Cat Slide

It all started when I wanted something to blog about so I asked Roman and he said Cats! So I actually did and made it a slide🤣 Enjoy!

Book Review!

Recently we have been doing book reviews in class and I have just finished my second one. Since I haven't posted in a bit i'd thought i'd share this with you. Please comment any tips or suggestions to make it better! Thank you xxx

Story : Genius Jones and Fat Cat ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genius Jones named his kitten ‘Fat Cat’ because he thought she would stay that way. But Fat Cat grew skinny and thin. But Genius figured out a way to become the genius he is and to also get his cat to eat! I recommend this story. 4 stars :)


 Poem : Snail ⭐⭐⭐ This poem takes us through the life of a snail and uses great adjectives to describe the shell and the slimy track it leaves. This poem can be boring if you do not enjoy nature poems but in my opinion it is a great poem. 3 stars :)


Non fiction : The Biggest Snake in The World! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This article’s title was very eye-catching! It talks about how giant the great ‘Titanoboa’ was. Even though it could eat about 3 humans we dont have to fear because it lived 60 million years ago! This article is AMAZING! 5 stars :) 

Barrier Activity

THIS WAS ALSO from a while ago. Our skills have definetly improved!

Tongan Language Week

This was from a WHILE ago. Enjoy.  

Writing - The guardian of the Urupa

Hello! Some independent personal writing. Enjoy!

K.O.S (Keeping Ourselves Safe)

In Tui Hub we have been learning about Keeping Ourselves Safe and STAR. We have even played a game called pass the ball where Kimble would pass us a ball and we were given a scenario and we had to answer how we would get out of it. If Edie thought our answer would get us into even more danger she would blow her whistle. Definitely recommend playing this at home. We also learnt all the different types of abuse like, Physical - Hitting and Punching, Verbal - Aggressive Swearing and a lot more.

So to Tui Hub and Kea Hub here's a scenario for you!
You come out of a shop alone and start walking home. You notice that a car is following you home. What do you do?

Food Tech Slide

Hi! Recently in class we have been working on Food Technology. I decided to make a slide on it. This took quite a while to make! So I hope you enjoy! All pictures are of Unsplash.
 

First day back! Term 4...

Holidays go fast don't they? First day back at class and I was very happy to come back to warm greeting after an extra 2 weeks of holidays. I got to meet a brand new girl in our class called Neveah. She is from Samoa and arrived a couple of days after I left to Rarotonga. She is very sweet. Also found out that there is a new boy in Room 12 called Orlando. First thing was library. I got to choose out some new books and watched as people played Banana - Gram with my very quirky teacher Mrs O'neil. I had a great morning tea as I played hand ball. Alot of people thought that I left the school. Weird huh? At maths we were introuduced to a new teacher aid. A guy who was sort of like a teacher aid last year. Then we went on to writing which was just doing our comic strips. And I had a GREAT lunch. Since this term is 'Athletics' term, the long jump was out. I had a spectacular time doing the long jump! Sehansa was particularly good. Then the rest of my afternoon was fabulous and now im back home! Hope this last term is a great actual last term for the year 6's going to intermediate next year! Ka Kite! xxxxx Anahera

Also just a quick shout out to my friend Jack J who is running a blog about politics! Please go look at his blog. Not much post but very interesting. Comments and a follow would be much appreciated! Jack's Blog

Adventure Story

Hey! Finally finished Part 2 for our Sponge Joe adventure story! Please go look at Jade, Jamie B, Ashen and Joe's blogs below!I hope you guys enjoyed this cause it took a while to make! Thank you! Jade's Blog Jamie's Blog Ashen's Blog

Rarotonga

Oh my gosh! I just had the best time at Rarotonga! 2 weeks before the school holidays for some reason. I studied the island closely, and I am here to share those with you!
So firstly:
1. There is close to no internet in Rarotonga except places like Airports and cafes
2. There is a very high chance that if you are staying at a non-luxury hotel or motel, you will spot more than a few gecko's! They mostly come out at night, so its very rare if you see them throughout the day
3. In Rarotonga, they do not have planes. So people flying to Rarotonga get dropped off by where there from, then the people flying from Rarotonga will go onto that plane
4. The ocean is a very light blue at the shallow end but way further down it is a nice dark blue. It isn't often that the tide comes into the shore. My mum wanted us to fly to Aitutaki where the ocean is more beautiful, which is a 45 minute trip from Raro. But we didn't end up going.
5. There is more restaurants, marine reserves, spa's and bars then you could think of! Some days we went snorkelling in the marine reserve and there were SO MUCH FISH. To bad we couldn't fish them!
6. Everyone is very friendly! As my Mum and I passed a few locals they waved and shouted 'Kia Orana!'
7. Their songs are very beautiful! We went to Avarua Church and they sang a touching song that my Mum remembered from growing up there. She started crying.
8. When a family member passes, they bury them in the front of their house.
Hope you enjoyed! Rarotonga is wonderful and I'm definitely am planning to go back and I certainly recommend going!

