SLJ- Building a beaver dam!

 Today for the Summer Learning Journey, I built a dam. I built it in a little stream of water that was forming in my backyard (It was forming in a drain because it was raining). First I had to see how beavers build their dams. It was really fascinating how the beavers have orange teeth.
Next, I built my dam. I made it out of, sticks, stones, and mud.
It was kind of hard because the water kept running the wrong way.

SLJ which one does not belong?

 Today I had to fill out a slide. It had four little pictures on each slide, and I had to "Spot the differences". I think I found a few that not many other people noticed.
After that, I made one of my own. The bottom two are drawn by Lucy, and I thought they looked really good and fitted the theme.

Summer learning journey kowhaiwhai

 Today for the Summer Learning Journey, I had to learn about Tanerore and the wiwiri. Tanerore is the son of Tama-nui-te-ra. Wiriwiri are like mirages that are seen when Tanerore does a haka.  Next, I had to watch a video about Kowhaiwhai. Kowhaiwhai are Maori patterns of swirls and koru. They are often found in marae. Once I watched the video, I had to make a Kowhaiwhai.

Fishing False Teeth SLJ

 Today for the Summer Learning Journey I had to read an article about a guy who lost his false teeth. Then we had to make a comic about it after we watched a video about it.

To be BTB I could be more imaginative when making the comics. 

Ants Vs. Cats

 Today I was looking at a thing called the Bored Button- a thing that when you press the button it takes you to a random website. I came across one where you can make your own Star Wars Introduction. Mine was about a book I want to write. It is based on an argument between my friend Lucy and another boy Aaron. It was about a war between cats and ants.
I thought it would be funny to put it on my blog.

Summer learning journey Starter- Colouring book

 During the summer holidays, I am going to be doing the Summer Learning Journey. Our class did a starter to learn how to use it.  The first starter is where you have to choose a painting on a website called Art Colouring Book where you can re-colour old paintings. Then you have to colour it, answer a few questions and blog it.

Original piece

Re-coloured piece

I changed the colour of the kimono (Her clothes) because I thought it would look cool in red and gold. I also think it would look Japanese.

To me, she looks more Indian because of the colour of the skin.

In step it up, I had to look closely at a part of it. I looked at the kimono. Because there is texture to it, I saw little patterns of skulls.

Colouring book

The hottest and coldest countries in the world

 Today we had to do a worksheet about temperatures for maths. Next, we had to research the hottest and coldest countries in the world and create a DLO about them. 
It was kind of hard because there were so many different websites saying different things.

Divergent comic

 At school, we are learning how to make comics. We had to make a storyboard about a book we have read on a website called storyboard that. I chose a book called Divergent. It is about a girl called Tris who grows up in a world with 5 factions. When she turns 16 she has to take a test and choose a faction based on her results. Instead of getting one, she gets 3. I will not tell you all of the things because that would be spoiling it.

Mink Farms

 Today we did the quiz and like usual had to create a DLO. I chose the question that said, "COVID19 has been detected in mink farms and have to be culled. What are mink farms used for?". 
There wasn't much to find out about this.

World Environment Art

I had to create a piece of art (Drawing, music, etc) that has a message about the environment. Mine is of the world that is split in half. One half is what the world looked like 7,000,000 years ago, and the other one now. It is to show how much has changed since then.

How to play Snowball- Video

 After I made the blog about how to play snowball, I had to write a script so I could turn it into a video! I got some other people to act in it.
To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could have made more videos to explain it more.

Banksy Artist Profile

 Today for T-shaped literacy I had to read an article and create an artist profile about Banksy. It was a little hard to read because the article was 3 pages long. 
To be BTB I could have spent more time making it.

Banksy

Banksy is an anonymous street artist that has been around for 47 years. He was spraying walls in Bristol, England, in the 1990’s. Art has been auctioned for 1,000’s of dollars in America. Today he makes art in cities from Vienna to San Francisco to Paris and many more countries and cities. He has moved from graffiti on walls to canvas art. He paints artworks with hidden messages telling us to save the world, and yet we still call his works “Graffiti”. He has been arrested many times but has never been caught by the police.

One of his most famous works is “Girl with balloon”. It depicts a young girl who is reaching for a red balloon. The meaning of the artwork is a loss of innocence or love, as the red balloon is love and the balloon has slipped out of her hands.

Many people think that Banksy's real name is Robin Gunningham, born in Yate 19 km from bristol. Many of Gunningham’s associates and former schoolmates thought that it was him, and Gunningham changed his last name to Banks. 

