Sentence Structure!

 Here is my writing task from Miss Stenefano class. We learnt about Sentence Structure. Which in other words is thing like simple,compound and complex sentences. Also adjectives,nouns and verbs. I learnt some new things. I hope you learn something from this slide show. Anyways remember to STAY SAFE!

Diary Post- What happened in the holidays

What exactly have I been up too in the holidays? Well not the much, but still some things happened. Since everyone in Auckland is still in Lockdown level 3, there wasn't that much to do. Besides just staying home with the people in your bubble. Anyways I still did some little travelling and had some little adventures.  

During the fist week of the holidays, nothing much happened. My siblings and little cousin would just ride there scooters and bike down our driveway. Not just that, but also take some walks around our block. We would even sometimes go and walk to our grandparents house, consider it was only 4 minutes away. By the way only 4 people live there. 

However, it was different on the second week. For some reason it felt different. I don't know why or how. Anyways before I get carried away, the second week was fun. On Thursday night my uncle picked me up to go to his place. I wasn't sure why, but you'll find out soon.Well he picked me up because it was my cousin birthday. She was turning 5 and they were going to have a little party. That night everyone was stressed. We were blowing up lots of balloons, spraying painting chairs, getting decorations done,flipping the table around and putting some lollies and chocolate in the jars. There were just too much things to do in ONE NIGHT. Thankful we got finish. Oh and did I mention we finished at 2 in the MORNING.

On the day of her birthday me and my other cousin Sekope, went outside to see a bouncy castle. This was at 9 in the morning. We jumped in it for quite sometime and then had breakfast. It was the time where she arrived and we all said happy birthday to her. We had some pretty fun activities. Such as red light green light,musical chairs,the pinata and even had a water fight. Overall it was an awesome birthday and I loved the food included as well. 

I also got to play Kubb. Kubb is a really fun game, but it is tough. I'll explain that in another blog post, or else the one might be long. So that what I have been up to on the holidays. 

Explanation writing about Tuvalu! (Task 3)

 This is my task 3 for Tuvalu Language week! This task was that I had to pick from either a Persuasive,Explanation,Narrative or Recount about Tuvalu. I choose a Explanation writing because I think that I have grown some interest to this writing topic.Anyways I hope that you learn something about the culture and more importantly STAY SAFE!

Did you know that Tuvalu is the least visited country ever? Well If not then you have just learned a new fact. Or even a new country. This week is Tuvalu Language Week! So I am here to explain the country Tuvalu, Their culture/tradition, the country flag and I couldn't resist doing the food there that happens on their land. 

As I mentioned before Tuvalu is the world least visited country. It is a small country in Oceania. It has 9 island which include Funafuti,Vaitupu,Nukulaelae,Niutao,Nanumea,Naumanga, Nukufetau and Niulakita. Funafuti is the capital of this country. It is midway between Australia and Hawaii. It is said that the first settlers were from Samoa and probably arrived in the 14th century. Then further later in the 16th century, they discovered the islands. It is also apparently one of the safest places in the world. The currency they use is the Tuvaluan dollar and Australian dollar.

Up next is their Culture and Traditions. Tuvalu's culture is a HUGE part of their life! Considering that Tuvalu has mostly Polynesian people, a lot of their culture or tradition are the same as yours possibly. The women that live there don't wear normal clothes like us. They have a traditional dress, which is made up of hand-dyed pandanus leaf strips. What they use to decorate it is traditional patterns and colours. When feasts are happening, they usually do some traditional dances and music. All of this is held in a Maneapa's. Which is also known as a meeting house. Each Maneapa is unique, another big thing is that Christianity has a strong influence on the islands. Like some pacific countries, Sundays are a day of rest and church attendance. People who are visitors are asked to be discreet in their choice of activities. The female visitors are also asked to dress modestly in towns and villages. Their national celebration is Independence Day, which is on 1 October starting in 1978.

