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Excursion to the City
Article posted December 13, 2012 at 09:50 AM GMT+9 •
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On the 11th December 2012, our class went to Perth city to look at old buildings. At 8:45 we went to Bull Creek Train Station in some of the parents of children in our classes cars. I was in Shabrina's Mum's car with Kristina, Shabrina, Ryan, Ryan's Mum and my Mum. When we arrived at the train station Mrs Lowe picked up the ticket.
We caught the train to Perth Underground and then walked up to the Red CAT stop. We went on in two groups. I was in the 1st group of people on the bus. We were also in smaller groups with one parent controlling us. In my group was Lukas and Harry and under the controls of my Mum. We hopped off at Mercedes Collage and walked to the Perth Mint.
When we were in the mint a man called John took us round. He asked us questions and told us lots of information about gold discovery in WA and Australia such as the names of three important nuggets, the Hand of Faith, the Golden Eagle and the Welcome Stranger. We then went to a gold pouring show where we learnt about smelting gold and making coins. Trent, who was the guy doing the gold pouring, had to wear protective clothing that had three layers, Aluminum, Kevlar and Wool, so that if some hot gold spilled out, it wouldn’t burn him. We were then free to look at other gold bars and coins in the gold display. Emily told us that her Great Grandparents found one of the nuggets on display, the Golden Beauty.
The Hand of Faith:
The Welcome Stranger:
The Golden Eagle:
The Golden Beauty:
After the Mint we had morning tea outside the mint and then walked to Governor's House where the Governor General of WA lives. We didn't go into Governor's House, we just talked about it's history and importance.
We then went to St. John's Cathedral and had a look at it's history and architecture. Outside the Cathedral was a very modern-looking sculpture that didn’t fit the place it was in.
We then went to London Court, a reconstruction of a classic London street. I met my Dad there and he walked up London Court with my Group. It was (Fake) snowing in London Court at the time and there were caroler’s which made it look like a street in the movie A Christmas Carol.
We then walked to the Wesleyan Church where we looked at the architecture of the building. It had massive spires on it and stained glass windows, like St. John’s.
We then had lunch at Raine Square. I had teriyaki chicken sushi with a lemon, lime and bitters. While we had lunch some people did a work sheet from the Perth Mint.
We then caught the train back to Bull Creek and some people went in cars but my group and two others went in the bus back to school. We all made it back to school just in time for Edu Dance.
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Article posted December 13, 2012 at 09:50 AM GMT+9 •
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My Wordle
Article posted November 8, 2012 at 07:11 AM GMT+9 •
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This is my wordle. A wordle is a thing where you write in words about a topic e.g Yourself, Maths, Birds, ect. Mine is about me and my interests.
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Article posted November 8, 2012 at 07:11 AM GMT+9 •
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Gardening Update: 2 of November
Article posted November 2, 2012 at 07:02 PM GMT+9 •
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On the 2 of November we had buddies. We thought that we should show our buddies our garden. We firstly showed them a slideshow of pictures and told them about what each picture was about. Then we took our buddies outside and showed them the chickpeas and lentils. We explained anything that they didn't understand or knew.
One of the mum's in our buddie class is going to help us cook the chickpeas so we thought it would be nice to show our buddies around our garden.
This is what the chickpeas and lentils look like now. There quite big and a few are starting to dry out which is good because it means that were closer to being able to cook them. Here is a picture:
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Article posted November 2, 2012 at 07:02 PM GMT+9 •
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Gardening Update: 28th of September
Article posted November 2, 2012 at 06:35 PM GMT+9 •
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Today Mrs Coleman (My Mum) came in again to talk about how the chickpeas and lentils were going. We pulled up one chickpea plant with bacteria on it, one that didn't, one lentil and one lupin (Another type of plant in the gardens that's not good to eat) to see if the bacteria had done it's job.
The chickpea that did have bacteria on it had very pink nodules on it which meant that the bacteria was doing its job. The chickpea that didn't have bacteria on it had a pink that wasn't as dark as the other chickpea's nodules and the nodules were smaller. The lentil's nodules were small with a pinkish tinge to them. This is because they were meant to have bacteria on them to but we couldn't get the right bacteria to put on them. The lupins had lumpy nodules that were more on their stems to their roots. Their nodules had a lightish pink tone to them.
Here is a picture of the nodules on one of the plants:
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Article posted November 2, 2012 at 06:35 PM GMT+9 •
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Notch the Guinea Pig
Article posted September 28, 2012 at 04:37 PM GMT+9 •
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Notch is my friend Evan’s Guinea Pig. He is black with brown bits here and thereHe is quite large, about the size of half a newspaper. He is named after the creator of Minecraft, Evan’s favourite game at the time he got Notch. He has two cages, one outside and one inside. Notch is sometime aggressive and is scared of loud noise and lots of people around him. Notch once broke his water bottle because he was greedy for water. Here is a picture of Notch below.
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Article posted September 28, 2012 at 04:37 PM GMT+9 •
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The Arts of Melbourne
Article posted August 20, 2012 at 05:51 PM GMT+9 •
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Melbourne is a colourful, vibrant city full of artwork. There are temporary arts and permanent arts.
1. URBAN/STREET ART:
Melbourne's laneways are full of incredible pieces of art including some of the foods (Which are soooo good!) Some of the pieces look like they took a lot of effort and time. My favourite piece was a cute looking fly with big buldging eyes and what looked like cracks in his wings.
