Jehovah's Witnesses

People who are Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate Christmas although they do believe in Jesus. They believe in the God of the Bible and in God. 
They are proud to be called Christians. They got the name Jehovah's Witnesses because they witnesses and talk about God. 

They do celebrate birthdays but the only two birthday parties in their bible, were only partial believers birthday parties. Only some of the Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate Birthdays though, they don't see a need to celebrate something just because it is celebrated by others worldwide. 

The only other thing that they celebrate are wedding anniversaries.  Apart from that they don't celebrate anything else. This is mostly because they see no reason to celebrate anything, just because everyone else celebrate it. 

Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate anything like Halloween or Valentine's day.

Dear Father Christmas.

Dear Father Christmas,

I thought that you would like to know want I would want for Christmas, as this would make your job easier. 

I think that lego would be a good present, as it is fun to play with and will keep me entertained. A bamboo drawing pad would also make a great present. I don't really ever know what I want, and for it to be a surprise.

A nintendo 3DS would be cool as well as you can get Pokemon X/Y and Scribblenauts on there. These seem like really cool games & would fill my time with fun.

Other than that I wouldn't really know. Apart from that the well being of everyone, would be my only other wish, but I don't think you would be able to do that as you can more only presents.

If I knew what I was getting it would not be fun, so I think you can guage what I would want. 

In summary I think this list will be a great way to see what I would want.

1, Lego, anything is fine.
2, A bamboo drawing pad.
3, A nintendo 3DS.
4, Scribblenauts.
5, Pokemon.
6, Being surprised.

Thank you Catherine Van Pelt.

Third world countries.

A third world country is a country that is poor and in poverty, these are like in some places in Africa. Turkmenistan is one of these.
A second world country is generally in the middle of war, just like Afghanistan.
A first world country is like New Zealand and America.

Turkmenistan is a third world country, whereas New Zealand is a first world country. Turkmenistan is by Iran & Afghanistan. In Turkmenistan they speak Turkmen, but in Iran they speak Persian. Turkmenistan seems like quite a large country, it's 188,456 sq Miles or 488,100 Km^2. New Zealand is nearly half Turkmenistan's size. 
So far it is known that 5.173 million people live in Turkmenistan. But 4.433 people live in New Zealand.

A good measure of poverty is GDP. This is like the total amount of money a country can earn each year. 

Japan, Kyoto

This week, (03-12-13 to 10-12-13) we have had an exchange student in our class. His name is Masanao and he is 14. Masanao comes from Kyoto, Japan.  Kyoto used to be the capital of Japan but now that is tokyo. Kyoto is in the island of Honshu. Kyoto is next to Owso. Kyoto is also cool because it has the headquarters to nintendo.

45 minute inquiry. ….a rose by any other name….

….a rose by any other name….

A rose by any other name is a quote by William Shakespeare. In the play, Romeo & Juliet (Act II Scene II) Juliet says this to Romeo, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." Prior to that she says, "Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself though, not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O! be some other name." A Montague is a name.

This quote is meaning that whatever it is called it will still be the same. Another version is A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

45 Minute Inqury

Curling is a sport in a team of four. There is one player who is the curler and they slide the stone ('Rock') over the ice which is called a curling sheet. The two other players, depending on the rules it can be two to three, sweep in front to either speed it up or slow it down. Curling is an olympic sport. The aim is to get the most points. sport, and like most other sports it is timed. The  target that they try to get it to is called a house. It is a curricular target and you have to try to get as many of the eight stones into it's center. In this photo it is NZ vs China. The stone or rock is a polished granite stone that is very heavy.

Song venn diagram

TGC

Today we went to TGC (Tauranga Girls College). We got to sit in the hall and then be shown around by the year tens. The school was really big, luckily they gave us a map. Sadly, apparently we were supposed to get juice and cookies but we didn't.

It was really cool seeing inside the school. Most of the people were from TGC but there were a few others from other schools.

