The finger eater

The Finger Eater

The book ‘the finger eater’ is about a troll called Ulf that goes around the village eating fingers of humans with his sharp teeth. He lives in a big hole. Ulf has a trick how get their finger. He tries to be nice like shaking hands and then he strikes.

My favourite character in the book was Ulf because he is short like me, he eats humans fingers and because he has razor sharp teeth.

I recommend this book to children ages 5-8. Children that like junior novels and who like Dick King Smith’s books would like this book!

     Dick king-smith

My comment

I picked Patrick's work because it was very interesting.

The Monkerven

 The Monkerven

The Monkerven is an animal that eats plants and meat. It is called an omnivore. It is a good hunter. The Monkerven can run fast but not faster than a cheetah. It lives in forests or dry grass. The Monkerven is a strong swimmer and it is very playful. It’s favourite things to play with is twigs.

Science showcase

Science showcase

What happened yesterday?

Yesterday we went to room 1, 6, 5, 4 and 3 for a science showcase. In room 1 they had a toy propeller the wind would blow and it will spin fast. In room 6 there were ipads and you put things together like water and fire and they make steam. In room 5 there were batteries and wires and if you put the battery in and put wires in the light bulb holder the bulb will glow. In room 4 I looked in the microscope and saw the kiwi super close! In room 3 there was a voltametre that measures how strong your battery is.

Did you like it or dislike it and why?

I liked it because I like looking at experiments that have not seen and to learn more things about science.

What did you find interesting?

What I found interesting about the battery experiment in room 5 was that they only needed one battery for the experiment.

Did you learn anything new?

I learnt that the voltametre measures the strength of the battery.

Would you like to have one of this next time?

Yes I would want one next time because it was fun.

Finding China

Finding China

When I went to China I found a lot of new things there.

The school

In schools there are no doors in the toilet but there is only curtains.They use a sprinkler to wipe their bottom and wipe the toilet. Their school starts at 7.00am to 5.00pm. Most of the people at schools come from Shanghai. It was winter and it was freezing.

School work

They need to get ready before 6.30am. The people have 1 hour of homework each night. They studied Science, Maths, PE, Arts and lots more subjects. Each day they had to do a hundred push ups and a hundred sit ups the they had to run around the track fifty times.

Food

For breakfast some Chinese people have buns filled with some vegetables and some meat. For lunch some of them have rice with prawns or sometimes they have pork and some vegetables. Dinner they have soup  some rice, vegetables and meat. When they are cold they drink hot chocolate to get warmer. After they eat a meal they can have fruit like orange, banana or apple but only one each day.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was famous for his protest against apartheid and was in prison for 27 years. He was a great leader in South Africa.

Nelson Mandela was born in July 18 1918. He got the nickname Nelson from his teacher from his school. His dad was a chief of the city Mvezo. Nelson Mandela’s birth name is Rolihlahla.

He became a leader in the African national congress. He planned to bomb a certain building and he wanted to make sure that no one got hurt and he went to jail for this. He was released from jail in 1990. Nelson Mandela fought for the black people and for civil rights and equal opportunity.

Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1993. His famous speech is “a good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination”.

Cows

Cows

When cows give birth they lie down or stand up. When calf pops out they stand up straight away. The calves try to drink the milk from the mother's udder. When a calf is born they get put in a warm shed with other calves. In the shed they get hungry. The calves are greedy because they want to be first and want more milk than them. When cows grow older they nibble on grass. They feed more grass than milk. They also need fresh water.

Little calves grow small horn’s. Their horn’s are cut by hot iron.They have injections so they don't have sharp horn’s. The farmers keep the best dairy cows for milking. They are called heifer. Cows can produce 20,000 liters of milk a year. The male cows are slaughtered.