The Magpies

The Magpies
By Denis Glover

1. ‘The bracken made their beds’
It means their beds were made out of bracken.

2. ‘Toms hand was strong to the plough

He is strongly pushing a plough.

3. ‘But all the beautiful crops soon went to the mortgage man instead’

They had to give their crops that they grew to the mortgage man to keep their farm.

4.’Old toms gone light in the head’

His brain isn't working very well and he's forgetting lots of things.

5.’The farms still their. Mortgage corporation couldn't give it away’

The mortgage corporation couldn't give it away because it doesn't have any value and no one wanted it.

My Haiku

In the Garden

Leafs blowing in the wind

Trees whispering quietly

Sun glowing down on me

Marcellin Champanat

Marcellin Champangat Close Activity

This week I did a close activity. I had to fill in the gaps of a story about Marcellin champanat. I learnt about how Marcellin became a priest and I enjoyed having to find the right words to fill in the gaps.

Here is a picture of my work.

2018 Highlights

Highlights

Next year I will be going to intermediate I am going to be going to campion college. Here are two academic highs, to highs, and a goal for next year.

Two academic highs for me this year are math and reading. I chose math and reading because I find math really fun and it feels nice when I finish a question that I have been working really hard on. Also, I think that I have become more confident in it. I chose reading because I have read some really good books this year and the reading tasks that we do in class make make me understand the book more, and I usually learn something new. Two highs for me this year would have to be P.E and art. I chose P.E because I find P.E really fun and I got to play some new games that I really enjoy such as coney island and corner ball. I chose art because I think that we have done some cool art this year and I really enjoy art. A goal for me next year is being more organised by having what I need when I need it. Another goal is believing in myself a lot more.

Athletics

This week we had athletics. We did high jump (optional), long jump , sprints, ball throw. I had a lot of fun doing the rotations. My favorite one was long jump. Here is a picture of sprints.

Unexpected Visitor

Today we had a unexpected visitor and it was Meng Foon the mayor of Gisborne. He came in because he didn't know that we had cancelled our open day at the Hamunatua stream. We told him about what we had been doing in our groups. My group told him why we had planted harakeke under the bridge. We planted harakeke because if any one fell of their bike they wouldn't fall in the river instead they would fall on the flax bush. This is a photo of my class with Meng Foon.

My Speech

For the last 2 weeks in room 1 we have been writing our speeches. This week we have been sharing them. I was really nervous to share mine. After the whole class shares their speeches some of us go to the semi finals and then the finals. Here is my speech topic.