We got to meet the head girl for next year, her name was Adriana Bird.

Mrs Ferguson was the Deputy principal. We also got to meet our deens again. ( Mrs Glaser Brown & Mrs Keightly).

Other than that I can't remember other names.

Watership Down.

A review should include:
• Plot but not ending
• Title/Name/Author/Director/background info
• Main character: protagonist
• My opinion/judgment
• Who the audience is.

Watership Down.
Although I read this long ago, I still sorta remember it. It was a fantastic tale, regarding a warren of bunnies, who escape being killed by humans. It is a very good book, with in depth characters. The description of the characters and their surroundings was was great. 

Written by Richard Adams and published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972.
Watership Down was Richard Adams first novel. It is at the moment his most successful novel. It has won the Carnegie Medal & Guardian Prize, and more. 

Fiver who is a young runt, is also a seer & sees the future of his warrens destruction. With Hazel his brother, they try to convince the chief rabbit. When that doesn't work they set off with a small band, narrowly missing the warrens military. 

It is a gripping tale, that I would rate a 5/5. I would recommend it for years 12 and up, as it does contain some violence, but other than that it would be a book for everybody. Not just girls as the rabbits turn more into people than just rabbits.

Dystopian Picture

You can smell that petrol smell, thats mixed in with the black thick smoke making you splutter. That thick smog making you forget the smell of fresh air.

The cars roaring their engines as impatient as a child on christmas morning. The horns tooting at the backed up traffic. The radio droning on, playing songs that are as catchy as a broken record.

The red brake lights going on till the end of the rainbow, thats covered by the thick dark cloud, overriding the sun. Cars of all kinds all covered by a light layer of dust thats as black as coal.

The bitter taste in your mouth, constantly coughing and spluttering. The backup of cars, filling the air with some making it hard to breath.

Original similes.

As annoying as google giving you irrelevant information.
As peaceful as a frog relaxing in a pond.
As lucky as
As hot as a motor after a drive.
As industrious as a beaver in the autumn.
As clueless as
As brilliant as when the clouds are struck with silver after being caught with light in a sunset,
As colourful as light dancing on an oil puddle.
As energetic as fish forever darting to and fro.

Dialogue

Create a dialogue which illustrates the following:

- A discussion with miss C about my behaviour.
Miss C: "So how do you think your behaviours been this year?"
Me: "Pretty good, I think, did I do something wrong??" *Le worried*
Miss C: "No I was just wondering how you thought your behaveiour was this year."
Me: "Oh Okay, I don't really think I've been bad at all, like I listen in class and stuff."
Miss C: "I think you probably need to work on sharing your thoughts with the class, you could add to discussions."
Me: "Ok I'll work on it."


- Mrs Mills talking about the year 8 cabare*.
Mrs Mills: "Okay,  year 8 cabare is coming up and the theme for this New York, New York.
Students: *Indistinct mumbling*
Me: "Maia,

- Mr Scholes talking to me about my academic progress.



*Spell check says so.

Venn diagram

Dialogue

1,  Hand in hand an elderly couple strolled through a park, the trees bear with the autem.
"Oh its cold isn't it."
"Yes but don't you love the trees this time of year."
"Yes its so still and peaceful."
"Apart from that breeze."
"Lets go and have a cuppa tea."


2, "Mum, come on I do the printing and I try to do well in school, can't you give me a raise."
"No, you get enough for what little you do."
"WHAT? I do heaps of stuff. You give me a whole bunch of jobs the go 'Oh why haven't you done this yet, go to your room.' SRSLY."
"I don't care, just do the jobs."
"I've already done them, jeez."

