Montreal Olympic Bid

Future Aspirations

On the 26th of november we had special guests attend our intermediate. The people who came were Andrew Patterson, Anthony Samuels, Paula Fakalata and Amelia Nufe.

Anthony Samuels speech was about “To miharo hoki” that means “You are awesome” He was telling us about his past when he was producing What now, he was doing that job for a very long time! Mr Samuels also said to believe that you are awesome so you can be awesome and never let your past defeat you future.

Paula Fakalata was talking about how people laugh when he says his name because his name sounds like “Ebola”. When he was younger his teachers would always mispronounce his name. He asked us “which story do you want hear, the story where I almost died or the story where I almost made it.” “THE STORY WHERE YOU ALMOST DIED!!!” shouted everyone. He then told us about a story where he almost drowned.

Amelia nufe’s dream is to have her own clothing line. When she was younger people would always judge her because her brothers are in gangs, they would always think that she’ll follow their tracks and drop out. Amelia is now in university studying fashion, in her class she gets assignments to design clothes for events.

Friends

Nothings more important than friends, right? Friends are awesome because you can always count on them through the hard times because they can always cheer you up and they can give you advice about everything!

Friendship is when two or more people start socialising, playing and doing things together. Its very special because they’ll always be right beside you through thick and thin. There will be some arguments but in the end good friends always make up! You can also learn more about their culture (that’s if they’re a different culture).

Friendship is important because they’ll always back you up if you’re in trouble, they’ll always cheer you up in your darkest moments and they will always keep your secrets safe. Its very important to grow up with friends because you can always count on them to help you with things, like advice and many other things!

You can make good friends by treating someone with respect. You can also request for them to play with you at playtime. When they’re sad have enough courage to cheer them up by telling jokes!

Lydia ko

Bo-Gyung Lydia Ko is a 17 year old professional kiwi golfer. She was born in seoul, south korea on the 24th of april 1997. Lydia has been the top ranked women amateur golfer in the world for 130 weeks. She began playing golf at the age of 5 when her mother took her into a pro shop at the pupuke golf club. At the age of 7 she competed in the New Zealand national amateur championships.

Lydia became the youngest person to ever win a professional golf tour event, when she announced she was turning professional on 23 october 2013. In august 2013 she was the only amareur to win two LPGA tour events. She was named as one of times magazine’s 100 most influential people

Jo May

La Luna

Here is my writing about the opening scene of a short pixar animation called La Luna.


One peaceful night the shimmering stars were  reflected in the calm ocean like a mirror, It was still with only a few gentle waves. The sky had a tint of purple, the glowing moon was creating an ombre effect in the sky.

A bulky man rowed the boat with strong strokes through the water leaving foamy bubbles behind. It pushed through the smooth water causing ripples to form. A little boy on the boat peered at the oars mesmerised by each stroke.

Lollies

Who loves lollies?! I do of course, I mean seriously who's crazy enough to write a story about lollies! Sugar is obviously the main ingredient in lollies and chocolate. Even tho it tastes great its pretty dangerous, If you eat too much you might get ill. Before sugar lollies used to be made with honey.

My favorite lollies are gummy worms, m&ms, hard fruit candy, eclair lollies and raspberry licorice. My least favorite lolly is black licorice. What lollies are your favorite?!

Sarah Potts

The shortland street episode that aired on the 20th of august has broken many hearts. With Dr. Sarah Marjorie Potts passing. Her cause of death was the contagious virus going around ferndale.

She was finding a cure for virus, but then she saw a little blood on her knee. She had all the symptoms of the virus and then told her assistant to leave the room. She then locked herself in the room to finish finding the cure. A few minutes later she collapsed.

She was then rushed to the hospital. Her assistant finished the medicine for the virus, and was sent quickly to shortland street hospital for the patients with this sickness. The medicine was given to Sarah, and Rachel Mckenna. Sadly Sarah didn't make it due to all her sicknesses.

Diver explanation

The diver was balanced with concentration, focus and steady with accuracy ready to jump off.

Tiptoeing to the edge of the diving board the diver balanced with confidence, the audience were all anticipated waiting her to dive.

