Wednesday, 21 March 2012

the magic golden bird

Once apona time there was  a bird who live in a lake. But one day a flood of gold was coming to the bird. Suddenly a wing struck the gold flood that wing fall of the bird.

Then little bird touch the wing of the golden eagle suddenly he turned golden. If he would poo it will be gold the bird who was gold realize that he can blow fire out of it's mouth. One day a  mighty warrior came to challege the golden eagle.

but  that mighty warrior was defeated . So all of the best warrior  warior contuine  to battle the golden eagle

Room 17 and kidneys.

On Monday the 12 of March, 2012, Room 17 of Saint Francis Xavier (S.F.X for short) had a visitor named Tracey. Tracey taught about kidneys, so kids knew what they are and what they do.

Tracey begun by showing room 17 the slideshow she had on her computer, by digital projector.
It was basically the whole lesson: starting with the beginning. That was a simple start.
The procedures were the start, simple right? In a way, showing 2 of the procedures: the painful adult one, and the simple kid one. (Just DONT, at ALL, touch the tip on the kid one.) True fact: some adults still use the kid procedures.

Then Tracey showed what the kidneys are, by word, saying that they are in your back, and look like sausages in a way. Then she explained that they clean your blood, and people are usually born with 2, perfectly fine kidneys, but some are only born with 1 kidney.

Learning About Kidnies

On Monday 12/3.12, a lady named Tracey to room 17 to talk about kidnies. ( Room 17 came too.)

First Tracey talked about where the kidnies are in your body, and what they do. Tracey then showed room 16 & 17 a oxes and a sheep kidney. The oxes kidney was very big. Tracey told room 16 & 17 about Dialysis, dialysis is when someone with a kidney problem has to use this machine that helps the kidney to clean the blood. some people have to stay on the machine for 5 hours, and 3x a week.
Tracey showed room 16 & 17 the cause of kidney disease, the cause of it is smoking, sugar, salt and a lot more stuff.

So this is some stuff that Tracey talk about. Room 16 & 17 learnt a lot about kidnies, and i hope you did to.

By Ezra

Learning about Kidneys.

On Monday  the 12th of March a lady called Tracey came into room 17 to talk to room 17 and 16 about kidneys.
Tracey started off by asking the class what kidneys were. Lauren put her hand up and said " kidneys are a part in your body that clean your blood." Well done said Tracey.Now who can tell me what are the most healthy things you can eat to keep your kidneys  healthy? Vegetables, fruit and water the class replied..How can your damage your kidneys? By smoking and eating tons of salt and sugar.   


Did you know that people can live a perfictually normal life with just one Kidney. How? The  blood goes through your Kidneys and gets cleaned so all the blood can just travel through one Kidney to get cleaned, because you only need one Kidney really.


Room 17 and 16 learned so much about Kidneys. Tracey was very kind to teach us so much about Kidneys.

Waitangi trip

Yesterday on the 14 of March 2012 the seiner sindicite went on a field- trip to Waitangi to learn about the treaty of Waitangi

The first thing our school needed was transportation. The school and the people who worked together to organise some bus's to drive us to Waitangi. It took us a hour and 11 minutes to get there. When we got out of the bus we put first our step onto the ground(well some of us did). After that we got into three groups so we didn't get lost. After that We were ready for the tour

Later on in the day we walked to the waka and thats when we met Jojo (a waitangi   

Waitangi trip

On Wednesday 14th of March 2012 we went to Waitangi .It was very exciting and we couldn't  wait to get there.

When we got there we had to wait for the other buses to come.when all the buses were there and everyone was out a lady whose name is Barbra Brown welcomed us to.Then Barbara lead us to Hobson Beach where Barbara's daughter JoJo powhiried us on to the grounds of the Waka. After

The Importance of a Kidney!!

One early morning, a lady came into room 17. Her name is Tracy, and also room 16 came. Tracy was from the hospital, so we were excited about what she was going to be talking to us about.