He brings messages and colour to grey cities and towns. He is not a graffitist, he is an artist.

“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”.

    

What I think of Graffiti: Street art- or Crime?

 Today for literacy we had to write our thoughts about an article about street art. The article was called Graffiti: Street art- or Crime?
This activity was quite easy because before I read this article I already had my thoughts and opinions on Graffiti.

What I think of Graffiti and weather the men shouldn’t have been jailed

Graffiti is a bad thing, but it isn’t something to be jailed for. The five men could have at least been fined, they could easily paint over the graffiti.

Most street art has meaning to it, but when people are jailed for it nobody pay attention to what it might actually mean, because they are to caught up in “What they did was bad”. The graffiti artists might just be trying to help us but not with words, with art.

They have a great impact on the world. By sending out the message with graffiti they can make people work harder to save the planet.

Painting the town questions

 Today for literacy we had to read a book called "Painting the town" then answer the questions. Painting the town is about street art in Christchurch which was made after the 2011 earthquake. It was trying to tell us that not all street art is bad because they have meaning.

Toi Moko

Today for the daily quiz the teacher chose the question about Toi Moko. Toi moko are preserved Maori heads with tattoos on them. 
This DLO (Digital Learning Object) was quite easy because the school didn't block the Te Papa site this time. 
To be BTB I could have added more detail. 

Coral reefs are dying

 Today we did the weekly quiz and we had to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about how the world's coral reefs are dying. 
Please stop polluting and using chemicals because the world's fish rely on the coral reefs and the coral reefs are DYING.

How to play Snowball

For writing, we had to make an instruction manual about how to play a game of our choice. I chose a game called snowball which nobody in my class has heard of before. 

Snowball was my favourite game when I lived in a town called Haast, but I haven't played it in years so I chose snowball because I might be able to play it again.

How to play Snowball

Snowball is a fun game about teamwork and dodging the ball!

The game's duration can take as long as you want, but everyone must have had a turn running. You need six or more people to play.

Equipment

One dodgeball

A court with lines on it

How to play

1. Split the players into two teams. Name one team the taggers and the other the runners.

2. The taggers spread out anywhere on the court as long as they're at least two meters away from any line.

The entire runner team lines up at any corner of the court.

3. The first runner in line throws the ball anywhere on the court. If the ball goes out of the court they have to try and throw it again. Once they have thrown the ball they have to run on the lines and try to get to the opposite end of the court.

4. The taggers pass the ball between each other and try to hit the runner with the ball.

5. Once the runner gets to the opposite end of the court, their team gets a point. The next runner in line gets the ball and repeats what the previous runner did. If a runner is hit by the ball or the ball is caught by a tagger when the ball is thrown by the runner, then the teams swap roles.

To win, all you have to do is get the most points.

Tagger rules

- You must stay at least two meters away from any line unless you are passing by it to get to another part of the court.

- You cannot run or walk while holding the ball. You can still turn and jump.

Runner rules

- When you are running you can only stand on or directly next to the line.

Armageddon Expo

 Today we had to do a quiz about the current events and then research the thing one of the questions was about. The question I chose was, "Armageddon Expo celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. What is Armageddon expo?". I researched everything I could find about the convention. I would have added more but the school blocks the Armageddon site. To be BTB I could have searched more on different websites.

How to be a good sportsman

 Today I had to write how to be a good sportsman. After I learnt everything about it, I knew a lot about it. 
To be BTB I could have written more.

Compare Sportsmanship

 Today we had to compare two articles that had something to do with sportsmanship in a Venn Diagram.
Text A was about a man called Novak Djokovic who was playing tennis and hit a ball really hard into a lady's throat.
Text B was about a man called Ben Parore who was running a marathon and went back to push a man who was racing in a wheelchair.

Novak Djokovic questions

 Today I had to read an article about how Novak Djokovic hit a line judge in the neck while playing tennis then answer the questions.
It was slightly hard when I had to watch the video about it because I didn't actually understand anything he was saying.
To be BTB I could have written longer answers.

Read this article and then answer the questions below in full sentences. 

What did Novak Djokovic do to make him default from the US open? He was angry because he lost his last game, so he hit the ball very hard behind him. The ball hit the line judge's neck, causing pain.

What rule did Djokovic break? The rule that says you can’t intentionally hit a ball dangerously or recklessly in the court or hit a ball with negligent disregard of the consequences.

