About Me In 2019

Hi my name’s Ailie and aspire to be an author. I am a Year 5 and 10 years old. I ride horses and am pretty experienced with the art. I also love to write and read and would say that it is more fun than outdoor activities. My favourite colour is yellow. I like the Harry Potter books and movies as well.

My eyes are blue and can do cross-eye (see picture). I have brown wavy hair that I want to grow long.

I hope you enjoy and stay with me on my blog this year.

Peace!

Why We Should Not Have School

We should not have school.People get pressured,People have more important things and it will help the country.

People get pressured because people get busy and miss out on homework so they get stressed. People shut down when they get 586+1346 wrong. Some teachers teach kids stuff and dive into another thing so the kids forget.

People have more important things like at my house we have a foal that has an allergy and I’m supposed to look after her. Some people have 1 pet and parents that go out for work so the pets alone. People like to go out for holidays but there are “important exams” in the way.

It will help the country because we can use the money to save animals. We can replace the land for plants and trees. Lots of people drive to schools so removing them will mean less pollution. At schools there is lots of plastic littered so removing schools will help the environment

Why We Should Not Learn Math

We should not learn math! What’s the point?   It’s hard! Math is weird.

What’s the point?  When in life will we need to use the square root of x ? Why do we need 3 strategies just to solve 58-19?

It’s hard! How are 9 year olds supposed to solve 685-249? What is this mess of  x4=z1?

Math is weird. Why are letters allowed in math? Why do we need decimals and square roots.

That’s why we should not learn math!

The Bush

At our school we did a writing test to see how we have done over the years. This is the writing I have done.

We were at Zealandia on November 6th 2018 on a bright sunny Tuesday. The surroundings were a luscious lime green with cocoa grounds. Our director Bob led us into a place called the bird bush. We saw Tui's, Kaka's, Toutouwai and even Hihi! But I saw something else. A stoat! It was eating a Hihi egg too! I whispered to Bob "Look, a stoat." Bob was surprised when he saw it. He called the staff while my friend May was taking and deleting photos and claimed she saw a Popokotea. The staff finally came but the stoat got away. We quietly ran after it. We finally caught up and I scooped up the stoat. I gave it to the staff and they said I could help spot predators at Zealandia. I said yes and came every day and saw lots of rats, possums and stoats.

The Storm Poem

We were learning how to write a poem about the storm. We made animals. Personifications are human action put into objects.  Metaphors are like "The Storm Is A Fox".  Similes are like "The Tree Swayed Like A Cat Tail"

       The Storm

L l l l l l l l l l l l ll l l l l l

The storm is a ferocious fox,

Swift and steady. Attacking at its will         

Biting anything in its way.

Running and crashing,

Its leaps cause earthquakes.

And it spins causing tornadoes,

Making a terrible breeze.

The earth growls, as it fades away.

By Ailie Ironsde

          

Zealandia

Hello! Yesterday we went to Zealandia so I'll share it with you!

Yesterday, October the 25th 2018, we went to Zealandia New Zealand

Animal Sanctuary on the bus at 10:15AM. We went with Rm 12 on
the bus. My group was, Shelly, Sue, Aranga’s Dad, Joy, Summer,
Amity, Ella, Daisy, Aranga, Josh and Toni. We saw all different
animals like reptiles and birds, to be specific, Tuatara, Gecko, Tui
and a heap more! I brought my camera so I could take awesome
photos I’d never forget. We went in a tower thing and saw a hole
with glass on top. I didn’t trust it so I didn’t stand on it. After we
watched a movie we went back to school at 4:30PM on the bus.

Ask A Friend If You Are Doing The Right Thing

Hi! We learnt about being in the right place at the right time. This is an example of being in the right place at the right time with my friend joy.