30 Apr 2012

11,11,11 WOW!!!

"YIPPI!" On Saturday I am having my birthday party. I am having a sleepover. I am inviting 4 people.

I am inviting 4 of my friends to my birthday party they are Georgia, Toria, Anna and Sahara. For my birthday we are going to have pizza for tea and play some party games we are also going to get a couple of movies to watch. While we have our tea we are going to the park to have it then when we have had our tea we will play a game of soccer.

I can't wait till my birthday party. It is going to be the best birthday party ever. I hope That all the people I have invited are aloud to come.

By Olivia.

Soccer

On Saturday the 28th of April my soccer team played soccer. We had to drive all the way to Motueka We played Motueka Hawks. My soccer team is Suburb Storm. Before I played soccer Kiela played.

At quarter to 9 Kiela played soccer at Saxton Field. Kiela's team is Suburb Pirate. In her team their is a couple of Stoke School children playing. In the morning it is hard for Kiela to get ready sometimes it is even hard for me to get ready. Kiela mucks around in the morning because sometimes she doesn't want to play soccer.

Dad took Anna, Anna's Mum and Me to Motueka to play soccer. I really wanted to watch Kiela play but we could only watch 10 or 15 minutes of it. I'm glad that we left when we did because most of the way we had to drive at 50 miles an hour because their was road works. Their was 10 minutes till the game and I was nervous because it was my first game. But I'd say we did all right for our first game even though we lost 2-0.

In our team their is a lot of Stoke School children. They are Georgia, Anna, Toria, Tanykah, Zara and Me. Their is some new people playing in our team they are Tanykah, Zara and Connie. I like our team because it is a all girls team and we work well together.

Connie does some good tackles when the other team has the ball because when she goes to get the ball she trips over and then the other team player trips over her.

I love playing soccer. I wish it would go every year all year. Next year I am playing soccer. I hope that next year Anna, Georgia and Toria play as well.

By Olivia.

My Wonderful Holidays

By Sarah

  My wonderful holidays were all about playing apart from a couple of other little jobs. I biking, Making sand castles, Golf, Train rides, Went to Kai Teri Teri and went for long rides in the car.

  Biking at the Saxton Stadium was awesome! We went all over the place. We went on roads for ages . That meant we had to cross allot of roads and give way to cars but of coarse before we did any of that we did helmet and bike checks and exercises. The exercises were called The Shrinking Square, The Obstacle coarse and the Indication Test. The Shrinking Square is were you have to stay inside the square or your out. You need four people for the walls and the rest of the people are in the middle on their bikes. If you put your foot down your out. As you ride around, the square slowly shrinks by the people that are the walls moving in. The last person in the square wins the game. The obstacle coarse is a wooden task were you have to ride over and you can't fall of. At the end of the coarse there is a sea saw. In the Indication test we had to indicate with our hands for three seconds, look back and turn. When we are about to stop we put one of our hands up for three seconds and then stop.

  Me, my Mum and sister went to the beach in Tahuna. We were making small sand castles. Jessica's was called the Indian Castle and me and my mums castle didn't have a name. There were allot of dead crabs and pipis that were still closed washed up on the beach.

  Golf in Tahuna was fun except I lost. My mum was keeping the score and my opponent was my sister. It was hard keeping the scores because we kept on replaying the rounds to get lower scores than each other. On the last coarse we had to hit the ball up a slope and into a barrel and the barrel leads to a little room that collects the balls for tomorrow.

  I went to train rides in Tahuna at 7:00 pm with my Sister, Mum and Nana. We went on two different trains and my Mum and Nana went on one each but Me and my Sister went on both of them . After that we had a hot Milo.

  At Kai Teri Teri I stayed in my Nana's caravan for two nights. We went for walks along the beach collecting shells and rocks, we went to two parks, one was old and one was new. The old play ground had a tyre swing ,slide, flying fox, swings, monkey bars and a bridge. The newest playground had climbing wall, bridge, 2 flying foxes, 3 slides, swings, sea saw, monkey bars and rocking seats. Beside the new play ground is a massive flying fox and I went on it. It was awesome! I also made a new friend called Aleesha. We had delicious teas. They were Rice Risotto  and Fruit Salad.

  I went for allot of long rides in the car with my Mum, Nana and Sister around Motueka and Mapua. I saw allot of horses, cows and sheep. I took my wool and some lollies and started to plat the wool.

  Iloved my holidays that I spent with my family It was  AWESOME!!!

Injury At Soccer!

"YES!!" On Saturday the 28th of April we played soccer we lost 2-0 we played Motueka Hawks. At the last minute Georgia got hurt and had to go in the ambulance. After the game we went to Anna's family bach. It was fun at the soccer game until Georgia got hurt. It was fantastic at Anna's family bach.

At soccer we were losing but we were having a FANTASTIC time... Until their was a injury. I didn't see the injury happen but I knew something was wrong because Georgia is one of the players that when she fulls down she gets back up but this time she tried to but then I think she realised that she had injured her neck. Luckily Anna's Mum is a phiso and she went and helped Georgia while Oakley's Mum called the ambulance. While Anna's Mum was doing that everyone was wondering how she was and was getting worried. When the ambulance came we all waved goodbye. The next day Anna and I went to see how she was, Georgia told us that it wasn't broken it was just bruised. Anna and I were relived that Georgia was OK.

