What makes a trustworthy family!

Good families are built on strong relationships with good communication. Family is about trust, honesty, loyalty, respect and love.

Trust impacts the strength of a good family. It's also important to show faith and respect to your relatives and never lie to your family. As an example, you see your mother's wallet and you look through and you see a $10 note. You take that $10 note and use it to buy food. Once you return, your mother asks you where her $10 is. You feel anxious and nervous and so you blame your siblings for taking it. Don't lie about something you did, it's better to take responsibility for your own choices.

Love is also a requirement of a good family. You should always show aroha and mana to your family and especially your parents. Always help your mother clean the house or help your father do the garden or even share your belongings with your younger siblings. 

Spending time with your family is more important than spending time on your device. Families help you through everything and there is no perfect family in this world every family is special.

Treasure Box!

As I lay on the stone cold floor the bombs get louder and louder. I snuggle up against my father, feeling frightened that I will never be awakened from my slumber!. 

Everywhere I look, buildings are collapsing, bombs erupting and people rushing out of their houses. As I dash quickly out of my village, I stop and think, where are my friends? I turn back trying to find them, but it is hard to see through the smoke and fire that floats through the air. I decided to continue on my way out. As I look back, I see, horrified, that soldiers are throwing bombs and shooting everywhere.

It has been days and my feet are burning, stomach is aching, skin is dry and my body is weak. We finally made it to a new but dilapidated village. It was huge and frightening but it was enough for us to stay in for the night. I woke up in the middle of the night, thinking that I might find my mother here. I searched and searched but no matter how hard I tried, I still couldn't find her. We were all woken up with the sound of bombing, it got closer and closer so we all evacuated quickly and started to continue our journey. I heard the sound of coughing and sniffing from my father, but I didn't really think about it. All I was thinking about was trying to save my father and myself.

Hours passed by and the sound of coughing continued. I started to get worried and stressed because my father looked really pale and weak. He handed me a strange box that was wrapped in a thick cloth and said, "This is a book about our people, about us. It is rarer than rubies, more splendid than silver and greater than gold." I didn't have time to read it because as I turned my head to see my father, he was lying on the ground taking his last breath closing his eyes slowly. His friends helped me bury him with a long rusty cloth. It was hard to see and it was the most horrible and heartbreaking moment I had ever been through. I decided to say a short prayer and leave a small sunflower as a reminder of us together. I continued, leaving the suitcase behind and taking the box. It was upsetting not having someone beside me but I knew that my father would be happy with me no matter what I did in life.

My journey has been stressful, without my father or mother here to encourage me through this amazing journey. I am now old enough to afford an apartment. I am currently working as a teacher. I teach others about our people from the past and the struggles they have to go through to protect themselves because they had nothing, but rusty old blankets. Every day after work, I think about visiting my father, but I never get the opportunity to, I am busy teaching or having important meetings. Today I thought, ''Should I visit my father So as I was strolling around the neighbourhood, I was thinking about visiting my father and my old village. The next morning, I was woken up by the sound of beautiful chirping.

I have decided to go back and visit my past. After many hours travelling I spotted a tree I remember burying the box under. As I get closer and closer I remember burying the book under the Linden Tree! I walk closely to the tree and I see a little girl sitting there. I asked politely if she would help me dig up the box, and she agreed. So we started to dig, using a trowel. The little girl asked, ''will there be rubies, silver or gold inside?" Once we found it, I told her that, ''this book, it is rarer than rubies, more splendid that silver and greater than gold. This book is about our people and us!" Once the little girl was satisfied, she left and told her family.

I was excited to see my beloved father. I arrived, I told my father what I had been doing these past few years and what I am doing for a living. After talking for a while, I decided to visit my old village. As I looked closely, I see the new and colorful changes that had happened. I searched and searched to see where my old house was, but as I tried and tried harder I still couldn't find it. It was like my memories got wiped. I didn't really think much about it, but I was devastated and upset that I couldn't remember. 

Finally it was time I put the treasured book back into the new and secure library, and let generations read it. 

THE END!!

Thank you for taking your time to read my interesting and shocking narrative. It took me days to complete this so leave a helpful, kind and thoughtful comment on what your opinion was on my writing. 

Meningococo B !!

Treasure Box

Father is sick!!

As I snuggle up with dad in this old shed, I feel his hot forehand and his warm hands overheating my body. Its been an hour and it has been stoney silence. I felt worried and weak that I may not be able to speak to my father again.

