Inquiry - The Bermuda triangle

Reading - Biography or Nonfiction - Once

Title: Once

Author: Morris Gleitzman

Blurb: This book is based on true facts. A 10 year old jewish boy name Felix was sent into an orphanage because their parents were poor. He then wanted to escape the orphanage to find his mum and dad so that what he did. On his little quest to find his mum and dad, he saved a girl from a burning house.

Recommendation: This book is definitely an young adult one. It’s very sad especially when you think of it as true. This book is one of the books where if you start reading, you can't stop. I would definitely recommend this book.

Reading: One of a series. The 78-storey treehouse Movie opening night

Title: The 78-storey treehouse - Movie opening night

Author: Andy Griffiths

Blurb: Join Andy and Terry in their spectacular new 78-storey treehouse. They’ve added 13 new levels including a drive through car wash, a combining machine, a scribbletorium, an all-ball sports stadium, Andy land, Terry town, a high-security potato chip storage facility and an open-air movie theatre.  

Recommendation: I love this book but I don’t think I was excited enough as all of the other books. It’s still good and exciting.

Maths budgeting

I learnt that for the first 2 weeks when renting, you have to pay a lot of money. It was a challenge to find a house. I enjoyed the prosses thou.

Science badge

I completed my science badge. I did large animals. I learnt a lot of things while doing this and I would love to do this again.

Speech

Tena Koutou

Ko Kimberly toku ingoa
Ko Hulena toku whanau
Ko Maungawharau te kura

Technology has come a long way in this world of ours, so far that you could say that it’s running the world, manipulating and brainwashing us. Whenever I think of technology, theres phones and computers and I straight away think ‘Social Media’. I’m here today to tell you why kids and teenagers should not have access to social media.   

When you post anything online, there will always be people who would post mean comments. There are also people who take it to the next level like spreading rumors about you online that aren’t true, in the name of cyberbullying. In New Zealand, three in five women in their late teens have been victims of online bullies. If they feel like there's no hope or no help, it could lead someone committing suicide. There have been many cases of children committing suicide because of cyberbullying, all enabled by social media sites.

You don’t have to look far to see things that aren’t aimed at kids in terms of inappropriate content. This means that it would have an impact on kids as it takes away their innocence and changes the way they see things. 22% of teenager girls say they post nude or semi-nude photos or videos of themselves online for everyone to examine it.

After school, you decide to check up on your blog or instagram and then when you least expect it, a screen pops up and says that someone else is on it … you are probably being hacked. Hackers have access to everything from your history to drafts. They can find dark secrets about you that you don’t want anyone to know to knowing where you live or where you go to school. Hackers can post anything under your name like nudes and secrets without anyone knowing it’s not you posting on social media at that time.

Social media is addictive; Spending hours browsing, sitting down for hours while the sun is calling you to come out and play. If you continually doing that, it makes you unproductive and you would always have an excuse just to stayed glued to the phone or computer. It’s more productive if you go outside and let you wild side out. Try out new things like skateboarding or tennis or learn about history in a museum.

So next time you press install to upload that new popular social media app, just think of the consequences. This is why kids and teenagers should not have social media because how it affects your physical, mental and social well-being.

No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa

For the speeches, it had to be around healthy bodys, strong mindes. Mine is about why kids should not have social media. Here is my speech!

Kindness quote

We had to choose a quote from a list and then give your own definition. Here is my one

puberty feelings

I was laughing a lot. I felt like this because first of all, I laugh a lot and secondly, I pretty much knew everything and it's weird for me to hear a lot about the pubic area.




What we were trying to do was that we had to choose what we felt like and why.

New school value - reading quotes

The new values for our school are Respect, Integrity, Kindness and Resilience.

We have been exploring these concepts in class and I chose this quote because I think it's very inspiring and the quote is true.

Maths - looking at angles

1 -
Angle = obtuse
Estimate = 110
Measurement = 112

2 -
Angle = obtuse
Estimate = 145
Measurement = 146

3 -
Angle = reflex
Estimate = 218
Measurement = 230

4 -
Angle = obtuse
Estimate = 108
Mearsurement = 130

For maths today we chose a photo and we were trying to identify and describe angles from a sports person. I chose soccer because it's my favourite sport.

