Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

My name is Irene and I am 9 years old. What I really want for Christmas is a real cute good looking fluffy  dog and a new bike.

I think I’ve been a good girl this year. I’ve been helping my parents and sometimes being nice to my big brother Fred.

Even though you never gave me a present last year, I will still leave out carrots, milk and cookies for you and the reindeer. Please say hi to Rudolf because I like Rudolf.

I can't wait until Christmas presents and all those things. But I mostly can’t wait to see how many presents under the Christmas tree.

Thank you, love from Irene.

My acrostic poem about electricity

Everyone in NZ uses electricity.

Lightbulbs use electricity.

Electricity is everywhere in NZ.

Cars don’t have electricity but the radio does.

Turn off lights.

Remember to turn things off when you don’t need it.

It's important to learn about electricity.

Charge your  computer but don't go on it because it will go flat.

I can't play with electricity because I know that it will shock me.

Travels through power lines.

You can be electricity smart too.

Saving Electricity

If  I  wanted to save electricity I would turn everything off because I’m not using it. When you have a shower take two minutes. When you finish turn it off. When you go to sleep, turn the lights off. If you are using the tap and you finished turn it off. If you finished watching  a movie on the tv you got to turn it off. Make sure to not have a shower to long. When you finish using the microwave turn it off. Turn everything off when your not using it.That is how to save electricity.

I hope you learned something about how to save electricity.

Energy

We are learning about Energy this term for our topic. Here are some different types of energy I know.

Sunsmart

Today we learnt about being sun smart. I created a poster using google draw. I hope you learn something new.

Recount

In the holidays, I slept at my cousins house. His name is Tini. He wanted me to sleep over because he is the only one that was at home with his parent’s.

His two sisters are at his grandparents' house and his sisters twin Makelika died when she was born and his one and only brother was at my house with my brother Fred. 

when it was night time I was really frightened  because it was dark and it was only me and Tini in the sitting room by ourselves. Inside of me my heart was beating fast and it was going BOOM BOOM. Tini’s parents was at the kitchen eating. Then me and Tini fell asleep. The next morning my uncle came to do the prayer. 

When we finished me and Tini were playing cards. We 

Played five games of memory and five games of last card.Then we played on the PlayStation. We played Call Of Duty. Then my uncle dropped me off to my house.

I hope you enjoyed my story about my holiday because I know I did.

Classroom Rules

Today we revised  classroom rules and I created a poster using google draw.

In the weekend

In the weekend on Saturday 22 my uncle and me ,my brother went to pick up my nana. When we got home I saw my friend from school. Her name was Breanna. She is 8 years old. 

Then we all walked to my dads shop. My dad owns a shop that is called Moonlight tattoo shop. Then I went to play with my friends. Whenever my friends come they always bring money so we brought some Ice cream for ourselves. 

I felt really happy when I went home because it felt good to spend time with my nana.

I hope you enjoyed you enjoyed my writing about my weekend because I did.

Dianas home

Today I learned that some people get forced to go to a different country. Today I am going to write about Diana. Diana came to NZ in 2017 from Samoa. She came to NZ because she got adopted by her uncle and aunt. She misses her mum and her family every single day, so whenever her cousin comes she asks if she can use her laptop to face call her mum and family. 

When it was her first time at school,she didn’t even know how to speak english. Then she met Hanna. Diana was so lucky because she learnt some english in Samoa. When they met they became good friends. 

Dianas favourite thing in New Zealand is school. Then she said that she was going to make a plan to go to Samoa in the holidays.

What I would take if I left my country

If you were traveling to a new country and will never go back what are four things you would take.

*clothes -shoes

*money-small placket and pillow

*passport-id

*bible-medicine

Maori Language Week

This week is Maori Language Week. I created a poster using google draw.

Spring Acrostic Poem

Spring starts in September and ends in 3 months

Pollinators bees and butterflies fly to a flower then to another flower.

Rain and sun makes a beautiful rainbow.

It’s really peaceful in spring

Nasty grasshoppers with their annoying noise,they live in the grass down below.

Grass grows greener and greener.

The Sons of Ma'afu

Long ago, a man called Ma’afu was a tongan chief.He had two sons named Ma’afutoka and Ma’afulele. 

They were so naughty that the people were scared of them. Ma’afu wanted to make sure that they grew up handsome and strong but when they grew up, they were naughty. 

The people were so tired of them that they told the chief to send them to get water from Ataheva. Their dad knew what lived there, there lived a big duck. Their dad didn’t want to send his sons to Ataheva but he knew that a real chief will always always listen to their people. 

They got their coconut and went to get water. When they got their water they saw the big and dangerous duck.         Then they killed the duck all by themselves. They didn’t even need any weapons to kill the duck. They used their own hands. Then they went home with the duck to feed all the people. 

When they got home the people were still frightened because they killed the dangerous creature. Then the people told the chief to tell them to go and get water from Muihatafa in the deep end. So they went to get water from Muihatafa. When they got there, they went to the deep end to get water. As soon as they swim to land the fish appears. It was big but one of the brothers put his hand in the fish's gills and died. 

Then they went home with the fish but the people were still scared because they killed the most dangerous creature in the world.

Then the people told the chief to tell them to live somewhere else. So the brothers said ok but it must be close so that we can see each other all the time. So they went and took the duck and the fish to live in the stars. 

Tongan Language Week

I created a poster about Tongan Language. I hope you learn something new from it!

Migration

In class we have been learning about migration.

My identity

Hi my name is Irene I am nine years old and I’m from Samoa. I am so proud to be a Samoan. My family is from Samoa too. I speak English at school and at home but I mostly speak Samoan. 

My country is really hot. It has a lot of trees to build houses. They have fruits. My mum's name is Sonya Masua, my dads name is Masua Tatiti and my brothers name is Frederick Masua. One of my words are Talofa lava and oa mai oe. 

Our most important tradition in our country is our culture. It is very unique to us. I am really happy to be a Samoan.

Here is a picture of the Samoan flag.

I hope you learned something about me.

Food Safety

Here are some tips about being safe in the kitchen while preparing and cooking food!

Different Food Grouos

I created a poster using google draw about different food groups.

Lifecycle of butterflies

I used google draw to create a poster about the lifecycle of butterflies.