Animals in Samoa

Animals living in Samoa are really quite awesome. One important animal living here is the flying fox or fruit bat as some call it. They go sky-high over the Samoan ridgeline. This mega bat is found in Fiji and Samoa. Flying foxes, also know as fruit bats, are one of the more unusual animals in American Samoa, especially for visitors from areas where bats are small and rarely seen. Three species inhabit our islands – two large fruit bats.

Fruit bats are considered the only native mammal in American Samoa thus earning the right to be protected within the National Park of American Samoa. Local folklore casts a dark image on fruit bats, portraying them as sinister and devious creatures with connections to the spirit world. These superstitions undermine their ecological importance to the native tropical rainforest. Fruit bats help transfer pollen from one tree to another. 

Year 5 Homework -- What Science Do We Use Everyday And Not Know It?

1. Opening and closing things.

2. Turning on and off taps.

3. Opening and closing doors such as doors on microwaves and soft close doors.

4. Freezing water into ice.

5. Opening and closing draws.

6. Energy science.

7. Blowing up a balloon.

8. Electricity.

9. Boiling the jug.

11. Winding up outside umbrellas.

12. Living organisms.

13. Atoms. 

14. Turning water into steam.

15. Oven Knobs.

16. Pegs.

17. Pulleys.

18. Blinds.

19. Domes.

20. Zips.

21. Mirrors.

22. Curtains.

23. Fridges.

24. Freezers.

25. Music.

26. Magnifying glass.

27. Air conditioning.
28. Opening jars.
29. Water filter.
30. Aeroplanes.
31. Helicopters.
32. Paper.
33. Breathing.
34. Baking.
35. Glass.
36. Fire.
37. Gas.
38. Fireplace.
39. Fan.
40. Air.
41. Heating.
42. Insulation.
43. Dishwashing machine.
44. Oil.
45. Medicine.
46. Solar panels.
47. Sound.

ANZAC Poem

Down in the trenches, dark and dull, 
When you are being bombed, it's like you need a spell, 
When you think about your family at home, there is no time to be sad, 
Because you are fighting for your country, while knowing that soon your lives will end.

Lest we forget.

100 word story

Hi there everyone, I am Charlotte and I am really good at soccer 

and netball. My favourite subject in school is either maths or 

Sport and at home I like to play with my dog and bake things like 

cupcakes and cakes. I never give up; I always keep trying and that’s 

what you should do to! My favourite place to be is on the beanbag, 

next to my dog (who is usually curled up and on the other half!) In 

my family there is my Dad, my Mum, my Sister and my Brother,

who all are friendly and nice!    

Term 1 Reflection

This is the reflection we have to do in term 1:

1. What did you enjoy most in the term? Why?

I enjoyed EOTC week because it was really fun learning different things outside of the classroom.

2. What did you enjoy doing most in the classroom?Why? 

I have enjoyed playing silent ball in the classroom because when it is rainy and we can't do P.E outside we can do it inside instead.

3. What have you found hard in your learning this term?Why?

I have found my maths quite hard because I think it has been hard to keep up with everything that I have to do.

4. What are you most pleased with in your learning? Why?

I am really pleased with how I have done all my reading and writing tasks every week because we have to do a

certain amount of reading tasks and I have done all of them

5. Tell us one thing you would like to learn about in Term 2.

I would like to learn some more ICT skills next tearm.

Things that are special to me

For homework this week we had to take a picture of something special to us at home.

We have to explain why it is special to us.

I have chosen this picture because I have always loved my dog called Tui. She is called Tui because there is a little white strip under her chin like a Tui!
We got Tui in October 2012 so she is now 3 years old but still always as fluffy as she used to be.

Tui is special to me because I have always loved animals and dogs are my favourite!                                                

                                         

Waimarie Hospital

On Friday we went to the Waimarie hospital and met the elderly people. This is how it went.

When we got to school, we did the roll as usual and lined up. Then when Miss Cooper chose our buddies we got a box or a bottle of baking and a piece of lavender.

After we had crossed the school pedestrian crossing we started to walk up the hill.  Soon we arrived at the Waimarie hospital.

Then we went in groups up the elevator into a waiting room. Soon after that we got to go outside to meet the residents and give then a little bunch of rosemary with a ribbon. Some of us were shy to meet the residents but Freya and I went together to talk to a lady called Noel.

