Questions 4 Rudolph

At school, Christmas is almost here and we have been doing "thinkers keys". There has been a lot of  thinking going on, and others have sang along to Christmas carols and having fun. (But they were still working too, so that is still okay.) I have done a question key so I would be prepared for an interview if I met Rudolph. Because, after all, I would be the interviewer and Rudolph, the reindeer that shall be interviewed. So, I have created 5      questions for him, and here they are.

Questions for Rudolph.

1. Is it a big honour being reindeer leader for you?
2. Were you ever bullied at school because of your nose?
3. Were you born with the glow Rudolph?
4. Did you ever have a hard life and thought of getting plastic surgery on your nose?
5. Do you like how your life is now?


Those were my questions 4 Rudolph. I hope you liked them, and remember, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

The reverse key

1. Undies

2. Socks

3. 1d cd

4. Justin Bieber cd

5. A pet mouse

6.a chicken

7.a little green bear

8.a flat rugby ball

9. A rat that is dead

 10. A dinosaur 

CHRISTMAS DAY

   10 Things I won't be doing on Christmas Day 

    1. I will not be at school.
    2. I will not sit on the toilet all day.
    3. I will not pull my hair out and eat it.
    4. I will not be in Austraila.
    5. I will not be staying in bed all day.
    6. I will not be at my art class.
    7. I will not be at the movies.
    8. I will not be trying to run round the world.
    9. I will not flush my presents down the toilet.
   10. I wilL not eat my Christmas tree.
  


  


  

Prediction Key

In 5 years time the presents I want are ...

1. I -phone

2. Lap top

3. TV

4. My own house

5. A cat

6. A job

7. I want to see the Easter bunny

8. I want to travel around the world

9. To go to Disneyland

10. To become a writer

The question key

1.Why does Rudolph have a red nose?
2.How does Rudolph make his nose glow?
3.Why doesn't Rudolph have a brown nose?
4.Why is Rudolph's nose different compared to the others?
5.Why is Rudolph the only one with a red nose?

Christmas Reverse Key

         My list of 10 things I don't want for Christmas            

1.A Barbie doll

2.Wax strips

3.Superman 

4.Coal

5.A toilet seat

6.A but massager

7.A hippopotamus  (very fat one)

8.A fresh eyeball in a jar

9.Dora the explorer doll

10.My little pony doll 

The reverse key

Thing I would not want for Christmas.

1 a ticket to collage

2 pokemon stuff

3 dinosaur

4. Barbie

5 Rattle snake

6 Dora the explorer

7 homework

8 a ticket to Asia

9 Justin Bieber album

10 a pet snake.

what if key

 
What if Santa slept in on
Christmas Eve?


If Santa slept in on Christmas Eve he would probably only have time for a few houses to get presents and that would be very unfair
for the other children. So Santa please
don't do that to us!

I will not be doing this on christmas day ...

10 Things I won't be doing  on christmas day
 
1. I will not be going to China,

2. I will not be staying at home,

3.I will not eat my Christmas tree,

4.I will not glue my lips together,

5. I will not fry my legs,

6.I will not drink melted banana skins,

7.I will not flush myself down the toilet,

8.I will not touch an old man's hair,

9.I will not eat my brother's brain,

10. I will not read this list again.

Reverse key

On christmas I won't

1. Eat my presents

2. Break my presents

3. Chop a head off a pig

4. Throw food at anyone

5. Yell at people

6. Fry my head

7. Punch myself in the face

8. Eat all the food

9. Reject my presents

10. Fly to Indonesia

10 things I will not be doing on christmas day...

10 things I will not be doing on Christmas Day.

1. Eating my nose
2. Cooking my hand on the stove
3. Put soap hair
4. Eat my toes with a fork
5. Set fire to my hair
6. Let zombies eat my brain
7. Touch a brain
8. Go bold
9. Let my brother eat my thighs
10. Flick an old train off


That's the end of this list lets turn it OFF !!!
By Mercedes  

The Inventions key

Design a machine for cleaning Santa's sleigh.

top team

Top Team
On Friday the 25/10/13 it will be top team day. We have to wear something that can get wet like a shirt and shorts because most of the activitys will be involving water! It is being held at the Waimate High School which sounds awesome! I can't wait!!!
Carly

Made up holiday letter to kakabro

Dear Kakabro,

In the holidays something odd happened. I went outside to go and fed my goat except I was the food. My head shook, my body quivered. Until all of a sudden it swallowed me. His body was full of grass, it felt like I was inside a lawn mower. Lucky I brought pen and paper, that's how I wrote this letter, and just letting you know never feed a goat.

