Things that remind me of Christmas

 Here is another one of the 12 days of Christmas activities. I had to put in pictures of things that remind me of Christmas. What reminds you of Christmas?

Christmas word find

 Here is the word find that goes with my Christmas translations activity. My link did not work so here it is.

Christmas around the world

This is another one of the 12 days of Christmas activities. For this activity I had to pick some languages other than English and translate it into saying Merry Christmas. Here are the languages I have picked and with those words I had to turn them into a word find. The word find is linked to the google drawing. -Enjoy

Christmas Trends

 For the 12 days of Christmas I have to do a task each day. Today's task was to google what were the most popular Christmas gifts in different years. I chose six different toys and I put them in order of what I would prefer to get for Christmas. For Christmas I would prefer a Tamagotchi then a Beanie Baby Then Cabbage Patch Kids then Zhu Zhu pets then Teddy Ruxpin and lastly a Bratz Doll.

Indian sugar overgrowth

For this activity I had to read an article about overgrowth of sugar in India and then I had to fill out this current events. Here is my current events. -Lily

Eiffel Tower fact file

This is an Eiffel tower fact file that I have created. -Enjoy

 

Genius Project

 For this activity we had to get into groups (I was in a group with Kyah and Gabby) and we had to pick a person or people in the school to benefit. My group chose Nigel the caretaker. We chose Nigel because he works so hard cleaning up rubbish cleaning up vomit and so much more. For our genius project we chose to make a cake for Nigel saying Thank you on top with icing and we are also making him a thank you card and signing it and also we are going to be helping him clean up and we will clean up rubbish and etc.

Prep diary

This is my prep diary for prep 2020. If you dont know what prep is look at my recent post. -Enjoy

Prep explanation

  At my school we have this thing called prep. Prep is two weeks long. In prep you have to apply for jobs such as Own venture (In own venture you are in a group making products and you can either be CEO, Secretary,Treasurer and workers.) ,Banker (In the bank you write in pay in the bank books and pay people) ,Warehouse(Only year 7 and 8s can apply) (In the warehouse you fill out order forms and supply them with their items they need to make their products.) ,Police (Only year 8s can apply for police) (In police you walk around the classes checking on the things that people are making and they can give people a bonus pay if they think they are working hard.) and advertising agency (Advertising agency takes photos of your products and they advertise them. To apply for jobs you write a letter and then you send it to the person who is in charge of the job you applied for. After you have applied for the job you will get an email saying if you got the job or not. Heaps of people don't get accepted and they just end up working in a group creating a business. If you are in a business you have to make products. Here are some examples of products people made at prep 2020. Stickers,Glitter Jars,Christmas Tree decorations,Chalk and etc. In prep we have two markets, Big market and Little market. We have markets so that the groups can actually earn profit. Selling in little market is optional because some groups may not have enough products to sell. Selling at a market costs prep money (The prep currency is called Taniwhas.). Big market is compulsory because that is where you make heaps of money. Prep is now over and everyone is now going back to doing school work. I very much enjoyed prep this year because it was my first time not working in a business. I worked in the warehouse this year and it was my first time.

Ayers Rock/Uluru

 Today we did the current events quiz. After the quiz I had to choose a question to research about. I choose Ayers rock/Uluru. Here is my fact file.

Financial Literacy

This week and last week I have been working on this sheet. Last week we got given a family circumstances sheet and we had to write how many children we had,how many pets we had and how many cars we had. After that we got given a budget balance sheet which has our Tax,Mortgage,Income,Groceries and Fortune on it. On our budget balance sheet one day real life = 1 Week on our sheet. We missed a few days of our sheets so we had to catch up that why it took so long. On the 4th week Aka day we had our monthly bills. The monthly bills concluded of Tax,Mortgage,Groceries,Fortune,Life insurance,Property Insurance,SKY TV,Vehicle,Phone/Internet and Electricity. On week one I was going okay and I ended the week with $83.67 and on week two it got better and I ended the week with $181.47 but on week 2 on my fortune card it said add $15 to your mortgage. On week three thats were I went downhill and I ended the week with only $1.52. And lastly on week four the monthly bills put me in dept. By the end of the month I was in dept by  $878.48.

Here are the photos of my Financial literacy.