After the soccer game Anna's family and my family went to Anna's bach. Kiela, Mum, Dad and Me only had one pair of clothes and Kiela and Me couldn't get our clothes dirty. As soon as we got their we went to the beach and made a restaurant. For food we had seaweed and oysters. Our restaurant was called the SEA HIGH RESTAURANT!!! Nobody came to our restaurant except Anna, Tom, Kiela and Me. After tea that night we played charades. Anna did the Muppet's but it was really funny to watch her because we couldn't guess it. Anna put her hands up to her nose and we were wondering what she was doing then when someone guessed it we asked her, she said that it was meant to be Kermit the Frog. I was laughing so much that my stomach hurt. Dad did glee and we couldn't guess it either because he did the biggest smile that he could do and Mum guessed smile and grin. He also acted out the dancing and we were laughing so much.

So my weekend had it's ups and it's downs but in the end Georgia was fine and I had a PHENOMENAL time at Anna's family bach. 
By Olivia.

My Holidays

On a breezy early morning, I went down to Dunieden with my aunty & cousins for my great-grandads funeral. The next day after we left my mum & brother Josh flew down to Christchurch on a plane than caught another plane from Christchurch down to Dunieden. Josh went with mum on a plane with her because he didn't have any experiment on a plane & I did.

On the way to Dunieden we stopped in Christchurch to stay for the night at my other aunntys place. The next day at sunrise we drove down to Omaru to stop at my uncle Jimmy's place for about 2hrs than we hit the road & started our long journey ahead of us to Dunieden. When we were in Dunieden I was so glad that the rocky, bumpy  ride was over. My aunty dropped me off to my great-nanas to stay. 4hrs after I came to nanas, my mum & josh came from the airport.  When the funeral was starting me & mum were already bursting in tears & other family members. After the funeral we stayed in Dunieden for another more than we had planned to stay.

On the way back I went with mum & Josh. We bussed from Dunieden to Christchurch. On the way to Christchurch we stopped in Omaru for a halve hour break, than we carried on travelling down to Christchurch. We stayed the night at my aunty's place. At 5:00am in the morning we went to the bus stop & caught a bus to Kaikoura. When we were in Kaikoura we had lunch & then we got back on the bus & drove down to Blenheim. In Blehneim we waited for 15minutes than we got a bus to Nelson. From Nelson we got a bus to to Stoke. It was a really wavy ride from all the buses rocking side to side.

My family believe that my great-grandad would go to heaven because he believed in god. I do too.
"May you rest in peace great-garandad."

By Shimya 





















Going To Lush!!!

“Oh it smells nice in here!” “WOW!” They were the sounds of my friends as we walked into Lush. On the 15th of April my friend Anna had her birthday party.

Anna invited Me, Georgia, Toria, Julia, Sahara, Hannah, Grace and her brother Tom. We went to Lush. Lush is a shop with bath bombs and body washes.

At Lush we did some games. One game was with a bath bombs. We were split into 2 teams Team 1 and Team 2, We had our own team charnts, team 1’s was TEAM 1 and team 2’s was THERE IS FOUR OF US BUT WERE TEAM 2!!! The game was really fun because the 2 teams got 1 bath bomb each and with the bath bombs we had to go under and over when it got to the last person that person went to the front and it kept going until the person that was at the front at the start was at the front at the end. When the person was at the front at the end they would put the bath bomb in a bowl with warm water. The bath bomb we had was called Dragon Egg and the bath bomb that team 1 had was called Twilight. When the Dragon Egg was put in the water it made the bowl over flow but it also looked like sparkling flames and the Twilight looked like a sparkling pink sunset.

The other game was when everybody stood in a circle and we got this fake jelly but it was wobbly and shaped like jelly. We had to throw the jelly to each other and if it was to easy we would dip it in with the Dragon Egg then take it out and start throwing it to each other again and it would make it slippery and if we dropped it we were out.

When we got to Lush we got name tags mine was Olivia Branch, Toria’s was Toria Baby Bot, Georgia’s was Georgia Cauldron, Grace’s was Full Of Grace, Tom’s was Blue Sky's and Fluffy White Toms, Anna’s was Anna Pondo, Julia’s was Mint Julia Lips, Sahara’s was Sahara Side and Hannah’s was Hannah Bee.       
At the end of Anna's birthday we got $20 to spend on what ever we wanted. I got 2 bath bombs they were the Dragon Egg and Phoenix Rising I also got a shower bomb.

It was Fantastic at Anna's birthday. I think I might go to Lush a bit more now!

By Olivia.

27 Apr 2012

Band Auditions(Rolling In The Deep)

"Oh My Gosh know way are you kidding me right,your kidding me!'' Theres auditions for the school band...Oh My Gosh Oh My Gosh Oh My Gosh!!!What should I sing "HHMMM"think quiter ciarna otherwise some one will copy you and you dont want that to happen do you.Ring Ring Ring Ring yes the bell rang now I can go home and choose a song."Mum im home and I have a quistion for you.What is it my suger plum well well its school band auditions and I dont have a song to sing and I was wandering if you had eney ideas.Got one how about Adle Rolling In The Deep perfect now all I need now is the auditions!!

This is a video of Adle Rolling In The Deep
                                                                                 By Ciarna                             

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw&feature=player_detailpage

Owen at the Basket ball

On Anzac day I went to the Basket ball you had to dress up in blue because thats the giants colour and there were $4000 werth of prizes to be one from toy world I won!!! a lego pack my sister won a littles pet shop pack and my cunsin won a girs secret diary and a drink bottle giants lost by 9 it was a good game.

