Have you ever heard of The Lord of Rings? If yes do you know who directed it ? It was Sir Peter Jackson one of the best director the world has ever seen.

Early Life

On 31st of October 1961, in Pukerua Bay, Wellington , there was a boy Born. Peter’s dad’s name was William Jackson . Peter’s mother’s name was Joan ruck, she was from England. The family were immigrants . His father was a factory worker in Wellington and peters  mommy was a housewife. 

Inspiration

Did you ever wonder what inspired the great peter Jackson to become what he is now? Peter Jackson got inspired from the adventures he would have in and outside of the house. When he got a bit older, him and his friends started making short films together. Something else that inspired him was television. He watched King Kong on television. He got fascinated by miniatures and animations as well.

Film making

As a kid Peter Jackson had a small hobby of film Making. Even though Jackson did not have any formal or professional training in film production he is Still one of the best director that the world has seen. He has directed many award winning films like Lord of Rings, the Hobbit, King Kong etc. It took him lots of hard work and dedication too.

Award winner

After making his amazing films he got Awards for them, He has won approximately around 30 awards. He has won Academy awards, AFi Movie awards, Golden Globe awards, one Hugo award, ate BAFTA awards, and plenty more awards. He has won them for Best picture, Best Director, Best producer, Best dramatic picture, Best American film etc.

Conclusion

Peter Jackson is known as the best New Zealand director. He is also known as a screenwriter and a producer. He is also a billionaire right now. He has made movies from the novel written from J.R.R Tolkien.

It was an amazing day

on the thirteenth of May

He was sitting on a twig

he wasn’t really that big

He opened his eyes that night

and he kind of gave me a fright

His beak was smaller than an atom 

his feet was black like my cabin

His fluffy feathers were dancing in the wind

his voice is super thinned 

he is a big fluffy ball

He is not very tall

My first few days in Kāhu have been really interesting

I have adapted to some new habits, tried and learnt lots of new things. It’s kind of different than last year, there are some new teacher like Mrs Vt and miss smith. We also have some new tasks to do. We have had many rotations on SDL tasks and for our writing asttle. I am exited for lots of sports opportunities in year 7/8. I have applied for jobs like house captain, linguist and I am already a road patroller. I look forward to more sports opportunities and learning opportunities.

On Thursday 8 December we went to a VR expedition by the Blake foundation. Before I tell you what we saw I will tell you what VR is. VR is also known as virtual reality, you have to put on a headset and you can connect it to a device and watch something on it. It feels like you’re in that spot and you can hear and feel stuff.

Then we saw Goat island. Goat island is a marine reserve which means that you can not go fishing and take anything from there. There were lots of fish and seaweed. The water was clean. Then we saw another area that was not protected and in that area, there were lots of Kina and barely any fish. The water was also dirty and there was no seaweed as well.

The things that I learnt in the expedition were that: if there are more snapper fishes there will be fewer Kina because snappers love eating Kina and that’s why the Kina hide under the rocks and seaweed. The non-protected area had no snappers because they caught them so that’s why the Kina overpopulated.

My feelings about the VR expedition were that it was a great experiment to see underwater and to see what the divers see in real life. I love virtual reality

Have you ever been to Ambury farm? Well on Tuesday 15 November we went to Ambury farm. We went on a bus and the ride was for around 20-30 minutes. Ambury farm was named after Stephen and Joseph Ambury; they started a dairy farm in the early 1800’s. They supplied milk to the people of Auckland by delivering door to door with a horse and cart.

When we arrived there we greeted the workers there. We got in our groups and got ready to go to our first activity. I was in the chickens with Mrs Davies. Our first activity was about matching some fabrics with the pictures. 

After that we went to see the shearing. In the shearing shed they were shearing the Ram,s ( Male sheep ), inside the shed there was a terrible smell. The way that they sheared the sheep shocked us. We thought the sheep will be sitting down and they will lightly shear them. We saw them wrestling the sheep actually just wrestling them. They were trying to hold them down so they could properly shear them.

After that we had a little snack and after that we went to felting.

Felting is where you can join pieces of wool into one. We had different colours of wool and we were told how to join them together. First we spread the wool to make it bigger. We stacked one straight and the other side ways. Then we wet the felts and keep on rubbing them with our hands then we put dishwashing liquid on it. We rubbed it even more until it got small then we washed out the felts and we were done. We had lunch after that.

After that we did our last activity, the walk. We saw lots of animals. We saw some sheared sheep, they were probably the ones that we saw getting sheared. We saw lots of chickens, there were geese and turkeys as well. We saw some horses. The breed was called Clydesdale,their feet were big like an elephant’s feet. They were used to pull ploughs in the olden days. We saw a big black pig who had escaped from his pen. We met with the other group later on. One of the groups had seen peacocks and cows but we hadn’t. There were some bunnies as well. There were two white bunnies and one grey one. After the walk we went back to school.