2. MALI IN THE CITY:
Mali in the city is a temporary event to celebrate Melbourne Zoo's 150th birthday. At the end of the exibition they will be auctioned off and the money raised will go towards the Zoo's Victoria wildlife program. The statues themselve's are life sized statues of the elephant Mali, who is the first elephant born at the Melbourne Zoo. My favourite one was the one Mali had done herself, called Self-Portrait. I liked it because it had elephant kisses on it.
That's really all the artwork I got to see in Melbourne when I visited. Maybe if you ever go to Melbourne you might see some of Melbourne's great arts and more.
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Article posted August 20, 2012 at 05:51 PM GMT+9 •
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Winter Festival
Article posted July 12, 2012 at 04:41 PM GMT+9 •
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On the 11th of July 2012 my family went to the winter festival in fremantle. There was a giant block of ice for skating on. We had already purchased our tickets so we went ot the ticket booth and showed them our tickets. They gave us a stamp to show the ice skate hire people. We got our ice skates and put them on. We went onto the ice rink and started to skate. I was really bad at first but after a while I got the hang of it. There were these plastic seals that you could hire for $5. My brother sat on one while my dad pushed him and I held one 'til I got the hang of it. I skated around the rink for a while with my brother and my dad. Finally it was time to get of the rink. We took our skates back and walked over to Joe's Fish Shack for dinner. After dinner we walked to Baskin Robbins to get some ice cream for dessert. Finally we walked back to the car and drove home.
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Article posted July 12, 2012 at 04:41 PM GMT+9 •
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Plant Project
Article posted July 1, 2012 at 04:23 PM GMT+9 •
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Article posted July 1, 2012 at 04:23 PM GMT+9 •
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Cross Country
Article posted June 26, 2012 at 06:39 PM GMT+9 •
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On Tuesday the 26th of June Oberthur’s annual cross country was held at Burrendah Reserve.
We left school at 9:00am to walk to Burrendah Reserve because it was cheaper to walk then catch a bus and Burrendah Reserve wasn’t very far from school. When we got there Mr Johnson walked us round the track. The year 2-5 track is 1.5 kilometers long and the year 6-7 track 2 kilometers long. When we got to the end of the track the year 5 girls went to the start line to race.
The year 5 boys race was next. This was my race. When the year 5 girls started to finish I started walking over to the start line. When I got to the start line I did some stretches and line up to start. Mr Johnson said “Ready, set,” and then he blew a whistle for us to start. I started to run and overtake people. When I was 200 metres from the finish I used every little bit of energy left in me to sprit to the finish. I crossed the finish line and went to get my water bottle and have a bun to eat. Here are the top 4 year 5 boys:
1st Eric
2nd Bart
3rd Zac (Me!)
4th Lucas
Once the year 2/3 boys race had finished the year 2-5’s walked over to McDonalds to get lunch but I don’t like McDonalds so my mum took me to Hadley’s to get a pie. After my mum and I bought a pie each I went home to eat our pie’s. My mum gave me a chocolate to reward my great effort. I went back to school with my mum but we where there before everybody else so I just went back to class.
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Article posted June 26, 2012 at 06:39 PM GMT+9 •
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Inter School Orienteering
Article posted June 20, 2012 at 07:46 PM GMT+9 •
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On the 20th of June 2012 Oberthur’s inter school orienteering team went to John Forest National Park to compete against other primary schools in an orienteering race.
The bus left school at 8:45am for the 1 hour trip to John Forest National Park in the Swan Valley. Our bus driver got lost at some roadworks. When we finally got there it was almost time for the 1st pair to go. They went at 10:00am I was paired up with Lucas and we left at 10:46am.
When we were in the bush we started finding all the checkpoints. They need to be found in order. When we got to finding number 5 we got a little lost. We took a wrong turn and went down the hill instead of up it. We ran next to a gully and bumped into a dead kangaroo. It’s foot was caught on some barbed wire and half of it’s body was missing. We quickly ran away from it. Lucas and I decided to go up through some long grass to a granite bolder. The bolder was very slippery and didn’t have many handholds but we still climbed to the top of the bolder and jumped to the track. When we finally found number 5 we knew were we where going.
When we got up to number 9 it was on the other side of a wide gully. Lucas and I walked across a shallow bit and I slipped and fell into a deeper part of the gully and got submerged in water from my knees down.
We ran on until we reached number 14. I stamped the card, Lucas ran on to the finish and after I stamped the card I ran after Lucas to the finish line. We handed in our card and went back to our shelter.
We were very eager to start the course.
Running in to the finish.
Wet, muddy and exhausted after the race.
The map we used in the race.
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Article posted June 20, 2012 at 07:46 PM GMT+9 •
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Planting Chickpeas and Lentils
Article posted June 19, 2012 at 03:47 PM GMT+9 •
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On the 7th of June 2012 our class went out to plant some chickpeas and lentils in the garden. Mrs Coleman (My Mum) came in to tell the class how to plant chickpeas and lentils and some interesting facts about them. Chickpeas need to be put in some sort of bacteria that takes in nitrogen from the atmosphere and puts it into the chickpeas roots. I had to go to PEAC when the class went to plant the chickpeas and lentils. When I got back from PEAC Mrs Coleman (My Mum) had left a space and some chickpeas to plant. These ones didn't have the bacteria on them and were an experiment. They will probably be ready to harvest and cook in term 4.
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Article posted June 19, 2012 at 03:47 PM GMT+9 •
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Claymations with our Buddies
Article posted June 13, 2012 at 08:14 AM GMT+9 •
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Over the past two weeks, my buddy and I have been making a claymation. A claymation is a short clip of clay characters doing something. My buddies and mine is called The Deadly Step.
