Christmas Acrostic

Here is one of our christmas activities that we had to do. We had to find a nine letter word related to chrismas and then make an acrostic poem. I chose greetings. 

Gladly passing the plates. 

Relavent in the word. 
Everybody Gathered aroud the tree.
Evening carols. 
Tinsel covering the tree. 
Intersting gifts. 
Naughty kids get no presents. 
Giving and receiving.

Christmas Word Find.

 Here is a christmas activity that we are doing for the last 2 weeks of term 4. I chose to do the one about all the christmas greetings in all different languages. Here it is. 

Christmas around the World

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Book Reveiw

 Harry Potter & the Philosopers stone.

Author: J K Rowling 

Genre: Fantasy and adventure

Main Characters: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasly.

Rating: *****/*****

Harry Potter & the Philosopers stone is a fantasy book about a young boy who attends Hogwarts for the first time, along with his new found friends, Ron and Hermione. I highly recommend this book for ages 10-14. It is a great read and it is thrilling. 

    

Financial Literacy

 This week we have done a new thing called financial literacy. It is where we pretend to have an income and tax. We also pretend to have a grocery bill and a fortune. We all start off with a card that tells us our income and our tax and mortgage. We then insert it into the table and then take away the tax and the mortgage. Once we've done that, we then get give a fortune card. The Fortune card willeither make you pay or let you recieve. My first fortune card made me pay $750 dollars on a root canal. Now im in debt by a LOT! You continue on doing this for the next 4 days and then stop. You then add all your other bills to the lot and then you have your overal balance. 

PMI Chart

 This week for reading we had to complete a PMI chart. For the chart we had to use 3 sources of imformation and then complete the table with the positives the negatives and the interesting. Here it is.

PMI Chart

Topic:  Are icebergs harmful or helpful?

Source of Information	Plus	Minus	Interesting
the world's largest iceberg	- the vast quantities of dust riding aboard A68a could fertilize nearby ocean plankton. - sending planktons up the food chain to fish, penguins and seals.	- could crush animals.  - block off foraging routes for thousands of penguins and seals. - potentially disrupting the island's ecosystem for a decade or more - the island ecosystem could be seriously disrupted if the berg makes landfall.	- It may be on a collision course with a wildlife haven in the South Atlantic Ocean. - It’s large enough to hold the five boroughs of New York City five times over.
Icebergs are doing something cool.	Natural fertilizer for the ocean.  When they melt they release minerals like iron into the ocean.  Growth of microscopic marine plants known as phytoplankton. The new plant growth captures carbon, helping to reduce climate change.	No negative things in this text.	Scientists can see from satellites where an iceberg has passed.  They will see the recent growth of marine life.  The Iceberg  acts like a natural fertilizer.
Ice pirate	It will source 20 percent of the population of cape town for a year.  Will give water to people in need.  Will keep the taps from running dry.  Will be paid for.	- Severe drought in 2017 led to South African city Cape Town nearly running out of water. - The mission is expected to cost around $285 million.	- In the mid 1800s, Chilean breweries would tow small icebergs.

The Life Cycle of an Iceberg.

 This week we had to make a life cycle of an Iceberg diagram. Here is mine. 

Current Events

Pistacio: The Green Dog

In The news lately there has been a mention of a very rare dog called pistacio. The puppy was born in Italy six days ago. It has a rare abnormality (green fur). Researchers say that the green fur will where off when the puppy advances into aduldhood. They say it has already worn off since it's birth. The other dogs in the litter however have stayed the normal colour. Here is a photo of Pistacio. 

Tree Diagram

 Fof maths today we were looking at tree diagrams. I was trying to find out how many possible outcomes of a person who takes 6 shots at goal. I found out that there are 32 different outcomes. Here it is.

Maori language places.

This term whaea Katie comes into our roomto teach us some simple Maori. Last week she was teaching us places. For one of the activities she made a google drawing and told us to lable the places. Here it is. 

Types of triangles.

For maths last week we were learning about different types of triangles. we had to create a DLO showing our understanding. Here is mine. 

Current Events.

 Today we did a current events quiz. I chose to do the artical about Fortnite suing the apple store. We had to do a worksheet about it. Here it is. 

Current Event Quiz

This week we did current events we had a question about "a hiker in mexico is being described as having nerves of steel after she managed to take a selfie with a wild bear that climbed up on her. This is a very contriversial thing to do seeing as a bear could kill you in record time. 

Here is a phot of the hiker. Her is a my map of where this event happened. Check it out. Click here.

Take the OAR

In school we learn about taking the Oar and not the BED. These are words that mean different things. 

Ownership
Accountability
Responsability

Blame
Excuses
Denial

I think that this is a really good thing for kids to learn and do because it teaches us to take the OAR and own up to our mistakes instead of going to BED. 

Current Events

Today we did a revision current events quiz. We got 19 out of 20, which is really good. 

One of the questions was about the flag of South Korea. 

Here is a liitle quiz about this country. Post your answers in the comments if you like.

