Room 10 Bright Sparks: Monster Truck Competition

WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST 2013

Where no boat could be

"Where No Boat Could Live," by Roger Fyfe

1. Where is Chatham Island, and what is the weather like there? Chatham Island is near the pacific Ocean the weather like their is very strong wind and frequent storms.

2. Who were the first people to arrive there? How did they get there? The visitors arrived in huge double- hulled canoes after what must have been a long and difficult voyage.

3. How did the Moriori live? Give some example of what they did to survive? They gathered up food like vegetables kumara taro yams berries fern roots kopi karaka kernels and they also fished for eels crabs seaweed paua and fish.

4. What is a wash - through wake? What was it used for? Is a waka that could carry heavy loads of food and large amount of people.

5. Why were the wake korai and the wake paging so special? The waka Korari and the waka pahi is so special was their simple yet clever designs.

6. What do the words ballast and capsize mean? The sea water became a natural ballast and actually helped the waka remain stable. This made them almost impossible to capsize

7. Please give a brief summary of the article. For the crew getting their legs wet was a small price to pay for a safe journey.

8. Why were the Moriori considered backward? They considered their waka to be clumsy and primitive and through that their simple design meant that the people were simple, too.

9. What do you think about the skills and designs of the Moriori and why? That they use patterns and designs on their boats and that they make their own boats and catch their own food to live.

By Katalina.

Term 3 - Week 2

Groups 1 & 2, Reading an Article

Resource: SJ Part 2, Number 1, 2009

"Baskets Boats," by Jill MacGregor

1. Where is the story set?Thanh

2. Who is the main character in the story? Qui Nhon

3. What is the story about? A boy called Qui Nhon and he wants to be a fisherman when he grows up just like his father.

4. What is a basket boat? What is its' proper name? Thung chai is a boat but it looks like a big basket.

5. What is a basket boat useful? For fishing?

6. How is a Thung chai made? Out of long poles of green bamboo?

7. What is a Thung chai handy? What are some of its' uses?It’s used for fishing and for starring all the fish?

8. How many seats are in a thing chai?NONE?

9. Explain how safe a thing chai is? It’s not that safe actually it doesn’t have any seats and belts to keep self and also no shelter.

TUESDAY, 27 AUGUST 2013

State Housing

“I think state housing should be a stepping stone and no longer about a home for life,” Prime Minister John Key said. His comments followed a protest in the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes over the weekend. I believe that Glen Innes families should be allowed to live in Glen Innes and they shouldn't need to move out of their home’s. We should stop John Key from taking away our houses in Glen Innes, because not many people in Glen Innes have enough money to afford a new house, families should not have to live in the streets, and we should build up our neighborhoods not tear them down! And why kick them out when you're not even gonna use the land?

First of all i think that Minister John Key should help families who need homes, instead of making them homeless and living off the streets, because if you have children, the kid’s would be unsafe on the on the streets, and also it is unnerving to have to be around dangerous people. For example, I think children deserve to have home’s even if parent’s get kicked out, because then they wouldn't have anywhere else to stay, if they don’t have any money to afford a new home. Why kick them out when you know they don’t have money.

Equally important is that John Key doesn't have the right to move families houses. More than 50 families have stayed in Glen Innes for about more than 12 years. So why move people out of their own home’s where they were raised and had memories of them when they were a child.

Furthermore, I think it’s not fair for families that have lived in their home’s for most of their lives to be kicked out into the streets, because the house they’re living in is like their homestead. Just think about if they have children, and they grow up in their home and they have to get kicked out of their home’s, what would you do if you had to get kicked out? I Feel very terrified, because most of my family got kicked out of their home’s and they lived in their house for about 8 years and now we have nothing left!

So in conclusion, I think houses should stay where they are, and they shouldn't be moved in the first place.

Please take a stand with me and lets stop John Keys from removing people from their homes, breaking up families, and breaking down neighborhoods. Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone could have a stable home?

By: Katalina

State housing...

State Housing

So in conclusion, I think houses should stay where they are, because some houses are actually made out of tree’s, why cut down new ones, and also if you move them then the town will look like it’s empty.

TUESDAY, 13 AUGUST 2013

Tuesday 13th August 2013.

Soft Ball Recount.

WOW! as I tried to catch the ball up above my head as Emeline. Chucked the ball really high as i missed catching the ball and while it was spinning it rebound of my `clove and onto the soaking wet grass. My shoe’s were getting soaking wet while I was grabbing the softball. “Hold the ball’s Nick said out loud”. As me and Emeline couldn't listen because of all the raceta’s.

“Hold the ball’s as she was yelling” with anger I was terrified because she was yelling at us. OK now the first lesson is to Roll the ball onto the ground and pick it up with your clove and roll it again.

So then we and Emeline were listening to the instruction’s while everyone else was running after there ball’s.

The second lesson was had to practice our throwing and catching first we had to throw with our right hand then we had to catch with our left hand.

Our third lesson was we had to throw the ball to each other and take one step back when we catch the ball me and Emeline didn't really make it to the final’s we had to watch the people who are in the finals. But it was nearly a tie Nathaniel and Lisiate one the match against Christian and Siupeli. It was very Fun and I hope it would be more fun next week.

THURSDAY, 1 AUGUST 2013

Softball Recount

Wow! On the second Day of the term Room 10! had there first softball lesson.Firstly we had to peer up with a buddy my buddy was Gemima then we had to face each other and practice rolling the ball and picking the ball up.The second lesson was to catch the ball with two hands and to throw the ball but don’t throw it under arm or over arm just throw it like a proper throw.Thirdly we learnt side to side when you have to move one foot one side and get the ball what side the ball goes.

I learnt lot’s of stuff how to play softball and thank you for the coaches who teaches us the lesson’s.

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