The New Invention!

"Mother, Mother, look at the new invention , a carry around cellphone by Linken Budd " I gasped.
It was muggy , sweltering day , I was shopping with my mother at the mall, I was allowed anything I wanted .
" I know mother , I want a cell phone, a new shiny cell phone"! I nagged.
" How much would it be" My mother asked.
" Only $150.00"! I replied.
"mOnly, only thats a lot of money, it can pay a trip for the whole family to Rainbows End, good try but I'm sorry not today" Mum answered.
" Fine then" I sighed.
" You can get a chocolate bar " My mother suggested.
"OK"! I complained.
As my mother and I were driving back home in our Red Honda car, i munched on my delicious mouth watering chocolate. It was ok but I still wanted a phone.
The next day I strolled on the crackled foot path to school. As I arrived to school Jessica my enemy ran up to me and proclaimed
" I bought a cell phone, do you have one."
My face scrunched up. My cheeks turned rosey red, I felt embarassed . I was surrounded with 12 year olds who all had phones except
Through out class time  and lunch time , I felt like a  lonely , stupid , loser , it wasn't fair . I sat all alone
in the corner of our class , there was an eer it was very silent. My friend was absent which made it even lonlier.
As I was  strolling slowly home tears drizzled down my face, I felt like I needed a hug.
as I opened the back door of our house my mother raced and handed me a box. I tore the small yellow wrapped box  it was a pretty wolly scarf. It was better than a phone well sort of but I still appreciated it. I returned  to school feeling brave and strong, my friend returned to school from her absence . I felt strong and not lonely any more.
Now I realise I don't need a phone.

Earthquake.

Earthquakes destroy cities. 

It demolishes precious things.

People scream so loud and start to panic.

The loud rumbling sounds frighten children.

Houses collapse. 

Roads are cracked.

Path ways have moved,

Train tracks have buckled.

The earthquake is powerful.

Now lets turn the demolished citY into another great community.

Christchurch Quake.

Powerful earthquake,

Demolished homes,

People screaming in terror,

Their houses are unsafe and scary,

Frightening  after shocks,

Fearful,war zone and inescapable,

Everywhere it is dangerous,

All over the news,

Wow I am so sorry for you.

by Seqoyah Kelly

Shocking News.

Hello!!Hello!! it is 1:00pm and I am going to be your reporter for todays news.I have the latest news for you.Now we are going to talk about the earthquake in Christchurch on the 4th of September(Saturday)there was an 7.1 earthquake in chrstchurch.Within seconds  the ground was cracking rumbling, shaking and plates were falling.

But what time did it start?Now we are just going to have a song.

Hello!!Hello!! I am back and back with the answer too. The time it started was 4:36 am.  A Canterbury

resident could hardly believe they had got though the countries most damaging earthquake since 1931.

A man in his 50’s was in a serious condition after being hit by a big chimney.The earthquake centered 40km west of Christchurcn.Since the earthquake happened they have been having after shock’s.

When you look at the ground there is huge puddles from the water pipes breaking underground .

But not everything came a part and broke.

People from further down the island and i mean Dunedin and thats pretty far away from christchurch also felt the ground shake.

Oh look at that time it is 3:00pm and if you think about that I was with you for 2 hour’s and that is a kind of a long time but for me the time has gone pretty fast. That was the  3 o'clock news  Thats all from reporter Caprice!!

Earthquake! Earthquake!

 Shaking, buckled , cracked floors ,

Panicking , devastated, shocked people,

Screaming at the top of their lungs.

Buildings demolished and rubbish falling on the road,

Earth quakes cause a lot of damage,

Terrifying earthquakes bring devastation,

Buildings broken and people stunned,

Oh what a surprise!

That’s what a earth quake is,

A big rumble with a bang that makes everything shake and break,

Lets just hope that Christchurch’s earth quake will heal and they will

be able to build new memories.

THE BIG EARTH QUAKE IN CHRISTCHURCH

Damaged buildings.

Kids  terrified.  

People panicking

Families screaming.

The ground shaking like lions.

Kids getting hurt.

Houses getting demolished.

Train tracks  damaged.
Memories fading.

The First Ford in the World

“Could I go to Grandpa Tim’s farm?” I asked dad.

He agreed.

We hopped in our old truck and drove to Grandpa Tim’s farm. As we parked by the footpath, we saw a rusty, old fashioned, broken Ford.

As I hopped out of the car I ran to Grandpa Tim and hugged him.

