Activity 1: Top 3 Facts

For this activity we had to look at the New Zealand tourism website and choose three facts from it about New Zealand. 

• The Auckland City Sky Tower is the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 meters tall.
• New Zealanders have 2.5 million cars for 4 million people which means we have one of the highest car ownership rate in the world.
• 30% of the country is forest.

Life Of An Actress

For Bugsy Malone I am playing a paper girl as well as a dancing girl. Which means that I have to play two very different charters. I start off as a dancing girl during Fat Sam's Grand Slam and then run back on as a paper girl two seconds later unfortunately. I love the dance that I am doing and am gland to have a few solo lines as the papergirl. I also love watching the boxing scene because it so full of energy. I am looking forward performing this at the end of it!

Mary the Papergirl

For Passion Projects 2018 I am doing Musical Theatre we are doing Bugsy Malone. I am playing a papergirl. To get into character we had to think about who they are. I chose the name Mary because it popular in the 1920's. She is 13, coming from a poor family Mary started work at 7, she recently got a job as a papergirl pretending to be a boy. She is anxious to be able to get enough money to keep her family alive. Also here a link to a website of the basic history of paperboys.

Commitment

This term (term 4) we are focusing on Commitment.
The question is... What does commitment means to me?
To me commitment means turning up on time for school, and being at extra things that I have signed up for, like Kids of Kids. Commitment sounds like replying yes to my name when it is called on the roll. Commitment feels great when after all the commitment working to get there I finally get to be a part of something that because others didn't commitment they aren't here, like being part of the Kid for Kids choir.

Business and Enterprise 2018

This year for Business and Enterprise my group is making crinkles. Crinkles are a Christmas food. My group is Jhermaine, Vann and Rieya. Here is a our logo, our slogan is 'All you need is love and crinkles'. We made a huge poster to advertising our business. We are very exited for business day, I am looking forward to seeing what everyone else has made and how it turned out.

My Story

For this activity we had to write about a school who never throws away it rubbish. I hope you enjoy it!

What Is The Correct Way To Swim Backstroke?

Over the last few Fridays we have been working on our explanation writing. I chose to write about backstroke. Here is my writing.

What is the correct way to swim backstroke?

What is the proper way to swim backstroke?

How can you get faster at backstroke?

Have you mastered the right style?

Do you know how to do the correct hand, arm and leg movements?

Read on to find out.

Firstly the hand movement.

As your hands enters and exits the water

make sure your pinky finger enters and exits the water first.

The easiest way to remember this is pinky in pinky out.

To move faster through the water,

when your hands are in the water use your hands to push the water

and propel you forwards.

While you are swimming try to keep your body

streamlined to reduce drag and go faster.

Next the legs, while kicking use your whole leg,

and bend slightly at the knees,

keeping them just them below the surface.

Make sure to do large, long kicks, this is called a flutter kick.

Make sure they are loose and don't do small tight kicks.

Lastly the arms, the arms are the easiest to master.

While booth arms are going at the same time

neither are both in the air or in the water at the same time.

Think of it as a game of cat and mouse,

as one hand enters the water, the other one exits the water

and the other way around.

Keep them in tight circles next to your body.

When one hand is in the water it is the power stage, 

and when it is in the air it is in recovery.

Backstroke is one of the beginners strokes that you learn,

as a beginner, and is more of a triathlon sort of stroke.

Backstroke is normally the second stroke that you learn the first being freestyle.

My favourite part is my interdiction, but I probably could have added more technical words in my writing.

CFC's

This term we are looking at environmental science. For this activity we had to find out what CFC's are. Here is my slideshow.

Atmosphere

For this activity we had to make a diagram of the atmosphere.

My Pollution Survey

For this activity we had to survey 8 other, to find out what the know about pollution. Here are the results.

Lino Cut Design

Here is a video about Lino cuts.

Little Red Ridding Hood

For music this term we are going to put on a cool play. It's a modern comedy veron of Little Red Riding Hood. I would like to play a part of Red or Wolf. I would like to play Red because she is one of the funny main charters, and Wolf is a funny sly villain.

What is Matariki?

This term in Music we are looking at Matariki. The first activity is to create a Piktochart about Matariki. Here is mine.

Arsonist

For this activity we had to find out what an arsonist is and the three elements that are needed to create fire. Here is my slideshow

Entomology

For this activity we had to find out what entomology was and how it solves crime. Here is my slide show.

Inks

For this activity we are separations inks, here is my slideshow.

My Board Game

For this activity we had to make a board game that involves Forensics, here is mine

Our Moana the Musical

At the end of the term we are going to be performing We Know the Way, from Moana. The song is about the pacific culture, and who they used to use the elements to navigate. I am very exited, and I think it's looking great.

Maui was a demigod in a few cultures, here are two stories about Maui.

Maui and the Giant Fish

How Maui Slowed Down the Sun

Family of Fingerprints

For this activity we had to look at our fingerprints and compare them to our families. Here is a slide about the different types of finger prints.