Tracy was telling the students all about kidneys. Tracy said that kidneys clean your blood, just like a washing machine. Every one minute, the blood goes through your kidneys. Tracy showed the students some photos on her slide show. The students saw a lady in hospital with tubes going through her arm. That machine is called a Dialysis. The Dialysis is a machine that keeps your kidneys going. Some people have to stay on a Dialysis for 5 hours, three times a day.

Next Tracy told the students that some people are mostly born with two kidneys, but some only have one. Some people donate kidneys to the people who have kidneys that are not working, so some people will have three and leave the bad one in their body.

Last but not least, Tracy showed us a lamb kidney and an ox kidney. The students were amazed of how big the ox kidney compared to the lambs. Then she showed us how much sugar is in healthy fruit drinks.

The Purpose Of Kidneys

On Monday Tracey visited rooms 16 and 17.
She new a lot about kidneys so she told them about kidneys.

Tracey said that people can donate kidneys
 for people who have kidney disease. This is
 called a kidney transplant. When that happens
 doctors don't replace one of your kidneys they
 just put another in.

kidney kids

At Saint Francis Xavier school in Room 17 they have been collecting can tabs for kidney kids.
On Monday a lady came in to speak to room seventeen and sixteen and they gathered together to listen to this lady, her name was Tracey.
Tracey taught them about kidneys.

Tracey gave them heaps of information about kidney kids.
Tracey showed them an ox's kidneys, it was huge.!!
Most people are born with two kidneys but some people are born with one kidney!!
Somking and  fizzy drinks and V can destroy kidneys.
V is full of alot of sugar, there are 45 calories of sugar in the V.!!







By Alicia

Waitangi trip

On Wednesday 14th of March 2012 we went to Waitangi .It was very exciting and we couldn't  wait to get there.

When we got there we had to wait for the other buses to come.when all the buses were there and everyone was out a lady whose name is Barbra Brown welcomed us to.Then Barbara lead us to Hobson Beach where Barbara's daughter JoJo powhiried us on to the grounds of the Waka. After

Trip to Waitangi

On Wednesday 14 th of March  the senior school went to Waitangi to learn about the Treaty house.
Mrs Babara Brown was dressed like Mrs Busby. Mrs Busby greeted every one and spoke in Maori.
Mrs Busby showed us the back bedroom where Sarah Busby used to sleep.
The meeting house is called Whare Runanga.
There are Maori carvings inside the meeting house.
Tere was a very long Maori canoe called a waka at  Ho

Kidneys

On Monday 12th of March 2011 room 16 came into room 17 to learn about kidneys.
 A very nice woman cam to teach them about kidneys. Her name was Tracey.

Tracey told them about what cause's kidney disease. One  of them are eating to much

Kidneys

On Monday 12th of March 2011 room 16 came into room 17 to learn about kidneys.
 A very nice woman cam to teach them about kidneys. Her name was Tracey.

Tracey told them about what cause's kidney disease. One  of them are eating to much  

Kidneys

On Monday 12th of March 2011 room 16 came into room 17 to learn about kidneys.
 A very nice woman cam to teach them about kidneys. Her name was Tracey.

Tracey told them about what cause's kidney disease. One  of them are eating to much  

Our Waitangi Trip

On the 14th of March 2012 the senior sindecate of SFXCS went to the treaty grounds at waitangi.

Each of them came to school excited and 10 minutes earlier than usual.The (the children)were driven to Waitangi by bus.th bus ride takes1-1.30 hours.First of all they got greeted by  powhiri. After that they had morning tea. After that they hedded to the Wharemoeafter they went to the Wharemoe they went to the waka. The waka was engraved by many,many people and since the waka is 35 meters long its in the genius world records book.At the tip of the waka is

Kidneys

On Monday 12th of March 2011 room 16 came into room 17 to learn about kidneys.
 A very nice woman cam to teach them about kidneys. Her name was Tracey.

Tracey told them about what cause's kidney disease. One  of them are eating to much  

Waitangi

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The Trip To Waitangi

Yesterday all of the senior syndicate went to Waitangi. There were three Maori  teachers to teach us about the Treaty of Waitangi . They teach us about kupe got t New Zealand . 

