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CAMP PHOTOS 2018

Camp Thank You Letter

20 November 2018      

Dear Rowan

Thank you for helping us on camp. My personal favorite activities were playing soccer and the Brian hunt.

You were very helpful and a VERY GOOD COOK. I also liked how we got to go on the tramp I really liked the open scenery and the big river we could cross.

It was fun hanging out with my friends and getting to do a lot of activities. I like how you were funny and helped out with the cleaning and cooking and also organizing transport.

Thank you again for coming.

Ngā mihi

Yours sincerely

Daniel

Multilink Maths

Descriptive Dinosaur Writing

At the moment in class we have been working on descriptive writing. We looked at pictures to help us have ideas to start from.    

Here is the writing that I did 

THE LIVING STATUE

As I stood staring in terror, the deadly
black slit seemed to swallow me up.
The weight of the 15 ton giant, thumped
into the dusty sand, like a runaway steam
roller. And now the smell of bloody meat
and bones slithered up my nostrils and slid down my spinal cord.  

I knew I should be running for my life but
its ātaahua (beauty) held me rigid.   

It looks like someone has painted a
masterpiece on a scaly moss kakariki
(green) canvas and then spray painted
highlights on parts of it.  The fiery yellow
eyelids look like a warm summer sunset
on a clear kengo (night). Its beauty is
shattered by a mighty belch that sounds
like a tīhara (diesel) truck backfiring.
He ran as fast as a golf cart that had been
biffed of a cliff.          

I say to myself, “Damn, I didn’t think my
day could get any worse!”

NZ FALCON WRITING

The New Zealand falcon is a bird of prey. They are known as the the bravest bird in New Zealand . THEY ARE A TRUE WARBIRD.

PHYSICAL FEATURES
The New Zealand (NZ) Falcon is a very lean looking bird of prey. They have brown pointed wings and they have a streaked cream breast. They also have a hooked beak and above the beak is golden yellow which is also the colour of their eye ring. It uses its golden talons (claws) for grabbing its prey.

Habitat
They live in the South and the North Islands, however they are rare on Stewart Island. They mostly live in beech forests, tussocklands, roughly grazed hill country and pine forests. However in the Chatham Islands, NZ Falcons are found in bushy areas around mountains.

Feeding Behaviour

They hunt live prey. They can catch prey larger than themselves, such as black shags. The New Zealand Falcon flies really fast and attacks with a strike or grasp to grab the prey with their talons. Once they have their prey they brutally kill it with a quick powerful bite to the neck. They eat a range of animals, including mammals such as rabbits and hares. They also will eat lizards but NZ falcons mainly eat other birds. Juvenile falcons will eat insects.

Reproduction
Falcons do not make nests but make a scrape on the ground, under a rocky outcrop or in an epiphyte (a plant that grows on another plant) in an emergent forest tree into which it lays its eggs. It lays two to four eggs which take about 33 days to hatch. The juveniles are fed by both parents, the male does most of the hunting with the female guarding close to the nest. Fledgling occurs between 31 and 45 days after hatching.

Social Behaviour
NZ Falcons are really aggressive especially when guarding their nest. They can dig their talons into you ( as my dad found out ) and are one of the bravest birds because they can hunt prey bigger than them.

Threats
The main animal threats to falcon include: cats, stoats, ferrets and hedgehogs. Also they can be electrocuted on power poles containing uninsulated transformer boxes. Can you believe that people still shoot falcons, they seem to do this because people that have chickens and racing pigeons think that the falcon are a hassle because sometimes they eat their chickens and racing pigeons.
Sadly falcons are losing their habitat due to logging and pastures being converted. Finally, some falcons even crash into the turbine blades on wind farms, which can kill them.

Conclusion
The New Zealand falcon is a bird of prey. They are known as the the bravest bird in New Zealand . THEY ARE A TRUE

WARBIRD.

