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Alma

I walk through a quiet, snowy town, my footsteps soft against the ground as the windows of the building’s glow warmly in the cold air. Snowflakes drift past the glass silently landing on buildings bit by bit making a pile on the path. The wind blows past me as I skip through gigantic buildings, stopping at a black board filled with lots of names. I see an empty space picking up a piece of chalk beneath the chilly snow,  I write my name on the board.

I gazed at the board, a creaking sound comes from behind  me making me turn around puzzled. I see a doll that looks slightly like me. I stood there looking around as if someone is watching, I walk closer to the window with an intrigued face, snow crunching beneath my feet. Taking slow deliberate footsteps, I wipe away the steam on the pane of glass making a slight high pitched squeak. Fascinated, I gasp in horror. I am confused. My jacket rustles, boots thunk heavily on the path, mittens muffle, as I move closer to the door, attempting to open it. I twist the door knob but it won’t budge. 

I walk away boiling with madness inside of me making the snow leave some of my footsteps along the path. A creaky sound makes me turn around, filling the air with an eerie tension. The chilly snow makes me shiver and my mouth mumble. I pushed the door gently open walking inside a doll shop fascinated at the sight I am seeing.

I bump into a doll making a dull thud. I reach for it to put it upright.  Suddenly the doll starts riding its cycle trying to move away towards the door like it’s trying to save itself. The door slams shut with an abrupt bang, doll bangs on the door non stop trying to escape. My eyes shift to a doll, locking eyes with it, moving closer, trying to grab it. I am too short. Spotting a couch closer against the tall shelf I climb onto it. 

 I reach for the life sized doll, my fingers brush against it. The air suddenly shifts. A cold stillness wraps around me, as if the room itself is holding its breath. The silence feels heavier than before. A strange unease creeps up my spine. Something about me doesn’t feel right. I have crossed into something far more unsettling. My body is stiff as solid rock, my eyes rattle when I look around the possessive piles of dolls, noticing I only had 1 mitten on, the other dolls beside me lock eyes with me.

I look back at the pane of glass, another doll is wheeled out making a screechy eerie sound piercing my ears. I finally realize it is ready for another victim to come into the shop.

My DLO about Prophet Isaiah

Today on Tuesday on the second of December we have to do a DLO about Prophet Isaiah. We learned  that Isaiah died before Christ was born, I learnt that he spoke about Jesus’s birth, mission, and reign here is my DLO about Prophet  Isaiah and facts I learned about him during the 8th century.

 

My DLO About How Sounds Work

My class is learning about how sounds work, so we had to do a DLO about it and then type down all the information we learned about how sound works and then add a picture that shows what how sounds work in our ears and what makes the pitch louder in our ears.  We found out in our ears that we have an Inner ear and an Outer ear, so in the Inner ear we have Ear Drum, 3 bones, and Cochlea. The Outer ear has Auricle  which this part of the ear is vital for their developing hearing and speech, but they may also be more prone ( Prone means lying on their stomach or likely to do something) next is the Auditory canal a tube in the outer ear that  transmits the sound from the external environment to the ear drum, or tympanic membrane this is very important so you know How Sounds Work this is what I learned and created.

Science Project

On Wednesday the Rm 7 was making paper cups  and a classic science project that demonstrates how sound waves work. We have to have 2 plastic paper cups and it can be any color and any cup, we also need strings to put  in the hole after you poke it with a pen when your done put the string in the hole and make a not that’s big so it  doesn’t fall out, when your done with the  other one go far away from each other and start talking, well the other partner listen’s and wait to see if it works.

This is working because the sound through vibrations along the taut string is converting the sound waves into vibrations in one cup, transferring them to the string, and then back to sound waves in the other cup. If you go close you won’t hear your partner because your  vibration is not straight and  it’s not gonna come through, to get your partner to hear you have to go far from each other and make your string straight, so the sound waves into vibrations in one cup transferring them to the string and then back to sound waves in the other cup.

This science project was  very interesting and I hope you try it out, this is what me and my partner did.\\

 

 

Why we should not waste water

This week our teacher gave us a task to do, and our task was to make a video of ourselves and explaining  why we shouldn’t waste water which is indeed very important in our earth, that you should save your water.  Also we should think about other people and advise them never leave their taps on and use it wisely, if you don’t want to be short on water than never leave the tap on or leave the  shower on this is my advice if your confused.