3, "Hey I'm so much better than you." Taunted Scissors. "Hey well I bet you can't beat rock." Paper taunted back. "Yea but you can't beat scissors." Rock chimed in. "Yeah but you can't beat, me, paper." "You'll never-ssss beat me-ssssss." Lizard hissed. "Pfff stop fighting we are all the same." Spock monotonically said

12 Hour Relay Disaster

There was a massive crack and a reverberating boom... The ground split open, lava and fire spewing from within. The screaming was deafening as everyone ran from the great chasm  From the pit something started to emerge. It reared it's massive head and bellowed a fearsome roar. Two massive feet, molten lava claws clawing the ground. It raised it's slivering body, the fire licking it's scales. It's tail flicked revealing a molten barbs, the end a fire point. It bellowed another roar, and in a deep growly voice, "Stop, one shall be chosen." The multi coloured mob of t-shirts ran faster, only I saw the charm hanging from it's claw.  I still ran, not knowing it's purpose.  It clambered out of the chasm in rage, tearing and biting at the banners and tents.  Suddenly I was blinded I fell to the ground. Dizzily I could see around but a fierce pain flashed in my temple. I tried to scramble to my feet, but the exhaustion took me by surprise. In my mind I saw the dragon stretching its wings. "W-What?" I muttered. I rolled over to see the dragon inches from my face. I backed away,  my hand landed on something leathery. I tried to scramble away from it but I was unable to move. I rolled over only for it to follow. I realised it was part of me, these green, teal, leathery wings. 
"You are the chosen one," His gruff voice stated as gasped in awe.  

Poem

Waimarino,

Gelid river,

A day of fun,

Kayaking on the water,

Chasing the ducks quack quack,

Everyone capsizing in the freezing water,

Just paddling round going backwards,

In the tepid pool,

Relaxing steamy water,

Slippery slide,

Jollifaction.

Attitude.org.nz

I am a Bever. This means I'm hard working and a perfectionist. I like to work out how things work. I like to get things right, but have fun while doing it. I'm also 19% lion,  28% Golden retriever, and 21% Otter. An Otter just has fun, Lions are leaders & Golden retrievers are nice.

The four messages that Dave -the man speaking- gave us was, Dump Dumb Thoughts, Help Others, Do The Right Thing, Try Something New.

12 hour relay

1st of November,
Was the day,
That 12 hour relay came out to play.
The fun run was first,
Although my feet hurt,
I had to continue the day.
Next was top town,
Activities and fun,
Wet and dry,
Playing under the sun.
Relaxing with a concert,
The way to end the day,

Lunch and morning tea,
Really the place to be,
Deals were steals,

A letter to Mr Diver

Dear Mr Diver,
I think that as a year 8, I would like to propose some changes for the better of the school.
I think that the amount of time some people spend out of class is concerning. Those people are missing out on valuable class & learning time. The amount of extra curricular activities in class time is astounding, they later come back to class and need a catch up session. Although they may be learning a valuable art, they will most likely end up with a job that has maths involved, because only a select few end up to be artists, famous singers or a sporting great. I think that you should continue these subjects but have them in a lunchtime or after/before school.

I also think that you should think of adding a sandpit. At my old school there was a sandpit, it was this that got me into like architecture. For some it's for little kids, but for me it is learning what support structures are safe and what not. I think that architectural design would be a dream job, this sandpit, would really help me on my way.

Catherine Van Pelt,
42 Rimu.

How to survive term 4

IT"S NOT UPLOADING NOT MY FAULT WON"T WORK UPLOADED IT AT LEAST SEVEN TIMES, STILL NOT WORKING I GIVE UP.

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Le Rage quit.

Drug Research

This term we have had or life education sessions. We have been learning about drugs. We have all made a presentation on a particular drug, mine is Mersilene. 

Tauranga Girls College

12 Hour Relay

12 hour relay is a time of good fun,

There is a team who will run & run,

While the less athletic, fun run and play,

We'll show off our talents in a show that day,

Presented with challenges we will not be defeated,

Or at least until our energy is depleted,

A day of great fun,

Although we shall run, 

We shall chant,

Until we can't anymore,

Can't get enough, 

Till our voices are rough,

Lets homestay!

