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Takapuna Beach

Takapuna Beach

On Monday I went to Takapuna beach. Beforehand, my cousin and I had made ourselves some lunch for Dad, Aunty, Brodie, Uncle and ourselves. On the way to the beach we stopped off at the gas station in Glen Innes to fill up. As soon as we arrived at the beach, the first thing I did was to jump in the water. My cousin and I had lots of fun swimming and playing in the sand. What a great day!

Swimming with Chris

Swimming
“Ooh this is freezing cold!” I said to myself, as I squeezed on my life-jacket. I adjusted my belt and buckled up my life jacket. “Time to get in the pool!” Chris yelled loudly. Chris works for water safety NZ, He’s here to help us learn about water safety until the end of the term. As I hopped into the pool I was shivering and shaking. As I was shivering Room15 were asked to get in to the help position. When we got into that position we all had to get in a huddle and then we broke into song, singing the National Anthem.

Net Book

Net books
Finally the year 7s got their net books on Tuesday. They are really excited that they have them. I asked my cousin in Room 20, named Shontal, if she was happy with her new net book, and she exclaimed “ Yes I really like my net book!” Its good for the year 7s because they don’t need to wait for school time, they can just do there own work at home or anywhere for that matter. Instead of working at school they can do work at there aunty's and uncle’s house. When they want to chat they can, and you don’t need to have stationery and they can do there own homework on line.

Nana's Buddy's 75th Birthday

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On Saturday it was Nana Buddy’s birthday down in Kawakawa bay. As the sun was rising, everybody was putting up decorations, baking the cake and making the food. We were getting ready to surprise Nana Buddy at 2pm. Before her arrival the food was set out nicely under the tarpaulin on the deck. Green streamers and pink and white balloons decorated the corners of the room while we waited for our main guest. When she finally came in, she loved what we had done and she thanked everyone for what we had done for her birthday. This day reminded me of my birthday, especially when Nana Buddy blew out her candles and making a wish. I hope Nana Buddy had a great time. My favourite part of the day was eating the cake! YUM!

Animal Kingdom

Scientists classify the animal kingdom into different categories. The two main categories are vertebrates and invertebrates. Vertebrates are animals that have a backbone, There are five different groups of vertebrates; birds, fish, mammals, amphibians and reptiles.
Invertebrates are an animal which has no backbone. 97% of the animal kingdom comprised of 7 groups. Three of these groups are arthropods (which have exoskeleton). Humans are mammals like animals because humans feed milk and mammals feed milk as well. Types of invertebrates include annelida (segmented body and jointed legs) such as worms ,and molluses (soft bodied invertebrates such as snails and slugs).