Anzac Day fun

by Larissa



On Anzac Day me my mum my brother and two friends went to founders park.
we went  throw the gates we all had to have an id parse to get in.
wen we got in we went on the train.
we wear siposto get five train tickets but we got six in stead.
Thea wear to people that had no tickets so i gave the spear ticket to them.
In the train wen it stoped we quickly changed carts.
Then we went take a phicher with the nears and then we went to take phicher of the solders then my brother got to go on the merry go round then we played apple dipping and i got my brother an apple then i got my self an apple then we went in the airplain.After doing all that fun stuff we had to go home i didn't won't to go home but i had to but wen we got home we had some lollies and then we went to the park.

26 Apr 2012

Remember and Honour the Soldiers

By Georgia.

ANZAC day is a public holiday for New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand and Australia only have ANZAC day. We have the 25th of April off school and most work every year because in World War One (The Great War) lots of Anzacs died and we all New Zealand and Australia should remember and honour the soldiers.

To remember World War One New Zealand and Australia celebrates the anniversary on Gallipoli on the 25th of April every year 98 years ago on the 25th of April 1915 the Anzac’s sailed and landed on Anzac Cove that is were the ANZACS war base was in world war 1.The word Anzac means Australia New Zealand Army Corps. We use the word ANZAC to remember the very special word ANZAC. The Anzacs are the brave soldiers who fought in the Great War.

In the Great World War The Anzacs battle grounds was in Gallipoli which is in Turkey. Sadly with in eight mouths from April till December 11,430 Anzacs died so that means 8709 Australia died and 2721 New Zealand died with in eight mouths. (That is very sad.) The brave soldiers had a life in the trench. I love sleeping in my warm bed and not sleeping outside in the rain, if I had to do that I think I would die!

I know all the soldiers who did not die would have lots of friends who died and I feel sorry for them.


2012

Going to Picton

By Zivana

In the school holidays my Mum Dad and my 2 younger brother shay and Levi went to Picton to see our Nana and Granddad .When we got to Blenheim we picked up my older sister Kelsey then we carried on to my Nana and Granddads’ . Our Nana and Granddad have two trikes for us to ride. When we got there they had already got them out for us, we played on them while mum and dad unpacked the car. We stayed the night there but my sister Kelsey was staying the night at her friends who also lives in Picton. We dropped her off there that night then we went back to nana and granddads. Before we went home Mum and Dad had a Coffee with Nana and Granddad while we played on the trikes. Mum and Dad finished packing the car then Dad said “time to go home” and Shay Levi and I got in the car and we went home.

2012

Its The Strong Guy Livi

He`s here  (its Livi) the strong guy. Wow look at thoghs musels (there relly big) I agre. (How doyou think he got them?) well didnt he say he eat`s... 1proten shake/a bowl of oats with a banana and warter and put it in the(ok not one more word of what he eats). I dont get it why didint he arm resill with mr micherna well maby he dosnt want to.(What were thogh`s orenge things?) well maby thay were (little cards?) no (what about) little card's (I just said that!) oh...did you. (Livi was cool but then we had to go).

                                                              By Hayley:)

Learning Rugby Skill's

By Rosa.  On the 24th of april 2012 we had some rugby playes on the front felid.  They cause thay had to teach us rugby skill's.  I cound not kick the ball so one of the playes came ofer to show me a diffent way to kick the ball.  I did a homangis kick.  They had same citifacits to give out they gave them to Shardenee Jonnty Shimya Will and Ciana.  My teacher got given some mc donld voutchids. 

Levi Is Here!!!

By Rosa.   It was the 24.4.12 and we had a speasil gest cameing to stoke school.  We were all wondering who it was.  When the misterey person walked in the was not a misterey person eney more.  Not all of us new how it was but i did know it was Levi from mita teen mega.  Some of us have seen him befor.  He was rely tall conperd to Mr Mitcherna.  At the start he was talking about him as a sumo resla.  Did you know that the big napeys are called mossey's.  When he finishd talking about sumo resling he startid to talk about what he eat's for break fast lanch and dinner. He eat's 15 egg's proten shack poreg with banan's.   For lunch he has 1\2 a tun of brocole 2 proten shack 1\2 a celo of chicken.  And for dinner he had 1\2 tun of brocoley 15 egg's 1\2 a celo of chicken 1 prten shack(and befor bed he has a nater proten shack that is a lot of food for one day.  That was our mistery gest.

The Strong Man Levi And Rippa Rugby

By Latia
Levi is the worlds strongest man in the world.
We also went to Ripper Rugby half way through Levi talking.
  

The strong man Levi came to our School he told the School what he had for breakfast he had 15 eggs, 4 toasts, a bowl of pirogi and one protein shake Wow! For lunch he had half a kilo of chicken, 100g of komadar, 300g of broccoli. He also told what he had to lift to make him strong he started lifting a 50kg log in each arm then he pulled a trucker. He the manager of the mitre 10 mega in Nelson.


We had to leave half way because we had to go to ripper rugby with the Tasman Markos captain name was Goodie and his friend I don't no his name. At Ripper Rugby we learnt how to kick the ball up high in the air and along the ground. At the end they handed some certificate to the ones who did great and gave some vouchers to my teacher Mr Goad.
   