Are the cries of the ones having fun.

Who shall reign supreme,

The houses and classes, 

Competing to take the top,

A good day it is,

From dawn to night,

The runners shall be running.

Advice scenario.

I've got some older friends (I'm 13 they are 14/15) Who have invited me to a party on Saturday night at someones house. I'm pretty sure everyone there will be drinking. I've never had alcohol before. I'm going to tell my parents that I'm staying the night at my friends. I feel quite nervous, cos I know it's bad. What should I do?

Well you should tell your friends that drinking is illegal -at their age- and that you don't want to break the law. You could also bring a drink for yourself, like fizzy and just drink that. If they offer you beer or the such like just decline and say you have your bottle of fizzy and mixing flavours would be weird. I wouldn't lie to your parents either. You should tell them that you're going to a party with your friends, at their friends house. I think that you should also find some 13 year old friends, that you can hang out with and do 13 year old stuff.  

I hope this helps.

Life Ed

We are doing a program called from the shadows, where we are learning about peer pressure & drugs. We have been told to delay the decision, which means to delay deciding to do drugs until we are at least 25.  We have 9 ways to get out of peer pressure this is called,
R
Excuse
Assertive
Change the subject
Humor

Walk away
Ignore
Toughen up/Tell someone
Say no

We have two other acronyms to remember about, GIB and GAP which tell us the effects of drugs on teenagers. The meanings of GIB and GAP are,
Greater                  Greater
Addiction               Impact on
Potential                Brain

Giving advice

Scenario: 

I found out my two friends smoke. I'm only 13. I don't know what to do. I am really confused. Please help.

Advice:

Firstly I would find some new friends or hang out with old friends, till you are comfortable enough to confront your smoking friends about how dangerous smoking is and that it's illegal. 

You'll want to be really close friends with your other friends and tell them that you want to confront your friends. You should tell your other friends, because smoking is addictive they won't want to stop and will be mean and/or hurtful. It's probably a touchy subject for them.

You should also tell an adult like a parent, they are really good for advice.

Police in Holland are using ratty-tats to solve crime.

Police in Holland are using 5 brown rats, named after famous detectives, to help them solve crime. 
They are training in a training center in Rotterdam. At this stage they have been sent into crime scenes to sniff out gunshot residue. Police said their accuracy is remarkable and they could also be used to detect drugs, money, bodies or blood. I think that this is cool and that unlike drug dogs they can get into small spaces.

NZ teenage statistics

31% of NZ boys appear in court before their 25th birthday.

45% of NZ boys reported adolescent-limited delinquency such as vandalism, carrying hidden weapons, arson, running away, truancy, selling drugs, buying alcohol underage, fighting in public places, shoplifting, burglary and buying and selling stolen goods. 

1999-2000, violence has risen by 32% per cent, robberies have risen by 55%, grievous assaults have risen by 70% and sex crimes have risen by 15%.

Internationally, from 1982 to 2002 juvenile crime grew 200% 

Nearly two out of three adolescents at age 18 have one or more diagnosable mental health disorder.

In 2003, among 15–24 year-olds 23.8% of all deaths were attributed to suicide.

Troubled teenagers flooded counselling helplines in 2006 with more than 700,000 calls to disclose problems such as sexual abuse, bullying, violence, depression and self-harm.

Dialog

Between a mother & 4 year old daughter.
A little girl ran down the busy aisles of The Warehouse. She knew where it was, well what she was trying to find. She ran full speed and nearly fell over as she turned into the aisle full of purple. The blonde haired girl gazed around in awe. She dashed out of the aisle and grabbed her tired mothers arm.
"Come on!" She nearly shouted as she tried to pull her mum along. When they finally got to the aisle her mother sighed.
"You've already got one and we came here for clothes for you." She stated.
"But muuummmm, please just this one." She begged pointing to the largest and most expensive 'My little pony'. Her mother checked the price.
"$157!!!! This is outrageous!"Her dark haired mother shouted. "Come on Lizy, maybe for your birthday." She tried to persuade the girl.
"I want it NOW!" Lizy screamed.
Her mother picked her up and took her out of the store without another word.

