Thank You Waikowhai Intermediate

This is my thank you comic strip for Waikowhia Intermediate's production that we went to. It was about World War 1. It's called Anthem Our Tribute.

Chapter 7 - Neighbours, Neighbourhood, Park & Shop

Neighbours, Neighbourhood, Park & Shop:

Today I met both the neighbours. They are very nice. One of the neighbours are a family of four. The neighbor's daughter was very kind her name was Jumaanah and she is going to the school I am going to go. I think that me and her are going to get along very well . The other neighbours have seven people living with them. That’s a big family! They also have a daughter and her name is Zoya. Me and her could  be best friends.

I decided to look around the neighbourhood. All of the houses were different shapes and sizes.  Tall ones, short ones, fat ones, narrow ones and more. After 5 minutes of walking I came to a shop. There were a lot of different things to buy. But then I realised that I did not have any NZ money. So I left the shop with a sad face. As I stepped out of the shop I heard lots of children. I walked a little further and saw a nice looking park. There was a slide, some swings and some other cool stuff to play on. It was great fun.

Soon I realised that it was getting late so I headed home.  Once I got home I decided to get ready for school tomorrow. I was making sure I  have everything I need. I just needed a school bag. Grandma said she would get me a bag.   Now I was ready for school. Soon it was bedtime and before I knew it I was into a deep sleep.

Chapter 6 - My New house In New Zealand

My New House In New Zealand

The driver pulled up in front of a three bedroom house. I think it’s the house we rented. We took our bags and paid the taxi driver as I stepped out of my car. I stared at the white foot path leading to the white stairs ending at a white glass door. It was so amazing soooo much better than the house that we owned. I rushed inside to explore the enchanting house. I thought that the house would be white on the inside as well.

But I was wrong the kitchen was orange, the bathroom was purple, the lounge was green, one room was blue, one room was gold and cream and the last room was pink. As I came back to the kitchen I immediately saw the yummy food on the table. I grabbed an apple as I bit into it I realized that it was fake. “ Ewww why would anyone have fake fruit?” I said “ Maybe it is because it’s for decoration?” Aunty Sue said. I walked around the house to see which room I would like. I picked the one with the gold and Cream wallpaper. It was the best one in the house. I loved it. I dropped my bags and jumped onto the soft bed.

I soon felt hungry so I raced to the kitchen to see what was there. I took out a bag of potato chips and when I took the first bite I was taken into a wonderful chippy land. The taste was sensational. It was much better that the chips in Pocahontas. I turned the Tv on and flicked through the channels. I found a cartoon channel. Spongebob SquarePants was on. I love that show. I never knew that other countries would have the same TV shows.  I am so excited for the next day. I don’t know why? I think it is because I will wake up it a different country. I just can’t stop thinking about these magical doors. I can’t wait to tell grandpa. I was lying on the bed when I realized that  I have so many questions to ask about this country like…

• What is the National Anthem Sound like?
• What does the flag look like?
• Does this country have a Queen?
• Is there a national language

( the list carries on)

Anyway time for bed. “ Yawn.”

Chapter 5 - Leaving Pocahontas and coming to New Zealand

Leaving Pocahontas and coming to New Zealand:

WOOO HOOO! I’m on a plane going to New Zealand, BOOO HOO! I left grandad and Uncle at the airport. All of this started when I came home from school and heard Aunty Sue and Grandma Molly talking about going on a plane to New Zealand. I was so excited. But why New Zealand? Aunty Sue said that in NZ they have digital learning and that I won’t have to suffer with cramping hands.