Do you agree with Djokovic’s punishment? Why? Explain. Yes. He made someone not be able to breathe and hurt them.

Watch the video in the article. Do you agree with what the man said? Explain. Yes, I agree with what he said. He hit the ball and hurt someone, and the man says it makes sense that he should get defaulted and I think that makes sense too.
Also, in other sports, people starting fights or hurting people get sent off. 

Should professional sportsmen and women let their emotions get the best of them while playing? Explain. No, they shouldn’t. They might hurt someone and get physical, and they wouldn’t be role models for any children that like to watch tennis.

 

Atmosphere and Mood Novel Study

 Today for the novel study I had to write how it felt to read that kind of book and what the atmosphere and mood were. I didn't understand what the question meant at first but with some help, I managed to write down all my thoughts.

To be BTB I could have made it longer.

Sportsmanship Mind Map

For literacy, we have been doing T-shaped literacy, which means reading lots and reading deep into the novel/story. For T-shaped literacy, we had to do different activities about Sportsmanship. The first activity was to make a brain dump then sort that into a Mind Map.

To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could have tried to think of more information about the vocal side of bad sportsmanship.

My Brother's War- The most Important Parts

 This time for our Novel Study, after we had finished reading it we had to explain the most important parts of the story.

I think I could have put more detail into it, but these are the most important parts I could remember from it.

My Brother's war- Find the Message

In this activity, I had to look through our novel study book, My Brother's War, and find what message it gave us. I think this gave us a message that was easy to find but had lots of parts to it.

To be BTB I could have tried to have more than "War is bad" and "It doesn't matter what you believe".

learn Japanese Characters

 I was bored today and I really love Japanese so I made this.

It helps you learn all the Japanese characters there are. To be BTB I could have worked harder to find a Kanji chart, but there weren't many.

Lake Ohau Fire News Report

 This week my class was researching the Lake Ohau Fires that happened during the holidays. We had to make a News Report or a Newspaper report, and I chose the News Report. Lucy and I did it together and made this video (With Lucy being the stupid news reporter) and some ads, which made it look like a real news report. 

I think we should have practiced it a little more and had more information but we didn't have much time so I think this would be the best I could do right now.

So come and watch today's episode of the Pointless News!

Camp Recount

 A few weeks ago my class went to Bridge Valley in Nelson for camp.

On the first day, we had to be at school at 7:15. I knew I was in for four hours of loud driving. My car was driven by Miss Farr, and in it was Jacob, Max, Gaby, Emma, Tahlia, Grace, Calais, Miro H, and Lucy. There was a lot of singing, especially from Calais and Grace. We also stopped in Murchison for a break.

When we got to Bridge Valley, we ate some lunch and got straight into the activities. 
We were put into teams. My team, team 2, did orienteering first. The map didn't help us at all because the clues were wrong. 
Next, we did team rescue, where we had to get everyone and a wooden stretcher around a course without touching the ground.
Once everyone was finished, we did lots of different challenges against the other teams, like frisbee golf and an obstacle course.

Water time was the best. It was also freezing. There was a big black slide that made you go super fast. Once you get in the water, it's so cold you can't breathe.

After eating a dinner of undercooked pasta and a game of spotlight we settled down to bed. I was in the year 7 girls cabin. As usual, Grace and Calais were the loudest and kept us awake. 

Day two

We had to get up early at 7:30 for breakfast.
Our first activity that day was the Burma Trail. There was one part to it that went over the pond and Lucy almost fell in!
The next activity was the best: Laser Tag! In our games, there was a box that you had to shoot, and it would flash your colour. Whoever kept it their colour for the longest won. There was also a perk box that if you pressed a button you got a perk, like one-shot kills or shields. 
There were two teams and three games, overall Alpha (The opposing team) won.
Then we did Low Ropes. You had to balance on rope bridges and mini tight-ropes.
When we had finished that we went on to Team Initiative. Team initiative had lots of different challenges to do in a team, like balancing the GIANT SEESAW or climb a rope to get to different items. 
Team initiative was one of my favourite activities.

Day Three

Day three's first activity was fire and damper. We had to make a fire in a wheelbarrow, put the uncooked damper on a stick, and cooked it over the fire. Once it was cooked we sprinkled it with cinnamon and ate it. we found another secret way of eating it: before we put the damper over the fire, we licked the damper and then sprinkled the cinnamon on. It was delicious!

