Guy Fawkes!

What are fireworks you might ask? Well, fireworks are filled with chemicals and explosives. Fireworks is made out of gunpowder and other ingredients. There are different types of fireworks but they are all made the same way.

Fireworks are things that get set off once a year every November the 5th. Fireworks are set off to celebrate the safety of King James. Fireworks are also just things that you can set off just for fun as well.  

Every year you can choose if you want to do fireworks or not. You can just stay in your house and watch other fireworks instead, if you are not setting them off.

Some firework brands that you can get are Showtime, Black Cat, TNT fireworks, megabanger fireworks and much much more. If I had to choose the best fireworks I recommend badboy fireworks. I think that are great fireworks. They are loud fireworks and in different boxes there are very explosive fireworks. In New Zealand, Badboy fireworks are the best around so, I think you should get them.

Happy 360th Birthday Blog!!!

Today it is my blog's  birthday. This is my 360th post. To celebrate my blog's birthday I am going to be telling you story about a game that I love the most.

The game that I love the most is Minecraft. Minecraft was created by a swedish programmer named Markus Persson. AKA ' Notch '. The developers that developed that game of course, are 4J studios and Mojang. Mojang also published the video game in 2009.

Minecraft was released May 17th 2009. I first started playing Minecraft in the year 2010. I was introduced the game by my cousin Kauri. He was introduced by his brother Phoenix. I have been playing Minecraft for 4 years.

Minecraft is a sandbox independent video game. To play the game you have to know the controls and how to place blocks and how to destroy blocks. On pc and xbox you can change your controls. On Ipod and Ipad you can’t.  

There are many devices with Minecraft on it. You have the PC, Ipods, Ipads, Xbox 360 and Playstation. But there are still more. Microsoft, Apple, Sony, Samsung are some examples.

To survive your first night in Minecraft you need to collect resources and food to live. If you want to know how to survive your first night click on these links and you will know how to.

Video 1 - First

Video 2 - Second

Video 3 - Third 
Video 4 - Fourth
Video 5 - Fifth
Video 6 - Sixth

If you watch the five videos you might get a vision of how Minecraft is played.

In Minecraft you can protect yourself by making armor and weapons. There are different types of armor you can make/wear. There is diamond, gold, iron, leather and chain armor. And diamond, gold and iron weapons.

 

In Minecraft there are all sorts of different blocks. For example Dirt, sand, clay, grass, wood and many many more. The type of ores that you can get are diamond, gold, iron,  lapis lazuli, redstone and emerald.

In Minecraft there are things called ‘ MOBS ’. Mobs are things that kill you at night in Minecraft. There are all sorts of mobs. Zombies, skeletons, creepers, spiders are the most common to spawn at night. Spider-jockeys and chicken-jockeys are very rare to find.   

In Minecraft there are different dimensions that you can go into as a player. One dimension is the Nether. In the nether you can discover netherrack, nether quartz and much more. You can also discover other mobs like zombie pigman, magma cube, ghast, weather skeleton and blaze.

 In Minecraft there is a thing called mining. Mining is what you do to find different types of ores and you can discover different blocks as well. When you go mining it is best to take touches, a bed, any kind of blocks, armor and weapons. If you go deep down in the mining spot that you are in it is best to leave a trail of touches from where you came from or nerd pole up. If you watch the third video you will know how to prepare and mine.

Lego has started releasing Minecraft-based products. Here is a picture of it.  You have the village, the Nether, The Forest, & of course, The End.

Just a reminder this is my 360th post and it is my blog’s birthday! I hope you have a great day! Bye.

 

Year 7 Trip To The Auckland Museum!

Hook: Recently the year 7s went to the Auckland Museum. The piece of writing is going to be telling you about our experience.

Intro: Most people when they go to the museum they can usually find different types of objects that are very very old. Maybe 54 years old, maybe even more. You can discover different sculptures and carvings that are from 1980 maybe the 1890s to.

P.1: Did you know that the Auckland Museum has been in Auckland since 1929. The museum is a touchstone that is a remembrance for families and tourists that visit the museum.

