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70’s Disco

On Thursday the 26Th of June, there is a70’s Disco!!! I am going with my friend Alex it is going to be so cool. This weekend I am going to try and find an outfit to wear.  I am going to try and make my hair go all poufy and if I can’t I am just going to get a wig. I am also going to have bright purple eye shadow. Me and my friend Alex are going to have big poufy hair and bright purple eye shadow. It is going to be so cool!!! If you have any ideas of where to get some 70’s clothes please tell me. I am also going to try and get a short dress like the ones in the pictures. If you can sell me some 70’s clothes please post on my blog. I would really appreciate it.

These coming holidays

The first week of the holidays I am going to Aotea. This is between Raglan and Kawhia. I am going there because we know someone who owns a Bach there. My auntie Sarah with my cousin is coming as well as my best friend Jennifer and my mum’s friend Diane and my brother’s friend Rob. We are going to take the fishing rods so we can go fishing (stinky). My mum is also taking our two bikes so we can bike around and down to the sea as well as the diary. For the second week of the holidays I am going up to my untie Sarah’s house it is going to be so cool! She lives on a farm up in the king country. Every time we go there we always go to The Lavender Farm for hot chocolates.   

Cooking

For tech arts we have been doing food it is so cool. So far I have made a smoothee, pizza snacks, wedges, banana cake and hot potato savouries. On Tuesday we are having a boil up and all we have to bring is one potato. If you want to learn some recipes go to ultranet.teawamutuint.school.nz and then go to Technology food technology and then you will see them down the side of the page. This is my favourite thing at school because I want to be a chef when I am older. My friend Alex is going to work with me when we have this food thing where you invite your parents to come and test your food!

Winter Games

On the 6th of June we had winter games. It was so cool. I played karatu ball tag it was kind of like dodge ball. My team won all of our games and got all of our bonus points. While the other team in Puniu won two of them and tied because the other team was cheating. We had games like basketball, netball, karatu ball tag, soccer, rugby and many others. When I was playing my second game I stood in poo! Today we got told the final score it was so nerve racking. Puniu and Mangapiko were the last to be said then Mangapiko second Puniu first. Two kids in my house went and got the shield because our house captions went there! 

Elephants

Elephants are mammals they are also the largest land animal! When fully grown at 25years they are the 2^nd tallest animal after the giraffe. There are two different types one of them is the African elephant and the other is the Asian elephant. They both can live up to be 65 years old!

 An elephant has the best memory that can sometimes last up to when they were born! Their small brown eyes are protected by big giant eyelashes. They have very good eyesight but are colour blind. Their wrinkly grey skin is 2-4cm thick. They have very sensitive skin and the wrinkles keep them cool. They keep them cool because the trapped water evaporates slowly and then starts to cool them down. They have all different ears kind of like the human hand print. Their ears are very good at hearing. The trunk is the most important sense of all. The trunk is the elephant’s nose so they can breath out of it like us.  But unlike us humans the elephant picks up its food and sucks up liquid using its trunk. Their tusks are really their teeth and continually keep growing until they are 1.5 metres long. They weigh about 45 kilograms. They are made out of a hard creamy-white substance called ivory. Their tusks are useful for things like digging, fighting, feeding and lifting.

The African elephant is the biggest elephant at 2-4 meters tall and can weigh 7500 kilograms. Both females and males have tusks. The Asian elephant has smaller ears and the upper edge is curled forward. They are endangered and only the male has tusks.

Elephants live in all sorts of places like in the dessert, safaris, mountains, tropical forests, Africa, India and Southern Asia. They live in family groups called herds and they all protect the young. They have short naps for 2-4 hours a day. They can sleep standing or lying. Elephants are herbivores and in the wild they eat things like grasses, leaves, roots and shoots. They usually eat for about 20 hours and eat up to 250-330 kg a day. In captivity they eat hay, oats, potatoes and some meat.

Elephants communicate to each other by trunk touch each other, make noises like a trumpet sound, a bellow, a cry and a snort. When an elephant is in danger they flap their ears against their head and then the herd gathers. They are endangered because of ivory poachers and forests being cut down. Elephants are very good swimmers. When they are under the water they use their trunks as a snorkel!

All About Me!!!

My name is Nicky and I go to Te Awamutu Intermediate. I am in room3 and a year 7. I am 11 years old My hobbies are dancing, singing, hanging out with friends and family. I also like playing sport like netball and soccer and also basketball. I have lots of friends and about 5-10 best friends. I have a brother named Andrew and a step dad. I have 3 pets and might be getting another for a year. my pets are Sid and Fluffy the cats bobby the bird and the pet that we might be getting is called Harley the dog. my favourite thing to do after school is to practise netball. My primary I went to is called Pekurau primary school.

My 4 day weekend

This weekend it will be a four day weekend. Because we have teachers only day on Friday your normal weekend for Saturday and Sunday and on Monday it’s the queen’s birthday. This weekend my nana and granddad from New Plymouth to look after me and my brother while my mum and step dad is in New Plymouth. While they are away I get to stay in their bedroom which has its own bathroom and a king bed!!!!! On Saturday I have my netball game I hope we win. I might also go to my best friend’s house on Friday or Saturday after netball. On Monday I am going to be looked after by my older brother who is always mean to me but sometimes he is really nice. I am just going to try and relax this weekend while I have the chance.

My Weekend

On Friday I had netball practise it was ok. After we had done some practising we played a team from Te Awamutu Intermediate. On Saturday my team the TAI Force had a game of netball so did all the other teams. We played a team called the force to but they were a different team. Even though we lost I still think we palyed really good. After netball my gratgrand parnets took me to Elbert Park because there was a bagpipe  contest. I don’t really know much about it because I didn’t get until the end. The Te Awamutu band came 4th which is pretty good I think. When I got there all the bands that had turned up were playing together it was so cool. My two friends where there to because there dad was playing. The bands were so good!!!! It was a really fun day to bad I didn’t get to wacth it all!!

Totara Springs Band and Choir Christian Camp

Day 1

On Monday 12th May Matamata and Te Awamutu intermediates went to Totara Springs Band and Choir Christian Camp. As the bus started to arrive kids from Te Awamutu Intermediate were getting their bags ready to put on the bus. Instead of going on the bus Jennifer, Peta, Kendall and I went with Petas dad. When we got to the camp the kids that were out by the trailer had to help unpack everything. When everything was out of the trailer and bus we all went to our cabins in my cabin there was Jeniffer, Peta, Kendell, Cassie, Alice, Aggie and some more girls. I was in cabin number 1E. At the camp there was so much to do like go on walks, go down to the two playgrounds, go on the lullaby and lots more. Our first day and we all ready have three practises and then two tomorrow and a dress rehearsal and then the concert.

Day 2

The day of the concert wow!! It was so exciting. We all had breakfast and then got ready for our first practice of the day. Finally its the concert everyones been waiting for it. It was amazing all the parents that were watching us were amazed. after we had sung and played instruments the salvation army band played as well. At the end the seiner band and the salvation army band were playing together.

Day 3 The Final Day

It was the last day everyone was tired. We arrived at school around 2:00pm while everyone was still at school it was one of the best camps ever!!!!!