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=Long finned eel=

=FAST FACT= The longfin eel has lived in N.Z for 80 million years. A longfin can be 60 years old before they have babies. Females don’t mature until they are 34 years old and males don’t mature until they are 23 to 25. The female longfin can have 1 to 20 million eegs only once and then they will die once they lay there done. They can swim 6,000 kilometres. They breed once in there life and then die. They may grow only between 15-25mm a year.

They can live for many years. The large longfins have been estimated to be at least 60 years old.

Exposition Moderation Name: Jacob T WALT: We are assessing our skill in writing an exposition

“Should Greytown School be offering extra-curricula activties

If someone comes to Greytown school and they want to be a dancer when they grow up then we should make a class for them Maybe more year 7 & 8's will come to Greytown School so they can see what college will be like if they went to Kuranui they would be able to study dance and have a lot of opportunities to show off their skills.

I think Greytown school should have extra-curricula activites because the students going to college next year will know what to expect. As year 7 & 8s we don’t know what college is going to be like. If Greytown School had extra-curricula activities like college it would give year 7&8 students some independence as we would be able to decided for ourselves what subjects we would like to take. Having extra-curricula can also be good for most of us year 7&8s at Greytown School because it would make the change from primary school to college a little easier and I think that making things easy for your first year at college is important because it could help by starting year 9 with confidence. These are my reasons why I think we should have extra-curricula activities at Greytown School. ==Exposition Moderation Name: Jacob T WALT: We are assessing our skill in writing an exposition “Should Greytown School be offering extra-curricula activties If someone comes to Greytown school and they want to be a dancer when they grow up then we should make a class for them Maybe more year 7 & 8's will come to Greytown School so they can see what college will be like if they went to Kuranui they would be able to study dance and have a lot of opportunities to show off their skills. I think Greytown school should have extra-curricula activites because the students going to college next year will know what to expect. As year 7 & 8s we don’t know what college is going to be like. If Greytown School had extra-curricula activities like college it would give year 7&8 students some independence as we would be able to decided for ourselves what subjects we would like to take. Having extra-curricula can also be good for most of us year 7&8s at Greytown School because it would make the change from primary school to college a little easier and I think that making things easy for your first year at college is important because it could help by starting year 9 with confidence. These are my reasons why I think we should have extra-curricula activities at Greytown School.==

This is Jayden and My Fractured Fairy Tale.
We had to get into a pair and make a fairy tale with different fairy tale people and make a story.

**Rapunzel** **The** **Three** **Little** **Pigs**  **And** **The** **Big** **Bad** **Wolf.**

 **One frosty year a wild west wolf and the three lovely pigs and one girl called Rapunzel. One lovely evening Rapunzel decided to go for a little walk to go see the three little pigs.**

 **Back then, most people had to ask for permission if they could go outside but Rapunzel didn’t have to ask because she was the Princess.When she left Rapunzel skipped off into the woods and on the way she was just saying continuously la la la la la la la. All of a sudden she herd a wolf sound and she got so creped out she ran behind the tree just outside the Three Little Pigs half straw and half bamboo house. She ran into the bamboo side and got knocked out and when she woke up the three little pigs had found her and taken her inside to give her some medicine. Then she had a big bruise on the back of her leg so she had to go to the doctors because the bruise was bleeding inside and she got really scared. While she was at the doctors they told her to go home so she did. But instead she went to her dads dairy to get some lollies, well lollies that were old because they couldn’t afford any of the nice ones but Rapunzel didn’t mind. When she was on her way home the woods seemed to get darker and darker the longer she walked on so she turned around and WOW! a big,enormous balloon was just a bout to blow up but then she seen a little figures lying in the balloon and guess who it was. It was the three little pigs trying their hardest to stop it popping but “BANG” it popped so they had to go to hospital but o well they will live. So Rapunzel carried on walking back to the house then she looked to her left and then her house was there. She was so excited she finally found it.**

 **When the three little pigs come back from the hospital one had a broken arm, another had a fractured arm and the last one had a broken finger, so they were resting at home for a we wile so Rapunzel decided to stay with them.**

 **All of a sudden they heard, “I’ll huff and I'll puff and I will blow your house down.” He got down half of the house when the started to chase him away and he was so scared he wet his pants. Once the big bad wolf had gone Rapunzel sat down with the three little pig and they enjoyed a nice cup of tea in front of the half fire.**

 **Then they lived Happy ever after.**

 **By Jayden and Jacob.**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Harry (Mario): I liked it i thought it was great i especially liked it how the characters got hurt.**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **I liked it how you mucked things up it was totally different.**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **My favourite part was when she wet her pants.**

Illusions

It was Tuesday 22 of July, 1995.

I was so happy we were almost home. I looked out of the helicopter window beside me, seeing all the smoke and fire underneath the chopper, I new we had won.

As I sat in the helicopter, I realised I had a very sore back and cramp in my legs. All of a sudden, I heard the pilot yell “Mayday, Mayday, were going down”. The alert button next to me was flashing red, and knew it wasn’t good sign. The chopper was going out of control as it shook furiously. It seemed like an anchor was grabbing hold of the helicopter and jerking it towards the ground.

I woke up. I was only inhaling the smoke from the burning petrol, as I breathed heavily. I rolled onto my side seeing the wreckage falling apart. Beside me, I spotted my friend Simmons lying with his head against the sand. As I looked at his face I saw blood trickling from mouth, and that was when I knew he was dead. His pale white skin and his lifeless body brought tears to my eyes as I walked away from his limp corpse.

Everyone around me was dead apart from the pilot who I found moaning with a broken neck in the remains of the crash. I tried all I could to help him but as the flames grew bigger, I knew he wouldn’t stand a chance. I felt rotten about leaving him but I knew I had to get out of here. I ran as fast as I could away from the destroyed chopper, trying to forget what had just happened. The big explosion behind me made me trip over and land face first into the sand. I picked myself up and kept running.

