Book Week

For our school once a year we have a whole week based around book week.

On Monday we got told that there was 5 golden tickets hidden around the whole school we had a week to find all five. If you found one you went to the library and got a prize. We also found out that if you issued a book you could take a guess to try guess how many lollies were in the jar. Whoever had the exact amount or whoever the closest was would win the whole jar. We were also told we had to design our door. My class chose Peter Pan.

On Tuesday if we went to the Library you could get free books and take as many as you want some kids took boxes full of books they were all free they were just giving out lots of books.

On Wednesday it was wacky Wednesday we had to dress up wacky and be in our house colours we also had to plan a wacky walk/ dance based on our colour. Im green so we did paint the town green. We won the trophy for that day. Also on Wednesday you could go to the library and make puppets for the puppet show on Thursday.  

On Thursday was the day of the puppet show. Anyone in the school could go to the library to watch it. The puppets were made out of paper and they were shaped like crayons  with a Popsicle stick on the back.  The puppet show was about the day the crayons quit. It was really funny to watch because the other kids had to hold up the colours of the puppets talking and shake them around. Also on that day was the day the doors got judged. We couldn't find out until Friday tho.

On Friday it was book character day. You had to dress up as a book character who you wanted to be. I dressed up as Tweedle Dee from Alice in wonderland.  We had to meet in the hall at 9:00am And someone held up a piece of paper for each class that had to come up. If your class was selected to come up you had to walk up to the stage and say which book character you are. The teachers also chose some kids to give books depending on how there outfit looks. It was really fun to see all the different outfits and choices for how they would look. Also in the hall the winners of the door displays were announced. Sadly our class came second place but it was still really fun! Here are some photos of our door and me and my friends book character outfits. 

The is me and my friends dressed up as Alice in wonderland characters. The first girl is dressed up as the Queen of Hearts. The second one is dressed up as Alice in wonderland and the other two is me and my other friend dressed up as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. 

These are all photos of our door. They were combined with two classes mine and the class next door. All of this was made by the kids the teachers helped with some of it tho. 

Dick Frizzell

 This is my Dick Frizzell slide me and my friend Lily made. We had to make a google slide saying some things about the Artist Dick Frizzell. My whole class made an artwork based on his artwork: Kiwiana. Whats your favourite type of art? Do you like to draw? 

Fox report. Information report on foxes.

Fox report

Introduction -  Have you ever liked fox’s? Well I have and I wish to have a pet fox one day. There are many breeds of foxes, There are actually about 37 breeds of foxes but there are only 12 that belong to the genus of true foxes. 

Paragraph 1: Types of Foxes

The 12 types of foxes that actually belong to the genus of true foxes are Arctic fox, Fennec fox, Pale fox, Blanford's fox, Cape fox, Corsac fox, Tibetan Sand fox, Swift fox, Kit fox, Ruppell's fox, Bengal fox, Red fox. Those are the main 12 true foxes and those are the foxes I'll be talking about! The red  fox is actually the most common known fox because that's the fox your most likely to see. You're most likely to find red foxes in Grasslands deserts, mountains forests and suburban areas Red foxes also have large up-right ears. And their hearing is so good they can hear a watch ticking 40 yards away! The red fox will continue to hunt even when its tummy is full. It stores the extra food under leaves, snow or dirt, to be eaten later. The male red fox is called a dog, while the female is called a vixen. An arctic fox is known as a white fox. The arctic fox has the warmest pelt of any animal found in the arctic. Enduring temperatures as 70 degrees. An arctic fox is a member of the canidae family of animals. The arctic fox is found in the arctic. I mean how could you not know that? Fennec foxes dwell in the sandy Sahara and elsewhere in North Africa. Their nocturnal habits help them deal with the searing heat of the desert environment, and some physical adaptations help as well. Their distinctive, batlike ears radiate body heat and help keep the foxes cool. That is just 3 types of the foxes, I could go on and on about them but i'll keep it like that there's more paragraphs to read anyways!

Paragraph 2: Predators

Topic Sentence: In the wilderness the cub foxes can fall prey to eagles. Adult foxes are prey to Coyotes grey wolves bears and mountain lions are very common prey to adult foxes. But red foxes also have another predator ((and other foxes)) their predator is humans, Us humans hunt down foxes for their fur but I stand against that. Humans hunt down foxes and kill them in large numbers of pests. I personally think foxes don't deserve that because imagine us as foxes and getting killed and hunted down for trying to survive and being pests and for our fur, How do you think we would feel then? Why would you even kill a helpless animal helping its family survive. We aren't their only predator but we can be a main predator.

