My Vocabulary

Vocabulary	My definition	Dictionary meaning
Predator	It is a big animal that hunts a smaller animal.	It is an animal that preys(Hunts) on others.
Bovine	Relating to cattle.	Relating to affecting Cattle.
Control	To reduce numbers of a pest to a level at which they don’t cause unacceptable damage.	the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.
Industry	A group of business, factories, and individuals that make a similar product or provide a similar service.	economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
Joey	A young possum or kangaroo or any other marsupial.	a young kangaroo or other marsupial.
Marsupial	an animal (always a mammal) that is carried in its mother’s pouch after birth so it can finish growing	a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly. Marsupials are found chiefly in Australia and New Guinea, and also in America.

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Well-Being

My Maths

book-report

Fiction Book Report 

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Name:Dyzon Tohovaka         

  Date:19/03/2020

Book Title:

Boy Soldiers Author: 

Norman Bilbrough

Illustrator:

Andrew Burdan 

This book is about... 

2 young men faking their age to

the army and going

there to find out it was a big mistake.

The setting of this book is ... 

A pitch black night with gun bullets

speeding through the air on a battlefield. 

The main character in this book is... 

Stan Stanfield and Len Coley 

The biggest problem in the book is... Len is a captain of men older than him and it is really hard for him.

Some important events in the book are... A big war broke out in europe in 1914.

At the end of the book... Len goes back to the battlefields in 1930.

I thought about this book... I think this book was really interesting and cool because they talked about wars and being a captain and also protecting their nation.

My Pepeha

My Tongan

Pepeha:

Ko Hoku hingoa ko Dyzon.

Ko 'eku ongo matu'a ko Nia.

Ko 'eku ha'u mei Hofoa.

'Oku ou ako 'i he lautohi' a Tamaki.

'Oku ou nofo 'i Glen Innes.

Ko 'eku faiako ko Mrs Tafea.

My Maori

Pepeha:

Ko Dyzon toku hingoa.

Ko Nia toku whaea.

Ko Nami toku Matua.

Ko Pauuvale toku whanau.

Ko Tamaki toku kura.

No Hofoa ahau.

Possums

Introduced predators-predictions and wonderings

Introduced pests

The Beach Day

Beach Day

On one sunny Saturday afternoon

my grampa came up to me and said

that we are going with our Family to

the beach then I said YAY!!!

When we were getting ready I went to go have

lunch when my Nana said “just have lunch at

the beach we don’t have any time” so I replied

ok. When we all finished getting ready we got

inside my grandpa’s van and then Zoomed Off.

Next I asked “which beach are we going to”

and he replied “okahu bay”. While we were

driving I saw heaps of people talking to each

other at this shop called Mexico Taco’s. Also

after we drove past I fell straight to sleep.

When I woke up we were already there so I

got out of the van and went to go say hi to

my family. Then I went to my uncle to say

hi because he was at the BBq cooking food.

After I finished saying hi to everyone I went

into the boys Changing Room/Toilets to get

changed into my swimming togs. When I

came out I walked straight to the water and

stood there waiting for my sisters to finish

getting changed so we could play in the water.

After a while me and my sisters saw my cousins

go into the changing rooms with some

swimming togs so we waited and waited

until they finished getting changed so

they could come swim with us. After

they were finished getting ready they

were running so fast to the water because

when they touched the sand against their

feet it was burning hot; when they came

into the water we started a water fight it

was so much fun that my aunts and uncles

came in and joined as well.

When it settled down me and my cousins came

out of the water and went back into the changing

rooms while my sisters stayed in the water.

When we went into the changing rooms we

all wanted to have a shower (Who wouldn’t).

We first waited one by one to have a shower;

next we all got changed into our nice,warm

and dry clothes. Then my cousins went to sit

with my family while I was lying down on a

carpet with my nana and grandpa watching my

sister playing in the water.

After a while my sisters came out of the water

because my uncle finished doing the BBq so when

my sisters finished getting ready they came to me

and my family and we all waited for our plate of food

so I waited and waited until it was my turn to get my

plate of food. The food looked lovely and also tasted

good. Later when we finished eating I waited for my

cousins and my sisters to finish eating so we could

cross the road together so we could all go to the park.

When they finished we finally crossed the road and

slowly walked to the park.

When we finally got there we all separated and went

to each place around the park. I don’t know where my

cousins went but I was at the flying fox. It was so fun

that after a while I saw some of my cousins come to

join me. After awhile we all went back across the road

to help pack up; when we got there we saw that my

family already started packing up so we just went

and helped. When we finished packing up we said

bye to my family and cousins and then got into my

car and we drove all the way home.

Con: It was so fun at the beach that I wish we

would do it again sometime.

The Possum Problem

 Intro: The possum is a pest to

native trees, native birds and

also other species. They are

small rodents; famous for their

fur. In the past few years they

have become a huge problem

because they destroy our

environment .

 P1:  In 1837, Possums arrived

in Aotearoa by British Settlers.

The british settlers brought them

to Aotearoa Because the Men wanted

the possums fur to sell for money.

But what the british settlers didn’t

know was that  possums were going

to be a huge problem.

 P2: In 1920, possums became a

problem because they were

destroying the environment and

also our insects and animals.

Possums are also destroying

our ecosystem.

TO help solve the problem,

the government has set up

traps, laid poison and allowed

people to hunt them without a

licence. 

Conclusion:By 2050 NZ would be pest free.

Introduced Pests

My Goals

Name:Dyzon Tohovaka
Term 1, 2020	My Goals
Reading	I need to: Understand what I’m reading and why I'm reading it. Predict and make inferences on the basis of what has been read. Ask critical questions to improve understanding the text.
Writing	I need to: Use figurative languages to make my writing interesting. Use complex punctuations in all of my stories. Add lots of detail to make it more than interesting.
Maths	I need to: Ask critical questions to clarify meaning. Use my group norms. Explain in a way people can understand.
KEY COMPETENCIES My goal is to  Participate and contribute in a group or class activities. To ask critical questions to gain understanding of what is being taught.

Kaitiaki of the stream

Pest