As dad drove away, I asked Grandpa Tim “what is that old Ford doing outside on your lawn?”

Grandpa Tim is an old, wrinkly man with a croaky voice.

Grandpa Tim answered the question and said ‘’back in the old days I was a rally car driver and the best one in the world. I won the championship and I won a new Ford as a prize.This Ford was the first Ford car in the world. When I won it I was very excited."

Years had past since then and the old Ford was too rusty to drive. I walked outside and stared at the Ford. Then I had an idea.

I asked Grandpa “Do you still have the keys for the Ford?”

He did.

He gave them to me and I ambled outside. l hopped inside the old Ford and tried to turn it on but it wouldn’t start.Then vroooommm I drove off the farm and drove to the engineers shop. The engineers pimped the Ford. I hopped inside the car and drove it back to the farm. I covered it with sheets and yelled ‘’Grandpa come outside!’’

Grandpa Tim walked outside and then I lifted up the sheets and shouted "surprise!"

Grandpa gasped with excitement. Then Grandpa was so surprised, he hopped inside and shouted "I feel young again."

Grandpa said “thank you” to me.

He drove off down the road with the sun shining on the Ford.

The Old Car

“What’s up? You're listening to winning radio, where you answer a question and you win a prize. Today my question for you is what is the capital city of New-Zealand? If you know the answer call me on the number 0800 22 220 and you could win a brand new car."

“Din din din din din” I pressed so hard on the phone.

“Hello my name is Kali and I know the answer” I said.

“What is it?“ the radio man replied.

”It’s Wellington.”

“Oh yes that is correct! if you want your new car come and pick it up from Jollen Place”.

I quickly hopped out of my chair and ran over to mum.

“Mum, mum could you take Aunty Lisa with you to pick up my brand new car from Jollen Place? I really want to give it as a present for Dad’s birthday please."

My mum is called Tania she likes to wear purple all the time and different glasses even when it is raining or sunny. Mum quickly ran out to pick my Aunty Lisa and also the brand new car that I had won.

I waited and waited and waited. Suddenly I heard a really loud beep that made me jump and scream. I quickly sped outside and my eyes were staring at a really old car.

The windows were broken and had fallen to the ground.

I quietly thought to myself that I will never ever listen to competitions on radio again.

The Car on the Side of the Road

One hot blazing afternoon I was walking across a path in Texas enjoying the hot sparkling sun when something caught my eye. A car not an ordinary car, it was a classic old rusty smashed up car that was sitting on the side of the road.I was wondering why it was there and not in the rubbish. So I sprinted home to ask my Nana.

‘’Nana, Nana, Nana‘’ I yelled.

 “Yes” Nana replied.

‘‘Why is that classic rusty smashed up car over there on the side of the foot path?’’

“Because it was your great great grandpa’s car. Actually I’ll tell you a little story about that classic car and your grandpa."

It was a stormy rainy day he was a Demolition Derby Driver. As he was crashing into other drivers his wheels skidded on a puddle and it made him drive straight into a wall where the crowd were sitting. When he smashed into the wall his brain was damaged badly. He was rushed to the hospital but he didn’t make it because his brain was too badly damaged.

"Is the car there because it has memories?" I asked. 

“Yes” Nana spoke quietly.

I sure wish I had met my grandpa. I would like to be a Demolition Derby driver just like him when I get older.

The Best Gift

“Hi Grandpa what are you doing?” I spoke in a small voice.

‘Nothing much. just thinking about the old days when I use to do derby racing" my grandpa replied.

“I was the champion of Tennessee, when I won I was given $10,000. That's when I bought Jimbay Farm. Heres a photo of what my car looked like”

“WOW” I smiled. “Do you still have the car?’ I asked.

“Nope it got stolen" my Grandpa exclaimed.

“Well I’m going outside to explore the farm.” I said.

When I was walking through the green huge bushes my eyes caught something

“Wow what's that? I said.

It was a old car with broken windows, smashed lights with rusty and dusty seats.

“I wonder what it would look like when its been pimped up? i said.

It would probably be mean and fantastic. As I was thinking about what we should do an idea popped into my head. I know I should call my friend Jack and his brother Finau because they are very good car designers.

“Hey whats up Finau and Jack?” I said.

“Nothing really” they replied.

“I have a favour to ask you. Could you help me pimp this old car so my Grandpa could beat the world champion?”

When the car was finished I said "you guys did a great job!" 

