Willie Apiata

LLama llama duck song.

This is just a funny song or silly song just to watch.

Homework

For my homework on the quiz I got 8 out of 10.

Golf.

On the 30th of October , Kyle, Adam, Ashlee, Mum (Manager) and I went to golf in Otautau. In the morning we had activity's like Putting and Chipping there was 5 activity's to do we had 30 mins for each activity. In the afternoon we had 7 holes of golf which was Ambrose which is were you hit and then go to the the ball that went the longest. Over all in our Ambrose we had a score of 38.

At the end of the day we didn't get in the top 16 but we had fun and thats all that maters.

Prodution

This is the song we are singing for the production.

It is from the movie Rocky and it is called 'Eye of the tiger'.

 

My armistice day esaay

Armistice day

They shall grow not old,as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

(fourth stanza of Laurence Binyon's For the Fallen) 

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 was the saddest day of the war for some but the happiest day of the war for many. It is said that the Great war from 1914 to 1918 was one of the most disastrous events in history.

In the little town of Rethondes, Compiegneu France, Nazi Germany, Great Britain and their Allies signed the armistice to signal the end of world war 1 and peace to all countries involved.

New Zealand got the news a day later due to poor communication between Allies. At that time there were still 58,129 troops in the field and 10,000 in training. On the declaration of the armistice New Zealand had a total 52,123 troops still overseas, including 24,115 in France 23,541 in England and 4451 in Egypt.
As recently as a week before the signing of the Armistice, on November 4th 1918, New Zealand troops had been involved in the successful recapture of the small town of Le Quesnoy. The attack cost the lives of about 90 unlucky New Zealanders-virtually the last of the 12,483 New Zealand soldiers who fell on the western between 1916 and 1918.

Despite the difficult circumstances of the influenza pandemic thousands of New Zealanders attended  or took part in armistice parades on the 12th of November. Public officials gave earnest speeches and crowds gathered to celebrate the end of four long years of war.

One exception was in Auckland where the acting Chief Health Officer, Dr Frengley, in a bid to stop the further spread of the influenza, postponed all official Armistice day celebrations (They were eventually held in the mid-1919s). He had been alarmed by the large amounts of crowds which had gathered for the Armistice day celebrations on the 12th November. Despite these precautions, 1128 Aucklanders died of from the awful influenza pandemic.

World War 1 had a massive impact on New Zealand as 16,700 men and women died and over 40,000 men and women were wounded a higher per capita casualty rate than any other country involved. So it had a massive impact on New Zealand but not many people recongise what Armistice Day is, so that is a huge shame,  all those men and women dying serving their country and few people observe it. It should be one of the most important days in New Zealand history because those men and women died so that we may live a free and peaceful life that is why it is importent to New Zealand.  

In addition to observing Armistice day, Remembrance Sunday has become a universal time of commemoration when all men and women who have died in the service of their country are commemorated in church services throughout New Zealand. Army regulations allow the wearing of a small rose on the uniform of current service men and women which is similar to the poppies service men and women wear on ANZAC Day. The story goes that, following one of the bloodiest battles of World War I, in the fields of Flanders in western Europe,when the ground was completely churned up and muddied, thousands of red poppies sprang up. The seeds had lain dormant in the soil and, after being aerated with the churning of the soil from the soldiers' boots and fertilised with their blood, the poppies grew abundantly, springing forth new life from death.This is why poppies are worn on Remembrance Day (commemorating Armistice Day) as well as ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand, and other solemn occasions when we remember the soldiers who fought or even gave their lives for our freedom.Another reason poppies came to such prominence in association with World War I is because of how they were immortalised in that most famous poem of WWI, In Flanders Fields, written by John McCrae, a Canadian surgeon attached to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade. This poem is spoken at memorial services everywhere on both ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day, and remains one of the most famous Australian War poems ever written

The period of silence was first proposed by a Melbourne journalist, Edward George Honey, in a letter published in the London Evening News on 8 May 1919.  His letter came to the notice of King George V, and on 7 November 1919 he issued a proclamation that called for a two minute silence.


