The Darkest Hour

The Darkest Hour is a 2011 Russian-American Science fiction thriller. Film Directed by Chris Gorak and
 produced by Timur Bekmambetov. The American thriller movie depicts an alien invasion and stars of the movie are Emile Hirsch, Max minghella, Olivia Thirlby, Joel Kinnaman, and Rachael taylor as a group of people caught in a apocalyptic invasion.
The Film was released on December 25, 2011 in the United States of America.

Ben and Sean, two young American men, travel to Moscow to sell their social networking/party locating software. As they aproach Moscow via plane, the plane short circuits for a minute due to an electrical storm but regains power. In Moscow, they find their Swedish business partner, Skyler, who has betrayed them and already made a deal with the Russians, using a knockoff version of the application. They then go to a local nightclub and meet Natalie a American student as well with her friend Anne. Before they could take a picture the power went off , they go outside to find an Aurora Borealis, but some of the light seperates and falls from the sky, landing all over Moscow. The lights then abruptly disappear, and when a police officer approaches it, the light disintegrates him and begins doing the same to anyone who comes near where the lights are. The lights, mechanical aliens protected by almost invisible force fields, then start hunting for energy from the city as if it is there food, They start to kill everyone around the world as the Aurora travels over the world they have to fight to survive. At the end one of the girls mums is safe and calls her from a subway in America. The group seperates as some of them didn't make it to a Nuclear powered submarine that will take them across the world to America to save the mum and reunite with their family's. Surprisingly the aliens are weak from their own kind of metal and they are unable to see through glass.

My Holiday

For the Holidays I went to my Dad's house I love going there to spend time with him and to always get away from house work.

When I went to my dads he gave me pocket money to spend for the two weeks but i didn't last for about a day.

On Thursdays my dad gets his money so we went up to masterton to spend the money at the warehouse Ilooked around for a while until i found a game I really liked so I bought it.

I like playing this game because you can make a town and collect things to sell.

The thing I like the most was going to my dads because i dont get to spend much time with him because he lives far away from me.

Do you like going away to another place or not?

Learning

Hi this is Kaitlin I have learned alot of thing this week
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 I have done alot of math this week and i've gotten better at using a protractor
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The thing I have improved is spelling I have chosen very big words to use for it and it can be fun at times spelling is my second favourite subject.

My first favourite subject is cooking I love cooking sometimes I make dinner at home it's really fun except for the cleaning up part.

The reason why I love cooking is because we did Masterchef at school I made apple crumble.

What is your favourite subject at school and why?

The bed and breakfast star

By Jacqueline Wilson

“Naomi didn’t seem very thrilled about the idea of being thrown out of the O Yal Htl considering most of the letters were falling off the sign outside of it.”

This book is about a hotel that is called the Royal Hotel. Elsa expects a nice hotel with a TV and 4 beds, a typical paradise, but not this time. While entering the hotel she spins around really fast wondering if it would make a humming noise. Instead she pushes the revolving door into Mack’s legs. He shouts loudly, cursing. The life in that hotel is not what she expected at all.

“Pippa mumbled something in her sleep, but didn’t wake up. I picked my way across the crowded floor, tripping over Pippa’s  My little pony and stepping straight into a Kentucky fried chicken carton, but eventually reached the door, I opened it very slowly so it wouldn’t make a noise. As I stepped out I looked in the kitchen it was on fire I stared for a little while but then I started to heat up so with all my breath I shouted “Fire!!!!” I hope everyone will hear. “

This book is interesting. The life of Elsa turns into a disaster. I liked it because she is nice, she cares and she normally gets blamed for thing she didn’t do.

Kaitlin Todd

Tree Art

This week we did Tree art here are some instructions and what you need down below to make your own.

What you need:

- A4 sized paper/ possibly cardboard like.
-Card/ Coloured - Pink- Orange-Red- Yellow-Light green.
-Water colour paints - blue - yellow- Orange- Purple- Black for the tree.
-Hole punch
- Scissors
-Newspaper
-Straws
-Paintbrush x2
-Glue, paste

Instructions

1. First you lay out all the things you need for the following like watercolours, paintbrush x2 , card, A hole punch, Scissors, straws, paste or glue , Newspaper, most of all your card for the painting.

2. Next you paint the backround with whatever colour you would like to use being careful and most of all paint in one direction so paint sideways make sure to leave a slight border for effect about 3cm long.

3. Lastly for the painting with a brush paint a tree a long straight line to the centre of the page or to what looks like it for the branches put a blob of black paint where the line has stopped grab a straw and blow the paint in curves or straight lines so they look realistic enough.

4. When you have finished your branches wait for it to dry always wait patiently if it is dry quick enough you can go on to the next stage which is get your hole puncher and your card and hole punch them until you think you have enough mini sized circles for your leaves.

5. Lastly you put you paste on the branches and on the ground don't forget the falling ones once you have finished your paste sprinkle the circles over the tree and they will stick to the paste finally wait for it to dry.

How do you think your art came out like and don't forget to comment bye!!!

By Kaitlin

Me at my dads

During the holidays I went to my dads house he lives over in Featherston I like going to my dads because we climb a big hill that is just a few houses away from us my dad sometimes likes to stay at the bottom so when I get to the top I wave at him to see if he can spot me with the binoculars although the hill is very steep it's still fun to climb.


At my dads house I go on the new swing he made me and I play fetch with my dogs Sally and Karmer.


It's really exciting going to my dads because I get rides on his motorbike and we go to the park often but most of all I love visiting him it's hard not having your dad around all the time.


What did you do in the holidays and was it fun, exciting or boring with a capital B?!.

Topaz

The stars shine as I stare at the sky the galaxy surrounds me the moon forms a smile at me I smile back my eyes become drowsy I fall asleep.

I have dreams of the sky and the universe as what was seen before me the stars have the bright topaz glint as they glitch only made of gas that burn in your eyes if you ever went near them.

In my head I see a shooting star it zooms past my house it flickers the colour it resembles is topaz the bright blue locks that fill my eyes in my sleep.

I wake in the night to hear my mum’s footsteps walking up the stairs she checks on me to see if I was ok and sound asleep as she comes through the door I quickly but quietly turn over so she doesn’t think suspicious finally she leaves.