tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20703704147551861692024-03-20T05:50:43.900+13:00GabrielThis blog is a record of my learning while I was at Point England School.PES Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15662065130735974733noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-53394286182960541152013-12-16T10:09:00.000+13:002013-12-16T11:52:14.907+13:00Year 8 Reflection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This year at Point England School is my final year at this wonderful school. The things that I really love about this school are the great teachers and people in the community. Also, my friends have been a huge influence on me. They have helped me carry on when times were hard.<br />
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For 7 years I have been at this school. Through out the time I have developed skills and had been given huge opportunities. We have gone to the Museum on trips, we have gone to MOTAT and also, we went to the Zoo. I will always remember these moments at P.E.S. This Year we had the chance to go to Waitangi and Te Tii Marae.<br />
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Since I was year 6 we had been working on these devices called net-books. We learn digitally and the net-books are associated with The Manaiakalani Education Trust. We had been given a brand new net-book to learn and work on. It has been easier because we have been learning on Google Drive and we have posted our writing on our blog.<br />
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Sports for me at this school has been a huge success. Playing rugby, cricket, basketball and more sports I have participated in was MEAN! We had great coaches that have taught us all the skills we know today.<br />
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To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't like to leave this school. I don't want to leave the teachers and my friends. It will be hard on the last day but I will fight the emotion. This is going to be my last blog post for 2013. So to everyone that has taughtt me and been my friend, all I can say is Thank You ALL!!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-27746259865188844812013-12-12T11:59:00.001+13:002013-12-12T11:59:28.801+13:00Nelson Mandela's Death<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On Thursday the 5th of December, a tragic event shocked the world. Nelson Mandela had died. Nelson Rolihlahal Mandela had died in hospital. In his earlier years, he was a amateur boxer. He started fighting at the age of 14. He had a tough childhood in South Africa but grew up to be the man.<br />
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When he grew up, he helped fight for equal rights. As he done that, he got imprisoned because he was black. For 27 long years he was imprisoned. Once he got out, he was named the new President of South Africa. He was named because he was equal and fair.<br />
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I wish he was still alive. He was a good man. I think they made the right decision making him president. From his tough life to a great future in Heaven. Nelson Mandela, born on July 18 and died December 5th.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-805966836900686512013-12-12T10:46:00.001+13:002013-12-12T12:15:07.941+13:00How Has My Netbook Helped Me?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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At home, the net-books have tout me how to play the guitar. I looked it up on YouTube and now I am pretty good. I researched about Te Tiriti O Waitangi. Did you know that 13 women signed the treaty? I found that out by researching. Click on this <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/ptengland.school.nz/presentation/d/1R9qVW75UPex8S4AwHBtPlD7B1pvpkC5am58uptzbUyQ/present#slide=id.p">link</a> to go to the movie that we created at Waitangi.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Auckland, New Zealand-36.8484597 174.76333150000005-36.8484597 174.76333150000005 -36.8484597 174.76333150000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-39144578357478521062013-12-09T13:13:00.002+13:002013-12-09T13:13:54.750+13:00Yr 8 Camp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"YES!" I cheered to myself. It was Tuesday morning and we were off to my hometown, Rotorua. I was so excited to go and I couldn't wait. We quickly loaded the bus and we were on our way.<br />
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"When the night, has come!" The boys were loaded on the bus. We started singing Stand By Me, but as time rolled on, we got over singing. We had been driving for about 2 hours we stopped at a lakeside. Everyone was keen to have a swim but the teachers said no. So we just skimmed the rocks instead. After a half an hour we got back on the bus. We drove another 1 hour, by this time is was getting a headache. We stopped and walked over a dam.</div>
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"Yes, boys we are in Rotorua." I said to the bus. After 5 hours or bus riding, we finally hit Rotorua. We drove straight to the camp grounds. Unloaded the buses and went to Mt Ngonotaha. We went on an hour walk through the bushes. It was quite an experience for some, but not for me because I had already been there. I was still alright. After the walk we went to the camp grounds for free time. It was so cool on the first day, but that was it. It was just dinner then bed.</div>
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On day two, I had a great start to the morning with a nice breakfast. We then went to the crescent creek to have a swim. The thing that surprised me about this creek was that the water was fresh and warm like a bath. It was so nice to everyone. We then went to the Argodome to watch the sheep shaving and all the wooly sheep. It was so amazing but at the same time it was uncomfortable because there were stones in my undies from the creek but the show was still cool. We went home after that then we practiced our item. Then had dinner and the watched Pitch Perfect. It was cool. </div>
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Day three was another good start to the day. We went for a walk around the blue lake. Despite the rain and the muddy footpath it was still a good walk. After the walk we went and had a swim in the blu lake. Jumping off the pontoon into the icy cold water. We then went back to the camp site to get have a rest. We then went to my favorite place in Rotorua, the Aquatics Centre. Bombing is allowed thats why I love it. After that we just went home, had dinner and went to sleep. </div>