It had shiny sliver wheels with dark purple colours covering the whole car with orange red yellow flames.

“Hey grandpa come here, I have a surprise for you” I said.

When Grandpa saw the car he said "thank you. I will never forget this gift .”

When my Grandpa tried the car he said it was awesome.

“I will try and win the big race again and be the champion but the best champ is you” my Grandpa spoke with a big grin on his face.

THE BIG DINNER.

One hot warm day leaves were falling from lots and lots of trees. John, Apple and I were flying through the sky looking for food for our families. My name is Robin and I am a bird. I am the boss of the nest cause my mum and dad are too old to catch food for our family. John and Apple are my brothers and they are my best friends.

One day we went looking for fish at sea. As we were looking my brother saw an island with lots and lots of fish that were washed up on to the shore.

“Hey lets land on that island” my brother said.

As we landed there were funny animals that we hadn't seen before. There was an animal called a two head snake and a funny looking lion standing next to a big pile of fish.

“Can we have some fish?” I asked. “

No! you can`t have our Nemo” replied the lion.

“What is a Nemo?”

“It is that thing over there”

“That’s not a Nemo. That`s a fish and it lives in the sea. Come on, this is a waste of time”.

My brother started to flap his wings and he blasted off back the way he came.As we were flying back we saw some flying fish. My brothers got five fish each and I got two flying fish.

“Come on lets go home now.”

“Mum,Dad we are home and we have got dinner with us. We’ve got twelve fish”.

“Thank you boys for the food. You are the best son ever”

“Thank you”

The Maghawk

Wow! Polly come look at this beach its sand is as golden as my one dollar penny."

As my mum and dad were unpacking our stuff into our new house my brother Bob ordered Polly my sister and I to come and look at our new surroundings.

“Hey look at that bird! It has pitch black feathers covered by a bright white patch.

It has a orange beak and it’s dark brown."

“Mumm!! Come! have you ever seen this bird before?”

“NO I have never seen a bird like that before" my mum replied.

A few minutes later I had an idea “ahahah I know. Lets look up the bird on the internet.What keywords should I type in?"

“I know” said Bob “Type in pictures and names of birds."

Lots of pictures of different birds came on screen. "Look, there's the bird we saw! It's called a Maghawk. It says it’s one of the rarest birds in the whole entire world. It says here there are only 50 more of these birds left" I said.

See you tommorow Maghawk.

When I woke up I saw a man holding a brown leather bag and I heard a bird crying. “Hey, do you have my bird?" I yelled at the man as I ran towards him. As I was catching up to him my brother pulled up in front of the man and stole his bag

“Nice one” I sai

When Bob and I arrived back home we said      “your time's up Maghawk. I think we will have to let you go. Maghawk be free! I will miss you because you were the first and only bird I ever had. You could come back some day with your Maghawk family and visit us."

Bird Saved

One frosty winter morning Roger and I went fishing at Combers Reef. As we loaded our boat something caught my eye, it was a whole heap of birds.

As we reached our destination I was so happy we stopped for a moment. We looked around. There sitting in the frosty cold sea was an injured bird with oil on it.

"Roger, Roger!" I yelled.

"You only need to say my name once!" Roger yelled back.

"Ok can you see that bird?" I asked. " Can you get it?"

"Ok."

As Roger returned from the shivering cold reef the bird was nearly dead.

We raced back to shore. The bird looked like it was having a stroke. Stay alive. Stay alive I thought to myself.

Over here. The life guard spotted us.

"Roger, get the bird."

"Why?"

"Just get it."

As Roger came back with the bird it had passed away. Every one stopped and looked at me.

From that day on I never went fishing again.

My Freedom

One hot roasting day I was gliding through the sky with my friends Juli and Julian.The sun was high up in the blue sky and the white puffy clouds were floating by like some butterflies.

I am a black and white bird with a yellow beak and yellow claws. My friends Juli and Julian are green and yellow birds with a tiny bit of blue. I am a bird that adores humans(most of the time) but my friends are so afraid of them.

As I was gliding across the sparkly ocean, I didn’t see this big rock right in front of my eyes.I flew into the huge rock and crash landed onto the shore.

“DAD! DAD! Look its a bird” a little girl yelled to her parents.

The little girl's dad ran to get me and he held me in his hands.The little girls name was Jaime. Jaime asked her dad if they could keep me as a pet. Jaime’s dad announced to his family that they could keep the me but just until they fixed my wing.

