Languages!

Since the start of the year we have been learning languages every Thursday. The languages we have been learning are Sign language, Mandarin and Te Reo Maori. We have learnt to sign the National Anthem, numbers from 1-10, the alphabet, how to finger spell our names and some simple words, instructions and greetings.
In the Poroporo room we have been learning Mandarin with Mrs. Stevens and Lily who is from China who is teaching us the language.In Fernyhurst Miss McLeod and Miss Clapperton have been telling us how to say objects in the classroom, greetings and clothing in Maori.So since the start of the year it has been really fun doing languages and since we've done languages I've learnt ALOT!!!

By Nicola:)

Explanation writing

During term one, our class was learning about explanation writing. Our learning outcomes were:
* How to format an explanation correctly
* How to make sure our writing follows a logical sequence
* how to begin our explanation with a statement or a question
* How to use time connectives
* How to use exact technical language to make our explanations interesting.
We were allowed to choose any topic we were interested in and we found some interesting questions from the internet.
Read the two examples below written by Callum Forbes and Cody Hefferen.

Why is blood red?

Have you ever wondered why your blood is red?

Your blood contains different things like Plasma. Plasma is the liquid part of your blood and it makes up half of your blood and it is yellow.

Plasma is thicker than water because it contains protein, anti-bodies to fight disease, fibrogen, which helps the blood clot, cafrbohydrates, fats and salts.

Your blood has red and white blood cells called corpuscles. The red corpuscles are encased in blood vessels that colour the blood. there are 35 trillion of these red corpuscles in your body and this is what makes your blood red.

Have you ever wondered why your stomach growls?


Borborymi is the doctor's name for when your stomach growls. Thay call it this because it is the Latin name for 'to rumble'.Borborygmi is caused when your stomach walls squeeze together in an attempt to mix and digest food and there isn't any to mix or digest.


When your stomach tries to mix the food it creates gasses. The gasses,mixed with the digestive juices is what makes your stomach make noise like a growl.


You won't satisfy your hunger by eating unhealthy food. You must give your body the right food with the proper nutrients and then the faster your metabolism is, the quicker you will get hungry. The slower your metabolism is, the slower you will get hungry.


If your stomach does growl, the best thing to do would be to stay calm because that will slow your metabolism down.The calmer you are, the more slowly your body will metabolise the protein it has stored and maybe you will live longer.

Take Action For Water

Our new topic for this term is 'Take Action For Water'. We have learnt so much about the different insects that live in our rivers and streams, the natural habitats, life cycles and the role of plants and algae in the catchment and more. Then we had to do a work sheet on how do the insects breathe in the water and out of the water,then we had to choose an animal out of the Mayfly, Long fin eel, banded koapou and the cased caddisfly. I chose the Mayfly we have to write an information report about the aquatic animal that we have chosen. On Monday the senior room is going to Mt Holdsworth and we are going to look at the streams and insects. we are going with Warren who is from the Greater Welington Regional council to Mt Howsworth because he is going to tell us all the imformation about the streams and insects.

Chinese Fitness

Every 2nd day our school does Chinese fitness.We have 8 different moves and we do our Chinese fitness for twenty minutes. We have been learning 1 step at a time since the beginning of the term and we now all know the 8 steps. We do Chinese fitness because we have a Chinese teacher at our school for the term called Lily. Lily teaches us Chinese fitness, Mandarin and paper cutting and in China all school children do Chinese fitness everyday. The first Chinese fitness rule is to be quiet but we are not that rule yet. The second rule is to stand still and be in a strait lines but we are still practising to do that. We are improving alot and we will soon be able to do it to music. WATCH US DOING CHINESE FITNESS.

A Biography of Cam Percy

Cameron James Percy was born on 24th 1999. He was born in Masterton hospital in the morning. He has one brother called Aidan who is 14 years old, his mother is called Nicky and his father is called Darren. They are not married but Cameron says that it's ok because they are in love and that what matters most.

When Cameron was little he went in to the hospital for his first time because of an asthma attack when he was 3. Cameron's hobbies are rugby,motorbike riding and shooting,Cameron has played rugby for Gladstone since he was 5 and he is going to play his seventh season this year

When Cameron was about three years old he had a cat called Sammy but sadly Sammy died. Now Cameron has a dog called Simba and they have a family doy called Luther and three cats called Ziggy,Socks and Kitty.

If Cameron had powers it would be to fly so he can get around faster. Cameron's favourite day of the week is Saturday because rugby is on and his favourite colours are green and blue. Cameron's goals in life are to become a professional rugby player.

And that is Cameron's life so far.

A Biography of Callum Forbes

Callum Lachlan Forbes was born on the 14th of January 2001 in Wainuiomata at his house. He was born at home because his mum had no time to get to the hospital, he came so fast in fact he was born in the bathroom. Callum is the younger out of the 2 children. His mum is called Lisa his dad is called Scott and his sister is called Jessica.Jessica is 2 years older than Callum. Callum enjoys motobike riding and playing rugby. His favourite position is hooker because he has always played hooker. He always played for Gladstone and this year will be playing for under 11 team. Callum's first motobike had Spiderman webs on it. Callum has a pet black lab called Bell. Callum's dad wanted bell as a duck shooting dog but she turned out to be 3/4 lab and 1/4 pitbull which is no good for a duck dog. Bell arrived on Callum's 6th birthday so she is kind of his dog. When Callum was little, he used to eat Nutella and luncheon sandwiches. He doesn't like Nutella and luncheon sandwiches any more, now he likes luncheon and cheese sandwiches. Callum's favourite place to eat is Cobb and Co and his favourite food there is ribs. When Callum was 3 weeks old, he peed on the doctor when he was having an appointment. When Callum was 6 years old he travelled up north to Rotorua and he saw the mud pools. that was his favourite thing. The person Callum admires is Cory Jane because he is Callum's favourite rugby player. If Callum had any type of superpower it would be invisibility because when he plays rugby he could turn invisible and get past people. When Callum grows up he wants to be a professional rugby player and a farmer because he really likes both of them.

Wainuioru School Ngaumu 2011!!!!

This year we have 20 students in our class, 11 girls and 9 boys. Mrs. Rattray is our teacher. We have had a great start to the year, we've had a tent city, school picnic, pumkin weighin, bad hair day/pajama day and lots more! In our class we've been looking at natural disasters and our school disaster schemes due to the recent Christchurch quake. Also we've been doing lots of writing; autobiographies, biographies and explanations, some of these will hopefully be popping up on the blog! :)