Monday, December 15, 2014

Thank you

Apiti School
11 Bryce Street
R.D.1.
Apiti
Feilding

16.12.2014

Dear Chony,

Next year I am leaving Apiti for Huntley School. And thank you for helping Blair and for writing the meeting minutes, ringing around, organising the trail bike ride and the Apiti show judges lunches.

From David

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was born on the 12th of February, 1809. He was born at the mount. In Shrewsbury in England.
His father, Robert Darwin was a famed doctor. He had five brothers and sisters. His mother died when he was eight. His mother's family was called the Wedgwood's and lived close by. Charles liked his family but he didn't like school.

Back in the 1800's school was not fun for kids. They had a hard time because there was so much work and they had to do what the teacher always said to them.
Instead of being at school he went collecting beetles and watching birds. He liked to collect interesting beetles in his father's garden.

He and his brother Erasmus built their own shed together. They were best brothers.

As a teenager he became obsessed with shooting and often went out shooting with his uncle Josh and William.His father was worried that he would become one of the idle rich. This means a rich man that doesn't do anything. He told Charles, "You care for nothing but shooting. You will be a disgrace to yourself and family!" Charles clearly enjoyed shooting  and was very good at. But his passion for shooting eventually faded, One story states that he once came across that a bird was shot the day before and still alive.

Darwin found fossils from some extinct armadillos in Southern America. The skeletons were much larger in size than the existing ones. He was good at observing the differences. Charles Darwin realised that the species must have changed over time. This is his theory of evolution.

These are just some of the ways Charles Darwin is such an inspiring person. ... He has made some amazing discoveries and observations! Some day I would love to discover just like him!


Sunday, July 27, 2014

Mr Mr Sunny Character Study

MR MR SUNNY!
24/07/2014
Mr Mr Sunny is a yellow flargy that shines like the sun. Mr Mr Sunny has a big smile on his face. Mr Mr Sunny has a black business hat on his sparkling head. He is the greatest of all the flargies, and the most successful flargy in the whole world. Mr Mr Sunny is nice to other flargies by helping them with problems because he can't ever refuse a cry for help. 

He always says yes to everything to be the most important, helpful person in all of the flargy town and he always says yes to everyone to be the best flargy in the whole world.
E.G Can you please help me out of the tyre please?
Sure that will be no problem at all!
                           
I think it is great to help other people who are in trouble because they will help you too. And they will help you with what you need and want too, and you will be important out of  the other flargies and the most expected to help out with a lot of problems. With the greatness inside Mr Mr Sunny the best flargy in the whole town.
I think it is great to help other people who are in trouble with some stuff that they're trapped in or
can't find etc.
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Sunday, June 8, 2014

Extinction

Extinction
03/06/2014

Extinction
It's creatures gone forever
It's creatures being killed a lot
It's creatures having trouble adapting
It's creatures struggling for survival in their new world
It's creatures rotting to their bones when they're dead
It's the end of their kind.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Revolution

Revolution
28/05/2014

Revolution
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It's a change of city
It's a change of rules
It's a change of land
It's a change of farm's
It's a change of what we have
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Why a revolution...
.
Maybe we are tired of the way things are
Maybe we want a better future
Maybe we want rules
Maybe we want more land
Maybe we want something better for farm's
Maybe the government says so.
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Revolution

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Life on the Farm

13/05/2014
Living on a farm is like living with animals.
We have got sheep and cows and chickens. The chicken coup is near the house. It has big fences and has boxes where the chickens come to lay. We have two of the great layer breeds of chickens. The Plymouth rock and Sussex. They are great layers as we usually get an egg everyday. But chickens can't lay in the winter. Imagine an egg cooked in a pan ... You break the egg and then you pour the egg into the pan. Cook the egg and then eat it with bacon. It tastes crispy and chewy. That's how I start my day. 
We have one hundred beef cows called Angus and we sell their progeny to the market as beef. Our sheep are mainly Romneys which have been around since the 50's and are the most dominant breed in NZ. Dad brought two Finn Texel cross rams and Dad put them to his Wiltshire ewes. I am going to call the lambs "Finntexshire".  The Wiltshire sheep shed their wool for ease of care. The Finn are special because they have lots of lambs and the Texel has lots of meat. Dad also has Poll Dorset stud ewes. Poll Dorset are a meat breed and Dad breeds Poll Dorset rams to sell to other farmers.
Dad got a Dorper Ram to go with his Poll Dorset ewe hoggets so they can have their lambs easier because Poll Dorsets can have lambing problems.
My favourite dog is one of our huntaways. He is black and tan. His name is Rich. I like his colours and the way he  works. He is very good because huntaways bark a lot to get the sheep moving. We have three huntaways.  One is only a puppy though so he is not yet trained. His name is Griz and he is pure black. The other is Zack. We also have three heading dogs called Panda, Meg and Bo.
Yesterday I saw a Cheviot.  A Cheviot is a sheep that has a roman nose and ears facing upwards.  Dad said that he has had that Cheviot sheep for a long time.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Gingy