The magnificent diver balanced steady with determination she then jumps off with plenty of twists and turns and somersaults.

breathing in and out calmly the diver balanced on the platform with peace she dives down into the water with a minimal splash.
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The diver was shaking with nerves as she climbed the ladder to the top of the platform, She started to balance with concentration, focused and steady. ready to jump off. The audience were all anticipated waiting for the diver to dive, with confidence and her body taut she dived into the water with a minimum splash With a lot of accuracy

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Diving is an international sport in the Olympics, diving has been part of the Olympics since 1904, Diving includes Acrobatics skills and diving skills, This is a well recognized sport, The way to get points you will need a lot of flexibility and flips they make sure that there body is taut.
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When the divers jump off the platform they twist, turn and do somersaults. The more flips they do above the water, the more points they will get, and if you dive in the water with a minimal splash. Your toes have to be pointed straight and your feet need to be touching.

Maths

My instrument.

Myas instrument: Guitar

Equiptment	Steps how to make it
small rubber bands.	1.First get an empty container/cardboard box.
cardboard box / container box	2. put the small rubber bands around the box. Place as many rubber bands you need.
(optional) A cardboard tube (from the glad wrap roll)	3. If you want you can attach the cardboard tube on the box.
	Explanation: If you strum a string on the guitar it will vibrate against the wood of the guitar, this creates sound waves. The sound waves ricroche inside the guitar through the hole. When the guitar strings vibrate against the guitar the sound will be louder.

Myas book review of: This totally bites

Book Title: This totally bites	Author: Ruth Ames
Reviewer: Mya class 4	Grand total of books read this year: 4
Book Genre: (Highlight) Fiction Science fiction Drama Romance Mystery Horror Comedy Series Fantasy Other (state) Non-Fiction Biographies/Autobiographies Historical Instructional Other (state)	Insert photo of book cover here:
Reading Level: Easy Medium Advanced	Rating: (Leave how many stars you rate it.) ✩ ✩✩✩✩✩
Review:	Excerpt:  Twelve year-old Emma-rose paley has always felt very different from her bubbly, outgoing parents. Unlike them, Emma-rose has pale skin and jet-black hair, she prefers gray weather to sunshine, and she hates the taste of garlic. When Emma-rose's great-aunt Margo comes to visit from Romania, Emma-rose uncovers a dark family secret an had a sudden revelation. Could Emma-rose be a real live vampire?

Trumpet presentation

Mya Wellington Town Hall

Psy gangnam style

Psys gangnam style is blowing up with views on youtube! Gangnam style has over billions of views on youtube, but its not just gangnam style. He has another catchy song called “gentleman”. 

In the gangnam style MV psy is doing a horse dance.
Did you know Gangnam is actually a building in seoul city?

Psys real name is park jae-sang. He was born on december the 31st 1977. In 2001, PSY debuted with his first album, PSYcho world.

Psy is a kpop artist in the yg entertainment music industry. YG in in the capital city of korea, Seoul. In Yg there are many kpop artists/groups like 2ne1, lee hi, bigbang and many others.

Nigeria

Many girls are getting kidnapped from their families in nigeria. They were kidnapped by a group called “Boko haram.” They have kidnapped over 250 girls last month. The leader of ‘Boko haram is using the girls for slaves.

The leader of the group Abubakar shekau recently recorded a video of him talking. He said “I abducted your girls, I will sell them in the marketplace.” Then he starts shooting in air chanting “Allahu akbar!” or “God is great!”

Many celebrities like Anne hathaway, Michelle obama and many more have been taking photos of them with a piece of paper that says “#Bringbackourgirls.

Alexander Graham Bell

Nectar-eating bats

Hope, Mya, Javana and Sapphire's Movie

What is echolocation?

Echolocation is used by many marine mammals, bats and humans. They use this technique to see throughout their ears.

How do they use echolocation?

Non-human animals emit sound waves to navigate their way and to locate prey. After they emit sound waves, The sound waves ricochet against objects and animals. Humans use echolocation quite differently from animals. Humans use sticks to click on the ground. Some people use their mouth to make clicking noises

Ben Underwood

Ben Underwood is known for “the boy who can see without eyes” He uses echolocation with his mouth so he can navigate throughout the world.  In his past he was Diagnosed with retinal cancer at the age of two, his mum had to make a hard choice to Let the cancer spread or to remove his eyes. At the age of 3 his eyes were removed.