From Sheridan

Drifting Hearts

WARNING. THIS STORY CONTAINS SORROW. TRY NOT TO CRY.... It was the middle of spring in 2005. Justin, and Stephanie. Forever, in love. My name is Stephanie, and I live in the north of Empire City. I've been waiting my whole life for Justin to come back from New Marais. Monday 26th October was the I've been waiting for. I just didn't know it. Yet... I went to the park. I always meet him there. By the old weeping willow, on the park bench by Takitaki Lake. I managed to get a long sigh out of me. Then I heard a stick snap. I whipped my head around, and there was Justin. I was so delighted to see him, I threw myself into his open arms. He hugged me back, then took me to Desserts'n'Smoothies, the perfect place to go in the middle of spring. A woman with a white singlet, skinny jeans, and dark wavy hair took our order. I asked politely for a vanilla milkshake. Justin didn't order anything however. I knew, something was different. Then he got up, and left, leaving me alone and not even saying goodbye to me. I was confused. I swiped up my vanilla milkshake, taking sips on the way, and raced after him. I didn't get far. So I just stood there. In the middle of the forest. The next day, I decided I needed to clear my head. I get up, get ready, and head out to the place I would always meet Justin. By the old weeping willow, on the park bench by Takitaki Lake. I could see a dark cloud coming, so I had to hurry. But what I saw next was so unexpected. There was the woman I saw at Desserts'n'Smoothies, KISSING JUSTIN! I let out a loud gasp, and they stopped. The rain had changed into a full-out storm. He jumped out of his seat and I was so unhappy. He was trying to reason with me but I ran away, with tears flying from my face and landing on the soft grassy floor. Then it happened, even more unexpected than before. Just as I was about to stop, the lightning struck. The pain was blinding. I saw jagged rays of white flash across my eyes. Justin puts on his brakes and kneels down beside me. He was telling me to stay with him, but the wound was fatal and I was dying. 10 minutes later..... I was in hospital, but the results were bad they just didn't know it yet, but ther were going to find out very soon. Justin came in to see me, but I was almost dead. He raced out to get the nurse. But it was too late.. I was gone. I know that Justin...Never forgave himself for that day.... But....In time...I learned....To forgive him........ THE END.

school production

School production At Waimate Centennial school we're practising for our school production. It's about how Waimate was built. The song my whanau group's doing is Strawberry Avalanche. The other songs are The climb, move it and more. If you would like to see come to the Regent theatre at 7:00 pm Thursday the 31st of October of 2013. Hope you come!

school production

At school we are having a production called Unwritten. We have our own whanau group. I have about 24 people in mine & we have a song called "feel inside". Its a pretty cool song. We have to wear rapping clothes. I have a speaking part. I say 'my dad said he'd give us some sausages to cook and sell'.

Dear Kakabro

I had fun in the holidays. I went up to Christchurch for my dancing. Then I did jam camp which took up all weekend. We went to bed at 10:00 and had to get up at 7:00. We danced all day from 7:00 to 10:00. I met a girl name Milow.

my holidays ( made up )

On the first day of the holidays I was sitting on the toilet until ... I fell in. The worst thing was Dad came in and saw that I didn't flush and flushed for me. Suddenly I entered this town of poo , it was Trash pack town. I thought I was going to die. I saw sandy trash, movie trash and worst of all a rotten scarf with eyes and he or she was green. When I turned around I saw a set of big fat eyes looking at me. Then I looked at myself. I was covered in sand. I woke up in my sheets. I never want to go there again I thought as I dosed off.

BY MERCEDES

Dear Kakabro

I the holidays I got stuck in my sleeping bag. When I tried to get out, I fell off the back of my bed and landed on my inhaler, and my butt hurt for three days.