      

Mistery Hash Theam

on the 25 of April I went to Hash. It was a Anzac theamed night we all had to dress up as army soilgers. my grandad gos ther and he looked like a real soilger. He had an army hat and an army suit. Ther was a comotion. It was who will dress the best and my grandad won! My mum was veary proud of him when I told her. When we were walking thro a gravward a new girl Kimmy wisberd in my ear boo! Therther down the path a Hasher jumped out of the bush! And she grabed on to my leg she was only 10 so I didnt keer. When we got out of the spooky gravward we were walking down a... dark dark road and down that dark dark road thers a dark dark street and down that dark dark street thers a light light house and in that house thers a pit stop wich is the end. But thers more! After every Hash we alwas have tea ther. And the the kids get to play and the adolts get to talk. Hash is the best and have you found the theam if you havent the anser will come out next thursday so till then injoy.

                                                             by Hayley:)

ANZAC Day on the 25th of April

By Zivana
On the 25 of April we have  ANZAC Day.  In Nelson there is a park thats called ANZAC Park.  On ANZAC day befor  the sun comes up there is a dorn seivreis . At  the ANZAC day seiver there was a pariead after that the did some pomes and speaches . They sung the New Zealand and Australia natoin athen. Some. some people sung a song. Some of the people in the paraid that had a instremunt played a song .  Then my dad took as home.

Guess How Much I Love School

I love school because you can meet heaps of people from different country's and make friends with them. You can learn art, maths, reading, writing, English, spelling and most of all how to be a good student!  Plus if theres a happy teacher theres happy students. I love school i think u know that now!






By Nikayla.

25 Apr 2012

Anzac Day

By Darlene

As you stand in silence,
you remember,
the wounded soldiers
and all the dark memories.
You wish,
you could have done something
but then you realise,
it's too late.


ANZAC Day 2012

Anzac Poppies

By Latia

Australia's soldiers went to war
New Zealand soliers too.
A lot of people
Who died
ANZACs
Australian New Zealand Army Corps' soldiers.

Poems that remember
The soldiers who died
Our armed forces!
Placing their life in danger
Eight months later
Still fighting for their lives.


ANZAC Day 2012

Red Poppy Farewell

By Amy

People wear red poppies on Anzac Day to farewell soldiers that died in World War One and World War Two. Red poppies are paper flowers that you cn wear to put on your t-shirt to show that you care and to show your support.

Efforts by MAmerican women Moina Michael led to the American Legion using the red poppy as a symbol to remember veterans who served and died.

I have learnt that Anzac poppies are a way of honouring and respecting soldiers.


ANZAC Day 2012

The Tragedy

By Shimya

Shooting guns
Throwing bombs
Not so much having fun.

Going back to base
Many great Anzacs killed
Getting shot in the face.*

So many Australians died
8709 killed
Wow, what a big number!

Quite a lot of New Zealanders
2721 killed
Makes me even cry.

Now
Once every year
New Zealanders and Australians
Wear red poppies.

Here and there
Everywhere
To remember and honour

The Anzacs who died
April 25th 1915.


*To avoid being shot when shooting over the top of the sandbags piled on top of the trenches, ANZAC soldiers made holes (loopholes) to shoot through between the sandbags. This was still a problem as soldiers could be shot in the face while firing as the corners of the sandbags weren't very good at stopping bullets. The Turks had iron loopholes to shoot through.

ANZAC Day 2012

The Australia-New Zealand Team

By Hayley

On the 25th of April it is a public holiday because it's Anzac Day. Anzac Day is in honour of people who were in the armed forces and who sadly died. Anzac Day is a public holiday in two countries, Australia and New Zealand because our two countries teamed up in World War One.

In World War One Australia and New Zeland were a team. Our soldiers were called the Anzacs. The Anzacs went to a place called Gallipoli in Turkey. A lot of Anzacs died fighting in Turkey. Australia lost 8709 soldiers and New Zealand lost 2721 soldiers. So over 10,000 Anzacs died at Gallipoli.


ANZAC Day 2012

Brothers in Arms

By Teach


Australians and New Zealanders are like brothers. We have always been on one another's side when 'outsiders' have given the other any trouble. We also like to outdo each other whenever we get the chance.


After reading the post 'The Australia-New Zealand Team', I just had to post short video highlights, of the deciding game in the 2012 National (Australian) Basketball League between the Wildcats (Australia) and the Breakers (New Zealand). A little bit of Anzac spirit in a game played last night, Anzac Day eve.


Pre-game Comments
  • '...overall the Wildcats lead the head to head record with the Breakers 16-14 (NBL website).'
  • 'The Perth Wildcats are the most successful team in the National Basketball League with 25 consecutive finals' (playoffs) appearances and 5 national championships (NBL website).'
  • "I just think it was a little bit arrogant the way they (the Breakers) carried on after the games (during the qualifying rounds) they won (Wildcats' coach before finals game #1).
  • "That's the way they are (the Breakers) - again at the end of the game Wilkinson (Breaker's starting player) decides to go and celebrate (Wildcats' coach after losing finals' game #1, 104-98).
  • From a coaching perspective it's going to be a huge advantage for us because they (the Breakers) have to fly over here (Australia), play and then fly back (to New Zealand). That's an advantage to us (Wildcats' coach before winning finals' game #2, 87-86).

Please play me!

ANZAC Day 2012

Stoke War Memorials

By Georgia

People build war memorials to remember and honour the soldiers who died in World War One and World War Two. They are a place where people go on Anzac Day. There are over 500 War memorials around New Zealand and Stoke has two memorials. They are the Stoke Memorial Hall and the Stoke War Memorial Gates.