Paragraph 3: Facts about foxes

Topic Sentence: When you see a group of foxes it is actually called a shulk or a leash. If you see a fox with whiskers on their legs and face that is just to help them navigate where they're going. Have you ever seen a cat retract their claws, Well grey foxes can do the same thing as cats can and retract their claws! Adult foxes dig underground to keep them safe from predators and keep their cubs safe. Y’know cats pupils all narrowly to help them navigate their way through night well foxes have a similar thing and have pupils like cats to help them see at night. 

I love foxes and I hope these facts have made you like them too. Do you have a favourite fox? I dont I love them all. Foxes have a lot of breeds and types but only 12 are true fox breeds.

Scientific sketching

For this activity we had to scientific sketch a leaf heres mine.

Personally I think im not a good drawer, The leaf was very difficult to draw and I did parts of it zoomed in, I also did trace sketching on one other drawing of the leaf.

                                              Traced leaf ((sort of))

My drawing ((Cant really see patterns on traced because it wasnt close up)) Mine only has a few patterns the rest are blank.

Hedgehog adaptation

Hedgehog Adaptation

Hedgehogs are animals that can be a pet but can be a dangerous
scared animal, hedgehogs feel threatened quite a lot and have this
amazing ability to curl into a ball so they won't get attacked and
try to protect themselves. Hedgehogs are adventurous animals and
love exploring, they are very good at camouflaging into their
natural habitat. 

A hedgehog's behavioural adaptation is to camouflage and to
curl in a ball. Hedgehogs have an ability to blend into their grass
surroundings and the mud and leaves, Hedgehogs do blend in quite
well to their natural surroundings. Hedgehogs have spikes that are
coloured like some of the leaves and the grass and mud and the ground
of their natural surroundings to blend in so they don't get attacked and
so their predator can't see them as easily. Hedgehogs colours make
them camouflage into their surroundings when their predator comes
they will lay in their curly ball and not move a muscle.When a
hedgehog feels safe it will be able to be touched sort of but as soon as
it feels threatened it will curl into a ball protecting itself with its
amazing prickly spikes. Hedgehogs feel threatened even when you
walk up to them. If a hedgehog curls into a ball, don't touch it or try
holding
it, it will make it feel more threatened. If a hedgehog feels
threatened it will stay still in a spiky ball not moving an inch. 

Hedgehogs have structural adaptations.  They have very sharp spikes
to protect themselves from their predators when they roll into a prickly
ball.  The spikes prick those predators who try to attack the hedgehog.
Hedgehogs have a full back of their sharp pointed spines, If a
Hedgehog gets attacked or feels threatened by something they
will curl into a very prickly pointy ball that will keep away most
predators, Hedgehogs usually sleep in the position in a curled ball not
moving during day and then they awaken to search for their food at
nighttime. Hedgehogs rely on their sense of smell and vibration in the
ground because their eyesight is kind of weak.

Some hedgehogs have a physiological adaptation to some venom of
certain animals. The hedgehogs have an ability to be immune to the
venom of certain animals, it allows them to eat small venomous snakes
and arthropods. If some certain hedgehogs see a object that produces a
unfamiliar smell that the hedgehog doesn't recognise it will lick the
object and and form a frothy paste inside its mouth. The hedgehog
then uses its tongue to spread the paste over the it’s spines. It is thought
to camouflage the hedgehogs natural scent and its meant to put off
their predators who will often avoid the new unknown substance.

Hedgehogs have very interesting adaptations I think they are very
cute and very smart little critters, Hedgehogs have a beautiful spines
and are such cute animals!

Kiwi report adaptations

Kiwi adaptations

Kiwi’s are a Flightless bird that is native to New Zealand, it is a flightless bird just like an ostrich but it's still counted as a bird. Kiwis are very populated in New Zealand, Kiwis have very long beaks to help them sense food moving around in the ground, They are nocturnal and have mammal-like features, it makes them very unique.

A kiwi has two main behavioural adaptations which are being nocturnal and flightless.

Before humans arrived there were no land mammals that preyed on birds which is why they didn't fly. Flying takes away a lot of the birds energy and with no land mammals being on earth trying to prey on the birds they could just walk around and do their own thing without worrying about being attacked. Since people arrived in the kiwi’s land the forest floor has become a place of threat for them.

A kiwi has some structural adaptations to suit its habitat.

