Glorious Gille's Cup!

Yesterday afternoon the Wainui Beach School Thunder soccer team went down to Mangapapa school to challenge them for the Gille's cup. The school sent down about twenty kids to support us as well which was awesome. The Mangapapa school pitch was very bumpy and the goals were small compared to the ones we normally play with. The game began with me (Kya) in striker, Seve striker, Gavin left wing, Sam right wing, Ziggy centre mid, Charlie left back, Toby centre back and Shea Right back, Nikau in goal and Rory as a sub so he would have fresh legs to go on in fifteen minutes.

In the first half we managed to get two nice goals which had us in a comfortable lead. The atmosphere was amazing with both schools chanting and cheering. There must have been about one hundred supporters all together. We had a five minute rest and we all got some water and looked enviously at the delicious donuts that Charlie's dad had delivered for after the game.

In the second half Mangapapa had a few chances on goal but Nikau still looked bored and managed to take only two goal kicks in the end! We managed to get another two goals and then one final one at the very end. We were all puffed when the final whistle blew and Mangapapa hadn't given us an easy match. The trophy was presented, it was handmade of wood and painted with stars and a soccer ball. It is now on beautiful display in the school office! The final score was 5-0

Goals - Ziggy (1), Seve (1), me - Kya (2), Gavin (1).

Pick a path, which way will you choose???????

This term for EL4 writing we are writing pick a path stories. If you don't know what a pick a path is it's when you write a story that includes people choosing a path to take.

For example - (this is a little part of my story).

You are on a dangerous quest to locate the Sword of Dawn. It is known to be located in an ancient japanese temple.

Intro:

It was a full moon tonight, as Mia paced along the cobblestone streets of Gisborne. Blue light guided her on a quest to find the sword of dawn. It was known to be located in a secret Japanese temple. Suddenly, she stumbled, and tummy lurching hurtled down a shadowy tunnel. But wait, what’s that, a ladder hanging down the stony walls.

Should Mia grab onto the ladder and climb towards a blinding light?
Or
Should she continue falling and see where the dark tunnel takes her?

In pick a path you choose a path and some choices may result in death, or if you're lucky completing the quest and finding the Sword of Dawn. We will be putting the pick a path on a google form so that when you press an answer you will go onto another page with your next choices.

Fantastic football!

On Wednesday the 7th of August my football team, the Wainui Thunder and another Wainui team went to the primary interschool football tournament. In the tournament we played on a small pitch with 6 players on at a time. We played five or six games, including a semi-final and a final. The first game we played was against Te Hapara where we won 5-0. We played a couple other games after that which were both tight, one of them 1-1 and the other 1-0 against our rivals, Mangapapa.

After those games we went into the semi-final where we played St Mary's, winning 4-0. Then it was the final against Makauri and after a tight game we were forced into penalty's. Gavin, Toby and Ziggy were taking the kicks. Two of Makauri's players missed their shots but one went in. We were all very nervous as our players took their kicks. Toby took a kick hitting the goal post. Luckily, he got to retake it because he hit it before the whistle had blowed and he scored. Then Gavin took a kick with so much power that it just made it across the line even after hitting the goalies hands.

We had won the finals very well deserved, everyone was excited and also relieved that the nerve wracking penalty kicks were over.

Reading Refugee!

In our Early Level 4 Huia reading group for the next few weeks we are reading a book called Refugee. Koka Ngaire unlock a few chapters every week for us to read and then we answer some comprehension questions and complete some activities based on the book. The book is based on three different characters, Josef, Mahmoud and Isabel. They are all living in different time periods and are all Refugees trying to get out or forced to get out their current countries. Josef lives in Germany, Mahmoud lives in Syria and Isabel lives in Cuba.

Spectacular Shakespeare!

This week I got moved up to the reading group Huia. Huia is an independent reading group and this week we had to learn about William Shakespeare. We all had to make a slideshow about Shakespeare but most importantly why Shakespeare's writing is still important approximately 400 years later. Here is my slideshow:

Awesome Argentina

Last week once I had completed all my work I created an alphabet project about Argentina. An alphabet project is when you learn things about a country and then create a presentation about that country. I hope you learn a lot...

