GAS

Goodafter noon ladies and gentlemen my name is astin today i will be talking about gases as known as farts .  Did you know a fart is a wish from your butt NOW lets get

to the serious stuff did you know farts are flammable.

The longest fart was held in france

2009 december the  3 for 59: seconds wow i know.

Although” they won't admit it, women fart as much as men”.

The temperature of a fart at time

of creation is 98.6 degrees.

These days There are some food that make you fart like beans,cabbage,cheese,radishes, and peas and and dry aprocots for your mum she can take 1 or 2 but when she gets to 3 you may need to evacuate the building.

A fart has reached the speed of 10 feet per second.

                      If someone puts their finger out and says pull don’t trust

them before you know it they’ve

put gas into your system

thank you” for listing to my speech about FARTS

     Ostriches   

Where do ostriches live?

Wild ostriches live in the dry, hot savannas and woodlands of Africa. They once roamed all over Asia, Africa and the

Arabian Peninsula, but because they have been hunted so extensively,

wild ostriches' range has been reduced to sub-Saharan Africa,

  what do  ostriches eat?

Their diet consists mainly of roots, leaves, and seeds, but ostriches will eat whatever is available. Sometimes they consume insects, snakes, lizards, and rodents. They also swallow sand and pebbles which help them grind up their food in their gizzard, a specialized, muscular stomach.

Ostrich eggs & baby ostriches

Ostrich eggs are 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter and can weigh up to 3 lbs. (1.3 kg). Eggs are laid in a communal nest called a dump nest, which can hold about 60 eggs at one time. Males, as well as females, sit on the eggs until they hatch, which can take 42 to 46 days.

Ostrich offspring are larger than any other bird baby. At birth, chicks can be as big as chickens. The males and females share the responsibility of taking care of the young, according to the San Diego Zoo. During an attack, the male tries to lure the predator away from the chicks while they run for cover with the female.

By six months, a chick is almost at its full-grown height; at 3 or 4 years, it will reach maturity. An ostrich can live 50 to 75 years.

Other facts

It may seem amazing that an ostrich's thin legs can keep their large bodies upright. Their legs are perfectly placed so that the body's center of gravity balances on top of its legs.

Their thin legs give them great speed and maneuverability, too. They can run up to 40 mph (64.3 km/h) for sustained periods of time, according to the American Ostrich Association.

Contrary to popular belief, ostriches don't bury their heads in the sand, but they do lie down with their heads against the ground when they feel threatened. It only looks like the ostrich has buried its head because its head and neck blend in with the color of the sand.

Ostriches fight with their feet. They kick forward because that's the direction in which their legs bend, according to the American Ostrich Association. A solid kick can kill a lion.

Ostrich feathers look shaggy because they hang loosely and don't hook together like feathers on other types of birds.

Have you enjoyed the facts

By astin

bad boys

Thud! The fresh silky water flowing down my

puffed up pants.

Two sets of ice cold hands grabbed me by my hips.

Looking into the blu ray mist while gripping harder and harder. A row of passengers traveling down the slide.

A roar of giggling echoed down the tunnel.

We were in a dark situation and all i heard was mumbling.The slide felt as rough as sandpaper.

Looking ahead and seeing a patch of light.

Whoosh!!!! a gust of water slapped us across our face. Gazing higher and higher, there i saw was a man that was a disgrace to his mother. Warts covered his face, wrinkles everywhere and there. His eyes were bloodshot the deepest of all reds.

His ears were dangling on his shoulders. Step by step he was getting closer. My eyes were burning ‘’What do you think you're doing?’’ yelled a screechy voice as i walked off I said ‘’What an old grumpy man’’.’Opps i hope i didn't saw that out loud’

The grass shuffling around. A echoing voice said come on. 

 My heart was pumping like never before. 

I saw heads bobbing while taking a glance at my ermines.

 Fixed emotions filled my body. 

Wrinkle lips suffocated the whistle on your marks get set go!.

Galloping rhythmically looking ahead at those in front while my naked feet got strangled by the long wet grass.

The Southey wind blew past my ears with a cold sting the turf getting smashed by hundreds of feet a gust of wind slapped me on the face and put me to a stop.

The razor sharp dart stabbed me.

Slowly collapsing pumping my legs harder and harder I could hear thunderous hooves my ermines where close in hand I could feel them breathing down my neck.

 My thighs are burning my caves are stiff.

 sprinting my hardest with all my might 

scrapping into 4th.

Wosh I full to the ground like a snake pouncing on its pray. 

straggling to stand.

haaa I'm covered in sweat. what a run.

Fundraising for Auroa School

Fundraising for Auroa School

During the Holidays my family were rostered on to do the slink calf run to raise funds for our School.
It was a great excuse to have a family day trip together and we were very fortunate the weather 
was lovely.

Go carts in wanganui

The word love for mums bday

SECRETS ABOUT ANIMALS

                                                            1)   DID YOU KNOW

                                                     

                                                      A frog swallows with it's eyes!

A frog shoots out its long, sticky tongue to catch the insects and  small animals it feeds on.To swallow the food, the frog blinks its bulging eyes. This pushes the huge eyeballs down the top of its mouth, witch squeezes the food into its throat                                

                   
 

                                                             2)  DID YOU KNOW

                             
                                            Hummingbirds weigh less than a penny!

A hummingbird is the smallest of all birds. Some are no bigger than your thumb-and hat includes the billThese tiny birds are also great flyers. They can stay in one place in the air and fly forward, backward, sideways, or upside down. The birds go their name from the whirring sound their wings make as they dart through the air.

                                                           3)    DID YOU KNOW

                                             The blue whales heart is the size of a small car!