Another huge part of Tuvalu is of course the flag. Tuvalu's flag is quite similar to some other flags. What makes it similar is that it has the Union Jack. The Union Jack is a symbol of the link between Britain and other Commonwealth members. There are approximately 54 members of the commonwealth. Also on the flag is 9 stars. Those 9 stars represent the 9 islands that combined the country itself. 

Last but not least their FOOD! There is one national food that the people in Tuvalu eat. That is Pulaka. Pulaka is swamp taro. Now I know it sounds weird, but hear me out. It is Taro, just that has a bigger leaf and larger coarser roots. Some other foods include Cooked Banana or normal, Breadfruit and Coconut. They also eat fish, which did I mention they get from THEIR LAGOON! Just to name one seafood they eat is Coconut Crabs. Let's not forget PORK! 

So there you have it. I have explained 4 main and big things about Tuvalu. What are your thoughts on it? Overall Tuvalu is a great place whether you're going there to see their lovely culture and tradition. Or even just their delicious food. I mean just by writing this, I hope that I can visit Tuvalu in the nearby future. Anyway, I hope that you learned something about Tuvalu and HAPPY TUVALU LANGUAGE WEEK!

r.Here is a picture of a Pulaka Pit.

Unpacking a piece of writing

 

Hi guys, so this is my literacy work. The thing we were learning about was to unpack a piece of writing. We had to work in pairs. My pair was Aaron and we got all of the 3 papers done. It took a while, but we got there. I can't wait to learn more about it. 

Letter to Jacinda Ardern

This is my letter to the Prime minister because she came to Pt England. 

Date:2/03/2021

Dear Jacinda Ardern 

My name is Angelica and I am one of the year 7 students at Pt England. I was not there when you came to our school, but I heard that it was awesome to have you there. At school we have been learning about many things, but mainly simple things like literacy and maths. I just want to say thank you for giving school free lunches. It is not an easy job to give all kids in schools free lunches, but you make it seem easy. 

In New Zealand there are many problems, but the main thing is pollution and plastic. The reason why is that when plastic gets thrown into the ocean the animals there eat it. What happens next is that the fisherman bring the fish and all kinds of stuff to the shops. Next is that us humans go to buy it and go home to cook it and eat it. Once we eat it the plastic or rubbish that was in the fish is now in us. I think that the way we could all help is by recycling. Another way is to jst get rid of plastic for good. 

This part might be interesting, but there are many things in other countries that might not be in New Zealand. For example I wish that New Zealand coud have a huge swimming pool in one of the malls. Like it would be cool if Sylvia park had a swimming pool park. The reason why I would like a pool in the malls is because our swimming pools are a bit basic and it would be cool to go shopping and swimming. Another reason is that instead of parents taking their kids with them they can take them to the swimming pool. I would also like to have a disneyland or something similar. 

Yours Sincerely, Angelica 

Symbol and signs

 Hi guys, so today we learned about symbol and signs. We also had to read a story called the key game and answer some questions. I also did a poster. On the first slide we had to write what those things represents. On the second slide we had to read a story and answer some questions and on the last one we had to crate a movie poster for  the story. The reason why there is those words is because those words were in the story. Also the reason why I did the key is because that is what the story is called and because that is what the keyhole comes in. Anyway I hope you enjoy this slide show. 

                      

Global warming!

 This is my literacy task. I started this in lockdown, but now I am at school. Anyway I had to learn about Global warming. This slide show has videos to explain what Global warming is. Do you think Global warming is a big deal? After doing this task I now know about Global warming. The writing task I have blogged separately.  I hope you enjoy this slide show.

                   

Writing to the future!

 To the person who found this,

I wrote this letter to explain to you guys what to do with Global warming. If you don’t know what Global warming is I will quickly explain. So have you ever heard of the ice age? Well what happened in the ice age is pretty much what is happening now. Well the opposite. In the ice age the world was freezing. In this case the world is warming up. What I mean about that is that the world is going smaller. I know that sounds crazy. 