Hareb Wins Japanese Surfing Comp...

In Moana every week we have to do something called word work. For word work this week we had to choose an article from kiwi kids news and answer some questions about it. In this task we are learning to use the 5 Ws and the H and to find clues in the text to answer the questions.

Kiwi kids news -

New Zealand’s top woman surfer Paige Hareb has won the White Buffalo Hyuga Pro in Japan.

Hareb, 28, beat Australian Isabella Nichols in the final of the World Surf League qualifying series event.

It was Kiwi surfer Hareb’s first win on the qualifying series in 10 years. Her last victory was at Margaret River in Western Australia in 2008.

The win was crucial for her chances of continuing in the top bracket on the Championship Tour. The result see her move up to third on the qualifying series standings behind Americans Caroline Marks and Coco Ho.

The top-six in the qualifying series book their places on the Championship Tour, with just one major event remaining for the year at Birubi Beach in New South Wales next month.

Recall

1. The main person in this news article is Paige Hareb.

2. The key event in this news article is that Paige Hareb has won the White Buffalo Hyuga Pro in Japan.

3. This event took place in Japan.

4. This event started on the 19th of October 2018.

Thinking

1. "I love sports and have a go at everything so watch out!" Is a quote from the main person in this news article Paige Hareb. 

2. What happened in this news article is that Paige Hareb won the White Buffalo Hyuga Pro.

3. This event took place in Japan. Japan's population is 126.8 million as of 2017 and current prime minister is Shinzo Abe.

4. This event happened on the 19th of October 2018. In the future another surfer will win the White Buffalo Hyunga Pro Competition.

5. This event took place to determine the winner of the White Buffalo Hyunga Pro Competition.

6. Qualify - qualifying - be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition. Crucial - Decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something. Remaining - Still existing present, or in use; surviving.

Quick Write

Quick Write

Sunlight filtered down through the canopy of trees...
My private helicopter soared above like a bright spark. It was only a dot in the sky as the radiant blue continued for centuries. I was kitted to jump, and savoured what would probably be the last moments of my life. "It's time to go!" Junior, my jumping companion said. My toes hung off the edge of the helicopter as he ran me through the safety briefing. He attached his suit to mine and told me to "JUUUMMP!"  I decided if this was going to be the last moment of my life I might as well make the most of it so... I turned around (so that my ankles were now hanging off the edge) and jumped doing a backwards somersault in the air. The cold, fresh air whipped my face. Junior told me to press the green button on my suit. I felt the parachute catch the air as we slowly drifted down like a feather more than 500 ft from the ground. Slowly I felt my feet touch the soft ground. I collapsed onto my knees as I kissed the ground. I had survived!

Day at the beach

Quick Write

By Kya Solomon

Her soft brown fur buffeted in the wind…

She tilted her head and her sky blue eyes glistened in the bright

sun.

My dog stood radiantly making vague patterns in the sand.

Waves crashed, booming loudly against the sharp rocks.

Grains of sand made her fur shine in the lit up atmosphere.

I tapped down the wooden stairs making my footsteps as quiet

as an owl. Her petite paws dug into the sand like the smallest

russian doll. She hauled herself out of the water as heavy as a

200 pound weight. She bolted along the sand faster than her fur.

I wondered if I would ever catch her! The aroma of fresh

salt and saplings filled the air. Plants scraped roughly

against my skin as I raced my dog towards the stream.

Another beautiful day at the beach!