Between 2 insects.
"Hello, senyour spider," A lively grasshopper said.
"What? I can't hear you?" The grumpy spider replied.
"What? I'M DEAF I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" The now grumpy grasshopper screamed.
"SHUT UP, I'M DEAF, I WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU." Senyour spider screamed back, angrily. He then climbed back up to his web where he stayed for the entire night.

Between 2 pieces of rubbish in a bin.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Both Can and Box screamed.
"W-what's hi-happening?" Box stuttered.
"I-I don't know." Can exclaimed.
The bin they had been living in was being lifted and the rubbish inside dumped into the garbage truck.
They had just settled when the truck started moving.
"Ahhhh what's happening?" Box shouted to Can who had been looking round.
He then saw Can was talking with someone, he went over.
"Petunia, I missed you so much." Can said to Petunia who was a can of grape soda.
They had been the bestest friends in the fridge.
"I got to read the side of the truck we're going to the dump, or the recycling!!" Petunia sounded excited, "Enjoy the ride." They did.

How to unstack a dishwasher.

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Symmetry

5 point symmetry

This was the first artwork of my name with five point symmetry.

And  this was the second, I have done both of these works on Sumo Paint.

Today is Friday the 13th of September. This is when people think that it's an evil and unlucky day. But I say it's not. My mum and I always have a good Black Friday. I always walk under ladders, chase black cats, and things like that. You may say thats unlucky, but I say not to your superstitions. There once was a man, who wanted to prove that fridays and 13's aren't unlucky, he gathered a crew and named his ship Friday, he set sail on Friday the 13th, he named himself Captain Friday. He and his crew were never seen again... By now you might have a case of friggatriskaidekaphobia, a phobia of friday the 13th. Some other wacky superstitions are... 

Find a penny pick it up...
and all day long you'll have good luck, This may arise because finding money is lucky in and of itself. But it might also be a spin-off of another old rhyme, "See a pin, pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck, See a pin, let it lay, and your luck will pass away."

Don't walk under a ladder,

Frankly, this superstition is pretty practical. Who wants to be responsible for stumbling and knocking a carpenter off his perch? But one theory holds that this superstition arises from a Christian belief in the Holy Trinity: Since a ladder leaning against a wall forms a triangle, 'breaking' that triangle was blasphemous.

Then again, another popular theory is that a fear of walking under a ladder has to do with its resemblance to a medieval gallows. We're sticking with the safety-first explanation for this one.

A black cat crossing your path,

This is considered bad luck because black cats were considered the shape a witches animal would take. 

Don't break that mirror.

According to folklore, breaking a mirror is a surefire way to doom yourself to seven years of bad luck. The superstition seems to arise from the belief that mirrors don't just reflect your image; they hold bits of your soul. That belief led people in the old days of the American South to cover mirrors in a house when someone died, lest their soul be trapped inside.

Like the number three, the number seven is often associated with luck. Seven years is a long time to be unlucky, which may be why people have come up with countermeasures to free themselves after breaking a mirror. These include touching a piece of the broken mirror to a tombstone or grinding the mirror shards into powder.

No umbrellas inside

… And not just because you'll poke someone's eye out. Opening an umbrella indoors is supposed to bring bad luck, though the origins of this belief are murky. Legends abound, from a story of an ancient Roman woman who happened to have opened her umbrella moments before her house collapsed, to the tale of a British prince who accepted two umbrellas from a visiting king and died within months. Like the "don't walk under a ladder" superstition, this seems to be a case of a myth arising to keep people from doing something that is slightly dangerous in the first place.

