Poetry - Cleirhew

 There was a boy his name was Harry

He was often on the contrary

He was very cool 

He did not own a pool

Katniss Everdeen

She shot someone in the spleen

She was chosen to go to the arena

She did not live in Argentina 

Big Nate

Was always late 

Was conceited 

A lot of cheese doodles needed

Calvin and Hobbes

Susie Derkins did dob

Built a transmogrifyer

Which the desire

Hello, these are my clerihews, A clerihew is a poem with a rhyming scheme of AA BB A rhymes with A, and B rhymes with B. I liked writing about my favorite characters and myself.

Poem - Epitaph

Here lies Taj Cat

Who looked like a rat

His parents called the exterminators

He yelled and screamed and called them traitors

But his parents did not care and they feed him to a bear

Here lies Jari Jim

Who always fell in a bin

Instead of falling he tried to fly

Where Jari Jim met his demise

This week we have been learning about poetry. These are my epitaphs, And epitaph is a short poem four to six lines for a gravestone. I liked this because I could do lots of rhyming and was fun making up names. I found some of the rhyming words tricky to think of e.g exterminators. 

Poem - Labradors

 Lucky love

 Advanced adventurer

 Brave beauty 

 Ranger of territory

 Awesome dog

 Dramatic dreamy daunting dog

 Outstanding odd

 Rebellious red

 Silly shady

Hello this is my poem about Labradors. They are my favourite breed of dog.

Paralympic medals

 Paralympic medals

The Paralympic medals are a key part of the Paralympic games. The medals indicate who is first, second, and third. The Tokyo 2021 Paralympic games medal design is a traditional Japanese fan, representing the Paralympic games as the source of a new wind refreshing the world.

Gold                                                                                               

1st place

Weight: about 526g

Thickness: 7.5 - 10 .7mm

Diameter: 85mm

Over 6 grams of gold plating on pure silver.

Silver

2nd place

Weight: about 520g

Thickness: 7.5 - 10 .7mm

Diameter: 85mm

Pure silver

Bronze

3rd place

Weight: about 430g

Thickness: 7.5 - 10 .7mm

Diameter: 85mm

Red brass ( 95% copper 5% zinc )

Features

The Paralympic medals all have a side indented with a corresponding amount of circles to the placing the athlete/s got e.g 3rd place has three circles and the same with the ribbon So that athletes with a vision disabilities. The Rio 2016 Paralympics had a place where small metal balls could be stored - Bronze has 16 balls and makes the lowest sound, Silver has 20 balls and Gold has 28.

This is my work on the paralympic medals. It explains the features, what their made of, Their weight, and their thickness. I enjoyed writing and researching about the medals.

Paralympics - Para sports

 Paralympics

There are currently 28 sports in the Paralympics. The Paralympic Games or the Paralympics is a series of international events for athletes with a range of disabilities. Of the 28 sports, the two newest sports are badminton and taekwondo. It occurs every 4 years and was created by Sir Ludwig Guttmann and took place in 1960 in Rome for the first time.

The Paralympics logo.

Para-Sports

The current twenty-eight Para sports are Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boccia, Canoe sprint, Cycling road, Cycling track, Equestrian, Football five a side, Goalball, Judo, Powerlifting, Rowing, Shooting, Sitting Volleyball, Swimming, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Triathlon, Wheelchair basketball, Wheelchair Fencing, Wheelchair rugby, and Wheelchair tennis.

Taekwondo

Paralympic Taekwondo is an adaptation of Taekwondo for athletes that have disabilities. The Tokyo 2021 Paralympics are the first time Para-Taekwondo has been held. Matches are made up of two to three-minute rounds and take place indoors on an octagonal-shaped court.

Badminton

Para-Badminton is a variant of badminton for athletes with a range of disabilities. Like Badminton, Para-Badminton is played on a rectangular-shaped court separated by a net. The aim of para-badminton is to, using a racquet, pass the shuttle from one side of the net to the opposing team on the other side and attempt to force an error in the opposition, therefore winning a point.

