We are now into the last week of Term Two and this Language class will be going to study Health for the rest of the year. I will get a brand new class of eager students who may or may not be enthusiastic about blogging.
On behalf of the class, I would like to thank all the people who have had a read of our work. We take a keen interest in our hit counter. The class like to see that people in foreign countries read their work.
On behalf of the world, I would like to thank the class for their hard work and enthusiasm in lessons.
After this post there will probably not be any posts until the new class is up and running, in about 1 month's time.
Thanks once again and ......
Ka kite ano ...... See you later ....... Hasta mastade ....... A bientot ....... you get the message!
Mr Bryan
Friday 22 June 2007
Myths
In the last few weeks we have been reading myths from around the world. Myths are stories that feature super-natural events, heroes, and gods. They are stories from long ago that tell us something about life. We read a Celtic myth about Cuchilainn who was a great warrior who ended up killing his own in battle. We have read some Maori myths : how Tama Rereti made the night stars and how Maui trapped the sun.
We have also tried to write our own myths. Here are some of the class ones.
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Kahe and her new born son set up themselves for a long journey together through the sea water as there needed to be a high born lady to lead the tribe. Kahe herself was as scared as her son, they set off down the misty beach where her kaumatua set around them to pray for them while they accomplished their tribes dream.
Asking her tipuna to watch upon them selves while passing any creatures, kina spikes while walking on rocks, scary currents as they are changing directions. Entering the choppy waves, Kahe’s skin turns prickly as they start their journey along freezing blue water. Getting half way between the currents, her son almost getting as purple as who knows, Kahe quickly changes stroke and says to her son “Be strong, never fail!”.
Arriving at the final destination where people are still sleeping she sneaks up slowly and grabs a cloak as her baby is not breathing. The people quickly warm him up and she starts to breast feed him. They didn’t know why they went but they needed to accomplish some dream for their special tribe.
By FPK
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Once upon a time in a place far far away lived a king a queen who were very cruel and no one liked them.
When their kingdom needed them they never did anything about it.
But when they really needed them they didn’t do anything and some people invaded them ….
They were at war and the king didn’t send any Knights then most of the kingdom was wrecked.
The king still didn’t do anything so this brave blacksmith stepped up to the thousand of people invading them.
Then the blacksmith killed them all and also killed the king and queen and married their daughter and lived happily ever after….
By CF
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The legend of Tu Whero
Long ago in the time off the gods, there lived a man named Tu whero. He was a quiet warrior but one of the most skilled of the tribe named Wheronui. The tohunga Tukoti
Had dreamed that there would be a great war 3 days later and sure enough the war between Ngatuwhatuako and Wheronui had begun. Tu whero knew the tactics of Ngatuwhatuako as he had fought this tribe before. Tu whero told the chief of Wheronui to take his people to the south east of Kaingaroa and there the people waited as the first half of ngatuwhatuako walked by and found out they had walked into a trap, while tu whero and his men were fighting off the other half of ngatuwhatuako. The war lasted 2weeks before wheronui triumphed over ngatuwhatuako. Tu whero was granted superhuman powers by the gods for his courageous acts and any tribe that had the nerve to even fight Wheronui Tu whero was there to tell them to return to your place or go to the underworld where your soul
Will be tormented for ever.
By JE
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Back in the day there was a man half man half beast and he couldn’t control his powers so he ended up doing stuff he didn’t want to.
One day a man came to his house and told him that he could help him with his mysterious powers. And that he knew all about what he’s done, how to control them and how he’s learnt to control his powers.
When he told his new master what the people in the village called him and how they were afraid.
His master replied”I’ll call you beast man if you’d like and then you can call me Mike.”
Beast man asked “when do we start training so that I could learn to control them before I do more harm to the people of my village”.
Mike said”tomorrow beast man so get some rest because we’ll get an early start in the morning.
Two months later the beast man learnt how to control them and the people weren’t afraid in the end but still was a little bit afraid and still locked their doors in case he still walks at night.
By T J
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We have also tried to write our own myths. Here are some of the class ones.
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Kahe and her new born son set up themselves for a long journey together through the sea water as there needed to be a high born lady to lead the tribe. Kahe herself was as scared as her son, they set off down the misty beach where her kaumatua set around them to pray for them while they accomplished their tribes dream.
Asking her tipuna to watch upon them selves while passing any creatures, kina spikes while walking on rocks, scary currents as they are changing directions. Entering the choppy waves, Kahe’s skin turns prickly as they start their journey along freezing blue water. Getting half way between the currents, her son almost getting as purple as who knows, Kahe quickly changes stroke and says to her son “Be strong, never fail!”.
Arriving at the final destination where people are still sleeping she sneaks up slowly and grabs a cloak as her baby is not breathing. The people quickly warm him up and she starts to breast feed him. They didn’t know why they went but they needed to accomplish some dream for their special tribe.