It was time to share our lovely baking with them and we got some ourselves! Then we had to say goodbye and some people were giving out lemon ribina gifts that we had made in class.

Sadly it was now time to go home. We were very lucky and we got a little bag of goddies to say thank you. 

EOTC Week Reflection

1. How are you feeling after EOTC week? Explain.
I an feeling happy because I didn't expect that there would be so many activities to do.

2. What did you enjoy most during EOTC week? Explain.
The Rangitoto trip because I like doing active things that are with a group.

3. What was your least favourite thing about EOTC week? Explain.

The marae because we did lots of gardening and I don't like gardening.

4. Tell us about something new that you learned.

I learned how to weave a flower out of flax, how to do archery and how to use a Walkie talkie.

Key Competency

My Key Competency goal is managing myself.
I will achieve this by leading when it is right and tidying my desk.

EOTC week

1. How are you feeling about EOTC week? Explain?

I am feeling excited because we get to do things outside of the classroom.

2. What are you looking forward to most in EOTC week? Explain.

I am looking forward to climbing up Mt Rangitoto.

3. What are you not so excited about in EOTC week? Explain.

I am not so excited about the Marae because I have never been to one before and I don't know what it will be like.

4. Is there any activity that has you feeling a bit anxious/worried? Explain why.

I don't think I am very worried about any of the trips.

5. In Room 32 we are working on managing ourselves - that means being responsible and making good decisions. Tell us how you could make good decisions and be responsible during EOTC week.

I could listen to my leader at all times.

6. Make 3 goals for EOTC week. They could be simple goals like I will listen to my team leader or they could be something like I will take care of my belongings.

I will have fun,

I will try my best and

I will behave in my group.

A-Z Paragraph

I am an active girl who hates Brussel sprouts and Cauliflower but loves puppies and dogs except the dogs that fight and growl horribly at me. In case you were wondering, I am jolly keen on lovely midwinter netball that is played outside with 7 players. I am quite responsibleand really good at soccer.  Throughout the 9 years of my life I would have usually been very willing to play the xylophone at the zoo if anybody had asked me to.

The Bridge

My name is Bee.  I am a Raccoon, people say that it is unusual to call a Raccoon another animal but I don't care. It was my mum who originally named me Bee. She and my dad got stuck in a fire and got badly burned when I was very little. Now I am stuck with my horrible aunt and uncle until they can find a nanny. Aunt Fiona and Uncle Grey treat me like a squirrel. If you are a Raccoon it is very offensive to be treated like a squirrel. My friend Buzz and I hatched a plan. It was to secretly go with Uncle Grey to the shopping center and see where he ACTUALLY went. Uncle Grey was NOT interested in shopping at all. DAM ITTTTT. he was going shopping because he got on the bridge to go strait to the shopping center. On the way to the  and that was the end of my uncle and aunt!!  
 

Cyberbullying

One day, in a far-away land called Loopsy-land, where the very famous pig school stood, there was two school friends called Olivia and Hannah. These two besties do everything together. They play together, they eat lunch together, they go home together, they even ring each other up to brush thier teeth at exactly 7:00 and finish at exactly 7:03. Then they go to bed at exactly 8:00 to wake up all fresh at 7:00 the next morning to eat thier breakfast out of the ready-made troff that thier mothers’ have prepared for them.

Olivia and Hannah were also in the same class with some other girls. These girls were called Beth, Madison, Eve, Sivan, and Izzy. These girls all wandered around in a little group at lunch-break. Izzy was also a strait A student in art class. She was onto a new canvas at this time and to get the most amazing capture she had to pace the camera on video to capture anything exiting.

Today Izzy was focusing on sunsets and cool-looking clouds. Izzy placed her camera on the bench in front of the toillets and tilted it up towards the sky. Meanwhile, Olivia and Hannah were skipping along. Olivia just needed to go to the toilet quickly so and she asked Hannah to come with her and hold the door closed for her (this was after they both found out that the only bathroom stall left was the one with the broken lock.).

Suddenly a soccer ball came out of nowhere and hit Izzy’s camera causing it to tilt down to face the bathrooms and  TRAGITY: the ball kept going and hit Hannah in the face and knoked her down causing her to let go of the door she was holding and letting the door swing right open.

