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.

Our Goal This Week

Our goal this week is to choose our attitude. The teachers showed us a video which I quite liked. It just shows that it is really easy to change your attitude and when you choose a good one you have a much better day.

Current Events

One elderly woman from Australia accidentally made a costly mistake of donating 25,000 Australian dollars to the salvation army. She donated two pale printed cushions containing the money. She still has a little bit of money in the bank to pay her bills but the money in the pillows was to help her kids were financially unstable or if they desperately needed something. She had always kept a portion of her money out of the bank ever since the global economic crisis.

Michael's Holiday Report

During the holidays Michael went to Thames to visit his Uncle. His other Uncle went to Thames as well and he brought Michael's cousins and Aunty with him . While he was in Thames, Michael, His cousins and his siblings all played Pokemon go. Michael and all the family that was in Thames had takeaways for lunch. Michael said he enjoyed spending time with his family in Thames.

 The next day Michael and his dad went to the Auckland museum with his uncle, his favourite thing he saw in the museum was the volcano house. A few days later Michael and some of his family went to the Thames cinema to watch the BFG. Another thing he did during the holidays was cooking pizzas for dinner with his uncle. Michael said he enjoyed his holiday overall and he enjoyed spending time with his family.

Yesterday my learning team and I made fried bread. Me and Brooke made our bread together. First we made the mixture and then we halved it and kneaded it. We had to leave it for a little bit so we went and did the dishes. Then we came back and cooked the dough in the pan with some oil. We had to cook one side till it was golden then we had to turn it over and do the same with the other side. In the end I put some jam on mine and it tasted really good.

My Pepeha

Pepeha

Ko Taranaki toku maunga (mountain)

Ko Piako toku awa (river)

Ko Pauanui toku moana (sea/harbour)

No Maramarua (place where you are from)

Ko Ngatea Primary toku Kura (school)

Ko Graeme toku matua (father)

Ko Kerri toku whaea (mother)

Ko Ava toku ingoa (My name)

No Reira, Tena koutou, Tena Koutou, Tena Tatou Katoa

Current Events

I didn't think there was a way of making chocolate a little bit healthier but an AgResearch scientist from Auckland proved that it is possible by making a type of chocolate that is fifty percent beef meat. They say it has the same texture as a turkish delight. They also say that there is absolutely no trace of beef flavour in this new type of chocolate. The scientist who made it thinks that when people eat it they would have no idea the chocolate had meat in it unless they were told. They estimated that each square is about 25 percent protein, as well as zinc and iron.

My opinion:

I think that the chocolate that they made is very weird even though I have never tried it.

It also makes me wonder what other flavours of chocolate are going to be made.

Video

My Writing

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,

I drop my towel and I step deeper into the cold blue sea.

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

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 out of the water.

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

A robot in Russia escaped from a science lab and caused a traffic jam. Scientists in the lab had been teaching the robot to be be able to move around by itself but it escaped when a staff member forgot to shut a gate. The robot managed to find its way to nearby streets. The robot went about fifty metres before its battery went flat. It stood in the middle of a road blocking all the traffic and it was guarded by police for about 40 minutes until it was taken back to the science lab.

My opinion:
I think that the lab should have had more security so that no robots will escape.

Video

Current Events

A seagull turned bright orange after flying into a vat of curry! The bird fell into the tub of chicken tikka masala after trying to get a piece of meat out of it. The seagull was rescued by staff who worked at the food factory and was picked up by someone who worked at a wildlife hospital . The staff at the hospital tried to wash the curry of the bird and they managed to get the colour off  but the bird still smelled like curry.
My opinion: I think that it is weird that the bird was able to get into the curry. I think it should have been covered even if it was trash.

Video

In Beijing a bus has been designed that can drive over traffic jams! If the design  gets approved it will be on the streets of Beijing with in one year and it will be able to hold 1,200 people in each bus .

Current events

Pizza hut has broken world records by delivering a pizza to Mount Kilimanjaro. Pizza hut has delivered pizza to the white house and the international space station but they decided they wanted to try and deliver it to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. The pizza was delivered to land the at the height of 5,895 metres. The pizza was taken up the mountain by five mountaineers and the journey up the mountain took four days and it was kept warm by a battery powered heater. The delivery of the pizza was a celebration because pizza hut had opened a new shop in its 100th country.