Word Search "Merry Christmas" in different languages

 This week we have been set 12 tasks to complete around Christmas, one of the tasks we had to complete was making a word find full of different ways to say Merry Christmas. (In different languages.) We have two weeks of school left until the Christmas holidays, which is why we are doing Christmas activities. Here is how my word search turned out :

 

Christchurch Earthquakes

 This week we have been looking at disasters all around New Zealand, we were allowed to choose where and what we wanted to research. I decided to research the Christchurch earthquakes because I was very interested in seeing all the broken buildings. Sadly, 185 people lost their lives and over 2000 were horribly injured. Here are some facts and photos from the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in 2010.

gingerbread men

 This week me and a group of others have been making gingerbread men to take around to the Granger house, The Granger house is a place where old people who need the most help live. The reason why we made gingerbread men were because in class we have been doing 20% day. 20% day is where we do 80% of our work up until Thursday and get to make something special for others. Another reason was because it is nearly Christmas and we wanted to spread the Christmas joy. 

Here are some of the cookies we got inspiration from: 

Here are some of the labels we stuck to the bags!

prEP 2020

 For the past 2 weeks, the whole school has been doing prEP. For prEP I chose to be in a group with Ryah, Martin and Hannah to sell products. As a group we came up with the idea of making stickers and mystery envelopes. We made a big amount of stickers which sold really well at big market, along with the lucky dips. The lucky dips had Christmas marshmallows in then and a few mini candy canes. Here are some of the photos of our stickers:

Climate Change

 This week we have been set a task for our literacy all around climate change. We had a few tasks to complete, the main one was having to create a google slide for different categories around Climate Change. The categories were 'how it's affecting the world, what we can do to stop it from going further, what we are doing which is causing climate change and my personal thoughts/opinion on Climate Change.' The main question was "Is Climate Change really a problem or are we making it a big deal than what it actually is?" Down below is my google slide. What do you think about Climate Change?

Spix Macaw-Site

 This week we have been researching extinct animals, we had a choice of what animal we wanted to research and make a google site for. I chose to write/research about a spix macaw parrot. Here is what it looks like: (click the photo for a link to the site) enjoy!

https://sites.google.com/d/1cgBMA3MIZ-5ZtEqzgl5l3I3ve7HjgYi5/p/11bbUUy8d8imjfxoUH4P45xmHbgbMDraQ/edit

My Favourite Memory.

This week we had to write our favourite memory with our grandparents or someone we are close to, I don't have any memories with my grandparents that I remember as they passed when I was little. So I decided to write my favourite memory with my mum. Here is what my favourite memory with my mum is..

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Thank You Letter

 This week at school we have been doing some work around our grandparents or our loved ones. The reason why we have been doing work for that is because we had Grandparents day. Grandparents day is when your grandparents are allowed to come to the school and check out your work or just spend some one on one time together. I don't have any grandparents that live near me or are here anymore so I decided to write a thank you letter to my Aunty. I appreciate my Aunty a lot, here is my thank you letter:

Pluto Information Pamphlet

 

This week we have been doing lots of work around Pluto, We were set tasks to complete by the end of the week. One of the tasks we had to complete was an information pamphlet, lots of facts about Pluto. Enjoy!

What Is A Planet?

This week we have been learning all about planets/mainly Pluto, we had many tasks to complete about Pluto and planets, one of the tasks we had to complete was writing about what a planet is. Here are some of the facts I've found on what a planet is. Enjoy!

What is a planet?


A planet is a celestial body, it orbits around the sun and it has sufficient mass for itself-gravity to overcome rigid body forces, so that it assumes a hydro static equilibrium nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.

The names of all the planets:Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune.


Pluto is not under the list of all the planets.

What is Hydro static equilibrium? - In fluid mechanics, hydro static equilibrium or hydro static balance is the condition of a fluid or plastic solid when it is still/not moving. This occurs when external forces such as gravity are balanced by a pressure-gradient force and it is moving fast.

Is Pluto a Planet?

This week our reading tasks are all about planets but mainly Pluto. We had to write our opinion on 'Should Pluto be a planet?' Here is my opinion. I think it should be! What do you think? Enjoy.

Bruno's Diary Entry

 

For the past few weeks we have been reading a novel in the whole class called "The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas." We had a lot of tasks to complete, individually. The tasks were easy and fun to do. One of the tasks we had to do was write a diary entry from the main character 'Bruno's Perspective. Here is mine :

 

Dear Dairy, I really badly want to move back to Berlin. I don’t like it here! There is no one to hang out with, no fruit or vegetable stalls, I am so bored! Yesterday, I was so bored I decided to make a swing out of a tyre and tighten the rope around the tree. It didn’t really work out as I was ‘swinging too high.’ And I fell off. I cut my knee and got grazes on my arms. 

And now that I’ve moved I have to start school! Me and my annoying sister Gretal are having a teacher over to do lessons in the Mornings and afternoons. I don’t see the point as there’s only two students.

I read these books about exploring, they are really entertaining and they have left me wanting to go exploring for myself!
But overall I feel very bored here!
Yours sincerely, Bruno.

The Boy In The Pyjamas, BookMark.

Another one of the tasks we had to complete was creating your very own bookmark, this task was easy to do and fun to create anything you wanted. This bookmark doesn't look like much but it was actually difficult to line the barb wires up to the edges. Enjoy!

Gretal's Diary - The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.

