Smart Cookie News- Leisa Williams

Here is our smart cookie news about Leisa Williams who is Billie's Mum. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

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Leisa Williams is my mother (I am Billie Williams) and is  married to Scott Williams.

Today she is 41 and has 5 kids including me. Her kids are  called Saxon, Billie, Poppy, Molly and Mac. Mac is the oldest and Saxon is the youngest.

Leisa Williams was a great swimmer and has gone all over New Zealand for championships. This was when she was younger. Leisa also plays  Hockey for West Coast and Gray Valley and is not famous .Leisa has won lots of medals and certificates for swimming. Leisa also swam for Canterbury Swim Team with her mum and Dad supporting her., Her mum is called Lynn and her Dad is called Kevin.   

Smart Cookie News- Trubridge

Here is our smart cookie news about William Trubridge. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

Trubridge Breaks World Freedive  Record

William Trubridge is a New Zealander who does freediving.  Freediving is when you dive down to a certain mark with no diving gear and you have to do it on one breath.  This sport is very hard and you have to train lots.  William Trubridge has broken 18 world records that were set by him. William Trubridge held the world record but he set a new record with a 102m dive. He held  his breath for, four minutes and 15 seconds. His family and support team were waiting to see if the record had been achieved.The dive location was held in Bahamas at a spot called the blue hole. This is where he broke the world record in freediving.

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Smart Cookie News-Dusty Rhodes

Here is our smart cookie news Grace's grandfather. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

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Dusty Rhodes is my Great Grandad and  he was an artist(Grace). His paintings were very cool and hard to draw! My great Grandad survived World War One and he was fighting in France. He got wounded twice and went to hospital in England. Dusty Rhodes’s brother was fighting in France as well.. But Dusty Rhodes brother’s head got blown off by a German mortar and sadly died. Dusty Rhodes was then too old to go to World War Two. A couple of years after World War Two Dusty Rhodes died of old age.

Smart cookie News- Introducing The Team.

Here is our smart cookie news introducing ourselves. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

My Sea Week Writing

 For sea week we wrote about why the ocean is important. Here is my writing work. Please leave a kind, positive and thoughtful comment.

Oceans that Surround Aotearoa

My Family and I love the Moana.

Have you ever been for a swim in the ocean? Well I have. Some oceans in Aotearoa are mātoetoe and mōrearea. But there are some that are beautiful and calm. I love the Ocean because it holds lots of sea creatures and you can also go swimming in the moana. Second, the Ocean is important to me because you can see the sun rise at the end of the Moana.  That is why I love the Ocean.

The Moana is also special to people all around the world. Some people get their jobs from the Moana! One job from the moana is a kaihao. Did you know that some people live in the ocean in little house boats, they say that they feel land sick when they go on the whenua!

We wouldn’t be able to eat Ika for dinner if there wasn’t a sea. Some people mine tote from the sea. If there wasn’t a sea about 30% of people wouldn’t have a job. People would have to create new jobs for the people who would have had a job in the sea. Most people in the world love the Moana.

There are some problems with the Moana.

One of the problems is that aihe and other animals, like turtles, are getting stuck in nets that are supposed to catch Ika. People are also polluting the ocean with plastic. Did you know that in some places in the Moana there are islands of rubbish so thick that you can walk on them The islands go on for a long long way.

Some of the Animals in the Moana are sea snakes which live in coral reefs, Turtles, they are not mammals and live in coral reefs and Aihe,  they have smooth skin and a unique call. I hoI think that there are ways to fix the moana. I think that people should not use fishing nets and just use fishing rods. The government should ban plastic bags and get more people to make fabric bags instead.

People have made nets that catch the fish they want, but let the sea otters go. People have also made fishing nets that let smaller fish escape that net and it only catches the bigger fish.

I love the Moana and it’s animals.pe we can make the Moana sustainable.

I think that there are ways to fix the moana. I think that people should not use fishing nets and just use fishing rods. The government should ban plastic bags and get more people to make fabric bags instead.

People have made nets that catch the fish they want, but let the sea otters go. People have also made fishing nets that let smaller fish escape that net and it only catches the bigger fish.