The Stoke War Memorial Gates show that Stoke has one family with a great war history. The Ching family were very brave. One of the Ching family died in World War One. His name is listed on one side of the gates. Three more family members died in World War Two, three brothers. Later another Ching family member built the Stoke Memorial Hall.


I am proud of all the soldiers that serviced and who will fight know more but I am also sad for how they died. I enjoy learning about the ANZAC history.



ANZAC Day 2012

Make An Anzac Poppy

By Zivana

 You Will Need:
  • paper
  • red marker pen
  • scissors
  • black paper
  • thin white cardboard
  • green paint
  • glue stick

Steps:
  1. Colour the paper red with the marker pen.
  2. Fold the paper in half
  3. Cut out a petal shape.
  4. Cut a out small circle of black paper and glue it in the middle of the flower.
  5. Make a thin stem with the cardboard and paint it green.
  6. Glue the flower onto the stem.

Then you have an Anzac poppy.


ANZAC Day 2012

War

By Sarah

Soldiers shooting
blood oozing
...everywhere...
soldiers dead,
helpless!


ANZAC Day 2012

The Anniversary

By Talia
The Australian flag and the New Zealand flag
Anzac Day is a public holiday. It is a day to honour the soldiers who died in World War One. ANZAC is the Australia New Zealand Army Corps, our armed forces. New Zealand and Australia have Anzac Day on the 25th of April every year.

Anzac Day is on the anniversary of Gallipoli. When New Zealand went to fight in World War One, the Great War, they went to Gallipoli in Turkey first. The Anzac soldiers landed at Anzac Cove on the 25th of April, 1915. They fought in Gallipoli from April to December. Many Anzac soldier died at Gallipoli, 8709 Australians and 2721 New Zealanders.

When New Zealand and Australia went to World War One and World War Two it was very sad because people went and never came back.


ANZAC Dy 2012

Soldiers Stand Tall

By Emily

The Anzac soldiers stand tall,
against the wall,
ready for the bombs to fall.
They stand in grief,

As mothers cry
The bombs drop from the sky.
Some lived, some died,
To this day we remember them.

They risked their lives,
to bring peace to their countries again.


ANZAC Day 2012 

A Place to Remember

By Sytiva

A war memorial is a place to remember the soldiers that were shot in World War One and World War Two. Every town and city in New Zealand has a war memorial. People will be up out of bed at 5 o'clock in the morning today to go to a war memorial for Anzac Day. Stoke has two war memorials.

Stoke Memorial Hall















 ANZAC Day 2012

Boom! Boom!

By Will

Boom! Boom!
The Anzacs shoot at the Turks.
The Turks shoot at the Anzacs.
Oh no!
An Anzac gets shot.
The Turks send
for soldiers to attack.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Anzacs shoot four of them,
but the Turks throw grenades,
five Anzacs die.
The Anzacs didn't give up!

ANZAC Day 2012

Anzac Poppies

By Darlene


Poppies are flowers that have flaming red petals a little black centre. New Zealanders and Australians wear paper poppies every year on the 25th of April. The poppies are a symbol to honour and remember the soldiers that fought on that day in 1915 at Gallipoli in World War One. The soldiers that suffered and died.


Red poppies were chosen to be an Anzac Day symbol because it was the only flower that grew on the battlefield.

Auckland Blues rugby players wear Anzac Poppies. 

I've learnt that honouring the soldiers who fought is very important to the people that lost their loved ones. A poppy helps you to remember the brave warriors of New Zealand and Australia. I give all my respect to the soldiers who have passed away and to the soldiers who have survived.




ANZAC Day 2012

Remember and Honour Them

By Te Haupai


The Anzacs landed at Anzac Cove (Ari Burnu)
Anzac Day is a public holiday. It's a day to remember and honour soldiers who died in World War One (The Great War). Over 8000 Aussies and 2700 Kiwis died and never fought more. Anzac Day is on the 25th of April every year. It is a New Zealand and Australian holiday.

The Great War happened because some countries were fighting about who would be the most powerful countries in the world. The Anzacs landed in Gallipoli by boat. They tried to knock Turkey out of the war by attacking the Turkish capital. The the battle of Gallipoli went from April to December in 1915. The Anzacs lost.



Click this link to see where Gallipoli is.

ANZAC Day

Dawn Service

At 6.00pm this morning tens of thousands of kiwis will find their way to one of the more than 500 war memorials around New Zealand before the first rays of the sun pierce the darkness. We will stand together and we will honour and remember those of us who served our country. We will stand together and we will honour and remember those of us who lost their life for our country. We will remember them.

The ANZAC Dedication

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.

We will remember them.


ANZAC Day
25 April 2011

24 Apr 2012

Winning a $30,000 playground.

