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 * //M  y blog //**

//**Friday 26 April**//

//** Sorry everyone that I have not updated in a while just been to busy too ok anyway, **// // ** Well Jo Holley came in on Thursday 4 April came in she told us of how important ** // //** reading is for when your a actor or actress, she also taught us how to get over being **// //** nervous by dusting our shoulder and the other one is pretend your chucking a ball **// //** up and hit it like a softball, these are ways too get rid of your fears, me and Lucy got **// //** the Ipads so we could take photos and videos Lucy took photos and I took videos, **// //** near the end she gave our book I gave her a welcome to our school drawing when **// //** she sign my book it was cool her comming in. **//

//** At the Disco we all had fun some kids that went there a few years ago were there,We had **// //** to wear wigs or have crazy hair i was the only one that had a wig I had a pink wig all the other **// //** kids had chalk or spray in their hair. **// //** Also Mrs Beere brought her children most of us girls got along with Ella ( Mrs Beere's daughter) **// //** All the girls at Mercer School made plans to sing One Direction What makes you beautiful **// //** Me, Ella and Rosie ran outside when they started to sing we had luck when we got outside **// //** cause we coluld faintly hear them, so us 3 girls started talking on how much we wanted to **// //** get the girls back but we could'int because it did'int work so we just started playing, dancing **// //** and being silly kids. **//

//** As for the V8 I did'int go cause I had to go to a funeral so yeah **//

//** On the last day of school we had mufti day and a fun day we had 5 teams I was a team leader and my **// //** team members were Asabeth, Blake and Laurisa we had 3 battle and got scored at the end **// //** Me, Shakira and Tanirau came tie for 1st place cause we all had 25 points me and my team had fun I **// //** told them winning not everything its that you have fun thats the main thing, so at the end of the day **// //** the 3 teams that came tie got chocolate. **//

//** Well its the holidays so I will blog when school comes back **// //** Bye for now. **//

//** Monday 18 March **//

//** Hi everyone hope you all had a good week I know I did but the best time was at the polyfest I saw alot of caltures from Maori's to **// //** Chinese There were lots ,but the group I was in was Trinas I was with Rosie, Connor and Raina we got lots of stuff like car stickers **// //** and Tattoo but I had a bag when I went to do the fire drill in the Maori stage and lost it, the fire drill was fun it was not really smoke **// //** it was I think Ice smoke it was we crawl to the door and go to the letter box a wait there and the main message is to get down, get **// //** out, call 111 and don't go back into a burning room, house or building. Then Mercer school meet up to head to school and that was **// //** my day at the Polyfest I thought it was fun to be with my friends **//

//** P.S. Connor and Raina laughed at me and Rosie about us having to listen to One Direction cause we don't like them much but we **// //** do like there music Rosie likes **//// ** Taylor Swift and I like R5 so we got revenge at school I through sand at Raina and made him ** // // ** scream like a girl abd I left Connor ** //// ** to his sister Rosie. ** //

//** That my blog. **// //** next time I'll blog about the school disco on April 11, the V8's on April 12 and I will also blog about Jo Holley comming in on April 4. **// //** Bye. **//



//** Saturday 2 March **// = = //** Well hi everyone hope you all had a nice holidays well last year our Principal Mr T left to go to valley school **// //** to be I think deputy principal and we just got a new Principal named Toni Hall well anyway last year we had a water **// //** fight and Mr T was getting soaked by us kidswhen us kids was getting our photo taken Mr T tricked us **// //** by wetting while the photo was getting taken and the adultsplayed along with Mr T well the photos will be at the bottom to see. **//

//** On Monday 25 February Mercer School went to Meremere again for the duffy show this time it was called Duffy losse his words **// //** This year Duffy has his words stolen from him by Count Wortschatz - an evil Word Maestro. Every year all the Word Maestros **// //** in the galaxy meet for a Word Smash - an Olympian battle of words. Wortschatz needs some slang words to complete his **// //** vocabulary and bring him the victory he has always desired. However, he takes all Duffy's words, leaving Duffy helpless. **// //** Unable to read cereal boxes, bus timetables or books, Duffy desperately needs some assistance. He turns to his best friend Afi **// //** a street-smart girl who's not the best student but has a heart of gold. With the audience's help (and a Te Reo twist) they **// //** manage to outsmart Wortschatz, discovering strengths and talents they didn't know they had. **//