Next was Abseiling, which was terrifying. We also had to get through a maze to get to the top, and I kept bumping my head on the roof.
Another one of my favourite activities was kayaking. We had races and even tried to stand up on our boats! 
Slade started trying to ram us and knock us off our kayaks, so we declared war in him. Lucy was the first to fall out, and then Slade. Slade got onto my kayak and rocked it until I fell out! I jumped out of the pond and watched Tahlia and Emily get pushed out until it was time for archery.

Archery was okay. Somebody from the last group had broken some of the arrows and there were only five left. There was always a fight over who would get three or two arrows, the boys or the girls. On my first try, I got the arrow just above the bullseye.
Then Matt told us whoever got a bullseye would get extra dessert! Liam got one, but he didn't get the dessert he was promised.

That night we had a concert. Each group was given a topic and they had to make a performance about it. We got dance, and since we had Tahlia and Emily we were forced to do a Tik Tok. I think our performance was terrible because everyone was just standing around being very confused.

Day four

On day four all we did was play a game called Get Fresh. There were two teams and you had to get the opposite team into your jail. If someone from the other team crossed their line after you, and you have been out longer than them, then they can tag you but you can't, because they are "fresher" than you.

After that, we left. When we got to Murchison, we opened our windows and blasted the song "High Hopes" really loud!

I think this camp was one of the best I've been on, especially considering at my old school I always went cross-country skiing! (Boring).

Character Novel Study

 Today for Novel Study we did writing about the characters in our stories. I think I could have done better but I haven't finished the book yet so I don't know much.

David Hill author study

David Hill

David Hill is an award winning writer who lives in New Plymouth. He writes stories, novels, poems and plays for young adults. He’s written about 30 books in 8 languages and published in around 12 countries.

A person called Dr Libby Librick said, “As one of the country’s most versatile writers, David has helped many children develop a love of story and books, as well as tirelessly supporting teachers and librarians. His contribution to both literature and literacy in New Zealand continues to be outstanding.

Life:

He was born in 1942 in Napier. 

His first young adult novel (See ya, Simon) won the 1994 Times Educational Supplement Award for Special Needs. 

He won the 2002 Children's Literature Foundation Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book, the 2003 LIANZA Esther Glen Medal, the 2013 NZ Post Junior Fiction Award, and the 2013 LIANZA Librarian’s Choice Award.

In his spare time he likes to do astronomy and archery. 

His books:

1970] The Seventies

[1981] Introducing Maurice Gee

[1984] On Poetry: Twelve Studies of Work by New Zealand Poets

[1986] Ours But to Do

[1987] Taranaki

[1988] The Boy

[1990] A Time to Laugh

[1990] The Games of Nanny Miro

[1992] See Ya, Simon 

[1994] A Day at a Time

[1995] Curtain Up

[1995] Kick Back

[1995] Take It Easy

[1995] The Winning Touch

[1996] Second Best

[1997] Fat, Four-eyed and Useless

[1999] Just Looking, Thanks

[2001] Right Where It Hurts 

[2001] The High Wind Blows

[2001] The Sleeper Wakes

[2001] The Name of the Game

[2002] Where All Things End

[2003] My Story: Journey to Tangiwai, The Diary of Peter Cotterill, Napier 1953 (New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2004 junior section finalist)

[2003] No Big Deal

[2003] No Safe Harbour (New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2004 young adult section finalist)

[2004] Coming Back (New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2005 young adult section finalist)

[2005] Bodies and Soul

[2005] Running Hot (New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2006 young adult section finalist)

[2006] Aim High

[2006] Hill Sides

[2006] How I met myself

[2007] Black Day

[2007] The Forgotten Children

[2007] Duet (Youth Book)

[2012] My Brother's War

[2014] The Deadly Sky

[2015] First to the Top: Sir Edmund Hillary’s Amazing Everest Adventure (winner of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2016 Children's Choice Award - Non-Fiction. Listed as a Storylines Notable Book for 2016)

[2016] Enemy Camp (finalist for the Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award and the Children's Choice Junior Fiction Award in 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults)

[2016] Speed King

[2017] Flight Path

[2019] Sky High: Jean Batten's Incredible Flying Adventures (New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2019 non-fiction section finalist)

Ascending WOTW

 This week for WOTW we did ascending. It was pretty easy because just before I did this we did maths, and some of the questions asked us to write the lengths or weights in ascending order.

My Brother's War prediction

 All the girls from my reading group have to do a novel study on a book called My Brother's War by David Hill. We had to predict things about the book from the front and back cover.