When Jaime’s dad announced that, i tried to fly away from there. Luckily they took me to Michael, a veterinarian at Summer Shore clinic.

“Squawk! squawk!” I tried to scream out to Juli and Julian. When Michael told Jaime he was going to name me Seqoyah I thought in my head“Maybe they're not so bad after all."

After a couple of months Jaime’s and her family looked after me so good, they just had to let me go to the wild. I didn’t want to go back to the wild but I had to. Jaime was crying because she didn’t want me to go.By the time Jaime’s dad drove back to Summer Shore he let me free.

After 3 years I came back to that very house and saw Jaime. She was so excited to see me.Everybody came to scratch me on my little chest.I always come to visit them from time to time and the best thing about it all is now I’m free.

BY SEQOYAH

The Birds Big Breakfast.

I am a bird with black beady eyes and black and white wings. I took off from my nest and hovered on top of the sparkling blue sea with my friend Charlie.
"John wait up" Charlie shouted. "Where are you going?"
"Looking for breakfast" I replied back.
"FISH ! FISH!!" we both yelled.
We flapped our feathery wings to the sailor and snatched some fish out of his fishing boat. Then we glided through the puffy white clouds.
Grrrr I better feed you stomach with some more fish or you will moan again.
Suddenly I found what I've been waiting for.... Mussels.!!!
I burst with excitement and picked the mussels up and flew up into the blue sky and dropped the mussel on to the hard rough rocks below and gobbled it up.
"Ahhh" I yawned and flew back to my warm nest. This is a great life.

My Bird Friends and I Hanging Out In Arch Bay Beach.

One hot blazing summers day my bird friends Willam, Jacob, D'Angelo and I were gliding across the glimmering sparkling sea at Arch Bay Beach.

As my freinds and I were enjoying the nice hot sun some big kids started throwing rocks at us. So my freinds and I made up a plan so the big kids would stop bothering us. Our plan was to poo on them so they would be smelly and cry like little babies. So my freinds and I flew on top of their heads and pooed until they they ran away and cried.
I'm happy I'm a bird because I have nice blue and white colourful feathers and if I do something wrong I don't face the consequences.

Rotary Visit

Members of Rotary visited our school on Friday to issue all children at our school from years 4 to 6 with a free dictionary.The dictionary was very well received by all students.

Speeches

Room 11 have just completed doing their speeches in the classroom. Vienna and Jacob Manu will go through to the team speech finals on Monday 16 August. Good luck.

Sutton Park Sports Exchange

On the 1st of July, our school had a sports exchange with Sutton Park Primary. Many members of our class took part in Soccer, Girls Rugby and Netball and had a fabulous time! Here are some photos of the day.

How to make ice-cream

Ingredients

200g salt
120mls full cream milk
20g sugar
Vanilla essence
1 bag party ice
2 zip lock bags (1 small) (1 big)
2L ice cream container

Method:

Step 1:Half full the large zip lock bag with ice.

Step 2:Then pour 200 grams of salt into the large zip lock bag onto the ice.

Step 3:Then pour 120 millilitres of milk into the small zip lock bag.

Step 4:Add four teaspoons of vanilla essence into the milk and add some sugar.

Step 5:Then make a hole around the ice.

Step 6:Then put the bag with the milk inside the ice and then put the mixture into a container.

Step 7: Shake the mixture. When it is ready take out a bowl and put the ice cream into a bowl ready to eat up. Yum!

By William

Rugby League

On Tuesday the 29 of June Mangere East had a rugby league tournament against other schools in Auckland. We had won 3 games and lost 2. All of us played extremely well. Bombay Primary School won the shield. My team came 3rd. We had a great day!
By Khyren

Fire at our School

On Monday 7 June our school was set on fire. Room 2a, 1a, 3, 18, 4, 2b and 1b were burnt to the ground. All the teachers at our school were upset and devastated. We all felt shocked after hearing the news.

By Room 11

All about us!

We are a year 5 & 6 class with 27 students, our teachers name is Mrs O'Brien. Our school is situated in Mangere in South Auckland. At the moment we are studying role models in our community. We have just recently returned from camp at Sonshine Ranch. We had an amazing time and we will post some of our recounts and photos from camp very soon, so watch this space!

Welcome to our blog!

Welcome to Room 11 of Mangere East Primary School! We will be posting updates about the work we have been doing in class and reporting about special events in the school. We hope that you come back often to visit us.