Te Kinga work interviews

In class recently we have been interviewing people in the local community about their work life. We have had four people so far and all have been as interesting as the last. Today we had Jarred (Zak and Cameron's Dad) and he talked about all his jobs and some of the skills he thought were important to have when going into work. The skills were technology skills, communication skills, leadership skills, a good attitude and being able to ask for help. Here is my reflection, I think it was interesting how Jarred has done lots of different jobs including blinking the eye of a puppet fish on a kids t.v show and helping people figure why their pot plant powered phone wouldn’t work. It was also interesting that he had worked in the air force as an I.T guy.

Roa Chimneys Local history topic

What really happened to Shirley's car

How To Show Integrity (NOT)

WARNING: May include graphic violence

YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!!!!

Once upon a time there was a nice, caring principal named Shirley.

She lived in a cottage over a river which was sadly half burned down due to the high amount of murder cases in the area.

She has also been accused of witchcraft and has been a victim of multiple attempted murders herself.

There are also rumours going around that she has been accepted into Hogwarts School For Witchcraft And Wizardry.

This story is not about her house or the fact she might be a witch (she probably is though), it is about her trusty old 2004 Mazda 6 manual station wagon.



Our story starts on a cold misty morning with the ghost cloud covering the streets...

Shirley was speedily driving towards the school at which she worked.

As she was turning a blind corner a man in an orange Scamborghini was burning rubber and terrorizing tourists.

She pulled up beside him and looked through the window at the early 20’s aged man with dark shades and a bandana.

She thought that she should report him for dangerous driving…

but instead she decided she should show him who’s boss.

They shared a mighty death stare before coming to an agreement that they should have a drift-off which was cleverly hid from all emergency services and no one was arrested (we think, we really aren’t told anything).

They started their drift off and the smell of burned down tires filled the air around them (Skrt Skrt, Sorry meant to be telling you the story). It was beginning to look like Shirley would be the loser once again (yes, this has happened multiple times) until she pulled out her lucky gearstick and put her car into extreme drift mode (I didn’t think it was a thing either). She pulled ahead and was winning until the Scamborghini got the lead back. Shirley knew the only way she could win was to play dirty.

She nudged the back of the young mans sick ride causiong him to spin off the side of the road… He was left in a mangled burning car with two broken legs, one severed arm, a half sliced and burning face. An agonising, blood curdling scream filled the air “arrghrghrghrghrhggr…” It stopped suddenly as the blood in his throat began to clot and he died a slow painful death. Shirley then went to the panelbeaters and in the accident report she put

“Hit a pole getting groceries”. She never spoke a word of what had occurred that day. Shirley then used magic to remove all memories of that incident from her mind.

THE END… Or is it? DUH DUH DUH (It probably is.)

Imaginative story (Is it?) by Jakob & Tyler & Toby

Weekly Reflection Wk/1 Term 4

This week has felt very short but in that short amount of time I have wanted to get things done quickly so I have completed a lot of work. I have got through my personal inquiry quickly and am hoping to get that done in the 5th week. I have almost completed 3rd grade khan and have done 20 mins each day some days doing more than 45 mins. This has been a very confusing week because pet day has been and we had to prepare for that so there has not been as much time to do work but our timetable for our personal inquiry has helped clarify what we are doing and helped us work around pet day. This has been a good week for learning and working yourself.

Weekly Reflection Wk 8

This week has been a pretty busy week. I have done well to keep up and have been very successful in doing my work to a high standard. I can cope with not having a structured day and not being told we have to do a certain subject at a certain time. I will be fine with doing my own work at any time and will focus on things that are close to becoming . I have completed my Kiwi kids news featured article, have started my personal inquiry and have finish all my fairy tale writing and scratch. I have made progress on my water colour portfolio and am hoping to finish it by the end of next week.

Rapunzel Moment in time Sentence

Original sentence: No one dared enter this garden.

My Version: The sprouting piece of land was untouched by human matter, for the consequences that lay ahead for the daredevil that planted down their handcrafted boot on that garden were horrible.

Why I chose this sentence: I chose this sentence because it was one of the first sentences and if it was as it was before I changed it they would not read the piece of writing due to the lack of secrecy in the sentence and wouldn’t read the story to the end non stop because other activities would be more exciting.

What I changed: I changed the level of secrecy of the sentence so it hooks the reader and makes them want to keep reading because they know there will be more sentences that made them more excited about the story. I also changed the length of the sentence because a crucial sentence to keep people reading the story shouldn’t have six words because it shortens the story and there is less chance to make the reader enjoy reading the story.

Weekly reflection Wk/7

This week has been confusing and has been hard to keep up with everything. Even though it has been hard to keep up I have tried hard to keep up and have done surprisingly well. We have been learning about being connected and I have tried to be connected with everyone and trying to make the connection stronger between me and everyone else in the school. I completed my Hansel and Gretel story after being behind and also my Kiwi kids news featured article. I have done well in math because I have been practicing. This week has been a good week.