By Marcus

 “Marcus” I hear my mum call. “Can you come hear please?” “Ok” I call back. “Marcus” she says when I get there, to make sure I am listening. “Yes” I say back. “You know how stoke school got into the draw to win the $30,000 playground” “Yeeeaaah” I say, not knowing what will come next.“They want us to come to down to the school to take a photo” she said. “But we took a photo at the Try Athalon” I said, annoyed that we had to go down to the school when I was so much fun at home. “Yeah, but they want to take a photo of us at school” she said. "and if you don't want to come it does not matter because you have to"she added, before I could protest any further. "it's at 10:25am so you better hurry" she said. "10:25am!" I blurted out. "that's only in 15 minutes!" I said. "exactly" she said. "so you have to eat your breakfast, get ready and go" After finding my medal, borrowing my brothers shirt and scoffing my breakfast, we finally got into the car and drove off. "look mum, there's Maggie" I said as we climbed out of the car. When I got onto the field one of my friends came running and telling me..."Marcus!" "we won the $30,000 playground"he said "DID WE!!!" I yelled out loud. "mum!" "we won the $30,000 playground!" I yelled in triumph. "Awesome" she said back. "Hey, you want to play ball tag?" my friend asked. "Sure" I said back. Bang! Bang! Bump! The ball is flying every where. "Daniel's in!" I hear Travis shout. Daniel's running and throwing the ball every where. It's like world war 1. He's coming towards me and Travis. Travis runs away, I dive into cover just as the ball comes's sailing over my head. "Dan!" I hear Daniel shout as he runs to retrieve the ball. I run to the other end of the tiger turf. I see Daniel running to one side of the tiger turf to try and get Travis's little sister, Nichole. I see and hear Nichole scream and dodge out of the way of the ball. Daniel swore. He's coming towards me. I am trapped against the metal fence. I will have to run for it. I'm running I'm running, I hear a loud BANG! As the ball hits the fence just centimetres behind me. I keep running until I get to the small group of spread out tree's. then I hear a shout and it's time to take the photo. First we have to go onto one of our old playgrounds. Then we have to go onto the field to taske a photo of us running towards the camera. Then we play a bit of ball tag on the playground and it's time to go home. I feel that it is lucky I went and I feel so lucky that we won.

The fun hopping Easter.

It was finally the holidays that must mean Easter.I was counting down the days just three more days.I just cant wait,three days later its Easter my Mum has hidden the Easter eggs .

OK you can come out now,not their ,or their,or their, it might be their I thing it is yes it is .that is one Easter  egg .To get the chocolate bunny you have to find ten Easter eggs .I better keep going if i wont to win the Easter hunt .Behind the vase Amy yes,yes yes that's two ill see how much  my brother has four i better speed up.

Eight Easter eggs later it was a draw we both got a Easter bunny was as big as the united states of America.By Amy

22 Apr 2012

week at the farm.

Baa baa said the sheep when I was walking up to the shed to get my motorbike. In the holidays I stayed at the farm for the week, I had to shift the cows for my Nana and Poppa. We have 60 cows. I  have 2 dogs at the farm and their names are Snow and Luke, we have lots more animals and I love them all. I really enjoyed the holiday break.


By Jontee.



20 Apr 2012

Going to Oyster Island

By Zivana

On the 9th of April Dad asked me and my two younger brothers Shay and Levi if we would like to go for a ride in the dingy. We all said yes. Dad put the dingy on the trailer then we went to Monaco. Dad put the dingy in the water and we got in. We went to an Island called Oyster Island. There was a rope swing it was spectacular. Dad took as to explore the island. He showed as were there was a hut that they had pulled out. Then we went back to the rope swing. We stayed on the island for an hour. Then we had to go back because it was Shays 6th Birthday party. Dad rowed us back then we went home.


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Poppy Day

By Teach

Today is Poppy Day in New Zealand and Australia.

Both countries have a public holiday on the 25th of April called ANZAC Day. Poppy Day is the Friday before ANZAC Day and it is the day when people sell red paper poppies to raise money for war veterans. New Zealanders and Australians buy the poppies to wear to remember and honour members of the army, navy and airforce who died fighting for their country.

The red poppy has been used by many countries as a symbol to remember their war veterans since World War I (the Great War). A Canadian officer, John McCrae, wrote about red poppies in his poem 'In Flanders Fields'. The poem was about remembering the deaths of everyday people, just like you and me, who fought in the war. McRae wrote the poem after leading the funeral of his friend who had died fighting in Flanders where the red poppy covered whole fields. It was the first flower to grow in the mud of the battlefields after battle. After reading the poem, efforts by American Moina Michael led to the American Legion deciding to use the red poppy as a symbol to remember veterans who served and died. The idea snowballed and many countries like New Zealand and Australia decided to use the red poppy as well.

Red poppies are sold in New Zealand by the Returned Services Association (the R.S.A). The R.S.A was formed in New Zealand in 1916 by returning service (armed forces) members during World War One to provide support and comfort for service men and women and their families. All the money that is raised from selling red poppies (over half of New Zealand adults buy a poppy) is used for the goal of supporting service men and women and their families. People are asked to pay a donation for the poppies, there is no set price. New Zealanders paid $1.7 million for the poppies we bought last year. Not bad for a total population of 4.4 million people.

Wearing a red poppy on ANZAC Day is such a simple way to honour the memory of the service men and women who have died for New Zealand.

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In Flanders Field

By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.


We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Menin Gate War Memorial - Ypres  Belgium

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.


The Poppy
NZ History Online
 2012

19 Apr 2012

The Party II

By Cheyenne

On Friday after school my family and I went to my cousin's party. We got to play on the bouncy castle it was so fun.

There where drinks and food, they were good but me and Tanykah had to go to ripper rugby. It was a lucky day because we won the game. We got 14 tries and the other team got 7.

On Saturday my dad played a game of tackle rugby. It was a bad day to play a game but they handled it. When me and my friends were playing a game of tackle rugby these dumb boys came over and said naughty words. So I said, "go away" but they didn't go. So we left and got a pie. It was delicious.