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The final day, day four was exciting for me. It was time to hit the luge. The luge was exhilarating. The speed of it was amazing. After the ride we came back up on the chairlift. Me and Roman were shaking it up and down. When we got back up, I went to the jelly belly factory. My favorite jelly bean was the melon one. After that we went home.<br />
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The highlight of the trip for me was definitely the luge ride. I hope that when I go down in the Christmas Holidays I can go back. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Rotorua, New Zealand-38.141577406245069 176.24542236328125-38.191531406245069 176.16474136328125 -38.09162340624507 176.32610336328125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-90258270416968028762013-11-27T11:52:00.001+13:002013-11-27T11:56:27.034+13:00Maths Strategy Week 7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week Miss Squires gave us the task to make up our own questions for our strategy. Can you figure mine out?</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-59536487013532718262013-11-26T10:57:00.001+13:002013-11-26T10:57:18.331+13:00My Life @ PESThis year is my final year at Point England School. So I made a movie from what I done at my life at PES. Enjoy.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/80304266" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-35614342048253626192013-11-25T13:20:00.000+13:002013-11-25T21:35:37.986+13:00Maths Strategy Week 6 Term 4 4<br />
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4. Julia is an artist. She has been painting a huge mural for the town centre. For the main colour she used a 20 litre pail of white mixed with a 10 litre pail of blue. Unfortunately she ran out of paint before she finished the mural. She thinks that she will only need 6 more litres in total to finish. How much blue and white paint does she need to mix up to get the 6 litres of paint she needs that is exactly the same colour she has been using? <br />
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For every 20 litres of white paint, she needs 10 litres of Blue Paint. 20:10<br />
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She needs 6 more litres of white paint so then we need 3 litres of blue. 6:3Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-86294035782519619252013-11-25T13:17:00.002+13:002013-11-25T13:32:17.846+13:00My Maths Strategy Week 5 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span id="docs-internal-guid-0e0f2e6a-8c97-14f9-ab74-db435cd1d1c5"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12. Tama is making costumes for the production. Each of the costumes he makes uses .39m</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of material. How many can he make with 33m</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I needed to know what the answer to this question was. The first thing I done was times .39x10 which equals 3.9. I then doubled that which would equal 7.8 and that will make 20. Again I doubled it which made 15.6 (40 costumes). Doubled it again and I made 31.2 (80 costumes) That meant there was 1.8 left. Out of that I could make 4 with .24 left over. So that makes 84 costumes.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-57172384130548719262013-11-25T13:05:00.000+13:002013-11-25T21:39:55.372+13:00My Strategy Week 6 Term 4 3<br />3. Tiaki is fixing part of his fence. The pickets he needs are .68m long each. How many metres of timber does he need to cut up 45 pickets?<div>
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It was the easiest out of them. First I done .68x10 to make it to 6.8. I times that by 4 and made 27.2 which equaled 40 pickets.</div>
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<br /><br />.68x10=6.8<br /><br />6.8x4=<br /><br />6x4=24<br /><br />8x4=3.2 27.2=40<br /><br />3.4=5 27.2+3.4=30.6<br /><br />If the timber comes in 5m lengths only what is the minimum amount of lengths he needs to have enough for 45 pickets?<br /><br />He will need 7 with 4.4m left on 1.<br /><br /><br />The timber is $3.55/m. How much will he have spent? He will have spent 24.85.<br /><br />.05x7=.35 .5x7=3.85<br /><br />3x7=21+3.85=24.85.<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-64201277043573134192013-11-22T10:26:00.002+13:002013-11-22T10:26:39.566+13:00My Podcast<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is one of my latest podcast. Enjoy.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-46551746274573964302013-11-21T12:05:00.001+13:002013-11-25T21:38:04.144+13:00Maths Strategy Week 6 Term 4 2<br /><br />2. Sione uploaded a presentation to his blog but it was too big. In the HTML code he saw that the size was 920 pixels wide by 648 pixels high. He thinks if he reduces it to ¾ of the size it is, it should fit. What dimensions does he need to change in the HTML code?<br /><br />920/4=230<br /><br /><br />648/4=162<br /><br /><br />162x3=488 100x3=300 60x3=180 2x4=8 300+180+8=488<br /><br /><br />230x3=690 690 wide, 488 tall.<br /><br /><br />This is question 2 of my week 6 strategy. I knew I had to reduce the screen so I done this. Found a quarter of each number. 920/4=230, and 448/4=162. So I needed to x them each by three to find my answer. 162x3=488. 230x3=690. So the tv is 690 pixels wide and 648 high.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-68030260500650289262013-11-21T11:57:00.000+13:002013-11-25T21:37:10.527+13:00Maths Stratergy Week 6 Term 4<br /><br />1. The world record for throwing a cellphone in 2012 was 102.68 metres. James attempted to beat the record but only managed to throw 97.89m. How much was he short by? 97.89+___=102.68<br /><br />97.89+2.11=100<br /><br /><br />100+2.68=102.68<br /><br />2.11+2.68=4.79<br /><br /><br /> So the equation was 97.89+___=102.68? The first thing I done was to round 97.89 to the nearest 100. So I added 2.11 to make it to 100. I needed to add another 2.68 which equals 102.68. So 2.11+2.68=4.79Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-45826223323458589732013-11-21T11:39:00.000+13:002013-11-25T13:06:23.269+13:00My Maths Strategy Week 5 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-48411310569234820402013-11-18T13:10:00.000+13:002013-11-25T13:05:41.641+13:00My Maths Statergy Week 5 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>8. In the hop, skip and jump (Triple Jump) the record for men is 18.29m whereas the record for women is 15.5m. How much longer is the men’s record than the women’s.