Reflection on Gymnastics

Reflection of Gymnastics: Today we did gymnastics with Project Energize instructors, Ricky and Jonno. Ricky is a 'gymnastics expert'. He was there to guide us. We had 4 different swap-overs, the horse (vault), beam, forward rolls with Ricky and handstands on the wall. I used to go to gymnastics so I thought I was pretty good. My group started with vault. We had to walk (or run) up to it and when we got up onto it we did something called a rocket jump, a big jump, and landing in motorbike.  Next was forward rolls. I think I did a good job in forward rolls. Ricky gave me some tips on how to do them better. You have to put your hands on the mat and your feet close to the edge of the mat. You tuck your head into your chin so your head doesnt touch the ground! You could injure your neck or head badly! Then like that, we were onto handstands. I LOVE HANDSTANDS! I do them anytime, anywhere. I will do it in the shops or in Pizza Hut or anywhere else. Mum calls me a show off though! So I practiced my technique and I did great! Then my other favourite, the beam. I love doing beam! We could do what we wanted so I did, dips wit my feet, a scale balance, backwards walking and balancing. And to top it all off, I did a great motorbike land. I loved doing gymnastics with Jonno and Ricky!

But when we came back Edie gave us a speech about that not everyone is really good at gymnastics and some people struggle with it. Everyone is good at something! Some people were pointed out for doing these things. Over All I had a great time today! I Love gymnastics!!

Fractions

Hopefully this helps you a little bit more with fractions So for example 3/5 the 3 means take 3 from the 5 groups and add that up. And the 5 means to put it in 5 groups! Use jelly beans or money to work this out. Enjoy!

Adventure Story!

In July, Amon, Beaumoana and I made this adventure story. Choose your adventure and Spongey Joe's fate! Go look at Beau's Blog! Beau's Blog Ka Kite xxx

ART REFLECTION

This is probably the hardest and most stressful thing i have ever done! Over all i think it has turned out amazing! ( with a little bit of Mrs'Oneils help!!) It was very, very hard but we managed to get it done. I chose to be Logan and Tesh and I think we have accomplished a huge achievement! Go check out Logan and Tesh's blogs! Logans Blog! Tesh's Blog

MEASUREMENT

About 3 weeks ago we finished doing our measurements. Comment if this helped you a bit with measurement, and comment if you think I should add something else!

The Octopus Strikes

Last week we watched a video of an octopus suffocating a shark. Sharks are an octopis predator! It will explain more in the writing! Take a look. Bye the way, its not pretty. LINK TO THE VIDEO

Cross Country Writing

Jason calls us over. My body is taken over with a million bottles of adrenalin. I'm sweating already! "Okay! We are going to play a bit of a game, not to serious!" The game was a warm up. He could call 2 and we would have to get into pairs, then we would have to hop on one foot, jog or run.
I cannot explain how nervous I was at the time! All I was concentrated on was how I was going to run. I had it all planned out. But your plans don't always go as you planned it would go! Mrs D clapped and everyone started racing. I jogged cause I knew if I sprinted straight away I would not have enough energy for the next 2 laps! The sports club from Peachgrove Intermediate came to cheer us on. Every time I passed them, they encouraged me to keep going. That little encouragement gave me strength to run a little faster, they helped alot! Here I am at the 2nd lap! Sweat drips off my head onto my T-Shirt and off of my waist. I realised people were cheering my name. I felt every time someone cheered my name, strength bursted out and I ran faster. Finally I have finished and I couldnt be happier! I came 12-20! I was really happy. I achieved my goal getting in top 12! I'm not looking foward to next year though! Ka Kite!

I am Anahera Crawford, this is my blog!
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Des Hunt

Today one of my FAVOURITE New Zealand authors Des Hunt came to our school and had a chat to the Kauri Team. Des is very interested in science. So when he writes his books there is some science hidden inside. I found it incredible how he can put science into his writing. He taught us the ways of building up tension with the writers. One of those ways is something called Conflict. Conflict be emotion, bullying, loss or something as simple as you dont get any dinner. This conflict is expressed and the writers are hooked in.