Biblography:

www.nzarmy.mil.nz
www.nzhistory.net.nz

Calenders

This term we will be making calenders, diaries and cards  for next year.

For my calender I am thinking of taking a whole lot of photos from around the school and then making a photo collage around the outside. Then I will draw a picture in the middle and that will be the same on the diaries and cards.

Please comment if you like it say like.

If you have any ideas just say and I will take them into consideration.

And ask if you have any questions.

Made Awards.

For the Made awards Miss Brown asked Damon, Charlotte, Katlin and I to make a documentary on Katlin and Charlotte's winning since fair project. We have just got new back that we got in the top 6 in NewZealand which is awesome in itself,whats even better was that Adam Hills found out he got in the top 2 and the school would pay for him and a parent to go up to Auckland to receive his prize on STAGE and get the awards an behalf of Winton School. We have also got invited to the Local Made awards in Invercargill which we have got 1st 2nd of 3rd in which is awesome.

Go to http://marshallscreek.blogspot.co.nz/

Term 4

What I want to achieve by the end of the year is commonly misspelt words which I have almost passed I am almost there two more words. Another goal is to get a year 7 award so I can be like Katy.

Term 3 reflection.

Something I am proud of...
Was my easTTle reading test because I have improved from last term, this term I got a 4A.

Something I need to work on is...
My proofreading because I am awful at picking up grammar mistakes.

Reading goal:
Is to use detailed answers and put the question in the answer. I can Achieve this by. Looking deeper into the text to get more detail for my answer.

Writing  goal:
Is to use more punctuation in writing to  make it more fluent to read.I can achieve this by. Going back over my writing and reading it out loud and and putting in the punctuation.

Maths goal:
Is to ask questions if I don't understand what we are doing.I can achieve this by. Asking questions and making sure that I understand what we are learning.

Camp.

Last week Room 10 went on camp Tautuku in the Catlins we went there on the Tuesday and got back on the Thursday. Here are a list of things we did on camp;

 -Kayaking
 -Rock climbing
 -Archery
 -Flying fox
 -Initiative course
 -Scavenger hunt.

They were all great fun but the flying fox was my favourite because...
When you jump of the wooden block  you get a rush of adrenaline that stays with you the whole way down which is just awesome.  I also quite liked the archery because I was the first person to hit the target which I was very proud of :)

I have to say this being me. The food was fantastic best food ever. There was quite a bit of rain on the first night. But it partly cleared on the second day.


Sooo to conclude I had heaps of fun.

Home Work Paraolympic Profile

For home Work we had to follow a Paraolympian so I chose....

Chris Ross
Age: 23
Sport: Cycling
Coach: Simon Finnel
Disability: Missing Arm Below Elbow
Residence: Auckland
Represented New Zealand at the 2011 Para-Cycling Track World Championships and 2011 Para-Cycling Road World Cup. Won three silver medals at the 2011 Oceania Para-Cycling Track Championships.

Brown Brother.

This is a inspiring speech it is spoken in 'spoken word' and things in this speech are things that happen to Maori and Pacific Islanders so hopefully this awsome speech will turn around.

Please comment to show your likings and dislikings.

WWW

This is my wicked Wednesday writing hope you like it.

The adventures of Sweep.

There once was a boy called Sweep he lived in the village of Meep. He had a good friend, a very good friend of who was his dog called Beep. They lived in Turkey and quite frankly liked Jerky it was there favourite feast.

One day there was a flood and the local stream was full of mud. So Sweep and Meep put a beam over the local stream and everyone thought it was mean.

Sweep and Meep.

By Callum.

My speech.

Here is my speech when I presented it. ENJOY

Callus Speech. from Room 10 Winton on Vimeo.

ICT Awards.