I have a fat cat.
His name is Gingy.
He is called that because he is orange.
When I cuddle him he feels like a pillow
He  has a sister called Bella.
Gingy is a lazy cat.
He relaxes on his back which is unusual.
He loves to relax.
I like cuddling  my cat, Gingy, because he is a snuggly cat to cuddle with.
I love my cat.

Weta Workshop

Weta workshop
We march proudly to this workshop called Weta Workshop. It was a place where they made movie props. I saw this sheep head from a movie I know called 'Black sheep'. It had real wool on it just like the fleece from our sheep at home. It had twitching ears that were bent a little like a rabbit Its mouth looked like a pig grunting. l also saw this armour from 'The Lord of the Rings'. It was gold and red with lots of intricate detail. My favourite part about it was its sword. The iron on it was gold like a golden flame. Another interesting thing was the masks. I am not sure what they were for but our tour person told us about how it blends in with the person who is wearing it. They were so real that they make it look like their faces. The wrinkly big nose and frowning face was the face of a troll.
Weta Workshop has made a lot of films. I'd love to see more of them!

By David

Making the School Famous

Making the school famous

At Capital E we made our school famous so people will come to our school. We didn't put on our school uniforms because our uniforms were green. It would make us invisible because our uniforms are green and we were using a green screen. So we had to dress up. We were wearing wigs and belts and colourful t-shirts. I dressed up as a cool guy because I found this black wig and decorated belt and a red shirt with shiny buttons.

For the show we all had a job. I was the camera operator at the end. I said on TV that I help keep the books in order.

At the end there was our school song ... but at the very end of the show we were dancing and we were put on YouTube.

By David

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

The Romans

In the castle the king sits on his throne. The soldiers guard the kingdom. The people live outside the kingdom. There's a bridge that leads from the village to the castle. 
Then the Romans arrived and wanted to take over. The king was angry.  He didn't want to let that happen. So they started a war. Thfa were preering for war . The villages kat dawn the first to make katplls the soldiers wet in tests and the king and afrvr people. The king sid the plan is to Atkins the Romans before they Atkins as we have to tas a around the king and his soldiers het into the Romans kingdom the king siss the Roman soldiers ardingng the kingdom so im since 4 groups of you you you and you be kuiit ual sinking up on the gargs to kindna vem. Tha kindna as \ my fmany as they kuod and they ran to the gat to let the other soldiers in. Then all of a sudden one guard saw him. When they saw him, they realised
that there was one guard left.
The started calling they're here they're here.
Attack!
They opened the gate quickly. Then they told the other soldiers ... They have spotted us. We have to attack.
CHARGE! !
A avalanche of swords crashing together. What will happen next ? 
The archers are up high, but there are too many Romans!  said the king. Fall back. They ran as the archers fired their arrows.
The knights lost 99 soldiers that night. The wounded and some survivors returned to their castle for the funerals. The wives and kids prayed for the soldiers that lost their lives that night. The king sid my man died that night  perfesa  the perfesa sid really year sid the king  my king sid a guy  that is it a problem no sid the guy you catapults year going to try it out so they tryd the
Catapolts on some dummies are you ready said the king year said the catapolt fire and the catapolts  fired and hit the dummies. it works said the catapolt firer yea shouted every 1.
The next day and next plan was to build a bridge over the river. 
Also to find someone to send a scroll to the roman king, saying no war, just a battle between us kings!
Robin hood was sent to deliver the scroll. On the other side  of the river were tents. Inside armour was being built and swords being sharpened. The king was waiting for the Romans to arrive and then the Romans arrived. At last you're here and now for the fight, said the king.
yes said the Roman king. 3 hours later the kings were in their best armour ready for the fight. 
Even the professor was in armour which was very different. He had a bulky suit with purple chest armour and a pointy tipped helmet. His sword was skinny and very pointy.
The 2 kings circled each other until they were going to charge. Suddenly they clashed swords into each others shields. 
Then they took a 3 minute break. 
After this they circled each other and did it again. Then the fight got really violent. But they got tired so the king went 
back.
When the king wasn't looking the Romans king came up to him. The king turned around and got out his sword. There was an "ahhhh" from the romanking. He went back with his arm held under his armpit. Some of the romans put a bandage around his shoulderand armpit.  then the king said, "Het keep your life."
One of the romans said it was over. the roman king said, "it is now."
The roman king quickly grabbed an arrow and fired the arrow. Clearly it missed.
Then he said "Fire catapults and other stuff."
The king said, "they have got catapults."
Fire our catapults and charge, said the king.
Alot of romans got hit by the catapults.  so did the romans.
One of the archers said to the roman king, our men are getting hit. We have got to fall back.
You are right.
The king said quickly let's chase them down.     The nights chased Romans until they got to the bridge. Suddenly the river water washed backwards. Then a wave came to the romans they 
jumped off the bridge exce The roman king . He was scared of the wave then the wave had a arm and it grab him and got a neck head and face and