 Week 4 monthly bills

Week 2 and 3

Week 1 and 2

My Family

Iceberg paragraph

Since I have been learning about icebergs this week I have been doing alot of iceberg tasks. Here is on of them. I had to write a paragraph about this one particular iceberg which is New York x5 big! _-Enjoy 

Iceberg text

The life cycle of a iceberg

 This week we have been learning about icebergs. For this activity I had to make a diagram and an explanation about the life cycle of a iceberg. -Enjoy

Grandparents Day Thank you

 Last Friday was Grandparents day. For Grandparents day we had to make a google slide saying thank you for all that our Grandparents have done for us. This is my google slide. -Enjoy

Fantastic Mr Fox (Is it wrong for him to Steal?)

For this activity I had to write reasons why it was either right or wrong for Mr Fox to steal the food from the 3 angry farmers Boggis , Bunce and Bean. Here are my facts! -Enjoy

 

Trump got Corona Virus

 

Dart tree diagram

 For this activity we had to be in groups ((My group was Kyah, Skylah and me)) and we had to make tree diagrams. Our tree diagram was about throwing darts and how many possible outcomes there are.Our diagram had 66 possible outcomes (see our tree diagram on slide 2) . I hope you enjoy

The journey from Greymouth to Mistletoe bay

Hello fellow bloggers :)  This blog post is a map showing the journey from Greymouth where I live to Mistletoe bay which is where I am going on camp to next week! I have added facts and pictures of the places marked on the map. -Enjoy

Oil Spill slide

Last week our learning was focused on oil spills. Gabby, Kyah and me were in a group for making this slide. This was a class activity and we all had a slide. The slide was full of heaps of different techniques of cleaning up an oil spill. Our slide was about using Hot water and pressure washing. I hope you like our slide!

Household heroes

 This is a similar task to the classroom heroes that I recently posted but this is a household heroes version. These are what I think makes a household hero! -Enjoy

Classroom heroes

 Hello!  This is a google drawing that I have created. I had to write key things of what I thought made a classroom hero. I enjoyed doing this task. Do you agree with these key things?

Northern white Rhino current events

For this activity I had to read a article about Rhinos (The link is here)

and I had to fill out the When,What,Why,How,Where and Who boxes. I hope you like this!

I te ra tuatahi

 For this activity I had to make a google slide saying some countries and we had to say I te ra tua tahi which means On the first day and we had to say that for each day but going up eg.E te ra tua tahi,E te ra tua Toru and ect. We also had to find the maori name for our countries. This was hard to explain but I hope you understand. -Enjoy!

Kayda character profile

 Here is a character profile that I have made for one of my characters from my narrative writing that is currently in the making. My character is called Kayda and on this google drawing I have wrote her name,age,likes,dislikes,appearance,talents,personality,voice and mannerisms. I hope you enjoy my character profile!!!! Do you like writing stories and creating characters?

Should we save endangered animals or is it not worth all of the money?

 This is a google slide that I have created about my opinion about saving endangered species. We had to do this with a buddy and gather two opinions I did this with Gabby. The main question for this activity was Should we save endangered animals or is it not worth all of the money? What do you think about this question and what would your answer be?

Why my job is so important

 For this activity I had to pretend that I was a scientist that was working on saving the northern white rhinos from extinction. I have chosen to present my writing in a google slide. I found this activity very fun fun. I have gathered my information that I have shown in this paragraph from a article about northern white rhinos.  Link to the article

Marble run idea

 This is my Marble run plan that me and my group have created. In science we had to make a marble run that showed Gravity, Static friction and Dynamic friction. Our finished marble run didn't end up looking like our plan and it just turned out like the end of our plan. i hope you like our Marble run Plan.

Static Electricity experiment

 For the Last 6 weeks we have been doing interchange. And one of our interchange subjects is science with Miss Power. We have now finished doing interchange but here is one of my recent science experiments.

My Snoopy Enlargement

 A few weeks ago my class had to draw enlargements. First my teacher sent me a grid with lots of squares and we had to find a picture and place it on top of the grid. Most of my class chose cartoon characters and I did too. The character I chose was SNOOPY!!!! After placing our picture over the grid our grid got printed out and we got given a large piece of paper to draw squares 4 centimetres by 4 centimetres. Drawing on the squares was kind of a long process but once I had done that I got to start drawing Snoopy. We had to try and replicate the picture as best as we could. I enlarged my picture by a scale factor of 2. In my opinion my Snoopy came out pretty good. This task was very fun and I enjoyed it because it wasn't to hard because I picked a simple picture and character to draw.              

                              My Drawing

Image I was trying to draw

Kupe Animation

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In New Zealand History with Mrs P our task was to make a animation or a play on how either Captain Cook,Abel Tasman or Kupe came to New Zealand and what their journey was like. I was in a pair with Nova and we decided to make a animation about Kupe's journey to New Zealand and this is the finished product! Enjoy!