By FPK
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Once upon a time in a place far far away lived a king a queen who were very cruel and no one liked them.
When their kingdom needed them they never did anything about it.
But when they really needed them they didn’t do anything and some people invaded them ….
They were at war and the king didn’t send any Knights then most of the kingdom was wrecked.
The king still didn’t do anything so this brave blacksmith stepped up to the thousand of people invading them.
Then the blacksmith killed them all and also killed the king and queen and married their daughter and lived happily ever after….
By CF
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The legend of Tu Whero
Long ago in the time off the gods, there lived a man named Tu whero. He was a quiet warrior but one of the most skilled of the tribe named Wheronui. The tohunga Tukoti
Had dreamed that there would be a great war 3 days later and sure enough the war between Ngatuwhatuako and Wheronui had begun. Tu whero knew the tactics of Ngatuwhatuako as he had fought this tribe before. Tu whero told the chief of Wheronui to take his people to the south east of Kaingaroa and there the people waited as the first half of ngatuwhatuako walked by and found out they had walked into a trap, while tu whero and his men were fighting off the other half of ngatuwhatuako. The war lasted 2weeks before wheronui triumphed over ngatuwhatuako. Tu whero was granted superhuman powers by the gods for his courageous acts and any tribe that had the nerve to even fight Wheronui Tu whero was there to tell them to return to your place or go to the underworld where your soul
Will be tormented for ever.
By JE
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Back in the day there was a man half man half beast and he couldn’t control his powers so he ended up doing stuff he didn’t want to.
One day a man came to his house and told him that he could help him with his mysterious powers. And that he knew all about what he’s done, how to control them and how he’s learnt to control his powers.
When he told his new master what the people in the village called him and how they were afraid.
His master replied”I’ll call you beast man if you’d like and then you can call me Mike.”
Beast man asked “when do we start training so that I could learn to control them before I do more harm to the people of my village”.
Mike said”tomorrow beast man so get some rest because we’ll get an early start in the morning.
Two months later the beast man learnt how to control them and the people weren’t afraid in the end but still was a little bit afraid and still locked their doors in case he still walks at night.
By T J
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Language Girls
Here are some of the girls who are in the Language class. They are playing normal chess.
Friday 8 June 2007
Games
For the past few weeks, we have used the lesson on Tuesday afternoon to play games. Pupils can choose from a selection of Monopoly, Scrabble, Chess and Draughts.
Games are a great way of interacting with each other, communicating rules and practising conflict resolution. In addition each individual game builds different specific skills. Chess is a personal favourite because it strengthens strategy, preparation and teaches cause and effect in a brutally effective way. For example, if you leave your Queen unguarded, your opponent will take it. Once you have lost your Queen, it is very difficult to win against a player who still has his/her Queen.
Anyway what has all this got to do with literacy?
I can justify Monopoly and Scrabble quite easily, but Chess? There is no reading and writing going on. As an aside, the most popular games in the class are Chess and Monopoly. I decided that we could try writing the rules for the games in Thursday's computer lesson. I was keen to encourage new variations on the old favourites, so check these out.
As always your comments are much appreciated. Welcome to our new readers in the US and Portugal. Whilst not forgetting all our old readers, "Hello to you all".
Mr B
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4 way chess
1) Set up your 4 boards.
2) Starting from the back of the board on the squares
· 1 Rook at each end
· 1 knight on the inner squares
· 1 Bishop on the 3rd inner square
· 1 queen on the next square
· 1 king on the next square(middle)
3) Next row up
· All eight pawns on every square.
The aim of the game is to work with your partner and try getting your enemies out of the game.
WHAT TO DO
If your player loses her king on his/her board all the remaining pieces go to his/her ally.
by FK
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Dirty Harry
Instructions…
· Grab a chess board
· Grab five chess pieces for each side king, queen, 2 bishops and a pawn.
· Use any piece to try take out the opponent’s king but also try and protect your king as well…
· You can only move forward 1 and diagonal 1.
· You cannot move backwards…
To win must know how to strategise and get to know your opponent’s next move.
(Note you cannot take the opponents pieces except for the king)
The winner is crowned dirty Harry…
GOOD LUCK!!!
Game by JE
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Deadly Pig Hunt
· Its like snakes and ladders but better because its to do with pig hunting guns and all
· You can have 6 players. Its got 200 spaces at two hundred you finish if you win you get something good
· But there’s some traps on the way. One of the traps is going back 25 spaces and there some goods things too. The best one is getting a gun and moving up 50 spaces.
Game by PW
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Snakes and Ladders
It’s really easy all you need is a dice and a snakes and ladders board.
All you need to do is roll the dice and move the counter forward whatever spaces that the number on the dice shows. However if you land at the bottom of a ladder that’s in your box you go up it, but if you land in a box that has a snakes head in it you have to go down the snake.
The winner is the first person that gets to the 100 sqare.