Kiwis have whiskers to help them find their way around in the darkness. They also have an exceptional sense of smell because this helps kiwi locate food beneath the soil. Kiwis' beaks do more than just smell it helps them sense where their prey is when it's moving.

Some of Kiwis' adaptations no longer work since humans arrived in New Zealand. This is because with humans came many land mammals like rats and stoats which became predators for kiwi. They are also nocturnal just like kiwi. Kiwis used to be safe and be able to roam around on the forest floor but now they can't because that is also where the threats of rats and stoats are.
Kiwi’s developed some structural and behavioural adaptations many years ago to survive. Sadly many of them no longer work due to the arrival of pests like stoats and weasels when pakeha came to New Zealand. This means that many of our kiwi are now endangered.

Paragraph writing, Gold coast/ Australia

For this activity we had to write a paragraph of a certain subject, the subject I chose is a place where you would like to go, I chose to go to Australia/ The gold coast of Australia. Its my dream to go their if I ever got to go on a plane and go to any place I wanna go to it would be the Gold coast/ Australia, Do you have any specific places you would like to go to and visit? I enjoyed writing this and im really hoping to go their.

How to survive in the Sahara Desert

All of these survival tricks are credit to Bear Grylls video click on the link to check it out. This week me and my friend Gabby made a how to survivie in the Sahara desert using survival tips and guides from Bear Grylls. Go check out Gabbys blog: https://gmsgabriellag7197.blogspot.com/
And Bear Grylls video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCRctOXIxno

Current Events

Boston dynamics Robot Dog Spot

This robot is called Spot.
When was  it made? On June 23, 2016
How much does it weigh? It weighs 25 kgs

Spot the robot dog helps people social distance and not get too close. Spot the robot dog is made to help people social distance because of corona virus. It goes around the parks and stuff reminding everyone to social distance from each other, it's a very smart robot.

Spot the robot dog is a bright yellow and a grey/ black. 
He is being used in parks in Singapore to help all those people social distance. He roams around in parks helping them to social distance.

Here is a photo of it, it doesn't look like a robot dog but it is.

Create your own goddess/ god

This activity was a create task and I created my own gods and goddesses, One of my friends made up ancient egyption gods is in this story and her names imperior. On the last slide, sorry if you cant see my drawing, it was dark when I took the picture.

"The tomb"

Ancient Egypt

This week our teacher told us to work in groups then she gave us all different kinds of puzzled activities to find out our theme for the week. Our theme is Ancient Egypt. The first activity we had to do was make 3 puzzles, they were kind of easy, the easiest was the hippo and the hardest was the boat. Our next activity was to unscramble words the words we had were: Temple, Africa,  Desert, Archaeologist, snake, ancient, camel and arid. Then once we done that do a word search and find the words we unscrambled. After we then did lots of maths questions and got a letter for each maths question we got right, Then we unscrambled the word and got Ancient Egypt.
 

Current events

Yellow means correct 

W5 Current Events Quiz

Question	Answer
1	Outdoor gatherings over 100 people
2	True
3	A gas leak
4	Taika Waititi
5	I missed it?
6	During world war 2
7	Tamworth
8	Wine
9	Due to finance cuts
10	Shells
11	They used cartoon image
12	True
13	Buying his childhood home
14	North and south korea
15	White rhino
16	Sam
17	Damien hurst
18	Paris
19	Mexico
20	J.k rowling

Writing 2

This is my writing about a painting that has a tiger on it. I really enjoyed doing this task. WALT: Record observations of our environment  by showing not telling

Writing

This is my writing I did show not tell, I did it about a kitten. WALT: Record observations of our environment  by showing not telling

Autumn Writing

WALT: Record observations of our environment  by showing not telling

This is my autumn draft that I wrote, I added in some of my senses, this activity was really fun to make. I felt calmness and joyfulness when I wrote this piece of writing. 

Current events

T2 W4 Current Events Quiz

Question	Answer
1	80 years
2	They are doing a race track
3	True
4	Princess Beatrice
5	False
6	Sea turtles
7	Peppa pig
8	They say the streams in the area smell like dead eels
9	Rental cars
10	Using a toy train
11	Playing baby shark song loud
12	Whittakers
13	65%
14	He is stepping down to recover from covid 19
15	Golden Bay
16	Donald trump
17	Tree kangaroo
18	Pancake rocks
19	Scotland
20	Auckland

Anzac Day, Online Poppy drawing

WALT: Understand how and why Anzac Day is commemorated in New Zealand.  For this activity we had to draw an online or on paper Poppy and write "Lest we forget" At the bottom or top, This is my online drawing.