It's about a very fat guy called Chris who walks down a path in the park and steps on a duck. A worm then wiggles up to Chris's head and makes him fall over. The worm then wiggles closer and closer to the camera intil he's sticking his head in the camera. Little does he know that Chris is behind him and ready to pounce. Chris jumps up and pulls the worm off the camera and falls back down. The fall was from so high that Chris's head fell off and rolled away. The worm chases after Chris's head and pulls it back into view. Finally, the worm puts Chris's head on Chris's back and eats it. The worm goes away, with a very fat tummy.
Here are some pictures of me and my buddy making the characters and painting the scene:
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Article posted June 13, 2012 at 08:14 AM GMT+9 •
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Channel 9 Chopper
Article posted June 10, 2012 at 06:04 PM GMT+9 •
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One day at school, we were told over the announcements that a helicopter was landing on the oval because someone was going to visit areas 9 and 10. At recess, everybody came to see the copper land. We had now been told that the copper belonged to channel 9 and that the person visiting areas 9 and 10 was the channel 9 weather reporter because areas 9 and 10 were learning about the weather.
As soon as is came into view, people turned their heads to the sky and started screaming. When the helicopter was about a metre or so above the ground, any loose objects started blowing around.
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Article posted June 10, 2012 at 06:04 PM GMT+9 •
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The Transit of Venus
Article posted June 6, 2012 at 06:46 PM GMT+9 •
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On Wednesday the 6th of June 2012, the transit of Venus occurred between 6:30am and 12:47pm (West Australian time).The transit of Venus is a astronomical event where Venus crosses the suns disc. We earthlings can see this because Venus orbits between Earth and the Sun. This happens every 100 years or so. Viewing the transit is a once in a lifetime opportunity, so if you didn’t see this one, make sure you’re alive in 2117 because this is the next opportunity to view it.
I got the chance to view it. In Perth, where I live, the sky was cloudy and the sun was hard to see. Against all the odds, the Sun poked through the clouds at about 12:30. It wasn’t for long but at least I got to see it. It was very interesting.
The Sun emits strong rays of radiation which damage our eyesight so we need something different to view the transit. This thing is called a Pinhole Camera and is 2 rectangular pieces of white cardboard that are the same size. One of the pieces must have a pinhole in the middle of it. Once you have made the Pinhole Camera, find the Sun of the day of a transit, have your back to the Sun and hold the to pieces of card approximately 20cm apart. Have the holed piece of card in front of the un-holed piece. If you don’t get a clear image of the sun on the un-holed piece of card, change the distance of the two pieces of card.
In the 18th and 19th century scientists timed the transit of Venus, to work out the scale of the solar system. Transits of Venus occur twice eight years apart and the don’t happen again for a century. Transits of Venus are very rare.
Transits of Venus are very special to Australians, because Australia was discovered because of a Transit of Venus. Captain Cook was sailing with astronomers to Tahiti to view the transit so people could get a better understanding of space. In the process of coming back to England, he bumped into Australia and New Zealand. This is why transits of Venus are important for Australians.
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Article posted June 6, 2012 at 06:46 PM GMT+9 •
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Orienteering: Day 1 2012
Article posted May 25, 2012 at 02:55 PM GMT+9 •
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On the 22nd of May in the afternoon, we went out for orienteering for the first time this year. Since only Jack, Luc and I so we had to watch a vidio about how to do orienteering so everyone understanded what we were doing. After Tony asked us some questions and told us how to use a map, we paired up with someone. I paired up with Callum. We went around the course and found them all in a very quick time. When we arrived back for Tony to mark our results, he said we were first back. It was almost the end of the day so we just waited for everybody else.
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Article posted May 25, 2012 at 02:55 PM GMT+9 •
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Area 7's Assembely
Article posted May 17, 2012 at 03:35 PM GMT+9 •
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Every second Friday a class does a assembely from the whole school to watch. This week it was my classes turn to entertain the school. Mrs T (Our music teacher) taught us a Japanese song called Ten Oni Drummers.
The chorus goes like this:
Ichi ni, sun tun tun, 1,2,3 around they run. Yaa. Tun tun kaa. Yaa. Tun tun kaa.
I was a xylophonist in the background accompaining the drummers and the violinist. We all had to sing the chorus and the narrators read the story (Verses).
I think our class did well and really entertained the school.
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Article posted May 17, 2012 at 03:35 PM GMT+9 •
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2 Stars and 2 Wishes
Article posted April 26, 2012 at 11:25 AM GMT+9 •
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I have improved in the virtue of cooperation because I was class leader in term 1 and landmark leader as well. I never thought I was very cooperative until last term.
I'm also pleased I now have the virtue of helpfulness. I can now help people with anything especially computers. It is an incredible gift to have.
I need to improve on my pencil hold. I will need to keep on persevering until it's perfect.
I definitely need to improve on my handwriting because later this year the year 5's will have their pen licence test and you need to use handwriting.
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Article posted April 26, 2012 at 11:25 AM GMT+9 •
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What me and my buddy have in common
Article posted March 12, 2012 at 04:00 PM GMT+9 •
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This term Jeremy is my buddy. We both like :
Ice-cream
Reading
Drawing
Writing Stories
Playing Games
Computer Games
Dinosaurs
Dragon Pictures
Hawaiian Pizza
Watermelon
Grapes
Banana
Apple
Orange
Swimming
Cricket
Watching TV
Chess
Chips
Chocolate
Birthdays
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Article posted March 12, 2012 at 04:00 PM GMT+9 •
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Me in a Bag
Article posted February 16, 2012 at 11:29 AM GMT+9 •
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The first thing in my bag was my element book because I like to read and collect elements. It helps me know which elements I have and the ones I don't.
