Winter Sports

In the winter year 5 and 6 play winter sport. You can chose from soccer, hockey, netball and rugby. We play at Kyle park or in the grounds in Hornby High. I play soccer the team I'm in is called South Hornby School (or SHS) Phoenix the other team is named United. Yesterday my team won 5-0, our second win. We have lost all the other matches. We where playing against Hornby Primary the team was all girls which was amazing because I have never seen an all girls team in my two term of playing soccer.

Awhina Badges

Yesterday we had assembly and the awhina leader and deputy badges were handed out. I got a awhina deputy badge. The school is divided into 5 Awhina houses and I am in Shand which is green some of the groups are Kid, Amy, Rakaka and Shands. How I became a deputy was a few weeks ago the school spit in to our awhina groups. We could chose if we wanted to have a go at being a leader or deputy of the group and I wanted to have a go. Then we had to say why we would be a good leader, I thought I would be a great leader because I have a younger sibling.

24 Hour Footprint

For the last two weeks we have been learning about thing link. Today we are doing our 24 hour footprint. First we found a picture of a clock then we download it off the internet and inserted it in to thinglink. Next we looked at our history and put links to the websites we went on.  To find your history on google you can click the three dots in the top right corner (for some people it might be three lines in the top right corner). Then click history or if you like short cuts press Ctrl H or command H on a mac book. (This is to find your history on google.)

James and The Giant Peach Character Description

This week we wrote a character description about James and his aunts, Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge. Here is my writing.

In the book James and The Giant Peach lies a spellbinding adventure that you will never forget.

(If you haven't read it or listened to it yet!).

James is a small, kind and caring boy because he was raised by kind parents for the first four years. Unfortunately the happiness did not last for poor James they passed away one day. He is lonely and sad because his aunts don’t let him see anyone or don’t let him leave the hill. James is very frightened of his aunts because they are mean to him.

Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge have very different appearances but they still have the same characteristics. Aunt Spiker is thin like the silk from a spider's web with thin lips but Aunt Sponge is as wide as outer space. The aunts are mean because they have beaten poor James up from the beginning. They are lazy and make James do all the work while they sit around all day. They are very beastly and horrid looking but they think they are beautiful. They are selfish and don’t care for anyone but themselves. The aunts never call James by his real name but call things like him you miserable creature.

Overall James and his aunts are very different in looks, attitudes and behavior. James is small and kind, his aunts are ugly and greedy.  The only things they have in common are, they live together and they are family.

The Perfect Gift Hilton Ayrey

This week we read a story called the perfect Gift it was about a cat and a man. The cat wants to give the man a gift because she is moving house for the summer. Here are my activities I did.

Multipcation and Division Facts I Know

We have been learning our multiplication facts. We went on a game that tests our knowledge, it then shows us what we know. The green dots are the ones I got right. The questions went very fast, I felt like I only had five seconds to anwser each and push enter.
Here is the link  http://www2.nzmaths.co.nz/LearningObjects/BF/MultiplicationBF.htm

Star Explosion Writing

For the last two weeks we have been writing about a star explosion and what happens. Here is my writing

When a star explodes it means it has died. The star takes four stages to explode completely. I find them very interesting.

First it starts to fizz around its lavery edges as it heats up.  It’s midde starts to turn a deep red colour. But it’s getting hotter as the explosion continues. I think  this is because the star cannot hold all the heat. This makes me wonder how long do stars live for in space?

Suddenly white and blue flames burst from the star. It sprouts from different places at different times.The fame is blue and white because that is the hottest part. I think this is because the core is pushing out too much heat. This makes me wonder why do star explosions start with mini explosions?

Next suddenly there is a bright white flash like a camera flash. It’s so bright it looks like it could blind you. All you can see is it ghostly faint outline. I think it is like that because, the white is the hottest part of a flame and it's getting hotter and hotter. This makes me wonder why does it flash so bright?

Lastly it turns blue and the star starts to grow every second. It grows so large you can barely see around it. It’s like a balloon being blown up. I think it is because it is exploding. This makes me wonder will it make a black hole or is this part a black hole

Here is the video we watched video.

By NASA's Ames Research Center.