school carnival the haunted house -_-

                                                                   
                                The haunted maze

                                             Hello hello welcome to my haunted maze enter it and you might get lost.

                                  Come play with us come play with us as you can see at the beginning you get a spooky fright there ready to pronounce,

                                       and no one will find u ever again and you will die in this maze and there are spooky things living in this maze and you will never be able to escape  this maze you might be able to escape if your lucky enough.
                                                There are small gaps that you need to squish threw sometimes you get trapped and some times it get's really confusing and sticky

iv only seen 3 people escape and there are people still trying to find there way out of the maze you might see some dead people and you might just might find some one still alive in the maze are you ready to die or escape and one more thing before you begin there are lots of traps and spikes you may begin on your task if you escape you will be free to the real world and you can do what ever you want. Now go began your task! 

BOTANY DOWNS CARNIVAL

Last Friday Botany Downs held it's school carnival. I think it was a big success. Many ex students turned up and the community was out in force.
I tended the Jolly Jar stand.
Lots of goodies were available to buy inside these creative little jars.
People loved rummaging through them and peeking inside.
Towards the end of the chilly night the jars shrunk but people kept returning to see what was left.
Loom bands, party poppers and lollies were a favourite.

Mrs Foot

KiwiKidsNews J.M.S

WALT read articles in order to write interesting articles ourselves.

3 Captivating headlines are:
-Man Gets Tattoo On His Eyeball
-Leech Found Living In Woman's Nose
-4 kg Hairball Removed From Girl's Stomach

5 Interesting sentence starters are:
-There's nothing better than spending a hot summers day in the pool...
-A 58 year old New Yorker has undergone a rare procedure, having his eyeball tattooed...
-Coming home to find a unexpected guest lounging in your swimming pool is not all the best...
-Indonesian teenager has been nicknamed 'Snake Boy' due to a condition that leaves his skin shredding every 2 days...
-An African Grey parrot who spoke only English, went missing for 4 years before returning home and speaking Spanish!...

4 Riveting topics are:
-Worlds Deepest Swimming Pool
-Biggest Attempted Front-flip In Mountain Bike History
-Dancing Traffic Light
-Japanese Hit By Typhoon VongFong

After reading an article Dancing Traffic Light I learnt:
That 81% of people in Portugal stop when the dancing red man is shown and smile while they wait. A simple pedestrian can just walk into a simulator and dancing, that will be shown on a traffic light and anyone can join in.

articles L.S S.B K.L

Wednesday 15 October 2014
WALT Read articles in order to write interesting articles ourselves.
4 captivating headlines are:

• 4kg hairball removed from girl’s stomach
• Leech found living in woman’s nose
• Man gets tattoo on his eyeball
• missing parrot comes back speaking spanish

5 interesting sentence starters are:

• Scientist has discovered...
• In 50 years of medical records...
• There’s nothing better...
• It will be as soon as early next month,...
• Coming home to find...

4 riveting topics are 

• 4 kg hairball removed from girls stomach
• World’s deepest swimming pool
• The 7 year sneeze diary
• Man swallows fork

After reading an article about hairballs, we learnt....

• Never to chew/eat your hair
• That it stops your digestion
• Sever stomach pain
• It can  add up to  4kgs (or more) 

Article K.R K.K

W.A.L.T:

Read articles in order to write our own article ourselves!

5 captivating articles!

!Missing Parrot returns speaking Spanish!

An African Grey parrot who spoke only English, went missing for 

4 years before returning home speaking Spanish!

Pool Party!

What would you do if you found a black

 bear in your swimming pool?! This guy grabbed a camera!

This bear is definitely not Winnie the Pooh, 

and he is definitely not someone you would expect 

 (or want!) to run into in your own backyard. 

!Snake Boy!

Indonesian teenager, 

Ari Wibowo, has been nicknamed ‘Snake Boy’

 due to a condition which leaves him shedding

 his skin every 2 days!

!Pranksters Handbook!

With Halloween around the

 corner, the pranksters are out to play 

with lots of ideas from some nasty tricks.

A handbook has been released with a list of pranks 

that are sure not to disappoint.

!Dancing Traffic Light!

In order to reinforce road safety and encourage more pedestrians

 to respect the red ‘don’t walk’ man, Smart 

Automobile have come up with a way to make waiting 

fun! Introducing….the dancing traffic light.