Secondly, I brought my goggles on hockey ball because I like sport. I've tried playing hockey underwater but it didn't work.
My third object is a lego man because I Like LEGO. Right now I'm making a LEGO battle scene.
Next, I put in a Rottnest brochure because I like Rotto. Did you know the lighthouse has eight beams?
Finally, I brought my music book because I play the violin and piano. My mum is always telling me to do practice.
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Article posted February 16, 2012 at 11:29 AM GMT+9 •
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Persasive Text: Should Excursions Be Banned?
Article posted November 23, 2011 at 10:36 AM GMT+9 •
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Should excursions be banned?
I definitely don’t think so. Excursions are educational, give you exercise and are fun. Would you like it if yo were a kid and didn’t get to go on excursions?
Firstly, excursions are educational. They’re like a classroom away from school. Usually there are experts to ask questions to and give you tours round the place. Sometimes the only way to learn properly is to see the thing in real life.
In addition excursions have a lot of walking involved, which means you get exercise. Whether it’s walking up the stairs in the WA museum or walking through the sculptures at Cottesloe beach you’re always getting exercise. Do you get exercise in a classroom?
Finally, excursions are fun. Children love being away from school because they’re not cramped in a tiny room in silence, waiting for the bell to ring under there teachers eyes. When you’re on an excursion you’re not in a tiny room waiting for the bell in silence. You’re in a big room or outdoors where you can talk while on a tour looking at things.
On the other hand, excursions cost money. This is one reason why people don’t like them. It usually costs about five dollars to go on an excursion but the amount of l exercise, learning and fun you get out of them I think they’re worth a lot more than five dollars. Some people stress about money but most don’t. This is tiny compared with the reasons I have mentioned. In conclusion, excursions should stay because of there learning in them, the exercise you get and the fun of them. I think excursions should stay. Please support my side of the argument.
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Article posted November 23, 2011 at 10:36 AM GMT+9 •
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Autobiography of an Old Toy
Article posted November 10, 2011 at 02:13 PM GMT+9 •
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My Autobiography: By Bear
I sat there, on the highest shelf in the toy shop, waiting for someone to walk in. The door bell rang, I strapped on my parachute and dived into a little boys arms. “Mama,” he said, “Can I have this one?” “He looks so adventurous like me!” “Okay Andy,” agreed his mum.
I looked so bold and ready for adventure at that young age. Now, I look nothing like that. I got gifts given to me by the other toys before I left. Andy loved me so much he took me everywhere with him, even to school.
Andy’s mum dropped us of at school. Andy’s teacher, Mrs Blowyourheadoff, said “Good morning everyone, today is Talk About a Toy Day.” “Andy, you’re first.” “Everybody, meet Bear, named after the famous explorer Bear Grylls,” said Andy. Andy through me up in the air and I parachuted down. Everyone clapped. After show and tell, I was exhausted.
After school, Andy and I hopped into his big FJ Cruiser. I was exhausted but I kept bouncing around like crazy, until I ended up in the boot. I slept like a baby.
When I woke up I wasn’t in the car, I was in an airplane on Andy’s lap. “Look!” said Andy, “There’s Bangkok, we’re going down!” “Bangkok was in Thailand,” I thought,”We’re going to Thailand, Woohoo!” I whispered.
When we landed we explored Bangkok, seeing temples an getting lost in markets. The next day, we went north to Chang Mai and played with elephants, ate bug and had a fish spa. The next day we went south to Ko Samet and stayed there for weeks. We snorkeled and swam and surfed and explored and learnt until it was time to go home but Andy’s mum had a surprise for us.
We we’re going skydiving and were flying over a grassland. We strapped on our parachutes. I dived first and then Andy. It was so much fun skydiving. It was definitely the highlight of my life. When we landed I had a rip in my leg. Andy said, “I’ll get a friend to look after you.”
Andy took me home and put me on the bed. Then he rushed off somewhere. Where Andy came home he had a new bear, named Wembley. I started telling Wembley stories about my life. It was so good to have a friend. Wembley, Andy and I explore the world now and my leg has been fixed up. So thats how my life goes on, filled with fun and adventure.
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Article posted November 10, 2011 at 02:13 PM GMT+9 •
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My Future Australia
Article posted September 19, 2011 at 04:45 PM GMT+9 •
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My future Australia is the true Aussie spirt. The Vegemite on toast, the no smoking policy, the great beaches and drinking beer at the beach, watching the sun go down. I would like to create a bridge from Melbourne to Hobart. That’s my future Australia.
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Article posted September 19, 2011 at 04:45 PM GMT+9 •
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The Moon Festival （Mid-Autumn Festival) （中球节）
Article posted September 15, 2011 at 04:46 PM GMT+9 •
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The moon festival or Mid-Autumn Festival, like all chinese festivals has a story behind it. Once upon a time there were 10 suns which took terns in circling the earth. One day, all 10 suns circled the earth all at once which produced a burning heat and started burning the earth. Emperor Yao Sent Houyi (后 羿） ; a skilled archer, to shoot down all the sun except 1. Houyi (后 羿） did his task and was rewarded with a pill that would let him fly. He had to pray for a month before he could eat the pill. Houyi (后 羿） hid the pill away under the floor boards of his house. On the last day of his praying the pill glowed a purple light which gave him a temporary ability to fly. The Emperor called on him just as he was about to eat the pill. Houyi (后 羿） went of to do his task but while he was away the Jade Emperor daughter ate the pill and started flying to the moon. Houyi released this and flew after her. When the Jade Emperors daughter reached the moon she coughed out a piece of the pill. Her sidekick; the Jade Bunny started trying to remake the pill so she could fly back to earth. She became the moon goddess and Houyi (后 羿） became the sun god. Now on the 15th day of the 8th month on the chinese calendar everybody in china celebrates the moon festival by eating moon cake with chinese tea, watching lion and dragon dances and carrying lanterns in till late to see the full moon. Moon cake（月 饼） is a small filling cake that often contains ducks eggs.
