A Home

A Home

I am showing you a special place where everyone can go to, or visit And a house can be use as a family dinner or a family time. A house can be also use as a birthday party and celebrate. also in the house as a light, chairs, beds, TV, table, bed rooms, bathroom and also it has windows and doors. A home is made out of bricks or wood or class. And why is it special because your family can be safe and protect themselves and also it is warm inside. And a home is so special because        some homes has different building and sometimes it has big windows and inside the house is so big.

The Weekends#

The Weekends#

In the weekend, I stayed home with my family. My family watched movies inside and me and my sister went and played outside and my next door neighbor came and said, “can i play with you’s” and so we went and played with him and we played next door in his Aunties house we played in his trampoline and did tricks. After that we also played hide and seek, tiggy and also we played tag. Then after that my Dad told me and my sister to come inside, so we came inside and cleaned up and sat down and my Family had a shower. and I walked and play with my little brother and sister After that me and my sister went to the room and had a little talk and we went back to sleep.

Mother

Today I will talk about My beautiful Mother because it is Mothers day.
My Mother is kind sometimes she is angry at me and she is a lovely mum. And my mum has blonde hair with brown and she has a dark brown eyes and her perfume smell’s like dasiy’s and my Mum wears red lipstick like a rose and she wears a circle earrings like an apple.

All about me

Malo e lelei my name is ma'ata.
I am year 6.
in my spare time i like to play games at home go and go swimming.
My favourite school subjects are Maths writing and reading.
In my family I have my two baby sister, my little baby brother and my mum and dad and my sister.

Cultural Day

On Friday it was Cultural day. I was kind of nervous and I  couldn’t stop being nervous. After that it was time for lunch.

When the bell rang it was time to line up outside in the hall. It was time for room 7’s to perform and the  people cheered for them and clapped.

After room 7 was finished it was  room 3’s turn to dance and I was brave. When we began to dance I smiled to the people because the people clapped for us. When we finished we went and sat down and we were very happy. Miss G  was so proud of us and we were very happy that it was over. It was room 6’s turn to come to the stage and when  they danced they were awesome.  Finally we went and lined up and went to class.  What an awesome Cultural day.

Princess Elizabeth meets the Dinosaur!!!!

Squash Reount

On Monday 14 October. It was my first day playing squash. I haven’t heard of it before. After that we went inside the hall. We saw two boy’s waiting for us to sit down and there name’s were Michael and Phil and they taught us how to play the game.

It was kind of hard and Michael said to us who wants to have a go and I put my hands up. He gave me the racket, and after  that me and phil had a race. And did you know that the people that are the best players in the world are Ramy Ashour and Nicole David.

At squash they wear short’s, pant’s and a T- shirt. And did you know Harrow School was first to play squash. After that we went and Phil asked us was it fun and we said it  was amazing. We went to the class room and it was cool at squash.

Duffy Recount

“Yay it’s Duffy Theater today on Monday morning”. After morning tea it was Duffy Theatre, we went and lined up outside and walked into the hall. We sat down and I saw Miss Arthur, Mr Rude and Lovely and the title of there story was Duffy loses his words and it was kind of funny because Duffy and Scruffy are brothers. And they was chasing around and it was my favourite part. After that he went to bed and he saw vautra and after that Duffy woke up and he saw Vautra and he was talking about his story when he lose on the stage. And after that Vautra put that thing on his head and after that Duffy went and ate his breakfast and Duffy’s Mum told him to put the rubbish out and the Man took the wrong box he took the toy box and Duffy has the rubbish box and the Mum said to him that Duffy are you sure that you put the rubbish away and he said yes Mum and then Mum went. And Duffy went to school with his Sister Afi and Duffy told Afi his dream about Vautra and Afi think’s that it was just a dream and then Duffy had a pink paper was on the ground and he showed it to Afi. And Afi couldn't read well and Afi knows that Duffy is not lying So they went. And when they read the paper it says you have to say Vautra three time and after that Vautra came and they had crossword and Duffy said he doesn’t  like crossword and then Duffy won and then Duffy read a book to his brother Scruffy.

Kids for Kids Recount

yay today is kids for kids.

Last Friday night we sang at the Kids for Kids concert in Mangere. We had to wear bright color clothes and there were 15 schools. When I was inside at the back stage and it was time to go to the stage and perform and I was to scared to sing.  When I saw all the people taking  photos of the schools I was brave to sing. Soon it was time to sing the first song we sang Haere Mai and after the Haere Mai we sang  There Something in the Water. It was exciting when we sang all together. After that we went off the stage and a break, we played games and ate chocolate biscuits. Soon it was time to line up and go back on the stage to sing Gumboots they wore a hat and they wore boots. After that Jackie and Nathan was talking jokes to people and after the jokes we started sing the Gumboots and it was funny.

Kids for kids

On a lovely Friday morning we were ready to go to the bus  so we could go to the Life Convention Center. We had to put our lunch in the big bag so we could not be hungry. We went and lined up outside and we walked to the bus and we went inside the bus and sat down.  There were 15 schools singing with us and it was enjoyable.  

