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Week 11 Term 2

Wow! Only 5 more hours to go until a two week break before term 3 comes. So much has happened this term, a lot of planning for term three, but plenty ore as well.

Band: Band has done so much this term. From festivals to Musics Days, from American Conductors to playing with the youth band. Band has been practicing every Thursday morning, and are still now.The senior and junior bands have now mixed and are one big Te Awamutu Intermediate band.

Belmont: Belmont was a sports exchange we had with Belmont Intermediate from Auckland last week. There were 9 sports being played, 4 down here 5 up there. Unfortunately they won the shield this year, but we'll win next time.

Production: This happened a couple weeks ago, and involved over 100 students at our school. It was called Battle Of The Bands, and we did four shows over three days. It was a success, and everyone had fun.

Next term is our busiest term at TAI. There are over seas trips to Japan, Sports Camp, AIMS,Ski Trip, Cross Country, Murray Bay and more. It is the last day to do day, and most people are ready for the holidays. You would have to be crazy not to look forward to no school for two weeks. For the rest of the day today I have food technology, maybe Japanese and French, and a student assembly in the afternoon. See you in term three!

Week 5+

Well another week has gone by at Te Awamutu Intermediate. Nothing much has happened ,but a lot is coming up. We have things including: Winter Games, Production, Music Day, Inter House jump jam and more. Here are a few more things that are also coming up in term 3.

AIMS: This is a New Zealand wide event and has intermediate aged kids come from all corners of the country, and some even come from Australia. It is held over in Taurargna for just under a week, and kids come to play sports that they are good at. It is a very competitive event and schools only send there top athletes. The sports came range from; Basket Ball to Tennis, from Net Ball to darts and sailing. This event is coming up in term 3, September.

Production: This year our school is putting on a production. It is called Battle Of The Bands. It is being held this term in our school hall, and the cast has already been picked and practicing. The production is coming up in four weeks and everyone is trying hard to be ready in time.

Sports Camp: This event is held over a week in Totra springs. It is a event where schools compete against each other in different sports. At T.AI. if students want to be in sports camp then they send in their application form. The sports committee pick a team of at least 35 people. Once they have picked a team, the students get told, and they chose the sports that they would like to play.Sports camp is next term.

As you can see there are a lot of things coming up here, and that list I had before did not include all the WIMS teams. It will be a busy rest of term with only 5 1/2 weeks left.

band camp

A couple weeks ago our school hosted the band camp. As well as our school, te Awamutu Intermediate, matamata intermediate and cambridge middleschool came as well. The camp was over two days, and students from te awamutu intermediate did not get to stay the night. It started on Wednesday about 10 30. Matamata and Cambridge arrived at 10 and started to unpack their gear. Later on the students from te awamutu camp up to the alc with their instuments. The seniour band stayed there while the the joniors went down to the hall, the drum line in the music room and the coirer in the dance and drama studio. At 11 30 we had a morning tea break, and at 12 30 we had lunch. during these time we practiced playing songs. In the senoiors, the band I am in, we practiced songs like royals, happy, mambo no. 5, heavy metal and more. we practiced hard and we looked forward to dinner at 5 30, wjich was hamburgers and chips and for desert we had apple crumble and icecream. After that we had  short rehearsel and te awamutu went home.

The next day, Thursday, we played the songs even harder because we new that we had a concert to night. We played hard and stopped for lunch at the same time. At 3 O'clock we stopped for afternoon tea and had a big rest until dinner was ready at 5. The concert was starting a 7, so we all got our insturments and went to the music room. By the time the had got us all tune up and seated, it was 7. the conccert was great  and went to 8 30.

I would like to say thank you to Mrs German, Mr Sandbridge, Caleb and the music teachers and parents from cmbridge and matamata for making this whole thing posssible.

Week 3

Week 3

A lot has happened since the beginning of the year, just to recap.

House Captains, Class Counselors, Head Students and Deputies.

These were all picked in term one, and they will stay the same until next year.