Vultures and plastic

In a reading program that we do called chapter chat, we have to complete activities. For one of mine I wrote a report about vultures. I then posted it on my blog. My whanau has been commenting loads on my blog and my mum commented on this post. She asked me if I could find out if vultures consume plastic and that is one of the reasons some species are very endangered. I found a website (http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1676/14-107.1) that had some very important information. I took some information from that website:

Plastic material in the Diet of the Turkey Vulture in the Atacama Desert, Chile

 "Turkey Vultures are one of the most distributed feeders throughout the the Americas."  People that have investigated the Turkey Vultures diet have found that natural foods such as dogs, sea lions, and feathers showed in 17% of there diet. They also found that 78% of pellets from coastal sights and 83% of the pellets from inland sites contained plastic material. They supposed that plastic was probably ingested because vultures scavenge in plastic bags disposed as garbage along beaches and roads. The availability of food from garbage bags could partly explain the widespread distribution of these vultures in the desert. Turkey Vultures patrol roads in search of animals hit by vehicles, which results in finding carrion and garbage. Garbage in plastic bags has increased as more roads have been built in these areas. In the future, it will be important to study the effects of ingested plastics on these birds. I do not think that plastic is one of the reason that he Turkey Vulture is becoming extinct. One reason I found is they are poisoned by a toxic veterinary drug that is fed to livestock, then the vultures eat animals that have been drugged.   

Valiant Vultures!

In Moana 2 we do a reading program called Chapter Chat. We have to answer some questions and complete activities. Here is my report about Vultures:

Vultures

Are Vultures endangered?

There are 23 vulture species and 16 are considered vulnerable to extinction.

Where is a vultures habitat?

The Turkey Vulture likes to live in Subtropical Forests, Shrublands, Deserts, and
Foothills. It is also found in Pastures Grasslands and Wetlands.

What is the lifespan of a vulture?

Different species of vultures have different lengths of lifespans. The king vulture
can live up to 30 years! With the Black vultures lifespan up to 10.

What Do Vultures Eat?

Turkey Vultures feed almost entirely on carrion and human garbage. Although on
rare occasions Turkey Vultures catch live prey, including young or sick birds and
mammals, Black Vultures kill live prey more often, sometimes Turkey Vultures
eating live prey often involve them mistakenly eating Black Vultures.

Pump up your sentence!

The Level 3 writers in Moana have been learning to PUMP UP OUR SENTENCES! We had to use different sentences structures to make our writing more interesting. Here are my examples:

Pump up your sentence!

WALT: use different sentence structures for effect.

Short sentences: (3-4 words only)

I adore football.

Perle adores football.

We adore football.

Compound sentences: ( a comma is used, then a conjunction)

I adore football, so I play football.

Perle adores football, so she plays football.

We adore football, so we play football.

Subject first:

Football is the best sport in the whole entire world.

Football can involve lots of strategy.

Football needs lots of energy and strength.

Adjectives first: (describe the subject)

Beautiful sunsets rise, while playing football.

Dirty mud on our skin as we play football.

Amazing sound when we score a goal playing football.

Adverbs first: (how is the doing happening? Comma after adverb)

Quickly, we chase players when playing football.

Slowly, we skill the players while playing football

Menacingly, we slide and tackle to get the ball off the other team as we play football.

Speedy, Spectacular, Quick Writes

In Moana pretty much every day we have to do a Quick Write, which is when our teacher gives us a sentence starter (which is highlighted in yellow below) and we have to write a short story beginning with that sentence starter. Here is my story:



Water swirled around my feet as I stood, my feet sinking into the golden sand. The tides continue to wash in and out. I stand there and gaze out at the horizon. Out there waves are crashing loudly, but where i'm standing the ocean is as calm as the bright blue sky up above.

I trudge up the glistening sand and place my towel up on a nice dry spot. The sun starts to rise and the sky turns pink. The calm ocean numbs my toes as I bravely dive into the deep blue liquid. I feel my hair sweep behind me, and the water rush down my neck, through my arms, down my stomach and my legs, then tickle the tips of my toes. An icy blast of air whips my neck as I slowly arise out of the water. I race to shore, grab my towel and quickly run home. I wash the sand that covers my small feet off under the hose. Then I jump into the warm bath that speedily warms my limbs. What a great lifestyle!