Our Commonwealth super star

DJ Forbes

Full name: Derek Jamie Forbes

Date of birth: 15^th December 1982

Auckland

Height: 1.89 m

DJ Forbes is the current All Blacks rugby sevens captain, he started playing for the New Zealand sevens on September 27^th 2011.

His provincial team is Counties Manukau fifteens and his position is loose forward, his position for sevens is prop.

DJ Forbes has lifted 2 cups this season in Port Elizabeth in England as they sit at the top of all standings. He started playing rugby league and then he was converted to rugby union at the end of his school days. DJ Forbes has won 4 consecutive gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.

The reason why DJ Forbes wanted to play rugby was because he had the same values as Michael Jones and he wanted to be as good as him.

BY Andre and Jayden

How does a space shuttle launch?

How does a space shuttle launch?

For a 4.5 million pound shuttle to lift off from a launching pad to orbit above Earth it must use the following components in order to lift off:

Ø  Two solid rocket boosters (SRB)

Ø  Three main engines of the orbiter

Ø  The external fuel tank (ET)

Those components all have to work together in order for the shuttle to lift off. If one doesn’t work properly the shuttle will go so far up and the spiral back down to Earth.

By Jayden, Amanda, Mac, Castelle, Andre and Jenny 

The Avengers writing group

Recently we have been looking at rhyming poems, here are our attempts. Enjoy!!!

Chocolate cake

I love to eat chocolate cakes

Especially when they have heaps of chocolate flakes

If I eat too many, I get really silly

The sugar goes right to my head and I turn bright red

Lose

Rugby league

Rugby league is my thing it makes me want to shout and sing.

The team I go for are the Sydney Roosters, because they are never losers.

In league you only get five chances, so you better make those side glances.

Andre

School

I love school it is really cool

The thing I enjoy doing the most is writing especially when I get to do typing.

Although there are many of us on the roll, we are all supported to reach our goals.

Rhea

Family

My family share everything to show that they care.

We help each other everywhere.

There are 14 of us in our house, and it is never as quiet as a mouse.

Elizabeth