ANZAC Letter

1915 March 29th

Dear Ma

How is it at home ma? Quiet? Safe? Comfortable? I really hope so because then I have nothing to look forward to at home! Anyway, I hope you've picked a good time to read this ma.

So it was just a windy sail to the beach and already some have gotten used to the sea and only I'm a bit sea sick. To get away from the rocking in my head I slept through the whole thing.

Sunrise came and we marched out onto the beach armed and ready to attack. After we set up our camps and tents we sat on the bay eating our breakfast. Gunshots were heard in the distance. We were under attack. Our boats had already gone and the trenches were dug out. My group thought fast and we went around the enemy to sneak an attack.

The plan was a success and our General was very surprised. Soon after that the soldiers were in place and ready, merged from the grass. The battlefield,  filled with shards and barb wire. The air, filled with the smell of gas and smoke. Gunshots took me out of my imaging session, instantly my sight suddenly went dark brown. My senses had disappeared and I was so scared about war, along with that screaming and shouting were all I heard.

I was up and surprisingly alive. My eyes were too dusty and I was struggling to breath. Screams, shouts and shots blocked my sense of hearing. I finally got all my senses back after a few hours. My gear was given to me while I walked outside to continue the battle. The General was giving everyone orders and he was furious. The sky was grey the field was grey and brown. Everything had gone wrong. My orders were given to me as fast as a bullet. I got to the trenches and our soldiers were too wounded to defend themselves. In the end we stayed in a concrete base with our general. Hopefully you get this letter ma. See you after.

From your loving son

Damien

Choose Your Character!

Who am I you ask? Well I am a proud 12 year old, student at Ruapotaka School. My name is (Take A Guess), a year eight prefect. Auckland, New Zealand is my home town. I have interest in creating new things and playing games. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister. They are all at university. Some day I want to go to university. My family's culture is Cook Island Maori. My parents are the best parents I could EVER have. When I grow up I want to be an amazing inventor. Inventing is my passion because it could help the world. Games might even be a great inspiration to me. I love to learn because learning is always great and who knows, it might help you in the future!

[Summary]

Watch this video about Black Friday .The video explains how they've changed from 1983 and Now. This year’s Black Friday was on November 28 2014. Black Friday is the day before Thanksgiving and represents the shopping season.

[Opinion]

I think that this is really sad. They have really changed. One scene is about someone enjoying Black Friday, but then it changes to now and shows people getting snatched by the Police.

{See the Video Below}

[Attribution]

          

Japanese Flip Book

[Summary]

This is an animated flip book. It was found at a convention in London called Hyper Japan. The video shows four flip books in action.

[Opinion]

I think these are cool and awesome. My favourite one is the first one because it looks like you’re moving through a hall. Video Below!

My Favourite Manaiakalani Film

[->Summary<-]

My Favourite movie from the manaiakalani film festival was called How to: Survive A Day At School. It was from Stonefields School Learning Hub 9. The clip was about how to “survive” at school. At first I thought it wouldn’t be funny but after a while it was! The funniest part of the movie is when the main person cheated for a test. His classmate saw him and then ripped up his answer sheet. Then sad music played while his answer sheet started to shred to bits and pieces.The actors in the film were Twiss, Samo, Jackson and Ben.

[->Opinion<-]

When I watched it I laughed the whole way through! But there was a good side to the movie as well. The movie told us how to succeed in a test. The steps were to study hard and get ready for it. There was another scene where a bully was bullying the main person. It also told us how to deal with bullies. You can watch the clip down below!   

Manaiakalani Film Festival - Success Criteria for School

The Wish Fish

In my dreams I see… A Fish? I awoke from my sleep which seemed like a deep, deep slumber. I rose from my bed but my back kept pulling me down. It felt like I had been sleeping for 100 years. I yawned and had a big stretch..

I managed to get up. I hadn't felt this hungry in a long time. I asked Mum if there was anything for breakfast. She said that I could take some money and go to the shop and buy some food. So I walked to the store.As I walked passed the pond something caught my eye.

The pond had fish swarming around, and I smiled for the first time in months. There was one golden fish staring at me. It popped its head out and said “You… Will be very rich tomorrow. Covered in wealth.” Then he swam away. My mouth popped open and I walked back home. The next morning the fish was right. I woke up with money in my wardrobe, and my drawers were full of money as well. I was using money as a blanket!  I yelled out “WE’RE RICH!!!”

Bionic Arm That Senses!

Summary:

Somewhere in the US, Scientists have invented a new bionic arm. How it works is that the arm sends electrical signals to the nerves in the patients arm which allows the user to sense more again.

Opinion:

I think that this could be the solution for everybody with disabilities. I wish I could study mechanics so that I could build something amazing like that.

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