Cats who needs them

PBL Starting Point

PROJECT BASED LEARNING: OUR OWN BACKYARD STARTING POINT

What I am interested in about our backyard. (5 top things)	What do I know (5 main facts)	What I want to know. (5 best questions) Question Matrix	Project ideas (not final). (3 ideas)
birds Trees Walks Lakes and rivers Insects	That animals live in our back yard   That it is very mosy That it rains and new plants grow Insects live in our back yard There's walks through our back yard	How do you survive without food and water? What do you do if you fall into a animal trap? How many native birds are there? What are pests to the bush	A birdhouse for the kakapo A paper mache kakapo A kakakapo eating bowl

River bend ghost

It was dark outside a cold breeze filled the air I shuddered and shivered as I brushed my chattering teeth.SUDDENLY THE SHOWER TURNED ON. I DROPPED MY toothbrush I felt cold no not cold freezing. I didn't dare move a muscle. Help my body told me I wanted to run but I couldn't then the shower turned on cold. then I heard knock knock at that moment I knew I was done for. . . .a few minutes later Mrs hill came in to see what was going on.I thought my savior But I didn't say that.  

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Moari Hand Games

Maori Hand games

Last week we were split into groups and went to Maori hand games for matariki there was two groups one had the knuckle bones and the other had the whai (the string).Firstly I was doing the knuckle bones we did ticks they were really hard I couldn't do them.The first trick was to throw the knuckle bone in the air and pick up another it was really hard. Next we had to throw one knuckle bone in the air clap and catch the one in the air.

Then we swapped groups I was in the group were we did the string or whai it was like doing cat's cradles I learnt how to do the jellyfish I did it over and over again then I did the waka it was easy after that we did some more hand games we would get our fists and thumbs and played a game the words were e hipitoitoi and you had two move your thumbs up and down and if you did the same move as your opponent you say hipitoitoi ra and then there was a one where you had two move your arms and say hei tama tu tama and you say the same thing tu tama ra and win then we had a competition some kids went up and vs each other and whoever won out of the two groups faced each other then one kid faced the teacher lucky he was man it was really fun and hard I had lots of fun my favorite was doing the whai (string) and learning how to do some new things with the whai.             

sailing on water in a boat

Sailing on a boat in the water what could be better. I really want to sail but I cant I don't have a boat. But if I could I would sail every day with Christina we would sail all the way around the world. Dinner would be cooked on a cooker in a boat waves would hit the side of a boat. Every night we would snuggle into our sleeping bags all cozy in small spaces where we had to sleep. The ship's cat  prowls around the boat.And the boat would flow with the waves. We could fall down with no sea legs.And we were sea sick over the bow. Then the boat hits an island we get out and give the island a name wild cat island we call it .Christina gets us some spades we start to dig looking for treasure it starts to get dark we made a tent and crawl in and go to sleep.We wake early and start digging  suddenly the spade hits something its treasure!!we load it into the boat.Christina makes lunch then we get ready to sail since we spotted another ship heading towards the island the pirates were coming to kill us all I shouted even though there was only me and Christina on the island were going to sail home at night but the ship was after us we panicked then we saw Nixie island Christina sailed our ship or boat round the island to hide we saw the big mast with all its sails blowing in the wind the ships cat meowed and went under the deck into the galley where there was food we set sail for home cause the ship lost us we arrived home 3 days later  both of our mums were waiting looking red in the face our dads looked calm because we told them we were going to sea.WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!! shouted my mum you could of been killed relax mum I said  the dads knew well they never told us said Christina's mum giving the dads a mean look the dads went as red as red could be with embarrassment  well you done it now said the mums never mind I said   

                                                                  

                              Ships cat

      

                                                  

Free choice writing

The creepy cat

Ghost cat

Creeping around

Going under ground

Prowling around on halloween

Prowling in his underground dead city

Hissing through the dark cold night

Scaring people and listening to their scream

Creepy cat

By Sadie  

Cyclone cook

Cyclone Cook

My family was packing for Taupo .I turned on the TV. There was a warning not to travel then a big gust of wind blew ….CRACK! A huge branch fell onto the washing line.The cat flap sounded and two cats sprinted through our house.The rain pelted down onto the roof of our house and the wind made the chimney roar I listened.Bang there was a noise of thunder.It sounded like the earth was cracking we phoned our grandmother to tell her that we couldn't go to hers until the next day.I wondered how my dad was doing at night shift That night I slept in mum and dad's bed because I was scared.