Questions Week 9/10

1. How do you celebrate Maori Language Week in your class/school? We say greetings in Maori.
2. Why is this an important week to New Zealand? Because it celebrates our ancestor’s culture.
3. How does New Zealand celebrate Maori Language Week? We say stuff in maori.
4. Can you name any local places of significance that have a Maori name?Why are they significant? Kai kora. Because of the devistating earthquake.
5. What is your favourite Maori phrase or a saying you have heard this week? Kia ora.
6. What other languages are a part of your school and are these celebrated? English.
7. What are the three official languages of New Zealand? English, sign language, and Maori.
8. If New Zealand was to officially celebrate another language what language do you think that should be? Why? Spanish. Then we could talk to people on our travels.
9. Do you know of other countries that celebrate a second language in their country? What country and how do they celebrate?
   
   

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Week 5 Prompts

Q1: What is an election? What type of election do we have in New Zealand? an election is where you vote for a candidate.

Q:2 Why do we have elections in New Zealand? so then there can be a leader.

Q3: What happens during an election? the different party's try to convince the public to vote for them.

Q4: What do you think would happen if we did not have elections and people did not vote? the world would be a massive problem

Q5: Who is the Prime Minister of New Zealand? How did he become the prime minister? Bill English. He got people to vote for him.

Q6: Why do you think it is important that people vote in elections? so then they have the leader that they want.

Q7: If you became Prime Minister what is the first thing you would change? I would make sure that no more smugglers enter the country.

Q8: How do you think our government can make New Zealand ‘more awesome’ like the Kid President? It could be better by opening more arcades.

Q9: What do you think the Prime Minister’s main job is during the day? overview the voting that goes on.

Q10: Even though you can’t vote what are some ways we can make sure our voices get heard? by uploading videos on youtube hoping that people who can vote watch it.

Questions Week 4

Q1. Where were you born and how long have you lived in NZ? I was born in Christchurch and I have lived here all my life.

Q2. What languages can you speak? or what language would you like to learn and why? I can speak Maori, Dutch, and I would like to learn Spanish.

Q3. What are the best and worst things about living in NZ? The best thing is the lovely public and the worst thing is that some people are trying to smuggle things into our country.

Q4. How many cultures/nationalities are there in your class or school? What are they? There is 1, and it is NZ/European.

Q5. What is something that you have learned about a different culture? I have learnt how the Maori make their huts

Q6. What would you put in a time capsule to celebrate NZ culture? I would put a tv set in the capsule, and I would also put a chief's stick.

Q7. If you could make another NZ public holiday, what would it be and why? Eg Matariki, Diwali, Chinese New Years or something else. It would be National Break day, and it will be for kids and parents to not go to work or school.

Q8. What does being a New Zealander or Kiwi mean to you? How does it make you feel? It means a lot. it makes me feel great about myself.

Why Obama was the best US President ever!

So today I am talking to you about the Presidency. Everybody knows that Obama was by far the best president ever! If you think that he ISN’T the best president, who do you think is?

First of all, there are MANY presidents. 45 of them. The first president was George Washington, and currently, the president is Donald Trump. (I don’t like him) But anyway, back to Obama. Obama’s wife is named Michelle Obama. Michelle married Obama on the 3rd of October 1992. They also had a family pet, Bo.

(For some reason, I am veering off the subject.) Right now, President Trump is thinking of building a wall. Lucky for us, Obama wasn’t stupid like Trump is. And also, Obama is responsible. He hasn’t even THOUGHT about banning Mexicans.

Obama (And all of the other US Presidents) lived in the White House. Obama is currently living in the Bahamas.

Obama really liked tourists, and he welcomed them with pride. He didn’t deny them like Trump is denying Mexicans.

So, before I end this speech, I will talk to you about the White House. The White House has a large number secret tunnels underneath, including security rooms, and tunnels for the presidents to get around town without the public staring at them.  

There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.

Well, I am Oliver Floris, and this was my speech on why Barack Obama was the best US President ever!

My Family Story

Opa (Dutch for Grandpa)

Oma (Dutch for Grandma)

It was 3:00 AM in the quiet village where Opa and Oma lived. They were both cuddled together in bed when Opa woke up to go to the bathroom. He looked out the window, and he spotted a tank. On the side of the tank, he spotted the Nazi logo. He raced to his bedroom and threw his pillow at his wife, and she woke up with a jolt.