I think it will be a good book because my friend Lucy has read other books by David Hill and thinks they are good.

Water Qualty

 

We have been looking at water quality for the past few weeks. We went down to our creek to test the water!

The NZ land wars timeline

 This is a timeline about the New Zealand land wars.

It was kind of hard because I had to change the words to something different from the book we were getting the information from, otherwise, I would be plagiarising.

WOTW obnoxious

 Today for word of the week I did obnoxious. It was easy because I already sort of knew what it meant and the only hard part was finding a colour, so I wrote the word and coloured it a colour I found extremely unpleasant.

The Narrator Part 1

I wrote a scary story about a girl called Lucy. I was inspired to make it after listening to Something Scary on the way to West A Maths. There are going to be other parts to this.

The Narrator part 1

The Shandelear family moved into a new house. It was a mansion, with clean white walls and golden patterned wallpaper. They loved the place.

The real masterpiece of the house, you see, was the beautiful crystal chandelier. You’d think they wouldn’t want to have a chandelier after the… incident. 

In the Shandelear’s old home, there was also a large chandelier. One night, Emiline and Ashley, the mother and father, woke up to a loud squeaking noise. It seemed to be coming from the chandelier! They groggily walked outside their room to find the priceless hanging light was swinging violently. It suddenly fell, crashing onto the ground floor, leaving gaping holes in the ceiling and floor.

When they were repairing it, the first thing they had to do was get the chandelier out of the way. When one builder was moving it he caught sight of something. It was a shadowy figure with long, gnarled fingers and bright red eyes.

The builder screamed and told everyone what he had seen, but there was no point in telling any of the other builders. They had seen it too.

With no way to repair their house, it went into ruins and the family left.

Emiline and Ashley had one daughter, Lucy. On their first night at the new house, Lucy had a strange dream. She dreamed that she was swinging on their chandelier, and at the end she always saw the shadowy figure with it’s arms outstretched.

She thought she was dreaming about it because she was afraid of the figure, but the dreams continued.

After two weeks in the new house Lucy’s parents noticed that the chandelier was swinging every morning. Lucy overheard them talking about it, and decided it couldn’t have been her, because every morning she woke up back in her bed.

The swinging of the chandelier continued for then next week, so the parents decided to take action.

They set up a security camera facing the chandelier. 

When they woke up the next morning, they looked at the camera. As usual, the chandelier was swinging. After a few minutes of searching they finally found something. But it wasn’t what they expected . . .

Swinging from the chandelier was . . .    Lucy.

She suddenly dropped from the chandelier. She moved her head up and smiled at the camera. But it wasn’t a normal, sweet smile. It was an evil smile with shadows crossing her face. She didn’t look anything like herself.

Emiline and Ashley took Lucy to a paranormal investigator. She was tested on and watched. She also slept away from home to see if it stopped, which it didn’t. She was put into another house with a chandelier to see if it still happened.

Meanwhile, Lucy was having different dreams. Dreams of the figure with it’s arms outstretched, trying to claw her.

The figure finally managed to catch her. It gouged out her eyes and clawed her heart.

She was now fully possessed. 

She killed her family. She took the lives of the paranormal investigators. 

And then she disappeared.

She hasn’t been seen since.

So if you live in a house with a chandelier and it starts swinging… she’s coming for you.

Tick, tock, goes the clock, she will make you die

Tick, tock, goes the clock, beneath the ground you’ll lie

Tick, tock, goes the clock, open up the window

Tick, tock, goes the clock, she’s creeping down low

Tick, tock, goes the clock, swinging on the chandelier

Tick, tock, goes the clock, you wouldn’t know she’s there

Tick, tock, goes the clock, your face will turn blue

Tick, tock, goes the clock, ‘cause Lucy’s coming for you.

9 Times Tables song

For maths, we had to make a times tables song. I made mine with Lucy and Miro H and we chose the 9 times tables. We were going to hum music but we decided not to because Lucy thought it sounded bad and my recorder kept loading.

WOTW maturity

Today for WOTW I did maturity. It was kind of hard because I already knew what it meant but it was hard to describe.

How to win a game of chess in four moves

This is a video I made about how to win a game of chess in four moves. It might not always work but it is a way.

WOTW Devour

Today for WOTW I did Devour. It was easy because I already knew what it meant, although it was hard to describe. It was fun to find the picture.

WOTW week 1

Today for WOTW I did ominously I found it easy because I already knew what it means.