The Burial Day!!

I feel heart broken, lost and consumed looking down at my father. My eyes can see the dry mud surrounding my father as he lays inside a dusty thin sheet. I burst into tears as I see him go. I walk away, I feel gloomy and depressed, now I'm all alone.

Treasure Box!

During this horrible attack, I see other villages running as quick as they can to escape this terrifying moment. As I am running out, I can hear people crying, screaming and shouting at each other to hurry up!. While I'm running, trying to escape I feel scared and terrified because it might be my last days on earth. As I turn around trying to look for my family, I smell smoke from the bombs and burning houses.

The road is hot and steamy from the burning sun. My shoes are ripped from all the running and tripping. My feet are feeling exhausted just  like me. As I try my best to keep walking and shelter for myself, I hear the shooting and explosion from a mile away, I see the blood dripping on the ground from peoples injuries. Night past by, and everyone's asleep. As we gather together my back hurts from the hard rock and pointy branches.

It's been 2 days and we've arrived to our new destination. The house is a bit rusty and the wood was all dusty. In my mind I was thinking about continuing, but the weather was extremely, hot I had to find a house to stay in. I was excited that we found a new village but worried that the next morning my friends and I wouldn't be able to open our eyes. The soldiers still never gave up. It was terrifying and frightening at the same time, but I kept my hopes up that I would still live.

Fact or Fiction Story!

On a warm pleasant day my family decided that we should all hangout. So we went to the Auckland Zoo!.

Before we left, we prepared us some healthy snacks. I was extremely excited because it was my first time going to the Zoo. When we arrived, my family and I started walking around. The first animal we focused on was the long neck giraffe!. After walking around the Zoo seeing different types of animals, we took 10 mins break. We started to explore more. Our next stop was to see the big grey elephant. I was so excited because I got to touch it. Next we went to the butterfly area. It was so hot but beautiful. I was so scared because a beautiful colorful butterfly landed on my hand.

Soon was the time to leave. I had so much fun I wish I could go there everyday. Before we went home we all had Mc'donalds.

Finally was the time to go home. I was very exhausted from today I went to sleep.

Fact or Fiction Story!

On a sunny Tuesday my family and I went out to celebrate my sister's 17th birthday. Our day started really great because we had Mc'donalds for breakfast.

After that, we all got prepared and headed off to Sylvia Park. When we arrived at Sylvia Park we helped my sister look for some shoes. It took us 15 mins to find the shoes she wanted. Now was the time to find my sister clothes. My family and I were very exhausted because my sister was walking around trying to buy more and more clothes. Finally came the best part, we finally went to the movies. At the movies we watched Aladdin. It was such a fascinating movie.

Later on, we all went to eat at a restaurant. The food was tasty and tempting I wish I could take it home. Once the food was digested in our stomach it was time to go home and blow out the candle on the cake.

The day was over and my family and I were extremely tired we went to sleep.

My Profile Picture!!

Malo Lelei, my name is Mary and I attend a Catholic school named Saint Patrick's. I have 4 sisters and 3 brothers. I come from a small island called Tonga.

My challenge is to achieve my learning in school so that I can be prepared for college next year. I enjoy spending time with my family on the weekends because they bring me joy and happiness. As a learner at school I love to learn more about maths because i love to solve problems and equations.

What I am looking forward to is finishing school and becoming a nurse. The person who inspires me is my mum, because she always tells me to move forward and always turn to God.

How to make a fun Saint Patrick playdough!

On a fantastic Saint Patrick Day my class and I made Play Dough. I was so excited to make play dough with my friends. In this activity we made edible GREEN play dough. But don't worry because no one ate it.

First we mixed all the dry ingredients. Once that was all finished we added boiling water to it to form a dough. Then the best part came when we added green food colouring. After we had finished mixing all the ingredients it was time to create the pretty green dough. Our playdough was a bit sticky, so we kept on adding flour, and it worked.

Once our playdough was ready to play with, our teacher came with some shiny, beautiful green glitter. Now our playdough looked even prettier than before. When all the glitter was mixed in well, my group and I went in with our hands and played with it. The playdough was so soft and so stretchy.

