Puppy

Pet day photos

 This is the pet day parade.

 This is me holding Hairy ( The dog I brought ) with Violet and Laura.

 This is us holding our hobby horses getting ready to race!

Choir Music Festival 2015

Our Choir went to the christchurch cities Lions music festival we had fun but one of the boys behind me kept on talking.

Chinstrap Penguin

Love!

Skellig silent movie

Our reading silent movie

Hannah's Tiger speech

I'm going to trap some wild tigers kill the population and sell the skin so I can get Money.

Hi I'm Hannah and today I want to talk about the population of wild tigers. So let's get started. How many wild tigers in the world are left? Let's take a look last year.

When I tell people that just 3,200 tigers are left in the wild, their mouths drop. And that was last year In discussions with some of the world's top tiger experts over the last month, I've learned that the current number now may hover closer to 3,000. There are about that many captive tigers  

Ok now that we’ve heard how many tigers I want to tell you about the traps. The trap will activate when tigers run over them and the more the tiger will struggle the more it will cut off the blood circulation in the paw and eventually killing it.

Some people say that tigers are walking somewhat talking money or even GOLD.

In most countries tiger trapping is alegal.

Here is a list of ways you can support companies that are making sustainable practices:

• Buy 100% recycled paper,

• Buy sustainable coffee: Look for the label of a recognized independent certifier like the Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade, UTZ Certified and Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center Bird Friendly

Say NO to Tiger Products! Such as Jungle, Kair and king korn.

Go and help the tigers do the little things such as donating to support.worldwildlife.org.

Go and have fun.

Hannah's winning speech

Hi there I'm going to go and buy the healthiest food I can buy let’s list them Lite milk, chicken, brown bread lite mayonnaise and a block of cheese. Now you think these are the healthiest food you could get am I right? Today I wish I could focus on all of them but because of my time limit I will talk to you today about calcium

You're probably wondering why is she talking about dary or more specifically cecem? But did you know that dairy is one of the top exports in nz a dairy product contains cesem lots of people tell you that you need your celcem but did you know that people who have lots of celcem in there bodys brake more bones.

Also did you know that there is more cecem in Kale, spinach, Collard Greens, Sesame Seeds and for people who I have not convinced plain organic yogurt is a very good source of calcium.

There are a lot of great healthy foods that have calcium in them. A lot of the options I mentioned do not contain dairy, which means there are several good plant-based options available. By the way, the calcium found in dairy, is there because the animals eat plants. Calcium is found in the soil the plants grow in. .

To conclude I think that we should all be on plant based diets and eat less dairy and more whole foods , happy eating.

Poetry anthology

Skellig sheet 3

SKELLIG #3

Written by David Almond

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When you work:

- Use full sentences in every answer

- Check the story carefully for your answers

- Be ready to explain your answers

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Week 3 – 4/5: Chapters 32 to 46

Chapter 32:

1. Why does Michael say that Doctor Death would never grow wings? He said it because Dr. D was cold dry and as pale as death.

2. What does Doctor Death tell Michael about Ernie Meyers (previous owner of the house)? He told him that Ernie was old and seeing things.

3. Why did Michael lie to his father about his sleepwalking? He lied because he thourt it would sound weird.

Chapter 33:

1. How do Coot and Leakey act differently to Michael when he goes back to school? They act like he is not really there friends.

2. Why do they do this? Because he has been away and ben with  Mina.

3. How have the things that Michael has been doing and learning out of school affected the things that he does and says in the classroom?   Help???????

4. Why is Michael trembling?  Because the baby might be in trouble.

Chapters 34 and 35:

1. What has Mina learned about Skellig while Michael was at school?  She has learned that Skellig is going away soon.

2. PREDICT: Why do you think that Skellig wants Michael to keep coming to see him? Because he is going away soon and wants to speed heaps  of time with Michael

3. Mina drops the pellet from Skellig in a bowl of water. What does this tell us about him? He loves nature

4. What do you now think that he is? I Think he is an angle. Why? Because He has wings

Chapters 36, 37 and 38:

1. What are some of the things that Michael has to be happy about in his life? He is happy that he has Mina asd a friend and it is spring.

2. What are some of the things that Michael has to be worried about in his life? The baby and his Dad is stressed.

3. Retell the myth of Persephone in less than 40 words. Once upon a time there was a woman who was forced to marry. At winter and artom time she stays in the underworld because it is dark and cold but in summer and spring she comes slowly up to the world.

4. Explain why the author is writing about fledglings, spring and the myth of Persephone? Because it is almost time for Skellig to go.

5. Where do you think that Skellig has gone?  He has gone to heaven.

6. Why has he gone there?    Because He is an angle.

7. Michael can no longer feel the heart. Because they are operating on the hart. Why is this significant?    because he could her the baby's heart and now he can't because they cut it open.

Chapters 39 and 40:

1. On page 142 the author wrote ‘Miles above, a great heavy bird flapped across the blue’. How is this important to the story?   I think it is important because It will lead something to skellig somehow.

2. What is ‘over’?  The operation and the baby's little nightmares

Chapter 41:

1. What was the ‘dream’ that Michael’s mother had? Skellig was making the baby have wings.   

2. What did Skellig do to the baby?  Turn her into an angle.

3. How did Michael’s mother know that the baby would be all right in the operation? because she was a little fighter

4. Why was Dr McNabola so impressed with Michael?   Because he knew so much.

Chapter 42:

1. What have we learned about Skellig in this chapter?   he is going away and that he did go to the baby.

Chapter 43 and 44:

1. What was the message that Skellig left for Michael and Mina? thank you. S

2. Why were there three feathers inside the heart?  so they can give on to the baby.

3. Why did the owls give presents to Michael and Mina?   because they helped skellig

Chapters 45 and 46:

1. Why did Michael put the feather under the baby’s pillow?   So she could have good dreams

2. What made Michael’s mother catch her breath when Mina showed her the drawing? he looked like the person in her dream.

3. Why do you think they called the baby Joy?   because she bring joy to the family.

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DISCUSSION for Sheet 3

The author included images for spring / fledglings / cats / Persephone. what do you think he was foreshadowing?