Archery

Para-Archery was introduced in the first Paralympics in Rome, 1960. The archer will fire a series of arrows at the target (122 cm in diameter ). The standard distance away from the target is 70m. There are two types of bows in para archery: The Recurve bow and the Compound bow. The Recurve Bow has limbs that curve away from the archer to increase power. The Compound Bow has a levering system usually made of pulleys and cables to bend the limbs.

Goalball

Goalball is a game for people with sight loss. The aim of the game is to roll the ball over the opposition's goal line. The Ball has bells in it so players must rely on their hearing to stop the ball. During the match, spectators must stay silent as the athletes cannot have noise interference. It is played indoors on a rectangular court with two goals on the side. It was invented in 1946 and was introduced to the paralympic games in 1976.

This is my information about the parasports.

WOTW - Obligation

 

This is my word of the week for this week.

Speech - Why you shouldn't play with lethal weapons

 Have you noticed that knives are quite sharp? It's almost like they're meant to cut things! 

Hello, Ciao, Hola and Guten tag. My name is Harry and I’m going to talk to you about why you shouldn't play with lethal weapons.

Now, I have two stories involving sharp knives. I'm in Hokitika with my friends making a knife at a workshop and I ask the teacher if it's sharp enough-she runs her finger along the blade- It wasn't sharp. I go back to filing the blade and then I eventually stop, and remember how she tested how sharp it was, and let me tell you personally that it was sharp. 

This story is about bagels. Now I like bagels, and when I got home from school one day I made one. I got a knife and cut… I myself on the finger NOT the bagel which was quite unfortunate, Because bagels are really nice. Now I know what you're thinking and no I was not deprived of that delicious seagull, I mean bagel. 

Now kids, just don't play with knives it'll hurt, quite a bit, and I know you think I'm one of those people who are completely crazy for safety, but if I was you wouldn't be listening to this speech since I wouldn't have any stories. I'm almost fine because I have lots of experience and I'm a bit careful. Keep away from knives that are bad for your health which most are. 

Now time for some facts. In the USA 1.56 in 1000 people get injured from knives which doesn't make too much sense to me because some people get half an injury. Put your hands up...if you have injured yourself with a knife? According to my statistics, 1 in 4 people in my class has not had “near-death” experiences, those lucky ones. Now to the next story!

I think we can all agree that flaming arrows are cool, and I really liked them-I decided to make one and it worked, but it was very intense when the flame was 100s of millimeters away from my hand. I am forever traumatized from that very moment. I later found out that a crossbow works better than a bow since arrows are heavier so it's not as powerful which makes the fire still burn when it hits its target, and it makes a cool whoosh when it flies through the air.

This is a bit off-topic so don't be surprised if you are confused. Unless your parents are okay with you nearly killing yourself don't try this at home. Crossbows are very powerful. Mainly I'm saying this to make sure your parents don't sue me when you have spontaneously combusted using a crossbow, make sure your parents don't even think about suing me, I don't have a lawyer but please don't, cause I've heard it's not fun getting sued.

 About 500 people each year are killed from fire but archery is relatively safe with an average of 0.57 injuries per 1000 people. Still, those percentages don't make much sense to me. Now if you somehow haven't got the message, weapons are dangerous. I don't really have anything factual because most people should know that weapons are, Let's put it… bad for your health.

Overall, just don't play with weapons, (which is something I need to learn) but it's something you might too. My friend wanted to make an explosive because that's fun, And he along with his dad got some very explosive stuff and started making small explosives-BANG they blew up the kitchen. Now when I go over to their house and go past the kitchen the wall looks like it's been burnt but they fixed the rest. 

Thank you for listening to my speech      

This is my speech about why you shouldn't play with lethal weapons

Ghost cities- Pripyat

 Ghost cities- Pripyat

 

Named after a nearby river Pripyat, the town was founded on 4th February 1970.

 

Built to house the workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant by 1986 Pripyat was a thriving economy. The schools and kindergartens, Cinema, A palace of culture, swimming pools and a selection of cafes and restaurants-much like a town you would find today. With around 50,000 residents, Pripyat offered a standard life above and beyond many modern Soviet cities. The town was in the frontline of disaster-just a couple of miles away from the unfortunate power plant. Nowadays nature has reclaimed its land.