I am very lucky to be someone chosen to do a workshop with Des Hunt. He is a very good author!
Here are some facts on Des Hunt



He has written 22 books!
He first started writing Non-Fiction stories before Fiction
He started writing when he was 32
Before he started being an author, he taught chemistry at 4 schools for 44 years!
He has had a nickname for a while now which is 'Dessy'
Howard Spring (an author) was his inspiration to write his books
Go look at his website ~ Des Hunt's Website :)
Thanks for reading! ~ Anahera
Hi I am Anahera Crawford, I am 9 years old and I go to Hamilton East School. Singing and Dancing are things I do ALOT. Comment on my posts, give some feedback so I can make better posts for you guys! Bye!!!

Matariki!

Honey and I made this slide on Matariki a while ago. I am very proud of it! If theres anything I could add to it please comment your suggestion! Honeys blog ~Honey's Blog


Hi i'm Anahera Crawford, and this is my blog! Please comment on my posts and I will reply! ThankYou x

Celebrations in Tonga, Enjoy!

Paragraphing

These paragraphs were written by Honey and I.

Anahera’s and Honey’s Cross Country Is Hard! Cross country practice is really tiring, because every year it gets harder and harder. This is because as you get older, you have to run further. The good thing about it is that you get really fit. If you get 8th place or under, you get to go to interschool cross country.  

The course for year 4’s is really hard! Sometimes we think it's impossible and way too far especially while jogging it for the first time, panting like a dog. But having a growth mindset always makes it easier. So we have just got to keep on going.

 Every week, on Friday, Kauri team practices the whole course. It's hard sometimes. But the more we do it, the fitter we get so you never know, you might get 8th place or under! I would be very proud of myself if this happened.

ICAS

ICAS stands for International Competitions and Assessments for Schools. It is a test made by Australia, that New Zealand and Australian kids take. There is ICAS Spelling, ICAS Maths, ICAS English (reading) and ICAS Technology.

The test normally has 30 - 50 questions depending on how old you are, at HES Year 4s take test A, Year 5s take test B and Year 6s take test C. You have at least 45 minutes to complete the test. The questions are supposed to be challenging, so our deputy Mrs Bobsein tells us not to rush otherwise we might get lots of the questions wrong cause we didn't think them through. But then again we have 45 minutes to complete it, so you you should find a good pace.

The answers are sent back to Australia into a computer that marks it. Then on the next Friday, Mrs Bobsein will hand out distinctions, certificates of achievement, Participation and If you got them all right! Have a good weekend x

Hamilton East School

Every Friday we have Positive Assembly in our school hall. Our deputy principal, Mrs Bobsein and a couple of kids ( I'm one of them ) set up the hall, like put out the chairs, play the music and work the sound system. This is a very important job.

Also, our Teachers are given Positive Cards. They hand them out to kids that have followed are toolkit. The kids write their names and their class on it, and they put in their team box.
 (Kauri-9-11,Totara-7-8,Kowhai-5-6) Then on Friday our principal, Pippa picks three cards from each team and they choose a prize. Its very likely if you got 4 or 5 positive cards that week you have a good chance of getting picked out.

Today we had a Mihi Whakatau, so our Kapa Haka group performed and welcomed our new staff.
After that, our other deputy principal Whaea Sheryl and Pippa hand out certificates that the teacher has written... and guess what! I got awarded one!!!! I was so happy. I was awarded one, for staying calm and reflective which means I am always ready to learn. Standing on stage smiling with a certificate is an amazing feeling.

I remember my first certificate. I was in Room 4, with Whaea Kat and Whaea Sheryl. I got awarded it for helping a boy Josiah, and the best thing was that my mum was there to see it. It was a huge milestone for me and I will never forget it. I love Positive Assembly because everyone has an opportunity to be appreciated!
Ka Kite, Anahera xxxx

Pop - Up Library with Joe Harawira

The excited Room 11 and 12 travelled on the bus to the pop up central library to hear Te Reo stories from Joe ( Joesph ) Harawira. I was overjoyed! I LOVE maori legends and stories. I couldn't wait to hear more!