What makes Excellence?

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Last week my class was focusing on Excellence and what is Excellence as part of our Striving for Excellence reading project.  Excellence is one of our school values as well as Manaakitanga.  Our big question was what does excellence look like? This is an infographic that I have created about what makes Excellence and what makes an Excellent person!

West-a-Maths 2020

This is a google drawing that I have created about westa maths 2020!

Journey from Hawaiiki to New Zealand board game

For this activity I had to create a board game along the lines of Maori history. Me and Nova have created this board game together and we have made it so you can choose to be either Kupe or his wife. This board game is about Kupe and his Wife's journey from Hawaiiki to New Zealand. There are advantages and disadvantages along the way. You are very welcome to play my game but just remember to ALWAYS follow the rules!!!

Creating a parachute

This is another one of my interchange activities. This is my activity that we did in science with Mrs Power this week. Our experiment was creating a parachute and then testing it. We had to make a parachute in groups using plastic bags. I was in a group of two and my partner was Nova. When our parachute was ready we clipped on a peg at the bottom for more stability and then we went to the top if the fort and we all dropped our parachutes down. The group that's parachute took the least amount of time to fall won. My team didn't win but we got 2.27 seconds!

Triangles DLO

This is my trangles DLO that I have created for people who need help with identifying the sides and angles of the triangle!

Valerie Adams has a barbie doll made after her!

New Zealand Shot putter professional Valerie Adams has now gt a Barbie doll made after her.

The reason Valerie Adams has a barbie doll made after her is because she was chosen as New Zealand's barbie role model for 2020. 

Valerie Adams is the second woman in New Zealand to become a barbie doll!

Mattel ((The brand that makes barbies)) pick a inspiring woman each year from around the globe and this year it happened to be Valerie.

Valerie deserves to have a barbie doll made after her because she has inspired many children and adults. Also is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IAAF Continental Cup winner.

The Barbie doll comes with a shot put and a sports bag.

The Mattel factory head quarters is in El Segundo, California Here is a map of where it is:

Honesty

This is a google drawing that I made and I wrote about Honesty and Lying. I hope you learn the importance of Honesty if you havent already! -Enjoy

Plant sketching

Last Friday I drew a few leaves of a Rimu tree. Here is the actual leaves and here is my drawing!

I also wrote a description and Identification in my book. This is what I wrote.
Description:This plant is a light green colour and it has sharp leaves that point upwards. This plant is the king of the forest and it is very common in the NZ bush.

Identification: This plant is called a Rimu and my drawing is only of a few leaves. Rimu is a large tree that grows up to 50m tall. Rimu trees grow very slowly reaching 800-900 years old. Rimu trees have very droopy leaves. The trunks of the Rimu trees are very thick and the bark is a red colour.

Interchange

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At my school from now on every Monday we have INTERCHANGE!!!

Our interchange classes are New Zealand history with Mrs Prendergast,Geography with Miss Hines and Science with Miss Power.

This week on Monday in New Zealand history we watched a interesting video about who first discovered NZ. In Geography we had to name all of the continents that make up the world and also circle all of those continents on a map. Lastly in science we did a experiment called spinning water and you had to grab a cup tie string on the sides fill it half way with water an spin it around and I was kinda surprised because the water actually stayed in the cup. "WOW"

Science:

Geography:

New Zealand history:Video

My Matariki Lantern

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Today is 🅼🅰🆃🅰🆁🅸🅺🅸!!!!     At school we had to make our own Matariki lanterns! This is min e and it represents Waita the star of the sea. I added blue sequins on the inside and some shells too. I stuck some black and red sequins on the side of the jar to look like stars! How do you celebrate Matariki? Are you making lanterns at your school?

Why do the Matariki stars disappear?

This was another one of my Matariki activities and I did it with my friend Kyah. I enjoyed doing thi activity because I learnt alot from it.

How to Preserve Raspberries

For this activity I had to make a plan of how I would preserve a food because the Maoris used to preserve their food . I chose to to Raspberries because they only grow in the Summertime. I hope you enjoy this.

How Matariki is Celebrated these days!

This is one of my Matariki activities! For this activity I wrote how we celebrate Matariki Today and how Matariki used to be celebrated! -Enjoy

What we eat on Matariki

Right now it is around Matariki time and my class is doing lots of activities around Matariki this is one of my activities that I have completed. Also do you celebrate Matariki?
 I hope you Enjoy my work!