Exciting writers

As part of our exciting writers unit, some children chose to present a play based on a book by a New Zealand author.

Here is Angus' setting for "Seesaw Po".

Benny's sign for "Quaky Cat" by Diana Noonan.

Flynn and Jack made finger puppets for a play based around "Joe the Kakapo."

Summary of Joe the Kakapo

This story is about Joe the Kakapo by Janet Martin. He is a smart little Kakapo. He lives in Codfish Island at the bottom of NZ. He is a native bird in NZ. His family is nearly extinct. He can't fly.

Summary of Sam'n` Tommy and the Snakeman

Pauline Cartwright is a very famous writer.
This is a book about Sam and Tommy. Sam and Tommy get kidnapped by the Snakeman. Sam has to steel food from the angry man.

Summary of Sam'nTommy and the Snakeman

Sam'n'Tommy get kidnapped by the Snakeman and get lost in the bush with little food. Will they get found? They walk down the river and steal food from a grandad who tries to shoot them.

Summary of Sam'n' Tommy

Sam and Tommy get lost somewhere they don't know. They get lost by the snakeman who stole the car while Tommy's mum was in the grocery store. The snakeman crashes the car with Tommy in side. They have to walk down the side of a river to find food.

summary of Sam'n' Tommy

This story is about survival and searching for food when Sam and Tommy get lost in the bush far from town.

summary of Sam ''n'' Tommy and the snake man

Sam 'n' Tommy and the Snakeman by Pauline Cartright is one of our favourite books. This story is about Sam and Tommy getting lost in the wild. They get kidnapped by a man. He is a horrible man with a snake tattoo down his neck. The main characters are Sam, Tommy and the man. Tommy is 3 and Sam is 12 years old.

Summary of Sam' n' Tommy ...

 One of my favourite books Sam' n' Tommy and the Snakeman by
Pauline Cartwright. 

This book is about Sam and Tommy getting kidnapped by a man and Getting lost in the wild. What will they do?
Sam has a different personality compared to most people, but
Tommy on the other hand is a little rascal. Sam is 12 and 
Tommy is 3. How are they going to get home?

Summary of Sam and Tommy

This story is about two boys on an adventure outdoors. Twelve year old Sam has to look after  three year old Tommy after being taken away by a snake tatooed man that they called Snakeman. 
Will they find their way home?

Summary of Sam&Tommy

Sam and Tommy get kidnapped by the Snakeman. The truck that they are in goes off the cliff. They find a house with an old man and the old man points a gun at Sam's head.

Summary of Sam 'n' Tommy and the Snakeman

At the beginning, 2 kids are kidnapped by a mysterious man. They're going to have to work together to find their way back home. But it won't be easy......... In the end, it's like the book hasn't finished yet. But it has.

We really like this book because it contains lots of rich words, and suspense.

Pigs and Deer Hunting

It was the first hunt of my life. I got ready. Got my gun and my knife. Well, not really my gun.

I went to pick up my friend then drove up in the Ford. We’re there.

I had a stretch and put my bag on and put the gun strap around me. We started to walk and it was very very quiet. Well, you never know what you might see.

There was a big big stag in the distance, the biggest one my friend had ever seen. I aimed up at the stag. My friend Mitchell had his gun up just in case, and then BOOM, my first shot at a stag.

Click, click BOOM. 2^nd shot. Bang. It fell to the ground. It had 18 spikes on its antlers. We stayed the night at the camp out. The next day my Dad came. Dad said “We need to go pig hunting.”

We took the dogs. We did not even go 2 km. A 300 pound boar was very very close. The dogs were baling at the pig. It had big tusks. I went to stick it and it ripped my pants so I said “You are going down”. I stuck it in the heart and tied a rope on to the legs of the pig and carried it all the way back.

I said to Dad “I think I am going to do that all my life.”