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>The first thing that I done was was to add .5 to 15.5 to make 16. Then I added .79 to make the answer up to 16.29. I then added another 2 to make 18.29. So I added all of those to make 2.79.</i></b></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-51532857618556304882013-11-18T09:53:00.001+13:002013-11-18T09:53:19.374+13:00My Friends At PES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-35970110858917457852013-10-30T14:53:00.000+13:002013-10-30T14:53:59.493+13:00Extension Halloween<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halloween was originated from the Celtics in the ancient days. They celebrated it with a bonfire to the dead. The reason why they done this was because the daytime will be shorter and the nights will be longer. They called this Samhain (sel-wyn), which was a harvest festival. The harvest festival was when the people could gather up their crops. The harvest time was very scary because they wouldn’t know if the food would last them through the winter. If it didn’t, they might die from hunger. On that very day, the veil between the dead and the spirits could be crossed. Humans could pass through the veil but if they did, they could be stuck in there, FOREVER! The people would stay inside their houses just to be safe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After All Saints Day, there was a new event that happened which was All Souls Day. This is when the souls that are stuck between Heaven and Hell in this place called Permeable. The kids would ask the churches for souls cakes in return for some prays.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-82554546920281019372013-10-29T14:40:00.000+13:002013-11-12T14:16:02.622+13:00My Mihimihi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had been given the task to write my own Mihimihi from a template that Miss Tito had given us. I have completed my task.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kia Ora Koutou hui mai nei ki tenei kura </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greetings to you all who have gathered here</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ki te mau mai ki <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;">te whakapakari I to reo Maori</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to develop your Maori language.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ka nui te aroha, te koa me te hari</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Great is the love, the joy and the happiness</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">mo to koutou maia ki te huihui mai ki te awhina</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">or your strength in gathering in support and help</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">i nga mahi e pa ana ki tenei kura.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the work concerning this school.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No reira, Tena Koutou, tena koutou, tena ra tatou katoa.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Therefore, greetings once, greetings twice and greetings to you all.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-66692554135140900712013-10-21T12:45:00.001+13:002013-10-21T12:45:17.853+13:00Halloween.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-53753043876354743922013-10-21T10:24:00.000+13:002013-10-21T10:24:05.328+13:00What In The World Is Going On?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span id="docs-internal-guid-7c53f235-d7b3-68e9-f219-ff54a5116b1d"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 2009 it was Teach Me How To Jerk, 2010 it was The Dougie, 2011 was Party Rock Anthem, 2012 was The Harlem Shake and now, What Does The Fox Say? The new trend this year is What Does The Fox Say? The song has only been out for 1 month and it already has over 1,800,000 views. The song consists on the sounds of animals. They start with a dog then build up to a fox. The sounds that they make are a bit like this Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa. It is quite catchy. This was Reporter Gabriel and Reporter Logan out. </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-87948906627477557432013-10-18T13:12:00.001+13:002013-10-18T13:12:52.363+13:00Maths Mural<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-32291156835519431482013-09-24T10:36:00.000+12:002013-09-24T10:55:14.300+12:00Gabriel D.L.O Reflection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I completed all of my work and I worked well with my mate Dillon. We completed our task and we did a great job overall. The animated images were detailed, had Maori designs and were interesting. We had some facts about the Treaty in it. To view our complete task go to vimeo.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-64363625872801725642013-08-20T13:21:00.000+12:002013-08-20T13:21:12.466+12:00Gabriel Yellow Submarine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-77923571959205001772013-08-20T13:19:00.000+12:002013-08-20T13:19:18.136+12:00Gabriel, Rita and Brooklyn Shots<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/71368045" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe>In literacy with Mrs Squires we have been given a project to show the different variation of camera shots. Enjoy.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-90258802344441981212013-08-12T14:46:00.000+12:002013-08-12T14:46:39.594+12:00Gabriel-Gavin Bishop.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Gavin Bishop is an author for children books. Here is more information about his background and life.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i> In his school days: In the 1950’s, his family had no electricity, no car, and no telephone. All he had was a small radio that couldn’t get much coverage. In 1955, he moved back to Invercargill and joined the public library to discover more about the free library system. He continued primary at Clifton School and went to high school in Invercargill. At the age of 18 he went to Canterbury University and studied the fine arts.</i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070370414755186169.post-86052688596008207232013-07-11T12:11:00.001+12:002013-07-11T12:11:40.222+12:003 Little Pigs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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