Four Interesting Facts About Common Skinks.

Four Interesting  Facts  About Common Skinks.


A Common Skink has a body that is eight cm long and its patterning and colours are variable; as some are very bold and some are so faint that you can hardly see them! Common Skinks reach mating age at four years and have five to six young each year. The predators of  a Common Skink in someone's garden could be one of these: rats, mice, dogs or cats. Predators in the wild would probably be rats, mice, hedgehogs, cats, stoats, ferrets and kingfishers. Many species of skinks are endangered and that is why everyone needs to help and make an impact so we can save the Skink species!
By Pace

Introducing Ourselves in Maori

WALT say our Mihi with a strong and confident voice.

It's Cool to Korero from Grey Lynn Scribblers on Vimeo.

Celebrating Samoan Language Week, May 30th - June 3rd

In Room 10 we are celebrating Samoan language week by doing some art, learning some basic words and reading stories about Samoa. 

Click on this link to learn about the country Samoa too!

http://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/samoan-language-week-vaiaso-o-le-gagana-samoa/

Watch this space for our upcoming work! 

Fa'afetai!  

Andrea and Room 10

Torin's Birthday Party

My birthday is coming soon.I am very exited I am going to Megazone and bowling.I might go to the arcade I like Megazone.  I will invite Luca, Rhys, Noah, Jayden and more.My birthday is on the first of June but my birthday party is on the 12th. I want a surprise cake because I always know what I am getting for my cake. Birthdays are so fun because I get so much cool stuff. I can't wait till my birthday.By Torin.

May the Fourth

There is one day a year that Star Wars fans love...May the Fourth! Room 10 are huge fans and asked if they could celebrate it!

Here is a movie all about the day! Enjoy! 

Andrea and Room 10

May the Fourth from Grey Lynn Scribblers on Vimeo.

Military

Once in South America there was a military base and a plane attacked the base. One of the Jedi jumped onto the plane and stabbed the planes motor. Two people were shouting at the plane. In the end the plane crash landed. They had almost all the soldiers out around the plane. Suddenly the plane started to transform. "Oh no! It's a Decepticon." Everyone was shouting at it but it was no use. It is transforming its arms into guns. "Quick! Shoot at it's heart. That will make it struggle! the aircraft people shouted. "Shoot at its eyes then it will fall over for ten seconds...but do it fast...because the guns are nuclear missiles." 

Then Prime saw the Decepticon and stabbed him through the back and the Decepticon was dead and the fight was over. Once the army decided to move base. They found one in the forest. They made two fake trees that had buttons on them. One was for the elevator and the other one is four the aircrafts to fly out. They moved because the deception found the other base. 

Chapter Two coming soon...

By Tuscan                          

Making Biscuits

In class we made Anzac cookies.We had helpers to watch and help us.We had groups as well.In my group I had Jozier, Pace and Kiedis. Our helper was Tobias Kiedis's  dad.We started to make our cookies.When we were up to our third instruction it sort of felt like we were doing something wrong but  didn't know for sure.I still don't know which one was ours but even if our cookies were the worst ones I would still eat them.By Noah.

Delecious Anzac biscuits by Zoe

Yesterday we made Anzac biscuits in class. They were very delicious. 

We had some parent helpers to help us. 

First we had to pour 1/2 a cup plain flour into a  bowl. Next we added oats to the bowl with the the flour. Then we all got turns to mix.  

When a group of us was doing that, another group was melting the butter and filling a jug with hot water. Once the group heating the butter had finished, they poured some golden syrup into the melted butter.    

After they had done that, Lucy poured 1/4 of baking soda into a small bowl and added the hot water to it and mixed. Then a parent helper poured the melted butter into the big bowl and we all mixed together.  After we mixed the big bowl we put the the little bowls mixture into the big bowl. Then Cassius mixed it all together.

Finally we took big chunks of the mixture and rolled it, then placed it on a tray and then a parent helper put them in a oven and let them cook.   

After they had cooked, they smelled scrumptious!
By Zoe

Anzac Biscuits by Jed

This is the poppy I made to bring tothe museum.