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Braking Is Hard Ramps Are Scary!

By Latia

Bracking is when we rode up to were constble garland and he says "Stop" we stop instently. The ramps are a bit like a craves and the ramp I like the most was the ramp you rode up to and put you weghit back then one side of the ramp went up and made you go down it was called a sea sow. It was at Stoke School on the front field. The class that was doing it was Room eleven and Room ten.

The obstcle course is called kids skills we had a practace turning left and turning right. Balancing we had to balance along a obsticle course we went over thin pices of wood (in) the of centre line of the road (track). I was nervous at the start. "Oh no I think I might fall of! But I didn't fall of my bike.

Bracking is hard. Ramps are scary. Turning left and right was a (bit) scary. The bumpy cattle stop is (was) very bumpy I called it the bumpy machine

2012

Cycle Safety 2

By Jontee

I slamd on my Brack (brake) on the obstacts I was so scared. Room 11 went to the obstacles (course) we did it outside our classroom. it was so windy it was hard on the Bike when it was windy. We are doing this so we can Learn about Cycle Safty. I went up the obstacles and fell off. My Bike was on me I got my self up in the end. I got up and started over again. I loved the hole day. I was proud of me!!!

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Cycle Safety 1

By Jontee

are (our) class went to Cycle Safety we had to Lean (learn) about Cycle SafetyI learned that you hast to Let Riert (right) go fert (first). then I went to the nest (next) objects I went up the jump I looked at my souf (myself) and said I can doit. her (here) I go I went up the Jump I palled (pulled) my whell (wheel) up and let go of my prack (brake) and went I did it. the terser (teacher) said well dan (done) you did spltller. But where (when) I was going up to fish (the finish) But I flay (fell) of (off). I bit  my tain (tongue) and side (said) to my souf not woye I did the Jump ney way. I Loved the holl (whole) day!!!!

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This is a writing test. Students were given 45 minutes to plan and draft a story recounting the best, or worst, thing that happened to them during Cycle Safety. The stories are assessed as 'draft writing' for how well they have been written for 'readers' understanding' and 'readers' interest'.

Readers' Understanding:
  1. Grammar (making sense).
  2. Accurate spelling.
  3. Accurate punctuation
  4. Background information (making sense).
Readers' Interest:
  1. Writes about one main idea in detail at a time.
  2. Uses descriptive language.
  3. Uses language features (expressive language).
  4. Uses personal comments.

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Shifting Classes II

By Zivana
Some expressive language by Teach!

A few weeks ago we had to shift all of our stuff on a Wednesday to Room 9. Then we had to put every thing away where it would fit and look right. We had to shift because our classroom is being rebuilt. It's going to be bigger and better!

The next day the class still wasn't right though. We were squeezed in because there wasn't much room. We were packed like a tin of sardines! By Thurday everything finally had somewhere to go.

On Friday Room11 was totally empty and looking a little lonely with nobody and nothing to keep it company. The classroom was finally ready to be built bigger and better, and on Monday the builders were ready to start building. We have been hearing all of the men working. Hammers, drills, and who knows what, have been making all sorts of noises from the first bell in the morning to the last bell in the afternoon.

We look through the fence at the builders while they work. We will not be back in our class for a while!




 
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I hope you don't mind Zivana but I've added some expressive language (and hopefully even more interest for the reader).

Simile
"We were packed like a tin of sardines!" - very squashed.

Hyperbole
"...from the first bell in the morning to the last bell in the afternoon."
- exaggerating how much noise there is and how long the noise lasts.

Alliteration
"...bigger and better!" - 2 'B' sounds.
"...built bigger and better..." - 3 'B' sounds.
"...looking a little lonely..." 3 'L' sounds.

Personification
"Room11 was totally empty and looking a little lonely..."
- Giving the classroom feelings like a person has. 


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18 Apr 2012

Quite A Little Bit Of Success

By Shimya

Whoosh! Away I go. peddling as fast as I could. Through the cones to the other side, at top speed on the obstacle (course). cycle safety with a police man called constable Garlin, so we could know our intersection (rules) when we're biking on the road, because the road rules have change & everyone gets muddled up. Cycle Safety is when you learn how to ride your bike properly & how to fit your helmet the right size. Rm 11 got 3 sessions with constable garlin. 1st we learnt how to use our breaks and gears. 2nd we learnt how to stop on our bikes & third we learnt how to do our (use)indersections. 

Cycle Safety was a challenge for me when we had to jump a ramp because there was only one plank to jump up...but I did have quite a little bit of succes. I made all the obstacles & I got across the wobbley seesaw. My favourite part was when we had to bike around the whole field because it kept me pumped up. When I did the obstacle coarse I tripped over a bump that was sticking up & I plunged to the ground doing a roly poly. We had to use control, derection & speed.

Cycle Safety is very important because it helps you with your biking & it gives you ideas how to follow the 3 new road rules.


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This is a writing test. Students were given 45 minutes to plan and draft a story recounting the best, or worst, thing that happened to them during Cycle Safety. The stories are assessed as 'draft writing' for how well they have been written for 'readers' understanding' and 'readers' interest'.