Biological Carbon Cycle

For the past few weeks, we have been learning about the carbon cycle. During the last two days of term 2, we chose one category in the cycle and had to present it in any way we wanted. I chose to do a digital presentation.

Betrayal Narrative

For the past few weeks, we have been writing narratives. We had a photo that we had to write it about. My one is about a man, Tom Yek, who lives on another planet called Elementos that has four tribes. He gets betrayed (Hence the name) by a friend and runs away from his tribe after another tribe attacks.

WOTW week 12

Today for WOTW I did Resilience.

Coraline book report

I did a book report about a book called Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
A girl called Coraline moves to a new house. In her house she finds a door that just goes to nothing but bricks. One night she hears rats go to the door, opens it and finds a tunnel, with an evil “Other Mother and Father” Coraline has to find the souls of lost children before her other mother takes away hers.

WOTW week 11

Today for WOTW I did egregious. It was kind of hard because I had never heard of the word before but I thought it could be something bad like not caring about people. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could have found a picture.  

Attack of the Furball

Today we did a book report about our DEAR (Drop everything and read) book. The book I did was Star Wars- Attack of the Furball. It was hard to find a book because I haven't finished my DEAR book yet so I had to choose another one.

Jedi Academy- Attack of the Furball

Title: Jedi Academy- Attack of the Furball
Author: Amy Ignatow and Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Type of book: Fiction

This book is about a girl called Christina Starspeeder who goes to a Jedi Academy on Jedha. It is a story about Star Wars.
She is in a forest destroying illegal loggers when she finds and rescues a baby Nexu, which is a type of animal from Star Wars.
Then her Nexu gets stolen, and she has to save it.
I would recommend this book to anyone who loves Star Wars!

WOTW week 10 term 2

Today we did WOTW. The word was precocious. I had heard of this word before but I didn't know what it meant. To be BTB I could have gotten an actual photo instead of word art.

Climate Change Information Report

This is an information report about Climate Change.

Climate Change
Climate Change has a big effect on our environment. It changes it, making animals migrate from their homes. And we need to do something about it.

How Climate Change is made
What our problems are made of is the overload of greenhouse gasses.
Greenhouse gasses are gasses, like Carbon Dioxide, or CO2, that trap heat in the atmosphere and radiate some out. It’s what keeps us warm! But since we keep using fossil fuels such as coal and oil, we get more Greenhouse gasses. If we cut down trees, we get more Greenhouse gasses, because trees take in CO2 and “Breathe” out Oxygen.
So what is wrong with Greenhouse Gasses? You ask. Well, if there are too many gasses in the atmosphere then it gets too hot. This causes the north and south poles and glaciers to melt, and this causes seas to rise. Earth warming up makes more storms and forest fires.
Another way for our planet to warm up is that carbon dioxide burns holes in the Ozone layer, which is what protects us from the Sun’s UV radiation. If there is no Ozone, then more of the sun's rays will get to the greenhouse gasses. We will also get more sunburnt, which is actually mild radiation poisoning.
Did you know?
Fake Christmas trees emit more CO2 than if you cut down a real tree!

What Climate Change does
Imagine Earth during global warming as a giant stove. Imagine putting an ice cube on that stove. That ice cube is the north and south poles. What will happen when you put the ice on it?
The ice will melt. The same thing is happening every day; and when ice does that, it makes water. More water means seas will rise, and rising seas means more tsunamis and floods.
The heating up of the atmosphere leads to more forest fires, and animals will have to leave their habitats.
It also makes more storms, and lightning can make more forest fires!

What effect it has on animals and their habitats
Food webs are an important part of an ecosystem. If one animal dies out or moves habitats, then the whole web shakes. Like when you touch a spider web, the entire thing wobbles.
This is the food web of some of the animals of the savanna.

Say we remove all the plants. With nothing to eat, animals like mice, insects, giraffes, and rhinos die off. When they’re gone, the other animals that eat them can’t eat anything. Then they die, and it goes on and on until there’s nothing left.
So, how do the trees disappear? Well, just light an entire forest on fire and the web will be gone.
Frequent lightning storms and forest fires made because of Climate Change can do this. And it’s not just fire. The habitats can flood too, and the trees can also go then.


Conclusion
People are always saying that climate change is coming in the near future. Climate change isn’t coming. It’s here, and we need to do something about it.                                                                                 

Orographic Rain

Today we were learning about orographic rain. Orographic rain is the type of rain we usually get on the West Coast! I made a graph of how it happens.