Room 12 school trip - Timbernook

How to make a Rocky Road - Ovenless Awesomeness

Rocky Road:

Ingredients

• 100g Dark Chocolate
• 1 ½ Golden Syrup
• 70g butter
• 50g marshmallows chopped up
• 100g biscuits
• Raisins and or Cranberries

Method

1. Place Biscuits into a bag and crush them until they’re broken up. Put aside.
2. Melt the Butter, Chocolate and Golden Syrup in the microwave on a gentle heat.
3. Cut up marshmallows into tiny bits and add raisins and or cranberries and your biscuit mix.  
4. Mix your butter/chocolate mix together.
5. Make into a log on baking paper. Corer in coconut.
6. Refriaer and then enjoy!

Today in Ovenless Awesomeness, we made a rocky road and it was nice! Here is the recipe!

Prototec - 90% timed

On Prototec, I got 90% on stage 7 timed!

Maths - Percentages

Kimberly’s family went out for dinner. The cost of the meal was $140. They gave a 15% tip.

How much did they tip?

Answer:

$21.00

Working out:

15% of 140

15% of 100 = 15
15% of 40
=
10% of 40 + 5% of 40 = 6
4 + 2 = 6 15+6=21

Art work - Healthy bodies, Strong minds

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Earlier this week we did an activity where we made a collage about what we need to make a healthy body. We had to find pictures from magazines, cut them out and put them on paper. Here is mine and hope you like it!! 

Stereotyping

This is a little activity about stereotyping - Knowing and respecting people!

Maths - Wicked Formula

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For maths, Pythagoras and Newton were playing around with spreadsheets! Then after we got a task about wicked formula. I have never been on a spreadsheet before so it was real fun to learn all of the different tricks.

Reading: Fur from home - animal adventures

Title: Fur from home - animal adventures

Author: Andy Blackford

Recommendation: I would recommend this book only for something quick and it’s really easy to read. This is a good book for a picture book if you don’t want to read a simple book because it has pictures in it but the right amount and I think people will enjoy this book.

Burb:  Sheep from space are trying to deliver the intergalactic post, Royston the cat dreams of visiting London, and Baxter the Bear is travelling south to find his dad. Join them on their amazing animal adventures.

Report writing: Soccer ball

Soccer Ball:

Imagine playing soccer without a ball. Imagine life without balls like soccer balls. Without Charles Goodyear, we would have no games of soccer and the world would be different. Alot.

This invention changed everything. Every ball you see today from ruby balls to hockey balls, they were all inspired by one man - Charles Goodyear.

Soccer balls have come a long way. From animal bladders or stomachs that would fall apart if you kick it too much to really good quality balls with fancy designs that would last for decades.

 

Who invented Soccer balls?

According to soccer ball world, it says that in 1836 Charles Goodyear designed and built the first vulcanised rubber soccer balls.

Amazing Facts about the soccer ball

• According to historical references, the early soccer balls ranged from human heads, stitched up cloth, animal and human skulls to pig or cow bladders.
• Until 1908, soccer balls were made from the inflated stomach tissue of executed Irish prisoners. I’m guessing that this is in Ireland.
• Today's soccer balls are slightly oval-shaped. But the checkerboard pattern creates an illusion of a perfect sphere.

So when you kick a soccer ball again, think about how much the soccer ball has changed. Just how they used to kill a pig and then play soccer with the bladder for only 2 days because it will fall apart. Now to good quality balls. Remember how lucky you are. I bet you don’t want to kick a sharp, empty human skull.

By Kimberly

This is my report writing about my passion and something about it.

Reading

For one of my reading activities, we had to create an arm that when you were 6 years old and you lost your arm, you have to choose your favourite thing and I chose Minnie Mouse.

Furnwear

Last Thursday, Sheppard went to Furnware for our school trip. After our trip, we came out inspired about inventing and innovation. It also gave us a clear definition of innovation and inventing. I absolutely loved it and really want to go back there with my dad.  

The Leaning Tower Of Pasta

For inquiry, we did a challenge that you went into teams of 4-5. I went with Sophie, Brooke P and Stella. Then our task was to make the tallest free-standing tower with only pasta and little marshmallows. Hope you like it!   

Electronics

The GET READY GET THRU Website says that in our Emergency Kit we need a TORCH and spare batteries. At Electronics I am going to design and make an Emergency Light for myself.