Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter. He is one of the most famous painters.He had little recognition and  had sold only one painting in a life  time. He was born in Groot-z  near Breda in the Netherlands.

When Vincent Van Gogh was 16 his uncle became his art dealer and then his brother Theo also  became his art dealer. 1878  Vincent became a preacher in the Southerenest Belgium.

Anzac Day

Planes flying
Horns blowing
People clapping
Soldiers Marching
A Nation united all together as one 
remembering soldiers who fought for our freedom and our peace
Hymns and prayers said and sang
All to remember the ANZAC men.
Lest we forget.

How to set up a tent.

You will need/Equipment …
*Tent
*Tent Fly
*Mallet
*Peg
*Team work
*Two or more people
*Poles
*Guy ropes

step 1: Find a dry flat surface to lay your tent down .
step 2: Then gather all the equipment that you will need.
step 3: Now unwrap the tent and taut it flat on the ground.
step 4: Next you grab out your poles and pegs.
step 5: So now we peg the bases with a mallet but make sure you put the pegs on an 45 angle or else it will easily fly away when sleeping in it.
step 6:Pull up the tent and Connect the poles together . Connect  it at the bottom on the bases.
step 7: Now clip up the clippers on each sides.
Step 8:Peg down all the guy ropes .
Step 9: Put on your fly on so rain doesn't come through , also peg your fly down so it doesn't fly off.
Step 10: Tie up the string at the top, and strap up the velcro .
Step 11: Make sure nothing is wrong with your tent and if there is fix it .
Step 12: Try out your tent and relax, relax, relax

Best  Day Ever

OMG! We were just swimming in the swimarama pools when suddenly the warriors appeared . I ran into the pool with excitment wanting to meet the warriors and to maybe get there autographs too.

All the children roared with excitment also thinking YES! This was the best way to end camp.  Everyone was roaring like a bunch of wild monkeys screaming and trying to get closer to them. We all cheered them on as they were training. Cameras flashing left, right and center trying to get great shots of the Mighty Warriors.  The boys did a Haka and Shaun Johson  smiled and danced at the end when the boys were finished .   Luckily Mrs Tele’a  had a chance to interview some of the warriors.
They trained hard .   We just watched, and watched, and watched but still roaring loud like an angry tiger getting waked up from a nice peaceful sleep.




Finally they left. Leaving us in sadness cause they were leaving.  That night we were on the news and on the internet.  I will never forget that day and I’m hoping that next year they would be there again.

What Respect Looks Like

I think that respect looks like...

In my picture the two girls are picking up rubbish that they haven't dropped and they are showing respect by just picking it up without being asked.

Netball

Mrs Nua called out to our class its time for netball. We all lined up. As soon as we got there the bright sun beamed down on us. Although it was scorching  hot we were all keen to play and learn with our  netball  instructor Liz.

We all lined up on the court by the junior classes. We were learning skills,passing and balance. We already knew things from last year so it was really just building on from what we learnt last year with Emma.  First we stood either on  a dot or a cross. We faced each other and started to pass the ball. The drill we did was to learn passing.

Secondly we learnt balance. There were 2 hurdles in the middle and we were told to jump over it and catch the ball but we had to land in our positions .In that drill we learned balance.

The last drill we did was to pass the ball to your team and try score goals  by throwing it at  the cones . We played and played and played but sadly it ended we all said good bye and walked back  to class.

It was fun at  netball and i can’t wait for next week so i can hone my skills on the court when  we get to learn about defence.

2012

I am in Room 22 at Pt England School