Seals

Seals

I see the seals sunbathing

on the rocks and catching fish

I hear ‘or or or’

I feel a greasy thick coat

They smell like cooking oil

Trees

 Trees

When I look at a tree I smell apples growing

Fresh mint

I know that something’s growing

A ball could get stuck because it’s so tall

Mossy wood

Crumbling

Mumbling

Down

Trees

Trees

I am at the park sitting under a

Tree

I see a flea

Just as I see it

A breeze starts

And then the tree I’m sitting

Under starts to shake

The flea gets blown away to another

Tree

 

There’s a howl some branches scratch

Me oww

I smell a charcoal smell and

Then I look out from

Under the tree there are leaves

Everywhere

Horse

I can feel the horse’s soft fur through my

finger tips

I can see the wavy fur as the wind blows

On the horse

I can smell horse poo

I can taste fur in my mouth as the wind

Blows to me

I can hear the mud squishing and the horse neighing.

Crocodile poem

Crocodiles

I feel the scaly skin

And the roaring teeth

The hiss of the crocodile makes

Me shiver

I can smell the salty skin

Oh crocodile let me come again

My dog

My dog

 

I see my dog

Every day but days

I’m not there

He growls

A lot at his grandson for

Licking his

Slobber

Most yuckiest

Thing

The sea

The sea

When I go to the sea
I always see speedy fish
Jumping dolphins
And wavy waters
I taste sea water
And icky sand
Buy yummy fish
I hear booming waves
And shouting kids
I hear dolphins
And blowing wind
Nosy seagulls that can be annoying
I smell tasty fish
And yucky seaweed
I feel crashing water
Pushing waves
And breeze wind that feels quite nice
Everyone loves the sea
Everything about it

Take 5

Take five

On 26th June we wrote another take five story. Enjoy.


Have you ever seen a red dragon that is riding a motorbike, wears a leather jacket and black shades?

It's quite paranormal eh?

You see, it is known as the hearts desire. So if you were a cat, for example, it would be a fish. If you were a dog it would be a big bone.

So next time you are eating some kai (kai=food) outside, keep your eyes peeled for the hearts desire.

Globi likes to ...

Globi likes to scoff pizza, pet puppys and shot guns.

Globi  likes to skip in the park, grab butterflys and play on his MGP scooter.

by Carly and Mercedes

Vid comic episode 4

I played my playstaion2. I got up to vid comic episode 4. I need to fight Dr Nefarious. He is an evil scientist. He is the hardest guy you can meet. You have a gun. It is a nitro launcher. It shoots out balls that explode on Dr Nefarious. It starts with green lives, next yellow lives, then red lives.
Then he will die. Then you have to beat red eye clank and he can turn into red-eyed giant clank.
I should be on the last episode because I'm only on episode 4. Dr Nefarious should be dead. It should be on episode 5.
Why did Dr Nefarious die on episode 4?

How to make trifle

 How to make trifle    
What you will need
1 packet of jelly crystals
1 jug of hot water
1/2 a can of fruit
1 packet of candy floss
flavoured mousse
1 bottle of cream
1 teaspoon of vanilla
essence

milk
Equipment
1 jug
1 spatula
1 electric whipper
1 spoon                                                                   
1 piper                                                                            
1 large bowl
                                                               
1. Put the packet of jelly crystals in the jug. Add hot water.

 
2. Put the jelly into the large bowl and add fruit.


3. Put in the fridge to set. Leave it in there for
  about 4 hours.

4. When your jelly has set, take it out of the fridge
and mix your mousse with milk.

5. Pour your mousse over your jelly then put
   it in the fridge. While you're waiting whip up your
  cream and spread it with a spatula. Save some for
  the piper. Use the rest of the cream to put in the
 piper and put dabs of it on the top.

6. Plate it up and all theres left to do is dig in!

Leave a comment on how you get on making this yummy dessert!










                                                 

Matariki

In New Zealand, most people celebrate Matariki. Matariki is the Maori new year.

Some thing's you can do to celebrate Matariki are:
Learn to weave and flax
Make and fly  kites
Share family stories
Learn about the land
Gather fish and kai moana

Matariki is a group of seven, Called a constellation. You can see them thirty minutes before dawn.

Matariki has three names. They are seven sisters, Subaru and Pleiades but it might have more, we don't know.
 
Matariki is a group of seven it is made up of 500 but we can only see six or seven. That is because sometimes the 7th one goes behind another one.

It starts late May or early June and it ends late April.

Next week our school's kapa haka group is going to the Matariki festival. I am one of the people who are going to Matariki.

