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16/2/11

**28.9.11**
**On Tuesday the seniors of Grant's Braes School walked down to Bayfield park for an athletics day. The groups were U/10 girls, U/10 boys, U/11 girls, U/11 boys, U/12 girls and U/12 boys. I was in U/12 girls. For sprints I came 4th and got into the finals then in the finals I got 4th as well. I also qualified for shot put where you had to throw at least 5m.**

**10.9.11**
==== **Today was the Grant's Braes A.F.C end of year prize giving. For prize giving the coach of the team comes up with the team, there is a Most improved player and Player of the season. Most improved player was me and player of the season was Riley.** ====

**On the home site of Yahoo I found an really good artical as in good news. Here it is:**
**A group of laboratory chimps locked up for medical testing have seen the sun for the first time in 30 years.** **Their release follows a 14-year bid to re-integrate the chimps who had been kept in isolation and injected with HIV and hepatitis, The Sun reports.** **The pharmaceutical company behind the research was sold in 1997, beginning a long process to re-introduce the chimps to outdoor life.** **Footage shows the primates 'embracing' and taking their first steps outside.** **"They hugged as if saying, 'We're finally free'. And then they laughed," one witness was quoted as saying.** **The primates were taken from their mothers shortly after their birth and taken to a research facility in Austria where they were kept in isolation.** **"The chimps are incredibly happy. This is amazing, I have been waiting for this moment for so long," their Renate Foidl was quoted as saying.** **The lab chimps are now at the Gut Aiderbichl Animal Sanctuary, near Salzburg in Austria.** **8.9.11** **For homework this week we have to write a letter to the editor persuading them to have the Rugby World Cup final in the new stadium in Dunedin.** **Here is my Letter to the editor:** **I think the RWC final SHOULD be held in Dunedin not in Auckland because Auckland has to many games which is not fair. 12% of the games are being played in Auckland out of 48 games and in Dunedin there are 4% of the games are being played in Dunedin out of 48. Dunedin has just resently made a brand new stadium called Forsyth Barr Stadium, especially for the RWC and only 4 games of the event are being played in the new stadium. I reckon thats just a waste and the All Blacks aren't even playing in Dunedin. What do you think? Are you going to do anything about it? Well it should be a rule in your family that you should debate over something you really don't like like this situation.**

**I enjoyed looking after an egg. Its also very hard work. She cracked from soggyness. BOHOO!!!**
**Post a sticky note on the wall wisher !!!** media type="custom" key="9041170" __**Police Station visit:**__ **At the police station I learned : That the jail is NOT at the police station it is in Palmerston. At the police station you get treated like a real person, other wise it would be unfair.You get the same food.** __**Beach Ed:**__ **I enjoyed beach ed we learned lots of stuff. Some of the stuff we learned about were Rips and What to do if your in trouble.** **I loved the water and splished and splashed.**

__7.9.11__ **For pysical edducation we are learning skipping because soon it is jump rope for heart day. I can do lots of different types of moves.** [] Take a look at this link to kiwikids news if you would like to look at the Yoda statue. 7/4/11 **Today at guided reading we learned about the parts of the eye.They are the Cornea,Pupil,Iris,Lens,Sclera,Optic nerve,Retina.Here is a diagram to help you understand a little bit more.**

20/4/11

** Worlds best tree house **

**On Kiwi Kids news I found an artical about a tree house. It interest me alot the tree house had...** **dual hammocks, pink batts, curtains, a shoe cupboard, a sofa bed and a remote controlled drawbridge. It was an installated house as well. WOW !!! The tree house took about a year to build. It was built by Mr Williams who is 23 and said that building a hut is much like riding a bike – you never forget. It is like a mini house. You can read more on the link above.** **﻿ Tim the tiny tortoise** **On Kiwi Kids news I also ﻿found a story about a tiny tortoise very intresting. The tortoise is called Tiny Tim, when Tiny Tim was born he weighed 6g and is about the size of a grape. Read more about this artical on the link above.**

**In writting we were looking at describing during action. Here is some of my writing where I used describig during action: As Molly truged through the snowy creek her little legs shivered. Her manicured fingers went numb when she put her ice skate on. Molly's glossy hair glided as she skated on the frosty creeky lake.** **24.8.11** **10 Facts about Koala's:** **1.Koalas are rather small, round animals. ** **2.They weigh about 30 pounds and on average grow to be 2 feet tall. ** **3.There are fewer than 100,000 koalas. ** **4.Koalas can live as long as 17 years, although high mortality rates (due to car fatalities and dogs) for males lower their life expectancy to 2 to 10 years ** **5.Koalas prefer to live in eucalyptus forests, coastal islands, and low woodlands. ** **6.Once numbering in the millions, koalas suffered major declines in population during the 1920s when they were hunted for their fur. ** **7.Today, habitat destruction, traffic deaths, and attacks by dogs kill an estimated 4,000 koalas yearly. ** **8.Australian national laws protect koalas, but each individual state is responsible for the animal's conservation. ** **9.Nocturnal mammals, koalas sleep for up to 16 hours a day. ** **10. ** ** They are arboreal, which means that they live in trees. **

23/6/﻿11 **For maths we have been learning lots of different stratgies.Here are some examples.** **Using Place Value To Solve Divivision Problems:** **924 divided by 7= Here is how I worked it out** **700 divided by 7 = 100** **210 divided by 7= 30** **14 divided by 7 = 2** **100+30+2**﻿**=132** 29/6/11  **At writing we have been writing mystery narative here is a bit about my mystery. Main Characters: Molly and Zac.Minor Characters: Camp group** **and Leader of the camp.** **Problem:All Molly and Zac's stuff go missing on the island camp. Complication: Leader goes away for a long time food goes missing. Solution: Molly and Zac start to spy on the leader of the camp.They find that the leader is about to throw out all the missing stuff and sail away.Here is the start of my story it's called the missing stuff:**

**It was a warm and calm Friday on the sea. Molly and Zac were sailing on the fancy adventure club boat, to adventure island camp. Molly’s golden hair was waving in the tropical wind. Her neat small hands were quivering with excitement. Where as in the cabin with some other boy Zac was jumping all around. His spiky chocolate hair bounced around. After an hour or two, they anchored the boat on the hot sand. Soon the whole troop was stumbling and skipping towards base camp. Once they were set up Zac whispered to Molly “Don’t you think the leader is suspicious?”**

**Molly replied “Exactly what I was thinking.” Later that night when Molly and Zac were supposed to be sleeping, they heard a lot of rustling.**

**Molly jumped to a start in the morning. Zac jumped as well.”What’s happened to all our stuff its gone?” shrieked Molly.**

**“Molly not so loud, the others will wake up.” hissed Zac. It was too late the leader awoke.**

**That evening after tea the leader went away for a long time which was odd, because he usually never left the group alone, at night.**

**Rustle, Rustle “CRACK.”**

**In the morning the food was gone. Everyone was getting annoyed now. Straight away Zac and Molly started thinking of what to do. Soon enough they brainstormed an idea, they’re going to spy on the leader. “Job starts now.” announced Zac.**

**“Alrighty.” exclaimed Molly. By noon the leader was very suspicious.**

**At evening the leader snuck away again ...Molly and Zac followed. Molly and Zac had a tremendous surprise. Their faces dropped. What they spied was the suspicious leader about to throw out all the stuff that was missing. Then he was about to sail away. But in time they stop him doing anything. In the end the caught leader was fired and got paid a fine. After that Molly and Zac were known as the heroes of the adventure club.**