10 things i would take with me

Lorde

is seeing believing

Cybersmart

The treasure box

                                  The Treasure Box

I see ashes everywhere on the ground , I don't feel in the safest village. I feel lost and worried because my mum has been taken away by cruel soldiers.  As I hear people screaming, crying, worrying, I pack the stuff that I have left and go. I head out of my burnt, lost home I hear my father calling my name. 

I go to him peacefully and calmly I see my father holding on to a strange book. It has dust on the front cover, with the title  unseen. My father handed me the book and says briefly “keep this safe it's a special book about our people and its history”. He wraps the book in a cloth to keep it safe. We grab all of our belongings that are left behind and start walking.  I walk through the toxic smoke hearing fire rising up towards me. I have thoughts coming through my mind about my mum? Where is she? Is she safe? Why did she get taken away? Everytime I think about the times I had with my mother tears flow with emotion and worry.

As the days keep passing I feel weakness in my body and have no energy. I hear families struggling with their needs to feed their children and relatives. I see  people huddled by a rock keeping themselves warm. We continue to walk through a dusty desert until we see a small village nearby, with no one in it. 

Once we entered  the abandoned village my father suddenly collapses on the floor of a home we enter. With no doctors around to give him his needs he gets sicker and sicker. He reaches out for my hand as he tries to sit up and says  “promise me you will keep our special book forever.” 

I replied with a silent voice ``I promise with all my heart”. We stayed under a shelter to keep warm for the night.

The next morning came and I just found out my father had passed away. I felt more emotion coming into me as I see my father getting buried with just a warm cloth because we didn't have much. Villagers told  me to put the book in the grave but I refused instead I decided to put my suitcase in there because the book was more important. 

I struggle as I grew up with my parents missing and deceased. I turn to my villagers as my new family who will care for me. During a snowy day I go to a nearby linden tree and bury the book my father gave me when I was little. I bury it as a treasure and time capsule. 

As I turn into an adult  I decided to visit the linden tree where I buried the book. I see a little girl playing by the tree  and go up to her and ask her if she wants to dig up the book and read through it. The little girl asks if there will be gold or money.  I replied with “ts more than money and more splendid than gold.” Once I reached the bottom I grabbed out the book and handed it to her and said ”this book is about  our people and what they did in the past.”

 The next day I visited my old  library. It is all new and clean. I   give the book back where it will be safe and loved and read for many more years.

Meningococcal B

Treasure box

I can sense  toxic air coming from the burned smoke. Sensing burned ashes lying on the solid concrete. I hear sadness from families  because they have  lost everything. Babies crying,  they have no idea what's happening.  Children scared and shaking with fear. I feel the coldness coming into me as I walk, I feel terrified for what's going to happen. I recognise families trying to escape this horrifying moment.

Everyone is walking slowly. As I keep walking, days passing, I feel weakness coming towards me and the others. I feel in the most dangerous moment. Everyone heartbroken for what has happened.  I wish we all  had our freedom given back to us but instead it was taken away from us. I see families shaped as a seashell to keep themselves warm. Children starving with hunger.

After  days of walking, we finally arrived at our new home. Everything looked  different compared to our old village. All the houses were connected not separated. There weren’t many trees for us to breathe and families were struggling to feed themselves.

I don't feel the same compared to my old village. But I do feel like I’m in a safe place, a home to live in with my family.

Smart relationships

Sacred Garden

 Over the Holidays St Patrick's school created a special Sacred  Garden for students,Teachers and visitors. To pray for others in need and take some time alone to  reflect about something emotional in their lives . They can also pray for families out there who are going through a hard time. The sacred garden is  special in our school because it has Three special symbols which is the school logo St Patrick's and our virtue word Fidelis, {RNDM} symbol which represents our Mission sisters. We also also have a symbol which is a dove which represents the Spirit of God, The Koru symbolies  new life to others, and The Three koru represents the trinity and our relationship with God.

Boat Diagram

My Blog profile

Haiku 2

Haiku 1

Private or Public

Maniakalani Learner Questionare

Today we filled out a survey about how we learn as a class and The pleasure of Ms collins supporting our learning about cybersmart. We used our thinking to answer the survey. The hardest question that i found tricky was Does our Culture help our learning, Maybe next time you should add is does our learning support our future because out learning could affect our future. Maybe if we answered the survey we would have pizza for lunch.

broad bean diagram

Smart learner poster

My rainbow house

Rainbow house 

This image is my dream house in the future.

My dream house represents  happiness into people and bringing light into our hearts.

In this image it has lightning points sticking out of my house for decoration,

in my house has clouds to replace windows

hearts for shaped out as a house

bright colours to show out

Jacinda Adern

Jacinda Adern is the Prime Minister of New Zealand,  Gave a strong speech on International Women's day her speech was about what Women have accomplished through over the  years and what New Zealand have succeeded and things we need to work on for our country. This is my opinion on Jacinda Adern.

Reading

Today  we were asked to ask questions about old photos back in the days here are the questions i asked about them.

Green St patricks playdough

Ingredients:

2 Cups Flour

1/2 Cup Salt

2 Tbsp Oil

2 Tbsp Cream of Tartar

2 Cups Boiling Water

1 Tsp Food Colouring

Method:

Mix all dry ingredients.

Add oil and boiling water with coloring and mix well.Store in airtight container.

Yesterday as a class on St Patrick's Day we made green playdough. We all worked in groups of five to make it. Firstly we added all the dry ingredients which was 2 cups of flour ½ a cup of salt 2 tbsp cream of Tartar. Then we mixed  in all the wet ingredients; 2 tbsp of oil, food colouring and boiling water.
We mixed all the ingredients together and it formed into a wonderful green playdough. It was a bit sticky so we had to add more flour and knead it in so it wasn’t so sticky. We also added sparkling green glitter for decoration
When the dough was ready we rolled it into to a giant green spiral so we could play a game with it. Our game was to blow a polystyrene ball around it using a straw.

My monster

Today i read a story about Miriama who designed a monster to be her good friend. I desinged a monster too. My  monster protects people from harm and danger.

The fantastic flying books of Morris Lessmore

Today we used Narrative devices to analyse the movie of the book by William Joyce  

WALT: to look at a variety of Narrative Devices to understand how visual meaning can be conveyed.

About Me

Talofa Lava my name is Iliana and I am a senior at Saint Patrick's school. I am Samoan.

I enjoy doing cooking,cleaning and also watching Emmerdale in my spare time. My favourite things at school are playing and doing Art.  With my family I like having picnics.

As a learner I enjoy doing art because you can paint a picture that can mean something in a thousand words. One of my talents is baking my favourite food which is mash potatoes with meatballs.

My challenge for this year is to be healthy and get as much knowledge as I can. One of my favourite things I’m looking forward to this year is Mission Day because we fundraise for a special orphanage in India  called Holy Angels. The orphanage is run by the the Mission Sisters.

My personal achievements for this year is to increase my level in reading math and writing. My Inspirational person is my Mum because she always has my back and gives the support I need throughout my life.

My first week of school

This week was my first week of school. I have met my new teacher Mrs George  and meeting new and old students from last year and new people.  I have learnt about iam better having supportive friends around me, and learining new facts about  Eupharaise barbier who was the founder of the Mission sisters. we also learnt about graphs and the water cycle

Going going gone

Iiving on the Edge

Blink and You’ll Miss It

Salt and pepper

Pancakes and maple syrup

More than Meets the eye

WWF

Secretive skink

Weird and wonderful

Fantastic Beasts

Fabulous Ferns

Forest Life

Ice Baby

My Hometown