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

The War of 1939 - 1945

Dear Diary,
We are going to fight the Japanese on an island. I hope I don't get shot. When this is war over I want to go home. The island might be far far away from America Diary
Ps we have a  new  soldier.

Dear Diary
I got see sick along the way. We arrived at the island and we began to fight. Only 200 Americans lost and 1000 Japanese lost but we did a good job.
P.s. The new soldier is a good fighter.

Dear Diary,
I want to go home. The war has been going on for a very long time. I want to go home. I want to see my family and my friends. The Japanese fight savagely.
P.s. I know my wife misses me too.

Dear Diary,
The Japanese have bought the dinos back to life! The smart General thought of it but they haven't bought a lot of dinosaur species. We need to put the dinos back to extinction. The bad part about them is that some of them have weapons.
P.s. the deadly dino is the T Rex.

Dear Dairy
The Japanese have trained the dinos that means the will do as they are told in the news paper it has the Japanese and dinos we must stop them and fast
P.s dairy the Japanese are waiting for us Amarcains

Sunday, July 7, 2013

weekend story

I did lots of thing. What I did is I played my game on my Xbox. I played Avatar with him.


We took turns and we got up to the sixth level.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

21/06/2013
Pottery
I made a mug with my hands. I made it out of  clay. It felt strange. First  I grabbed some clay out of the bag. Then I rolled it out with a rolling pin. The next step is placing it around a cylinder. It  was fun.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

On Friday it was the Beard's farewell. They are moving to a new school so we had farewell thank you. We all brought food for the shared lunch. After lunch we played dodgeball, rugby, four square and had lots of fun. My favourite was dodgeball but then that got boring. I hope they will come and see us.

Apiti school talent David 12/6/2013

I am getting good at miming for Apiti's got talent.
I chose miming because its really fun to practice.
The judges really liked my act.
I did the actions so the judges could understand what my act was about.
I had lots of hooks on my costume so they could understand I was a fisherman. I came third for my act.

Monday, June 10, 2013

hunting competition david

21/05/2013

Me and my dad signed up for a world big game hunting tour.
We were shooting targets.
We finished shooting the then I got a call from the walkie talkie. It was our teacher.He called us.He said "Now, you guys can hunt some animals!" We were walking through the forhe animal was dead.est. Then we saw some animals. Dad got out his rifle and he picked his target. Click! Click! Then he took the shot. There was a loud ...Pheeew! The animal fell dead. The rest of them ran in all directions.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

new species spider

A new species of spider been found in South America and new butterfly in the same places. they are named totious mamlii (sp). 

Takahe

The Takahe on Kapiti Island is prehistoric

Our golf learning by David M
We started learning golf at school.  I loved it. First of all we learnt how you swing the club. Then I had a go. I liked hitting the long shots.  I wasn’t very good at the putting because I kept missing. Well,  there was this game of golf where you have to keep hitting the ball until you get into the hula hoops.
One day we went to Feilding and when we got there,  there was lots of real grass. Yeh and we were hitting the balls into the holes. My team had two Kimbolton kids, a kid I don’t really know and Tyler. I would like to do this again. I really got better at tapping the ball. 

31.5.2013

I am getting good at miming for Apiti's got talent.