//** On Thursday 28 February Me, Sophie, Shakira, Lucy, Jaime, Faith, Rosie, Raina and Tanirau went to the swimming sports I was in 2 races **// //** I came 5th (last) In freestyle cause I forgot to put my goggles on my eye and I could'int stand up cause it was to deep and I would get **// //** dequlified in backstroke I came 3rd which means I got into finals but I came 5th (last) and in relays I was joined with Maramarua school **// //** year 6 girls and we came 2nd and Mercer was in the same relays and it felt weird competing aginist Mercer but they came 3rd equal and **// //** Pokeno got the sheild. **// //** On 15 March Mercer school is going to the Polifest and I'll write about that when I come back from that. Thats my blog so I'm going to **// //** sign off now BYE **//

//** ( I'm the one with the circle around my head ** **)**// **//2012 // ** //** Friday 23 November **// //** This week **// //** Topic **// //** This week we are doing plays I am a mother wolf who is mean to her son. I have been trying hard to not **// //** to use my script and I have been using my thinking skills to remeber what my lines are. With Mr T we **// //** all are doing our endangered animal I have choosen a red panda I have been using my self managing skill **// //** to not talk to others and stay away from others that I talk to. **// //** Softball **// //** In softball I have been using my self managing skills by not talking to others and getting destracted. **// //** My thinking skills by remebering to call out "MINE" for the ball. Co-operation by throwing it to other kids. **// //** Particapation by being apart of softball. **// //** Group work **// //** This week on Maths with Mrs Beere us Squares played a money game, first to $50 wins. **// //** Faith and Jaymee played with each other and Raina and I played with each other. **// //** First you start of with $10 you add+subtract with $10, after the game we did a work sheet **// //** we have $5 and we spend it at the cafeteria and you could have change but you don't have to. **// //** Working alone **// //** I have been staying away from people that I talk to by moving away from them and not talking to **// //** them. When we have free time I do SSR or unfinshed work. **// //** Friday 16 November **// //** This week **// //** I **////** n Writing **// //** In Maths **// //** We have been doing lots more work on decimals my group the squares are now working **// //** with the cylinders we are working on turning fractions into decimals. Our learning **// //** intention is I am learning to add and subtract decimals. I have learnt how to turn fractions into **// //** decimals. **// //** In Reading **// //** I **////** n Topic **// //** We are doing work on animal kingdom. My animal is a Morepork I have found out 11 **// //** questions and answers and I am doing a power point and I have found a way to fit all **// //** my questions on and we are only allowed 6 slides 2, 1 for a title page and 1 for the **// //** websites we got our infomaction from. We are also doing a play called little red **// //** hoddie we had to write what we need for the play. **// //** In Softball **// //** We are doing softball my mum (Karen Ngatai) is our coach for softball. **// //** Softball is at the end of the month so we don't have long. **// //** As for athletics I was sick so I could'nt go. **//
 * // We have used story starter to make a story I got "Write a paragaph about taking a //**
 * // jouney with a stubborn magican that get caught in quick sand. We have also been //**
 * // writing an infomaction report about an animal I have choosen a Morepork cause I //**
 * // have lots of infomaction about them. I have learnt how to write an infomaction //**
 * // report by using the skills I have learnt. Our learning intentiotion is WALT write an //**
 * // infomaction report. //**
 * // We have been readind a book called Survival on adveture island and we have been doing //**
 * // cards based around the book. //**

//** Friday 2 November **// //** This week... **//

//** In writing **// //** WALT: Change simple sentence into compound and complex sentence. **// //** Through out the week we have been doing lot of work on sentences I am **// //** still getting the hang of it. Using FANBOYS and Conjuncions to turn **// //** them into compound and complex sentences. **//

//** In Reading **// //** We have a new book called survival on adventure island and we have been **// //** describing our book as well as drawing a feather. **//

//** In Maths **// //** WALT: Make up and use a rule for a pattern **// //** and we have been writing ways to get to the next number. **// //** WALT: Write fractions and decimals **// //** and we are writing decimals from fractions. **// //** At school I feel like we have been doing alot of work witch is cool. **// //** In athletics I am doing the 100 and 200 sprint and going to do long jump. **//