Later that afternoon, Izzy came back to see that there was a video of Olivia in the bathroom. Izzy thought this was halairious and shared it with all her friends by text who fowarded it onto thier friends, who fowarded it onto thier friends, who fowarded it onto thier friends, who fowarded it onto thier friends,who fowarded it onto thier friends,who fowarded it onto thier friends,who fowarded it onto thier friends,who fowarded it onto Olivia and Hannah (who of course, shared e-mail adresses and texts) and were very upset about it all. They immidiately showed it to thier mum’s and dad’s who got the police, prinstable and thier teacher into it.

One thing to remember: If you ever do something like what Izzy and her friends did to Olivia and Hannah, you will always get into some sort of trouble!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Key Competency Goal

My Key Competency goal is managing myself. I will achieve this by leading when it is right and tidying my desk.

My Writing Goal

My Writing goal is to use my ideas and planning to make a story.

The Three Little Puppies

Clock Tower Writing

Clock Tower Writing

Once upon a time the official government and the prime minister of England decided that there needed to be a new clock tower girl to work in the old clock tower standing in the middle of the town.

The clock tower lady that the town was using before, she was due to have a baby! It was so exiting because nobody, (even the government and the prime minister) knew when the baby was going to be born! But the upsetting news for the government was that they did not know if the baby was going to be a little boy or a little girl. Even so, the old clock tower lady promised to write a note to the government and the prime minister when the baby was born telling them if the baby was a boy or a girl.

The upsetting news was if it was a boy he would have to go all the way to America to start his training camp for being a clock tower boy for London! That was surely not what his mother wanted.

Suddenly there came a big noise.  ATTENTION! The guard blew his whistle and all of the government men rushed outside leaving a big clutter of suits and ties behind. A note had arrived! It was from the old clock tower lady! 

This is what it said:

Dear Sir/Madam, 

I am proud to have just had a tiny little girl at 10:18 on Wednesday 3rd June.

I would be happy for you to see her in a few days.

She has blonde hair and the midwife thinks she would be an amazing clock tower girl for England.

Kind Regards, 

The old clock tower lady.

Everyone suddenly became unaware that they were on camera and started jumping around with joy. IT WAS A LITTLE GIRL! Everyone was so exited. The old clock tower would be working again. The last time the clock tower was going was a whole 20 years ago!

The very next day they found out the name of this beautiful girl! Her name was Charlotte. In a few years time she would be ready to start her training camp for being the England clock tower girl. But whatever the government said about starting a clock tower training camp when she was 7, she demanded to start it at 5!

Charlotte loved her clock tower training camp and she was quite awesome at it, lots of people got to know that she was awesome at it and she got messages from, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, India, Korea China, Malaysia, Japan, Scotland, and even New Zealand telling her that she needed to be their clock tower girl. But Charlotte ignored this and decided to stay in England.

So Whatever the weather, Charlotte was found in the old clock tower making the clock go to 6 in the morning and back to 6 again at night.

Maths Goal Reflection

My maths goal is to find halves and quarters of numbers e.g.

2-1

4-2

6-3

8-4

10- 5

I think that I have improved in this goal because in my test I had 30 second and I got them all right with extra time.

Homework 28/05/2015 Find 10 Facts About Individual Plants

Homework 28/05/2015 Find 10 Facts About Individual Plants

The Earth is home to more than 298000 species of plants. Some plants produce beautiful pleasant smelling flowers, some have medicinal properties and some look totally strange. Below are 10 of the most strangest plants around the world.

10

 White Baneberry

Banberry is a small ball type plant native to North American forests. It is also called a doll’s eye because of its special shaped fruits. This plant stands 60 cm tall and does not have many leaves. Its red thick stems also looks very attractive.

9

 Baseball Plant

It is generally known as euphorbia obesa native to South Africa. The plant has exactly the same shape of a baseball. It is an unbranched plant with an average height of 20 cm. The special special species of baseball plant is protected by national nature conservation as it is very rare in the world.

8

 Hydnellum Peckii

Hydnellum peckii is a special type of fungi that produce blood or juice like fluid on its surface. This plant is also known as ‘bleeding tooth fungus’. It is the Scarlet pigment causes blood like color on the fluid of this plant. This strange plant mainly found across North America and Europe. It is edible but the the blood like fluid is extremely bitter in taste. I think the Hydnnellum peckii looks a little bit like a frog!!!