Interesting sentence starters are .........

• An African Grey parrot
• What would you do 
• Indonesian teenager
• 
  

  In order to
•  With Halloween  

five riveting topics are ..........

• Parrots
• Bears
• snake boy
• Halloween prankers

kiwi kids news ******

Wednesday 15 October 

Walt: read articles in order to write interesting articles ourselves.

 3 captivating headlines are:

• Dancing Traffic Light
• Ability to smell bacon key to life
• Free range egg criminal sentenced

3 interesting sentence starters are...

• In order to reinforce road safety and encourage more pedestrians to respect the red ‘don’t walk’ man, Smart Automobile have come up with a way to make waiting fun! Introducing….the dancing traffic light.
• Scientist have discovered that your ability to smell bacon maybe a predictor of your health and also how long you have left to live.
• A New Zealand egg farmer has been found guilty of  selling 2.47 million eggs using false advertising.

3 riveting topics are...

Dancing Traffic Light

smell bacon key to life

Free range egg criminal

After reading an article about the dancing traffic light , we have learnt:

• The inventors of Germany’s Smart Automobile experimented with their new creation in Lisbon.
• A video feed transmits the booth dancer’s moves to the pedestrian light, which results in the ‘red man’ copying the dancer’s moves
• the experiment showed that 81% more pedestrians waited until the green light came on before crossing than before the dancing man.

m.w and j.s pool party

Wednesday 15 October 2014

W.A.L.T  read articles in order to write them ourselves.


3 interesting headlines


Pool party 
Trampers missing in the Kaimai Ranges
A spooky shattering

5 interesting sentence starters

What would you do if you found a black bear in your swimming pool?!

Search and Rescue groups have spent the night searching through thick bush for any signs of two 
missing tampers.

Staff at the Barnsley Auction Centre in South Yorkshire believed there had been a break-in 

Two weeks ago, the Japanese volcano Mount Ontake erupted causing huge plumes of ash and stones to fill the sky.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced out of their homes after Typhoon Vongfong hit Japan on Monday morning.

4 riveting topics are.....

•  A black bear in a swimming pool

•  Two trampers are lost

•  There has been a break-in at Yorkshire 

• volcano erupts in Japan

• typhoon hits Japan

We have learnt

Black bears get really hot in summer in California

Stick to the track when tramping

Be aware of when volcano's erupt

Learn to be ready for typhoons

kiwi kids news H.D and R.F

Wednesday 15 October
WALT read articles in order to write interesting articles ourselves

3 captivating headlines are:

1. McCaw breaks All Black record.

2. 4 kg hairball removed from girl’s stomach.

3. The 7 year sneeze diary.

5 sentence starters are:

• All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has become the most capped All Black following his sides recent game in South Africa.
• A teenage girl has undergone surgery to remove a hairball weighing almost 4kgs from her stomach!
• How often do you sneeze?
• Paul Fletcher knows because for the last 7 years he has kept a sneeze diary.
• Meet Nigel the parrot! 4 years ago he disappeared but now he’s found his way home…speaking Spanish!

4 riveting topics are:

• 4 kg hairballs living in stomachs
• A 7 year sneeze diary
• Leeches living in noses
• 130 feet deep swimming pools 

After reading this article about the 4 kg hairball we have learnt:

• Don't eat hair and hairy stuff
• Hairballs can weigh up to 4kgs
• Only go swimming where the water doesn't have any little creatures
• Hairballs look revolting 

Articles on odd stuff NS and WC

 WALT read articles in order to write interesting articles ourselves.

3 captivating headlines are...

• Leech found living in woman's nose.
• 4'KG hairball removed from girls stomach.
• Prankster Handbook.

3 interesting sentence starters are...

• A 24 year old backpacker from Edinburgh, Daniela Liverani, found an unwelcome hitchhiker in her nose!
• 18 year old, Ayperi Alekseeva, from Kyrgyzstan, spent many years picking up hair off carpets and eating it, as well as chewing on the tips of her own hair.
• With Halloween around the corner, the pranksters are out to play with lots of ideas from some nasty tricks.

4 riveting topics are...........