//** Friday 26 October 2012 **// //** Learning intention: WALT to use simple, **// //** Compound and Complex sentences in our blogs **// //** This week... **// //** In Topic **//
 * //With Mrs Beere we have been learning how to make pupets and with Mr T we have starting on our animal kingdom// **
 * //we have to choose two animals one New Zealand native animal and one Endanged animal. For the New Zealand native// **
 * //I have chosen a Morepork// // (Ruru) . // //To research my question I am going to use the computer and books because they// **
 * //have lots of information on New Zealand native birds.// **

//** In Writing **// //** FAN BOYS F-for A-and N-nor B-but O-or Y-yet S-so **//
 * //With Mrs Beere we have to rewrite a story for a legend I have chosen the// **
 * //man who married a dolphin.// **
 * //With Mr T we have done complex sentence compound and simple// **
 * //sentences for compound if you put 7 words togethere they spell out// **
 * //and those are the conjuctions here are examples...// **

//** A subordinate clause is a sentence that dos'int make sence on its own **// //** Closing my eyes **//

//** A main clause dose make by its self **// //** I 2Fem> **// //ong>//

//** Complex **// //** Closing my eye, I ran inside **// //** I ran inside Closing my eyes **//


 * //If you put the main clause first you don't need a comma in the middle of them.// **
 * //If you put the subodinate clause first you need a comma in the middle of them.// **

//** In Reading **// //** With Mrs Beere we have done work on cockroahs we had to draw a cockroach **// //** in the middle of our page then put five facts around the cockroach **// //** then we did a fact file about an animal I choose a Red Panda **// //** With Mr T we read a book called Germs by Bill Nagel then we had to do **// //** a card we had to choose a person in our book to be our friend I choose Claire **// //** this is what I wrote this... **// //** I would like Claire to be my friend because she is funny. **//

//** In Maths **//
 * //With Mrs Beere we have been doing patterns like this...// **

** //!1st shape !!2nd shape and keep going like this...// **
//** Friday 21 September 2012 **// //** This week... **// //** In Maths **// //** We have been learning to convert decimals to fractions and we have lernt to do sudoku. **// //** In Reading **// //** We have been re-write a book it is called survival on the brain we have to re-write **// //** the book chapter by chapter. **// //** In Writing **// //** We have been using Metaphors, Smilies, Personfications and Idoms **// //** and we had to make a little story **// //** and we had to make it Fiction or Non-Fiction **//
 * //With Mr T we have been doing basic facts like this...// **
 * //32-9=5// **
 * //because 3+2=5// **

//** In Topic **// //** Friday 14 September 2012 **// //** This week I haven't been here much I have only been here Thursday and Friday. **// //** Maths **// //** Thursday we did a test for Mrs Beere so that she could **// //** see that we under stand how to enlarge a shape by 2 or 3 **// //** and to Translate, Flip and Rotate and line of symmetry. **// //** Reading **// //** Thursday we did'int do reading we did jump rope for heart. **// //** Writing **// //** Thursday we were writing a play mine is about a shopkeeper **// //** and a sheep the sheep went to buy wool and did'int have **// //** enough so he broke a cookie and left. **// //** Jump rope **// //** On Thursday was Jump rope I took all the photos and videos I got 1 **// //** of Mr.T falling over and a photo of 5 kid jumping at the same time. **// //** Friday 24 August 2012 **// //** This week... **// //** In Maths **// //** With Mrs Beere we did more on identifiy and create translations, refection and rotations. **// //** With Mr T, Mr Burton and Mrs Senior we did more work on our book work. **// //** In Reading **// //** With Mrs Beere we did what we usally do read our books and then go do a responce activity. **// //** With Mr T, Mr Burton and Mrs Sioner we did our dictionary and look up the meanings. **// //** In Writing **// //** With Mrs Beere we did more free writing. **// //** With Mr T, Mr Burton and Mrs Sioner we did more free writing. **// //** In Topic **// //** With Mrs Beere we did more work on our Tony Ryan thinking keys alphabet and plays. **// //** With Mr T, Mr Burton and Mrs Sioner we did more work on our tour schudule. **//
 * // We have been working on our guitar hero band manager and Maori pa's //**
 * // with the guitar hero I have started on my power point to present it. //**
 * // On the pa's we have started paper mashaing it //**

