THE BIG SISTER/BROTHER DEBATE - WHAT DO YOU THINK!

Why my big brother is annoying

Hi room 17

Do you think big brothers are annoying? Well I do and I’m going to tell you why my big brother is so annoying.

He is always so noisy. When I am trying concentrate on something, like writing this speech, he decides it’s a great time to play his drums. It’s so loud even the neighbours can’t concentrate. Crash, bang, boom.

He’s always getting in my face and being nosy and trying to see my stuff. Aren’t I allowed anything secret?

My big brother always hogs the computer and the play station so I hardly get a turn. That’s so unfair!

I am soooo over Michel Jackson. If I hear Billie Jean one more time I’m gonna scream!

Whenever we go to a friend’s house, him and his friend set traps for us which really gets on my nerves. Why can’t they play something which doesn’t bug me?

So now you know why I think my big brother is so annoying.

Does anyone want to trade him for a big sister?

By Amy

Homework

DISNEY ON ICE

Hi, today I am doing news and current events about Disney On Ice. This show just came to NZ and has had 7 days in Auckland before coming to Christchurch.

It’s a Disney show all about the Disneyland rides and the Disney characters and I was lucky enough to go with my Aunty and my Mum.

They told us that Disneyland is the happiest place in the world.

In the show they danced some of the rides you would see at Disneyland, such as, the Pirates of the Caribbean, the Jungle Cruise and Space Mountain with Buzz Light-Year. Top marks to Buzz Light-Year off Toy Story as he did an incredible back flip.

It's 2 hours of fun with amazing dancing, music and special effects such as cannons, smoke, water hoses and fireworks.

The skating was amazing and at one stage one of the female pirates was spun round in dizzying circles just millimetres from the ice.

Every night at Disneyland there is an electric light parade and at the end of this show they lit Cinderella’s carriage with lights to show us what it is like.

As they say Disneyland is the happiest place in the world.

Homework

My hobbie is dancing and playing with dogs.

DANCING.

I do dancing every week on Friday. I do dancing at Movement Dance Centre. MDC (for short) had just had a dance extravaganza on the 9th of May and I only made one mistake in the first show. I do hip hop at MDC and I used to do tap and jazz at Impact with my friend Tayla. I love dancing and I think its a great way to end the week.

DOGS

Whenever I go and see my dogs I always make them tired. Ella and Maxi are the cutest dogs I have ever seen. I really want a dog or two but we have two cats so I am not allowed one. I LOVE DOGS!

I have many more hobbies like netball and sewing but I don't have time to talk about them right now.

Homework

News and Current Events

Today I’m going to talk about a tragedy.

Ruben and his family were Dutch and coming back from holiday

in South Africa. They were celebrating Rubens' parents 12^th

year wedding anniversary, Ruben and his brother Enzo were on spring break.

The air craft they were on was an Airbus A330-200. They were just about to land on the runway when the plane exploded. There were 11 crew and 94 passengers on board, Ruben was the only survivor. When the plane exploded, some of the parts just about hit a nearby house. Ruben was found strapped in his seat, 1km away from the tail. The tail was all that was left of the aircraft. The wreckage of the plane was 140km long.

Ruben had surgery for 4 hours, on both legs. His head, neck and face were not seriously injured. He is resting in hospital, with his Aunty and Uncle visiting him. On Saturday May 15 2010 he still did not know that his family was killed in the crash.

Homework

News and Current Events

Today I’m going to talk about a tragedy.

Ruben and his family were Dutch and coming back from holiday

in South Africa. They were celebrating Rubens' parents 12^th

year wedding anniversary, Ruben and his brother Enzo were on spring break.

The air craft they were on was an Airbus A330-200. They were just about to land on the runway when the plane exploded. There were 11 crew and 94 passengers on board, Ruben was the only survivor. When the plane exploded, some of the parts just about hit a nearby house. Ruben was found strapped in his seat, 1km away from the tail. The tail was all that was left of the aircraft. The wreckage of the plane was 140km long.

Ruben had surgery for 4 hours, on both legs. His head, neck and face were not seriously injured. He is resting in hospital, with his Aunty and Uncle visiting him. On Saturday May 15 2010 he still did not know that his family was killed in the crash.

Homework

Good morning room 17. My topic is anything of your choice,
It is my broken arms. I have broken two bones, a green stick
And I sprained my wrist. Firstly I got a green stick on the
Junior play ground when I was 5 years old. I fell backwards
On the tyre ladder on the second step. I slipped off one tyre .
Secondly I broke my arm when I was 7 or 8 years old.
I broke two bones, it happened on the cycle path on my scooter.
I flew over the handle bars.
We think I went over a little stone. After that I went to hospital.
I firstly went in the plaster room, after that I could not eat or drink for 4 hours. Then it was time to go to theatre, they put a special mask on me so I went to sleep while watching a video clip.
My arm was in a MASSIVE cast up to my shoulder the cast was very heavy and my arm got tired and very itchy. That night I had no sleep because I had medicine every two hours.
Last week I sprained my wrist by falling off my ripstick backwards.
Surprisingly I did not hurt my bottom I thought I had broken my wrist.
I got the morning off school because I was at the Doctors.
Thank you for listening.
By Joe R.

Homework

Tennis

The history of tennis dates back several thousand years. The game was first created by European monks to be played for entertainment purposes. To start with the tennis ball was hit with the hand. Later on the leather glove was introduced to the game, also for hitting the ball. This was soon replaced with a handle for better serving and a faster game and that was how the first racquet came to be. The tennis ball also went through many changes. The first was a wooden ball the second a bouncier leather ball. The game was very popular.