• Leeches
• Pranks on Halloween
• Hairballs
• Typhoons

After reading an article about leeches, we learnt

• Never go swimming in a slimy leech infested lake!
• Leeches can live in noses.
• Leeches can be found in Cambodia and Vietnam
• Leeches in your nose will cause them to bleed.

WALT infer M.H L.S

Ignore No More

Created on August 21, 2014

Tired of her children ignoring her calls and messages, this mother has designed a new phone app called Ignore No More!

When a call is ignored, this new app allows the parent to lock their child’s phone so that their only options are to either call their parents back or reach emergency services in case of emergency.

When locked, the only person the phone can reach is the phone that locked it – this means no texting friends, no facebook, no photos…nothing until the parent decides to unlock the phone again.

The mother behind this app is Sharon Standifird from Texas, who designed the app after becoming sick of her teenage son refusing to answer any of her calls.

Since she started using the app, Sharon says her son now answers her calls and messages much faster than ever before!

What do you think though? A genius invention or a bit over the top?

WALT: infer 

We can infer that Sharon (inventor of app) might or could be a single mother with lots of responsibilities so that is probably why Sharon created the application to stop her son from ignoring her phone calls. We can also infer that teenage son does not get away with much because his mother, sick and tired of being ignored, invented an app so that he would have to call her back.

Inferring:Car crash survivor gains new talent C.Y. & A.A.

Car crash survivor gains new talent

A 22 year old Australian man woke up from a week-long coma with an unexpected new talent – he can now speak fluent Mandarin!

Ben McMahon was put into the coma after a serious car accident and his new language skills were triggered after he saw an Asian nurse at the hospital.

Ben told the nurse “Excuse me nurse, I feel really sore here,” in perfect Mandarin. He says he wasn't instantly aware that he wasn't speaking English, and explained that he simply began speaking what felt natural to him.

Ben had learned Mandarin at school but had never reached the level where he could speak the language fluently.

Ben also found he could write in Mandarin and continued to speak the language for a few days while he was recovering and then had to relearn English!

After Ben had recovered he enrolled in a Mandarin class at University, began Mandarin walking tours, entered an international Chinese language competition and even co-hosted a Chinese TV show.

One of his friends says that Ben can speak Mandarin better than some Chinese, Japanese and Korean people he knows.

Doctors are not sure how the accident allowed Ben to gain the Mandarin skills but one theory is that the part of the brain that knew English was damaged and the part that deals with Mandarin woke up and took over.

Some crazy stuff, right?!

WALT Infer

From this article we can infer that he learnt Mandarin before the car crash 

and couldn't speak fluently. The serious shock he got by the crash,

changed his circuitry in his brain that swapped  languages.

We can infer this because in the text it says that he was in

 a week-long coma so the injuries would be pretty serious.

We have made these Inferences because the article says Ben McMahon speaks fluent Mandarin after the crash,it also talks about Ben relearning English. 

man gains new talent in a car crash!!!!! by G.S and R.P

A 22 year old Australian man woke up from a week-long coma with an unexpected new talent – he can now speak fluent Mandarin!

Ben McMahon was put into the coma after a serious car accident and his new language skills were triggered after he saw an Asian nurse at the hospital.

Ben told the nurse “Excuse me nurse, I feel really sore here,” in perfect Mandarin. He says he wasn't instantly aware that he wasn't speaking English, and explained that he simply began speaking what felt natural to him.

Ben had learned Mandarin at school but had never reached the level where he could speak the language fluently.

Ben also found he could write in Mandarin and continued to speak the language for a few days while he was recovering and then had to relearn English!

After Ben had recovered he enrolled in a Mandarin class at University, began Mandarin walking tours, entered an international Chinese language competition and even co-hosted a Chinese TV show.

One of his friends says that Ben can speak Mandarin better than some Chinese, Japanese and Korean people he knows.

Doctors are not sure how the accident allowed Ben to gain the Mandarin skills but one theory is that the part of the brain that knew English was damaged and the part that deals with Mandarin woke up and took over.

Some crazy stuff, right?!

WALT infer          Wednesday 10th September



R.P's inferring
I can infer that Ben is very popular at school because he has many fellow class mates that think he has got quite a load of talent, speaking two languages fluently. I can also infer that the car crash was very dangerous for him to wake up from a coma  in hospital speaking a different language. 

