Digital Camera

 Today we learnt how to take photos and download them here are some of my favourite photos.

Speeches

In term 3 we had speeches. My speech was on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. It was such  fun doing speeches, but I needed to add more eye contact and more expression.  I think I did alright. I can't wait until next years speeches.

  

 

Science Fair

In term 2 we had the school science fair. We can either do it by ourselves or with a buddy. I decided to go with a buddy. My buddy was Rawinia and our question was, which lollies contain the most sugar? We melted the lollies in the microwave and weighed the melted lollies in a food scale. It was really cool melting  the lollies.

Komodo dragon report

Have you heard about the komodo dragon before?  If you

haven’t, read on.

Appearance:

The komodo dragon has hard, dry scaly skin, a strong

tail, sharp teeth, long claws and great speed. An adult weighs about 166 kg and is 3 metres long. It is 40cm long when born.

Habitat:

Komodo dragons live in the hot and dry Indonesian

Islands. The temperature of the islands is usually

80 degrees Fahrenheit.

Diet:

The komodo dragon eats birds, bird’s eggs, and mammals such as: monkeys, wild boar, goats, pigs, deer, horses and water buffalo. It takes about 15-20 minutes to swallow a goat! The komodo dragon can survive on as little as 12 meals a year!

Enemies:

Komodo dragons have no enemies. They are the strongest          lizards in the world alive today! They will attack anything edible          that moves and they will even attack each other!

Life cycle:

The komodo dragon’s eggs are laid and buried deep. Young dragons become arboreal (they climb trees). At 1.2cm they change to a           terrestrial life style. When ready males will approach females and mate.

Lifespan:

Komodo dragons live to about 30-50 years in the wild.

Special Features:

The komodo dragon has toxic bacteria in its mouth which kills its prey. Komodo dragons have 50 sharp teeth and they lay about 24 eggs at a time. 

The komodo dragon is an amazing creature that  is clever at

everything  they do!

Adele 

My Pepeha

My Pepeha

Ko Hikurangi toku maunga

Ko Waiapu toku awa/ moana

Ko Ngati porou toku iwi

Ko Nukutere toku waka

Ko Jack toku koroua

Ko Kotuku toku kuia

Ko Timoti toku matua

Ko Debbie toku whaea

Ko Adele taku ingoa

No Rotorua ahau

Camp Rotoma

Camp

Term 1 we went Lake  Rotoma and we stayed there for a week and we did lots of fun activities. We slept in tents, my favourite activity was kayaking because its fun when you jump out of the kayak or you fall out. We have two rotation  of activities each day and we stop in the middle to have lunch and then at the end of  our activities we go to the lake to have an afternoon swim, it was so fun  having an afternoon swim. When we have had  our swim we go back to our tents and change.  Then we go have fun play games  and at the end of every night  like on the first night  we  did a night walk and learnt about the legends of Lake Rotoma, on Tuesday night we had tug of war, Wednesday  we had the burma trail that was funny because  I fell down the side of the hill and some body grabbed my foot and Thursday  we had  the camp concert. It was so fun at camp Rotoma  and I can’t wait until next year's camp!

My Dream home

Let me take you on a tour of my dream home.

Lets go into my movie room where there is a big flat screen in the front of the room and a corner couch with a little table in front of the couch for food. There is a popcorn machine in the corner and in the other corner is all the dvds that you have ever wanted and all the latest dvds too.