Game by TJ
Games are a great way of interacting with each other, communicating rules and practising conflict resolution. In addition each individual game builds different specific skills. Chess is a personal favourite because it strengthens strategy, preparation and teaches cause and effect in a brutally effective way. For example, if you leave your Queen unguarded, your opponent will take it. Once you have lost your Queen, it is very difficult to win against a player who still has his/her Queen.
Anyway what has all this got to do with literacy?
I can justify Monopoly and Scrabble quite easily, but Chess? There is no reading and writing going on. As an aside, the most popular games in the class are Chess and Monopoly. I decided that we could try writing the rules for the games in Thursday's computer lesson. I was keen to encourage new variations on the old favourites, so check these out.
As always your comments are much appreciated. Welcome to our new readers in the US and Portugal. Whilst not forgetting all our old readers, "Hello to you all".
Mr B
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4 way chess
1) Set up your 4 boards.
2) Starting from the back of the board on the squares
· 1 Rook at each end
· 1 knight on the inner squares
· 1 Bishop on the 3rd inner square
· 1 queen on the next square
· 1 king on the next square(middle)
3) Next row up
· All eight pawns on every square.
The aim of the game is to work with your partner and try getting your enemies out of the game.
WHAT TO DO
If your player loses her king on his/her board all the remaining pieces go to his/her ally.
by FK
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Dirty Harry
Instructions…
· Grab a chess board
· Grab five chess pieces for each side king, queen, 2 bishops and a pawn.
· Use any piece to try take out the opponent’s king but also try and protect your king as well…
· You can only move forward 1 and diagonal 1.
· You cannot move backwards…
To win must know how to strategise and get to know your opponent’s next move.
(Note you cannot take the opponents pieces except for the king)
The winner is crowned dirty Harry…
GOOD LUCK!!!
Game by JE
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Deadly Pig Hunt
· Its like snakes and ladders but better because its to do with pig hunting guns and all
· You can have 6 players. Its got 200 spaces at two hundred you finish if you win you get something good
· But there’s some traps on the way. One of the traps is going back 25 spaces and there some goods things too. The best one is getting a gun and moving up 50 spaces.
Game by PW
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Snakes and Ladders
It’s really easy all you need is a dice and a snakes and ladders board.
All you need to do is roll the dice and move the counter forward whatever spaces that the number on the dice shows. However if you land at the bottom of a ladder that’s in your box you go up it, but if you land in a box that has a snakes head in it you have to go down the snake.
The winner is the first person that gets to the 100 sqare.
Game by TJ
Sunday 3 June 2007
Short Stories
This entry features one completed piece of work. The class was asked to write a 200 word story. They could make up their own theme, or they could use one of two given starters.
Here is what JS wrote:
THE INTRUDERS
As the smoke cleared I could see a gigantic pig with space technology was walking towards me with a alien space gun ready to shot. The gigantic pig had a crew with space guns. They was a gigantic duck, flea, milliped and a roster. They all aimed and
shot luckily I could do matrix I dodged all the plasma ballets but one it hit me right in the nuts man it hurt so much. I went flying back and landed in some white sticky staff.
I got super powers and gave them all a hiding and got me a hot girl friend. 2000000 weeks later the gigantic pig and his crew came back but he had backup this time. He had venom and sand man with him this time so I called up Spiderman and black goblin then the gigantic pig called up green goblin blue goblin and same 100 more gigantic ducks then I called up super man super women and super dog and cat and duck and pig. I went super sayin and done a spirit bomb. “ ha ha I won you suck so just (go back) to your own plant you gigantic pig and other smaller things.
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As always your comments are welcome and invited. Nothing is put on this blog without the permission of the student who wrote it. Some pupils do not want some of their work published, sometimes because it is personal. Others are keen to have their work reach a wider audience.
Mr B
Here is what JS wrote:
THE INTRUDERS
As the smoke cleared I could see a gigantic pig with space technology was walking towards me with a alien space gun ready to shot. The gigantic pig had a crew with space guns. They was a gigantic duck, flea, milliped and a roster. They all aimed and
shot luckily I could do matrix I dodged all the plasma ballets but one it hit me right in the nuts man it hurt so much. I went flying back and landed in some white sticky staff.
I got super powers and gave them all a hiding and got me a hot girl friend. 2000000 weeks later the gigantic pig and his crew came back but he had backup this time. He had venom and sand man with him this time so I called up Spiderman and black goblin then the gigantic pig called up green goblin blue goblin and same 100 more gigantic ducks then I called up super man super women and super dog and cat and duck and pig. I went super sayin and done a spirit bomb. “ ha ha I won you suck so just (go back) to your own plant you gigantic pig and other smaller things.
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As always your comments are welcome and invited. Nothing is put on this blog without the permission of the student who wrote it. Some pupils do not want some of their work published, sometimes because it is personal. Others are keen to have their work reach a wider audience.
Mr B
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