Ghost Poem

In Te Maunga we have been doing this thing called Chapter Chat. If you want to find out more about Chapter Chat press this link. So I have made a poem about the main character Ghost (It isn't a ghost) I think I did well writing this blog post but I could do better by asking a sensible person to check my blog post.

Here is my poem.

Going to bed,

Staring at the roof,

Mum crashing in the door warning him,

Running as fast a Usain Bolt,

Thoughts scattering around his mind,

What is happening?

Who am I?

What will happen next?

Everything is so confusing,

Stealing, Hurting Why?

Bad thoughts, Bad feelings, Bad, Bad and Bad,

Watching over my shoulder every second,

Mind is racing,

What is happening?

Who am I?

What will happen next?

The world feels like it is at its end,

Drama, torture and hatred,

Why, help and save me?

Hope, friendship and kindness is a stranger,

Is this going to stop?

What is happening?

Who am I?

What will happen next?

Recount

In Te Maunga we have been writing recounts about 1 part of our holidays. I wrote about winning a trampoline. I think I did really well writing the recount but I need to do better talking more about learning rather then talking socialy.

Here is my recount.

In the holidays I sent in a video of me jumping in the middle of my trampoline so I could win a springfree trampoline on what now. This is what happened.

Waking up to the most terrifying phone call in the world EVER. I carefully answered and a girl answered she said… “ Hello, is this Bella” I replied saying Yes. She told me that I was a finalist and could win the trampoline but then she left. :(

She called back and said you are going to have to talk live on air. That was the thing that hit my nerves. I said to her shakily “ok”. She said I have to be on hold for a little while. But it was actually 1 billion years.😕

She called me back and said you will be talking to Ronnie in 10 minutes I almost DIED. I waited until Ronnie came onto the phone. He asked 2 questions. What happened to your trampoline and what are you going to do with your old one? I told him that me and my friends were jumping on it and the whole mat just flung off. I also said that we are going to make our old one into a chicken coop.

He seemed very surprised that the whole mat just flung off. But he was really impressed with my video that I sent in. So he said that I HAD WON A TRAMPOLINE YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. I was very happy and thanked him a billion times. Then finally I hung up I was really glad it was over.

I was very happy and excited that I will have a springfree trampoline. 😎

Waitangi Treaty Grounds Recount

In Te Maunga we have been writing a recount about Waitangi Treaty Grounds. It didn't take me that long to finish it but it was a lot of fun. I think I did well writing this but I could do better by explaining more what I did.

Here is my writing.

   School Trip To Waitangi

Kids all zoomed off to class lining up with their drink bottles. We all sat in front of the library and waited until we could go. When we could finally go our drink bottles were half empty because of how long we were waiting. Well we were walking cars were zooming past and all the adults were shocked with the size of our senior school.

When we got to Waitangi we got into our groups and headed of with our games. The first thing our group got to do was some weaving. It was a lot of fun. We had to go over under over under over under over under over under over under over under over. At the end of the weaving it turned great. I worked with my cousin Lilli-Rose and we had a competition to see who can throw the furthest. Lilli won.

The next activity we did was Maui Matou Te Whanganui. It is a game where you have two ropes and if the caller calls out Maui then you go on the left side of the rope but if she calls out matou then you go on the right side. But if she calls out Te Whanganui then you go in the middle.  It was so much fun when we did the elimination round I won YAY.

The last activity was planting. For planting we went to the exit area and talked about different trees. We talked about what types there are and how they can benefit us. We had to get into buddies and plant 1 plant it was fun and very easy.

At the end of the day we all lined up and walked back home. When we got there all of us were hungry so the bus people were late ah oh.

Persuasive Writing

In Te Maunga we have been learning to write a piece of persuasive writing. Our topic is Why Chromebooks Help/Don't Help Our Learning.   I think that I did well going  against what all the people said in my class. I think I could do better by putting more reasons in.
Here is my writing.

Why Chromebooks don’t help our learning.

I feel that chromebooks does not improve our learning because kids at the age of 5 are already staring at tablets for far too long.

My first reason is going on our chromebooks for too long is going to ruin our posture. Especially on the bean bags the chromebooks are sitting on our lap just waiting to destroy our body. If we are sitting at a table we are hunching over imagine what our backs are going to be in 50 years. TERRIBLE!!!!!

Secondly our sight might be affected by all the screen time. It will be on full power (all the brightness is on). If we are staring at the screen for a extended amount of  time we could become sightless.

Lastly some exams are written so we need to get the pencil grip before we do an exam otherwise we will not kill it.  So that means that we have to focus more on our handwriting so we can become awesome writers on a chromebook and in a book. Our hands are a very first-class part about our body so it needs all its muscles to be pumping.

What would happen if 5 yr olds were allowed to have a chromebook. I still think eight is too young. I am saying that parents they need to bring there time limit down. So what I am trying to tell you is that chromebooks do not help our learning and our health.  

Bella's Tryathlon

In Te Maunga we have been learning how to write recounts and to put more interesting words in our writing. Also on Friday Paihia School did a triathlon so that is what wrote about. Here is my recount that I made.

On Friday  Paihia school had a tryathlon. I was wishing I hadn’t gone to school. I was sitting on the court when I had just realised Mrs Williams had started talking so I listened. “First of all we are going to walk to the beach, then we will start the swimming, then run back to school, hop on a bike and race.  Then we are done.”   She explained. Secretly I really didn’t want to do it but I had no choice.

Mrs Williams had a little talk to us about the course. In no time we started the races. First Te Ngahere went. It was so hot in the boiling sun watching them in the water.  Second Te Maunga (My class.)  Because I didn’t go for a bath in the sea I had to run ahead of the girls, some of them didn’t think it was fair. “I feel like a flat tyre” I said to myself while I was running.  We just kept running as fast as we could to get back to school.

I grabbed my bike put on my shoes and placed my helmet on my head. I got down to Whaea Becks but something strange was happening I couldn’t pedal so I looked down and realised that my chain had fallen off. I felt like a sad puppy because I had to dash all the way across the field . It was so hard but I was happy because all my friends were cheering for me.

At the end I felt like a balloon that had been deflated. That changed quickly because we got a muesli bar it was amazing. We got to have a ice cream from the Whare Kai. I got a Finding Dory one.  We got to have some fun then back in the classroom. What a busy day.