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We are a Year 4 and 5 class at a rural school in New Zealand.
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Article posted August 2, 2010 at 11:32 PM GMT •
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New Zealand is a small island country in the south Pacific Ocean.
Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. It is 3764 metres high. Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand.
People do dairy farming. They sell milk all over the world. Kiwifruit and other crops go all over the world likes apples and oranges. Sheep farming sells meat, and wool to make carpet.
Our rugby team is called the All Blacks. We do the haka. Our netball team is the Silver Ferns.
Our national bird is the kiwi. Lots of birds don’t fly.
The population of New Zealand is four million people. Our biggest city is Auckland. It has 1 million.
New Zealand is small but the country has a lot of different plants, birds, landscape and people.
Article posted August 2, 2010 at 11:32 PM GMT •
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Article posted July 28, 2010 at 11:55 PM GMT •
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Once upon a time there was a helpful robot. Nobody knew his name but he helped people a lot by fixing houses . He was in Helpful World but then … he fell into a working teleporter. He fell into it and got teleported into Disaster World. There were mudslides and earthquakes that minute. He thought about how he would get back to Helpful World. He went to one of the Disaster Droids to ask him where he was. “Are you awake?” asked the robot. No answer. The droid was dead. ‘This really is Disaster World’ thought the robot. He saw a shiny thing one mile away. He thought he could fly there to check if it was the teleporter that he had tripped over before. He flew one mile. Guess what. It was the teleporter. When he bumped it the first time he heard something click. It must have been the off and on button. So he looked down. There it was, the off and on button. It was off so he flicked it on. He jumped in and he was home, back in Helpful World
Article posted July 28, 2010 at 11:55 PM GMT •
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Article posted May 20, 2010 at 11:47 PM GMT •
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After Easter the Livewires got a package from Russia. It had stickers and instructions and a book. The instructions were for a Russian egg beating game. You need to get a hard boiled egg, draw a face on it and your name. Then find a partner. Hold your egg with your fingers and then try to hit their egg but don’t crack your egg. The partner is not allowed to move their egg either. When your or your partner’s egg cracks you can peel it. After that you can eat your boiled egg and then put the leftovers in the bin. You can play again if you want.
Article posted May 20, 2010 at 11:47 PM GMT •
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Article posted May 9, 2010 at 11:33 PM GMT •
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One day a giant entered the city with cornflakes,spoon and milk. He saw a stadium that was shaped like a bowl.
'Mmm,time to have breakfast' thought the giant.
The giant ran to the stadium and tipped his cornflakes into the staduim and the milk.
Yumm yumm in my tum.
Article posted May 9, 2010 at 11:33 PM GMT •
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Article posted March 30, 2010 at 09:50 PM GMT •
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On Tuesday the 9th of March the Livewires went on a fantastic trip to Maungatautari to check the traps. Me, Douwe, Caleb, Ben, Harrison and Bryn-Louis went in Douwe’s Mum’s car. Then we got out of the car. Woo – look at the big mountain.
“Woo are we going to climb up that?” said Ben.
“Well yes,” said Mrs Collins.
Then the Livewires saw a table and there was a sign then Mrs Collins told the Livewires what it said.
“Please check your bags for mice” said Mrs Collins.
Then we went in a cage. We had to shut one door and open the other. Then we heard a fantail. Mrs Collins spat on a jar and rubbed a cork over the spit. Then we went to the Kaka feeding but the man was not there. We went to the tower. There were 91 steps – the Livewires counted. We headed back to the Kaka.
Then it was time to check the tracking tunnels. We had to follow pink ribbons tied around trees. We found R1. We found insects footprints. That was all we found. “Ah bees!” 7 people got stings. Mrs Weaver got 7 stings, the most. All together they got 18 stings. They were black bees.
Article posted March 30, 2010 at 09:50 PM GMT •
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Article posted March 21, 2010 at 10:58 PM GMT •
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Name of Fletcher
Resident of Te Awamutu
Friend of Paul, Caleb, Ethen
Who hates playgrounds and cows
Who loves rugby
Who gives honesty
Who feels friendliness
Who wishes for a baby sister and a little brother
Who fears bears
Who is a Livewire at Puahue School
Article posted March 21, 2010 at 10:58 PM GMT •
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