Back To School

Last week on Monday, students got the chance to come back to school and have a sum-what normal last few weeks for the year. When I found out we were going back to school I was super exited to finally see my friends and start learning in person again. I feel like being back to school has really lifted not only my  spirits, but everyone else who came back. Seeing everyone was really nice and also talking about what was happening during lock down and knowing that I wasn't alone. I am really exited to finish off this year strong and leaving with my head held high since it is my last year here.  

Treasure Hunters #1

Today I got introduced to a new reading site which I am finding very fun and interesting. It is called Epic, and its where kids can read online books that they are interested in. I find it very amusing to do, and I am hoping I can start reading more in my free time. I have just today already done 34 minutes of reading this book called Treasure Hunters #1. There are other parts to this book so I am so exited to finish this one and hopefully finish them all very soon. The chapter I have read already from book 1 was so intriguing and kept me thinking the whole time I was reading it. I'm not going to talk about it until I finish the book so stay tuned for a lot more updates very soon.

Simile & Metaphor

 Walt: understand what similes and metaphors are.

Emma Twigg

Task description: This task was a take that I got a few weeks before lock down but never really came around to finishing. So I took it upon myself to finish it off properly. By the way the diet plan at the end is what I think, the diet is based on the sport she does which is rowing. 

Advertising Poster

Task description: Our Literacy task for today was to create a poster advertising an item in our hour. As you can see I picked Bug spray. I though it would be a fun and interesting thing for me to do my poster on. I tried my best to point out the cheap price because I've seen on many other advertisements for things, they always make the price stand out so that people will by it. 

Pyramids of Egypt

 Do you know how interesting The Pyramids of Egypt really are? Well read the rest of my information report to find out more. 

Did you realize that there are over 100 pyramids on the planet?  Pyramids, as you may know, were created to serve as burial grounds and tombs for Pharaohs who passed, as well as to store their belongings. People were buried in the desert before pyramids were created, and wild animals would dig them up. 

They all have treasures of many kinds and dead corpses in them, and the majority of the items are so valuable that people try to break into them. Traps are always used in movies to ensure that people do not pass through to the treasures, and this is 100% true. During the Old Kingdom, Egyptians believed that in order to ensure a successful afterlife, the Pharaoh's body would have to be preserved correctly and that he had to take everything he needed with him on his journey to the afterlife.

I hope you now understand how interesting the Pyramids really are. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments. Also try doing some more research on this subject if you are curious about anything else. 

Mars Information Report

 Did you know that Mars holds the largest mountain in the world? It is 3 times the size of Mount Everest. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. It is the second most inhabitable planet in the solar system. It is similar in a few ways to earth such as, the planet isn’t too hot or too cold and many more. 

Mars was named by an ancient Roman God of war, the reason why it is called Mars is because it resembles the color of blood. The Mars color is called a Bloody red. 

Mars is also known as the red planet because it is made out of iron-rich dust which gives its landscape rusty-red color. 

Did you also know that Mars actually has two moons? The names of these moons are Phobos, and Deimos. Phobos is a bit bigger than Deimos and orbits only 6,000km above the Martian surface. Phobos orbits around Mars about 3 times a day while the more distant Deimos takes around 30-35 hours for each orbit. 

I hope after reading this information report you learned a few facts about our amazing and interesting planet, Mars. Who knows, we may even end up living there one day. 

The Jacket - Part 2

Task Description: This is part 2 to my latest post. I will be putting up part 3 maybe later on in the week. 

The Jacket - Part 1

Task Description: This task is split into 3 so there will be 2 more parts going on later on in the week, stay tuned to see what happens next. 

ANZAC Day - We will remember them

Task Description: Today in literacy since ANZAC day isn't very far away we decided to do some research on it. 

Te Kura Tuatahi

Task Description: Today in Literacy I got time to finish off these slides fro last week during FIOP, which stands for finish it off properly. I really enjoyed doing this task as it was very simple but very interesting. 

Moa Poster

Task Description: This task was about an animal called The Moa. We had to answer questions about this extraordinary creature and draw a picture online which as you can tell by mine was very challenging.

Kauri Island Level 4

 

Task Description: Today for literacy we had to read a story called Kauri island. I worked with my friend Simon on this and as you can see I mentioned him on the last page because we helped each other on both of our pictures. Hope you enjoy, make sure to write me a nice comment on things I did good and things I could improve on. 

Global Warming

Task Description: This task was all about Global warming. We had to get a better understanding of what causes it and how it affects us. 

Facts about Atiu

 

Task Description: Just a week ago we starting getting to know our literacy teacher Mr Moran. One or our first tasks was getting to know our island. If you didn't know Mr Moran just recently came back from the cook islands and also had named his reading groups after some of the islands.