Autobiography by Charles Turner

Hi my name is Charles. My birthday is on April the 4th, I was born in 2004. When I finish Pakaraka School I what to go to Bay of lslands College, it is in Kawakawa. When I leave college I want to work at McDonalds because it is cool.
                                       

Missing Flight MH370 PASSENGERS: ALIVE OR DEAD by BRONSON

THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD

PO BOX 32

AUCKLAND

NEW ZEALAND

Dear Shayne  Currie
 

Reference: Missing Flight MH370

I would like the New Zealand Herald to continue with the report about the Missing Flight MH370.

There are 239 families waiting to hear if their  loved ones are alive and safe . The families don't know what has happened to them. I think the New Zealand  Government should maintain the search for the missing passengers. Their families are very worried and sad and their children are wanting answers.


Yours Sincerely

Bronson Beckham

Statistics and Science: Testing Paper Planes

Last week for Math and Science, we did statistics on testing aeroplanes. We had to choose one thing we could make changes to on the plane and test how far our paper planes would fly. Then we had to measure with a metre ruler how far the planes flew.

Mine and Kadison's planes flew 5, 9, 2, 1 and 6 metres. After that we had to write  a summary of what we did and check it against our prediction. Then we had to put our results onto a dot plot chart. Kadison and I had a lot of fun!

Thank You

Naia Dunn

Letter Writing - Swim Safe Programme

Pakaraka School
R.D.2
Kaikohe

26/3/14

Dear Tracey and Jessie,

Thank you for coming to Pakaraka School to teach us how to swim and survive in water.

Tracey and Jessie showed us how to do a chain to survive, a huddle and a line. I liked the part when we put the clothes on to swim in the water. When we put clothes on to swim they were heavy.  I felt very good when I took the Life Jacket off .

Thank you for coming to Pakaraka School .

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An Artist's Dream

My name is Arohina Simon-Hau. I am a young student that has a mind full of creative ideas. I want to become an artist. My dream is to succeed in my learning so I can be one of those successful people that travel the word because of my artwork.

Some of the things I need to do first are to learn more art techniques like using symmetry, lines and shading. Useful skills I need to become an artist are patience, risk taking and to think outside the box for original ideas.

When I attend college, I will sign up for art classes so I can achieve my goal to become a successful artist. After I graduate from college, I will go to university and study more about art so I will become an even better artist. Then I will get a job that involves travelling the world to showcase my artwork.

Right now I have been selected by Mr Singh to design a school mural to represent our school. In the past few days I have been surveying other students for their opinion for the wall. Students have come up with interesting ideas like putting a Karaka branch in the middle or around the boarder. They also came up with ideas of the font type I should use for the writing and suggested what should be added and taken out. Next, I have to experiment with colours so they fit the design and represent our school.

Written by Arohina Simon-Hau

Survival Skill by James

Ruma Toru learnt sidestroke, survival backstroke, how to form a chain, line and huddle with swimming instructors Jessie and Tracy. They are teaching all these skills so we can practise water safety and keep ourselves safe in the water.                                                                                                                     

Safety tips: If you're out at sea and nobody can see or hear you, you can do all of these things to help you stay alive so you don't drown or die.                                                                                                                                                                                                               

These awesome lessons have been a big help in teaching us to safe.

By James                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Technology - Math Board Games

Taniwha versus Waka

Today the year 7 and 8 students went to Tech in Moerewa. While they were away, we made our own maths games. Atariyah, Naia and myself created our own math board game, it was similar to snakes and ladders and was in 3D. We called our board game 'Taniwah versus Waka' and created a set of rules and instructions of how to play the game.

After we decided what materials we were going to use and steps how to make it, we got to the fun part of making our own board game. It was like an arts and crafts day. When we finished, we got to play our games with our classmates.

 

By KC Jean Cooper