 Everything about the blue whale is gigantic. Its body weighs as much as 25 elephants, is as long as three buses, and is as high as a two story building! fifty people could stand on its tongue. Its stomach can hold more than a ton (1.1 t) of food. The blue whale is by far the biggest animal that ever lived

                                                           4)  DID YOU KNOW

                                                    A beaver never stops growing!

                                                      5)   DID YOU KNOW

                                               The basilisk lizard walks on water!

paper jets

Goal to build a paper jet

You will need

One pair of hands and a sheet of
 paper.

Step 1 Fold the corners to the
 centre.

Step 2 Repeat proses.

Step 3 Fold in half.

Step 4 Fold the top of the paper
 to the bottom.

Step 5 Hold the bottom of the

throw.

On Wednesday Mum and I got my drum set for my birthday it's red and black it's from drum shop that's where we get all are musicale stuff.

My Carrot Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 ½ cups soft brown sugar
• 1 ½ cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups standard flour
• 1 Tbsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 3 cups grated carrots
• ½ cup Golden Circle Crushed Pineapple, well drained (optional)
• 
  Cream Cheese Icing
• 125g butter, softened
• 125g cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups icing sugar, sifted
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• chopped nuts to decorate

• Tips

  1/2 cup chopped walnuts can be added instead of pineapple, if wished.

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C and line a 22cm round cake tin with baking paper.
2. Combine the eggs, vanilla essence, brown sugar and oil in a large bowl and beat until thick and creamy.
3. Fold in the sifted dry ingredients and then stir in the grated carrots and pineapple (if using).
4. Pour into the prepared cake tin and bake for 60 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the middle of the cake comes our clean. Rest the cake for 10 minutes before removing from the tin to cool.
5. Make the icing by beating the butter and cream cheese together until smooth. Beat in the icing sugar and enough lemon juice to make a smooth icing. Spread over the cooled cake and decorate with nuts.

My brothers keifer and quade went to V8 jets prints and they saw cool boats some had big blowers and some didnt.

Auroa vs Opunake League

Me and my Auroa School league team!

Weetbix Tryathlon

This is me and finn at the Weetbix Tryathlon 

swimming sports

 swimming sports

I stepped onto the diving board and froze. My hart was pumping like never before.The pool was as blue as the sky but with sprinkle of glitter. My head was shaking like there was a earthquake. on your marks I took my last breath buzzzzzzzzz we dived in the pool like a dolphin fixed emotions filled my body.

My eyes were burning from the cloring finns feet were in my face. I was swimming my hardest stroke by stroke breath by breath I could see the end. I was gliding throw the water I was two meters away finn finished then i finished 

Even know I came second it was a good race. I got out of the pool and got told my time it was 24 seconds.

Swimming sports

On the 25th of march we had swimming sports. I was really excited. My first race was one length of  freestyle I came second.  My second race was breaststroke and I came second and my third race was backstroke and I came third.my forth race was two lengths of freestyle I came fifth.

On Sunday's I have league.On the 24th was my first game I play for opunake. Dad said I played like a machine we lost bye about 10 points. We faced real big kids I got a good run away and I heart my knee it was already swollen.It was fun for my first time. I'm looking froward to next week.

This is the auroa school band they sound awesome don't they.

The amazing raisons

 Some strange things are starting to happen with our raisins. They have begun to rise towards the top of the jar.Today we drained the water out of the raisons and put it in to a bowl with flour now I think mr spice is going to turn it in to fruit bread. 

Amazing raisons

This is the dough 

What i think the dough is going to turn in to.

Banana Cake Recipe

I decided that I should put a recipe on my blog since I've been making a few recently.

125 Grams butter  (softened)

3/4 Cups of sugar

2 Eggs

2 Cups of banana  ( ripe and mashed- about 5 large)

1 Teaspoon baking soda

2 Tablespoons of milk ( heated )

2 Cups of plain flour

1 Teaspoon of baking powder

1. Heat oven to 180 degrees and grease/oil spray 20cm round cake tin.

2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

3.  Add mashed banana. Stir baking soda into hot milk and add to creamed mixture and stir well.

4. Sift flour and baking powder. Fold into mixture.

5. Turn into greased cake tin. Bake at 180 degrees for about  50 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.

6. Leave in tin for 10 minutes before turning onto wire rack. When cold ice with lemon or chocolate icing..

I made a congratulations cake for room 6 because they got 3200 page views and I made it because I like helping out.

On the 12th of march there was a Opunake tryathlon.Me and my brother and friends did it

athletics

   On thursday the 6 we had athletics we stood out because of are bright orange uniform. We got lots of firsts. It was very hot.we were so happy that we bought home the shield. This was the 10 time we won.

All About Me!

Runner Runner

Runner Runner

I was so desperate to run.

We lined up. All I saw was a mob of statues. My face was sweating, my heart was beating like it has never before. I took a glance at my enemies. fixed emotions filled my body I was fixed on the finish line.

On your marks I wanna win get set I will win go we lit off like rockets following with the wind I felt so free flowing past people until Braith shot up behind me I was gonna push the trigger to go faster but its like its broken I couldn't go any faster what's wrong with me I thought I stood on a prickle its like I am in a car with a popped tire and cant go any faster.

Braith pasted me until my trigger started working I was gaining speed I just passed Braith I won by a cats whisker I was so glad. I collected 3 tokens i'm surprised that thats over until Braith said theres another race not again I groaned.

Welcome

Hi, my name is Astin. Welcome to my blog. I'm nine years old I go to Auroa School. This is where I will keep up to date of what has been happening with my learning. Feel free to leave a comment.