Gold bars buried on UK beach by: J.V & S.B

Gold bars buried on UK beach

A German artist has hidden£10,000 (nearly $20,000 NZD)  worth of gold bars on a beach in the UK.

Michael Sailstofer said he had hidden them on a beach in Folkestone.

hundreds of people have started digging for gold which is part of a three month art festival. The organisers say diggers can keep any gold they find.

So far around 3 bars have been found.

But it’s not going to be very easy to find the gold. The artist has buried hundreds of small metal rings called washers to throw gold hunters off the scent.

There are only 30 bars of gold hidden on the beach.

The organisers will never know if the gold has been found or not as they have no way of tracking the 

small bars

                                                            WALT-Infer

We can infer that the German artist is very rich. I know this because he has hidden 30 gold bars that are worth $20,000 NZD

I can infer that he also is a clever man I know this because he has made it very hard to find the gold because he also buried hundreds of small metal watches to throw gold hunters off the scent 

Grand theft toddler!!! CD JC AE

Grand Theft Toddler

It was a case of grand theft auto, but what the Police weren't expecting, was for the driver to be a toddler!

A 3 year old boy, wearing only a diaper, decided to cure his boredom by climbing into a Jeep and managed to knock it out of gear, sending him and the vehicle rolling down the street, through an intersection and into the side of a house.

Unfazed by the adventure, the boy then toddled back home to watch cartoons while residents and Police cleared up the minor damage and looked into the incident.

An officer found the boy back at his home, happily watching cartoons as if nothing had ever happened.

The toddler’s parents were not home at the time and the relative left in charge of the boy was sleeping. The 22 year old was reprimanded by Police for failing to watch the child in his care.

Thankfully no one was hurt, and damaged to the car and house was relatively minor, but the incident could have ended much worse and is a warning that children must be supervised at all times.

WALT:infer

We can infer that the parent's of the toddler were not conscientious parents because the car was left unlocked and the baby sitter they chose was not doing his job properly. The evidence that proves this is the parents were not at home and the babysitter was asleep.

We can infer that the toddler was very mischievous and adventurous. We know this because he is able to open a door and  knock the gear out of place.  Also we can infer that the police man was very surprised and we know this because he saw a 3 year old toddler driving!!! That is not normal.The toddler is very bright and we know this because when the baby came back home he was sitting in front of the TV watching cartoons and acting like nothing happen.

Kiwi Kids News H.D, J.M.S

Dance of the Palace Guard

Created on September 8, 2014

The Queen’s Guard at Buckingham Palace are known for their odd headwear and their ability to keep a straight face no matter what you do to try and make them laugh – but one guard decided to shake things up a bit!

The guard decided that it was his turn to try to make they onlookers laugh and he succeeded in his task by pirouetting in slow motion in an odd marching dance.

However, the British army are not laughing. In fact the guard is now under investigation for his antics after a video of the incident went viral online.

What do you think? Should the guard be punished or should the army let it go? After all he was still doing his job…and what a boring one it must be too!

                                                              WALT Infer

From this article I can infer that the guard is funny and has a good sense of humour, he is also a bit of a rebel and does not mind breaking the rules. We know this because he pirouetted while on duty and he is not supposed to.

I can also infer that the British army is very strict and do not like rebels in their ranks. I know this because they are investigating his antics. 

The Tree of 40 Fruit

Art and the magic of science to create ‘The Tree of 40 fruit.’

The name of this amazing creation does not disappoint, with the tree producing 40 different varieties of peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries, and even almonds.

Sam’s creation is even more amazing due to the fact that some of the fruits are ancient and are varieties that are very hard to come by.

The tree itself is a stunning work of art, with crimson, pink, purple and white blooms.

Sam has placed 16 unique 40 fruit trees around the USA in museums, community centres and private art collections and visits each twice a year to prune and collect grafts for future trees.

It takes a total of 5 years for each tree to develop and then another 4 years for it to produce the 40 fruits.

Sam hopes his creation will teach people of all the different varieties of plums, apricots and peaches that were once available and perhaps raise question as to why there is such a small variety available in stores.

You have to admit…this is some yummy art!

WALT: INFER

From what my buddy & I have read this creation does not disappoint as it grows 40 different types of fruit.

       from this text I can infer that this person spent a long time to develop the tree using science. We know this because it took 5 years for each tree to develop and another years to grow fruit. We can also infer that he has a strong interest in horticulture and it's history. We know this because it says he wants to teach people about fruit from long ago.