Now you may think that global warming is nothing, but it is actually a big deal. What happens is that while the world is going smaller things such as the ice caps are melting. Not just that but sea levels are rising and crops are dying. Now crops dying is no big deal, but wheat is a crop so if you think about it we won’t have bread. Right now you are probably thinking what causes global warming?

Well scientists believe that it is actually you. Well not you specifically but humans. Yes this sounds crazy right? Well how this is happening is that us humans are burning coal,oil and gas. What I mean is that heaters,cars and stoves are just some of the things that use coal,oil and gas. When it burns it goes up to the atmosphere and it gets trapped. After reading this you probably want to know how we can help reduce the problem. 

Well how we can help is by using less energy and water. Simple things like turning off the lights and water when you’re not using them. Another way is that you can walk instead of riding in cars whenever you can. It also helps if you can also look for other energy sources. Those energy sources can be solar and wind power. By doing this you are slowly helping. 

So I have a couple questions for what is happening in the future. First one: what are houses like now? I mean are they floating and what materials is the house made of? Like is it still wood or metal. Maybe they even  do glass. Second question: what stores are there? Oh do you guys still have pak’nsave and countdown. How about the warehouse or even night markets? Finally is there any new technology? Like is there something like a robot. That would be nice. Thanks for reading this.

From Angelica :)

New puppy!

On Friday I was just sitting in the living room when I heard my sister Inga. Now every time I hear Inga I usually go out to scare her, but it's really me getting scared. Anyway, I walked outside to see where she was standing when I saw something moving. I decided to go closer and I saw a puppy.  At first, I thought that we were just looking after it for the day. Then this is when I remembered my uncle saying he was going to get one. At this point, I was jumping because I was excited and I was calling my other siblings. I asked what the name of the puppy was and he said that the name of the puppy was Cayzel. We played with her all day. I was just so happy to have a puppy now. I just can't wait for what's to come!

Also if you look closer into the pictures you can notice that her eyes look different. Like one is blue and one is like an aqua green.

Writing challenge!

 

Spongebob was cleaning his house with a broom, because it was very messy. While he was cleaning he tripped on something and got bruised very badly. He knew that there was something that could be treasure. He dug and found the treasure, but it didn’t take long for him to open it and there was an adorable teddy bear. As Spongebob looked closely  he saw that the teddy bear was holding the globe, the bear then said “Spongebob you need to look after this before it gets into the wrong hands”. At this point Spongebob was surprised that the teddy bear could talk, but now he knew he had a very important job to do. 

Class challenge!

 Wow! Yesterday was my very first day being year 7. to be honest I really don't want to leave year 7. Yesterday we did many things, but my favourite was the pole and ball game. What that game is about is working together. Anyway we were split into 2 groups. It was year 7 verses year 8. Now at this point the game was already set up. Anyway the aim of the game is to get all 4 balls into the box, which was on the other side.At first we thought it was going to be easy. 

On the first try we fell a lot and we were starting to give up. We will only 10 minutes in and the year 8's already got in one. We knew that we were going to lose so most of my team sat out. Me, Kiarah, Lincoln and more just kept trying. The year 8's get getting ball after ball, but we didn't quit. They got there last ball in and we only got one in.

This was actually really fun even though we lost. I can not wait for more class challenges to come. 

About me!

 Malo e lelei, my name is Angelica and I am a year 7 at Pt England school.This year my teacher is Mrs Stone and my literacy teacher is Mr Moran. 

I like to do a lot of things but I do like to draw and write. I have also played netball since year 1 in a team which was named the angel, but now the Amazons.I do also like to read and one of my favourite books is Dawn Raid. 

When I grow up I want to be a detective or a prosecution lawyer. The reason why is because I watch a lot of crimes on TV like NCIS and Criminal Minds. I do also enjoy Drake and Josh.

At home I have 3 siblings, one of which is now moved on to be in college. Things I like to do is having fun with my siblings. 

At school I like to play softball. Last year I was also an ambassador for the school. This year my goals are to work on maths and reading. 

I can't wait to see what comes next!