Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Narrative
As I awoke from my damp cold room, I felt a shiver crawl up my spine. I slipped on my raggy old clothes and walked to mum in our small kitchen. Living at sea is not a life I want to live.
Ever since mum and dad got divorced life had been rough. Me and Mum are still struggling to survive on our shipwreck boat. Mum fishes for our food day and night. It's the same meal all the time. But I cant complain. I know I have more than most people have. I have a wonderful mum. She has taught me the facts of life. She has taught me to love and to be loved. She has given me a home. Well, a boat.
As life goes on I see my mum get restless and the boat start to rust. I'm worried. I'm scared. I wonder if I will survive. There's no hope of us living on land again. Everybody thinks we are dead. And I never hear from dad. He probably thinks we are dead is well.
That night when I went to bed, I dreamed about life as a rich kid. Nice clothes, big bedroom and an awesome house. Life would be worth living. I then woke from my dream as I felt the boat shake. I moved myself onto the deck and looked out to the dark night sky. I saw the moon light simmer on the rough sea.
As I crawled back into my tatty bed, I felt a cold liquid run through my toes. I looked down to my feet to see water filling up the boat. I quickly approached mum and woke her up. The boat kept sinking more and more. By now the water was up to our chests. There was nothing we could do. We were in the middle of no where and we couldn't swim to shore. It was nowhere to be seen.
As the boat hit the bottom of the ocean, mum started to cry. She said she will always love me whether we make it or not. We saw the sunrise at the crack of dawn the next morning. We were tired, we were cold and we were sore. All night we had struggled to keep a float. We had no idea of where to go or what to do next.
As the days past mum and I got skinnier and the water got colder. Mum and I knew we weren't going to survive. At that moment we saw a fin cross the waters, approaching me and mum. We were scared and terrified. But as the sea creature rose from the water we realised it was not a shark but it was a bottle nosed dolphin.
Mum and I had no experience with dolphins but we climbed onto the dolphins back. The dolphin bolted through the rough water as fast as a cheater to the washed up shores of Byron Bay. As I jumped off the dolphin for the first time in years I felt the smooth sand squish through my toes. This was the beginning of my new life. On land!
Ever since mum and dad got divorced life had been rough. Me and Mum are still struggling to survive on our shipwreck boat. Mum fishes for our food day and night. It's the same meal all the time. But I cant complain. I know I have more than most people have. I have a wonderful mum. She has taught me the facts of life. She has taught me to love and to be loved. She has given me a home. Well, a boat.
As life goes on I see my mum get restless and the boat start to rust. I'm worried. I'm scared. I wonder if I will survive. There's no hope of us living on land again. Everybody thinks we are dead. And I never hear from dad. He probably thinks we are dead is well.
That night when I went to bed, I dreamed about life as a rich kid. Nice clothes, big bedroom and an awesome house. Life would be worth living. I then woke from my dream as I felt the boat shake. I moved myself onto the deck and looked out to the dark night sky. I saw the moon light simmer on the rough sea.
As I crawled back into my tatty bed, I felt a cold liquid run through my toes. I looked down to my feet to see water filling up the boat. I quickly approached mum and woke her up. The boat kept sinking more and more. By now the water was up to our chests. There was nothing we could do. We were in the middle of no where and we couldn't swim to shore. It was nowhere to be seen.
As the boat hit the bottom of the ocean, mum started to cry. She said she will always love me whether we make it or not. We saw the sunrise at the crack of dawn the next morning. We were tired, we were cold and we were sore. All night we had struggled to keep a float. We had no idea of where to go or what to do next.
As the days past mum and I got skinnier and the water got colder. Mum and I knew we weren't going to survive. At that moment we saw a fin cross the waters, approaching me and mum. We were scared and terrified. But as the sea creature rose from the water we realised it was not a shark but it was a bottle nosed dolphin.
Mum and I had no experience with dolphins but we climbed onto the dolphins back. The dolphin bolted through the rough water as fast as a cheater to the washed up shores of Byron Bay. As I jumped off the dolphin for the first time in years I felt the smooth sand squish through my toes. This was the beginning of my new life. On land!
Contributions to Corporate Life of the School / Sports Representative
Merit Mentions: 8
Sports Mentions: 1
Sport:
Coca Cola Netball Tournament
and organising the teams
Hara Mura Japan Netball Tourament
Zone Netball
Inter-Zone Netball
School Swimming Sports
Leadership:
Librarian
Class Captian Term 3
Academic:
School Speech Competition
Writers Workshop
Science Fair- Photography
Pen Licence
Other:
Chocolate Sales
40 Hour Famine
P.A for the Talent Quest
Sports Mentions: 1
Sport:
Coca Cola Netball Tournament
and organising the teams
Hara Mura Japan Netball Tourament
Zone Netball
Inter-Zone Netball
School Swimming Sports
Leadership:
Librarian
Class Captian Term 3
Academic:
School Speech Competition
Writers Workshop
Science Fair- Photography
Pen Licence
Other:
Chocolate Sales
40 Hour Famine
P.A for the Talent Quest
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Maui's Dolphin
This is my letter to the Prime Minister John Key about protecting our Maui's Dolphins.
Dear Mr. John Key,
My names Danelle C and I'm a Year 7 student at Pukekohe Intermediate. At this current time students from Room 23 and Room 28 are researching ways to protect our Maui's Dolphins.
We have decided we need to take action as they are dying and there are only approximately 111 Maui's remaining.
They are endemic to New Zealand and need to be saved fast. We only have about 30 years to help or they will become extinct
The main reason they are declining so fast is because fishing nets are set in their habitat. Maui's are attracted to the nets, then get stuck and are unable to swim backwards.
We believe there should be a ban on nylon fishing nets and there should be signs up around where Maui's Dolphins live stating that the nets are prohibited.
An educational representative from WWF came to Pukekohe Intermediate to discuss ways to protect Maui's Dolphins and how to prevent them from becoming extinct.
They are currently critically endangered and need our help.
Please put a stop to the decline of our precious Maui's Dolphin.
Yours Sincerely
Danelle Cox
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Digital Classroom
In my classroom there is 16 eMac computers to share between us. There is 2 to a computer and some people get there own computer.
We have learned lots of new computer skills and worked on many programs such as i-Photo, i-Movie, i-Dvd, i-Tunes, Appleworks, G-Mail, Pages, Keynote, Word, Power point, Excel, Firefox and Sea Monkey. We have learned to customize our desktop, the apple shortcut keys, how to connect to the server, how to bookmark websites and started up our own individual blog.
We use the computer everyday for different subjects such as Maths, Learning Pathways, Publishing and researching.
Next year we all hope to carry on in this classroom and with Mrs Pearson. It has been a great experience and I have learned lots of new skills and tricks and worked on some really cool programmes.
This year has been great with all the computers.
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