Anyway Grandpa and Uncle was not able to come. Grandma Molly said that Grandpa and Uncle will look after the house while we’re gone. Soon I here the Flight Attendant call “ Please remain seated and fasten your seatbelts because we are going to land”

Chapter 4 - My School Life

My School Life:

My school starts at 7am and ends at 1pm. In school we have to use pencil and paper. My hands cramp with all the writing we do in a day. In a long school day we do Writing, Reading, Maths, Art, PE and Life Skills. My favorite subject is Art of course. I love to do Physical education because our PE teacher is very funny. He gives us cool homework like do 15 star jumps or run for 10 minutes.  My favorite thing to  do in PE is play Great wall. It is very fun. I also love writing because I like to write stories with my imagination like the story I wrote about a old lady who lived on an alien planet, but then the aliens turned out to be zombies and they wanted to eat her brain, but then they realised that they would have to split the brain into 10549 equal pieces since there were that many of them. I don’t have enough time to tell you  that story because it is 65 pages long. But anyways you can see  I do a lot of work in a day.

Chapter 3 - Personality

Chapter - Personality

I love to compete in swimming competitions I won 2 races already. I go to swimming practices every Saturday. Grandma says it is important that I learn to swim, so I don’t drown in case of an emergency like a tsunami.  

I love to do art in my spare time, like my mum used too. I paint realistic paintings of gardens and mountains and anything I see.  I also love to study nature and animals, my dad loved doing that. One of my favourite animals to work on is the rare Now You See Me Now You Don’t Frog. I finally found out why they call it that because it camouflages only when it is happy and then it sings a song, it goes like this… Now You See Me Now You Don’t,   Now You See Me Now You Don’t, Now You See Me Now You Don’t, Now You See Me Now You Don’t. Now enough of singing frogs.

I do part time jobs like taking the neighbor's dog for a walk or weeding Mr Robinson's garden and a lot more. I have 2 best friends. There names are Susan and Emily.

We love to have sleepovers, We have a lot of fun together. We each have a friendship bracelet that we wear everyday mine is pink ( my favourite colour). Emily’s is purple and Susan’s is blue.

I love doing fitness. I always take long walks around the beach then I run down town till the supermarket. Then at exactly 2:15 in the afternoon my Grandma gives me a call to tell me that I need to buy bread. I’m always right next to the supermarket when she gives me the call. Sometimes I burst out laughing.

Chapter 2- Family

Chapter 2 - Family

My mother Jasmin passed away when I was 5 years old in a car accident my dad Bryan survived. She was very funny and cool. Everytime I feel sad she used to make me laugh. I don’t remember her a lot. I love her she was the best.

My dad is also gone to a better place a few years after my mother. He died of sadness and guilt. He was the one who tucked me in my bed every day. I miss him alot. Now I live with Aunty Sue and Grandma Molly, Uncle Bob and Grandpa Scott. They look after me very well I love them with all my heart. I am the only child so my Aunty and Uncle spoil me a lot.  My family is the best. Grandma and Grandpa tell me lots of cool stories of my mum and dad.

Chapter 1 - Country

Chapter1 - Country

Pocahontas  is a beautiful country. When you wake up in the morning the birds sing marvelous songs. There are lots of parrots and wonderful colorful birds, there's also Flamingos. It is a very hot country. Once it was over 50 degrees. The city is filled with lights and tall skyscrapers. All houses are humongous. There are all sorts of flowers. Tall ones, Short ones, big fat ones, small thin ones and many more.

Lots of people roam the streets at night. Everything there is fashionable. But one thing that was not good was the schools. In  school you have to wear purple laces with your shoes  and green skirt or pants and a yellow top otherwise you get kicked out of the school. By the way the Purple laces, green pants or skirt and the yellow top  are very expensive. They cost $500 each!!! Every evening the town comes together wearing pink. The girls and woman wear pink ball gowns while the boys and men wear pink suits. We all sing the national anthem and then we go back home and enjoy our big dinner.

Buddy Introduction

Recycling

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Check out my google drawing about recycling. I did this because we recently went on a trip to the Visy recyclinhg center I learnt a lot of new things and I wanted to share my learning with others. I learnt about what to recycle and not to recycle. What do you think about recycling? Did you know that 2.5 million tones of rubbish is burried in New Zealand but 3/4 of that could have been saved?