For the past few weeks we have been reading a novel in the whole class called " The boy in the striped Pyjamas." We had to complete tasks around this book, One of the tasks we had to complete around the book was writing a Diary Entry for Gretal. Gretal was Bruno's older sister. If you haven't read the book or seen the movie, I highly recommend you do so! Here is my Diary Entry from Gretal's Perspective. Enjoy!

Dear Diary, Since we’ve moved to Out-with, I’ve been a little bit bored that everyday I arrange my dolls just to fill in time. I wish I had friends to hangout with, although there is someone that I do have in mind that I do like to talk to a lot. Lieutenant Kotler. He is such a handsome man, I have mixed feelings for him but even though I do have a little crush on him, The other night at dinner Pavel, our waiter/chef, looked very pale and weak and he accidentally slipped the bottle out of his hand and spilled it all over Kotler’s lap. Kotler stood up and beat him up. Bruno ended up crying and I was in shock that my face went pale.


Later that week, Bruno was reading a book on his bed. I came in and asked him a few questions about how he was feeling, he is bored as well. The funniest thing happened the next minute! He started rambling on about how he has an imaginary friend. I couldn’t stop laughing! He even believed I had an imaginary friend as well!

But that’s a secret I’ll never tell. Anyways bye for now.

Yours Sincerely, -Gretal.

Kate Sheppard

 Another person we had to research was 'Kate Sheppard.' Kate Sheppard is on the $10 dollar note. Next time you have a $10 dollar note you will notice this lady on the front. Here are some facts I have researched about Kate Sheppard. Enjoy! :)

Kate Sheppard


What are they famous for? What was their greatest achievement?

Kate Sheppard is famous for being recognised as the leader of the fight, so women have the right to vote in New Zealand.

Her greatest achievement was that she got the women to have a right to vote.


Were they well known for any other achievements?


She is also on the $10 Note In New Zealand.


Write a short biography for them: (Full name, date of birth and death, where they were born, family etc)

Her name is actually Catherine Wilson Malcom, born 10,1847, March, in Liverpool, England. Died July 13th, 1934, Christchurch, New Zealand. Researched and it doesn’t say cause of death- Assumed it was old age. (86)


List 5 facts that you have learnt whilst reading the articles:



All her family died before her.


She is on the $10 dollar note.


She replaced Queen Elizabeth ll on the $10 dollar note in 1991.


She was the reason why women can now vote.


Her name is Catherine Wilson Malcom.

Bedroom Design

 Today we have been designing our dream room in our house, we were allowed to choose any room in the house we wanted or an outside area. I chose to design my dream bedroom. Here is what it looks like :
 

I have chosen to add a nice bed, a vanity, some draws, an en suite, and a walk in wardrobe. What's your dream home/bedroom? enjoy!

John Walker

This week I have been researching about John Walker. John walker was a famous runner. As you can tell in this photo. Down below you would have noticed some facts I have researched about him. Enjoy! 

Sir John Walker


What are they famous for? What was their greatest achievement?

Sir John Walker was famous for being a former middle-distance runner from New Zealand and he also won the 1500-m event at the 1976 olympics. He was also the first ever person to run the mile in under 3:50.


Were they well known for any other achievements?


He was well known for being a former middle-distance runner.


John Walker was also the person who invented the match stick!


Write a short biography for them: (Full name, date of birth and death, where they were born, family etc)


Sir John George Walker.


Born on the 12th of January 1952. He was born in Papakura,Auckland.


John Walker died on the 7th May 2011, at the age of 67. He died in Los Angeles, California, United States.


Cause Of Death: He died from Liver Cancer.


List 5 facts that you have learnt whilst reading the articles:



He was famous for being a former middle-distance runner, in the olympics.


He went to the olympics.


He was the first person to run the mile in under 3:50.


He sadly passed away after a 6 month battle for liver cancer.


He was also an inventor, He was the first person to make the match stick.

Week-10 Finding Fractions Of an Amount.

 This week we had to complete a workbook, Finding Fractions of an Amount. Here is my workbook from this week. I had to work out all the answers in my maths book and write them into this google slide. Enjoy!

Bruce Mclaren-New Zealander

Bruce McLaren


What are they famous for? What was their greatest achievement?

Bruce McLaren was a New Zealand-born automobile racing driver, he was the youngest to win an international Grand Prix contest for Formula I cars. Which is the U.S. race in 1959, when he was 22.


Were they well known for any other achievements?
- He was also noted as a designer for race cars.


He was a driver, designer, engineer and inventor.


Write a short biography for them: (Full name, date of birth and death, where they were born, family etc)

For the past few weeks we have been researching famous New Zealanders, one of the New Zealanders we had to research was 'Bruce McLaren' Here are a few facts I have found about him. Enjoy!

Bruce Leslie McLaren, Born on the 30th of August 1937-and died on the 2nd Of June 1970. Meaning he died when he was 33. He was born in Auckland. Died in Good wood Motor Circuit, United Kingdom. He died in a crash whilst testing an experimental car of his own design.


List 5 facts that you have learnt whilst reading the articles:

He was famous for automobile race car driving.


He was a designer,driver,engineer and an inventor.


He was the youngest person ever to win an international Grand Prix contest.


He is well known for being an expert at designing cars.


He died from a car crash.

Jean Batten- Further Research

For the past few weeks we have been researching about famous people from New Zealand, After we researched some people, we were allowed to chose one famous person from New Zealand or around the world. I chose to research more about Jean Batten because I was curious and wanted to look further into her achievements and life.

 Here is my google slide, facts about Jean Batten. Enjoy.