P.2: At the museum there are different types of art galleries there. There is pacific art, maori art, asian art and many many more. In the galleries there are different types of art. For example carvings, harakeke bags, waka canoes, tivaevae and many different other art.

P.3: At the museum we go to experience things that we never got to see before. We got see things that are from different countrys in the world. Countries like Asia, China, Samoa, Tonga and many many more.

P.4: In the pacific gallery there are different sections that you could go to. There is art from countries in the pacific side. In the gallery there was a Cook island section, Samoan section and even a tongan section. Mostly all of the pacific countries had a section that anyone could go to. 

I like this picture because it is a nice view of the museum and there is people in it as well. And the water fountain.

I like this photo because it is a samoan tapa. It also has patterns a different colours on it. A tapa is what samoan people make to sit on and to give to people as a gift.

I like this picture because it is a canoe that is sailing at sea. It is a canoe that is very old. This is a type of canoe that people used in the olden days.

I like this photo because it is a Maori carving. I like maori carvings especially because I am Maori. 











I like this picture because it is a sculpture that is outside of the museum. I is a interesting master piece. 

Why do we need to sleep?

P1 - Why we need to sleep?

P2 - Why is it important to sleep?

P3 - Amount of time you need to sleep.

Do you know why we need to sleep? Well, if you don’t here is a piece of writing that will tell you why it is important to sleep.

Students like us need to sleep because it is good for your health. Sleeping is a very good thing to do when you are feeling tired. If you don’t get a decent amount of sleep you might feel grumpy and might feel like you just went to sleep for 1 or 2 hours.

It is important to sleep because you body needs to be fueled up for a whole new day. It is good to have a rest before another day because it can really help your energy level be high not low.

8 - 10 hours is a decent amount of time that children need to sleep. Like an average teenager having a busy day, trials for baseball, looking after your pets and other activities. Your body needs to rest after all that hard work you have done.

Sleeping is really good to do when you have a busy day ahead of you. You might have a basket ball tournament that next day and if you don’t have enough sleep, you wouldn’t be playing a high standard.

Immersion Assembly Term 4!

On Monday the 13th of October, Point England school had immersion assembly in our school hall. If you don’t know what immersion assembly is? Well, immersion assembly is what our school has at the beginning of a new term. This term our topic is Art Attack!

First, to perform an item was team 1. Their theme is all about going to the beach/river and discovering environmental objects. Team 1 teachers got up on stage and did a little act and were pretending like they were at the beach.

After team 1 was team 2. Their theme is about primary and secondary colours. Mr Jacobson then played a movie and it was about blue, yellow and red colours. When it finished the teachers got up on stage dressed as primary colours.

Guess whos next? Team 3. As for this term their theme is about different types of artists. For example Da Vinci and Andy Warhol. So, team 3 is going to be learning about different painting artists.

Second to last to perform was team 4. Their theme is also about different types of artists like Fatu Feu’u, Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet. Mrs Garden was interviewing teachers (pretending to be the artist) about their art. At the end of the interviews Mrs Garden said to the crowed that we had to vote by clapping.

To finished off immersion assembly was team 5 . Their theme is all about different types of art. Mr Jacobson played a speed painting movie (which was 4 minutes long) while the teachers were painting. First, the teachers sketched and then painted over the outline. The teachers painted Mr Burt, Mrs Jarman and Mr Jacobson.

At the end of the day immersion assembly is a good way to start a new term. As I said of theme is Art Attack! So, that means this year we are going to be focusing on different artists and types of paintings.

     

Family Day!

Today is the day that my family and I was supposed to go out for a family day but, it ended up raining. So, that ruined our whole day because we were going to go swimming. We ended up going for a drive around in the rain and we just wondered when it was going to stop.

 

After our drive we decided to come back home because the weather was terrible. Then, the rain did stop so then we went back out for another drive but, then it started raining again :(. So, we just went to get something to eat at the Point England Bakery then, went to the DVD store. We just wanted to relax at home because it was raining and it was really windy. 

When we got home, we decided to watch the movies. We bought 6 movies for $20. Right now, I am watching Last Vegas the movie and just writing a post. Have a great Day.!