J6's Bake Sale!

Today we did a bake sale. This bake sale was for raising money to help families who need food. We started with an idea of raising money and giving to the SVA( Student Volunteer Army) but we made some changes and decided to give it to the Hornby 24/7 workers who buys groceries for families who don't have food.

The bake sale was held in our class(J6). Some students from my class made and brought something from home while the others made posters to hang around school to raise awareness. I made cupcakes. some students were selling stuffs while others were sent to encourage other students to come and buy and raise money for the donation. I was in the selling part. I enjoyed watching students and teachers raising money. We made $140.70. I think that will be enough  for a family to buy groceries for 1 week.

How Many Crackers Can I Eat In A minute?

Today we did an experiment in science. We had 1 minute. We were to see how many crackers can we eat in 1 minute. I could eat 5/7 crackers. We were given 7 crackers.
Helpful Info: One of things saliva does to moisten food  so it can be easily swallowed. Dry crackers absorbs a lot of saliva. so your  mouth dries out it difficult to swallow.

Last Update On Matariki!!!

So today is the last day on doing our Matariki reading. As I told you I have finished. Unfortunately I could not take a picture from my book but I have read the reading. So this is my last blog on Matariki.

Why doesn't New Zealand have snakes?

We are writing and explanation writing. We had choose our own tittle so I chose "Why doesn't New Zealand have snakes?".

Question I am Answering: Why doesn’t New Zealand have snakes?

Why doesn’t New Zealand have snakes?

New zealand is one of several large countries around the globe. For example, Russia is one of the largest countries. New zealand is also too cold for snakes. There are several more countries that are too cold for snakes to live in. snakes are reptile. They have scales they can’t take cold.

Well, there were snakes in New zealand before and after. You can’t even find snakes in New Zealand zoos. You can find snakes in warm or hot countries for example you can find many species of snake in Australia. There are more countries that have various of of snakes.

Though, some snakes are highly venomous. Some snakes are harmless while some are harmful. However, 2 or more species of sea snakes are sighted in New Zealand shores. Sea snakes and kraits are occasionally visitors to New Zealand. Sea snakes and kraits are highly dangerous.

Somehow, there are no records of someone get bitten by a sea snake or krait all these years.

I got the information online

Success Criteria: Does your writing…

- Have at least 3 paragraphs

- I have used scientific words

- My facts are correct and I have made 1-2 references to where I got my information

- ALL my punctuation is correct

- read your explanation outloud to a partner, does it make sense?

Reflection Questions

Something I did well: finding facts online.

Something I need to improve: writing my paragraphs.

What I learned from this assignment: that not only New Zealand but other countries don’t have snakes.

Comment from my partner:

Ruby C: Over all I only fixed up 2-3 mistakes for country which was meant to be countries,

Maybe next time she could add a interesting fact about snakes for thoses who have interests in snakes.

Predictioin

In science we did some prediction in telling the flavours of lollies without looking. I did mine in a group. I found it fun and interesting. What we had to change was the taster and what  had to remain the same was the brand of lollies. There were green- lime, red- raspberry, white- lemon, yellow- pineapple, purple- grape and orange- orange. We liked this experiment.

What To Posts On Internet?

 So today in cybersmart we were talking about What should you post on Internet. So we made a PowToon slide show to show you what you should post on Internet.
I found it interesting telling someone for their personal safety. This is to help you know what to post.  If you also learnt it or if you like it please leave a comment.(-:

What's New On Matariki?

Today I've finished My project on Matariki. The last things was to write notes on Matariki in your book. So far I've learnt somethings in Maori culture such as Matariki- is known as Maori new year. Tomorrow I will publish my last update on Matariki which will contain my work. See You Then!!!

New Update on Matariki!

Today I'm giving update on Matariki reading. So I watched a video and found the names for the stars. The name are: Uru-a-rangi, Waipuna-a- rangi, waita, waiti, Matariki, Tupu- a- Nuku and Tupu- a- rangi. Here is the vedeo 

 Tough, this is not the vedeo I watched but tells about Matariki

Matariki

What is Matariki: it is the maori new year. This  is what are we doing for reading this week. We will be reading about it and tomoerow there will be update on whatI did.

Art!

 This term our class has been doing lino-cut. This is what I did. 

I had difficulty in cutting but completed it. I also had troubled figuring what to make for my lino-cut. it says FIJI in a shape of a flag. It represents my country. I like as I am completed. I could do better in drawing. I have learned how to do lino-cut. 

SVA

What is SVA? Student Volunteer Army is a New Zealand student movement born from a Facebook page started following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. It is a team which helps people who need help after a major earthquake. SVA is the short form of Student Volunteer Army. It was created in 2010. 3,000 people signed up for SVA. It is in Christchurch, New Zealand.

You can also sign up for helping others in need. You can also donate to save lives.

Dance

Today we did some research for some hip hop dancers. Here is what I did.

Who Froze Farrell Flint?

Answer the following questions to help you make sense of what has happened in the story “Who Froze Farrell Flint?” - add these to your blog when completing your Create and Share activities.

WHO are the main characters in the story?

1)  Farrell Flint  

2) Doctor Topp

3) Minnie sharp

4) Felonius Flint

5) Carey Love

6) Mirtha Dare Sweetly

WHAT is the mystery that Minnie is trying to solve?

Who froze Farrell Flint and  why did that person freeze Farrell Flint.

WHERE does this story take place?

- On the planet:  mars

- In the year: 2117

WHEN does Minnie realize who has frozen Mr. Flint?

When they decoded the bacterial coding machine.

WHY did Mirtha freeze Mr. Flint?

So her half brother could continue with his tourism venture illegally.

HOW does the story end? Your Create task is to write the next part of the story; what happens to Mirtha after she is caught? You can choose to write this on the bottom of this Doc, or in your Literacy books.

Mirtha Dare Sweetly gets jailed for 6 years after putting Farrell Flint’s life in danger. Mirtha’s half brother on earth also gets jailed for tourist travel to planet Mars illegally. After what Mirtha did, no one tried to do it again.  

Dance

Today in music we did dance. We were taught the steps. We also got to do a free step  somewhere in the dance. Some steps were hard and challenging. I got a little nervous while doing the dance. Today it was just the practice, in three weeks it is the performance. I hope I get it.