Ruma Kakapo: May 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012

NZ citizen

A New Zealand citizen is a person who has New Zealand citizenship. They can stand for parliment. You're allowed to have a NZ passport. You're allowed to represent New Zealand with music. Or you could become the All Blacks captain.

There are three ways of becoming a NZ citizen.
The first one is your mum or dad were born here that is called by descent.

The second one is you can be a NZ citizen if you were born here. That is called by birth.

And the last way is you can aply to get NZ citizenship and fill in a application form.You have to pay a aplication fee. When you are at a NZ citizenship ceremony you can swear in oath while holding the Bible or Affirmation of Allegiance.You can get a plant or flowers. And get a certificate.Now you are a NZ citizen by grant!!!by Grace

Ruma Kakapo citizenship ceremony

Nz citizenship

.A nz citizen is a person

Thursday, May 10, 2012

poem

Ssssounds of autumn

Splash splash splash

Water being sprayed around

Buzz buzz buzz

Bees are buzzing along

Tweet tweet tweet

The birds are in the sky flying

ssssoundsn of autumn

Ssssoundsn of autumn

sssh

The wind in leaves

Aroo

The wind.

Sounds of autumn

Crunch, crunch

As children run across leaves.

Swish, swish

swish, swish

As the wind blows the trees.

Tweet, tweet,tweet

As the birds sing a song

Tynelle

Sssounds of autumn
Ssh Ssh
The wind in the trees
Swish swish
Water being sprayed around
Crunch crunch
The leaves are crunching on the ground
Chirp chirp
Said the birds in the trees

Autumn Aidan

Ssssounds of autumn
Ssh ssh
Leaves in the trees
Swish swish
Water being blown
Crunch Crunch Crunch
As I jump in a leaf pile
Whoosh
The leaves in the trees.

Thomas autumn poem

Ssssounds of autumn Crunch crunch crunch When you are walking on the leaves
Swish swish swish
The leaves on the trees Tter tter tter
The leaves on the ground
Whee! whee! whee!
the leaves are falling down
Boing boing boing I’m jumping on the pile of leaves
Wowho!!

Ssssound of autumn

Ssssounds of autumn

Crunch crunch crunch

When I walk on the leaves

Swish swish swish

Goes the wind blowing the trees

Crackle crackle crackle

Running with paper in the wind

Woosh woosh woosh

A big pile of leaves on the ground

by Bailey

Bens autumns poem

Ssssounds of autumn

Crunch crunch crunch

When you are walking on the leaves

Swish swish

The wind blowing.

Ben

sound of autmn

ssh ssh ssh went the wind swish swish went the trees crunch crunch went the leaves buzz buzz went the bees the birds sing in the trees.

Reflection on our learning

Yesterday we talked about our learning so far. We've learnt that you don't have to live in New Zealand to be a citizen. It is easy to understand what it means to be a citizen by birth.

What we found tricky was the meaning of getting citizenship by grant. We've learnt that you can apply for citizenship if you were not born in NZ and your parents were not born here. You need to apply for citizenship, and then it might be granted to you.

Can you think of an easier explanation of what by grant means?