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__Cable Car__ We witnessed the arrival of the the cable car, after 20 minutes of a grueling walk in splattering rain, we finally climbed aboard the cable car and were on our way to the Carters Observatory. As we each found a seat, we all heard a voice come from the drivers end of the car saying, “Everyone get comfortable and get ready for a nice relaxing ride up to your destination”. At that moment each of us heard a screech as if we were on our way. We were in fact on our way and starting to climb a brutal ten minute climb to the top of the hill, to the Botanical Gardens and the Carters Observatory. About three minutes passed and we entered our first tunnel. ‘WOW, look at that, we are in a tunnel!’ I heard as Jackson and Derek pulled up against the window to examine the situation. After five or so minutes we saw another car was approaching from above ours. We quickly changed tracks to let the other car go by on the way to the bottom of the hill. = By Huntah =

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Science Learning ===[|Our Pinata] === Just recently, over the last few weeks, we have been constructing a pinata as a technology activity to solve problems. After Mrs Fielder got back from her sabbatical, she thought that it would be good for us to make one of our own. The criteria was to make one that would stay together, had materials to suit, the shape was effective, the size was reasonable, it would hold treats, had an entry point for the treats to fit in, is able to break at the right time and will hang up. We thought about making a round one with party hats on the side. But after scrolling through the images we decided to try an make an alligator. At the time we thought it was going to be to hard to make, but after looking at our materials we second guessed our selves and got stuck in to make it work. We now have to stick the head, feet and jaw on and then get started on giving it more details such as painting it, putting party hats on the back for spikes and giving the feet spiky toes. Pixel said that the start of painting is looking really good and Dylan said the body is really starting to take shape. =[|Click here to share my Current Events learning]=
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birds are different to their parents. e.g. baby Tuis don't have the white puff on their necks but they have a green patch on their back. The white tuft appears as they develop over time. The Tui's parents have a green patch on their back as they have the white puff on their neck. ||  ||
 * //__My camp cameo __//**
 * A lady named Brenda introduced us to the island. S he explained to us how most baby



Two tracks were explained to us before we walked up to the top of the island to have lunch. The tracks were straight up and hard, or a zig zag and easy with a touch of hardness. The track that was straight up and hard was called the Trig track,  and the zig zag and easy with a touch of hardness one was called the Wilkinson track. Mrs Fielder divided everyone into groups of five from youngest to oldest. The four older boys wanted to give the Trig track a go as it seemed like we could make it. Mrs Fielder asked Richard if he could take us up the Trig. He said yes to Mrs Fielder but said to us boys that he doesn't want any moaning the whole way. We trucked on up the trig track with a whole lot of thoughts going though our heads. We heard and saw a heap of birds, such as Weka's, Kereru's/Wood pigeons. **//__ My Army Description __//** "GOO Huntah"!!!

"GOO Hamish"!!!

"Just go for it"!! The whole school shouted as I challenged Hamish from the army camp to a race.

Who was going to carry on? Who was going to give up? Who was going to win? Who was going to come close?

And who was going to take all the glory?

On the third corner it was neck and neck as adrenalin pumped through my body.

Hamish had caught up to me after I thought I had the win.

When I saw him out of the corner of my eye it felt like it was over, and just as I thought that I said, "It's not over yet!"

Through the last couple of metres I used everything I had in me at that moment.

I could tell he was about to give up sooner or later ... and then...

TO BE CONTINUED..

After 300 metres of blood pumping fury Hamish finally gave up. It was too much.

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= = 2012 media type="custom" key="21494446" .. School Production - 'The Lorax' || Our Character Description
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 * We are ‘The Oncler’. When we talk business we really mean business.**
 * Not only are we businessmen but are inventors of the thneed of Thneedville.**
 * We are mean green chopping machines.**
 * How do we make money ... we knit thneeds. They are only $3.98 and we'll deliver**
 * them to****your front door.**
 * Sadly we don’t care about our environment. We like building but we are good at**
 * getting rid of all the living creatures.**
 * We only care about us!**
 * The one person we hate is the mental lorax as he doesn't leave us alone when we are**
 * doing our jobs.**
 * But in the end he was the one that was right! I hope the boy can grow a truffula**
 * and the lorax and all of his friends can come back!** ||
 * My Cameo Writing

The funny bone in my body trembled with excitement and the flesh holding me was tearingof my bones. I was so nervous when I didn't want to face the light. "Now get me out of this moment""So catch" calls the oncler he lets something fall. "Its a truffular seed its the last one of all. Your in charged of the last of the truffular seeds, and truffular trees are what everyone needs" Bla bla bla, "Now, time for cellebrate theworld. Im going to enjoy this. "Tom get ready for the final dance" "Give me aO,N,C,L,E,R" I said in my head walking out on to the stage.

I think the production was sucessfull because all the teachers pulled it together for all of us, and we wouldn't have been this good without them. || My Photo ||  ||

Apiti Show - Naturally Creative > > We used a rugby ball shape for impact. We put our names on it and it was a Hurricane ball.
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 * * I used interesting adjectives
 * I got better at keeping a tally when helping the shearers count the sheep
 * I used prior knowledge and confidence from winning the school speech competition to give me the confidence to say the winner’s speech
 * I looked at the needs of a bird house suitable for a bird to nest
 * I learnt how to be safe around horses
 * We set ourselves high standards for our presentation
 * I used 3D and looked at my piece from different perspectives
 * I learnt how to be safe around horses
 * We set ourselves high standards for our presentation
 * I used 3D and looked at my piece from different perspectives
 * We set ourselves high standards for our presentation
 * I used 3D and looked at my piece from different perspectives
 * I used 3D and looked at my piece from different perspectives
 * We were surprised and disappointed that some people ignored us
 * I faced my fears of not being shy because I walked through the shearers to sell tickets
 * I watched sheep sprayed blue and enjoyed being involved in the organisation
 * I thought about what would best suit the people I was buying for e.g. my baby sister ||  ||
 * I watched sheep sprayed blue and enjoyed being involved in the organisation
 * I thought about what would best suit the people I was buying for e.g. my baby sister ||  ||
 * I thought about what would best suit the people I was buying for e.g. my baby sister ||  ||
 * I thought about what would best suit the people I was buying for e.g. my baby sister ||  ||

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 * Reflection after first Show
 * "It wasn't long let me tell you, before the wolves met up with

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Share my story ... Huntah and the Taniwha
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media type="custom" key="4865267" __My reflection on my science fair__ __What colours are brightest.?__

__I did__ Aim, which means what you want to find out about. I wanted to find out- what T-shirts I should wear on my motorbike. __Reason__, why you want to find out about it. So my Mum could see me. __Prediction,__ What might happen. I thought that the Orange T-shirt was the easiest to see. __Equipment__, What I need for it. I needed 4 colourful T-shirts for it. __Method__, How will I do it. I hung them on the fence and the kids had to see which one they could see the best. __Observations,__ What I saw happening. I saw people choosing the orange T-shirt lots. __Result,__ What I found out. I found out that the orange was the most popular shirt because they could see it the best. __The hard part__ was Choosing my topic. __The best part was__ going to the science fair and seeing our work. Next time I will improve my work by doing it faster.