Why Joey's need a seatbelt

This is my argument writing about Joey's needing a seatbelt...

Why Joey's need a seatbelt

OK, I'm in a pouch, Now what do you think happens? I am a young Joey happily bouncing along in my mother's soft comfy pouch It's a lovely summers day, there's a lovely light spring going on in mummy's toes and suddenly… CRASH!!! a tree, a tree, a tree? not a big deal right? you might think it's not a big deal but to me it is a catastrophe! I get flung high in the air like I have been shot out of cannon, imagine if that happened to you! My kind plump mummy didn't notice a thing! What you must know about them Kangaroos is that they are not very protective. If I had a safety seat belt this wouldn't of happened. Aaaand yes, I just had to happen I HIT THE GROUND! ssss sss sss SSSS! whatttt? I felt dizzy but before my eyes there was a blurry image of Black and Yellow stripes, you must understand I am only young, I didn't know it was a Snake! And yes, the the hideous fangs clamped over me. and now that's why I think Joey's have to wear a seat belt. please just imagine if you were one.

In my opinion seatbelts for Joey's are important, we can save a lot more young Joey's lives.       

Torbay school Remember

Torbay school remember

Remember the cool hokey pokey ice cream dribbling down your cheeks.

Remember puffing out your chest in pride as you marched to the front of the classroom to be awarded the certificate.

That was year 1.

Remember your tiny fingers straightening and your back straining while trying to reach your toes squealing out to ten in Maori.

Remember stealing a glance along with a smile to Stella as we burst a 2 + 2 bubble on the black coated Ipad.

That was year 2.

Remember sweeping a drop of sweat away while whizzing across the hall, competing in the beep test.

Remember feeling a wide grin spread across my face as we fitted the last coca cola bottle onto the recycled can cicada.

That was year 3.

Remember squinting to see in the blacker than black cave while crawling past the pale pink balloons.

Remember trying to look smart but failing when Danelle trotted past because I wanted to be cool like her when she arrived.

That was year 4.

Remember shoving the itchy uncomfortable wearable art dress over my skin ready to perform an phenomenal show.

Remember our brains spinning in frustration as we tried to come up with a mind blowing invention  for the dragons den.

That was year 5

Remember treading excitedly across the center of the stage while we were performing THE MUSIC BOOK show.

Do you remember the phenomenal fun we had on the last year of torbay.

   

zentangle animals

finally we have finished our zentangle animals!

Here is a picture of my platypus that has successfully been finished

Sorry it's on the wall so I cant take a close up. 

Here is my favourite 

I took a long time but in the end I was happy!

the magic book

Our school the year 4's - 6's are having a variety show and I am one of the lead rolls we have a lot of lines to learn. here is a poster I made to advertise it ...

The venue is Torbay school hall.

The play is about a magic music book

Kiwi for Kiwi morning tea

The Kiwi for Kiwi morning tea is a event set on the 16 / 10, it happens in schools all around New Zealand. We each bring a dish to sell and the money we make gets sent to the company that helps kiwi's live. How do they use this money you may ask? they use it to buy traps for pests, food for the Kiwi's that are being looked after, to build a predator-proof fence for a kiwi crèche, to employ a contract trapper, to run workshops to share kiwi conservation skills, the list is much much longer. the school that has donated the most money gets a visit from the bug man.

It was cool but we didn't win

  

The zoo

My heart was thumping away and it felt like there was an earthquake inside me. I was so exited as room 1&2 made there way along the path leading to a exquisite sight... 

We were on a trip to the Auckland zoo, and I couldn't wait. I love the zoo seeing all the animals I don't usually see, and after a long bus trip (witch felt like ever!)  We were all sooo inpatient.

Here are some despicable pictures

It was a whole day trip and we also did lots of fun activity's such as pretending to be a a orangutan and doing everything without a thumb like undoing a double knot, reaching things inside a tube and writing your name. This was how I wrote my name:

...And how I normally write my name:

It doesn't look much different but it is a lot harder trying to do it neat!

The other activity's were animal tracking devices, Here is how the devices worked... 

you want to find out if there are any disgusting dirty pests where you are placing pals to keep safe

from harm, so they put the pest devices down and put a piece of paper on the bottom of the device, then adds a little ink and food in it. The pest walks past with 

his nose high in the air and he smells something good, he creeps around following his nose and he finds the food in the pest tracking device. The pest steps in the ink and gets footprints every where then when you come back you find out what made the footprints and that's how you know if there is any pests around!

For our activity we had to work out what made the footprint.

I learnt that orangutans are 97% like us

I learnt that an elephants tooth is as big as a whiteboard duster!

And I learnt that red pandas weigh up between seven and eleven pounds 

       

   

    

Kereru

In reading we have been learning about Kereru
Here is a few facts...

Kereru

They can live to 10 to 20 years.

They eat fruit, leaves, twigs and buds.

people used to hunt Kereru and some people still hunt them illegally.

Their predators are cats, rats, stoats, possums, and people.

In some places there are no Kereru at all!