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Article posted September 15, 2011 at 04:46 PM GMT+9 •
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Orienteering: Day 2 2011
Article posted September 8, 2011 at 07:54 PM GMT+9 •
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Day 2. Today we went out to do the second day of orienteering but today the course and activity were different. Todays course was a star relay that you are still in pairs but only 1 person from your pair runs at a time. Sanjay and I were partners. We race around the first few but then on the fifth station Sanjay got lost which meant he had to come back to get help which also cost us time. I was running back from the 8th and final station when I tripped on a piece of wood and twisted my ankle. I limped back in pain and told Mrs Post what had happened. I soon put ice on it and kept it on for a while. the next day it didn’t hurt at all.
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Article posted September 8, 2011 at 07:54 PM GMT+9 •
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World Vision
Article posted September 2, 2011 at 12:31 PM GMT+9 •
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On Thursday the 1st of September a girl called Naomi came to our class to talk about people in poor countries. Naomi works for a group of people called World Vision. World Vision is a group of people that help people in poor countries such as Nepal and East Timor.
Naomi showed us a video about the daily life of a girl in Nepal. Her name was Sarita and she lived in Nepal in a family of 8 but her dad went away to find work and got very sick so for the time being they were a family of 7. She had to go 8.1 kilometres to get water that was full of dirt and bacteria which could kill her.
Today we did an activity where we pretended we Sarita.
She couldn't read and if I couldn't read I couldn't do these simple things:
-Read danger signs
-Read books to entertain myself
-Read Recipes to cook.
Sarita family shares a cup of rice to eat and that is all the have all day. Yesterday I had all this:
Breakfast: Baked Beans and Yoghurt
Morning Tea: Watermelon and Biscuits
Lunch: Thai Green Curry
Snack: Apple
Afternoon Tea: Biscuits
Snack: Rice Crackers
Dinner: Garlic Pork and Veggies
Dessert: Chips and Popcorn
Snack: Banana
Midnight Snack: Apple
Sarita doesn't have taps in her house so she has to go 8.1 kilometres with a heavy petrol container to get dirty water while I can just go to one of my 14 taps to get a drink of clean water.
Sarita has 1 toy a game of knuckles while I have lots of toys. If I had to have one of my toys it would be my lego agents because I could build lots of different things out of the same stuff.
Sarita has to sleep in a small house on a dirt floor. This is how I would feel: I would feel quite cramped, cold and squished which would make me quite cold and sad.
To all people that are poor these are things I would like to do:
-Donate food
-Teaching
-Health supplies
-Better water
I hope one day there is no poverty or greed in the world.
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Article posted September 2, 2011 at 12:31 PM GMT+9 •
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Orienteering: Day 1 2011
Article posted August 26, 2011 at 12:43 PM GMT+9 •
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Day 1. It was a nice, cool winters day when we first went out to do orienteering that year. At 2:00pm the whole class went out to meet Mrs Post. Orienteering was new to all the year 4’s; so we had to listen carefully. After we watched a video about orienteering and asked a few questions we got into pairs and started the session. First, we tried to find the centre of the triangle. The centre of the triangle is where you start and finish your orienteering race. Andrew C and I were partners. We raced around and found all the stations in no time at all. By the way, stations in orienteering are little tags with a clip on them that you punch into the paper. We finished the challenge course and sat down to cool of.
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Article posted August 26, 2011 at 12:43 PM GMT+9 •
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Book Characters
Article posted August 25, 2011 at 01:24 PM GMT+9 •
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I would like Percy Jackson from the Percy Jackson series to be my best friend because he is strong, brave, funny and friendly. Percy is a son of Poseidon which means he can control water. This skill would be useful when I’m fishing because Percy could lift up the water and I could pick the fish out.
I would also like Charlie Bone from Children of the Red King to be my best friend because he’s friendly, helpful, adventurous but still a little cautious. He has the ability to hear what’s being said in photographs and paintings. This skill could be useful because Charlie could listen to the people in the photos talking and then he could tell me what they said. I could learn about the past.
I would like Beck Granger from the Bear Grylls series to be my best friend because he’s helpful, adventurous and will take responsible risks. If we got lost together Beck would know how to survive and get back to civilisation.
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Article posted August 25, 2011 at 01:24 PM GMT+9 •
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Lane Poole Falls
Article posted August 24, 2011 at 07:16 PM GMT+9 •
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On Sunday the 7th of August Matthew, Susan, Zac and Joseph went on an adventure to Lane Poole falls. They went into the forest and started the walk. They walked for ages, every so often stopping to read informational signs. They found lots of strange fungi that looked see-though and even one that looked like a blob of boogies. they called it Giant Snot. Soon they reached the falls. The water spilled over the with all the resent rain. They looked at it for a while to soak in the beauty. After they went back to the house.
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Article posted August 24, 2011 at 07:16 PM GMT+9 •
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The Story of Michael's Broken Leg
Article posted August 14, 2011 at 08:50 AM GMT+9 •
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On Saturday the 6th of August Michael from Bateman Western Australia jumped off a large rock into wet sand at Salmon Beach and broke his leg. He realized about half way down that he had jumped from too high.
