and that all of the water life animals will die.

P2

Litter can make our water dirty by throwing our rubbish out then it goes to the drain which then

goes to the waterway. Also contaminated water

is caused by pesticides because when you put it on your fruits and you're veggies it can keep pest away from your fruit and your veggies but it can also contaminate water because when it rains the pesticides will get taken down and it will go to the drain then it goes to the sea.

Also our water could be dirty because of cattle waste when the farmer drops it in the drain and sometimes the rain can clean the water.

P3

Also the contaminated water can kill marine life and then wales will die and the water will be filled with plankton and it might not be good enough to swim in. Contaminated water can affect the food chain because if an animals are dead and the animal that eats that animal will die and animals will be extinct. Contaminated water is also caused by oil spills like when a ship is not balanced and  there can be a oil spill, oil spills can also affect the marine life. Contaminated water can also affect people because it can carry a sickness,virus and a disease.If people don’t want to drink contaminated water and don’t want to get a disease .

P4

Do you want to stop drinking contaminated

water? and if you don’t want to get a disease? then stop littering.

By:Ronan

book review 3

Book review 3

Tom gates.

Tom gates is a book written by Liz Pichon. This book is about a boy who has 2 weeks of holidays and he wants to go to his next door neighbor which is his best friend called Derek. But his mum has received a letter from his teacher that says he has not done his review homework. Tom will not go to the sleepover with his friend because his mum said “if you want to go to the sleepover you have to finish your review homework.”

My favorite part was when Tom went to his Uncle and his auntie's house. Then his two cousins welcomed him inside of the house, then the two cousins said “come here and have some chocolate biscuits and sit down on this couch.” When Tom sat down on the couch eating his biscuits, well the two cousins were rubbing the chocolate side of the biscuit on Tom's shoes. So when Tom's dad came to pick him up, Tom was going to his dad outside of the front door. Tom was making a lot of chocolate stains on the carpet, then Tom’s aunt  sees all the chocolate stains that tom has made on the carpet. Then, dad started to get angry, tom's aunt said “Why did you make all this mess." The cousins were laughing. Then the next time, the two cousins welcomed them in the house and the two cousins said take some chocolate wafers. The cousins weren’t near Tom then, Tom ate all the chocolate wafers and he folded the chocolate wafers packet back together. Tom gave it to his cousins opened it and there was nothing.

By:Ronan