The Rippa Tournament

On Wednesday some Rm 7 and 8 got ready for our Rippa Tournament. We were so hyped up and excited for it.  Then our Teacher and Mrs Foden checked if we had everything that we needed before we headed off to our Rippa Tournament, before we went we said a prayer so that God bless us along the way throughout our Tournament, we met some school’s and made friend’s some school also gave us nice compliments we set up our things at field 3 then practiced our intercepting and cutting, at first us girls got confused because we didn’t really know how to cut.

 

When we had another try we finally nailed it then sat down before we waste all our energy we started to warm up with a few exercises, then we started talking because our game started at 10:00 am then when the game started we got our gears and things we needed for our game, the first school that we played against was Pt England School when the game started we were so focused and we also had fun and severely the school that was funny and cool was Pamure District and Sylvia Park’s school it was the best school I’ve ever been friends to.

 

The last school was Tamaki it was kind of fierce and fun I really wish Tamaki can play against us again, also Panmure District and there game was quite entertaining and also I was mesmerised by the skills Tamaki school and Panmure District school do, probably next term we get to see them or play against them again. Here are the photos we took at the Tournament with the school’s.

The Water Cycle

This week Rm 7 has been learning about The Water Cycle and today we learned new words one was Condensation, is when the water vapor becomes liquid, another one is Precipitation is when water falls from the sky as rain or snow, the last one is Evaporation it happens when a liquid is heated. The heat gives the liquid more energy this energy causes them  to move faster. I am so excited to learn this with my class, I really appreciate it and maybe if you’re interested, try to learn with your teacher and help each other as a whanau and this is what I created for my Water Cycle.

Goku should/shouldn’t trust Bulma

“Goku shouldn’t trust Bulma, because she is going to use him so she can get the Dragon Ball then leave him behind.

She is also bossy towards Goku. If Goku went with her to travel and find the missing Dragon balls, she will be a pest and keep on talking, along the way.

Also what happens if they are sleeping, and Bulma is figuring out how to get the Dragon Ball off Goku then plan to run away, as soon as possible? For a fact Goku is better off by his self  because when Bulma is around him, she always ask random questions and when she mentioned the word borrow, it really sound fishy because borrow is like when you use it also she is just using Goku as a shield, to protect her from any harm.

She is also obsessed with handsome boys and changing the plans that her and Goku agreed on, she also tried to get on Kinto’un but she fell down on the ground, because she is not pure of heart and she is so unkind for Goku he is kind and sweet. Also Goku had never experienced being lied to nor being used just for protection, especially how Goku never met a human before other than his Grandpa Gohan, sure if he had friends with Bulma but he’s just getting used just because Bulma wants a really cute boyfriend.

But Goku only went because he’s kindhearted, which all he will do is to fight enemies that are twice as enormous as him and it will also be sad and curious because Goku is different from the other people because he has a tail and no one have seen a kid with a tail before.

Dragon Ball Capsule Crop

Last week, my teacher Mr Bell gave my class a task. Our task was to make an advertisement for Hoi Poi Capsules because of this book called Dragon Ball. We had to make it with our reading groups, My Reading Group was called Yellow Group and it had John, Thalia, Lyndon and I. An advertisement is when they promote their product(s) to get more buyer/customers, This is what my group made and we really enjoyed making it.

Goku and Bulma Wordart

Yesterday my teacher Mr Bell read the book “Dragon Ball Book 1  The Adventure Begins”. We’ve just started reading it since yesterday After he read the book he gave us a challenge, the challenge was to list the difference between Bulma and Goku. Bulma is a 16 year old girl who’s been collecting dragon balls just to make a wish, Goku is a 12 year old boy who is dumb and has a tail and confused about the real world. He is kindhearted and strong meanwhile Bulma is arrogant, mean and bossy, this is a really funny and nice book to read, you should read this book.The most part that I enjoyed, is when Bulma and Goku was riding and she started screaming. I would like to listen to Dragon Ball again and experience what amazing adventure he and Bulma went on.