When Michael screamed Susan ran top speed down the beach to her car to get the first-aid kit. Matthew and Sam were out surfing at the time of the accident. Everybody started rushing around; kids running up the beach, adults attending Michael and Michael screaming from shock and pain. Soon Matthew, Zac and Joseph drove over the speed limit to get to Windy Harbor and ring an ambulance. Sadly it had to come from Pemberton, so it took a while.
One of the Sea Rescue guys heard Matthew ringing the ambulance and said that he would gather up the gang and get down to the beach. 5 minutes later the Sea Rescue were here. They had some proper equipment: an oxygen machine, a metal stretcher and many other things. They soon got Michael in the stretcher and into the car park.
The Sea Rescue put him in the back of their ute. Michael’s family and friends were sitting next to him and talking to him. Soon the ambulance arrived and the two people from the hospital got him in the stretcher. After that Michael’s Family got into the ambulance to go to the hospital and Matthew, Susan, Zac and Joseph went home to tell the news.
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Article posted August 14, 2011 at 08:50 AM GMT+9 •
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Doctor Pa
Article posted August 12, 2011 at 04:48 PM GMT+9 •
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On Thursday the 11th of August 2011 Cienna’s grandpa come to Oberthur Primary School to show area 11 some science experiments. He got us to call him Doctor Pa. Some of the chinese home stay students from Xing Zie Primary School came as well.
One of the experiments he showed us was one where he got a small strip of magnesium (abbreviation on periodic table: mg) and a lighted candle. First he rubbed it in sandpaper to make it silver. Next he got a student to pick up the magnesium with some tweezes and hold it a few centimeters away from the fire. Surprisingly, it went up in flames. Bart got selected for the experiment once but he placed it in the fire and the whole piece went up in flames. This one was my favorite experiment.
Another experiment was when Doctor Pa had a wooden stick to show that you were taller when you lying down than when you are standing up. Doctor Pa selected four students to measure. Chelsea was chosen first and she was the smaller than the stick so she was used for the experiment. She was about 1cm taller than when she was lying down. Next he chose Fanny, a chinese home stay student. Fanny was taller than the stick so she couldn’t be used for the experiment. The same thing happened to me but I was the same size of the stick. Next he chose Andrew C who grew 1 and a bit centimeters when he was lying down.
Another experiment was where Doctor Pa rubbed a comb though his hair and stuck it to a plastic spinning plate with blue-tac. He rubbed another comb though his hair and tried to push the comb with the comb without making them touch but it didn’t work so he gave up. He used magnets and they worked really well. He called lots of people up to do this one.
The science experiments were really fun and exiting but the learning experience was great. I would defiantly do it again!
by Zac
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Article posted August 12, 2011 at 04:48 PM GMT+9 •
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Typing scores
Article posted August 4, 2011 at 12:20 PM GMT+9 •
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I beat my record after finishing Dance Mat Typing, now my record is 20 words per minute.
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Article posted August 4, 2011 at 12:20 PM GMT+9 •
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Habits of Mind
Article posted July 28, 2011 at 12:47 PM GMT+9 •
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My Three Best Habits of Mind
-Finding humour
-Taking responsible risks
-Remaining open to continuous learning
Three Habits of Mind I Need to Work on
-Persisting
-Listening with understanding and empathy
-Managing inpulsivity
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Article posted July 28, 2011 at 12:47 PM GMT+9 •
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School Swimming
Article posted June 29, 2011 at 09:53 AM GMT+9 •
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Over weeks 8 and 9 of term 2, the whole school has been doing in-term swimming. The classes were split into 4 groups to do school swimming every day.
In the first group the classes were Area 11 (my class), Area 9 and Area 7. The lesson time was from 9:20 to 10:00 am. In the second group the classes were Area 4, Area 3 and Area 8 and the lesson time was from 10:05 to 10:45 am. In the third group the classes were Area 2, Area 12 and Area 5 with a lesson time from 11:00 to 11:40 am and in the fourth and final group there was Area 10, Area 6 and Pre Primary and their lesson time was from 11:45 am to 12:25 pm.
In my class the range of levels were from level 4 to level 12. Most of my class were in levels 7 to 10. Most of our class really enjoyed school swimming however some of our class don’t enjoy school swimming as much. There are a few who don’t even attend swimming but go to the teacher that has the leftovers that day which is usually Mrs Lowe (my teacher).
I’m was in level 10 and I did it with levels 11, 12 and 12+. There were no people from my class that were in level 12+, actually there was only one year 7 in level 12+. There were 11 people in my swimming class which were mostly Area 11’s. There were only two of Area 11’s year 4’s which were Eric and I. We were working on CPR, DRSABCD, rescues, survival and survival strokes.
I really enjoyed school swimming and I think everyone else did to. Even when it was pouring with rain and the paths were flooded, all of us just waded though and didn’t even care about it. It was a whole lot of fun!
By Zac
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Article posted June 29, 2011 at 09:53 AM GMT+9 •
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Adam Halls and the VP's
Article posted June 22, 2011 at 03:40 PM GMT+9 •
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On the 20th of June 2011 on a Monday afternoon which was a typical afternoon except that Adam Halls and the VP’s came to Oberthur Primary School.
They were a swing band. There were 4 members in the band. There names were Adam, Michael, Len and Joe. Adam was the vocalist and also played the trumpet. Michael played the trombone. Len played the electric piano. Joe played the drums. Joe also told us all the different drums on the drum. They where the bass drum which make a low sound, the tom tom drums which are the main parts of the instrument, the snare drum which you can snare to make a different sound, the crash cymbal which made a loud crashing sound and the hi-hat cymbal which made a different sound because you can open and close the two cymbals. They played 4 or 5 songs throughout the whole performance.