 

 

The city was evacuated after the explosion of the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant on the 27th of April 1986. One of the four reactors went supercritical when the technicians failed to follow proper operating procedures during a test of its emergency systems. The core exploded and spread radioactive material over a large radius.

 

 

Today not much remains of the town as it is now a thick forest with damaged buildings dotted here and there.

By Harry

WOTW

 

This is my word of the week (WOTW) Our word for this week was "Kaitiaki". Which means guardian or trustee. I found this word interesting and enjoyed thinking about what it could mean before I researched about what it actually means. 

Letter to the BOT

 Why we need solar panels

Dear Board of Trustees,

My name is Harry and or class (Whenua) believes our school should use solar panels to create electricity because they are a renewable energy source.

Benefits of solar panels

1 benefit of having solar panels is the electricity bill since you are generating your own electricity to use. Another benefit is that they are a renewable energy source so they are better for the environment than most energy sources. Most websites say that they require low maintenance so you don't have to fix them much.

Cost

Solar panels are around 65 inches by 39 inches. Normally a singular solar panel will generate between 1.7 and 1.8 KWs of energy in bright sunny conditions, you might wonder whether or not they work in rain and clouds and the simple answer is yes. Yes, it does. It would cost around 17,000 dollars which would take a lot of fundraising and take up 3 roofs of our school.

Why not?

Why can't we have solar panels to power our school? The country Tokelau is powered completely by renewable sources and quite a lot of schools have them such as Bayswater primary school in Auckland that got solar panels in 2008 and has incorporated renewable energy learning into their curriculum.

Overall I think you should consider this option and make our school a solar school!

Persuasive writing

 Archery Range

Dear Tania Gibson,

My Name Is Harry and I think we should have an archery range in Greymouth because it will Improve our hand-eye coordination when you aim the bow and I know there would be a lot of people that would enjoy firing the arrows at the target. The topics of the paragraphs say the health benefits, The fun of having it, and the safety needed.

The first reason is the physical and mental health benefits of having an archery range. Archery can improve your sight when aiming and can help your arm be stronger when pulling back the tight string. It can also help you get fit when running to fetch your arrows. This would not be too hard to make as the target could just be a cardboard box and you would only need about 10 arrows and about two bows in case one gets damaged. We could buy all of this (except for the cardboard box which we could probably find quite easily) at the local hunting and fishing shop.

The second reason Is that it would be super fun and we could have archery competitions and just normal shooting. I know a lot of boys my age that would like to have an archery range   (as I quickly did a survey to see if they would like an archery range in Greymouth which all of them said they would) If we had an archery range I think It would be very popular among boys and girls. There is an archery range in Reefton during the A&P show that not only does archery but sells beautiful wooden swords, quivers, arm guards, Bows, arrowheads which are just hollowed-out bullets that you can use to make your own arrows and display arrows. The people that own it go to different places and could come down to Greymouth to teach people better techniques.

The third reason we would all need to know a common safety is: You need to make sure you don’t shoot someone on accident by having a rule that you should stay behind the person that is shooting the bow & arrow, To look before you shoot and the most important, Don’t damage the equipment on purpose as this affects the whole sport for everyone else.

Overall I think having an archery range would be a great idea, I accept that If you do not like this idea because It might be hard to find a place to do archery in Greymouth and that the council has better things to do other than stuff like this. If you didn't do this I would be fine since I have two bows and can still shoot with my friends when they come over but would still like to have it.

Sincerely 

Harry

Tree of life

 She held hope in her outstretched hands. Kneeling gently on the ground, she prepared herself for what she knew she must do. The cool water trickled through her muddy fingers, and the soft, black earth felt comfortingly warm on her palms. Planting the tree of life would mean a new beginning. The opportunities were endless…Feeling the excitement course through her quivering body, she lowered the tree of life into the small hole she had prepared. It was time to plant the very first Cadbury™ chocolate tree. If this worked she would have lots of chocolate and could supply Cadbury™ chocolate with her very own chocolate bar farm. The next morning She made the formula again for Cadbury™ chocolate. She got a cocoa seed and injected 3Ls of chocolate milk, 1kg of cheese, and 2 grams of cocoa powder into the seed. She repeated this process until she had 400 Cadbury™ chocolate bar seeds. She planted them all in neat rows. Once she realized that It takes about 100 years for a tree to grow. “Welp that was pointless,” she said… 