BY DAN

Volume and Capacity

WE ARE REDUCING OUR PLASTIC WASTE

For the past two weeks my class made bees wax wrap and reusable fabric bags We have all  made two beeswax lunch wraps each. I hope they help the environment. I enjoyed melting the beeswax. We made it by getting some baking paper on a tray. We then put our fabric on the top of the baking paper. After that we had to put grated bees wax on the fabric. Then we put another layer of baking paper on then melted the bees wax. For the fabric bags we had to chose our fabric, cut it out and then we had to sew it together. I enjoyed doing this very much.

Where To Next

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today 
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment 
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to try and 
• help look after our environment. 
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our environment. 
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways in which we can help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas. 

Reading Learning Goals

• I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.
• I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me make inferences so I get more information from the text.
• I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather and check the accuracy of information.
• I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers) to gather and check information on a topic.
• I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.
• I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.

• Why is recycling a good idea? Recycling is a good idea because it gets reused and we don't have to throw it out . 
• How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year? 2.5 million tonnes of rubbish go to dumps. 
• When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce? What environmental problem does this contribute to? It makes Co2 and methane it contributes to global warming.
• Complete this sentence: Everything we use is made from Earths__________ Natuarl 

____________ Resources # _____________


Explain where these resources come from;

• Wood: trees or plants 
• Metal: rocks 
• Plastic: oil 

6) How does oil form? 

From the remains of plants or animals that lived millions years ago.

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into? 

My mums car windows. Beer bottles wine bottles my glasses.

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into? 

Books and more cardboard.

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into?

carpet c.ds and more plastic.

10) Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1 plastics can be turned into clothing. 

By being burnt down and remade.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them?
They are poisoning our sea life and wrecking the food chain# Can you explain what they are?

12) What is Earth Overshoot day? 

The day we reach limit of resources that the Earth can remake

Glossary - Write what these words mean

• Atoms: the tiny particle of a substance 
• Carded: fibres 
• Global Warming: Too much gas going into the atmosphere such as greenhouse gasses. 
• Malt: barley or other grain that has been used for brewing beer. 
• Natural resources: things made natrualy from our earth. 
• Synthetic: made by humans that is the result of combining different chemicals 

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish and what we can do to help reduce this problem.

Video Links
NZ Recycling Crises
Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic
The Pacific Garbage Patch

A Plastic Free Lunch

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of positive
impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our
• environment.

Literacy

Task: Create an infographic showing people how they can reduce their waste
in their lunchbox.   

Our co-constructed success criteria:

-Have a strong title/hook

-Use convincing language and images

-Have simple things people can do

-Use images (free to use)

-Use bullet points/ short sharp information

-Use correct punctuation and spelling.

DESIGNING A GOOGLE LOGO

I made my own google logo I made the letters spin  around and change colour. At the start we watched a video on how to make our own google logo we then went on to a starter project.then we had to share them to get the embed code to put it on the blog post that ya reading right now.

Space Learning Writing

Space Timeline Reading Tasks

Space timeline Reading tasks.

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this reading activity is to: increase our knowledge of
space exploration and understand how our knowledge and ideas
about space have changed over time (science). We are also learning
to read non-fiction texts and use our writing skills to share our
understanding of this topic and our ideas (literacy).
Throughout this task we will need to use the skills of ‘Thinking’
and using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’

Learning Intentions

I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.

I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.

I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.

(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

-I have put my answers in chronological order.

Focus

We are looking at using non-fiction text to increase our knowledge in our science topic; SPACE.
Your aim is to read and understand the timeline reading and use this knowledge to complete the
reading activity below.

First, Read the timeline cards. Click here for the space timeline pdf

Second, We will discuss what you have read. This will be a good time to ask questions about
anything you are unsure of.

Third, do your reading tasks.

Fourth, complete your reading activity. Remember to proofread, check spelling and punctuation.
Then do a self assessment and a peer assessment. Check it with a teacher.

Reading Activity

View and read the space timeline on the classroom walls. Think about how
our theories/ideas and understandings about the universe and Earth’s
place in it has changed over time.

Answer the following questions.

Your answers need to be full sentences.

