Current Events

Video

Usain Bolt was caught Mucking around before his Olympic run. He was having a few throws of a javelin and he impressed people with an amazing throw of 56 metres. Although the throw was not enough to qualify for the Olympics, it was an amazing throw for his first ever go at Javelin.

Daffodil Day Celebration

Daffodil Day

Today our school had a Daffodil Day Celebration. I was one of the people who organised the day. Me and the rest of the events team decided that that everyone would dress up as what they wanted to be when they are older. I dressed up as a black stick and I made a uniform from a black singlet and I put my name on the back using tape. The whole school met outside Moana to do a parade. Each syndicate went one by one and it was my job to judge the Moana students. Abby, Ayisha and I had to pick one student each to give best dressed to. I really enjoyed seeing all of the outfits and costumes.

Another thing I enjoyed about this morning was knowing that we were raising money for the

 Cancer society. Everyone had to bring a gold coin so that we could get lots of money to donate. It was cool that everyone was aware of cancer and how much we were helping sick people and their families. I have really enjoyed today so far and I'm sure the rest will be just as good.

Video

China has just opened the worlds largest glass bridge. The six metre wide bridge cost 3.4 million dollars to build and it is 300 metres above the ground. The bridge was paved with ninety nine panels of three layer glass. Here is the video of someone walking across it. I bet I would be scared!

GE Ignition

Today we worked on our GE Ignitions. My group is the Food miles group and we came up with lots of good questions. After the Session we had to answer some reflective questions. Here they are:

• What is it I hope I will come to understand more deeply through this inquiry?

I hope I will have more knowledge about local foods and imported foods. I also want to find out how we, as a community, can support the local food growers.

• What knowledge might I need to help move towards this understanding?

I will need to know anyone in the area who grows food. I will also need to learn about what kinds of foods get imported to New Zealand and what food we export.

• What is it I hope to be able to do more competently?  

I hope I will be able to convince people to Buy locally produced foods to support our growers. I also hope I will be able to Identify local food and New Zealand grown foods when I go to the supermarket.

• What learning powers will this inquiry help me practice and develop further?

I will need to be Curious so I can easily come up with questions to investigate. I will need to be able to Connect with experts who know about food miles. I think Being me is important throughout this project because I have to investigate what I am interested in so that I enjoy our GE and remember everything I have learnt. I haven't figured out a way to use the other learning powers but I'm sure I will use them throughout the project.

Current Events

NASA have just recently tested the worlds largest rocket. NASA tested the huge rocket out in the deserts of America. Generally it is hard for cameras to capture something so bright and hot but NASA had no problem because they used a new type of camera that was able to film the amazing moment of the worlds largest rocket being tested. The next test is going to be held in 2018! Here is the video of the huge rocket being tested.

My Poem

Swimming in the winter

The sky is grey as I step onto the sand.

I am wrapped in a warm towel that I don’t want to take off.

I dip the tip of my toe into the freezing water, It sends calm ripples out to sea.

My towel drops and I step deeper into the cold blue ocean .

Goose bumps appear on my skin as I keep on wading through the water.

The waves are small and they are all a deep blue colour.

I see a small wave building up in front of me and I decide to dive.

The coldness of the water surges through my body as I bring my head up and out.

I go deeper diving under the waves till there are no waves and I am floating in the ocean,

I am growing colder as I slowly swim back to the sand.

The warmth of my towel is calling me as I ride the waves ashore.

My lips are blue and I am shivering as the dry sand greets me.

I am finally wrapped up in my towel , warm again .

Current Events

Mosha (an Asian elephant) who lost her leg in a landmine accident was lucky enough to have a prosthetic leg made for her. She was seven months old when she lost her leg in the accident at the Myanmar Thailand Border. Mosha had been used as a logging elephant; using elephants for logging is banned in Thailand and India but Myanmar still uses them.The company that Mosha was working for was owned by the government who used 3,000 other elephants.

The Asian Elephant Foundation many elephants who work for logging companies get injured from landmines that are buried in remote forests, but Mosha was one of the lucky ones who can now stand on four limbs.

My Curiosities

Today during our middle block we were investigating our curiosities. There was lots of items placed on the tables to get our minds interested so we came up with lots of questions. The questions I came up with were kind of about organic diets so that was the topic I chose. I came up with a few more questions and they were:

• Is a vegetarian diet actually better than a normal diet?
• How do vegetarians get there protein? 
• What is the name of a full organic diet?
• Are organic fruit and vegetables better than non organic fruit and vege? 
• Is a paleo diet only fruit, vege and meat? 
• Do supermarket labels say if the food is organic or not? 
• If you are on a paleo diet can you take tablets to get all of the vitamins that you aren't getting? 
• How many diets are there?

I enjoyed this middle block and it was cool to know that I am actually interested in some different things to what I would normally choose. I am looking forward to investigating further.

Tic Tac Toe

Tic Tac Toe

This week we read a article about bedtimes and how they make a difference to how you learn. I chose to do some questions about the article and to state my opinion.

My questions:

• What bedtimes are recommended for 12 year olds?
• How many times do you have to sleep at a certain time for your body to keep it as a regular bedtime?

My opinion:

I think that kids at the age of seven should have a regular bedtime so that when they are older they get used to having a set bedtime. I also think that 7:30 to 8:30 is a good bedtime for kids at the age of seven. I think it is important to get enough sleep for your brain to be able function in the classroom.

My Art reflection

For our art we have been doing murals. First we had to Draw five symbols that we were going to put on our mural and then we had to do a draft of our mural in our art books. After we did our draft we had to check with the teacher and then we could start on our big copy. When I drew my up I added a few extra things because I felt that it needed more symbols. When I did the water colour I think the hardest parts were the stars and the black edging. I tried really hard to put meaning into my symbols. I added mount Taranaki because my mum was born there. I also added a farm because my dad has always lived there. I added the brick house on the farm because I have lived in the same house my whole life. There is five waves in the first row and they represent my family. I did thee second row because me and my family love to go to the beach. In the back ground I did a moon and twelve stars because I'm twelve years old. I also did a silver fern because I am from New Zealand. I added the sun because I think it looks really pretty when it is rising and when it sets. Over all I enjoyed creating my mural and I am happy with the way it turned out.