Everyone was told to be silent as we tip - toed into the library. There standing there was Joe Harawira, he had a tamoko and a smiling face and everyone is so excited! I have seen him all over the news and the internet! He told us a bit about him self, he said he is like the protecter of the birds and trees of Aotearoa. He sang us a waiata about numbers to ten. Then the stories...!!! 

The first story was called Rata and the great Tane Mahuta. He didn't need a book, he did it without a book, he just acted it out, which is even more amazing. Rata's father died out on an island and Rata's mama told him to carve out a waka and fetch his papa. Rata tried to cut down a Kauri tree but did not ask for Tane Mahuta's permission, and Rata admitted he did wrong. The next morning all the creatures in the forest made Rata a beautiful waka to fetch hid papa.

Whakawhetai Koe, Joe! - Anahera x

Ukulele Song - With Harlynn

Today my best friend Harlynn came to my house. My mum, Harlynn and I went out for the day! While we were out my mum bought me a ukulele and 2 guitar pics! I was really excited. It was HILARIOUS watching my mum tuning the ukulele! Apparently you are supposed to sing 'my dog has fleas' in different pitches. Harlynn and I decided we were going to make a song up with the ukulele! We cannot wait to get started!! Ka Kite x

P.S we both take ukulele classes with Garth every Wednesday lunch time!
This is what it looks like

Mysterious Schools - Khloe Beere

Kaylee Hawks was a mystery, always wore black, always just sighed and never ever talked. She was nothing compared to Eliza Keys. Eliza Keys was an outgoing girl. Some people would call her a quirky, but I cant really tell so I just call her outgoing. She loves fun and games, shes 10 years old and she acts like shes 6! On top of all that her family are rich! Her mum is Alicia Keys! WHy would she come to a school like this when she could go somewhere to a school as amazing! And I Khloe Beere am in between. I am like Eliza sometimes because I am happy and joyful. But I am like Kaylee because my parents just split up and I am sooo sad. But I think of Eliza and try to stay positive. I am an investagator and mystery seeker. I enjoy having a mystery to solve. But something was strange about Kaylee and this school. And I was gonna find out!

My art for the HES art exhibition

For the outdoor art exhibition I, along with alot of others are going to be making a people village. The people village is going to be made out of clay. Everyone chooses what animal or human they want to shape out of clay. This will take a few weeks as we will need to paint and go to Peachgrove Intermediate to fire the clay to make it secure! I hope this turns out okay!!

Back To School!

Its Wednesday and everyone came back to school on Monday. Everyone went on holidays for two weeks! The only people that didnt come to school were Honey and Natalia. It was honestly pretty dissapointing to come back to school cause I miss holidays!! It was cool to get into new groups, before these were the groups I was in and the groups I am in now! 1: Reading: RL.STINE, Mrs Oneil. Writing: Level 3, Mrs Oneil. Maths: Stage 7, Edie 2: Reading: Jeff Kinney, Garth. Writing: Level 3, Mrs Oneil. Maths: Stage 7, Edie I think I have I have really improved with Reading, Writing and Maths. Po Pai, Anahera xxxx

Its the end of the term 2!

The end of term 2!! 21 ( two terms)  hard weeks of learning! A 2 week holiday was well deserved for all of us children, including teachers. I enjoyed doing Genius Hour this term. It was very fun and it was a great first experience, and I loved making the snowman snow globe! We all were definetly in the learning pit ( where you cant do something and you stay there until you find a way out and have more knowledge) because my arms for the snowman kept falling off, the glue wasnt sticking and to me it was geniunly impossible! But I found a way out at the end.

HUGE thank you to Edie, Mrs'Oneil and Garth because they have been working hard all through these long months and cold days so whakawheti koe to you.


Ka Kite! - Anahera

My Dream Writing

Anahera                             My Dream

I consider my family an inspiration, for my dream is to be a singer

I have a very musical family, so that’s where my dream comes from. My favourite singer has always been Adele, she wrote the song I first sang, I look up to her. I will have to audition for shows and work hard to make my dream come true. If I ever do become a singer, my biggest dream in that dream would be to sing a duet with my mum, with a beat made by my brother on a television show. If I could, I would want to meet Adele in LA.

Thanks for reading!

Personal Writing

Personal Writing

Title: China the Dog

My Nana's dog has been put down today, She was 13 years old ( 68 in human years ) . I WAS HORRIFIED... she has been around since I was born! I heard the news over the weekend and my heart sunk down to my feet. For her whole lifetime she has gone through an infected tail that had to be removed, vomiting, a twisted claw and two infected ears. I consider her a surviver, and now it was just all to much for her age. I pray for my nana and poppa hoping they are coping
I loved China soooooooo much
So I wrote a Haiku poem about her

Oh lazy China
You are the beautiful one
Smiling happily

and a Cinquain poem :

China
Hair is shining
Chasing your brown tail 
You give kisses that melts my heart
Love you ❤️

My Favourite...