I love the Moana and it’s animals.

My family and me love the Moana. The Moana is important to me because we can go to the beach and swim and roast marshmallows. I also like how the Moana helps the Ra to look like it’s slowly diving into the Ocean. I hope people make fishing nets that just catch the fish they want.

That is why the moana is special to me.

By Dakota

Glossary: Mātoetoe- rough. Mōrearea- dangerous.  Moana- ocean.  Ika-fish. Whenua-land. Kaihao- Fisherman .Tote-salt. Aihe-dolfin.  Ra-sun.

My Chance and Probability Work.

This Term we have been learning about chance and probability in maths. Here is my DLO (digital learning object) about chance and probability. Please leave a kind, positive and thoughtful comment.

Arahura marae recount.

Here is my writing about a trip to the Arahura Marae I went on.

This is a piece of writing that retells and evaluates (what you think) events or experiences.

Title A brief name for the experience or event.	Arahura Marae
Orientation Tells when and where the event began and who was there.	Last week on Thursday the senior school went to the Arahura marae. We went in the morning and separated to travel to the marae in separate cars. I traveled with my mum and a few room 1 girls. we are going to learn about staying on a marae. I was feeling excited. I was not nervous at all.We got to the marae at approximately 9:45.
Sequence of events Tells the events in the order they happened. You need to have a minimum of 3-4 events. Remember one topic per paragraph.  Your paragraph should have an introductory sentence use a time sequence word/phrase and then detail.	After, arriving we were welcomed onto the amazing beautiful marae with a powhiri. For the powhiri a woman called out from the  marae and Miss Ireland answered in maori like the other lady. This is called a karanga. It sounded beautiful. All the people walked forward. After that we went inside and the men did a kind of  walking- non-action haka. This is called a whaikōrero. A whaikōrero is a speech of welcome. Next, we had  the morning tea and it was delicious. There were tonnes of savouries and some fruit. There were also some very popular sandwiches which most people enjoyed.There were beautiful green and black table runners to match the colours of the marae. It had amazing lights in the dining room. After that, we all went into the wharenui  to share our mihi. There was about 80 people who shared their mihi. A few people mucked up! I was one of them. It took a long time to get through everyone-about 1 hour , but it was nice to know a few things about everyone. Next we had lunch. For lunch we had to bring our own and there was a huge deck for everyone to sit on . I sat with my friends. After that, we walked down to the river and tried to find pounamu. Some people ended up finding amazing pieces of pounamu. We had about an hour to try and find a piece of pounamu. Soon after that we walked further on to the beach and had a taniwha sculpture competition and my group came nothing. My group did a 3D taniwha but it just was a head and it had no body. We used whatever was on the beach to make our taniwha. Next was dinner. When we got back, we stayed in the marae and played a few games before dinner. I played uno with a few friends. When it was dinner time we went into the room where we have dinner in and ate dinner. For dinner we had potato, chicken,  and loads more. I got served heaps! After dinner we all went outside to do the evening activities. The activities some people were in were: Rippa rugby, Ki o rahi,Weaving,Tukutuku and soap carving. I was in Tukutuku  and Soap carving.There were a lot of adults that helped with these activities. I enjoyed the soap carving better because you had to think of Māori patterns not English patterns. I heard that in Ki o rahi you did the game Ki o rahi for half an hour and then you did rakau throwing.It was a fun thing to do. We ended the evening activities at 9:00. Soon after that we were roasting marshmallows and making them into s'mores by a fire.  The s’mores were really good. We sang waiata while we were eating them. Finally we got into bed and MOST of us went to sleep. I was not one of them. They must of had the heaters on a hundred because it was SO, SO, SO hot inside. When it was morning(6:00) we packed up and played some games. I played Uno with my friends. We did that until 8:00-breakfast! For breakfast I had a milo and some nutri grain and yogurt. There were lots of things you could choose to have. After breakfast We packed up and said what we liked. I said that I liked The poupou (carvings). I like the poupou because they have lots of designs in each poupou. After that we left.
Personal Comment/Ending Tells how the experience/event ended and some thoughts you may have about it.	I really liked the marae and I would 100 % go again. It was really fun and the food was great.