One year my grandma and I went out looking for the seven sisters
at dawn. We couldn't find them because they were out the north side of the house. When we looked out the south, west and east side
of the house.

Do you know any other constellations in England?

By Emily

farming

farming
Farming is a job. You have to do the right thing at the right time or else something could happen to you.
You can't be a famer without the right stuff.
I learned how to drive a tractor when I was 4 and I learned how to drive a combine when I was 6. I learned how to drive a four wheeler when I was 7. I love farming so much.
Every morning I wake up wishing I was doing something on the farm. I sometimes dream about it too. When I'm on the farm I do stuff like check the sheep, check the cattle - all that kind of stuff.
One fun thing I like to do is jump the hay bales.
In spring it is a pretty hard time of the year because it is when all the sheep have lambs. So we have to go round checking all the lambs. We have about 650 sheep. If there is a dead one we just throw it in the pit we've got.
In summer we do harvesting. We have only got 1 header so it takes a while and it's normally really wet. If it is wet you can't harvest.
We mostly plant wheat or barley or pees or triticale or radish.
We only have about 600 acres so our farm is pretty small. If you're wondering we live on a cropping farm. If your wondering what triticale is, it is a kind of crop you can graze sheep or cattle in it.
It looks a bit like wheat but it can't grow very long.

Waimate!

Waimate is a small town in between Timaru and Oamaru in the South Island. Not everyone know about Waimate. The gardens are so beautiful. It makes me feel so happy. The schools are perfect. The animals are cute and soft. The people in Waimate are mostly friendly. What is your favourite state or place?

Pets and Christmas

Once upon a time there were two sisters, one kitten, a puppy and a bunny. They also had a two storey house.
So I think you would like to know the sisters names. Well they were called Milly and Molly. Milly has no pets.The awesome thing was that the next day was christmas day. They were so excited. Milly was wishing that she would get her own bunny.
And Molly was wishing that she would get a puppy but they would have liked a kitten more. But they couldn't have one because  they already had a kitten so it was time to go to bed. So they were sleeping and sleeping until it was morning. They woke up.
They came down the stairs and went into the living room. And they saw presents everywhere around the Chirstmas tree. They went into mum and dads bedroom. They were so happy. So they went outside. They found two cages there milly found a bunny.
 So she opened the cage and the bunny ran into milly's arms and snagled up. Then they went to the next cage molly found a puppy then she opened it up the puppy ran into her arms.
 Then they went inside to open the other presents. That was the best Christmas ever they said.
What was your favourite christmas like ?

Farming is fun to do

Farming is cool to do.You get to see sheep and cows and all the other animal so, lets get started.


Summer
In Summer we are harvesting.When its full we go up beside the truck or trailer and we drive back home to unload the truck or trailer and it goes up the auger into the huge silo.

All year round we send grain to the dairy shed.

The we burn paddocks.

Autumn

In Autumn we are shearing sheep.
it takes three days to get them all done .
We plough lots too.
In Autumn there's alot to do with tractor baling,working up paddock.
We feed chickens all year round.
All Autumn we are in tractor

Winter
In winter we get heaps of cows from dairy farms and calves too. 
They come off the truck into our new cattle yards.
Then we put them in a paddock.
After four days we put them in a chow paddock and we feed them silage and hay because we are short of feed in the Winter.
It is fun on my motorbike because it is muddy.
At the end of Winter the cows go home.



Spring
Spring is the best part of the year. (It lambing time)
Its fun because I get pet lambs.
We look after 20 lambs a year because they have no Mum and that's how I found my best friend Buddy. (my best pet lamb).



From Angus

    

Why you should play rugby

Why you should play rugby
Some people like getting muddy and some people don't. And normally after the game it feels like you want to play more. There people get a chocolate bar at the end and you get points. 3 points you get a chocolate bar and a trophy, but you only get to take the trophy home for the week. Then you have to bring it back for the next game. When you score a try it feels real good.

Q Do you want to play rugby now?

Timmy and Tommy's new book

''Timmy! I got a new book,'' called Tommy.
''Oooooohhhhh yay! What is it?'' asked Timmy.
''The unknown egghead,'' answered Tommy.
''It's time to read I guess Timmy''
''Okay. Let's sit down."
"Alright," said Tommy.

