Persuasive Writing.

Should we have bubble gum at school?

Hello, I am going to talk to you about having bubble gum at school.

Firstly, I think bubble gum should be allowed in school because at lunchtime and morning tea when you and your friends get bored you can have a competition of who can blow the biggest bubble.

Secondly, all teachers think that kids stick their bubble gum around the classroom but we are all sensible enough not to do that.

Thirdly, most kids like bubble gum. Its tarty so why can't we have them.

Lastly, bubble gum should be allowed at school.

By Adi.

Should MHP have a pet day?

MHP should not have a pet day.

Firstly, we should not have pet day because our pets would go crazy and wild.

Secondly, where should we put our pets and they do not have anything to eat.

Thirdly, what should we do with them at morning tea and lunch time? Where should we take them when they need to go to the toilet?

Lastly, the pets will rip and mess up the room. Like cats they'll try to eat someone else's pet fish.

Therefore, we should not have pet day at MHP.

By William.

Should MHP have a pet day?

I think we shouldn't have pet day at MHP.

Firstly, there would be too much barking and other noises. We wouldn't be able to work because there would be too much noise.

Secondly, if by mistake a dog or bird got loose we would have to chase them around the whole school.

Thirdly, a student can be allergic to the pets that have fur.

Lastly, the dog might not like you or even a cat and they might hurt you. If something happened the teachers would never have a pet day again.

That is why I think its not a good idea to bring a pet to school.

By Akira.

Birds!

We spent our art session this week weaving the background to our bird. We then drew our bird onto black paper and then cut the inside out. The black paper was then put over top of our weaving. We now have a weaved bird! Check out our Penguins, Pukeko, Kiwi and Fantails.

Word Study

Ryan, Derick, Cruize and Sahana have been part of the word study group at ACE time this term.  They have been looking at words with a different chunk each week and learning different skills to help them spell.

Here are some of the word clouds they made with the chunk 'in'.

New Zealand Birds

Here are some of our presentations that we have been working on about New Zealand Birds. Hope you enjoy reading them.

Pukekos life, By Megan

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The Kiwi, By Connor

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Takahe, By Jun

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Pukeko, By Bahar

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Kiwis, By Sahana

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Kea, By Derick

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The kiwi, By Timothy

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Pukekos, By Akira

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Penguins, By William

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Kiwi, By Faadhil

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Penguins, By Aimee

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Kakapo slide show, By Ariel

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Kaka, By Brenda

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Kiwis, By Jessica

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Velvet and Elvis

Today we went to the library to listen to 8Ci (from MHJC) talk to us about the long fin eel found only in NZ. They read us the story of 'Velvet and Elvis', then we got to see some 'REAL' eels, listen to the pollution response team, look at the tapestry eel and the model Kokopu fish. The eels were really cool!

RWC day at MHP!

On Friday 9th September it was our Rugby World Cup opening. We all had to dress as our rugby team colours. LZ19 got Argentina. We had a parade in the courtyard. The LZ's walked around with two flag bearers and when we got to the steps we had a class picture. Then we went back to our spot where we sat. There was a waka, it was made out of cardboard. Learning Zone one also did the haka.

After the parade we went to the courts. We had a challenge. We had to throw the rugby ball at the try. LZ19 versed Scotland, Georgia, Romania and England. LZ19 won against Georgia, Romania and England but we lost against Scotland. Scotland got sixty nine points and Argentina got sixty one points. We had to kick or throw the ball at the try.

After lunch we went to the hall for the presentations. South Africa and Italy did a dance. LZ19 fount out about Argentina. We went on the stage and we showed everyone our facts and pictures. And then we game the cup to the winners- South Africa and sung World in Union.

I enjoyed the day!

By William.

MHP's Rugby World Cup 2011

A snap shot of the Rugby World cup opening at MHP.

Argentina - our adopted World Cup team!

Cross country 2011

LZ19 has some awesome runners. We had twelve runners who came somewhere between 1st and 10th. In the 8 year old races: Muriahua- 6th, Ariel- 8th and Jun- 9th, Caleb-4th, Kartik-7th, Gurjas- 8th, Adi- 9th and Timothy- 10th. In the 9 year old races: Megan- 1st, Bahar- 5th, Faadhil- 8th and Ryan- 10th.

8 year old place getters

9 year old place getters.

MLC Waka Challenge 2011

Today we launched our altered Learning Framework in the Middle School. Instead of it being in a circle the Middle School has chosen a waka to help us work through each piece of our learning.

As a Learning Community we got together in the hall to 'set the scene'. We were given this senario; we were a group out observing the habits of a Kakapo when the weather started to change. It was going to rain and we were going to get wet. We found 8 plastic bags and a roll of sellotape in our bag to make a raincoat.

We went back to class to follow the different steps: 'challenges', what challenges do we have? 'Focus', what are the jobs we need to do and what do we need to know? 'Solutions', what is our solution? 'Action', now lets make it. Next week when we are finished we are going to 'evaluate' our raincoats and learning.

We have had an awesome day creating our raincoats and we are not finished yet!