My Dog Sunny infomation report

                                                               ~Hello FRIENDS~
In my class we have been learning how to do information reports. This is my Information report about                                                         my dog Sunny I hope you enjoy it!
                                                              Do you have a dog?

My dog Sunny

Have you ever had a dog that is VERY crazy
and emotional at the same time? Well I do.
My dog is called Sunny and he is my first ever dog.
Let me tell you all about him.

Last year I REALLY wanted a dog and I went ON and
ON about it. I went on and on about wanting a dog
for about the whole year by then my mum had said no
but I understood because she isnt a dog person and we
wouldn't have the time for one at her house because we
are always at school and work and also we live next to a
highway so that is very dangerous for a dog BUT my
dad never said no so I kept begging him. I would always
look online like on Trade Me and Facebook for dogs to
potentially adopt and then I found THE ONE. I found
the dog on trade me and it wasn't just one dog it was
actually a bunch of dogs that were the same breed.
Dad took me down the street to his friends house to
look at his dog because is was the same breed of dog
that the dogs were on trade me. When we got there
I really liked the dog and I really wanted one. Soon
after Dad said that we are going to look at the dogs
we saw on trade me so we went on about a 40 minute drive up to were the dogs were. I had a look at them and they were so cute. Dad told me that we were gonna get one and asked me what one I wanted to pick. My eyes lit up and I had a good look at all the dogs. All of the dogs were the same breed and the same age but some were white with black spots and some were white with brown spots. I immediately chose the second smallest dog he was so cute and little he has brown spots. I was so shocked that dad actually let me have a dog well I mean I was quite annoying when I was literally begging for a dog. As soon as we left with the dog I came up with a name and I choose SUNNY! I just thought that name was so perfect for him because the sun would kind of reflect off his brown face and spots. He also looked like he was full of sunshine.

Sunny is quite a lot older now, He is almost two years old and you may be wondering what breed he is and what he actually looks like other than the brown face and brown spots. Well Sunny is a Springer Spaniel and he has a long nose with a white streak going down it and big floppy ears with long fur on it. Sunny is a very silly dog and some of the stupid things hes done are run into doors,bark at my mirror at night,bark at my big shrek toy and when he goes for walks sometimes he accidentally gets himself tangled up in his leash and then he walks funny because he is tangled. Sunny loves to interact with kids and other dogs. His favourite thing to do is go swimming and play fetch on the beach. He could do that for days on end. Sunny is very hard to train. I have trained him to sit,shake hands,drop a ball,come,fetch,turn around,roll over,lay down and stand up. But he only does those things when he is focused. Sunny is surprisingly emotional. You can definitely tell when he is happy and when he is sad or scared. When he is happy his ears are up and he is usually panting because he has been running around also his eyes are lit up. When he is sad his ears are down and his eyes just show that he is sad. Also he usually leans on you when he is sad or when he just wants pats!

Sunny is very good at quite a few things. He is good at
sniffing things out which comes in very handy for
retrieving ducks. Springer spaniels are used in hunting
to retrieve ducks once they have been shot. Sunny is
getting trained to retrieve them and he is doing pretty
well because he can easily find were the duck is.
In his training we have a duck wing and we have to
rub in on the lawn and hide it somewhere then we
let Sunny come and find the wing and it usually only
takes from 15-30 seconds. The bad things about Sunny 

hunting is that he is scared of loud noises such as a
Vacuum cleaner which is not good because he needs to
be around a gun and get used to the loud noise and
know when to retrieve the duck. Also another bad thing
is that he needs to learn to be soft with his mouth
while carrying the duck because at the moment he just
thinks its a toy and you wouldn't want bite marks in
your dinner.

I love my dog Sunny so much he is
such a unique dog and no other dog
is quite like him. He is a big softy
and he loves being around people.
I think he will be good at retrieving
ducks and I hope that he enjoys the
rest of his life with me!

The Hunger Games trailer

This is a Movie/Book trailer that I made for the Hunger Games because in my class we are reading the hunger games first book I hope you guys enjoy it!

My pet introduction in Te reo Maori

Soon it is going to be pet day at my school.At my school we didn't used to do pet days so this is our first pet day EVER!   I don't think I will bring any of my pets in because I am scared that they will get hurt,run away or just be really naughty but I am so exited to see other pets.This is an introduction to my dog Sunny it is written in Te Reo Maori and translated to English.
-Enjoy

Leaf scientific drawing

This week I have picked a leaf from outside and drawn it.I had to make the drawing look as much like the leaf as possible.I am proud with what my drawing turned out to look like because I am NOT good at drawing at all.I also added a zoom bubble saying I wonder why the outline is purple?
-Enjoy!

