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The soldier poem

                                                       The soldier

Fields of poppies grow and grow as the songs of birds flow and flow.

Every cross has a name of soldiers that died “what a shame”.

Poisonous gas made death of soldiers that did their best.

Dead soldiers are in the grave and on their cross is their very name.

April 25 is the day we celebrate ANZAC day.

Lucky soldiers had survived and had a very happy life.

Homesick soldiers at night they think of their families then they fight.       

Khaki jackets made for war now old, faded and very torn.

Pitch darkness at night from sunrise to sunset they fight and fight.

As dawn breaks we remember those who died in wars for all our souls.   

Coconut cream

                                                        How to make Coconut Cream

Coconuts are a key ingredient in Samoan cooking. Every part of the coconut is used. You can eat

the flesh raw or use it for cooking, you can drink the juice, the shell makes a handy cup or, together

with the husks, you can fuel a cooking fire. The most widely used product from the coconut is

coconut milk, so let me describe how the milk is traditionally made.

You will need

Coconut / popo

Knife

Scraper

Coconut husk

Bowl

1.First gather all the ingredients and place the scraper on a seat.

2. Second take the coconut and crack with the back of a knife or a machete. Rotate the popo while

striking the coconut on the circumference. Make sure to be careful.

3. Next take the coconut and split it into two. Coconut water should come out of the coconut  once it

is open. With the leftover coconut water you could drink it or retain the water so it is not wasted.

4. Then scrape the flesh out with the scraper. Take one half of the cracked popo and rotate it around

the blade of the scraper. Use little pressure on the popo to prevent going all the way to the shell.

Repeat with the other half.

5. After that take the coconut husk, put some coconut flesh in and squeeze. There should be

coconut cream coming out. Remember to repeat this last step so you get more coconut cream.

Leftover dry coconut can go into the pig feed or become chicken food.

Faafetai  tofa.

Bouncing ball experiment

Year 4 camp

                                                               School camp

Dear Mrs Ritchie

I am writing to express my opinion about why year 4’s should also go to school camp.

You may believe that Year 4 students are too immature or young to go to camp, I disagree because I

have been to many camps with scouts and have experienced the benefits of participating in activities

such as kayaking, raft building and archery.

Activities such as kayaking give students the opportunity to learn important good life skills such as

perseverance (a growth mindset trait) because you can just sit floating in the ocean, you have to keep

on going. It also teaches us how to be safe on water.

Another outstanding activity available at camp is raft building. Raft building can encourage students to

work in a team and learn how to tie knots. Raft building also involves leadership which is a skill all

children should have.

In addition archery, archery is good  for aim. Aim is a great for sports such as dodge ball  and shot put.

It also teaches students how to follow instructions and how to be safe. Good technique is also a part of

archery.

  

I strongly believe that year 4’s should go to camp because it teaches them how to be responsible for

themselves and that their parents can’t always be with them. Some examples are like looking after your

belongings, making your beds and keeping your dorm room tidy.

As you can see from the reasons above Year 4s would greatly benefit from going to camp.

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Yours sincerely

Caroline Room 10

states of matter

school photo photographer letter

Dear photographer,

I am writing to you to express my opinion about the way you take and arrange the class photographs.

I really admire the way you have hight arrangement. With the tallest people at the front and shortest at the back. Having a hight   arrangement is really effective in my opinion because then you can see everyone.

Obviously the backdrop is part of the reason that lots of parents and other people buy your photographs. It is clear that the colour of the curtain in the background really makes the Halsey Drive uniform stand out.

The seating is one of the things that make the photographs very attractive because if there was no particular seat students and teachers would not know where to sit and stand.

Having students and teachers put together in one photo is a wonderful setup because it shows the whole class together.

I really feel that having boys and girls rows and seating is a very wise idea because it looks very organised.

Yours sincerely

Caroline Mu’akitangata

 

 

A letter from Gallipoli

                                                A letter from Gallipoli  

27 April.1918

Dear Mum,

Here in Gallipoli there are lots of soldiers being killed by the enemy.
I’m starting to get use to all the loud disturbing noises of guns,
rifles and falling bombs. Thousands of soldiers die every day, you would not be
able to count every person that gets shot. Terrible wounds have affected almost
every body. Lots of soldiers have come to fight but will never return home.
Some generous people have sent Anzac biscuits and other delicious foods from back home
to keep our spirits up.

The bombs are constantly falling to the ground. Everyone tries to take cover but in every
nick and cranny there is a soldier already. Here in the trench I can hear guns louder
than a giant building toppling over, bombs fall and shake the earth like a massive tree
crashing to the ground. We soldiers can barely see the enemy snipers from far away and
always have to be cautious.

I hope you are safe and healthy at home.

Love from Caroline