Animal Writing

In Totara Whanau I am learning to start my sentences with different sentence starters. We are learning this because we need to keep the reader interested. I'm also working on taking on my feed back. This is one of many of my stories! It is all about an animal...
As you can see I have taken on all the feedback my teacher has given me. Also I have learnt to use adverbs at the start of my sentences, and all I had to do was swap around the words Eg: 
(Bad) I quietly crept over...   
(Good) Quietly I
Here is my story, I hope you enjoy! (You can see in my story I have underlined where I have taken on feedback.) 

The Animal...

Zzzzzziiiiiiiiipppppppppp.. Slowly we crept into the darkness, my flashlight glimmered.

“I knew this was a bad idea charz..” Muttered Hannah. THUMP!... THUMP!... in my chest. I glared behind me, the tent now the size of an ant got further and further away…

“Yeah.. well we wanna show those idiots that we’re tough! Don’t we?” I responded.

“I guess…” HOOWWWLLLLL “WHAT WAS THAT!!!” Hannah Screamed “Probably just an owl..” I informed, “Just an owl!?!?! JUST AN OWL!?!? THAT WAS A WOLF, YOU KNOW WHAT IM OUT! NOT DOING THIS BYE!” She stammered.

“woah chill out scaredy cat!” I mockingly replied.

“Ugh… you know you sound just like my brother sometimes…” She whined.

 As we stumbled towards some raven black, naked, trees, my throat became dry. Suddenly! A dark small figure caught my attention… I glared, as it emerged from the darkness. Blood seeped out of it’s numb ear, it’s small glimmering eyes stared at me. What had happened? Where was the thing that attacked it? Is it bad? Will it hurt me?  So many things raced through my mind. Quietly I crept through the glistening grass towards the quivering little cub, When I suddenly felt a hand grasp my shoulder

“What are you doing?!” Hannah screeched.

Carefully I Removed her hand and continued walking, it’s tiny little paws clutched the grass as the blood dripped faster by the second. Water droplets trickled down my back, now there was only one step between us. Leisurely I reached down below, my hands spread out wide. Delicate fur met my shivering fingertip’s, her miniature paws wrapped around my neck, my heart melted with joy. Time soon passed and we managed to saunter our way back to the tent. Calmly I unzipped the zip and crept inside. I placed the wolf down beside me, It’s small little tummy started to slowly quiet down…

The sun arose from the hills as I awoke. I glared around in panicking motion, WHERE WAS THE PUP?!? I jumped out of bed and ran outside “Looking for something” A voice bellowed

I swung my head around, only to find one of the boys grasping onto the pup! I Got closer

“Take one more step and I’ll drop her onto the sharp fence” He screeched

I glared at him in horror.

“You wouldn’t!” I replied not believing my own words

“Oh I’d be glad to! You girls always trying to outsmart me! Well not this time!!” He yelled

I fell to my knees and sobbed, all I could think about was the gut feeling I had. Just when all hope seemed lost, a shadowy figure crept out from behind the tent. There it was my hero! Hannah had slyly snuck up on our cousin. Slowly her hands wrapped around his legs, suddenly I heard a big THUMP! And I watched the wolf run into my arms! I picked her up and rushed inside! “I will always love you” I whispered.         

Camp 2016

Recently I went on camp with Kauri 89. I joined them on camp because I was going away when my class attended camp. A highlight of my camp was when I created my car (photo 2) Because I could let my creativity fly. There were 5 catagories: 
1. futuristic
2. Old fashioned
3. Pimp my car (bling)
4. A car that sells things (Eg: Mr whippy) 
5. Race car
There were many things we could use to create our car. It was kind of like master chef (but with cars) We had to  create it in a certain amount of time. Afterwards we had a war, Whoever cleaned up the most got to become VIP for our movie. When they announced the winners I crossed everything (Including my hair) I was so excited and nervous... "Charlotte" Mr ford bellowed "Ye... yes" I screeched nervously "YOU ARE A VIP!!" He replied. I can't describe how happy I was that afternoon. Finally when the night fell and the movie started I heard something in the kitchen, I glared over to the door, out came Mr ford dressed in a paper bag apron holding fizzy and ice cream, I was STOKED!

One thing that challenged me during camp was when we had to create our hut (Photo 3). This was challenging because I felt like our group did not work as good as we should have, Plus we all thought we didn't have enough time to create it. Despite all that It was actually a pretty fun task and I really enjoyed how funny my group was! The materials we had to make out hut out of were:
1. Bamboo
2. tape
Overall Camp was really fun for me and I'd love to go back again to see how much its changed/how fun it will be with new people!

Lucian, Vaughn and I holding up our hook

Me sitting in my pimped up car! #Style

My group and I sitting in our umbrella/hut 

My and my cooking group enjoying our wonderful Kai that we created ourselves 

Me posing while my group member holds up our hook!

Me splashing and sploshing in the nice warm water!

Our wonderful campfire before we lit it! 

Abstract art

Currently In totara whanau we are creating art. We had three options they were:
Nail art
Abstract art
And Mask art

I selected Abstract art because it looked awesome to me. We were learning about each other and how to express ourselves through art. We were also learning how to work slowly and carefully to create our art. Here are some photos of my art:

Do you want to make your own Abstract art? Here is the method and what you need:
What you need:

• Cereal box cardboard
• Paint
• Paint brush
• Sharpie colorful pens
• Box cutter
• Pencil and rubber

Method:

• Trace you letters onto your cardboard. (Make sure you leave some tabs for later)
• Cut out your base 
• Paint you letters and base Only paint one side of your letters!
• Draw your design with the pens on the other side of your letters. 
• Place your letters where ever you want to on your base and make some marks with the pencil so you know where to cut. Fun tip: I like to put the letters next to the cut so I know what letter goes where
• Cut your marks
• Place your letters into the marks and tap underneath the base so they stay up.
• DONE 

Maths work

Recently in Totara hub we have learnt a new maths stratagie its is called the doubling and halfing stratagie. Here is a video I have made to teach you all about it.

My Presentation

Recently, Totara teachers asked us to make a presentation about what we love to do. I have chosen netball because I really enjoy playing netball.

I am proud of my slide because I have worked really hard on it and I think I have done a good job.
Something that challenged me was trying to explain how to intercept because i'm so used to just doing it without explaining it.   

I really hope you enjoy! :D

Aroha

In our class we had to write about Aroha. Aroha means love in moari <3. Here is my story I have shared with you

Aroha

It was a warm sunny day, I remember it clearly, she glared at me with utter delight. A big fat smile crept on her face “you know how immature we are?” she giggled. “Uh YEAH” I smirked. “LOOK AT IT!!!” She screeched. There right in

my left eyeball was a tiny stick figure neck and big round fat circle and tiny legs! My face went red and my lungs felt like they were gonna explode as I laughed. I watched her fall to the ground “hanzy…. are you….. alright…?”

I mumbled trying to catch my breath “HAHAHA!” She cackled. Watching my cousin smile filled my heart with Aroha

     

India presentation

In Totara hub we are learning about different cultures. This fits in nicely with Diwali (an Indian festival). We were asked to make a presentation all about India and India's culture. Here is my presentation:




Also for our Diwali we had henna done. Henna is a temporary tattoo made from leaves. You squirt it onto your skin and then it flakes off, and underneath is the tattoo:

On the left is Megan and on the right is Charlotte (Me).