They got students to do call and response with them while doing a thing called scatting which is making up words on the go. Call and response is a kind of musical conversation.The people that got chosen where really good with the words they made up.
They also got students to play xylophones and play the notes C and G. The little kids started singing G C and when they said C they pointed to the side.
If you think all of this sounds boring, then you’ve made a HUGE mistake! It lasted for the last hour of the day. It was hemps of fun!
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Article posted June 22, 2011 at 03:40 PM GMT+9 •
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Amazing Animal Report: Agouti
Article posted May 27, 2011 at 09:54 AM GMT+9 •
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Names of the people in my group: Sanjay & Zac
Name of animal: Agouti
The name of the animal’s rainforest layer: Forest Floor
Food:
They eat fruits, leaves, roots, nuts, sugarcane and seeds.
Enemies:
Their enemies are jaguars, ocelots, harpy eagles, large snakes and humans (which eat them).
How it survives:
They freeze instantly when they sense danger and they hide in trees. Also, they can’t climb but can burrow into the ground.
Other interesting facts:
Agoutis are about 46cm long and weigh about 3kg. They are fast runners and good swimmers. They are attracted to the sound of dropping fruit. Also they are one of the only animals that can open brazil nuts.
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Article posted May 27, 2011 at 09:54 AM GMT+9 •
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Area 11’s Assembly
Article posted April 11, 2011 at 09:08 PM GMT+9 •
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On Friday 8th April Area 11 held the assembly. We performed a piece of music that we created and sounded like the sea and poems about the sea and sculptures. All the poems had a special feature which the instruments played. Some of the instruments were güiros which sounded like seagulls, cymbals, drums and maracas which sounded like waves and violins and cellos which sounded like waves, traffic and sharks. I think everyone enjoyed it but I thought we did great!
By Zac
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Article posted April 11, 2011 at 09:08 PM GMT+9 •
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The Beach Poam
Article posted April 1, 2011 at 07:48 PM GMT+9 •
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Waves crashing on the sand, jagged rocks on the cliffs, crunchy sand between childrens toes, loud horns of industrial ships, shiny shells in all directions, this is the beach.
Seaweed floating on the water, sharks darting out to sea, crazy surfer riding the waves, majestic dolphins passing by, children running in the shallows, this is the beach.
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Article posted April 1, 2011 at 07:48 PM GMT+9 •
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My Sculpture
Article posted April 1, 2011 at 12:49 PM GMT+9 •
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Materials:
• Egg Carton
• Wooden Box
• Bubble Rap
• Cardboard
• Alfoil
• Light Cardboard
• Bottle Caps
• 2 Cardboard Tubes
• Sand
Equipment:
• Scissors
• PVA Glue
• Ruler
Directions:
1) Firstly, get the cardboard and the ruler and cut the cardboard to 30cm by 30cm.
2) Now, stick the wooden box onto the cardboard square.
3) Now, stick the 2 cardboard tubes onto the wooden box.
4) Now, stick the top of the side of the wooden box and the bottom of the bubble rap to the top of the cardboard.
5) Now, cover the 2 cardboard tubes in alfoil.
6) Now, the top of the wooden box in PVA glue and sprinkle with sand.
7) Finally, cut the egg carton bottoms and stick the on. Also cover the bottle caps with light cardboard and stick the on.
Appraisal:
My Sculpture turned out a little like I said in the directions. To stabilise the 2 cardboard tubes I had to use some sticky tape to keep them onto the wooden box. I also added a jetty and a lantern house to my sculpture.
Reflection:
I thought that some of my sculpture didn’t turn out as I had expected. I think I could have built it better. If I get to do it another time, I would build it differently. I would stick the cardboard tubes on better and maybe cover the rest of the cardboard piece in bubble wrap.
The Three Sculptures I Liked the Most:
Triangles
I liked Triangles because it was cleverly stuck together to look like it was a floating mass of triangles. It was made out of cardboard pieces and maybe some sticky tape and glue.
Together we Stand as one
I liked the sculpture called Together we Stand as one because it looked liked many different expressions of people working together to make a super person. It was made out of metal, corks, skewers, polystyrene, black marker gold paper and sticky tape.
Pin City
I liked pin city because the artist was very creative and connected the pins using blue-tac and coloured thread. It looked like little buildings. It was made out of pins, thread, polystyrene and blue-tac.
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Article posted April 1, 2011 at 12:49 PM GMT+9 •
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The Chinese Talant Show
Article posted March 25, 2011 at 05:51 PM GMT+9 •
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On Friday, 13th, March a chinese talent show was held. All seven hub schools took part in it. The seven hub schools are Oberthur, Bateman, Brentwood, Shelley, Riverton, Rossmoyne Primary and Rossmoyne High. There were many great plays, songs, music and much more!
There were 3 performers from our class. They were Er Tian, Qian and I. Er Tian conposed a poam and Qian and I played a chinese song on our violins. Julia from area 12 played it with Qian and I.Er Tian and I was a little nervous. Qian and Julia were very nervous.
The chinese dancers also performed a dance called spring blossom. It was quite nice watching it. I think they did quite well.
I thought that all the Oberthur plays were fantastic. Most of the other schools plays were great. Some of the plays were strange. Some of the people got stagfright. There was also a raffle draw at the end. All seven schools got a pertisapation trophey that the pricapal's of the seven hub schools picked up.
It took a lot of practise to be part of it but it was worth it. Everyone had lots of fun!
By Zac
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Article posted March 25, 2011 at 05:51 PM GMT+9 •
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The Eagles Visit
Article posted March 15, 2011 at 04:03 PM GMT+9 •
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On Monday 14th March, a man called Tim and the West Coast Eagles mascot, Rick the Rocken’ Eagle came to Oberthur Primary School.