Matariki true or false

Matariki true or false

1. Some people can see 20 stars in the Matariki cluster

2. The main star, Matariki, is a god

3. The seven main stars are sisters

4. The Matariki cluster is also known as the Pleiades

5. The cluster appears during either Summer or Autumn

6. The Onion wives and the Seven maidens are other versions of the Matariki cluster

7. Tupu-a-rangi hates singing


ANSWERS:

1. True. If you have really good eyesight, then you can!

2. False. Matariki is not a god.

3. False. Matariki is the mother and the rest are her six daughters.

4. True. The Pleiades is the Greek name for it.

5. False. The cluster appears during either Autumn or early Winter.

6. True. There are lots of other Pleiades myths around the world.

7. False. Tupu-a-rangi's voice heals all the creatures and the forests.

PMI PLeiades

Today we read an article about the Pleiades cluster, then made a PMI about it. PMI means Plus, Minus, Interesting.                                  

Problem Solving

This week we did problem-solving in groups. some of them were very hard and some of them were easy. Here is an example question. (This one was easy)

What I learnt in the Matariki quiz

Today I did a quiz about Matariki, and this is what I learned. The one I found the most amazing was that the Matariki cluster is 440 light-years away and that if I was going at 100 km/h it would take me 48 billion light-years! It was a very good quiz.
https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/matariki-maori-new-year/matariki-whare-tapere/quiz-how

Puanga

Today I read a story about Puanga Kai Rau. It is like Matariki except that people from Taranaki can't see the Matariki constellation, so they celebrate the Puanga constellation. 

Dear past self

Today for literacy I wrote a letter to my past self.

Converting measurements

Today for maths I did converting measurements. Question 3 was the hardest because I didn't know how to tell which was bigger for some of them.

What I would do I f I won the Lotto

Today I wrote what I would do if I won the Lotto.

Biomes

Today I made a slide about the biomes of the world. I already knew most of the biomes before I made this because I play a video game that has all the biomes.  

Area

Today for maths I had to find the area of some shapes. I didn't understand the part with the grey boxes, but then I got some help from Miro H and it was all good.

Ecosystem.

Today I made a fake ecosystem out of plasticine. There are some trees, a bird and a cat! My sister insisted on putting in The Child from the Mandalorian, and he is in the right side!

Ocean pollution

Today I watched a video and looked at the Ocean Cleanup website before answering the questions about the pollution of ocean ecosystems, mostly about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. 

Darkfish

Today I created a fish from the darkest depths of the ocean. I called it a Darkfish. 

Common Multiples

Today for maths I did common multiples of two numbers. It was hard trying to figure out how to do the higher numbers like 48 and 36. I used the multiples up to the 12 times tables.

Factors to 100

Today for maths I did factors up to 100!

Ocean Ecosystems

Today I watched a video about ocean ecosystems. It was interesting because I had never heard of them before and I didn't know about the ocean ecosystems.

Possum Problem

Today I read an article then answered these questions. Then I drew a picture of a possum's ideal habitat.

Ecosystem Picture

Today I looked at my garden and drew a picture of the Ecosystem. It also has labels to show what each drawing is.

Maths Tuesday

Today for maths I had to figure out the square root of certain numbers. It was very easy because I have done this kind of work a lot before and I want harder maths. 

Ecosystem Vocab

Today I watched a video about the ecosystem. Then I did this slide about the vocabulary of the ecosystem.  

Monday Maths

This was today's maths. It was very easy because I have done this kind of maths before. Next time I should have harder maths.

Sign Language

I made a video teaching people how to do sign language. the hardest part was remembering what they all mean! I hope you learn something.

maths

Today for maths we had to convert fractions into decimals. The 50ths were hard at first but then I found out a way to do it and I learnt some more!

Shōgatsu

Today we had to choose a new year's celebration and I chose the Japanese one, Shōgatsu. It is a celebration much like the Chinese New Year. I hope you learn a lot about it! 

Chinese New Year

This is a slide showing all the traditions of the Chinese new year! I hope you learn a lot about it.

The Past Year

I showed what I did and learned last year in this slide- using Lego! The categories are School Camp (Because that was pretty cool and is worth putting in here), Family and fun!

Friday week 2 Maths

This is Friday's maths. It was easy because I know how to do rounding, but there were still some hard parts in it! The hard part was that I sometimes take a path and then I come to a dead-end! It is sort of like a maze.