 For homework we had to take a picture for the ICT Award we could not change the photo and it had to be one that we took ourselves this is my picture.

This is a picture of the paddock beside our Hen house.

A turn in speeches.

I have had a bit of a turn around in my speeches because I couldn't find any info on people killing Brown Bears. So I have decided to change it to-
 'Why NewZealand should host the 2020 Olympics.
Well why can't the beautiful countryof NZ can't host the Olympic games It is because we NewZealand is a great green country with very friendly people and the ideal place to host the 2020 Olympic games.

These were the topics that I thought of and chose from.
-Why NewZealand should be able to host the 2020 Olympic games.
-That we should learn to read and write before we learn how to use IPads, IPods, Cellphones and Computers. I'm 11 and I have trouble texting but I know how to read and write.
-Why every house in NewZealand should have smoke alarms.
-Why Cellphones are deadly.

Start of the 2012 Olympics.

Hamish Bond (front) and Eric Murrry (back)

The first few days of the 2012 Olympics have been thrilling. Starting with the very well put together opening ceremony. I have watched some of the Rowing and some of the Equestrian Dressage and it is all very exciting. My Olympian I chose to follow Eric Murry started his Olympic charge with winning his heat and beating all his opponent's by 8 seconds and over in the men's coxless pair. With his partner Hamish Bond, they haven't been beaten in rowing since 2008. They also smashed the record with a perfect race with this perfect time 6m 08.50s.

Here is a medal table on this website so you can keep up to date on the medal standings.


click here for the medal table.

NewZealand Olympic Team.

For the Olympics we were told to chose a NewZealand Olympic athlete so we went on to this website-http://www.olympic.org.nz/

and I chose Eric Murry and Hamish Bond they are competing in Coxless Pair - Men. Which is rowing.

Yr7 Camp.

In week 8 yr7 students from Winton school will be going to camp Tautuku (Catlins) from Wednesday-5 to the 7 of September this will be are 3rd camp and everyone is excited. The first camp we went to was camp Columba which is just out of Gore which was year-5. Then in year 6 we went toQueensTown which was great, and this year it is Tautuku. Then next year we will go to Deep Cove YAY!!

Olympics.

Olympic Park.

Only 4 days to the Olympics and everyone is excited. In class we will be doing work on the Olympics hopefully that will include watching some of the Olympics. This year NewZealand is hoping to get to 100 medals I think we will. If you are In NewZealand and you want to watch the opening ceremony you will have to get up on Saturday morning. It is said to be better than the one in Beijing in 2008. That must be hard because they set a high standard.

Here is a link to a website.


http://www.london2012.com/

Speeches.

This term we are doing speeches we can choose our topics BUT!!! it has to be persuasive so I had to choose Mum said it has to be something I like so. I choose why we shouldn't hunt Brown bears. Because I like Bears their so cute and hunters don't eat  them so why hunt them. I know sad. The hunter kill the poor bears for big game hunting and floor rugs. Next week we will be writing them. OH NO!!!

W.W.W.

This is the Orvillecopter made out of a stuffed dead cat.

W.W.W. Is fun Writing the whole class does on Wednesday this time our teacher Miss Brown found a photo from one of last terms newspapers this is what it was.

So we had twenty minutes to right anything about the Orvillecopter.
This is my story.


"Oh oh left a bit oh no right a bit nearly DAMN that's the wall."
"That didn't work didn't work did it Tiger."

That's the first part of my amazing part of my story hi I'm Orville and I have a dream and that's to fly. I have seen the air planes and the helicopters. So to reach my dream me and my friend Tiger have invented the Orvillecopter. It's great really carbon fibre rotor powered great really. I'll show ya. Ok i'll just get ready whooa ok so i'm up now i'll just do one lap round the kitchen table then i'll come back.

                                                      30 seconds later

Ok i'm back you like it ok see ya next time on.


                                                    Adventures of Orville.