fractions of a whole

shape picture

Mrs Goodier told us to make fractions of 1/2,1/1 and 1/4 from a whole. She gave as shapes and coloured paper and then I did that and then glued the paper on the border.

nrl

NRL

NRL is a great sport because it can produce people like Greg Inglis who are super stars.

NRL stands for National  Rugby League.You have to train more than two times a week .You need to have long runs mostly every day.

I think NRL is one way to lose weight. My dad played under 21 ST George and the  Kiwis so how it is an very hard sport can be a dangerous sport in schools.

the way of peace for the moriori

The Way of Peace for The Moriori

The way of peace is important to the Moriori people and these are the reasons how it came about and the symbols that they used for peace.

Firstly their ancestors were named after peace. one ancestor was called Rongomaiwhenua (Peace on the land) the other was Rongomaitere (Peace on the sea).Both ancestors were very peaceful.

Secondly at one time a man named Nunuku made a law because there was lots of fighting.The law said  Moriori must stop war and killing people. Lots of people agreed to it.

The albatross became one of the symbols of peace for the Moriori people.They keep the feather of the albatross with pride. Even a building is shaped like an albatross. The building is a marae.

Their art is beautiful.One of the art works is shaped like the Chatham Islands.The art work shows a Moriori person with 2 albatrosses.

In the middle of the marae there is a memorial post.The post has got all the people’s names who believed in Nunuku’s law and did not fight the invaders.  They died because they believed in the law so their names were written on the memorial post. Other people can now remember their names.

The children of the Moriori can  be proud that their ancestors are written on the posts because they did not fight.

Beauty and the Beast

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

On Friday the 9th of May the whole of c.t.k school went to the Vodafone events centre in Manukau city. We watched the Beauty and the Beast production by Sancta Maria students. It started at 12 pm. The characters were:

Beauty(Olivia Brown) Beast(Roman Bennett) Gaston(Eljay Florendo) Laton(James Moore) Maurice(Matthew Charlk) Gogsworth(Connor Farrell) Mrs Potts(Keelin weekly) Chip(Aidan van Heerden) Babette(Tayla Sloan) Wardrobe(Michaela ralph-smith)

The music was amazing. The scenery , props  and costumes were fantastic. The lightning and  special effects were  awesome.  

I like how big the stage was because Roman Bennett could throw people around the space.

I would like to see the forest with more trees too.  

BY Joshua Kopua      

Poetry Collection

This is my poetry presentation. I will be adding poems to it throughout the year.

Biscmonkey

Biscmonkey

The head of this animal is a bison. It’s tail is a woolly spider monkey. This animal lives in desert and dry lands of Africa and Asia. It is very good at climbing, loves to eat bananas. The body is a cheetah it eats meat too. The bison  is a big wild bull that has a lot of hair that goes down to the ground.  It lives on the mountains of Africa too. Biscmonkeys  love to chase deers and small animals for food just like cheetahs They like to stay in high mountains and  in the desert of South Africa.