Then it was time to play a game with the playdough. Everyone was told to create a large spiral. We split the playdough so that everyone could roll a long thick strip. Once the playdough was extended enough we connected all the long green glittery snake strips to create our spiral. Our teacher came around with foam balls and straws. The activity was the first person to blow their foam ball using the straw into the middle wins. It was so fun competing with my friends. It got a bit boring so we divided the playdough and started to make our own obstacle course. We kept recreating our obstacle course so that it could be continually even more challenging.

Now it was time to pack up. I had fun creating and playing with playdough. It was so fun making playdough with my group.

How can we get rid of bacteria that may cause disease?

It's important to wash your hands to eliminate bacteria which can spread to our bodies causing sickness and disease.

Washing your hands is important because if we don't wash our hands then the germs from our hands will spread to others. Washing your hands after you go to toilet, change a nappies, picking up rubbish etc is the most important thing to do because if you touch your eye, your nose or your mouth you could get infected.

Bacteria can also spread to other people by your own dirty hands. When you touch your friend or something that belongs to your friend they can become infected too. Pinworm eggs can also be transferred from animals to human hands and then ingested. The eggs hatch into worms which lay

more eggs. Pinworms can make you, hungry, tired and very sick.

It is important to wash your hands to eliminate bacteria and germs or eggs from our skin. By doing this we help stop spreading sickness to all those around us. 

Have you been in a real haunted house before?

Learning Intention: We are learning to write descriptions.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write 6 descriptive sentences using appropriate similes to describe a haunted house using screencastify.

The medieval castle is so old and scary!

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a description.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use descriptive sentences to describe a medieval castle.

Brushing our teeth is so important!

1.We should brush our teeth twice a day because if we don’t  brush  our  teeth, there  will  be food  stuck between   our  teeth  and gums  and  that  will  attract sugar  kerbs  and  they make  holes  in our  teeth, which  means  that  you  will have  to go  and  get  fillings at  the dentist.

2. The second reason that we should brush our teeth twice a day because if we don't, it will become rotten and it might have a high chance of falling out.

3. The third reason that we should brush our teeth twice a day is because it will make our teeth nice and clean so we can have nice breath. 

Conclusion:

We should be hygienic and brush our teeth, because we don't want our teeth and gums to be unhealthy otherwise they will fall out and then we'll have to false teeth. 

Learning Intention: We are learning to persuade others our point of view.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record three arguments of why children should brush their teeth twice a day using Screencastify.

Going to my uncle's house is a lot of fun!

Learning Intention: We are learning to recount about a past event.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record a verbal recount about going to my uncle's house using a detailed brainstorm on screencastify.

Our Duffy hero assembly was really funny!

Learning Intention: We are learning to recount about a past event.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record a verbal recount about attending our Duffy hero assembly using screencastify.

I can't wait for the next birthday party!

On 13th of May, my mum, dad and I went to my auntie's birthday. It was at a restaurant. The restaurant was fancy because there were plenty of servers and plenty of fancy lights. It was a raining day.

After we arrived inside the restaurant, we saw plenty of decorated chairs, tables and colourful walls. After that, we waited for my aunty to come out of the door so that we could sing the Happy Birthday song to her.

As soon as she came out of the door, her dress was beautiful because it had all the flowers that she loved on it, and it was pink which is my favourite colour.

When she came out, she told my mum to help her because her dress was really long. The birthday cake was enormous It looked so pretty. When we finished singing and blowing out the candles, it was time to eat. I loved all the food in the kitchen. There were chicken nibbles, hot chips, rice, chicken, potato salad, Tongan food and different type of food. I got chicken nibbles, hot chips and rice. The rice was juicy and smooth, the chicken nibbles were crunchy and delicious and the hot chips were hot and crispy. We also had dessert. There were chocolate cake and ice cream. The flavours were chocolate, vanilla, lime, strawberry, hokey pokey, and many other different colours. I got chocolate cake, cheesecake and chocolate ice cream. It was so delicious.

Finally it was time to go home and I was so tired from eating all the food.

My favourite part of the day was looking at all the fancy things around the restaurant.

Learning Intention: We are learning to use the appropriate language features of a recount.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use past tense verbs to describe me auntie's birthday party.

I am so glad my auntie came to New Zealand!

On Saturday 6th of August 2016, my families and I went to visit my auntie who has just arrived in Auckland. The weather was cloudy and sunny. It took us an hour and 50 seconds to get there because my auntie lived in Mt. Roskill.