//** Friday 17 August 2012 **// //** This week... **//

//** In Maths **// //** With Mr T we did more on adding fractions with diffrent denominator **// //** and more on fraction. With Mrs Beere we did more on our flip, slide and turn. **//

//** In Reading **// //** With Mr T we did work on our artist and illustrator cards and using the **// **//dictionary//** //** to find the meanings for the words in bold. With Mrs Beere **// //** we did not do much cause school finished at 12.00pm. **//

//** With Mr T we did lots of work on our blogs and publishing our story and planing. **// //** With Mrs Beere we did writing on our characters description based around our **// //** character we are in the play. **//
 * // In Writing //**

//** In Topic **// //** With Mr T we are doing more work on our Guitar Hero stuff everyone **// //** was doing there tour schedule. **// //** With Mrs Beere we did more work on our plays there are two plays **// //** one is The little lost lamb and the second is Little red hoodie I am in little red hoodie **// //** I tried out to be the wolf. **//

//** Friday 10 August 2012 **// //** This week... **//


 * // In Maths //**
 * // We learnt about translations, Rotations and Refection that was with Mrs Beere. //**
 * // With Mr T we learnt to and fractions that have diffrent denominators. //**


 * // In Reading //**
 * // We learnt to describe people with olny a picture that was Mrs Beere. //**
 * // With Mr T we did our Language and Vacabulary cards //**


 * // In Writing //**
 * // We learnt to start a little story wiht a picture that was with Mrs Beere. //**
 * // With Mr T we did more on our storys. //**

//** Friday 3 August 2012 **// **//We had a Mc Cains guy come. His name was Tony he told us what and why plants are good for you. For Maths we have learnt about addition and subtraction frations. For writing we learnt how to write an article and a story. In reading we learnt to use a dictionary for word meanings and on the Wednesday 1st August we went to Pukekohe high school hall for the R@W ICT awards//**. //** Friday 29 June 2012 **// //** This term... **// //** I started three weeks ago again cause I went to Patumahoe school **// //** but I wanted to come back any way it was fun thought because I got to learn lots. **// //** I got to learn about Fiji and their instruments, R@W, got to rewrite a **////** legend called **// //** the **////** man who married a dolphin and lots more. It was fun the three **// //** weeks I have been here I even loved yesterdays maths with Mrs Beere **// //** because we did bus stop I use to do it at my old school for maths sometimes. **// //** Yesterday for art we did like a stamps and we did four of our stamps two different colors. **// //** For our topic we had to think of a question to search up about the pacific and present it **// //** either on power point or paper I did mine on power point and my question was **// //** "What different instruments are there Fiji" and that was my term. **// //** Friday 22 June 2012 **// //** this week.. **// //** With Mrs Beere **// //** I learnt that Fiji has three instruments they are Ukulele, Lali drum and the Dhantal. The Lali is a very important **// //** drum because it was used for births, deaths and war. The Ukulele is a four string guitar and the Dhantal is a **// //** long steel rod it is a U shaped like a horse shoe it is made of metal it is a percussion instrument. It is 1.25 **// //** meters long it has been brought from India to Fiji it helps keep to the beat it is a sharp metallic. **// //** With Mr.T **// //** We were working on our R@W lots I was working on a Google sketch up about the winners podium at the London **// //** Olympics 2012. It was fun doing the R@W I love doing the R@W because you get to do lots of things. My winners **// **//podium//** //** is a big square a circle on top and on top of the circle is three same size but different height the middle is **// //** the tallest it is gold the left is the smallest it is bronze the right is in the middle it is silver and it has flags all around it. **// //** Friday 17 February 2012 term 1 week 3 This week... **// //** This week I learnt about ancient rome because its good to **// //** learn about history it was cool and i want to learn more **// //** and I liked wait for the rest of the year. **//
 * // In Topic //**
 * // We did Tony Ryan thing keys alphabet keys we had to write the alphabet down then you have to start writing things that revovle around our topic that was with Mrs Beere. //**
 * // With Mr T we we working on our Guitar hero we have to songs and we pracitces them on the X-box and we have to be a band manager and make stuff for our band. //**
 * // These past 3 weeks we have done alot //**

