The Emerald City of Oz

The Emerald City of Oz
By L.Frank Baum.

 Dorothy's Uncle  and Aunty grew poorer every year and could not pay the mortgage on their farm. One day a banker said to Uncle Henry that they had to pay the money in thirty days otherwise they had to give up the farm. Uncle Henry did not tell Dorothy because he was afraid that his niece would not be happy. One day Dorothy found her Uncle and Aunty crying so she asked them what was wrong and she was crying at the end.

They thought that if Dorothy brought home an emerald from the land of Oz it would leave their farm free forever. However she did not bring home an emerald because she had no time.

I liked this book because Dorothy goes to stay in the land of Oz.  The book was easy to read as the words were not so hard.

However, it is sad because the author got a feather and it said "You will never hear anything more about Oz, because we are now cut off forever from the rest of the world.  But Toto and I will always love you and all the other children who love us.  Dorothy Gale."

Antarctica and the Arctic

Antarctica

• 14.0 million km² in land mass
• Fifth largest continent
• It contains the geographic South Pole
• -89^oC is the coldest temperature
• Nearly twice as big as Australia
• 49 countries signed the Antarctic Treaty, which protects the ecozone and forbids other activities
•  There are research stations on Antarctica
• Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole

If you don't know what an ecozone is you can find out here

Terrestrial ecozone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arctic

• Arctic region is the northern most point on earth
• Comes from Greek word, ἄρκτος (arktos) which means bear
• -68oC is the coldest temperature
• Global warming is causing the sea ice to get smaller
• Arctic Council is made up of the USA, Finland, Iceland, Denmark (Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Canada, Russia, Norway, and Sweden, who mostly look after environmental issues, not boundary issues
• Polar bears are found in the Arctic, but not in the Antarctic where penguins are found
• No country owns the North Pole or the ocean around it

 

On Sunday I went to watch Karl play full field 15 aside  rugby  at north harbour stadium . He  was playing north harbour. The score was 80-0. I was watching him a bit and papa mama and I got a hot chocolate for a drink. His team lost.

Chipping up wood

On  Saturday my dad used a wood chipper to chip up wood. He got a size 8 for a size 6 price because they gave the size 6 to somebody else. He had all ready cut the hedge down so he didn't need to on the day. He cut 3m off the top and 1m off the side of our back hedge.

Walk to the Sky Tower

On Monday we did a walk to the Sky Tower from home in Glen Innes and Karl and I went on our scooters while mama walked. It was 11.8km.

Before we left, we got everything we needed: food, water, raincoat, and our backpacks.  Karl and I also had our helmets.

On the way, we talked to a man at the old boatsheds by Tamaki Drive.  He showed us his boat and his bosses boat in another shed.  His bosses boat was quite big and was 90 years old.  His boat was a bit younger.

At the Ports of Auckland there were a few ships in the harbour.  We saw lots of people on their BMX bikes who are here to compete in a tournament.

We got a bus home and on the bus ride, we saw a big roll-on roll-off ship that had docked while we were at the Sky Tower.

I felt happy at the end of our adventure because I did not think we would make it all the way, and yet we kept on going and succeeded.  We did not give up!

Saturday and Sunday

On Saturday morning I didn't watch my brother play rugby for the first half of his game that he played but I did watch the second half of the game. It was at the home ground of his team. His team is called Marist Black Magic Under 10 Restricted. Karl is a forward. His team won. On Saturday night we went to the Rugby at  Eden Park: Black Ferns vs England and the Black Ferns won. The Chiefs played the Blues and the Chiefs won the game. We did not watch the full game because we thought the Chiefs would win the game.

On Sunday, Oma, Oom Ron and Tante Norma took Karl and I swimming.  We got to have some free time first, then we had our swimming lesson.  We've both been swimming since we were babies, and I like swimming.  If we go to the beach, I like to swim out far and my lessons have helped me with this.

As soon as swimming was finished, and we'd had our shower, we went to the Scout Hall for our Papa's birthday party.  He had turned 50 on the 2nd July.  He was born in 1963 in the Netherlands.  Mama had decorated the hall with orange balloons as orange is the colour of the Netherlands.  I had a fun time there because we got to play outside with friends and Karl and I went home in Uncle Malcolm's car.  He let us play on his phone while he had a drink with Papa.  Papa enjoyed his day.

SkyTower

S.So High

K.King Of The Sky

Y.See Yachts At The Port

T.Top Of Auckland

O.Over The Skies

W..Wonderful

E.Elevators with glass floors

R.Rigid Tower