The zoo experience

The zoo experience

“AHHHH finally” I sighed it was a relief to know that we gradually made it to the zoo. After a long car trip, it was one of the best feeling to know that we could stand up, breathe in the fresh air from the oak wood and feel the frostbite air nipping onto your skin. The Bells of the Tram was steaming down the railways nearing so close. The Tram rung in your ear like a fog horn from a boat in the deep mists of the sea.

We traipsed along the grass consisting of dew in the thick mists. The entrance was nearing as we trudged past the thick pine trees. You could hear the Lions bellowing out large roars ferociously as if a pack of deer were passing by and the lions growled and moaned to scare the Deer out of the wits. As we entered the borders of the zoo it was brimmed to the very edge of the zoo with a crowd of people.

We handed the tickets to one of the staff members and sauntered in between the crowds and darted to the giraffes. The Dark planks of spruce lay upon the bridge. SLIP!!!!!1 I stood up and carried on before i caused a scene. The Keepers in brown vests held the buckets in their hand and served the last piece of celery to a small child of blue clothing. We drooped along the boardwalk towards the VICIOUS BLOODSUCKING LIONS.. The Lions or so called vicious bloodsucking lions were actually Females! But they were also lying down sleeping and pretty much doing………… Nothing! Except for a bit of yawning.

An abundance of hours past, by that time it was 3ish. We were starting to slow down, and proceed through the last of the animals, when i caught a glimpse... Of a gigantic grey boulder looking shape it started to shift around the corner. Then it happened a big enormous………  Elephant!!  It was burma the elephant, he was the most popular Elephant in the zoo. We also saw him before getting cleaned with a hose and soap while he played with his toys, as well as lying down.

As we neared the end of the zoo we checked back in with the toy shop to collect are prize. It turned out to be a chocolate bar, that was well worth it. We roamed around the toy shop for a while, and then started to saunter to the beginning and where it all started. The track led us back to the car which was pretty much a ball of ice. We started the car and then………  Back On The Road, We Go!

Maths interpreting data

On the 15 we looked at what interpreting data means. We walked away in a group of three and we were given a packet of cards showing the answer. We sorted them into a bar graph showing our data. My groups graph was about how may girls can and can't whistle, and the boys who can and can't whistle.  

PMI about term 2

For the end of term 2 the class made a PMI with everything they enjoyed didn't enjoy and found really interesting like the lactic turkey or you might not have liked squash.

PMI abou term 2

Torbay School Report

Torbay School is located on Deep Creek Road, Torbay. Overlooking Rangitoto and is about a 5 minute promenade from Waiake Beach. Torbay is a Primary School that teaches years 0 to year 6 and has a variety of learning skills.

Torbay School provides an abundance of activities to take part in such as being a Student leader which means to take leadership of the school and improving and suggesting ideas for the school. Then the school also have mediation which is a bit like duty teachers walking around the school but just students. Road patrol is one of the most important jobs of them all. The Road patrol takes two students in the morning or after school to make a safer walking area. Then the school provides other activities such as radio station, Triple TV, Flip crew and much more opportunities. Then we have Kapa Haka, Pacifica which represent the cultures in New Zealand.

BYOD (bring your own device) is a big part of Torbay School. We use our devices for Emails, site creating, blogging, researching information and Google Docs which is similar to microsoft office but ran by School apps.  Google docs is a system which allows you to use Drawing , documents, Presentation and Powtoon (  An animation creator).

This School is situated with a multiple of structural ideas including the Playgrounds located near the junior classrooms and the senior playground near the school fields. The latest school project was to build an outdoor stage which was a total success. Then the project for 2014 is to build exercise facilities around the back of the bottom field.

Overall Torbay is a must for learning. The school is highly recommended for pupils  to join and learn to be a great leader and leave with confidence.

Mighty Rome

Have you ever thought of Rome and the Might power of its borders or how they controlled Europe for more than 500 years! Rome has an exotic, historical past that is an amazing adventure throughout its time.

The Roman Empire was a powerful nation and is the capital of italy. The Borders of the Roman Empire held between 50 -70 million  People in its Borders. The Roman Empire spoke of many languages and had an abundance of Religions including the following of Mars the God of war, Mercury the Messenger of the Gods, Neptune the God of the Sea, Janus The god of the Doorway, Diana the Goddess of Hunting, Vesta the Goddess of Hearth, Minerva the Goddess of Healing and Wisdom and Venus the Goddess of Love.

For Rome to take over more land they would need a powerful army and to get a powerful army they would need many of fighters. At first men who owned property were allowed to fight, but it all changed after needing for fighters to keep of enemy borders. After the rule changed many a people wanted to join for they would get money and food. More than 30,000 men were in a Roman army at a time. The soldiers were well trained and ready for combat.

Soldiers were expected to march around 35 kilometres as well as carrying heavy weapons and thick armour.

In the year 72 around 20,000 attacked the mountain fortress of Masada what is now called Israel. When attacking they used mighty weapons like the Catapults which were used for flinging large boulders into the enemy fortress, Battering rams were used for breaking the enemy's gates, in this case Masada. Rome was divided into groups called legions. Each legion held 5,000 soldiers who were then divided into 10 groups called Cohorts. Chorts were split into 100 men, called centuries. Then centuries were divided into small groups of men who shared a tent and ate together.

The Romans weren’t just all about fighting. In the public holidays Rome would hold events in the colosseum. It could sit up to 50,000 people at a time. The colosseum was used for many occasions such as theatre play, gladiator fighting and most important was the chariot races. The chariot races were very intense. The chariot racers colours were either Blue, Green, white or red. In a race there would be 12 chariots racing at a time. They ran seven laps of the track which was approximately 8 kilometres. Games were so intense that fights would break between crowds.

After 500 mighty years of the Roman empire lost its wealth and power. It had become too large to control and costed too much to run. A German army named The vandals attacked the city of Rome in the year 455. In twelve days the Vandals Destroyed many books and pieces of art. They stripped Rome of everything valuable, even taking the golden roof tiles off important buildings. Vandal is now used for a word that describes someone who purposely destroys something.

So this shows that Rome was a powerful nation that accomplished something so mighty.