SLJ Weird and Wondefull

NZ has many amazing plants along with other countrys. Did you know that the African desert is inhabited by many amazing and outstanding plants and trees, like the Cactus. Some Cactus they can live only with 3ml of water a day.

So I got told to imagen that I got a Cactus for my birthday each day I give it 3ml of water a day. Over a year how much water did I give it.

So then I did the math I used my multiplication facts and I worked out with a little help that 365x3 = 1095. So the answer is 1095.

Here are some Cactus photos.

SLJ Going going gone

Over the past few years scientists have made a discovery that cities (Jakarta, Indonesia, Venice and Italy) that they are slowly sinking under the ocean and some day they will disappear, that must be scary.

Some people who live there have sent in photos or writen stories of were they live in 2018, to record how there lives are there before it disappears.

I was asked to write a blog post like I was one of those people before NZ disappears in the bottom of the water next week. Here is how it goes.

Another day gone by and they water is getting higher and higher by the day, schools shut down and everyone in my street are trying to water proof there houses. I heard my peraents talking last night that we might move to a diffrent country that isn't going under. I have but all my valuables in a zip lock bag and attached floaties to the bag. The water is alread up to my waiste, I wish that a miricle will happen and all the water will go. Me and my family have to carry my neses and nephew every were other wise the will go under. We have just moved to the highest hill we could find so the water will take ages to get to us. Lets just hope it doesn't rain other wise that will make the water rise. As the sun goes down I see our house go under. All my stuff gone.

SLJ WWF

In 1961 a group of people created an organisation called WWF (World Wildlife Fund). There main goal is to protect the worlds wildlife and the earth. There are many WWF staff that work all around the world in diffrent countrys.

 They all try to protect the animals that live here. The WWF is trying to save every animal they can and they are also trying to save the plants to. The WWF helps all the animals in diffrent ways, from making snow banks for baby pups to setting off traps that try to kill tigers. That have made great accomplishments trying to save then wildlife on planet earth.

Here is there sign and a link to there website. Personally I think there work is outstanding.

SLJ Activity 3: Ice, Ice Baby

Antarctica is the coldest continent on earth it is also the driest continet. Did you know that it hasn't rained there for nealy 2 million years! It is inhabited by many animals such as whales, seals, birds and fish. It is not permanently inhabited by humans. How ever scientists vist there all the time to study it. This year they used some amazing actors from Hornby Primary School in Christchurch to film a safty video in Antarctica. Just like on planes we need to stay safe and be smart online. By thinking who we shared infomation with in the pased and in the future. Also if we have had or going to have a positive digital foot print. My task was to put in a digital foot print who to stay safe online and that is what I have done.

Here is a link to my digital footprint.

Movie night

In Te Ngahere we a couple of student’s got picked to direct in a mini movie for movie night at Paihia School. It was originally for the fair go ad competition but we didn’t have time to make it so we picked our next target the movie night. So our job is too sell tourism to waitangi. I enjoyed doing it because I got to be the cameraman and get out of school. It was awesome!. The thing I could do better was keep the camera still. Once we show the movie at movie night I will add it here.

Duffy Assembly

In Paihia School we had a Duffy assembly and a girl named Tamara dressed up as a character named Zinkie
from a Duffy book.
We had to sing a Duffy song to celebrate that we are getting new free books.
I got Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 2 the Revenge of the
Ridiculous Robo-Boogers.
The second book was the Everything Machine. I love reading Captain Underpants.
The thing I did well was pick out the books I wanted.



Here are some photos.

Smooothies

In Te Ngahere Whaea Gina came to Paihia School for an energize session.

She showed us how to make healthy smoothies.

Whaea Becks picked 5 people to help Whaea Gina.

There was a milkman, banana girl, yogurt girl, berry girl and a mixer man.

The smoothie tasted like a milky banana.

It was delicious and healthy. I hope I could do that again some time.

The thing I could have done better was drink it slower to savour the taste.

Here are some photos.

Takeaways.

In Te Ngahere we have been learning what takeaways are good for us and what takeaways are bad.
The healthiest and the most expensive was Subway.
The second healthiest was sushi, but the really bad takeaway was Carl's JR.
It had about 20 teaspoons of fat in a burger and handful of a  large fries and a large drink.
I will use this information in the future so I can make healthier choices.
The thing I should do better is I should have made better choices before and ate healthier.

Here are some photos.

Beeswax Wraps.

In Te Ngahere we have been making beeswax wraps.
We had to draw a design on a piece of fabric.
My one had my favourite movie, games and all my friends names on it.
In the middle it had my name in big letters and my nickname underneath.
The thing I think I did well is my design.
The reason we made beeswax wraps is so we don't have to use plastic in our lunches.
The thing I could do better was not use vivid because it leaked onto my fabric.

School Disco.

At Paihia School last night we had a school disco
. The juniors one was at 5:30 to 6:30 and the seniors was 6:45 to 7:45.
Just before the disco I got hair cut and dressed up all nice.
Me and my friend Dayton started break dancing.
He won a trophy for it I agreed he was a much better dancer than me.
I bought 2 glow sticks the fat ones and a glowing eyeball ring.
All these people felt sick so I got about 12 bags of lollies for free.

Dress Up Day.

On the eighth of August Paihia School had a dress up day.
Where we had to dress up as something and bring a gold coin donation for Kids Can.
They help us  feed the kids in our school and supply us with jackets.
I dressed up as Predictor X, but it was my version, because I wore my clothes. It was so fun, I loved it.