I had a fantastic time at Ambury farm. I recommend you to go there. It is super fun.

Poem

Wood,sticks and twigs.

We went to a farm

And saw cows,chickens and pigs

Cows are grazing on some other ground

The farmers see it and they frown

Ambury farm is very cool 

Go and visit but don’t do something silly and be a fool

THE END

On November 13 it is Kindness day. So be kind and don’t bully someone. Well now I will tell you a heart-warming story about kindness.

So there was a man named Joe and he was going through a very tough time. He couldn’t afford his apartment so he got  evicted from the apartment. He didn’t have that much money left to afford another house so he started living on the streets.

Lots of people looked at him weirdly and also stared at him. People made fun of him and also bullied him. When some people passed by they sometimes even kicked him. Some people were kind enough to give him some money.

Then one day some very generous person came by and gave him a free lotto ticket. He thanked them and then he went to the nearest dairy shop to check his lotto. The cashier put the lotto in the scanner and then there was a type of music.

“Congrats” said the cashier, “ you just won 48 million”. After that Joe couldn’t believe that he got that much money, in his mind he thanked the person who gave him the lotto ticket.

Now Joe is very rich; he owns every single expensive car and a huge mansion. He also has lots of clothing brands and companies. Joe also gave the person who gave him a lotto 5 supercars. So remember to be kind on November 13.

Do you know what a Phorrilla is? Well a Phorilla is a mixture of a gorilla, phenix and Godzilla.It is a creature that we created, you are probably thinking “ What is this dude” well let me explain.

So Phorrilla lives in Cameroon, well actually that’s where it’s been seen the most. Most people have spotted it eating reptiles. Phorrilla eats any type of meat and it can eat any type of reptile but it mostly likes snakes. His favourite fruit is a banana.Phorrilla can also eat humans so be aware! 

Phorrilla’s special abilities are that he can breath blue or orange fire out of his mouth and he can light up. So his scales and eyes can light up blue at night and when he gets angry it turns orange as well.His weakness is Ice and water and he is also afraid of them as well. If he goes near a heated place he will be really strong.

There is basically no way to control him unless you hypnotise him. He likes privacy because if everyone crowds him he will attack them. It is the rarest creature to find. So basically you should stay away from it if you find it. You can take a pic but be quick.

Do you know what Halloween is ? Well it started when an ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain was held. It was believed that on that day, the souls of the dead returned to their homes, so people dressed in costumes and lit bonfires to ward off spirits. These days people celebrate Halloween pretty much every single year. On this day people wear costumes.

Since it’s Halloween and everyone loves Halloween, our school has a disco every year. If you want to buy a ticket for the disco it costs 5 dollars each. The Halloween disco is super fun, you can buy candies and dance. Well me and my friends are going and we are dressing up as Squid Game. I am going to be square, TK is going to be triangle and Ryan’s circle mask broke.

In three days it is going to be Halloween. My friends and I are very excited. We are going to dress up in the same costumes but I hope Ryan gets a new mask. I am kind of surprised by the fact that Halloween was found some 2,000 years ago.

My Favourite part of halloween is trick or treating. I think that is everyone’s favourite part because you get lollies. Me and my friends are going out to trick or treating as well. Trick or treating is very fun and we also hope we get lots of candy on the day.

In my opinion halloween is very fun, it is also a great experience. I hope you guys have fun as well.

This week was Te Reo Maori week also known as Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. This week we did lots of Activities at school related to Maori culture. We also practised a waiata related to Māori history. On Rahina (Monday) at assembly the whole school sang Te Manurewa o Tamapahore.

On Ratu (Tuesday) we learned about hangi. Hangi is a Māori tradition to cook food on special occasions. We named some stuff that can be put in a hangi, I named mushroom because I love cooked mushrooms. Then we took a survey to see who likes which food. Then we made a bar graph to show. The winner was Hei Hei, also known as chicken in English.

On Raapa (Wednesday) we read the year four’s some Māori books. Some of the books had Māori legends about Te Manurewa o Tamapahore. It’s about two brothers where they had a competition and they decide that the brother that flies the kite highest wins. Then tamapahure tests jealous and cuts tamapahore’s kite and it flys all the way to coromandel.  

There is always a question of the day which is hidden in the classroom and we have to find it and answer it. In the kapa haka group we also performed some waiata’s. We performed a haka, nga iwi e, te manurewa o tamapahore and toea mai.

I think we should speak more Māori at school and do more Māori activities because it is a great culture.