I think I'm getting better

I think I'm getting better now with all of the smiley faces.

Xtra maths

The best I've done so far

My worst mistake

My worst mistake

My worst mistake was when I slipped off the slide into a pool.

Because I landed on my back and the sound of me hitting the pool didn’t sound so good then my sister looked at my back and it was all red and it stung so badly.

The way I reacted was loud, I screamed very loud that it hurt my sisters ears and she told me to be quiet. After I finished screaming my sister got a ice pack for my back and that hurt because it was cold and it stung against my back.

Only if I didn’t jump off that slide and landed on my back, but still making the mistake that I made was a bad choice also I didn’t think about me slipping and landing on my back. Although my sister was laughing because she said I looked so funny when I landed and that sort of made me laugh to.

Holiday reading

New Cover

If you could design a new cover for the book what would it look like?  Draw a picture.

Post it onto your blog with the following information.

- Title The Last Thirteen

- Author James Phelan

- Type of Book Mystery, Action

- Why your cover is better people who loves mystery or action.

Holiday Reading

Make a Recommendation

Who would you recommend this book to and why?  Write out who you would recommend this book to and give 3 reasons why you think they would like the book.

Post it onto your blog with a comment that tells you:

- Title Hunger Games: Catching Fire

- Author Suzanne Collins

- Type of Book Action, Adventure

- I would recommend this book to… Anybody who loves action or adventure.

I like this book it because it feels like the actual story and it feels like I am actually there

Food in my cuture

Food in my Culture

One of the things  my family celebrates are funerals. Where we usually have a funeral is inside a Marae and first we say good morning to everyone inside the Marae so then we wait until the speakers are finished speaking about the person who has passed away, then everyone goes to the person who has passed away and hugs or kisses the person.

At the Marae you have to prepare the food. What you have to do is, first the men have someone dig a hole and put a metal basket in, that is filled with tin foil, then you put the hangi inside the basket and cover it over with a big cloth, because if you don’t air would get into it. When you put it into a hot fire then it will cook the hangi.

Once the hangi is finished we eat it, but first you must tell everyone to come and sit down at the tables and then everyone says a little karakia before eating, then we can finally eat the hangi.

After everybody has finished eating their food that is when the burial will start, and everyone will gather at the cemetery, and watch the burial and then whoever would like to say a few words can come up to the grave and say what they want to say.  After the people are done speaking everyone will sing a Maori song and that is when the funeral is over.

Now I have just told you about what happens at a Marae, if there is a funeral, and how the food is prepared.  I hope that you now know about what happens at a Maori funeral and will get to go to a Maori funeral one day.

Rangi

Taranaki to Auckland to Tonga Anthony and Rangi

Here is Anthony and my map from where we come from. Anthony comes from Tonga and I come from Taranaki, New Zealand and on the map is how far the km's are from each country.