Breaking News: 41 Elephants Poisoned

Breaking News : Earlier this week 41 elephants were sadly killed by poachers in Zimbabwe. How? They used cyanide poison to kill the innocent creatures by spreading it over their habitats. Previous reports from Zimbabwe parks from Caroline Washaya Moyo said she told many reporters that five suspects have been arrested and has been the parks worst case.  

People that live in the area have been told to not eat any meat of the dead animals found in the area. Over a period of about 3 years more and more poachers are starting to kill rhinos and elephants. Why? Sadly people are just killing them for their horns and tusks which are needed in parts of Asia for their medicine. Tests are still being taken on the dead animals, but for any human or animal to touch the poison is very bad.   

Unfortunately two years ago in that exact same park nine elephants, five lions, and two buffalo were also poisoned and then soon died, for the exact same thing. As well as it is also sad that people kill innocent animals for body parts, it’s sad because people don’t care about the animals and they just easily get away with it. I think this urgently needs to stop and  I think now!

John Fitzgerald Kennedy "JFK"

John Fitzgerald Kennedy or as most people know him as "JFK" was the 35th president proudly serving the United States Of America from 1961 to death in 1963.
                                             

12:30pm in Dallas, Texas president John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday 22nd November, 1963.  He was shot once in his neck, once in the upper back of his body , and one last fatal shot in his head. As soon as the gun shots where fired his was taken directly to the Parkland Hospital for emergency medical treatment. At 1:00pm "JFK" was announced dead, at the age of only 46. The youngest American president to ever die still to this date. Lee Harvey Oswald was an employee of the Texas School Library Depository, was later charged for the murder of Kennedy. Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November the 24th and then was life sentenced but then became ill and died of cancer on January 3rd, 1967. The assassination was then proved to be an very important moment of U.S.A history. 

John F. Kennedy was buried in a small plot in Arlington National Cemetery. Over a period of 3 years 16 million people had already visited Kennedy's grave. On March 14, 1967, "JFK's" body was permanently moved to a burial plot and memorial at the Cemetery. Jackie Kennedy with her 2 deceased children were then buried with John. Kennedy. Robert Kennedy was nearby buried in 1968. Then in 2009 Edward M. Kennedy was also buried with his two other brother's Robert and John.  
                                      

12:30pm Dallas, Texas Friday 22nd November, 1963 U.S.A amazing and proud president life was taken from him and assassinated.

               "Robbed Of His Life"

                                                



                                                  In Memory Of John Fitzgerald Kennedy,
                                                                    and loved ones.
                                                   May 29, 1917 -  November 22nd 1963
                                  

 

 

Life In Auckland & Syria

Waking up in the morning, I enjoyed the delicious smell of fresh bacon and eggs. As I was jumping out of my bed, I then heard gunshots coming from each corner of the room. Suddenly echoes of screaming kids, gunshots were ringing in my ear. Scared and helpless I ran into my room and grabbed my younger brother’s.       We quickly gathered into our basement, and cuddled to keep warm. In that split moment I wondered to myself “ What In The World Is Going On?”. As I peeled the blanket off myself, I looked out my window and the the sun shone right through. While I was lying  in my bed, thinking about what life would be like to live on the streets, I  caught the scent of delicious fresh cupcakes just popping out of the oven. I quickly ran into the kitchen, where my mum had set out a delicious breakfast for my younger brothers and I. Then I thought to myself, “ This Is gonna be a great day”. The crisis was still going on. I decided to look for my mother, so as I slightly tip toed up the stairs into the kitchen, I heard the front door slam open. I quickly peeked my head through. I saw four men dressed in black looking around the house to see if anyone was there. As soon as they left I quickly yelled out “ MUM”. I then heard footsteps coming towards me. After having a delicious breakfast with my family I got ready and then headed down to school. I walked into class and everyone said hello, then we got back into our daily routine. Afterwards we learnt a lot about the perimeter of shapes and how to calculate and read  the area. The home time bell rang and so I then headed home. “Yes my dear” said my mother. I quickly hugged her close and tight. We quickly  ran back down to my brothers and sisters. My mother gave direct orders to wait in the basement until my father came. As soon as he  arrived at our house we quickly packed our bags and hopped into the car. As we made our way to our safe house I looked around the city and all I could see was our country in ashes. “we were robbed of our country and childhood mum”. “What are were gonna do now?” I said to my mother. Arriving at home I quickly got changed out of my uniform and made something to eat. I then headed into the lounge and watched my T.V programs. After that I quickly checked if I needed to finish of any homework. Then I helped my mum cook dinner. Finally I then got to relax in my bedroom and have a sleep. saying to myself “ Could this be any more perfect”.

