Corral Reading

Corral reading Flanders fields 
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on Monday Mrs Strathern Gave the whole class a corral reading for Anzac day the next day she said she wouldn't force us to do it so only a small portion of the class did it. We practiced for two days then on Thursday we would record Mrs Strathern said to practice outside of class for about 15 minutes then she was angry with the noise the group was creating so she called us in then just before lunch Mrs Strathern called us to record the girls were the first two lines then the 1 line of boys were at the back we recorded twice before Mrs Strathern loved the video I say it was good except for the one line after foe but apart from that i thought it was pretty good by pretty good I mean verry good the video is up next to the title if you want to watch this fantastic video.

Waiata Asemmbly

Kahikatea Team Assembly Waiata
for Friday Assembly Kahikatea team did their sharing the whole team decided to do a waiata that we learnt at the noho we Mrs Strathern shared a hyper link which is the title of this blog

School Fair

This year Pirongia school we did a school fair
which  happens every second year. The week before we were baking the scrumptious palatable treats. That's why our store name was sweat treats we did Russian fudge, fudge, coconut ice, candy floss and popcorn so lots of yummy sweats i did five o'clock to six o,clock with Joshua, Asarina, and Mason I Did fudge for forty five minutes then Joshua had to go home so I did lemonade, donuts, fudge and popcorn it was so fun not just the doing the booth and all the other games pick the nose not literally, the maze, toilet toss... well that's all i'm going on for the list could go on and on our booth made the most money with a total profit of $2,500 near that at least so lots of money 

Learning conferance

Thomas' Learning conference
First for my learning conference I introduced my parents to Mr's Strathern By doing my Mihi Mr's Strathern, my parents and I talked about writing for a bit then quit writing then we went to math for five minutes then spelling... 

Senior Swimming sports

Senior Swimming Sports 








  I raced in the backstroke freestyle  breaststroke and relay I made it to the finals in backstroke and freestyle it was very fun 

My Holiday

                                              My Holiday

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Instead of joining my class at the Marae Noho, I went to Taupo to meet with family visiting from England. I had the best holiday ever. I learnt to hold onto my Dad's tyre when my Grandpa was driving the boat. I enjoyed finally getting  over the wake on my wake board and doing a double ski with my aunt. It was very scary if the rope got tangled  each other. The things I felt interested the most was going to the lodge at Rotorua and catching little brown trout. when we went on the boat I had a go on the Tyre. Vrmmm splat Splosh splash as the motor starts dung as the boat starts. whoosh!!! as the boat skims across the lake.
"Wow wow" I scream as the Tyre tips, "that was a close one," I say to myself.
"Put put," the engine shortcut. 
"Well pull me in then" I say sadly.
 "Michael why don't you have a go?" I say "No!  I am not crazy like you "Spike what about you" I say "sure" he says"pump the oil then" Dad says 
"OK" I say Vrmmm the motor cuts threw the water like a plane spinning threw the air bang dung as the the boat hits the water dung dung "its very bumpy today" I shout to Dad.

All About Me

 All about Me
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Hi My name is Thomas. I am A year 5. I like playing rugby, video games, hockey and soccer. my favorite food is pizza and my favorite game at school is manhunt. my favorite subject at school is math cause there is a whole variety of  questions. 

Term 3 Inquiry - Dance Around the World

Term 2 Inquiry - 'Beeing Responsible'

Helpful Honeybees OPENING STATEMENT Honeybees are social insects. Honeybees have been around for millions of years. Honeybees are scientifically known as the Apis Meliferra which means honey carrying bee. Honeybees have one hundred and seventy odrents receptors compared to sixty two in fruit flies and seventy nine in mosquitoes. Bees can only see in the colour blue, bees are attracted to blue and black. One bee on its own is unlikely to do much damage to a person when a group of bees get together it’s a different matter. A buzzing angry swarm is terrifying –and dangerous. Honeybees have exceptional olfactory abilities including kin recognition signals social communication within the hive and odour recognition for finding food their sense of smell DESCRIPTION Honeybees have a thorax, antennae, three pairs of wings, three pairs of legs with a pollen press on the back of their legs for carrying pollen a thick waist a thick coat of body hair two compound eyes 3 simple eyes on the top of their head made out of thousands of tiny lenses. Honeybees have a stinger that is barbed and a poison sac in their stomach they have four membranes. BEHAVIOUR A hive of honeybees will fly ninety thousand miles the equivalent of three orbits around the world to collect one kilogram. Honeybees’ wing strokes incredibly fast two hundred beats per second this makes their famous distance buzz. The queen bee can lay up to 1,500 eggs a day. A honeybee can fly up to six miles and as fast as fifteen miles. The average worker bee produces 1/12 of a teaspoon in her life time. Honeybees perform a waggle dance to tell the other bees were the flowers are. LOCATION Honey bees live in colonies called hives. Honeybees live in most tropical and subtropical regions and live in all continents but the North Pole. GENERAL STATMENT There are one hundred thousand types of bees. Honey is the only food that contains all substances.

Term 1 Inquiry - Making Responsible Choices

At home I am responsible when I milk the cows and put them away and save electricity and at school I am responsible when I respect the Golden Rules.