Yesterday at school, I made Anzac biscuits and they were yummy.  I gave  my dad one and he said it was yummy.   I liked them too! I also made a poppy out of coloured paper and it was fun.  It was a great day and I liked it. By Jed.

Some yummy Anzac biscuits coming out of the oven. 

Anzac Cookies

Reuben's Blog

Today we are going to make Anzac biscuits for the class and they are going to be really fantastic. My mum came in to help . I measured the butter and I mixed the golden syrup and then we rolled the Anzac batter. Then we put them on the tray to cook. The smelled really amazing and tasted scrumptious! 
By Reuben

This is the batter that my group mixed.

This is how they are cooking.

This is how they looked when done.  YUM!

Anzac Day

I think Anzac Day is a very sad day. Every time I think about Anzac Day I feel guilty.The reason I feel guilty  is because people helped me and I can't help them.My great grandfather went to war and got shot in the eye twice, luckily he  survived. I wish there was peace throughout  the world. By Noah

Anzac day

Anzac day is people who are remembering ancestors that went to war. People who went to war  had to sacrifice for you. If your uncles survived they're very lucky. Did you know that my great uncle went to war?  He lived. 

Anzac Day is special. 

By Kiedis

Anzac poppies in the school library

Sting the Bee

Once upon a time there was a bee, Her name was Sting. Everyone was scared of her just because of her name but she was a nice bee. One day a kid came and said, " Are you alone? Do you want me to play with you?" Sting felt very joyful! " Thanks you doe playing with me." said Sting. Once people saw the little girl playing with Sting, they thought that they shouldn't be scared of her anymore. By Emily

Sting the bee,

Sting the bee in 3D

Snowman Story

Once upon a time there  was a  snowman. He  was

scared of snow. He  had  big  long  arms. He  had a big  brown  scarf.  There  were  sticks  on  the ground.  The  snow  was  falling  from  the  sky. It was  amazing buy not for the snowman. He would run and hide. He asked a friend if he could take him away from the snow and so he lived inside his friend's freezer and was happy. 

Sofia B

Minecraft

Minecraft  is a cool game to play because you can play it on xbox computer, tablet and phone. You can play it on Survival mode or Creative mode. Creative mode is when you can create anything. In Survival mode you cannot fly.   You have to build a house in survival mode to live through the night because there are creepers who can come out a night. 

By Cassius

Refreshing Rarotonga

In the term holidays I am going to go to Rarotonga! 

I am really excited because last time, the people that lived there cleared out the rocks so there is a little swimming pool in the sea and my back garden was is the beach! Did you know that in Rarotonga it's always hot, even when it's raining!   By Sofia E

This Kid Pix picture is  in 3D

This Kid Pix picture is NOT in 3D

Red Pandas

Red pandas are also  named fire foxes.  A red panda is not part of the panda family. They now have their own family name: the Ailuridae  Sometimes at the zoo I see red pandas coming up to the glass.  
Red pandas are very cute.  They love bamboo and they also like fruit.  Red pandas are my favourite animals and I love them very much.  


By Monique

Going horseriding

In the last week of the holidays me and Lily are going horse riding. There is Casper, Wings and Cheyenne. Lily said that I will probably be riding Casper, but want to ride Cheyenne.Wings is a skewbald, Cheyenne is a bay and Casper is a piebald. I can't wait!

Olive

The Garden

Last year all the Kowhai made a big garden where the old class was. First we dug up some holes to put the soil and the next day we put the soil in the holes.All of the Kowhai team got plants to put into     
The holes that have soil in them.The plants we did plant were...   Poppies and swan plants and some purple flowers for the bees. My favourite thing about it was when I got to have a great turn on putting the finishing touches on the garden .We worked hard on the garden that year. by Ruby.

Playing Club Rugby

Last Saturday I played rugby at New Lynn. I played against New Lynn Stags. For our warm up we did lunges, side swipes, bum kicks, a lap around the fieldpasses and passes with the rugby ball. When the game started I scored the first because Ricky of loaded the ball to me then got a runaway try. When New Lynn got their first try we got two more tries. At half time our coach Kevin told us to keep the tactics up. At full time the score was 9 to 5 to us! 
the End.

By Jozier

Here is a video of me practising my kicks at school.