Which Jedi or Sith are you?

I made this quiz for Star Wars fans so they can test out which of the four choices of Jedi or Sith they are!

Animal Quiz

This is a quiz about animals that I made for the blogging contract. Test out your animal knowledge!

The Amazing Aggregations

Today I planned some Gatherings! the first one is with the Roxburgh family, the second is with the Gurney family and the last one is with my old friends from Haast.

Orchard family story

This is a story that I made that shows stuff about the Orchard family, which is my Mum's family!

Inside Out movie report

Today I made a movie report about Inside Out. I chose this movie because I watched it for the first time the other day. I hope you like it!

Maths Tuesday Week 2

Today I did this maths about figuring out how many 10s and 100s are ina 7 digit number. There was no hard part because I have learned this a lot in my old school and I know how to do it. Next time I would like some harder maths.

Ladder Illusion

Here is a 3D drawing of a ladder going down into a hole. If you want to make it then here is the tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAcQIkJSokk

Riddles, Part Two

Today I made a part two to my riddles! I also put in some riddles from The Hobbit, as well as all the others. Enjoy!

Interview with Grandma Jan

Today I did an interview with my Grandma who lives in Blenheim. Enjoy!

Mental Maths teacher

Today I am the teacher and I will be teaching you how to do mental maths.
The hardest part of making this video was trying to figure out how to explain it all.
Enjoy!

Maths Week 1 Term 2 Wednesday.

Today I did this maths slide. Some of it was easy and some of it was hard, but the hardest part was probably the last slide. It took me a long time to do because I was very busy with other work. To be BTB I should work harder and put my full effort into it.

Breaking news: The Stolen Stars of Matariki.

Today I made a News Report of what happened in the Stolen Stars of Matariki as if it was real! To be BTB I could have practiced more. I hope you enjoy!

The Stolen stars of Matariki book report.

Today I made a book report of The Stolen Stars of Matariki. The hardest part was the physical appearance because I didn't know what it meant at first, but otherwise it was easy. Next time I would like a harder book.

The Stolen Stars of Matariki

Today I listened to a Goodnight Kiwi story called The Stolen Stars of Matariki. In this story, Pohutukawa and Hiwa-i-te-rangi are captured by the conniving Patupaiarehe. Sam, Te Rerehura and their grandparents have to save the stars before its too late. In this version of the end of the story is changed so the way the stars are saved is different. Here is the link for the original story: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/goodnight-kiwi/episodes/s1-e4

Riddles

I have made some riddles for you to do when in self isolation. The answers are in the slide after each question slide. Enjoy!

Choosing the right one

For Blogging Contract, I made a choose your path story! You read the story and when it gives you a choice, you choose one and try and win!

Tantalizing Transformations

In the past few weeks we have been doing a Tantalizing Transformations slide. It includes enlargement, symmetry, reflection, rotation and transformation. The lines of symmetry, reflection and enlargement were easy but all the rest were very hard.

Book review RNZ

This week I listened to a book called Heavens Above - Part one on the RNZ story time website. Here is a book review I did of it. I hope you enjoy!

Word of the Week, week 5 (Vast)

This week for WOTW we did vast. It was quite easy because I already knew what vast meant so I should have more challenging words in other Word of the weeks.  

The Treaty Of Waitangi

In the past few weeks we have been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi. It includes before the treaty, what the treaty says, and after the treaty. I hope you like it!    

Book Report (Aru Shah and the End of Time)

I made a book report about Aru Shah and the End of Time. It was easy because I have read the book multiple times but it was also hard because I haven't made many book reports. I hope you like it!

Word of the week week 4

This week for word of the week we did humble. It was hard because I didn't really know what it meant, and it was hard to find a picture.  

Self portrait

In the last few weeks we have been making a Waka for the wall, with paddles and self portraits to put in it. The hardest parts were probably the nose and eyes. We made them on Google Drawing.    

character Inference chart

This week WALT make character inference charts. It was hard because the person I chose wasn't the main character.

Number of the week

 This week my number is 362. it was easy but it was also hard when I did "What will I add to it to make the nearest hundred" because: I didn't know to still add up

Word of the week. week three

Word of the week this week is Horizon. It was quite easy so next time I should get a different word.

Inference Week 2

This week for literacy we did an inference. Book we did it on was called four of a kind, about some boys playing netball. It was hard because I couldn't think of anything to do for the I think T chart but I tried anyway.

number of the week

This week number of the week is 3

Word of the week

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