All about me

All about me

Raheal

Short, 11 years old, girl, soccer lover

Sister of Helen, Wondim, Mekbeb, Moses, Ferede, and Samrawit

Who loves to read, cook, play on her iPod, and chat with her friends online

Who feels excited when she wants to do something so badly, and also feels for people when they are sad or hurt

Who needs an alarm to wake her up to go to school on time, and her family to help her with her school work,

Who gives time for practices, school notices to mum and dad, and homework during the weekend,

Who fears spiders, high heights, scary places, and vampires,

Who would want to go to Ethiopia, and stay there for a year while doing her job,

Resident of Mt Albert, Auckland, in Richardson Road,

Mengistu

Peace Poem

Peace Poem

Peace sounds like silence where no one distracts you.

Peace feels like happiness shared with other people around you.

Peace looks like teamwork when people cooperative with each other.

What is Peace?

Peace is a sign of forgiveness and the opposite of arguments, war and other negative emotions.

What is the colour of Peace?

The colour of Peace is white and other bright colours.

By: Raheal Mengistu

Haiku Poem

 Haiku Poem

       There was a man who loved to cry,

         But before he cried, he ate his pie.

              He met a famous rapper,

             And acted like a snapper,

  So he changed his mind to be that guy.

    By: Raheal Mengistu

Plight of the Sea Turtle

Plight of the Sea Turtle

        By: Raheal

Sea turtles have swum in the oceans for over millions of years, longer than when the dinosaurs lived. A long time ago, they were easy to spot in the surfaces of the ocean. But now, there are a lot of sea turtles who have been dropped down. Today, each of the 7 species of the sea turtle is either threatened or endangered. The situation is so serious that many children in the Pacific want to see a live one!

Sea turtles are very important to the Pacific people. The laws controlled a lot of sea turtles so that they could be hunted to be eaten. They were eaten by important people on special occasions. People used the sea turtle’s shell to make tools, spears, fish hooks, jewellery, and combs. These items were highly used for trading things. Sea turtles were also mentioned in Pacific legends. In the past, they were described as the gods in other legends.

There are 7 species of sea turtles: Kemp’s ridley, flatback, green, olive ridley, loggerhead, hawksbill, and leatherback. The leatherback sea turtle is the biggest of the 7 species. The adult can grow up to 2 meters and weighing 600 kgs. It is the only specie without a hard shell.

Each year, thousands of turtles die when they drown in fishing nets, getting tangled in plastic bags or choke in plastic rubbish. Turtle products are now banned and illegal to trade. Each year, thousands of sea turtles are killed for the black market.

The visit to the Mary Mackillop Centre

WALT: WRITE A RECOUNT

The visit at the Mary Mackillop Centre

It is CTK’s School 60th Jubilee. The school decided we could go to Mission Bay to visit the Josephite sisters who founded our school. It was a long way away from our school because the ride was time consuming. We arrived and started off with a mass with Fr. Peter leading it. After mass, we went exploring the house of the Josephite sisters.

Everyone was amazed when they took one step in the house. It was beautiful. There were a lot of belongings that belonged to Mary Mackillop a long time ago. There was also her chair she used to sit on to write.

After exploring the house of the Josephite sisters, the sisters gathered the children from the learning zone and Room 4 so that we had a good question and answer time with them. They started telling us stories about how it was like in C.T.K long time ago. They also replied with amazing answers from children who asked the sisters.

While the sisters were talking, they told us many astonishing facts we didn't know. While they were talking to us, I was thinking about the past in C.T.K. Memories flashed in my mind and took me back 60 years ago. I imagined I was there back in their time and the sisters were teaching the children about God. There were only 2 classrooms. Can’t you believe that C.T.K was opened 60 years ago with 2 classrooms only? I wasn’t even born that time.  

After the sisters talked to us, we sang to them “Mo Maria” and we went back to the field to sit with our classes. That was the best moment I will never forget.

By: Raheal Mengistu

Book Review 7

A Picture Of Freedom

Clotee Henley is a 12-year-old girl who is a slave living in Belmont Plantation, Virginia, USA. She has the most wonderful terrible secret. While doing her job of fanning her master’s son during his daily lessons with his mother or his tutor, Clotee has taught herself to read and write. She knows that if she shares her secret with anyone who she can’t trust, then she will face death or bad punishment. Suddenly, she knows that the master’s son’s tutor, Ely Harms, has a secret of his own as well. Clotee uses her secret to save herself and her friends.

This book is a non-fiction book about freedom, the disloyalty of spies and traitors, the love of life and family, and the pain of death and slavery. I recommend this book 11-17 years of age. I rate it 5 stars.

By: Raheal Mengistu

Book Review 6

P.S. Be Eleven

P.S. Be Eleven is a book about a girl named Delphine Gaither who has 2 sisters; Vonetta and Fern. They are from Oakland and have recently moved to Brooklyn since their parents are divorced. Things have been changing when their father has a girlfriend and their Uncle Darnell has just came back from Vietnam from the war. When Delphine’s friend, Lucy, tells them to watch a show, they are very inspired by the Jackson 5. But there is only one thing that hasn’t changed. Big Ma still expects Delphine to do everything. That’s even harder now because her sisters don’t want to be bossed around and her father’s girlfriend is always correcting her opinions about other things. Since she can’t talk to her mother, they send each other letters while her mother reminds her to eleven while she can.

This is an outstanding book which has its own moving story of 3 sisters growing up. It also has the book taken into the 60’s. If you like books that have a change, then this is the right book for you. I recommend this book ages 8-12.

By: Raheal Mengistu