Week 7 Gem - Dane´ du Preez

This is my gem for week 7 term 1...

The Sheet Hut

My round head squishes up against the ceiling as I hide under the blue rectangle desk.  I hear the teachers comfy chair squealing like a baby. With two of my friends beside me, we all feel squished

as the desk closes in on us.  My book grows larger and larger as my squeezed face pushes down on it.  The lavender coloured sheet waves at me and grins.  My silent hands quiver and shake as the desk squishes me, the book is stepping towards me and the sheet  is smiling a deep dark smile, ¨Could this day get any worse?¨ I think to myself.

The Dingy!!?!

 this is syndicate 2´s dingy on the library roof.       

This is matua Manu, and two other men who helped

Week 7 Reading

This is my reading contract.  It will be updated everyday.

The Hangi

Flaming ngarehu (embers) look liked lava as the burning stones lit up.  There were 300 pieces of chopped up heihei (chicken), and there were delicious kumara (sweet potato) sitting patiently in soggy sacks.  Delightful paukena (pumpkin) laid silently like a sleeping baby in the wet bags.  All the appetizing miti (meat) and korare (vegetables) were being prepared to be cooked over the fiery rocks that started to tahu (burn).  It looked very whakawaiwai (delicious) it looked maharo (marvellous).


HANGI               HANGI               HANGI      

Our Trip To Courier & Space Center

Today we went on a class trip. My favourite part was working with the camera with spaceman Dave.

Two things I learnt were:
*To use the right lighting when filming.
*To make sure you are recording when you are making a video.

Dave has a great website here where I can learn more.