//**Camping**//
 * //2011 //**
 * // __On Wednesday__ The juniors turned up at the port when we got there we had to set up our tents then when we finished our tents we went kayaking and after that we all went back to //** //**the batch to have morning tea and then we went to the rock pools when we got there it was awesome i jumped off the bi rock that day before night sat in the juniors went fishing but caught nothing and the older one's got to go piping that night when we all got back to the batch after dinner we all went to play spotlight in the park when we got back we had supper and went to sleep.**//

**// __On Thursday__ //** **//When I woke up we all had breakfast then we played for a bit then we hoped in the and went to sunset beach we learnt about rips and waves and how to spot rips and waves after lunch we went to play games on the beach and go swimming we learnt how to save someone with a tube when we got back to the batch we all played charades there were two teams I was on Wayne's team and Wayne's team won it was fun then we had to clean our tents who ever won got to eat dinner and have supper first and Megan,Rose and Lucy won and after dinner we went to go and play wave and spotlight at the park when we got back to the batch we roasted mashmollow's and the juniors had to go to sleep after our mashmollow's and the older one's got to listen to scary stories. All the older kids told me that my mum told the most scary story because it was true and about my family no one knows it cause they ain't releated.//**

**//__On Friday__//** **// It was pack up day my mum she was loading lots of stuff in to the van i mean lots then when we got back to school we unloaded the every thing out of the van. It was fun at camp i loved it. //**

//**( I'm the one with the circle around my face. )**// //** Friday 18 November this week... **// //** Athletics On Thursday 17 November Mercer school went to athletics day 60 meters and 100 meters and**// //**i did long jump it was fun**// //**i loved it i learnt to never look back and i am going to try and run faster next time**// //**softball i know how to play a bit but i never played only in practice i like to **// //** practice hitting **//// ** the ball and Running ** // //** Friday 4 november this week... **// //** ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ This ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ week we are doing board game with Mr T me and Rosie is making the **// //** board game it is called Littlest pet shop biggest race. **// //** This week we were doing plays with Mrs Beere me,Faith,Jaime and Jaymee were **// //** doing a play it was called thats the rule it was cool i liked it. **// //** Friday 7 October this week... **// // **This is our last week of the term yahoo can't wait sleepin's and on thursday we** // // **done some plays** //// **it was neat and on the 30 is my birthday i turned 9 years old** // //** Friday 30 September This week… **// //** With Mrs. Beere we were learning about space junk it is I never **// //** knew that the littlest space junk could almost break a window. **// //**With Mr. T we were working on our acades and on Wednesday when **// //**we done our skipping for jump rope for heart I my total was 480 skips. **//

// **Friday 23 September this week...** // // **With Miss.Bear we made space pudding with miss bear it was yam and we** // // **made talocopes i can't wait to learn more about space.** //

// **With Mr.T we were working on our arcades it was fun and next week we** // // **are doing jump rope for heart.** // // **Friday 9 september this week...** // //** This week we went to Meremere on Monday 5 September to Duffy kids it **// //** was funny this time it was called the mobile library. **//

//**( I'm the one with the circle around my face. )**//

//** Thursday 8 September this week... **// //** We made a past and dropped rocks in it the to see what it looks like when a big **// //** mentor goes through the biggest rock went ** **POOF and made a big mess and this** // // **it what it looks like.** //



//** Friday 2 septmber 2011 This week... **// //** I loved this week because we done skipping **// //** But i wish i could skip four longer. **// //** On Friday 2 septmber variety bash came to our school we got alot of stuff like... **// //** rings, bracelets, stickers, balloons, and more it was fun fun fun. **////** And this is a picture of all of us. **//

//**( I'm the one with the circle around my face. )**// //** Friday 30 August 2011 This week... **//

// ** This week for R@W i got the finalist in... ** // //** digital photography **// //** power point **// //** poster advertisement **//

//** Friday 26th August 2011 Week 4 Term 3 This week... **// //** This is my third time going with Mercer School to cross country at East Group. **// **// I did cross country at East Group with Mercer School and I came last in the girls //** **// race and fourth to last in the boys race. //** **// Me and my friend Jaymee were pulling each other up the hill it was //****//trying//** **// doing cross country but we got though it //** **// and we had lots of fun. //**

//**( I'm the one with the circle around my face. )**//