Mina’s mother said this about William Blake

‘The kind of thing William Blake saw. He said we were surrounded by angels and spirits. We must just open our eyes a little wider, look a little harder’.

What do you think the author is suggesting?

How and when can we use this in our lives?

What is the underlying message of the story?

EXTRA for EXPERTS:

Find out more about William Blake

Ask Mr M for ways that you could use multiple intelligences with this story.

Skellig 2

SKELLIG #2

Written by David Almond

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When you work:

- Use full sentences in every answer

- Check the story carefully for your answers

- Be ready to explain your answers

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Week 2 – 3: Chapters 16 to  31

Chapter 16:

1. Michael tells the person in the shed about how sick the baby is and asks him to think about her. He tells him because he thinks he can trust him and wants the baby to be better.    √ AHA! Very good thinking, Hannah.

Chapter 17:

1. How do we know that Michael and Mina are becoming friends We know that Mina and Michael are becoming friends because Michael is showing Mina things that he has not showed his parents    √.

2. What is pneumatization? It is The development of air cells or cavities, such as those of the mastoid and ethmoidal bones.      √

3. What is Mina teaching Michael to do?  She is teaching him to listen and see.    √

Chapter 18:

1. Who is Arthur Arthur is just Arthritis    √ I hope that you never meet him, Hannah.

2. What does Michael have to do to help the man in the shed? He has to help him with Arthur cod liver oil, praying, happy and moving.     √ Now you have got it.

Chapters 19, 20 and 21:

1. How does Mina reacts to the man in the shed? Mina thinks he is scary but she is sorry for him.      √

2. What is their plan? There plan is to hoot at dawn and bring him out of the shed.         √

3. After reading these chapters and remembering details from earlier in the story, draw a picture of the man in the shed in your reading book – remember to include as much detail of him and his surroundings as you can.

Chapters 22, 23 and 24:

1. How does Mina feel about the man?  She feels sad and wants to help him. 

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2. How do we know this? We know this because she is bringing things to make his more comfey.       √

3. Why does Mina apologise for being sarcastic to Michael? She apologises because she was being mean about his school because they are becoming frends.   More needed here about why.

4. Why does Michael look out of the shutters to make sure that the world is really there? He looks because they saw that Skellig was an angel.     √

5. PREDICT: Now that you have found out what were on Skellig’s back, what do you think he is and why is here there? He is an angle and he is there for a reason to watch over the baby or Michael.     √

Chapter 25:

1. Why are Michael’s family so sad? Because the baby is in the incubator.    √

2. What does Michael keep hearing? He hears the baby's heart on his own.     √ AHA!

Chapter 26, 27 and 28:

1. What is an archaeopteryx?  It is the archaeopteryx is the oldest known fossil bird, of the late Jurassic period    √

2. What does Mina think that the archaeopteryx developed into?  It developed into A bird.     √

3. What do Coot and Leakey think of Mina?   They think she is crazy      √

4. Why does Michael argue with Coot and Leakey? That you can see things and that Mina is not his girlfriend         √

5. Write down three reasons that Michael and his friends are growing apart.

i)  Because he is spending more time with Mina.     √

ii) He is seeing things.     √

iii) He is not coming to school and playing with them.     √    Fantastic understanding, Hannah.

Chapter 29:

1. Explain why Michael and Mina are having such a big argument? Michael and Mina are having such a big argument because Michael’s friends came over and Mina was being mean to Michael.     √

Chapter 30:

1. Why does Michael now need to rely on Mina if he wants to see Skellig? Mina has the key to the house where they keep Skellig.   X No. there is another reason.

2. Think of TWO reasons that the author repeats ‘DANGER’ in this part of the story. Something dangerous is going to happen and Danger is not going to happen in this story.     √

Chapter 31:

1. How does Michael know that the baby is still alive?   Because he can here her hart.     √

2. What are the owls doing for Skellig?    They are feeding him and keeping him strong.     √

3. What was happening to Michael and Mina as they were spinning with Skellig?  They where becoming angles      √

4. PREDICT: What has happened to make Michael’s dad so upset? He has gone missing     √

5. PREDICT: What do you think will happen in the rest of the story? The baby will get better and Skellig will get better.      √    Why? Because Skellig and the baby are concted some how.      X NO! Not just because. Please think about what in the story gives us clues about what is going to happen.

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DISCUSSION for Week 2

What a tense place to stop reading for this week!

Wasn’t that dance at the end of chapter 31 strange?

I mean, it almost seemed as though Mina knew what was going to happen and both she and Skellig needed to make sure that Michael kept his hand joined.

It looks as though Michael is losing his friendship with Coot and Leakey – why do you think that this is happening?

How important is his friendship with these boys?

How do you know this?

If you were Michael, what would you do to be friends with Coot and Leakey again, but at the same time not lose your friendship with Mina?

Why does the author keep telling us about dreams?

There are only 53 pages left in the story …. what do you think will happen to the main characters?

Remember to support your ideas with what you already know.

EXTRA FOR EXPERTS : Choose one or more (or talk to Mr M about your own idea)

Investigate something in the story (Chat with Mr M if you are not sure about a topic for this).

Create 5 tricky questions about the story for others in your group

Write a possible biography for Skellig

Create a crossword puzzle based on the story so far. Remember to check spelling of your answers and your clues.