Celebrating 13th Jordan's Birthday

Last week we celebrated my cousin Jordan's 13th Birthday. It was held at my Nana and Papa's house @ 1:00pm with my cousins. I was so overwhelmed and excited to have a nice lunch with all my immediate family and cousins .

Arriving at my Nana and Papa's  we walked in and hugged Jordan. He was so happy and excited and just couldn't wait to eat (THE TRUTH). For lunch we had Nachos, Spring Rolls, Wedges, and Chicken Nibbles. Finally we got to eat, we then all sat on the table and each had something nice to say about Jordan. We then sang the Happy Birthday song and then ate.

We then waited a while to have dessert, so then we went outside and played around. It was a mixture of games really, we just basically made it all up. First it was Basketball on our little area, then touch, and then it ended up to be pass the ball bounce it then try. It was such an exciting game that we never really knew what it was. 

After that we headed into the house and sang the song in English and Samoan. After that I had a flashback of all the memories we shared together. It reminded me of all our fifth birthdays and how cute and little we were but then now...... I've realized we've changed so much. 

I've got to say it probably was the best birthday of the year. Just because everyone was there and there was just no drama going on at all. Happy Birthday Jordan!! Enjoy being young because this the only time you'll have fun. Hopefully you enjoy the many more years to come!

 

Cross Country: The Fight To The Finish Line

During the past few weeks Pt England School  have been training for the Cross Country run that we did yesterday. Each year we have a Cross Country run just like every other primary school/intermediate to see who are the top 3 runners of their year.Then the top 3 runners go through to inter-zones. Any-ways it all took place at 2:00pm on the field and reserve and finished at 3:00pm. 


Just before it was time to make our way to the hard courts we all made our way to the changing rooms and had something to eat.  Everyone represented their colours, Tainui (Blue), Takitimu (Yellow), Te Arawa (Red), and last but not least Mataatua (Green). Our run was about 3km but unfortunately the year eights run was just a little bit longer 3.5km.  


As I headed to the start line Mr. Burt instructed the Year 7 girls to take their place. After he demonstrated to us what and where we'd be running he told us to take our places at the start line. " On your marks, Get Set, GO". Mr Burt Yelled. We were of, zoom!!. As fast as we all could we raced, overlapping each other and shoving we all just wanted to get it over and done with.

At the end of the day the Cross Country run was really easier than I actually thought. After all our hard work of trying our best and pushing our self's to the limit it all payed of at the end. Hopefully next year the run is as fun as it was this year.  I think next year I am going to try improve on pushing myself a bit more so that next year I will improve a bit better.

Creative Strand Reflection - P.M.I

During the past 3 terms or so the senior block have been working on making movies. This week the theme was all about  "Love" we had to either make an MTV, a painting, story, or other things  that show  "Love"  in it's own way. 

Positive	Minus	Interesting
* A Lot of movies had funny endings	* Need better costumes	* Using flashbacks
* There were a lot of good actors and singers	* Some of the footage got blurry	* Actors played other actor’s parts
* People used different angles in the movies	* Some of the shots were too long and boring	*  Facial expressions
* Movies were all interesting and all had a story to it	* Camera always shaking	* Some of the movies used some olden day type theme
* Good lip sinkers	* People talking and distractions in the background	* A Lot of well known songs were used

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter

 Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, or as we all know her as Beyonce was born September 4th, 1991. She is mostly known as American singer, song - writer, and actress. To make a start in pursuing her dream, she started to enter dancing and singing competitions.  A few years later when they had finished realising what TALENT Beyonce had, they realised an album called "Dangerously In Love"  in 2003 which sold at least around about 11 mil;lion copies.

3 years later in 2006  Beyonce was a cast in the "Pink Panther" . In 2008  Beyonce was in love with Jay-Z and so he proposed and they got married.  Years later she released  "Run The World",  "Love On Top", "Listen", and many more than I haven't named. She is a well known lady all over the world. A lot of people mostly have been talking about the latest gossip actually, it was that Jay-Z and Beyonce introduced Blue Ivy Carter into the world.  Hopefully she will be  a talented person just like her mother and father.