Before we went there, we went to go and get some food from KFC. We bought some chicken, chips and coca-cola. After we went inside, I went to get the plates and cups because my mum said, "Go and get the plates and cups so that you can make up the food for them."Then I got the KFC chicken and  chips, I placed the pieces in the plates and handed them out one by one to my mum, dad, grandma, aunt and grandpa. Then I got the cups and poured the coca cola into the and gave them out to my families to my families one by one.

Then I went upstairs and played on my little nephew's tablet. I played a game called Biking. In the game, you have to pick a player and choose a level. I played the game until 9:00pm and my mum called me and told me that, "You have been playing on the tablet since this morning."

After that, we went to Happy Days. When we arrived inside the centre, my mum went to pay for our table. While my mum was doing that, I went to get my little nephew out from the car. I was excited because this was my aunt's first time coming to New Zealand. After we got our table, my mum told me to say a prayer. I was nervous and scared because this was my first time praying in front of my mum and my auntie. At the end of my prayer, my uncle stood up and said our food prayer for us. Before long,  we went to go and get some food from the food area. I placed some vegetables like beans, sliced carrots and lettuce on my plate. I also had chips and rice. The beans, sliced carrots and the lettuces were yellow and chewy. The chips were crunchy and the rice was cooked really well.

Finally we dropped off my auntie home and then we went home.

My favourite part of the day was when we picked up my auntie up to celebrate at Happy Days because it was such a happy day.

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our writing.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my weekend welcoming my aunty to New Zealand.

I can't believe our Orienteering sessions are ending so soon!

Learning Intention We are learning to write a verbal recount.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use Blabberize to record my third session of Orienteering.

Script:
On Thursday the 30th of March. Room 7 and I had our third session of Orienteering. It was hard because some controls were out of our school ground. However it became easier when we got our second map.

I love sleeping over my cousin's house!

Making Homemade Pizza

On Saturday 5th of March 2017, my mum and I dropped me off at my cousin's house. I went to Eti's house for a sleepover and to make homemade pizza. It only took me 2 minutes to arrive there.

First we went shopping to buy the ingredients that we needed for our pizza. We got tomato sauce, cheese, pizza dough, pork and pepperoni (salami). Then we went back to Eti's house to make the pizza.

When we got back, we went into groups. Eti was with Ana, I was with Joyla and Tevita and Sio were together.

First I spread the sauce around the pizza. Then Joyla helped me to sprinkle some cheese on top of the sauce. Joyla said, ''It looks better than the others''. While we were adding the cheese, Eti and Ana added the barbecue sauce on, but Sio complained, '' Did you know that if you added the barbecue sauce it's going to taste yuck!'' However he thought it was fine. Next we added plenty of pork, but we forgot to add the pepperoni in, so we quickly added it in. The pepperoni was brown and it had little white bits in it. Later on my uncle placed our pizza in the oven to bake for 20 minutes. Once it was done, the aroma of tastiness filled the air. It tasted like a real pizza. We also had bottles of coke to go with our pizza. We all had frozen coke and it was frozen and cold.

Eventually we all went to bed when we did our tummies were hurting, because we all ate too much.

My favourite part of the day was when I made my first ever homemade pizza with my extend family.

Learning Intention: We are learning to use descriptive language.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my homemade pizza.

My sundae ice-cream was really cold!

On Saturday the 27th of August, my mum and I went shopping at the Warehouse in Sylvia Park. It took us an hour to get there because there was traffic on the road.

As soon as we arrived, we went straight to the Warehouse to get a pair of shoes for me for my birthday party on Wednesday. I got some puma shoes because it was my favourite icon. We also bought some new clothes for me. They were very colourful and interesting.

After that, we went to the counter to pay for my shoes and my clothes. Once my items were scanned, they were put into a plastic bag. I was so excited because I had new clothes and shoes for my birthday party. Then I went and said to my mum, "Thank you for my clothes and shoes."

Soon after that, we went to buy some ice-cream from Mcdonald's. I had a ice-cream sundae. An ice-cream sundae is ice-cream that is put into a plastic cup and it can have vanilla or chocolate syrup on the top. It was delicious and cold. My mum had vanilla ice-cream on a cone with a chocolate flake on the top.

Eventually, we went home because I was exhausted and we had finished all the shopping that we needed to do for my birthday.

My favourite part was when my mum and I had ice-cream because it was sweet and just what I needed to end a wonderful afternoon.

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand and follow the structure of a recount.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write an introduction, follow by the events and then a conclusion of my birthday shopping with my mum at the Warehouse.