My favourite colour: Green
My favourite song: Someone like you Adele
My favourite singer: Adele
My favourite artist ( paint artist ): Chris Campbell
My favourite dancer: Michael Jackson ;)
My favourite movie: Moana ❤️
My favourite you tuber: ||superwoman||

Have a nice afternoon!! :)

My Pepeha

Tena Koutou

Ko Mauou Te Maunga

Ko Tauranga Te Moana 

Ko Ngatiranginui Te Iwi

Ko Ngatihangarau Te Hapu

Ko Terereatukahia Te Marae

Ko Takitumu Te Waka

Ko Kirikiriroa Rawhiti Te Kura

Ko Pippa Wright Te Rangatira

Ko Mrs'Oneil, Garth Ratou Ko Edie Toku Kaiako

Ko Geoff Crawford Toku Koroua

Ko Brenda Crawford Toku Kuia

Ko Rhys Crawford Raua Ko Jack Dudley Toku Papa

Ko Dianne Dudley Toku Mama

Ko Montell Pinny Toku Tugane 

Ko Te Aorewa Fabish Toku Tuahine

Ko Anahera Crawford Ahau

Tena Koutou, Tena Koutou, Tena Tatou Katoa

The Split Part 3

Monday 4.00

This is Aroha, Marama said I can write in her diary for a bit.
Some facts about me:
Age: 10
I am a great swimmer 🌊
I have an Older sister who lives in New York City, her name is Aranui Kahatuta she is 17.
See ya - Aroha xxxxx

Hey it's M, My plan tomorrow is to be decided. For now I'm gonna get some rest.

Love you! - Marama

The Split Part 2

Monday 7.00am

Dear Diary, I must put my plan to action! I have 6 days until Tipene ( Dad )and Aroha leave :(
Plan A: Go to Ahitanga ( mum )and use Marama's secret power of persuasion MSOP* for short

Monday 10.30am

The plan didn't really work like I thought it was, this is how it went:

Marama: Want more fry bread Mum and Dad?
Mum: Have you been at Manawa's again?

Manawa is one of my EX bbfffitw ( best BFF in the world )
She used me and embarrassed me but I still wanna be her friend anyways back to the conversation

Marama: Of course I haven't!
Mum: Okay...
Marama: You know how Dad and Aroha are leaving soon?
Mum: Yess...
Marama: Well they can't leave
Mum: Well they are! And there is nothing you can do about it
Marama: But mum *starts fake crying* I have been taking councilling at school! I am so sad! I can't live without them
Mum: I don't darn care, LIKE IT OR NOT THEY ARE LEAVING FOR GOOD!!

Wow, the breakup must have been bad. I must get to the bottom of it!!!
Talk soon, gonna go cry in my pillow! - M

Thanks for reading part 2 of the split! I hope you are enjoying them, please comment cause I would love to her advice to make this series better!

Facts on Matariki

The last couple of days I found out some things about Matariki that I hadn't heard before.

1. The 7 sisters parents names are Tangotango and Wainui

2. The stars are called the Pleiades
3. ( my personal favourite ) In some iwi, Matariki is just the name of the constellation, so instead of the seventh star being Matariki, it was Mereope

Hopefully you learnt a bit more about Matariki from this.
Thank you! 

The Split

The Split

Dear Diary, my parents split up! They randomly brought it up in a conversation at dinner. I went STRAIGHT to my room and haven't talked to my parents since last night. My younger half sister Aroha is also shocked, she also did not see this coming. They are moving back to Auckland in a week!! I am going to make a promise to myself that I will make this the best week for me and Aroha

Talk soon! Marama x

P.S this is my promise: 

I vow that from today to next week that I will try to do everything in my power to make Dad and Aroha stay, If I can't I will do anything in my power to make the next few days the best week ever!! 

Signed: Marama

Thank you for reading this story about a girl who parents splitted out of nowhere. This happens a lot and to anyone who is going through this, you will be alright and make the MOST out of the time you still have with them, appreciate them, take time out of your day for them and most importantly love them! Like they say: You never miss something until it's gone

This my Haiku poem about Autumn

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