How Scientist Classify the Animal Kingdom

Scientist classify the animal kingdom into categories according to their characteristics. There are to main groups which are vertebrates and invertebrates.

Vertebrates all have backbones. There are groups in the vertebrates like birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and mammals. The humans are part of the mammals. They also have hair, they are young inside their mother, they suckle milk and they are warm-blooded.

Invertebrates are animals with NO backbone which make up 97% of the animal kingdom. They are comprised of seven groups. One of the groups are Arthropods. They have an exoskeleton, a segmented body and jointed legs. Another group is Molluscs which are soft bodied invertebrates. They are snails and slugs. The last group is the annelida which are just worms.

Cross Country Day

As I was waiting on the courts for our turn to race I was shivering with cold in my jumper. I was nervous and anxious to get this race over and done with. I am sure everyone had a goal and my goal was to beat Kingston, I beat him last year and I wanted to do it again this year. I had butterflies in my stomach as my legs were shaking and my heart was racing, until finally Miss. Jarman called us up to get ready for the race.


We were standing and waiting and standing and waiting then “BANG!!!” the clappers went and we sprinted of. I sprinted as hard as I can because I was squished between the bunch of boys. They were pushing and shoving as I started to pick up the pace. My legs were pumping as I started to leave people behind. Kingston was beating me but I still ran to catch up to him and finally beat.


The race was about to finish and I caught up to Kingston and Waata but we decided to all finished at the same time. We were walking and people started to pass us, but then I said “When we get to the fence lets run again. We were near the fence and Waata sprinted off, but me and Kingston and I finished at the same time. It was finally over and I was dehydrated. I had a dry mouth as I was dying for thirst. I knew that I gave it my all and I was happy that it was over. We went to wash our feet and watched the other races finish. I was happy that it was over.

In Term 3, the extension group once again did a exciting project. It was drawing maps. We didn't actually draw maps, we had to draw Mrs. Tele'a, our I.C.T teacher. We had to draw her in the angle that we were in. She was just like a still stick. From my angle it was hard because it was in front. The back people on the other hand, well that was easy because all they had to draw was her hair and the chair.Next time we will do this I think I will work on the things I use like the paint brush and the pencil and things. Here are some of our pictures that we drew. Some of them are in different angles.

In the past few weeks of term 3, room fifteen had to do a project in groups.We had to pick a mariner because our theme this week are Mighty Mariners. We actually got the Polynesians but we wanted to swap with Christopher Columbus. In our group we had individual tasks. It was doing mouth talking, the way that they went and the ships that they went in. Here is my oart of the movie. I will post the whole movie when it is done. Enjoy.

Dj Hero

In the holidays my cousin bought a PS3 with lots of games like UFC Undisputed 2010, FIFA World 2010, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Fight Night Round 4 and 3, SEGA games and DJ Hero. My favourite one is the DJ Hero game because I really like to do some real Deejaying on real decks. My cousin is a DJ and so he told me how to do it. So we got DJ Hero.

When we got it we played a little bit of FIFA World Cup 2010 and then we started to play it. First we went on to the tutorial so that we will know how to play. The first time I had a go I went on easy and I was useless. I got better at it and then started to go on medium. On Sunday that was the first time I got a 4 star and a 5 star. That is when my brother went on medium.

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Immersion Assembly Term 3

Another immersion assembly with crazy teachers in crazy costumes is here, the first day of term three. It was Monday the 19th of July, Pt. England School were sitting in the hall waiting to find out what we are learning about this term. It was Might Mariners.

First Mr. Burt said a prayer to welcome us all back from the holidays. Then Mr. Burt told us is story about him and Mrs. Burt going to America. He had lots of t-shirts underneath each won. Each shirt represented a different part of his journey. When he finished his story we went on to the items.

My favourite item was team ones item because of there cool little movie that they made. Kingston drew all their graphics because his mum was one of the teachers in team one. They had a movie about the seven wakas coming to New Zealand.

I think this terms topic about Mighty Mariners is going to be great. I cant wait till we learn about it in our classes.

Spain Wins The FIFA World Cup

"YAAH" Spain wins the FIFA World Cup for the first time. It was Netherlands and Spain in the finals. It was over but they had 30 extra minutes to get a goal. If each team didn't get a goal by then it will be a penalty goal shoot. A penalty goal shoot is when each team has seven chances to get the goal, But they have to go head to head against the goaly who has to save those shots that they take. In the dieing moments of the match a goal was scored by Andreaze Iniesta, and the Spain fans when wild. That was the first time they had won the FIFA world cup. They had been in the finals lots of times but this is their first time winning. The Netherlands were complaining that he was offside but the referee said "No it was as goal". So up they went to collect there trophy. When they won it they lifted up their coach. It was a very happy moment for them. My favourite player in their team is Fernand Torres. On the news they said it will next be hosted in BRAZIL.