Ashurst Dog show

On the 25th and 26th of September me and my family went to a dog show at ashurst and i showed a bearded collie
I won: best of breed and best dog but i didn't get a place in group it was really fun .
There was a lady there that offered me to show her dobermans at some other dog shows. There is another dog show at manfield next weekend if you want to come down and have a look.

here is a photo of the dog i showed:

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Flooding

Wow! there has been a massive amount  of flooding here and all around the world.

Giraffes Cant dance

Me and Kayla dancing the tango at the Regenant
We are the lions!
    

Maori language

In class with Mrs B we are learning about Maori language and how to say in the correct context.
This is what we did in class together:

Maori – Good Morning

WALT:
• learn the Maori alphabet and the letter sounds;
• ask and answer the question “Where are you from?” in Maori and learn why one asks it;
• Use the phrases kia ora – hello, ata marie – good morning, ka kite ano – see you again, and say them in the correct context.
Success Criteria:

We will know we have achieved these when we can -
• Recall the alphabet from memory;
• Have a conversation with someone using the question “where are you from?”, using the phrases (Skype could be used) and/or record myself.

Character discription

At the start of the year we did a piece if writing of our mums and then the next term we spent the whole term learning about descriptive words long sentences and heaps of other stuff and this was mine



Roy

My grandad, Roy, is 78 years old. He has brown eyes like two pools of dark melted chocolate. His thinning, well kept hair, is always in a perfect comb-over. Not a strand out of place. It is a grey sort of colour. He is always nicely dressed, like the next prince in line for the throne. No matter what he is doing, he is always dressed nicely (it probably comes from his English background).
Roy plays competitive bowls with my grandma and his friends. He is a real friendly guy. He has friends all over the world. Grandad takes a real interest in cars with my uncle Peter. Together, they made and raced the Sunglow Formula Ford. Lately, from both of them being sick or having an illness, they started to work for ANZA and transport cars all over the country. They have driven all sorts of cars Toyotas to Limousines and Police movers.
My ‘poppa’ is like Jesus. He is always sharing no matter who it is with. Even if they stole from him, he wouldn’t care. Whenever we go around to his house, he spoils us by giving us money or giving us treats or buying us all fast foods even if he doesn’t like it. He likes going for walks late at night and looking for cars with only one headlight and walking down to Cruzin Customz and looking at all of the cool cars and parts.
His favourite line is, “do you want pepper or salt?” He says that when we are naughty (for our tongue). He also continues to say,” Oh the little boy down the road has got it.”
Although I don’t get to see him much, I still love him. He is the best Grandad in the whole world.



Keegan (Year 8)

My reflections of the cultral festival 2010

In class a few days after the cultural festival our class had to write a report in 1st person about our feelings of the production GIRAFFES CANT DANCE (at the start of the story anyway lol)
Waiting back stage, thinking dam I missed outrageous fortune, listening ,waiting until
the kapa haka finished, as they walk off I heard good luck again and again .
As I saw Gerald prance onto the stage I knew we were about to start. Silently the curtains rose up in to heaven. Then, right then my heart started to pound like a earthquake - 10 on the Richter scale!
I knew this was it practicing every day for 8 weeks, this was it!
As the performance continued it was getting close for my time to shine.
THE TANGO.
I didn’t feel like I wanted to be there but if not I would ruin the whole performance. My head pounded from the applause of the audience as I walked off I felt a sense of achievement.
MISSION COMPLETE!

My report on Fractions

A while ago now Mr Rantana asked us to write a report on fractions and this is mine :

A fraction is a part of a whole (of anything).
There are two parts to a fraction: the denominator and the numerator. On the top of the vinculum (the line in the middle), there is the numerator and on the bottom there is the denominator. The denominator is always on the bottom and the numerator is on the top there is a trick to remember this, denominator D = down.

There are 3 types of fractions: normal ⅝, top-heavy16/4 and mixed 39/10. Now let’s talk about the different types of those types of fractions. Alright let’s start with the normal ones there easy just any 2 numbers but make sure the numerator is littler than the denominator, if you don’t that is what you would call a top-heavy fraction where the numerator is higher than the denominator to find out that you need to divide the denominator and the numerator and you will find the answer. And the last one mixed fraction, well all it is, is a whole number and a fraction e.g.: 2 and 2/3.
A fraction is a part of a whole; I’ll show you how they work. Let’s use 2/3, so there are 3 parts and you want 2 of them, or like a ½ of 22 (11) do you get it?
ADDING YOU CAN ADD THEM! Don’t think it’s hard, it’s really easy (only with common denominators though) e.g.: 2/3 + 1/3 =? What you do.
Well all you do is add the numerators together (2+1 =3) but make sure you don’t touch the denominator, unless they are different.
Ordering fractions, most people think that the bigger the fraction is the bigger it is that is false it’s the opposite e.g. 3/10 is smaller than 1/3.
Fractions are also related to percentages and decimals you can turn a fraction in to a percentage to a decimal and back to a fraction.

Finally remember that a fraction is the same as dividing so if you can divide you can work with fractions.

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