The ghost of Anne Tottenham?

 21 year old English man, Thomas Beavis, snapped a pretty spooky photo whilst on a tour of a haunted mansion in Ireland.

Thomas was flicking through the photos on his camera from the tour of Lotus Hall and was shocked to find a ghostly figure of what appears to be a young girl in the background of one of his shots.

Thomas says that everyone was already feeling a little spooked after the tour but after he showed his friends the photo, they freaked out.

Legend tells of Lotus Hall being home to the Tottenham family in 1766 and soon after the youngest child, Anne, became ill and claimed to have witnessed a paranormal experience of her own – leading her parents to lock the girl away in one of the rooms until she died.

Thomas says he got the chills when he found the spooky figure in the photo and still doesn’t quite believe what he has captured on camera.

So is it a trick of the light? Or is it the ghost of Anne Tottenham?

Article written by  D Mulhern                                                                                        

WALT infer.
From this article we can infer that Thomas believes in ghosts.
We know this because the text says Thomas says he got the chills when he found the spooky figure in the photo and still doesn’t quite believe what he has captured on camera.
We can infer that the parents were frightened and didn't want to hear this stuff. We know this because they locked their daughter away.

Restaurant bans ketchup

Created on September 9, 2014

If you are over 10 years old, then you are now banned from having ketchup with any meal at the Mad Fresh Bistro in Florida.
The owner of the restaurant, also the chief, says he is tired of customers asking for ketchup with their meal, especially with his burgers which he claims do not need ketchup as they already have sauce on them.
There is a warning on the restaurant’s website telling customers that is they are over 10 years old, ketchup will not be provided.
If that wasn’t crazy enough, the restaurant also will not provide salt with meals, saying that customers should trust the chef to provide what the dish needs before it is served.
Many customers are unhappy with these new rules as they believe they should have whatever they want with their food since they are paying for it.
One customer tried to sneak ketchup into the restaurant and was kicked out!
Would you eat here?

WALT INFER
From this article I can infer that the owner is very proud of his burgers and does not want them ruined by flooding them with loads of ketchup. I also can infer that the owner is a bit of a control freak as he thinks he knows how much salt is enough salt.
I can also infer that at some stage he has had some ketchup loving groupies in his store who have obviously gone overboard with their ketchup.
I have made these inferences because the article says the owner has banned ketchup and will not provide salt. The article also talks about customers sneaking ketchup.

Fathers day poem A.E

Articulate cricket coach making us strive closer to our amazing goal so we impressively improve.
Numerous at all aspects and willing to help me no matter what!!!
Immense appetite like a humongous elephant!
Logical thinking with plans for the gigantic house.

Efficient clothing, starting to realize the modern day fashion
Determined mind always focusing on achieving the outstanding unbeatable record.
Economical with his money when it comes to expensive price-tags
Knowledgeable with his food, never leaving a single grain of rice in his plate
Awesome mind, doing whatever it takes to make us happy!!!
Remarkably hilarious with his humorously funny jokes.  

My DAD.

Dare devil like stunts off the colossal wharf into the murky water. 
Interesting facts about his work at the Kenworth and  Daf company. 
Outstanding sense of direction when we are going somewhere brand-new.
Numerously breaks his high scores on the X-box.
Nonsensically runs around chasing after my mischievous brother.  
Exquisite skills when it comes to sport and interesting activities. 

Demands that you get your homework done or an X-box ban.
Astonishingly cooks gourmet like foods.
Varied but hysterical jokes that he tells to his adoring family.
Instantly shouts at the people who are driving horribly on the free way.
Enthusiastic when watching his grand favourite team the mighty Warriors.

Fathers Day Poem H.C

F- Fascinating skills when making fried rice.
A- Aromatic smells from his masterpiece meal
T- Teeming with loads of quick naps.
H- Humorous when he comes back home and starts messing around.
E- Enriches plain houses turning them into gigantic mansions.
R- Remarkable with his TV channel hunting.
S- Supreme estimation on football scores.
D- Driving insanely when happy in the restaurant.
A- Annihilates flat plain land into beautiful garden.
Y- Yearns to build a magnificent mansion.