7

 Welwitschia Mirabilis

Welwitschia Mirabilis is a unique plant that only found in the desert of Namibia. The estimated lifespan of this strange looking plant is 500 to 1500 years. It can survive within many extreme weather conditions. The most interesting thing about Welwitschia is the plant only has two leaves that grow continuously over time.  This strange species also have separate male and female plants.

6

 Lithop

Lithop can be described as living stones, a plant that exactly look like stones or pebbles. In fact its unique shape causes by the merging of two separate leaves at the outer edges of the plant. The leaves of the lithop plant grows in very rainy season.This extremely strange plant species mainly found in South Africa.

5

 Mimosa Pudica

Mimosa pudica also known as ‘sensitive plant’ or ‘shy plant’ native to South America. But mimosa pudica can see all around the world especially in shady areas. The most attractive feature of mimosa pudica is nothing but its response to touch. Its leaves immediately fold up on touch. The primitive nervous system within this plant which balance flow of water from beneath of leaves which causes this sensitive nature.

4

 Corpse Flower

Corpse flower is generally known as ‘titan arum’. It is the largest branched main stem concern flowering plant in the world. Corpse flower is endemic to Sumatra. During flowering the plant stands at 8.2 feet tall. The plant also produces a terrible smell!

 Rafflesia Arnoldii

Rafflesia arnoldii is the biggest individual flower in the world. In fact it is smaller than corpse flower by considering some elements. It is mainly found in forests of Sumatra. Rafflesia will grow up to a size of three feet. Like corpse flower the plant produce an unpleasant irritating smell. Rafflesia arnoldii is unisexual, have both male and female reproduction system.

2

 Venus Flytrap

Venus flytrap also known as dionaea muscipula is a carnivorous plant. It means the plant consumes small insects and animals as food. Venus flytraps can be found in the Eastern Carolia especially in wet inhabitants. Venus flytrap has special lobes to trap the prey animals.

1

 Pitcher Plant

Pitcher plant is another type of carnivorous plant native to South East Asia. The plant has an attractive deep red color. The attractive smell of pitcher plants helps it to easily catch the preys. The insects and small animals become main preys of pitcher plants. It is said to be some species of pitcher plant can even consume mice.

America's Kennel Club Dog Show

There are heaps of dog shows held all around the country,but I think the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is the most amazing one I have ever read about. The first round of the competition included the Sporting, Toy, Hound, Working, 

Terrier, Non-Sporting, and Herding. Miss P (the winner of the show) received the purple and 

gold rosette and shiny bowl.

If you want to go to this website the link is :http://www.dogonews.com/2015/2/17/beagle-scores-rare-win-at-americas-prestigious-westminster-kennel-club-dog-show

Writing Goal Reflection

My writing goal is to use my ideas and planning to make a story because I usually don't write enough.
I have improved in this goal heaps because in my writing test I had an  hour and I wrote 6 pages.

For the Birds

One day, one blue squabble-squabble bird came to land on the thin black power-line. Blue squabble-squabble birds were enemies to the blue perky-pot birds. Perky-pot birds are much bigger than squabble-squabble birds so you needed more than one squabble-squabble bird to fight just one perky-pot bird.

Now, this squabble-squabble bird’s name was Bob. Bob was soon joined by Steve, then Nom-Nom, then Bubble Gum, then Goofy, then Piglet, then Pom-Pom, who was Nom-Nom’s sister, then Gummy bear, then finally, Goggle. Goggle was the oldest of all the blue squabble-squabble children that Polly-Puffs (their mother) had had.

Now, all the squabble-squabble birds were sitting on the line and squabbling. In squabble-squabble land, squabbling was normal.

Suddenly all the squabble-squabble birds stopped squabbling and looked around. To all their surprises, a Porky-pot bird had just said hi to them in a very friendly way. They all stared at the Perky-pot bird. Suddenly Pom-Pom made a face at the Perky-pot bird. The Perky-pot bird made a face back to all the squabble-squabble birds!

Soon all the squabble-squabble birds were making faces at the Poky-pot bird. The Poky-pot bird came down and sat on the thin power line making all the squabble-squabble birds went sliding down the power line being squashed up to the Poky-pot bird. The squabble-squabble birds did not like it at all.

Suddenly the Poky-pot bird fell down off the powerline because all at the same time, the blue squabble-squabble were poking around at the Poky-pot bird so eventually the Poky-pot bird fell down to the ground and ran off leaving a mound of blue squabble-squabble feathers and 9 naked squabble-squabble birds on the ground looking intrigued.