The only thing I could see was the sand dunes all around me, Making me feel drowsy. “Oh man, how am I gonna get out of this one” I said out loud,but then in the distance something shiny caught my eye. As it got closer I began to see it more clearly. The greens and yellows were making a vibrant rainbow, then I began to think. A bird? Whats a bird doing all the way out here? The bird then dropped something on my head. It must have been the shiny object that I saw earlier. It was a spoon. My head was throbbing so hard I didn’t realise how strange it was for a bird to be flying with a spoon in it’s talons.

I was exhausted. The scorching hot sun brought pain to back as though I had just been shot. Luckily I had my backpack with me, but it carried less than I needed. It contained two bottles of water both half empty, a compass full of sand and various bolts just incase the chopper broke down,but I didn’t need them any more so I dropped them in the sand and kept going.

I saw various mirages as I trudged, but as I ran up to them, I found that they were just fragments of my imagination. The sun was getting to my head, and maybe thats where the budgies came from.

“Oh no I’m gonna die out here with no water”, I complained to myself, but as I wiped the tears of my nose, I saw something else in the distance. This time I was convinced it was real and not an illusion. As I ran up to it, it was almost like a dream come true. A big pool of sparkling water filled my vision as I jumped in. I was happy to have the shade of the oasis trees, but even more cheerful about the water. I filled both my drink bottles up to the brim, but then felt a sudden dizziness that made me drop to knees. As i did I spotted these amazing looking mushrooms on a near by tree trunk. I reached out to grab them and then got an enormous fright. Something yelled “ Hey, Don’t you put your dirty hands on me”. I realised it was the mushrooms talking. “ What greatness. Talking mushrooms.”I said as I grabbed them and scoffed them down.

I decided to leave the oasis, and try and find some civilization. As I though I saw a building in the distance, I started to sprint towards it. While doing it, I tripped hard and smacked my head on a rock.

As my eyes began to open, all I could see was the blank walls around me. A man in completely white clothing strolled through the door. He peered down at me and said “ You have been through quite a lot so we are going to keep you here for a while.” “No!” I objected. “ There were birds and spoons...” “ There there you have been through ALOT for one life time!” Illusions

It was Tuesday 22 of July, 1995.

I was so happy we were almost home. I looked out of the helicopter window beside me, seeing all the smoke and fire underneath the chopper, I new we had won.

As I sat in the helicopter, I realised I had a very sore back and cramp in my legs. All of a sudden, I heard the pilot yell “Mayday, Mayday, were going down”. The alert button next to me was flashing red, and knew it wasn’t good sign. The chopper was going out of control as it shook furiously. It seemed like an anchor was grabbing hold of the helicopter and jerking it towards the ground.

I woke up. I was only inhaling the smoke from the burning petrol, as I breathed heavily. I rolled onto my side seeing the wreckage falling apart. Beside me, I spotted my friend Simmons lying with his head against the sand. As I looked at his face I saw blood trickling from mouth, and that was when I knew he was dead. His pale white skin and his lifeless body brought tears to my eyes as I walked away from his limp corpse.

Everyone around me was dead apart from the pilot who I found moaning with a broken neck in the remains of the crash. I tried all I could to help him but as the flames grew bigger, I knew he wouldn’t stand a chance. I felt rotten about leaving him but I knew I had to get out of here. I ran as fast as I could away from the destroyed chopper, trying to forget what had just happened. The big explosion behind me made me trip over and land face first into the sand. I picked myself up and kept running.

The only thing I could see was the sand dunes all around me, Making me feel drowsy. “Oh man, how am I gonna get out of this one” I said out loud,but then in the distance something shiny caught my eye. As it got closer I began to see it more clearly. The greens and yellows were making a vibrant rainbow, then I began to think. A bird? Whats a bird doing all the way out here? The bird then dropped something on my head. It must have been the shiny object that I saw earlier. It was a spoon. My head was throbbing so hard I didn’t realise how strange it was for a bird to be flying with a spoon in it’s talons.

I was exhausted. The scorching hot sun brought pain to back as though I had just been shot. Luckily I had my backpack with me, but it carried less than I needed. It contained two bottles of water both half empty, a compass full of sand and various bolts just incase the chopper broke down,but I didn’t need them any more so I dropped them in the sand and kept going.

I saw various mirages as I trudged, but as I ran up to them, I found that they were just fragments of my imagination. The sun was getting to my head, and maybe thats where the budgies came from.

“Oh no I’m gonna die out here with no water”, I complained to myself, but as I wiped the tears of my nose, I saw something else in the distance. This time I was convinced it was real and not an illusion. As I ran up to it, it was almost like a dream come true. A big pool of sparkling water filled my vision as I jumped in. I was happy to have the shade of the oasis trees, but even more cheerful about the water. I filled both my drink bottles up to the brim, but then felt a sudden dizziness that made me drop to knees. As i did I spotted these amazing looking mushrooms on a near by tree trunk. I reached out to grab them and then got an enormous fright. Something yelled “ Hey, Don’t you put your dirty hands on me”. I realised it was the mushrooms talking. “ What greatness. Talking mushrooms.”I said as I grabbed them and scoffed them down.

I decided to leave the oasis, and try and find some civilization. As I though I saw a building in the distance, I started to sprint towards it. While doing it, I tripped hard and smacked my head on a rock.

As my eyes began to open, all I could see was the blank walls around me. A man in completely white clothing strolled through the door. He peered down at me and said “ You have been through quite a lot so we are going to keep you here for a while.” “No!” I objected. “ There were birds and spoons...” “ THere there you have been through ALOT for one life time!”