                                                                    ((This is my leaf))

Turtle information report

Green Turtles
The Green turtle is a big heavy sea turtle. It has a large smooth shell. It lives in the tropics and it swims in the water but they come onto the land as well. They have been around for 110 Million years which is a VERY long time. They were around during the time of the dinosaurs. This turtle species has been on this earth for ages and it has developed many adaptations to protect itself. It has three types of adaptations: behavioural, structural and physiological.

A behavioural adaptation is that Male turtles never go
on land except for when they hatch. They stay in
the water but the female turtles have to go
onto the land to lay their eggs. Once the baby
turtles have hatched they scurry along the sand
into the water.  Also adult Female green sea turtles
somehow return to the place that they have hatched,
they must really know the area well. Also if a beach is
too cold the turtles have to find another beach that
is warmer and the warmer beach may be very far away.

These turtles have many structural adaptations such as
having flippers to swim and also they help to maintain
the speed which is something they could not live without.
The turtle's neck is non retractable and it can not move
up because of its shell. The turtle also has no teeth
because it doesn't really need them cause it has
SUCH a strong jaw. It looks kind of like a bird's beak.
They also don't need teeth for eating because they
eat crabs, sponges, clams etc. Turtles eyes face
downwards because they swim all the time and it
helps to see the bottom of the water.

When turtle eggs are ready to hatch they need to
be in an environment with the right temperature
because if they are too hot then they can die
inside the egg before they hatch and if they
are too cold then they can incubate correctly.

Leatherback turtles can keep their body warm
because they have a thick layer of fat that
attracts heat. Also the leatherback turtle can
lower their heart rate to save energy and oxygen.

Turtles are very interesting creatures and we need
to help keep beaches clean  and safe for the turtles
and other sea-life.

Kiwi adaptations report writing

Kiwi adaptations

Kiwis are beautiful native birds that are flightless
and nocturnal.They have many mammal-like adaptations
and that makes then very unique.It is highly unlikely
that you will see one in the wild because it will be sleeping
and all hidden away.Its adaptations are mainly behavioural
and structural.

Over time the kiwi has developed two main behavioural
adaptations such as being nocturnal and being flightless.
The reason kiwis don’t fly is because a long time ago most
of the birds would fly and all of the flying birds would eat
the berries from the trees and they would have to compete
with one another to get the berries. However on the ground
there are not many other birds so there is hardly any
competition for food because the flightless birds eat
food that is under the ground or on top of the soil.
Also kiwis don’t fly because it saves their energy and
kiwis need their energy for other things.  Before humans
arrived in NZ there was no predators on the ground anyway
so the Kiwis didn’t need to fly.

A kiwi also has some structural adaptations to suit their
habitat such as having nostrils on the start of their beak
to help sniff food from under the ground. Their brown
plumage helps keep them camouflaged with the dirt on
the ground. Their feathers are shaggy and hair like because
it blend in with the environment around them. They also
have whiskers on the start of their beak to help navigate
in the dark because they are nocturnal and they don’t have
very good eyesight. Long claws is another adaptation to dig
up their food that is underground. Another structural
adaptation is their beak. They have such a long beak
because as I said their eyesight is not the best and
they mostly rely on touch and smell with their beak
as they walk. They simply stop to put their beak
on the ground and feel if there are vibrations under
the ground coming from the worms and other bugs
that they are trying to catch and as soon as they
feel a vibration they start to dig. Having nostrils is
kind of hard for kiwis in a way as well as being very
helpful because sometimes they get dirt stuck in their
nostrils and then they make a snorting sound to get it
out as it is uncomfortable.

Lots of the kiwis adaptations no longer work because
people have introduced new animals into New Zealand.
Some of them can attack the kiwi.  The adaptations of
being flightless and nocturnal are useless because some
of the animals that live in the same habitat have the same
adaptations and eat both the kiwi and their eggs.

Kiwis have many adaptations that they have developed
over the years. They are flightless because it saves energy
and they don’t have to compete for food like the flying
birds do. They mostly rely on touch and smell because
their eyesight is not very good. They have a long beak to
sense vibrations coming from the worms or bugs underneath
the ground and then they dig it up immediately.
Unfortunately with the arrival of pakeha to
Nz also came many animals that are a predator to
the kiwis.  I hope the kiwi can develop more adaptations
before it is too late.