"The unknown egghead.
One day, a girl named Sera read an instruction on how to make a friendly egghead.
"That sounds interesting," She said. So she read the instructions carefully, and made a friendly egghead.
"I'm gonna call you Steve!"

That night, when Sera went to bed, the egg came alive! Steve had a evil looking face drawn on him, then he whispered, "How do I get outta here?" a window was left open. Steve spotted the open window, hopped out of his little socket and on to his little, stubby legs. He waddled over to the window and jumped out without a single crack in his shell.

The next morning, Sera was horrified to find her socket empty. "I have to find Steve!" she panicked. So Sera ran into the nearby forest to find Steve.

Three days later, Mr Mason was delivering the papers, when all of a sudden, he realised, that Sera wasn't outside her house. She always was. Mr Mason never found out why. No one did. But....... Some people believe that they saw a walking, talking egghead.

The end?

"I wonder what happened to Sera" said Timmy
"I'm not sure. We will never know." said Tommy

Will they ever find out? Who knows! Oh I forgot to say my line. Now where was I? Oh yeah.
The end.
Was that a good ending?

dairy of a whimpy kid

Dairy of a whimpy kid is a really cool movie.It is fill of jokes and funny people.There is cool back grounds too.There is cool characters the charecters are Holly Hills and Gregg Gregg mum and dad freegle and manny Roderick and paddy . There are naughty bulls who bully Gregg and Rowley and some other kids too.There is a touch that is called the cheese touch and also a kid who is the cheese touch kid.cool effects on the music . It is gross in some bits .
Greeg is not looking forward to high school Gregg likes the pretty girls not hie ugly ones.

The day that I landed a backflip.

Hi I'm Travis Pastrana 4 time gold medalist.
I'm going to attempt a double back flip first attempt I have 4 ribs & leg!..second attempt i did it ha!.

Mt Everest

Mt Everest is 8850, metres and in nepaol which is in Asia. A NZ man was the first preson to get to top of  it and Asia hade it .

gym and waimate

My name is Mercedes and I am going to talk about my home town Waimate.
I think it is a great town for sports. I do gymnastics. I am a level 2. I have done gym for 3 years and it will be four years coming up in August .
When I am at gym , we practise our routines because on the 30th of June we have gym competition. On my last competition I did very well I came 1st on floor, 1st on beam and 3rd on vault and I also got a gold medal .
I do gym 2 times a week on Monday and on Wednesday 4 hours in total 2 hours each day. At gym you wear a leotard wich is sort of like a body suit and you also were tight's. My favourite apparatus is floor second would have to be vault third would be bar and last woulsd be beam. In my group ther is Riley Ella and I. The end. By Mercedes

Pets and family

Pets live with families and families stick together. Kids play with friends. Horses and ponies and other animals play together  sometimes. Families have parties and celebrations. Some pets stay
outside when families are asleep. Animals are cute they like to play
with families sometimes. Some families can ride their horses and ponies. 
Some animals are wild and some pets have a home. Families
go to different countries and the pets sometimes stay at home then
other families feed the pets at home.

How to make a Friendly Egghead

How to make a Friendly Egghead.

What you need:

1 egg
potting mix
scissors
felt pens of your choice
grass seeds
empty egg carton
2 teaspoons

What to do:

1. Cut the top off your egg carefully. Then with one of the teaspoons, scoop out the yolk.
2. Wash the inside of the egg out.
3. With your felt pens, draw a face on your egg.
4. Grab the empty egg carton. Then cut out one socket off the carton.
5. With the other teaspoon, scoop the potting mix into the egg about 3/4 full. Do this step outside, it can get a bit messy.
6. Take a pinch of grass seeds from your packet, then sprinkle them into your egghead.
7. Swivel your finger gently around inside the egg to get some seeds into the potting mix properly. Remember to wash your hands after.
8. Give your seeds a little bit of water. Remember to water your egg a little once each day.
9. Place your egg in the socket. Then in a spot with lots of sunlight.
10. Over the days, your egghead should grow hair.

Artarmama Session 1: Photographs and Interviews

Photos and Interviews by Sophie and Meadow.