Matua Ray's Visit

 Matua Ray’s Visit

On Monday morning Matua Ray came to visit our class to talk about how to keep our fresh waterways healthy.

 

First Matua Ray told us something called clarity. Clarity means if the water is clear or not. Matua Ray showed us a long pipe with a black magnet inside of the pole. We had to move the black magnet up and down inside the pipe. We were checking to see if the water was clear. There were also numbers on the pole. We had to look inside of a circle at the bottom of the long pipe and move the black magnet up and when you couldn’t see the black magnet the magnet would stop at a number. The numbers end at 100. 

Next Matua Ray showed us a fun little experiment. He had some salt water in a little container. Matua Ray brought out something similar to a thermometer. We put the thermometer in the container of salt water and tested how cold the water was. The temperature was 15 degrees. 

After that Matua Ray told us the best ph level for the right amount of alkaline and acid in the water. The best ph level is 7. If the number is over 9 that means there is too much alkaline. If it is under 5 that means there is too much acid. That is why the best number level is 7.

Later on Matua Ray told us about some pests that are not good for our rivers. There were two types. One is called the Mosquito Fish. The Mosquito Fish pulls out other fish's  eyes. The other fish is called the 

Koi Carp. The Koi Carp makes the water dirty and kills the other living fish in the water.

Finally Matua Ray ended his presentation. The class said thank you to Matua Ray for teaching our class some really cool stuff about Whitebait Connection. I thought my class and I had a wonderful time with Matua Ray. I had an amazing morning.

Lakes

WALT find out information about lakes. We have made a presentation to show

you our ideas. 

Recount Writing-My Brotherś Birthday

 My Brotherś Birthday 

On Friday it was my brother's birthday. My brother was so excited for his birthday he went to bed very early. In the morning he woke up very early. He had a very expensive gift. It was an ipad. He straight away went to play on it excitedly. He wanted to go school so we had half a day. We were going to leave at little lunch. First we were at school eating our food. After our lunch our sister suddenly came to get us, so my brother and I grabbed our bags and ran to our grey van. Next we drove all the way to Whangarei because my brother wanted to do some shopping there. I think he was very excited. We stopped at Rebel Sports to buy him some new shoes. He chose some red Nikes because he liked them so much. We went to pay for the shoes and walked to the van. After that we stopped at Jay Jays clothing to buy my brother a t-shirt he really wanted. He found a t-shirt online so he decided to buy it. It was an anime t-shirt and the colour of the t-shirt was red. He loved it so much. Later on we were hungry so we all drove to a place to eat. My Papa chose a place because he thought it was delicious and it was delicious. We stopped  at a place called Burger Fuel. It's just like Burger King but way better I reckon. Finally we drove home. 

I thought it was amazing. My brother really liked the stuff he got on his birthday. I enjoyed the fun time my family and I had together. 

Rugby

On Saturday my family and I were going to see a rugby game in Kaikohe.  

I was so excited to go. My brother was also playing in the game.    

First my brother and his coach had a warm up before they played. 

Next the game started. There were seats and a fence so that we won't hurt ourselves. We all sat on a chair. The chairs were wet so we sat at the top seats.  

Then the game suddenly started. My family saw my brother but I could not see him. I looked carefully and suddenly I said, “I see him now,” with a little grin.

While my Papa was watching the game my brother and I got a little bit bored. Beside us there were hills. My brother said, “Do you want to have a race up that hill?” My brother obviously won because I'm not that fast at running up a hill. 

After that my brother who was playing the rugby game was a really good player and he was very smart and also very fast at running. He tricked someone to get a goal. A person he was versing was throwing the ball to his mate but brother knew what to do. He told a group of people in his team to carry him up in the air to catch the ball before the other team got the ball. I was amazed my brother quickly ran to the goal and he got a goal. 

Later on my brother finished his game and his team won by 1 point. His whole team just won an ice-cream from McDonalds. His coach drove him there with some other boys. My Papa just went to McDonalds to to get an ice-cream. 

Finally we went into the van and drove home. I enjoyed my day. I thought iIhad a amazing day