So she Invented the Cheese chef Oxygen froginator environmental seagull bagel cucumber squiggly blob tree maturer 3001.42567590 ( The C.C.O.F.E.S.B.C.S.B.T.M™ ) She zapped all the seeds and they instantly became trees, CHOCOLATE trees! she picked the chocolate and went home. Then she had another problem she had to wait for the chocolate season for more. so she invented the yearoundinator for year-round chocolate. she zapped the trees. ( she liked zapping things.) now she went to her most important question. what is her name? why does this person only refer to her as She? so She decided enough was enough and walked off the page... and then came back again and continued with her "tree of life" story. she zapped the trees so they would blossom chocolate faster than a normal tree. she sold the chocolate to Cadbury™, she employed workers to pick chocolate bars, she came up with her own name Miss chocolate, and her career was zapping things and selling chocolate. she also met a mouse called Jim.

By Harry

Descriptive writing

 It was a windy cold day when we got on the boat there were people everywhere talking loudly We got our tickets and went to the dock we got on the boat and sat at some seats by the window. As the boat left the dock the waves pushed against the hull and made it wobble like jelly. We went outside and climbed up the steps to the roof of the boat the wind blew around wildly. the dark navy blue water was calm but kept the boat swaying with every wave, we saw massive mountains that towered above us in every direction and waterfalls that looked down on us as we sailed past, the spray from the waterfalls kept the boat moist as we got closer to other waterfalls. when we got to the mouth of Milford sounds (originally call Milford haven) we could see the Tasman sea and the waves got more aggressive and forced the boat to get slower. we moved closer to the mountains on the other side of the sounds and turned back in the direction of the dock. we went back to our seats and could smell the salty sea air from the open doors at the back of the boat we watched other boats on the same path as us sailing down to the Tasman. When we got closer to the harbor we saw more boats reversing out of the dock. 

By Harry

Capture the flag

Capture the flag

Capture the flag is a fun game to play with two to four teams. 

Time: 5 to 20 mins                    

Amount of people: 12 to 100

Equipment: Flags or cones

Skills required: Strategy, observation, speed, and stealth

Rules

• The flag\cone has to be visible
• If you get tagged you either do 15 pushups or 100 starjumps and then go back to your side
• Once you have hidden your flag you can't touch it again
• You have to be 5 meters away from your flag
• When you enter the opposing team's side you can be tagged
• When the opposing team enters your side you can tag them but they can't tag you

What to do

• The aim of the game is to get the other team's flag
• Try to have plans and strategies  
• Have fun

Any size field is good just make sure it is sorta flat. To get the other team's flag try to get your team to distract them while someone runs and grabs it. Also, you need to find it first. Try to observe the other team and see their strategy. When some of your hides your flag. Send groups out to fake hide the flag so the other team may get confused.

Today we had to write how to play a game, the game I chose is capture the flag. Capture the flag is very fun to play so you should play it.

Narrative writing

This is my narrative I wrote about someone going to an aquarium. the place is set in England, I would enjoy this more if we had more time so I could make it longer. 

Poetry

Colorado

I am a snake in the garden

I am a lego piece being used every time

I am a yummy ice cream

I am a bar of chocolate

I am a black labrador called lucy

I am a kite high in the sky

I am a huge plane soaring through the clouds

I am a T.Rex roaring

I am a zoo full of animals

I am a gun shooting rubber bands

Word of the week 4

This is my word of the week for week four. I found getting the right picture hard since there weren't many pictures. We did this for literacy medals. Next time I think I could get more synonyms. the easiest part was the antonyms because I couldn't find any.



By Harry

Checkmate

This is my retelling of the story "Checkmate" I enjoyed the book because it is about chess

Summarising

We went around and write what we think of people.

Dog Poetry

Dog

Dog goes woof
 lapping up water that is splashing in its bowl.
raindrops and plops thunderclaps,
 dog yelps and runs inside to the relaxing sound of water from the tap drip dropping into a cup.
dog goes to sleep when he dreams  he yelps a bit
 and he wakes up to a cheep twitter flap sound

WALT identify onomatopoeia.
My poem was about a dog