Timbernook Field Trip

On Wednesday room 12 had the pleasure of going to tibernook. My favourite part of the fun trip was getting all muddy swinging over the dirty creek. I would definitely go again.

Pizza Wheel Book Review

Title: Kensuke’s Kingdom,  Author: Michael Morpurgo

Opinion: I really enjoyed this book and it is my favourite book so far written by this author, I found this effective because whenever there was a problem they would always come up with a solution together. I also like this book because it can make other people believe, that’s the message I think they are trying to get across, that if you believe, it won’t come as a miracle, it’s just faith.

Recommendation: I recommend this to boys and girls 10+ as it has mature language but it is still quite clear what is happening. If you like stories about people stranded on a island and living like on survivor then this is the book for you.

Blurb: This is a story about a 12 year old boy named Michael who goes with his family and live on a boat called ‘The Peggy Sue.’ They go on a great adventure around the world seeing many different things. One day their dog, Stella, was hanging out far on a dangerous part of the bow on the boat, and when Michael goes to fetch her they both go overboard, at the time Michael’s mum was ill and his dad was looking after her down with the beds so they didn’t see a thing.

The next day they wake up washed up on a island with water surrounding it. After he calmed down a little he found a cave where he fell asleep.

In the morning they found a bowl of water and food beside them, at that moment he knew he was not alone. Soon he went for a walk and started to build a fire to attract the attention of any roaming boats. After a while, the smoke was really cranking and he came across a very old man named Kensuke, who happened to be Japanese and not happy with fires. Kensuke told him ‘No FIRE’ in his very bad english, he also draw a line where Michael could not cross.

After a few days Michael didn’t care what Kensuke said and he built a beacon on the hilltop. When he spotted a ship he lit the beacon but it was not powerful enough for the ship to see, plus Kensuke had crushed some of it.

Later that day when he was swimming in the ocean Kensuke came running out yelling at him to get out, but he ignored so Kensuke walked away. Not listening to Kensuke, Michael swam and swam and swam until he nearly got killed by humongous jellyfish.

He woke up in a even bigger cave that smelt like vinegar, surprisingly it was Kensuke’s cave, and he had save him and given him vinegar to help him heal. Since Kensuke had to look after Michael they became very good friends, they would fish together, eat together and they even lived together.

Michael was really starting to miss his family so he put a letter in a bottle and threw it into the sea. When the two were talking Stella came running in with the bottle, Kensuke was not sad as he understood because one of his orangutans had lost his mother.

Everyday now they would go on the hilltop with binoculars and search for a ship, and one day one came but they had to hide because it was killer men that come and shoot the orangutans and take their babies. But Kensuke managed to save most of them by hiding deep in the cave.

When they had left they went to back to the hilltop and spotted another ship heading towards the island. It took a while before Michael could make out ‘Peggy Sue’ on the ship. In the end Michael got reunited with his family but never spoke of Kensuke, but they still remembered each other.

Hauora Art

In class we have been working on some Hauora art, we cut out pictures from a magazine that represent social well-being, physical well-being, mental well-being and spiritual well-being. This is mine.

Stereotyping task

Earlier in class this week, we have learnt that stereotyping can be constructive or it could really hurt someone's feelings. This task is really good for the future and shows that you really have to think before attempting making judgements about someone.