Surrealism

Mrs Gilmore

Yesterday Ms Campbell was sick so we got a reliever teacher, Mrs Gilmore. It was a pretty regular day though, although we did have a presentation in the gym. Norm [last name I can't spell] talked to us about the SPCA and his LIFE. He was also an All Black and went on dancing with the stars. We got a pencil case and a photo of him... With a frame... It was a pretty usual day apart from the middle block.

Hide and Seek as a sport for Tokyo Olympics

Hide and Seek as a sport for Tokyo Olympics

Should Hide and Seek be an Olympic sport? Yasuo Hazaki thinks so and is lobbying for it to be part of the Tokyo Olympics. Professor Hazaki set up the Japan Hide-and-Seek promotion committee and has around 1000 members (many are university students). The committee has set formal rules for competitive hide-and-seek, pitting two teams of seven players against each other in a 10-minute match. In the first five-minute half, one team is given two minutes to hide on a "pitch" that measures 20m x 20m. The opposing team then has to locate and touch the hiding players. Successful players generally have the ability to run very fast at the start of the game to put some distance between themselves and the seekers, he says. "Being able to identify a good hiding spot is obviously critical, as well as being able to keep very still. That becomes more difficult if the pitch has a lot of mosquitoes or other insects.

How to plan a house

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How to walk a kilometer

I have walked this track - which is 500m one way - to the end and back. It took me 12 minutes & 15 seconds. Thats about right because I walk fast and google maps says it should take approx 13 minutes. This is also right because a league is how far an army travels in one hour and that is 3 miles, and so a kilometer takes 12 minutes. 

Oral reading

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,

But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.

One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,

Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,

Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,

Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,

And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,

Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,

Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,

And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,

But though we say mother, we never say methren.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,

But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;

Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

English muffins weren't invented in England .

We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,

We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,

And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing,

Grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?

If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them,

What do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English

Should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?

We ship by truck but send cargo by ship...

We have noses that run and feet that smell.

We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.

And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,

While a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language

In which your house can burn up as it burns down,

In which you fill in a form by filling it out,

And in which an alarm goes off by going on.

Oh well, we can all shake our heads as we nod in agreement.

Flim reveiw

Despicable Me 2, Directed by Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud.  Steve Carell as Gru. This is a sequel to Dispicable Me. 
Gru is recruited by the anti villain league to find out who stole some purple stuff and a gigantic secret base in the north pole.  He is paired with Lucy Wilde, an very eccentric person. His daughter Margo falls in love with a boy, who just happens to be El Macho's son.  All the minons are kidnapped and given the purple stuff, which turns them into a big purple monster that can eat everything. 

This is a very good movie with an average rating of 7.8 .

A Limerick

I want to write a poem,

But which will do just so, hm?

A limerick, maybe, but what to write,

Maybe about something that flies in the night,

A bat maybe or what else?

Or one about a cool elf?

A poem of a poem, what else would be just so nelf?

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The wondrous spring

The birds are singing with a wondrous noise,

Building nests soft and warm,

To raise their young from egg to bird,

It is a sight that is superb.

Although the rain may fall upon them,

The new flowers still shine through,

The hummingbirds will hover before them,

A pretty sight it is too.

The grass will grow tall,

While the air grows fresh,

A wondrous time it shall be,

From the meadows dancing in the wind,

To the young birds flailing their wings,

Trying to sore to the skies.

The world is renewed as spring takes over,

The freshness of the air,

To the young foals frolicking through the long wild grass,

It is a time to awaken after the long cold winter.

Character Description of: Can you guess?

She is tall with short, wavy, brown hair thats always in a ponytail that falls to just below her shoulders. She wears two pairs of socks because her ones have a hole in the bottom. Friends with me she is & Tyla & Paris. At times she is spastic and rolls around on the floor. Her worst enemy is LOGIC!!!!! Her eyes are so dark brown that it almost seems black.

