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Conspiracy 365- January

Today I am going to speak to you about one of the best books that I have ever read. It was the first in the Conspiracy 365 series written by Gabrielle Lord. It was action packed from the very first word until the final full stop.

The main character is Cal Ormond. On New Years Eve he was chased down the street by a stranger warning him of the incredible danger that he faced for the next 365 days. He didn’t really understand this message until everything started going horribly wrong.

First he was stranded at sea when someone sabotaged the buoyancy tank of his boat. Then his house was robbed and he was blamed for the attempted murder of his sister and his uncle, even though he was completely innocent.

He is trying to clear his name, stay alive and also solve the mystery of his dead father’s puzzle.

To find out more, read this awesome book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Paul the octopus

Hello room 17. I am sure that you have all heard of Paul the octopus. Paul was born in England but now he lives in Germany. He predicts who will win a soccer match and 9/10 times he has got it right. Two separate plastic boxes, each with food inside, were presented to Paul. Each box had one of the two playing team’s flags on it. He would choose his food from the team that he thought was going to win. He ate the mussel in Spain’s box when it was the f.i.f.a world cup leaving out the Netherlands. Paul was believed to have been hatched from an egg at the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth, England, then moved to a tank at one of the chain's centres in Oberhausen, Germany. Some people claimed that Paul the Octopus had actually been caught in April 2010, by Verena Bartsch, off the island of Elba.

His name was taken from the title of a poem by the German children's writer Boy Lornsen and its called Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus.

Some other animals tried, but did not do so well in predicting the champions of the world cup.

Here is a song about paul.

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Moko The Dolphin

This morning I am going to talk about Moko the Dolphin.

Moko the dolphin played with people in New Zealand oceans and became famous for stealing boogie boards and boat paddles and was very cheeky.

Moko stayed around the East Coast of the North Island, he grew to 3 metres in length and weighed 250 kilograms.

Moko loved to interact with humans and helped rescue teams with directing a whale and her baby back out to sea, when it came in too close to a beach and got stuck.

Moko was 4 years old and was found dead on the 9^th of July, by surfers, who saw him lying on the beach of Matakana Island, which is near Tauranga.

Moko had been lying on the beach for 2 weeks, and it seems like he may have died from natural causes, rather than an accident.

There are many people that kept an eye out for Moko, making sure Moko was safe and protected. These people are very sad about Moko’s death, because Moko was a friend and a very special blessing to New Zealand.

Moko was last seen alive 2 weeks before he died, darting in between people who were kayaking.

Moko’s life was celebrated on July the 17^th in Whakatane, with songs and photos, before being driven to be buried on Matakana Island to be buried and remembered where he was found.

Rest in peace Moko.

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Hello, my name is Jordan Nicole S. I have two sisters called Caitlin and Elise. Caitlin is 7 and Elise is 3. I was born in Wellington with 1 dislocated hip that soon sorted its self out.

Then I moved to Auckland, then to Christchurch.

When living in Northwood Christchurch, I split the back of my head. You are probably wondering why so I will tell you. I was 3 and was playing with my 4 year old aunty, jumping from bed to bed when I fell onto a nearby oil heater head first. The doctor had to glue my skin back together because I refused to have stitches.

When I was 3 years old I went to Fiji with my family. I was in the water just like that, swimming round with my snorkel trying to find cool types of fish. We saw bright blue starfish, yellow & blue, and orange & white tropical fish just like on Nemo. Me and Caitlin went to the kids club at the resort. We played games, did colouring in and watched t.v. We went to the Kula Eco Park. We got to hold a small snake and an iguana. Caitlin had fallen asleep on mum so she put the iguana on Caitlin’s head while she slept! I love it there, the water was so warm and we swam most of the day. I wish I was there right now.

I used to have an Abysinnian kitten called Charlie, she was nice but just a bit crazy. We gave her to a new home with older children. After that we got some rats, they were cool! I got to go on the Go Show and talk about them. They still show my episode every now and then, it’s pretty old now...I was four! Now we have our puppy Inca. It took a long time for mum and dad to finally agree to get a puppy. Labrador’s live about 15 years...so it was a big commitment!!

I also did jazz when I was 4 and our song was rubber ducky it was sooo cute.

An interview with a cactus

Q. So you must have a pretty boring life just being a cactus. Is it as boring as we think?

A. Boring? You think my life is boring? Well it's not. In fact my life is anything but boring. For example, just last night I was having a shower out of something called a watering can and then all of a sudden something popped out of my right leg.

Q. Really? What was it?

A. Actually, it was a new prickle baby! I was finally a mother! We celebrated all night but in the morning something called the finger poked my precious baby. I was devastated. How dare it poke my little prickle baby! I was determined to get them back and fast!

Q. So what did you do?

A. Well, the next time they were holding me I wiggled around in my pot and they dropped me on their toes! I was satisfied.

Q. Ouch! Did it hurt you?

A. I couldn't remember much because I passed out but when I woke up I was in a dreadful place. I was crowded in with fish bones and carrot skins. It was awful and smelly and I couldn't believe I was being treated so horribly.

Q. Then what happened?

A. I was just lying there and the I got picked out by... you!

Q. Yeah?

A. Nothing much happened after that. Oh well sir, better be leaving now. I've got a million things to do. Bye.