Wellington Class Camp:

Our class had an awesome time down in wellington and did and saw some amazing things. A few things we did  were: Capital E, Zealandia, snorkeling, Parliament and more. It was for a week and we happily gave up our Sunday to travel down there. Thank you to all the parents that came with us, Mrs Crowe for organising it, and Gale for driving down there and putting up with us.

Field:

Our field is out of bounds for it has just been sewing up. They have planted the seeds, but we are still not allowed to play on it until next term.

Shine:

Recently our school has finished painting the shine acronym on the office wall. It looks amazing and is the first thing you see when you enter our school. As for shine bands and badges, our first band was handed out this week to Gemma in room 14. She now has five different bands so she has earned a bronze badge, and she is working towards her silver and gold badges.

So far three weeks down, eight to go for this term. It is going to be full on term and I can’t wait.

Wellington Day Two

Tuesday:

Today started of with a visit to Carter Observatory.  I enjoyed having a look at the Observatory. It had information about planets and stars and also astronauts. In a room the was a spaceship that you walked into and you could see how they ate, how they kept themselves entertained, how the connected with earth and more. After that we went and saw a 45 minute video, half of it was a documentary about building a rocket and a rover to go to the moon. The other half was a man telling us about the stars that you can see above wellington on a clear night. The observatory was cool place to go to and I would go again.

Wellington Day 1

Monday:

Our first stop for the day was at a wildlife sanctuary, Zealandia. This sanctuary take care of lots of endangered animals and plants native to New Zealand. The first area we looked at was a video the made about early settlement in New Zealand and what it meant for those native species living there at the time. It was a short video but it also included what they are planning for the next 500 years on the sanctuary. Once the video had finished we went on a tour around the sanctuary. We saw animals like Tuatara, Takahe, fish and ducks. We went on a walk over a swing bridge and onto the dam. Once our tour had finished we at our lunch and loaded back up on the bus.

Our next stop was Te Papa museum. The were so many amazing exhibits at Te Papa. There was an earthquake house, a natural disaster room, a sea and fish room. The sea and Fish room was really amazing. They had baby whale skeletons, fish everywhere (they weren't real though) and lastly a giant squid. The giant squid was in a glass case from the floor. It was huge. After that we went up stairs and visited the Air New Zealand exhibit. My favourite part of that was  a simulator. We went inside an part of an airplane, sat in the seats and put the goggles on. It played the future thoughts of Air New Zealand. But it wasn’t like a cinema. You could turn around and still see the video. It was like you were actually in the airplane. It was a quick video but one i’ll never forget. After that we didn’t have much time to explore anymore so we loaded back on the bus to our next destination.

When we arrived at the national library we were going to go look at the WW1 (World War 1) exhibits. We split into groups and went round looking at different things about WW1, the Gallipoli Battle. After having a look round we did a scavenger hunt we said goodbye and headed to our last stop of the day, H2O Xtreme, the pools in Upper Hutt. It was a fun hour because the pools included three hydroslides, a rapid river and a wave pool. All of the three areas were fun and everyone had a great time. After that we went back to the top ten we were staying at, had dinner and went to bed.  

Wellington On Our Way

Sunday:

Going to school on the weekend isn't my favourite idea, unless of course, your are going on a camp down to Wellington. I arrived at school at 8:48 ready to start the journey. At about 9:30 we were all on the bus, waving goodbye to our parents. A week away from school with my teacher and class I thought. We drove of and we were on our way. Eight hours later we arrived at Hutt park where we were staying for the week. Let the camp begin!

Wellington Day Two

ONTV was a mini T.V studio where students came and made short videos.

When my group came to the ONTV studio at Capital E. Under this is the video we made.

Te Awamutu Intermediate presents "ONCE UPON A CRIME", March 24 2015

Week 6 Term 1

Week 6

At Te Awamutu Intermediate

This week at TAI lots of things are happening.

This week we are getting makuari students coming from japan to our school. They all have host families that they stay with while they are over here. The arriving to our school on Friday morning and we will be welcoming them with a powhiri in the school hall.

We are getting a new path way put in behind our bus shelter. It is a path for pedestrians, so the can exit our school safely. The pathway has been dug up and the workers are putting down the concrete today.