Term - 2

My favourite thing I  did was the symbols of the Holy spirit Art and because I like the symbols of the Holy spirit art because I can choose a colour

and a picture. And my picture was wind because I like fresh air And it give me coldness. My colour was red because I chose red because it is for tonga and for fire as well.My least favourite thing I did was Catholic school day because I can hang out with some people. And the who came was Saint Joseph and my friends was Emily and christ and it was fun.My least favourite thing I did was my teddy bear description I have to write about the teddy bear and the teddy bear’s name is Fuzzy the bear and we have to write about what he looks like.My least favourite thing I did was My chocolate chip cookie. My class and me was making a cookie protector and my partner was Reachel we have to build it.

St pius x Feast day

Yay, it’s Saint Pius X’s feast day. We first went to the church and father said “happy saint pius feast day”. After that when it was finished we went and lined up in the hall and went and sat down. We sang the happy Saint feast day song and Miss Tui, Maxine and also Genevieve cut up the cake so everyone could have a piece. It was a banana and it had a cream on the top, it was delicious. After that we went back to class and we did some writing and maths and after that it was lunch time. After lunch we went to class and it was reading time and the bell rang and we went to line up the hall and I saw Linda. She was holding a euphonium and she was wearing a blue hat and a blue clothes. She talked about herself and her euphonium and then she played it for us, it was wonderful.

X-country

Wow!  I actually finished the race, I’m feeling very pleased with myself and a little bit surprised when I got to the finish line. St Pius had the cross country on Tuesday 13th August. All the students were in the cross country, the Juniors ran around the field and the Seniors ran the road. We only did one lap around the road and the finish was by the office steps.

I saw the St Mary’s students and they were cheering for us and I came 3rd at the cross country. I went and had a sit down and then it was the Juniors turn to race. We cheered for the Juniors because they cheered for us. Diego came 1st at the finish line.

Fuzzy the bear

The bear is soft  and it is small like a Toy. And it has two feet and two hands and it nice and cuddly inside and his skin is brown like chocolate mud cake and he has a bow tie and he is has a round nose and he has big toes. And he looks like a baby mouse and he footprint in his toe and he is so chubby and he is so fuzzy and he is adorable and he is fluffy on his hands and his bow tie is colourful and he is furry and he is a cute little teddy bear and he his name is fuzzy the bear and he has big ears and he is fat and his eyes is little and his eyes black.

Pool Description

The pool is 15 meters long and 1 metre deep. Our instructors names were Jilian and Kevin. The pool is big and it has a marque so it can cover it so it can be clean inside. It looks like a big white house.

Inside it sounds quiet and it feels comfortable, the smell is warm and it reminds me of chlorine. It’s found by the court’s and it does swimming and it is used for swimming and The swimming pool is special because so we can learn how to swim.

Swimming

On a sunny day we were having our first swimming lesson, we were all excited.   

Once all of us got dressed into our swimming togs we all  went down to the  courts because that’s where the swimming pool was.

We all went inside and went to our groups. The man’s name was Kevin and the girl’s name was Jillian. It was a beautiful when I went inside the pool, it was big and I wasn’t scared of the pool. After that we did floating and a little kicking she said we could have two minutes of free time.

Jillian said to us to go and change at the tent and I said to Jillian we had to get our bags first so she said “ok, bring your bags and put them in the tent so you can change”, I said “ok”.

After we were finished, we got our bag and went to class and ate some apples.

My Pencil

My learning tool is long and sharp, it is made with wood. There is a lead in the pencil so that we can draw on paper.

My learning instrument has a long lead so it is easy to draw but sometimes when it breaks it kind of gets annoying. It feels hard and it is seen it in offices.

My drawing friend can draw and write and it does a lot of things for me. It is good to use a pencil because you can use it for school and for your homework.

My Pencil is special and strong like a rock, because when I am holding my rock I can be really creative with it.

my mother

My mum’s name is Nesi and she has looked after my little baby brother and me all our lives.

She acts like a normal mother and she doesn’t eat McDonald’s but she likes KFC. She has black hair and dark brown eyes like the colour brown. She looks after me and she cares about me.

My mother helps me do the dishes and she helps do my homework and my spelling. She buys food for me when I get hungry and she helps me clean the house when I get back home.

My mum is special because she helps us do our homework.  

Similes and Metaphor

Similes and Metaphors

A simile is where two things are directly compared because they share a common feature. The word AS or LIKE is used to compare the two words. Eg. As cold AS a dog's nose

A metaphor also compares two things, but it does so more directly WITHOUT using as or like. Eg. The shop was a little gold-mine.

Task One

At the end of the sentence, write in brackets whether the sentence is an example of a metaphor or simile.

Eg. The clouds were fluffy like cotton wool. (SIMILE)

1. As slippery as an eel. (SIMILE) ✔
2. Arnie was a man-mountain.(Metaphor) ✔
3. He was a lion in battle.(Metaphor) ✔
4. She is as pretty as a picture.(Simile) ✔
5. The striker was a goal machine.(Metaphor) ✔
6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had risen early.(Simile) ✔
7. The moon was a misty shadow.(Metaphor) ✔
8. My friend has a face like a bag of spanners.(Simile) ✔

Task Two

Now you are going to make up similes of your own by copying and finishing these sentences.

For example:

As good as gold

1. As heavy as a rock.✔
2. As cold as a snow.✔
3. As hard as a table.✔
4. She had skin like a lion.✔
5. As cool as a ice-cream.✔  
6. As quick as a fish.✔
7. He was slow like a turtle.✔
8. Slippery like a snail.✔
   
   

What is a metaphor?