1. Capital city?
2. President?
3. Population?
4. Currency?
5. Prime minister? 

Matariki poem

This week I chose to write an acrostic poem on Matariki. Here it is. 

MAtariki harvest

Agricultural
Tapuaenuku
And sleep under the stars
Really beautiful stars
Interesting stories
Kite displays
Incredible bright lanterns

Matariki tools.

I did this activity showing what tools use to be like compared to now. There are some big difference and some small ones. I found this activity very interesting because of the massive difference. Here is mine.

Matariki Harvest

We also had to do an activity around the Matariki harvest. I chose 8 traditional foods from the harvest. 

Matariki Lantern design

Continuing on Matariki, here is another activity around designing a candle. I chose this design because it is simple and I didn't have much time. I thought it looked pretty good but I was more amazed by some of the other ones. Here is mine.

Matariki Celebrations

This week was Matariki. We had to complete a series of activities around Matariki. Here is one of my activities that I did on different ways of celebrating Matariki.

Book Character Day

Today we had book character day. I went dressed as Maid Marian from Robin Hood. She is a very cool female character and I really enjoyed going as her.

Current events

This week for current events I decided to choose the question about Roger Federer. The question was a true or false one. We got it correct.
Roger Federer will be out of competitive tennis until the start of the 2021 season because of a setback in his recovery from surgery on his right knee. The 20-time Grand Slam champion on Wednesday posted a statement to Twitter to confirm he'll be out of action for the rest of 2020.

Writing.

This week for writing we had to write about a discict in NZ. I chose the Tasman district because I have been going there since I was born. Here is my writing.

Tasman district report.

The Tasman district is a local government district in the north of the south island of New Zealand. It borders canterbury. It is dry in summer and autumn but windy and wet in the spring and the winter. 

Nelson was New Zealand’s second planned European settlement. In 1841 the New Zealand Company sold Nelson’s land in London. The plan was that English settlers with capital would develop the land, employing workmen. But, many who bought land were speculators who had no intention of settling in New Zealand, and there was insufficient land good for farming. When the company explored the area they found hills and mountains covered in forest. 

 In Tasman there are some very significant landmarks to New Zealand. 

These include split apple rock, Broadgreen Historic House and the Anatoki salmon farm (which is located just south of Collingwood). These are just a few cool things to see and do in the Tasman district. 

 Some of the most famous walks of New Zealand are in the Tasman district. 

One of the better known walks is called the Able Tasman. I have been on this walk and I absolutely loved it. There are also a lot of famous lakes such as the blue lake, Lake Rotoiti and lake Rotoroa. I have also been to farewell spit, which is a well known destination where many tourists take bus rides to. 

The tasman district is an amazing place to explore, from lakes, tramps and cool things to do with your family. I have been going to Goldey Bay for my whole life and I absolutely love it!

Reading task.

This week is book week, so we had to do some reading task about the Hunger Games. Here is my favourite task.

Maths

This week for maths we had to do a few maths buddy task. I did all of them.here are some of my results.

What's In The News This Week?

Current Events quiz --- Microsoft. 

In the news recently, microsoft is to replace  around 50 of their contract journalist and use automated systems to select news stories instead. A team of full time journalist will remain, but some sacked journalist warned that artificial intelligence may not be fully familiar with strict editorial guidelines, and could  end up letting through inappropriate stories. I think that it is not a good idea because people are losing their jobs and they're being replaced by robots.  

Topic Investigation.

Seeing as it's the first week out of lockdown we are doing something a little different. Mrs P set up an activity for us. First we had to make some puzzles to form 3 pictures. We then had to solve some word scrambles and a word search. Once we were done that we had to solve a series of maths questions to reveal some letters. Once we had got all the letter we unscrambled it again to form the words Ancient Egypt. Finally we labled some places in Egypt and comfermed the flag. Finally we had found what our topic is for the week: ANCIENT EGYPT. 

Writing

This week we had to describe an object without using it's name. Here is mine, can you guess what it is?

The neck's sleek wood finish is as smooth as a freshly polished stone. 

The silvery strings vibrate on a perfect octave.

The head's complex design glimmers in the morning sunlight, causing a faint apricot glow. 

The enpin sighs as it strains to hold up it’s heavy burden,although it’s too proud to make a fuss.  

Autmn Writing

This week for writing we had to write a small paragraph or a poem aroud Autumn without using the word Autmn.

The delicate branches of the kowhai tree, get bullied by the rain. 

A fat kereru lands on the tree pecking at the flowers, harvesting

For the oncoming winter. 

Ivy bursts into flames causing it to stick out like a sore thumb.

Dry leaves crunch under foot and clog up the gutters like a cork in

A champagne bottle.

The rose buds curl into their hard coats, shy of the weather. 

The season is coming to a close as the winter draws nearer.

Area maths DLO

Mexico research

This week we have been focusing aroung the day of he dead. Seeing as it originated in Mexico we had to research a bit about it. Here is mine.

Maths House Plan

This week we had to create a house plan on jam board. I use the grid paper for the background so I knew how many squares on each room. I enjoyed this task and I would like to do it again.