Tim told us about the 5F’s and 5R’s. The 5F’s are fun, fitness, friends, family all while you’re playing footy. The 5R’s are respect for yourself, respect for others, respect for the environment, reach your potentials and reach out for the community. There were lots more fun facts and activities. One of them was musical chairs. Everyone who got chosen to play musical chairs was given a prize. Michael from are 12 won.
I thought it was going to be a really big disaster but it was really a whole lot of fun!
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Article posted March 15, 2011 at 04:03 PM GMT+9 •
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The Disasterous 24 Hours
Article posted March 11, 2010 at 03:43 PM GMT+9 •
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Hi, my name is Critters and I live at Riptail Ledge in the Southern Pacific Ocean. The Southern Pacific ocean surrounds Fraser Island which is near Australia and I live with my cousin Kahuba. Kahuba is a Japanese Giant Spider Crab. I actually live under the ledge which is one kilometre off the coast of Fraser Island.
I have six legs, two pincers and two swimming appendages, they're at the back of my body and I use them for swimming. Sorry, I forgot to mention that I'm a Blue Manna Crab and I'm 41cm long.
My Mum and Dad were eaten by a great white shark one month ago. I still feel very, very sad. I got a sharks tooth stuck in my body because the shark snatched me off Kahuba's back.
Now, one day Kahuba and I were at the underwater smoking geyser and we were looking for a mineral called Goldakey. I went down a narrow cavern and at the bottom I picked up a goldish, reddish, bluish and greenish stone. It was Goldakey. I ran out screaming "Goldakey!"and Kahuba said " Osa Lou- Kei."
There was a rumble under our feet. I dropped the Goldakey, "WE ARE GOING TO DIE!" I shouted.
Out of the geyser came a god called Himpir. He was the god of death. He picked Kahuba up and kicked me away.
I opened my eyes a minute later and I was on the shore of Fraser Island, lying on my back. Blood was all over me. It was a miracle! Even though it looked like I was dead, I was actually alive.
I put myself in a coconut shell and carefully got into the ocean.
A metre from Fraser Island I noticed that Kahuba wasn't with me. I swam around in panic fearing that Kahuba was dead.
An hour later I was back where the crime had happened. I looked around but there was only a metre wide crack in the ground. I scanned the landscape for any sign of Kahuba. Nothing, except for the geyser.
Then in a flash a yellow-bellied sea snake came and ate me whole! I fought but it was all over because he swallowed me whole and I landed in his belly face first. I got up, stretched out to full length and used my pincers to make a hole in the snakes stomach but it only got halfway through. Because clawing there didn't work, I tried my scheme up at the throat. It worked. The snake vomited and I was free. But now I had snake food all over me. It didn't feel nice but I didn't care.
I swam to the house of the god Himpir. I saw Kahuba in a glass box, surrounded by guards. I scuttled over to them. " Please let my cousin free! Please! Please!" I begged. "NO!" said the guard sternly. I would have to use my plot again.
I pulled four legs off the first guard and said "Yes!" The problem was that one of the guards had kicked me into the temple. I grabed an amulet and threw it at a golden trapdoor.
A key fell into one of my pincers. I put it in a miniture keyhole and at that very monment, I was wizzed into a mysterious land. I looked up and saw a big, furry, brown, thing. It had a coller on and on it there was the word DOG. I fainted. Ten seconds later I was in one of the monsters mouths. It said a word I didn't understand. The word was "Woof" I think? When it said woof it had dropped me in a hole as big as me. How was I going to get out.
I saw two rocks which were a goldish red colour. I grabbed them with my pincers and rubbed them together. To my astonishment, they made a liquid substance. Then I rembered it was oil. I got ten sticks and roped them together with some dry seaweed from my leather bag I carry around. I dropped some of the oil and it made fire.
I burst out of the ground and flew out of the doorway back into the temple. I crashed into the roof and nearly split in half. I had invented a crab flying machine that was powered by oil. I thought that I could grab Himpirs precious stone axe and set Kahuba free.
I dropped some more oil on the machine and flew off. Then I thought "How will I get an axe off such a powerful god?" Then I had an idea. I thought I could nip Himpir and that he would scream in pain and drop the axe on his foot. Even though it might kill him it was my only hope.
Ten seconds later I was on the gods head and had raised my pincers ready for attack. I was an inch away from my cousins freedom and then "WHAM!" The god hit me straight in the belly.
An hour later I was in darkness. I ran forward but I hit a glass screen face first. I was in prison. How was I going to escape. Then I had an idea. I got a mini computer and wrote the word "Shin bar-boa." In crab that means hit. Kahuba got the message a minute later. He did as he was told. He escaped and crushed the temple. I ran out very quickly and was flooded with relief that we where both alive.
Kahuba let me have a piggyback home. I think I fell asleep because when I woke up I was in my bed with some krill soup next to me. There was also a gold envelope beside it. Inside there was a message from Himpir. It said " Dear who ever you are. The place you were mining Goldakey is a marine park owned by myself, Himpir. You and your friend are being a bit of a hippy because you are mining Goldakey for no reason. It's also a restricted area.
Yours sincerly Himpir."
I ate my soup slowly and then said to myself "We're not hippies and we're not mining Goldakey for no reason. I'll write back to Himpir and say that we won't go near it and talk to Kahuba about it." So I did.
The End
By Zac.
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Article posted March 11, 2010 at 03:43 PM GMT+9 •
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About the Blogger
Hi, I'm Zac and I'm in year 5. I have a little brother. I like swimming, reading and element collecting. Please leave comments.
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