He got here by a special waka name Ngatokimatawharua. Til the trip of Waitangi  I leane th

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

,On the 14th of March the senior syndicate went to Waitangi and  saw lots of cool things like the whare  runanga,  the Treaty House,   the flag pole,  the waka and the village.  We got lots of information about Waitangi's history.

Trip to Waitangi

When we got to Waitangi we got welcomed in with a powhiri.

The first thing we went to was a little village that they had made.It had a whare moa a fish hanger and a kumara pit.

The next thing we saw was a waka it s name is Ngatokimatawharua it is the largest waka in the world.It was 35 metres long and can fit 120 people  and is weighed 6 tonne .

We went up and saw the flag pole and i saw a flag i had never seen before.When  we went to sit on the tree beside it a lady called Jojo told us all about it it was the New Zealand flag for  five years before the treaty.

Then she told us about the first european to come to New Zealand his name was Able Tasman. The maori blew a horn at him and Able Tasman blew a trumpet back which means bring it on and he got scared and went home and told no body to go back.A man called Captain Cook came many years later and he took a step on Aotearoa.

Trip To Waitangi

On Wednesday 14/3/12 St Francis Xavier  middle school, yr 5s and yr 6s. Went on a trip to Waitangi.

The school went on buses to Waitangi, the trip was long. When the school got to Waitangi, the school got excited, and when  school got out of the busses, they had to line up and take a walk through a track in the bush, to get to the powhiri.

When the school had lined up for the powhiri. It took a while for the powhiri to end. Next the 1st group split up into 3 groups. 1 grope had morning tea, the 2nd group went to see a big waka. The waka is called Ngatokimatawhaorua.( It's also the biggest waka in the world.) The 3rd group went to see a little village.

After the groups rotated around the different places they went to see the Treaty House. It had lots of cool stuff in it like a musket, a copy of the treaty and lots more.

At the end of the trip, the people of Waitangi said thanks for coming. The school had to walk the track again to the buses. The school had a long trip back to school, and came back just in time for the bell.

By Ezra

The Kidney Kids

Yesterday Tracy from Kidney Kids came to tell Rooms 16 and 17 about Kidneys diseases.

Kidneys here are a couple of facts.''you can get kidney diseases by eating to much sugar and salt and by not drinking enough water''.''Some people are only born with one kidney but most people are born with two kidneys.

Tracy ended off the lesson by giving us  these kidney activity books with little comics about first aid.

Waitangi

On Wednesday the 14th of March lots of classes from St Francis Xavier School  went on an outstanding trip to Waitangi!

The school was welcomed onto the treaty grounds with a powhiri, at Hobson Beach.
Hobson beach was next to a small Maori village where Maori used to fish, sleep and cook.
A lady called  Barbra Brown showed us around the Maori village and told us what the Maori used to do there.

Mrs.Busby(Barbra brown dressed up) told us how the pakhea  got muskets and shot the Maori.The Maori ran into Mrs.Busby's house,there chief quikley grabbed Sarah (Mrs Busby's child)and hide her in the corner of the room under his cloak.

Able Tasman,(a man from Holland) got in his bout one day  and saw New Zealand.The Maori blew in a sea shell and Able blew in a trumpet. (saying bring it on)Able's men were already rowing to shore , the Maori started killing Ables men and Able rowed back to Holland and told everyone that they were savages and not to go there ever again.

All the classes from Staint Francis Xavier School had a fantastic time at Waitangi.

Tenaya

Monday, 19 March 2012

I am ?


Who is this lady dressed up to be and what are some of the facts she told us?
Over the next few weeks / months  Room 17 students will be writing on this blog. The writing you see will be ' a work in progress' and the purpose of writing here is to give each child the opportunity to work on improving the structure and content of their writing using an authentic viewing audience. Work posted will not necessarily be 100% correct and all students need to be encouraged with their writing. Please give constructive feedback and tell us what you like about the different writing you see here.


Tuesday, 6 March 2012

2012 Writing Blog

Welcome to Mrs. Cash's writing space, 'cashwriters'. Watch this space!