Today they have started painting our school acronym, S.H.I.N.E. The S stands for Showing Respect, the we are Honest, the I stands for Including others, the N stands for Never give up and the E stands for we seek Excellence. The are painting SHINE onto the front wall on the office, right beside the round-about.

Other Events

Next Sunday our class, room 3, will be going on our class camp down to wellington. We are going from the 22-27 ( Sunday-Friday) of March. Will we being heaps of thing down like snorkeling, Ontv studio, Parliament, Upper Hut pools and more. It will be a lot of fun except of course for that 6-8 hour bus ride to Wellington and another 6-8 hour ride back to Te Awamutu.

Term One

Week 4 Term 1

Learning Reflections. 

Maths 

This week in maths I learn't how to use estimation to estimate the answer. e.g 

97+45= 

To estimate this problem, you would think that the 97 would be rounded to 100, and the 45 will be rounded to 50.  So for the estimated answer, it would be 150. 

I also learn't prime numbers. The first ten prime numbers are: 2,3,5,7,11,13,29,31,37 and 41. A prime number is it can only be divided by itself and one.   

Visual Language: 

In visual language we are making a poster all about us. It has to discribes your self and you can either do a layout of: past, present, future or a poster that discribes you. I am doing the poster that dicribes you. It has everything that is important to me on it and all the countries and beliefs on the poster as well. 

Later on in this term we are going to Wellington for 5 nights. It is in week eight so 4 more weeks to go.

   L.I. To write a ‘pourquio’ story explaining how/why something is.

How The Lion Found Its Mane  

Long ago in a large jungle lived a lion. At this time, lions were known for very weak and wimpy creatures, and not to be known as ‘The king of the jungle’.This lion was called Leo, and he was a small lion and he had no friends because he was a lion. He was always sad and lonely and always got picked on.

One day, the biggest bully in Jungi school came up to Leo while he was eating his meat. Hilber the hyena came up to Leo and threw his lunch into the tree near by. Leo got all upset and tried to roar, but instead it came out like a croaky meow. Hilber and his mates ran off laughing and pointing at Leo. Leo felt ashamed and tried to hide his face. When the bell rang, all the students went back to class, but Leo decided he would not go to class and try to get his lunch box out of the tree. Leo started walking to the tree sturdy, but when he reached the tree he wasn't so sure any more. Would I get in trouble? He thought. By the time he reached the tree, his knees were wobbling and his eyes were red with tears. I can’t do this! So he turned around and went back to class.

At lunch time Leo was feeling very hungry. He looked up at the tree and felt ashamed. Why didn't I climb up the tree and get my lunch down. He took one last glance at his lunch and decided he would get his and show those bullies once and for all. He strode to the tree and started to climb it. He was making good progress and was already up to the first branch, though his lunch was on the forth. Just as he was about to reach up to the second, his paw slipped and he fell to the ground. everybody crowded around him, worried about if he was hurt. Everybody except Hilber and his mates. They were laughing their heads off, not even caring if Leo had really hurt himself.

Leo stood up and was in rage when he saw Hilber, Leo turned his back to them and attempted again to climb the tree. This time when Leo started to climb, he reached the third branch, but that was more like a small twig, and snapped to leave poor Leo plummeting to the ground. That made Hilber laugh even more. They started pointing at him, poking him even kicking him. When they had disappeared, poor Leo stood up and looked at his lunch. He was not giving up. He climbed straight up the tree.In a flash Leo the Lion was at the top of the tree. He grabbed his lunch and headed down the tree. By this time Hilber and his mates were all at the bottom of the, staring up in amazement. At the top of the tree it looked like the land had no end. Also at the top Leo saw a bee hive. He wonder if there were any bees inside, more importantly honey.

Leo peered inside the beehive to find a thousand eyes staring at him. They raged at him and the hive fell over and landed on poor Leo. He fell off the tree covered in honey, into long dead grass. Hilber was almost crying he was laughing so hard. This made Leo so mad he stood up and let out a tremendous ROAR! Leo couldn't believe what a noise he had just made. Hilber was astounded when he heard Leo roar. What Leo also couldn't believe was that all the dry grass stuck to the honey on his face. It looked a tremendous mane like a real King of the jungle.

