liz van der laarse author visit

 on Monday Liz van der laarrse came in totara class  we asked her Questions

 How old were you when you Started writing?  she was 50.

How long did it take to write? she said a couple of years.

rotational symmetry

we are lrning to crate 2 d shapes they are culifilll shapes

 

hungry hen

 Today we read the activity of how to make a hungry hen.  (well it was actually a rooster because it has a comb).

We made a hungry hen out of plates, feathers, coloured paper, a stapler, glue and felts.  

Liam said it was fun to make the hen.  Eli said it was excellent, Luke wanted to know how to cut out the comb, it was really hard.  Bayden thought it was great.

Bayden speech

 Hi my name is Bayden, today I am going to talk to you about the issues of driving on Northland’s roads. Firstly, people from all over the world know that drink driving is bad, I have seen people driving crazy because of this.  I think it’s a good idea that people should be breath tested more when leaving the pub or other places.

People all over the world understand that you should not drive drunk because you are more likely to cause an accident and really hurt yourself and others OR worse someone could die.  Did you know in 2019, 131 people died from alcohol and drug driving.

Another issue and challenge when travelling on the road is bumpy and winding roads.  For example, it is really challenging driving from my house to Mangonui because there are very bad pot holes and you could hit your car, ute or truck and get out of control. Also people crash around the sharp corners every year. Once a truck flipped on one of the corners around Paewhenua Island and It was full of sheep, most of the sheep died.

You also need to pay attention to road signs because as they tell you lots of things like when to slow down or when a corner is coming. They tell you there is a school nearby and they tell you the speed limit so Wally doesn’t pull you up and give you a ticket for speeding. Other things that road signs say are slow down.  You need to watch for yellow lines painted on the road as that tells people not to overtake cars, this is because cars or trucks might be coming the other way or there could be a really bad corner coming up.

Another thing that you have to be careful of when driving is that you are NOT tired.  If you are really tired and get into your car and drive then you could fall asleep and crash.  Here are some examples of ways to stay awake:  if you have another person in the car with you, you should swap drivers, have a coffee on the way, stop and have a break for a while, sing to the radio and lastly have a really good sleep before you go.

Lastly, I think everyone should do driver training at college.  This training is called Defensive Driving.  This will help with driving safely on our Northland roads, and will help to keep our death and injury toll down.  I am going to sign up to one as soon as I am allowed to drive. 

my art coolage by bayden.

 my art collage name is matai bay