After you have answered all the questions please put them in
chronological order (time order, oldest first)

5) What are two things that Galileo discovered? Moons of jupiter and phases
of venus

9) Who discovered the first asteroid? Giuseppe Piazzi

2) What was Sputnik 1? The sputnik 1 was a  Satellite

3) In what year was NASA founded? And what does NASA mean?1958  and
it stands for (National Aeronautics

Space Administration)

6) Who was the first woman in space? And where was she from? Russia
valentina tereshkova

4)Where did Mariner 4 fly past? Mars in 1965

7) In what year did Apollo 11 land on the moon? In  1969

10) What country launched Voyager probes 1 and 2 into deep space? America

8) What happened that led to all space shuttles being grounded for 3 years?
In 1986 Space shuttle challenger exploded after launch

11) When was the international space station completed? 2010  1986

1)How long did it take for the Cassini probe to arrive at Saturn?

7 years

12) What was interesting about New Horizon’s information about Pluto?   
that Pluto is fifty

miles larger than was first thought. 2015

YOUR OPINION

After reading this information...

1. Who do you think made the biggest contribution to our understanding of
2. space? Why? (summarising key ideas) Galileo Galilei because he found
3. the rings of saturn and he discovered jupiter's moons. He also made the
4. first telescope.

    2) What do you think was the most important machine or        invention in
helping us investigate space? Why? (summarising key ideas) Lunar rovers
because they have the technology to find out pretty much anything. We have
now had lunar rovers on mars.   

    3) What would you like to investigate about space? Why?  Black holes and
the oort cloud because there fascinating.

Planet Writing

Create and Describe Your Own Planet - Description writing task

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this piece of writing is to:

Learning Intentions

I am learning to use language features to make my writing interesting and engaging
for the reader.

I am learning to use topic-specific vocabulary.

I am learning to include Te Reo Māori words in my writing.

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have used some language features to make my writing interesting and
engaging (simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme)

-I have carefully chosen some topic specific words to include in my writing.

-I have used some Te Reo Māori

Focus

We are continuing to look at descriptive writing. This week you are writing a
descriptive piece of writing to promote your imaginary planet. You aim is to convince people
to move to your planet.
You want your writing to allow the reader to be able to imagine what it is like on your planet.

First, we will look at an excerpt of a video describing the moon from the
Avatar movie. Click here to get to video= Pandora.

Second, we will discuss together what you will need in your work
to make it successful and look at how to plan our work. Then you will plan your work and check
with a teacher before you start writing.

Third, do your piece of writing.

Fourth, complete you piece of writing. Remember to proofread (check spelling
and punctuation) and edit (does it make sense? do you need to change any sentences?) yourself
and with a buddy
and fill in your self and peer-assessment. Check it with a teacher.

The Veneno

On this planet you get there by flying through the portal aka  a black hole on
a Boeing 747 - 800 i . This planet is in the galaxy called Veneno. This is located in the
asteroid belt.
This planet formed when some of the Venenos magnetic field mixed with the nitrogen
gas to form nitro magneto. Nitro Magneto is a  fuel used to power to magical supercars
that live there. In the center of the veneno there is the huayra which is the source of
heat and light it is kind of like our ra (sun).

In  Veneno there are four planets Pagani , P1 , Huayra  and Koenigsegg.
Pagani has 2 moons and is the coldest . P1 has 7  moons and has rings made of rock
and ice and is the hottest. Huayra has no moons but it is the source of heat and light.
Koenigsegg has 1 big moon.  

The magical supercars have any type of tool you could ever need.
If you ever need one  of the magical supercars to come to you you just have to shout
boongly bingle bongle and they will come. If you need a tool you just think of it and the
magical supercars will give it to you and you can keep it forever and it will never break.  
 They are very friendly and intelligent. It only takes a minute to get here
so instead of going down to Mitre 10 MEGA and paying $100 on tools you need to build
you could come here and get them for FREE.

By Daniel

AKA the creator and lead owner of Planet Super Cars.   

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Black hole aka the portal