My Father

My Father

Dad , you have helped me through all my life

Without you my life would have never begun

You take care of all your family members,

your daughters and favourite son

Anything that is not working

you can always fix it

and you can do different

kinds of tricks

We can always rely on you

day and night

and you always do

everything right

We have many memories together

good and bad

I see in the heart

that you are my dad

When I ask for something

you always get it straight away

                        and you never ever say

                               “No way”

You play with everyone

and you always brighten their days

No matter what it is

you always say “Okay”.

So now I just want to say

how much I love you

and sorry

for all the trouble I gave you

Robber's In The Night

Robber’s In The Night.

Bzzzt! Bzzzt! Quacky's door alarm was ringing. It was as loud as a horn. In his mind he was saying “ Okay, Okay. I’m going to open the door!” He opened the door peacefully. He didn't even know who it was because he was so sleepy. “Who would come in the middle of the night to my apartment?” He asked himself. He rushed to the door and opened it angrily. There was nobody there and so Quacky went back to bed. He was so sleepy that he forgot to lock the door. The mystery people knew that Quacky had gone back to sleep. So they sneaked inside Quacky’s house.

By the time the mystery people came, Quacky had already fell asleep. His pet robot, Bemo saw the robbers entering the house. The two tricky robbers demanded Bemo that where is all your jewelry, gems, treasure and money. Bemo pointed to a secret room. He didn't know what he was doing, because he was so sleepy. And so the two robbers rushed to the secret room as fast as cheetahs.

They had both found a huge baggy bag full of shiny treasure. They were both proud of themselves and sleepy at the same time. The robbers thanked Bemo a thousand times. When the two tricky robbers had got the cash and everything, Quacky started to wake up. He thought it was a silly dream, so he fell back asleep.

The robbers had everything they wanted. They quietly tip toed back to their homes and vanished.

Quacky was fast asleep snoring away and Bemo was just  lying on his bed wondering about his silly dream. In Bemo’s mind he was saying “Is this a dream or is this true?” “Cause if this is true then my life is ruined.” He was saying this in his mind till morning. What a silly duck he was!

How to be smart when going online

Tips For Writing A Quality Comment!

1. Always be positive and specific

2. Add new factual information

3. Make A connection

4. End with a question

5. Proofread your comment

How to be smart when going online

1. S -SAFE

Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information when your chatting or posting online. Personal information includes your email address, phone number and password.

2. M -MEETING

Meeting someone you have only been in touch with online can be dangerous. Only do so with your parents and caregivers permission and even then only when they can be present. Remember online friends are still strangers even if you've been talking to them for a long time.

3. A- ACCEPTING

Accepting emails, messages, or opening files, pictures and texts from people you don’t know or trust can lead to problems.

4. R -RELIABLE

Someone online can lie about who they are and information on the internet may not be true. Always check information with other websites, books or someone who knows. If you like chatting online it’s best to only chat to your real world friends and family.

Rheumatic Fever

Rheumatic Fever

Rheumatic Fever is a very serious illness here in New Zealand. It affects mostly Māori and Pacific children and adults, aged 4-19 years. It is an illness which starts with streptococcal infection.

What can Rheumatic fever lead to?

Few weeks after the infection with the ‘strep bug’ it can develop other symptoms such as sore throats, swollen joints, a skin rash, a fever, stomach pain and jerky movements. Each attack of rheumatic fever may cause permanent damage to their heart valves. This is called rheumatic heart disease which will lead you to have regular penicillin injections up to ten years.

How can Rheumatic Fever affect your heart?

Each attack of rheumatic fever may cause permanent damage to your heart valves. This is called rheumatic heart disease where the heart valves act like a one-way door. That means the blood pumped by the heart flows one direction only. When the heart valve is damaged the blood can leak and may cause breathless and tiredness. When you get Rheumatic Fever you might end up staying in hospital for about two weeks, but it sometimes takes longer if your heart is affected.

So remember,  if you have a sore throat, you need to check with your family doctor as soon as you can before it is too late.

Healthy Skin

Healthy Skin

1. What is Skin?

Skin is the soft outering covering of vertebrates that is all over our body. Skin has three basic layers and each layer has a different job. The dermis is the deepest layer and is responsible for making new skin cells. The hypodermis is a middle layer of maturing cells and the epidermis is the outer-most, superficial skin layer and the only one of the skin layers that sheds, or sloughs off, dead cells. Skin is all over our body.

2. What are 5 important things that our skin does?

It holds our body together. It stops germs and dirt from getting into the body. It can tell you when you have been hurt. (Pain)

3. How many layers does our skin have?

Skin has two layers and each layer has a different job. The outer layer is called the epidermis and the inner layer is called the dermis.

4. What is epidermis?

Epidermis is the outside layer. The epidermis makes the cells which are on the outside of the skin. Deep in the epidermis are growing cells, and on the outside of this are flat, dead skin cells.

5. What is dermis?

Dermis is a thicker layer and a more elastic (stretchy) layer.

In this layer are: glands, hair follicles, nerves  and blood vessels.

6. How thick is our skin?

Skin is not the same thickness all over your body. On most of our body the skin is around 22 mm. On the soles of your feet it much thicker, while on our eyelids it is only 0.5mm thick.

7. Why is the skin on the soles of our feet so thick?

Because that it needs to be the strongest. Our feet endure extreme forces when we walk and run and jump, so our feet get worn and tough.

8. Why is the skin on the palm of our hands firmer than the skin on the back of our hands?
The skin on the palms of our hands needs to be firm as we use our hands to grasp things with.

My Acrostic Poem

S - special

A - attractive

J - judgemental

I - irresistible

H - honorable

A - admiring

What I need to learn in Term 3?

What I need to learn in Term 3?

Maths

1. I need to do long division faster and correctly.

2. I also need to learn decimals.

3. I really need to know my times tables off by heart.

4. I need to solve division problems using different strategies.

Reading

1. I have to learn to read more higher complicated texts.

2. I have to read with expression confidently.

3. I need to improve my reading comprehension.

Writing

1. I have to use more descriptive words to make my story more interesting

2. I have to be able to edit my writing well.

Spelling

1. I have to try to spell more difficult words confidently.

3. I need to improve my spelling.

Topic

1. I need to find more information about what we are doing in class..

2. I need to improve my researching skills.

What makes me want to learn in class.

1. I can listen in class when it is quiet and when the teacher speaks loud and clearly.

2. When we learn about a topic I like.