My 2012 Netbook Reflection

My name is Michael W from Panmure Bridge School and this is my netbook reflection. I have so far enjoyed the new research capabilities unlocked by my netbook, it is much easier to do things, such as working with a partner, or even being easier to type than writing.

It is mostly annoying, with all the different sites. It becomes easier and easier to go off-task now then it was before. With all the adverts in most learning sites it’s easy to become distracted

I think that there are too many problems on the netbook, glitches, slow Internet, and many other programs. And all the amounts of people going on one website nearly brings the computer to a halt, not to mention all the lag anyway.

I have enjoyed the time I have been able to use my netbook

A boy's head

A boy’s head

In it there is a tank

and a project

for making school more fun

And there is

a car,

which shall be first

And there is

an entirely new planet

an entirely new civilisation

an entirely new food

There is food

that eats itself

There is a school

There is anti-suns

And it cannot be contained

I believe

that only what cannot be contained

is a head.

There is much promise

in the circumstance

that so many people have heads.

Michael W

This Is Just To Say

This Is Just To Say

I have devoured
the lollies
that were in
the cupboard.

And which
you were probably
saving
for dessert.

Forgive me
they were delectable,
so sweet,
and so soft.

Michael Watson

I asked the little boy who cannot see

I asked the little boy who cannot see

I asked the little boy who cannot see,
“And what is colour like?”
“Why yellow,” said he,
“Is like the beautiful birds you hear in the great forests of New Zealand,
The pine trees they hide in, they are dark green,
And blue is like the sky as it feels like God is looking upon you,
Pink is as the smell when you are around delicious fruit,
Purple is like tasting fresh berries that I picked from a bush,
White is the the paper on which I write stories,
Yellow is the warmth of fire that burns in the furnace,
And red is the raspberry pie my father makes when he is bored”

Michael

My Tui Report

Tui Report

Tuis are majestic birds with very black feathers. They have a bright white tuft under their chin which illuminates them.

They’re known to live in a lot of places such as open country and gardens they can also be found in forests or scrubs. They usually are in places which have supplies of nectar, sometimes tui travel outside their usual territory to feed.  These birds are found throughout New Zealand.

Tui leave to islands to hatch and lay eggs.  These eggs take 2 weeks to hatch.  They usually lay 2-4 eggs and nest between November and December.

The young feed on insects and nectar for the first few days.  Slightly older birds feed on berries, moths, spiders, and large insects, mostly stick insects.  Older Tui feed on nectar, insects, fruit, and berries.

They are the first to call or sing in the morning and they sing many different notes usually bell like or sometimes croaks, coughs, or squeaks.

Michael W

I asked the little boy who cannot see

I asked the little boy who cannot see

I asked the little boy who cannot see,
“And what is colour like?”
“Why yellow,” said he,
“Is like the beautiful birds you hear in the great forests of New Zealand,
The pine trees they hide in, they are dark green,
And blue is like the sky as it feels like God is looking upon you,
Pink is as the smell when you are around delicious fruit,
Purple is like tasting fresh berries that I picked from a bush,
White is the the paper on which I write stories,
Yellow is the warmth of fire that burns in the furnace,
And red is the raspberry pie my father makes when he is bored”

Michael

My Perimetre work