Readers' Understanding:
  1. Grammar (making sense).
  2. Accurate spelling.
  3. Accurate punctuation
  4. Background information (making sense).
Readers' Interest:
  1. Writes about one main idea in detail at a time.
  2. Uses descriptive language.
  3. Uses language features (expressive language).
  4. Uses personal comments.
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The Bike Was Too Big

By Regan

Too big! it was The cycle safety bikes There were me/Room11. it was at the front filld. Tuesday. for cycle safety.
When I went on the cors I got my bike and hoped on itand road it I got on the corve (curve) and falld (fell) it was graet (a great) full. I liked the seasor (seesaw). The big wooden trake (track) too. I liked The wooding (wooden) plank. and I allso the speed bump. It was a good stargto no (start on?). nervas and sceard.

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This is a writing test. Students were given 45 minutes to plan and draft a story recounting the best, or worst, thing that happened to them during Cycle Safety. The stories are assessed as 'draft writing' for how well they have been written for 'readers' understanding' and 'readers' interest'.

Readers' Understanding:
  1. Grammar (making sense).
  2. Accurate spelling.
  3. Accurate punctuation
  4. Background information (making sense).
Readers' Interest:
  1. Writes about one main idea in detail at a time.
  2. Uses descriptive language.
  3. Uses language features (expressive language).
  4. Uses personal comments.
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17 Apr 2012

Cats Are Cool II

Introduction by Hayley

I'm a cat lover! Cats are my favourite animals. I have cat this and cat that so that must mean a cat party. Cats are the best. Cats meow, they don't bark. I like cats because they are colourful. Did you know cats have over one life?

Body and conclusion by Teach

My brothers and me with Georgie.
Georgie was my first pet cat. He wasn't just my cat, he was everybody's cat. Georgia was a family pet. I know I was only small when we had Georgie but he was the biggest cat I can ever remember seeing. We got a new born puppy, Minnie, when Georgie was an adult cat. Dad called her Minnie because she was so tiny. Mum was worried that Georgie wouldn't like having a dog around but I knew that it would be okay. It was okay too. It was more than okay. Georgie acted like he was Minnie's dad. He would protect Minnie when the neighbourhood dogs picked on her and scare them off. Georgie loved Minnie so much that he would let her curl up on top of her and they would both fall asleep. They kept doing this even when Minnie was full grown. When Georgie finally got old and died everyone cried except for Dad. Minnie walked around all of Georgie's favourite sitting and sleeping spots for weeks like she was looking for him.

My cousin, brothers, sister and me with Minnie.
I'm a cat lover but I I've never loved a cat more than I loved Georgie.

Shardanee Surprise

By Shardanee
Introduction and conclusion by Teach

Food, lovely lip licking food, I love food. I have a very sweet tooth. Don't tell anyone but I love my family more! I guess I have a sweet heart.

I like ice cream and chocolate and banana cake. Mmm, lots of banana cake please. Yummy, yummy cake! Anyway, I also like lollies.  I have saved the best for last. I love fried rice.

I have two brothers in my family, and Mum, and Dad. I have 1000 cousins too. I am the only girl in the my house.

Food and family is fantastic fun!

16 Apr 2012

Rugby and Getting Fit II

By Will
My name is Will and I love rugby.

Last year I played under 10s and this year I'm playing under 11s. My dad is practising with me. Uncle helps me too. They are good at rugby. Sometimes I go to my cousin's and I play rugby with him. Its really fun!

Sometimes I go to Tahuna field and I do push ups and do some running so I get fit. Sometimes I am too lazy and dad says get up you lazy boy.
Ok rugby. I have always wanted to be halfback but no, I'm wing. Its fun being wing too, I just wanted to be halfback because I wanted to be like Piri Weepu. He is cool.

Piri Weepu leads the NZ rugby team haka.

Football is Awesome II

By Marcus and Max

Glory! Victory! The great game of football is on! Pass, pass, dribble, pass shoot score!!! What a goal! We won the world cup! The game is over! If you do not know how to play this spectacular game then this is what you do.

Let's talk about adult foot ball. There's a huge rectangular grass pitch. At each end there is a goal about 6 meters wide and 2 meters high. We're talking about adult adult football ,right? Cool. For adults there are 11 players on the pitch. Two strikers who are at the front of the pitch and try to get the ball in the goal without using their hands. In each goal there is a keeper that can use his hands and is trying to stop the other team from scoring. Also there are 3 defenders who try and help the keeper to stop the other team from scoring without using there hands. There are also 5 midfeilders; centre, left mid and right mid, left wing and right wing.

Spain win the 2012 Football World Cup!
Now lets talk about facts. First, football is the most popular sport in the world and played by almost every country in the world. The last world cup was played in South Africa and was won by Spain. Football world cups started all the way back in about 1940 and is still played today every 4 years. The best team in the world is Brazil, they have won the world cup 5 times! The second best team is Spain because they won the last world cup. Italy are doing well as well they have won it 4 times, 1 behind Brazil.
New Zealand score against Bahrain
New Zealand's team are called the All Whites. They are not doing to well but got into last world cup and did not lose a match. Yes that sounds like they won or something but what actually happened is that they drew every match. Even Spain lost. They lost against Switzerland in the group matches. Otherwise they won every other match. New Zealand won against Bahrain to get into the world cup. It was such a close match and Bahrain even missed a penalty that could have made them in the lead because New Zealand only scored one goal and it was a very good one. A header, that came in from a corner.

Football. My totally favourite sport, and it's a great sport too. Even though we are not such a good soccer country. I'm proud to be in this land. I love the All Whites and I love my football.







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