“The Nazis are here to kill us!” yelled Opa. The Nazis came up to the front door.

“Let us in, or we will be forced to smash down the door.” firmly spoke the Nazi Party leader.

“No.” replied Oma.

“Where is your husband?” asked the Nazi Party leader.

“On a holiday in Dusseldorf.” said Oma.

“Ok, but I don’t believe you. So I will break down your door anyway.” said the Nazi Party leader.

The Nazis searched the bedrooms, while Opa quickly jumped into the secret hole that they had installed just in case for that moment. Just as Opa leaped into the secret room, Oma closed the hole, the hole was behind their piano. But just as she closed it, the Nazis walked into the room.

“What are you doing over there by the piano?” asked the Nazi Party leader.

“Looking at my piano for the last time. It has been in my family for several generations, and I don’t want to leave its side.”

Meanwhile, when Oma was chatting to the Nazis, Opa was hacking away at the wall with his spare sledgehammer that he had stored in the hole for emergencies. The wall finally gave way, so he crawled out, and then he jumped into the Nazis tank. The Nazis spotted him, so they shot the window and leaped out. Opa saw this happen, so he aimed the turret at the Nazis, and then, he pressed ‘Fire’. The Nazi Party leader screamed “NNNNOOOOOOOO!!!”

Just before the house exploded, Oma jumped off the roof and onto the tank to man the upper turret. The sky lit up like a massive orange firework, with a lot of smoke and ash, and just before the house exploded, Oma jumped off the roof and onto the tank to man the upper turret and shoot the other Nazis. They drove away together, only to find a Nazi concentration camp. They noticed that every Nazi was staring at a stage. Upon that stage, was a Jewish Citizen, and also the man himself,

Adolf Hitler…

Hitler had an extremely sharp knife in his hand, and he was holding the knife over the neck of the Jewish guy.

“Who thinks what I am doing is wrong?” yelled Hitler.

“Me Sir!” Replied a Nazi “You only should kill Jews if they do naughty things, sir.”

Hitler wasn’t looking for that answer. So he threw the knife that he was holding, straight towards the Nazi that spoke. The knife flew straight through the body of the Nazi. His body crumpled down towards the ground. He then fell through the floor, into a prison cell.

Hitler pulled out another knife, as equally sharp as the last one, and dropped it. He had spotted Oma and Opa in the hijacked tank. Opa aimed the tank straight at Hitler, so Hitler threw a rock at the tank, but Oma shot the rock. Opa shot a mega missile at Hitler. Hitler got hit by the missile, and then the world felt like it went into slow motion. Everyone sprinted towards the fallen boss of the Nazis, and Opa thought “Maybe I could kill all the Nazis right here, right now…” Opa clicked: He could throw a bomb! Opa climbed up to the upper turret, grabbed a bomb, and threw it towards the stage.

Opa and Oma blacked out…

They woke up a couple of years later, inside of a British ward. They were sitting next to each other.

After they had left the ward, they went on a boat for six weeks, from Netherlands to New Zealand, where they had four kids, Christine, Pete, Mark, and Rob. They all grew up, and they all lived happily ever after.  

  

Q1. Why are you awesome? What is your Genius (something you are good at)? My genius is probably coding.

Q2. What would you like to change in the world around you? I would like to change the way that students study at home.

Q3. How do you think that you could do this? by writing a speech about the situation.

Q4. What is the best thing that a Teacher has ever said to you? "Good work, Ollie. I think you deserve a fruit burst. Wait... no. You deserve way more than that."

Q5. Think of a time when you have achieved a goal. Tell us what this felt like. I felt really exhausted but excitied when I finally crossed the line.

Q6. Do you have some learning that you are really proud of? my coding at Cotswold 

Q7. Name five people that you would put on a "Dream Team" to encourage and inspire you. Are they famous people, successful people, members of your family? Sam, Mitch, Meg, Jake Paul & Logan Paul

Q8. Why are these people amazing to you? because they are good people to watch on YouTube

Q9. What makes you feel proud? When I finish my homework

Q10: Go on 5 different class mates blogs and leave some cool comments