Here is my fingerprints vs my families.

Range, Mean, Mode and Median

This week we have been learning to find the range, mean, mode and median. Frist the easiest the mode, the mode is the number that appers the most. Next the mediam, it is the middle number in a set of numbers.  The range, for the range you have to find the biggest and smallest numbers, and then subtrat the smallest number from the biggest. Lastly the hardest the mean, for this you have to add up all of the numbers in your set and then devide it by the number of number of number the are.

What Types of Finger Prints are There

For this activity we had to find out about the three different types of fingerprints. Here is my slide.

Our Musical

This week in drama we are looking at our performances, our class musical is We Know The Way. Here is the video.




In my small group we are doing Revolting Children from Matilda.

Under the Microscope

This week in science we have been looking at human hair and animal fur under the microscope. Here is a slide explaining what we saw.

We Know The Way

Today we chose our class, group number. It will be We Know The Way from Moana. Here is the  music video.

Our Group Number

Today we have been looking for a group musicals. We have to pick three musical finales, here are mine.

One of my choices is it a Hard-Kock Life from Annie.

Another is the Circle of Life From the Lion King.

My last choice is Revolting Children, from Matilda. 

How to Make a Musical

Today we are learning about what we need to make a musical. We watched three behind the scenes videos. Next we made a mindmup of things and jobs you need to make a musicals. Here is my mindmup.

Lab Safety

Today we have been learning about safety in the science room. First we watched a video to learn about what is expected in the science room. Then had to draw a circle on all of the dangerous things in a diagram. After a few minutes we all came together and talked about all the dangerous things in the diagram. Here is a photo of the diagram with circles the red circles are the one I found myself and the orange are ones the whole class found.

Here is a link to the video we watched for this activity.

VE Day

After six long years of fighting, World War II finally came to an end in 1945. The entire country was ecstatic and parties where thrown all over New Zealand to celebrate VE Day (Victory in Europe). For this task we had to imagine we were living in New Zealand in 1945 and are planning a VE party at your house, who we would invite and what we would do. I would invite my family gran parents, sibling e.c.t., all our friends, and everyone we know. I would have a huge fest and most of all hang out with everyone, just have a bit of fun group time after the long hard days.

Women at Work

Both men and women severed in WWII. Many women chose to enlist as nurses and be stationed overseas caring for wounded solders. For this activity we had to imagine that we one of the nurses working on one of the large medical ship, and finish this story...

One day you are walking along the deck of the ship when you hear a loud bang. You start to run as you see smoke coming from the far end of the ship. You run towards the room where your patients are waiting to receive treatment from the doctor. Just as you arrive at the door to their room you hear another loud bang and you, quickly sweep the door open and rush to the patients. Rushing to one bed to another trying to calm the men. Some of the men are wailing loudly and others are trying to get out of their beds. You look up to see there are no other nurses around to help, they must be searching the ship to see what happened, you reason. You are finally able to calm everyone down when one of the men cry "we're sinking, look there is water coming through the floor!" Everyone looks down and a new wave of panic spreads through the room, the men even more agitated than before. Suddenly your older sister Mary, and fellow nurse is at the door, "the ship is sinking" she cried, confirming the men's worst nightmare! Everyone is suddenly in at state of shock at the news, too scared to freak out. "Get the men to the lifeboats the others are sorting out the boats and will be here to help soon" Mary shouts trying to get hold of the situation. Mary and you take a end of a stretcher after laying a man down and rush out the door, you get there as more nurses rush behind you with stretchers. You make it to the lifeboats and drop the man you are caring down and start running back, after a few more trips you and the other nurses manage to collect all the men and sit them in the boats, then you push the boats onto the water. Then you and the other nurses hop into another boat, and slip it into the water too. You look back to see the ship disappearing from view, you finally let out a sigh after the panic everyone has calmed down all knowing tomorrow will also be as eventful as today.

A Call To Arms

Over the course of WWII, approximately 140,000 New Zealanders were sent over seas to serve in the war. Many were sent to fight in huge battles, including the Battle of the Atlantic that lasted for 2064 days or 5 years. The Battle of Atlantic came to a end in 1943, in large part due to the heroic efforts of people like Lloyd Trigg, a pilot from New Zealand. He was awarded a special medal from New Zealand Government for his bravery, it was called the Victoria Cross. For this task we had to chose a VC winner and learn more about them. I chose Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu, he was a second lieutenant in the 28th (maori) battalion. He fought bravely, though he had many injures. His team was successful in destroying a few machine-guns and holding their position in to the night. His medal was awarded to his family as he was unable to make it home.

An Eventful Experience

World War ll was made up of many battles and events. For this activity we to choose two key events and learn more about them. Here are my choices.

1939
3 September: Britain, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany

Britain and France declared war on Germany as Germany attacked Poland. New Zealand deceling war the same time as Britain.

4 October: New Zealand Goverment announces the formation of a Maori battalion of 2 NZEF

After waiting the Maori men could join the battalion of 2 NZEF, which was New Zealand's best fighting force.