Thursday, August 22, 2013

Alaska!

This report will explain why you should go to Alaska for your holiday and instead of New Zealand because Alaska has more amazing things. I am going to try and persuade you by the history, animals and scenery.


Alaska was found on 15th of July by Aleksa Chirikov. On March 30th. In 1876 the U.S purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire for 7.2 Million! dollars.
The Alaska flag was made by a 13 year old boy named Benny Benson and it is blue with 8 stars. Alaska can go below -78 degrees.
Alaska state song!  Here is a link to Alaska's state song. Heres the link.


The king Salmon has been the state fish of Alaska since 1955 and is 1000 years old which is pretty long. Willow ptarmigan has been the state bird of Alaska since 1955. Sometimes it changes light brown to a light snowy white at certain times of the year.  Kodiak Bear way 1,400 and are 11 feet tall. Polar Bear way 1,400 pounds and are 12 feet tall. Grizzly Bears, (Brown bears) weigh 1,800 pounds and are 11 feet tall. Mosse way 1,350 are 11 feet tall and their antlers are 72 inches high.



There are over 130 volcanoes in Alaska and 80 percent of them can erupt any time. Alaska is one of the biggest states in America.  I think you should go to Alaska because you can see all of the Amazing animals like the Moose bears Willow ptarmigan and more like the lovely view. Alaska is 134 years old.


I think you should go to Alaska because of all the amazing views and sites it has also got thing their that no one has found.


State Flag





Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Wolf in the wardrobe


Wolf in the wardrobe is written by Susan Brocker.
If you are looking for a book with mysteries and problems this is the book for you.
This book is about a wolf that was at a circus and a boy saw what the clown was doing to him.

The characters are Finn, Eva (his nana), Pam, Finns Mum, his best friend and last but not least Cackles. The problem was that Finn wanted to take the wolf Lupa to America to be with all her own kind and find a partner so she can have her baby wolves.

Cackles started sending emails to Finn saying ‘Cackles is watching you’ and that gave Finn the creeps. Finn found Lupus’ collar and it had diamonds, gems, rubies and more! Just to double check, Finn took the collar to the jewelry shop. Finn found out that it was worth thousands of dollars.

Other books written by Susan Brocker
  • Saving Sam

  • Brave Bess
  • ANZAC Horses
  • Dreams of warriors
  • World war 2 about a teenage girl

Thursday, August 1, 2013

My holiday

During the holidays I went to my batch in Porangahau with my family where and we have got a batch. On Monday me and my Mum went down to the beach to get some paua, Kinna, Bobo and some seaweed for my Nana because she loves her sea food. So we set off to get some food. In about 20 minutes we had 8 Kinna.  later on I found a legal size paua.   

I was so shocked because I haven't got a paua in a year. After we had a look for some Bobos.  We found a rock full there was so many I didn't know what to say, I yelled out hey Mum! and she came over, and we got 36 Bobos altogether.1 hour later my Mum saw a paua and she didn’t want to get it so she got me and told me to get the paua and I got it. We had another look and we found 6 more kinna I was extremely grateful that I got some food for my Nana. That was the end of our day so we got some seaweed for her soup. We went back home and we washed all of our gear down.

Friday, July 12, 2013

Ripper rugby Reflection

Ripper rugby Reflection

On Thursday 27 of June some kids went to a park and played Ripper rugby representing our school. That day are first game was against Irongate, the ref was a bit shaky though. Irongate were leading at halftime and the score was 2-0 to Irongate I was a bit bummed out though. It was the second half and I was really pumped and ready to go again, in the first 35 seconds we scored the first try. We went back to halfway and Irongate started with the ball. Irongate taped it and then passed the ball, then they suddenly dropped the ball we all saw it as a opportunity to pick up the ball and score. Renee got the ball and outran everyone on the other team by heaps and that made the score 2-2. We went back to halfway and Irongate tapped the ball then we all missed his tag and they scored a try which made the score 3-2. There was 5 minutes left and the score ended up being 4-4.

The next school we faced was Ma-hora and the first half we were winning 5-0. We were in the second half and we concertedly keeped scoring tries and it ended up being 11-0. In our third match we faced Frimley we won 6-0. In our fourth math we faced firmly again! and we won 7-0. Then are last game we had a by. We went in the semi final against the other Parkvale team and it nerve wracking. at halftime it was 1-0 to us. Then after that it was full time and the score was 3-2 to us but one of Sams try was disallowed because he was defending. So we went into extra time and I scored a good try and we won 3-2. We lost the finals against Te-mata 3-5.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Canoe Polo report

On Sunday 7th of July, Parkvale 1 and Parkvale 2 both went to Flaxmere pools to play the semifinals against each other. We all waited for 5 minutes and it was full time then it was our turn to play. There was 15 seconds until play, we were all lined up in the water with our canoes and off we went. The buzzers went of it was all on, Parkvale 1 got the ball and threw it to Jack and they got a goal. We all went back to halfway and the buzzer went off again, Parkvale 1 again got the ball and threw it to Jack and they scored once again. Once again we went to half way, it started play but straight away the hooter went off.


It was the second half and we changed ends and lined up again. The buzzer went off and Parkvale 2 got the ball. Camron had the ball and I yelled out I am open so he passed it to me and I got a goal I was really happy. We all went back to halfway and we marked a player each. Parkvale 1 started with the ball, Jack passed  it it was just a bit short!, I got the ball my canoe was floating up towards the goal I took the shot and I got it then it was full time. We had to go into extra time because there can only be one winner and that one team goes into the grand final. We both swapped sides for the third time, the ref threw the ball in the water and Parkvale 1 got the ball, Henry threw the ball to Jack,  he had a go and Ethan saved the goal we were so relieved at the time. Ethan threw the ball to me and I passed it to Cameron, I said I am going long so he threw the ball to me. Parkvale 1 was already there they were so quick I looked at the goalkeeper and I took the shot we won! I shouted we won and that was full time and the score was 3-2 to Parkvale 2.

20 minutes later it was the final. In the first half Frimley was winning 3 to nil. It was the second half and we got a goal straight away and that made the score 3-1. 2 minutes later we scored a goal and that 2-3 with 2 minutes left. Then Frimley scored a goal and I was gutted with I minute to go. The ref threw the ball in the water and we got the ball and we just scored with 2 seconds left and that made it 3-4 to Frimley