My favourite tennis player is Roger Federer. He has won 16 grand slams and lost 6.

My best stoke is my forehand. I have been playing for 5 and a half years I have won 5 trophies and 5 medals. I started playing in tournaments when I was 8.

This is my racquet. It is a Wilson k-blade size 26.

Thank you for listening to my speech.

Making Jelly

On Thursday I made raspberry jelly for my reading activity.

We tipped the raspberry jelly into a bowl then we added the hot water.

We stirred it with a wooden spoon.

We put it into 4 cups. After that we put the jelly in the fridge to set.

I shared it with my friends. Talor

The Fashion Show

In a land far, far away there lived a alien called Gobby. Every Friday at 3:45 he went to sewing lessons and he loved it there.That Friday his teacher Jane told him that there was a fashion show in three weeks time and he had to model the things he made.

Gobby found this very exiting,so he decided to share the news at show and tell the next day.He told the class and they all laughed at him, including his teacher Miss Gobbleworth.Miss Gobbleworth was a nasty old hag and she laughed like an evil witch. At interval no one wanted to play with him because they said that boys don't sew.He felt miserable and oh so gloomy.

Two weeks past by and he only just realised that he had only made a top and no pants. Jane told him that he would have to walk in his top and undies.The day came and Gobby was waiting in the dressing room and he saw another boy just in a t-shirt, like him. Jane told them that they had to walk together."Next up is Gobby and his partner" the speaker said.When he walked out he saw his whole class and miss gobbeworth

Homework

I’m interested in airplanes because they are big and fun to. Sometimes I go on airplanes by my self

With out my mum or dad but I’m all right with it

Today I’m going to talk about aircraft engines, the cockpit, the biggest aircraft, and the longest flight.

Jet engines are also called gas turbines. They work by sucking air into the front of the fan, squeezing the air together, mixing with fuel, which makes an electric spark. This burning gas then blasts out through the back of the engine or nozzle. This makes the aircraft thrust forward.

The cockpit is where the pilot controls the plane. It is also known as the flight deck. They have an instrument panel, the flight instruments let the pilot know the aircrafts speed and height. The instruments help the pilot see if they can’t see out the window if there is bad weather.

The biggest aircraft in the world is an AN225 it can

hold up to 1500 people, it has 6 engines it’s length is 84m and it weighs 640 tonnes. The AN225 has 30 landing gear wheels and its cargo hold, where we would usually have our bags stored can hold up to 8 Double Decker buses.

The longest airplane flight was on December the 4^th 1958. Bob Timm and John Cook took the longest flight in the world and didn’t land again until February the 7^th 1959. They flew in a Cessna 172. The distance they flew was equivalent to flying 6 times around the earth. They left from Las Vegas and did not land for 64 days. A car followed the plane the entire time, they would swoop down low to grab food and water and they re-fueled in-flight.

Thank you for listening.

Homework

Today I made Choc Chip Chelsea Buns (with some help from my mum).

They take a long time to make as you have to wait for the dough to rise in between, just like making bread.

Here is the recipe:

1 tablespoon sugar, ½ cup warm water (but not hot), 1 tablespoon active yeast, ½ cup milk, 50g butter, 2 eggs, 4 cups of high grade flour.

Dissolve the sugar in the water. Sprinkle the yeast over it. Leave for 10 minutes or until frothy. Heat the milk (scald). Add in the butter and stir til melted. Cool. Beat in the eggs. Place flour in a large bowl. Max a well in the centre and put the yeast and milk mix in. Mix with a wooden spoon. Tip it all out onto a floured board and knead until smooth and elastic ( this bit was really hard work and we all took turns). Place in a greased bowl, cover with cling film and sit the bowl in a nice warm spot until it is double in size. The you get to punch the dough to flatten the air out. Turn on to a floured surface and knead until smooth. Roll out into a rectangle shape.

Melt 25 g butter, brush this all over the surface.

Mix ½ cup brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 cup choc chips together. Sprinkle this evenly all over the top of the dough.

Roll the dough up along the long side to make a big sausage. Cut off slices about 2.5 cm wide. Place them on a greased oven tray slightly apart.

Cover them with a dry cloth and put them back in a warm spot until the rise and are touching.

Bake at 190 degrees Celsius for approx minutes or until golden (ours only took 25 minutes). You can ice them if you want after wards.

I have attached photos mum took when we were doing this. The finished product I brought along to share.

Homework

Oil rig sinks in the Gulf of Mexico

On Tuesday, April the 20^th an oil rig off the coast of the USA in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. The cause of the accident is being investigated but it is thought that workers on the rig incorrectly capped the well. The explosion killed 11 men. The rig sunk two days later and the well continues to spew an estimated 760,000 liters of oil into the sea each day.

Efforts are being made to contain the oil but conditions have been difficult for the rescue teams. The sea has been too rough and the winds too strong to burn off the oil, suck it up or keep it contained within the inflatable booms that they put out on top of the water. These barriers broke loose in the choppy water and the oil went over them. The biggest problem is that many birds and fish will lose their habitats as the oil destroys the environment that they live in.

The priority for the USA is to shut off the well and to stop the leaking oil. They hope to move another rig close to the well and use this to inject concrete to prevent the flow of oil. If that fails the plan is to build a container over each of the three leaks to trap the oil, allowing it to be pumped up to container ships on the surface.

My needle Book

Here is my finished needle book.