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Delayed Gratification

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Self Defence

Today & all day yesterday we, the room 41 & 42 girls, were in the boot camp room behind the gym. Learning self defence was fun. Our teacher was a lady call Ellie. She had taught us last year as well. We got cool bands, a pencil, a poster & a certificate. We learnt how to kick, punch & block. We were also taught the vulnerable parts of an attacker, which is practically straight down the middle. We also learnt to not wash our hands or anything because there might be skin cells that the police can use for Deoxyribonucleic Acid, DNA.
We learnt lots, like about natural weapons, like when one lady used a comb and scraped it across his face.

It was really fun & now I feel like I can keep myself or others safe.

Show not Tell

1. Felila was exhausted.
Felila flopped onto the grass after completing the run. She huffed and puffed. She lay there until the last people came back. She picked herself up and trudged back to class.

2. Russell was hungry.
Russell walked around, staring enviously at other peoples lunch.

3.  Troy was lying.
Troy knew that he could not tell them. He was called into the office. He told what happened. His eyes darted to the left. His hands were sweaty. 
They brought in a witness, who saw everything unfold.  His hopes fell.

Show Not Tell.

1. Caine was addicted to computer gaming.
Caine opened a new tab. He wondered why he opened it. He looked to his bookmarks bar and clicked on the 'Personal' folder. His mouse hovered around the 'Games' folder. He tried to resist the urge to click one of the games. He saw the teacher coming towards him, the curse was broken, he exited the tab.

2. Maia felt sick.
Maia choughed and stared longingly at her food. She was hungry but her stomach felt like it was knotting up.  A sharp pang shot through her. Maia groaned. 

3. Josh was worried about being late for school.
Josh hurried to the door. 'I'm probably gonna get growled.' He thought, 'What am I gonna do? This isn't gonna end well.' He got to school and everyone was still waiting outside the door for Ms Campbell. He sighed with relief. He settled into the line and started talking to his mates.

Show not tell,

1. Matthew was lonely.
Matthew sat alone on a bench. He watched all the other people talking and gossiping. He dropped his head and stared at his hands.

2. Kyle was excited about maths.
Kyle couldn't wait to get reading over & done with. He had his math book at the ready. Kyle kept glancing at his math book. The clock hands seemed to dawdle across to 12:00.

3. Connor was terrified of answering his phone.
Connor sat on his bed, staring at his phone on the other side. He wrung his hands. He reached over to turn it off and it rang he shoved it under his pillow.

Daniel Tammet.

Daniel Tammet is a savant. A person who is autistic but is really really good at one to two things.
He remembered over 22, 514 numbers of PI.  He is one of about 52 ture savants in the world. He has a very good memory.  He can memorize a long list of numbers and repeat them back, even backwards.
Normally people who are autistic can't really look after themselves but are really good at one thing.
Daniel learnt Icelandic in two weeks. Supposedly the worlds hardest language to learn. He feels an emotional connection to numbers. He says he can describe how his brain works.

Commercial Suborbital Space Flight.

How to make Scrambled Boiled Eggs.

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Poem about my weekend.

On Saturday the weather was good until about 2 o'clock.

We did some gardening, it was fun.

We planted plants edible and not.

Butter Beans and Beetroot.

So yum.

The Butter Beans looked like they had arms.

Found a tulip in the garden. 

Way away from all others.

Put up bird netting to stop the chicken.

Slyly o Slyly why do you tear up the garden when we don't wanna.

Sunday Sunday was so fun.

Fishing for seaweed, got it done.

Moved from under the bridge to the wharf.

Wind picked up, seaweeds a kite.

Suddenly the wind changed direction.

Don't hug me seaweed, what you doing?

Packed up went to the Mount.

Got some Fish n' chips to eat on the beach.

Dad ordered a dozen squidy rings.

Found a table by the beach.

Ate the food, Squidy rings are so yum.

Walked out the island thing.

Don't know it's name.

Used to be Leisure Island.

Climbed random rocks.

Went back to the beach.

Splashed around.

The water was cold but not to so.

My weekend was fun, so much so.

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