Te Reo Moari.

In Te Ngahere someone named Wheaea Lisa came to our class to teach us to say things around the classroom in Te Reo Māori. Most of them we already knew but there was some new ones too. Then after we learnt all of them we played a little game of bingo or in Te Reo called Whare Whare.

Ukulele Lessons.

In Paihia School we have been taking ukulele lessons. We will be going to these lessons every Wednesday until week five in the whare, and hopefully by week five we can rock on with the ukulele. We learnt how to make the ukulele sound change on the same string and we all it a little strum with the strings all together and it sounded amazing. The thing I did good at was doing it in sequence, the thing I could of done better was pay more attention to to the rhythm she told us to do. I can’t wait until next Wednesday.

Maramaku Sports Day.

A group good of people got chosen to go to Maramaku sports day.
We could play rugby or net ball, I chose rugby. We won all of them except 1.
They were hard, it seemed like they have been practising a lot.
The score was 6-7, and that was the only game I scored a try.
We could of made it into the finles but we just needed 1 more point.
Even though we didn’t get into the finals we all still had fun.

Here is some photos.

Animation

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about food chains. The first food chain we learnt about was a marine one. That marine one is, Kelp uses sunlight to get energy, Kina eat kelp to get energy, Crayfish eat Kina, Carpet Sharks eat Crayfish, and other Sharks eat carpet Sharks. So even if you are the toughest shark in the world, you would still need kelp to help you get energy.

After that I got to pick my own food chain and made a animation about it. Making the animation was hard it took me about two weeks to make it.

The thing I did well was getting the food chain right because, with some people they didn't get a food chain, they got a life cycle. That happened to me the first time I tried to get a food chain. It was a life cycle. The thing I enjoyed was doing the impression for my main character. The thing I could of done better is doing it quicker because I finished on the last day.

Hope you enjoyed it.

Bay Bush Action

Last week in Te Ngahere we had visitors called Stella and Brad from the Bay of Island Bay Bush Action group. They came to our class to talk about saving the Ngahere, native birds and animals. They showed us a kiwi that was killed by a dog, but it did not look like it was killed by a dog, it looked fine. Stella and Brad also let us pet a stuffed possum and see a stuffed hedgehog. They also gave us some traps so we could set them around our school, to make our school the first pests free school in Northland.

Here is a photo.

Descriptive Writing

In Te Ngahere  (our class) we have been learning about te Ngahere (the bush).  We had to write a piece of descriptive writing called a moment in time. We had to describe a picture of te Ngahere. My writing is only a draft so I will blog post the final copy in the future. The thing I think I did well was putting all of the descriptive language in. The thing I could do better next time is finish it more quickly.


Here is my writing.

A moment in time.

Ferns waving in the wind, and an old Rimu tree taking its last breath. The wind echoing through the mountains. Fantails hoping to each tree branch like a frog trying to catch a fly. Kiwis clocking in their burrows waiting for the night sky to awaken.

Explanation

In Te Ngahere we have been learning to write a explanation about a healthy ecosystems. In our writing we had to explain what a producer, consumer and decomposer, dose is and eat’s. We also said what the balance of an ecosystem was and what would happen if it became unbalanced.



Here is my explanation.

What Makes A Healthy Ecosystem?

An ecosystem is made up of organic and in-organic matter (living and non-living things), a healthy ecosystem needs producers, decomposers and consumers. If an ecosystem gets tampered with it will break and there will be a consequence.

A Producer is a plant, a Producer gets the energy from the sunlight, and when the consumer eats them they get the energy. Producers make their own food by air water and sunlight, that cycle is called photosynthesis.

A Consumer eats the producers which is plants like kelp, trees and sometimes they eat other consumers to survive. A consumer's role in the ecosystem is to eat producers so they don’t get out of control.

A Decomposer is a scavengers that break down dead plants and animals. Decomposers are also bacteria.

An ecosystem is really fragile, so if one ecosystem is unbalanced like we take all the food there will be a consequence. If we eat all the kina the crayfish will die, then the carpet sharks will die, then other sharks will die, and there will be too much kelp in the ocean. So thats what will happen if an ecosystem becomes unbalanced.

Metaphore Peom.

In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to use metaphors confidently. I know I already posted this but that one had mistakes in it and this, one is the improved one. The thing I enjoyed was making the poem. The thing I could do better is maybe to it quick because it took me about a week, and also make it unders better.

Liam is a ninja that hides in the dusk and only comes out in chaos.

Liam is a ninja star that is trapping intelligence in it.

Liam is a nuclear atomic bomb that exploded full of intellect.

Liam is a katana sword that is trapping internal knowledge and facts inside of it.

Liam is a grappling hook swinging through his learning.

Metaphor Poem

In Te Ngahere we have been learning to use metaphors in our writing. To show what we have learnt we had to make a poem about us but with lots of metaphors. The thing  I enjoyed about making the poem is that I got to describe myself in any way possible. The thing I could do better is to add more metaphors. My favorite one is Liam is a nuclear atomic bomb that explodes full of knowledge.

My Pepeha

In the last few weeks Te Ngahere has been learning to add our family members into our pepeha. A pepeha is something to tell people who you are and where you are from. To show what we had learnt we made either a Powtoon, a google slide or a google drawing. Before we did that we had to write it on a google doc. After that the Powtoon was easy, we just had to copy and paste our writing in the Powtoon, then decorate it.  The thing that I enjoyed about my pepeha was that I got to learn more about my family.