And that's how the lion got its mane.

 

Welcome to my blog for 2015. I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and a happy new year. This will be my last year attending Te awamutu intermediate. I am looking forward to heaps of stuff like our class camp down in Wellington and band trips. This will be a fun, full packed year for me and I am looking forward to it.

The Huia

     Title  Project Huia  

Author  Des Hunt

Number of pages  282                         

Genre  Adventure

Project Huia Huia is a book based in 1947 when Mavis and Jim find the last hiua. The time line flicks back from 1947 to present day. In the present day, Ana, a leading expert in DNA research, wants to know where Jim last saw the Huia. Along with Jim and Ana is Logan. He is Jims grandson and he came to help find where the Huia was.  

At the beginning Jim, Ana, Logan and the helicopter driver, went over the forest so Jim could give Ana an idea where he found the Huia. But when Jim points out a clear landing spot of where he saw the Huia, as they were landing, they got a powerful laser shone in the eyes and forced them to leave. As Jim starts the recording of his childhood memories, it goes back to hard times, even when their fighting against a family of thugs and criminals. When Olivia, the Huia, appears in Jim garden, him and his sister Mavis go on a adventure to find the Huia again. They go through the Gorge and through the tunnel on the jigger. The tunnel has always been a big ban in their house, but this time do they really have choice?

Olivia is always being attacked by other birds, especially Tuis. Though when Olivia was in the bush, she was attacked by a large group of Tuis. ‘She fell from the air, her wings no more use than a ripped parachute’. When they went into the bush to catch Olivia, they were followed by Daniel Carson and his brother Russell. They go into the bush as well, but with the intention to kill Olivia. As the chase began to find Olivia, Mavis and Jim find her first, hidden in a bush beside the tracks. Olivia is attacked again but this time with magpies.  As she lies across the train tracks, dead, Mavis and Jim come to get her and take her with them. As they were going to get her, the Carsons came to get her as well, and chased Mavis and Jim back into the tunnels. Mavis is crying and Jim feels weak, Mavis wraps Olivia's body is a rain coat while Jim was looking for a torch. as they were doing this, a train comes. They got right up against the wall, waiting for they train to pass, but instead it stops right in the middle of the tunnel. Jim puts the Huia in one of the tunnel holes and escapes.

In present day,Ana, Logan and Jim are going on walks around the area that Jim saw the Huia in. Along the way the meet up with Daniel Carsons Grandson, Daniel. He was the one who shone the laser in there eyes.

Daniel knows that they have the Huia, also hearing stories about his grandfather.

When an accident strikes, the container the Huia is is on fire and so is Daniel. Ana thinks that all her studying for 10 years have just disappeared, when Ana’s friend fished it out of the fire. Ana, Logan and Jim go into the lab to unwrap Olivia. While unwrapping, Ana's xray's the rain coat to check if there is an dangers . Ana was surprised to find that Mavis had Mummified Olivia when she wrapped Olivia. Ana has an idea to take the DNA out of the Huia and place it a different bird, like a magpie.

I liked the way that Des Hunt has written this book with each chapter shifting back through time and back to present day. I think Project Huia is not a book to be missed.

Kylie Beck

Cherry Lane 1

There was once an old man called Mr. Reb. Mr. Reb hasn't done any thing wrong, he has just been treated wrong his whole life.
When his wife died, he lost every thing, so he had to move into a little shack in the middle of no where. Over the years it turned into 'cherry lane.'  Mr. Reb was not happy with this and called the police. They said there was nothing the could do about it, but make a compromise instead. The deal was every house that got built on the lane, he got payed $100 000.  Mr. Reb was still not happy about this but he knew it was the best that they could do. When the lane was finished, and all the houses were built,  Mr. Reb was a muilty millionare. He spent most of his money on buying furniture and protecting his golden cherry tree in the middle of cherry lane.  Mr. Reb was happy for the first time in a while. Until one day, disaster stuck, and this is how it happened...

Sunshine

Sparkling 

Unknown strengths

Never ending light 

Slowly warming the earth 

Heart warming colors 

In and out of gaps 

Neatly climbing over the hill

Echos though the world