My Catapult

Here is my catapult When I was making my catapult I was going to use it to scare off cats and pukekos but it turned into a fun weapon so I practised and got pretty good at it so I decided to show you all my invention.

My Art Coloring Book

 

Above is the original painting and below is my recolored version of it.

I used a online coloring book called Online Art Coloring Book.

I did it as a practise for the Summer Learning Journey.

Can you keep a Secret

 Once upon a time there were two wolf girls in a school of normal kids. Naturally the two wolf girls became friends immediately. The older of the girls, Sophie was 10. She had long red hair and black ears and her tail was also black but it had a white tip. She also had green eyes and light brown skin. Ariadne was younger at 9 years old and she had blue eyes, blonde hair and blue ears and tail. The girls had been friends since the first day of school.

One day they were playing on the playground, it was a hot day so they went to sit under a tree to cool down a little bit. After awhile of just sitting in silence Sophie broke it. She started talking about why the other girls kept staring at them. A few days later the school got a new student. She was different as well but she was a deer girl with soft brown antlers on the top of her head and a small white tail. 

The new girl's name was Page. She was 11 years old, had jet black hair and light brown skin. The day after she arrived she came up to Sophie and Ariadne and asked to be their friend. Sophie and Ariadne were nice and said yes. Over the next few weeks Sophie and Ariadne got used to the presence of Page, little did they know Page had a dark secret that she didn’t want to share.

 Sophie and Ariadne had noticed that their friend was acting strangely so they investigated. The next day Page was acting more strangely than usual so when in class they noticed Page’s antlers sifting from antlers to ears they started talking. When Page asked to go to the bathroom after waiting for Page to leave the room Sophie asked if she could go as well. 

Sophie crept through the corridors to the bathroom where she heard       ‘’ arg why does this keep happening in school!’’. ‘’ why does what keep happening at school’’. Asked Sophie as she casually walked through the door.’’oh hello Sophie I didn’t expect to see you here’’ said Page tell me and Ariadne what is happening please, so next break the friends had an emergency meeting and this is what happened.

Page asked ‘’ can you keep a secret?’’ ‘’yes’’ said Sophie and Ariadne in unison. ‘’Ok I’m a shapeshifter!’’ Page blurted out. ‘’You're a what!’’ yeld Sophie.

My Speech

This is my Speech I made over the course of a few weeks.

 What do you think of when you hear the word kiwi, do you think of the kiwi bird, kiwi fruit or the kiwi nation? Many nations have a national symbol. Australia has the kangaroo, England has the lion or the bulldog,

South Africa has the springbok and South america has the puma. Do you think that it’s ok in 2020 that the kiwi, our national symbol, is in danger of dying out? What comes next after endangered… extinction or growth?

Tena koutou - toku ingoa ko Pippa. I am here to tell you that it is not ok that some animals are endangered and to give you some ideas about how we can save them and our environment.

If you have seen or heard a kiwi in the wild, good for you, but I want future generations to see and hear them as well. Hundreds of years ago more than 12 million roamed Aotearoa. I would like to see that kiwi numbers are going up all over New Zealand, not just in the wild, predator free places where they live now. However the kiwis progress is being potentially disrupted by us humans because we are stealing the kiwis habitat.  A Kiwi’s habitat includes dense bush, mangroves, sand dunes and rough farmland. Soon they may have nowhere to live because greedy humans are flattening their land to build big cities

The kiwi is endangered, but not as critically as some animals, like the Maui dolphin. Some people might think ‘’Oh well, the kiwi is dying out, there is nothing we can do‘’. Well those people are wrong because there is something we can do. Make yourself a superhero by stopping littering, this will keep the planet clean and stop cluttering up the kiwi birds’ habitats. If we do that it will help all animals, not just the endangered ones, plus if we all work together we can save the planet at the same time. You can also save the kiwi bird no matter where you are by donating money and your time at kiwisforkiwi.org  

I would like to see a kiwi bird for myself and I’ve found out that tawharanui regional park is the best place to do it because I live in Auckland. If I lived in the south Island I would go to Stewart Island. Habitat tours offer you a chance to see a kiwi bird for yourself. They take you at night because kiwis are nocturnal and it would cost you $130 per adult and  $60 per child, so $380 dollars for a family of four.

When I grow up I would like to be a vet that specialises in helping endangered animals. In 2040, when I’m 29, I hope that kiwi numbers have grown and they are no longer endangered so I won't have to help them as much. I wonder which animals I will be helping instead? Thank you for listening to my speech.

The Volcano Experiment

 

Have you ever made a volcano? Well I have and it was amazing!

Yesterday was Thursday the 15th of October and in the morning I came to school and greeted my teacher Mrs Kumar and my friends then Mrs Kumar said ‘’We are going to make a volcano‘’. My friends and I got very excited and couldn’t wait until 11:00 am because that was when we were going to do the experiment. When the first break had finished Mrs Kumar had rounded up the whole class she finally spilled the beans and told us the ingredients. The ingredients were (1) white vinegar (2) Baking soda and (3) food colouring.

By the time Mrs Kumar had finished telling us the ingredients it was 11:00am and time to do the experiment. I was so excited. Mrs Kumar told Room 8 to make a nice line so we could go outside. While Mrs Kumar went quickly to get the ingredients for the experiment all the kids started talking all at once and it got really noisy. Then Mrs Kumar got back. She shushed us quickly and we all went outside to do the experiment. We all crowded around Mrs Kumar to see what was going to happen. 

First Mrs Kumar explained what she was going to do. Finally Mrs Kumar was putting in the ingredients first she put in the baking soda then the food colouring and last but not least the white vinegar. We all waited for what felt like an eternity and then … it exploded into blue foam. It was big bubbly blue foam. We all went wow even me! It was just like a volcano eruption and we all heard a fizzing sound. Once the foam had disappeared we went inside and we all were talking excitedly about the experiment. Then Mrs Kumar told us to go on our chromebook and do some planning. It felt like I had been to the moon and back because it was so much fun. Do you know why there was an eruption well if you don’t it’s because of a chemical reaction between the baking soda and the vinegar and it creates a gas called carbon dioxide. After the experiment I felt happy because I had never seen a volcano before in real life.

F - for

A - and

N - nor

B - but/ because

O - or

Y - yet

S - so

The Experment

 The Science Experiment!  

 I felt like a scientist!

On the 2nd of September Mrs Kumar wrote on the board. She wrote        ‘’Science Experiment’’ it looked very interesting and dramatic. I was interested to see what would happen next but the bell rang so I had to run to the lines for assembly. When assembly was over Room 8 did fitness. In fitness we did some warm ups and then running. When we had finished fitness Room 8 went to class and Mrs Kumar announced we were going to do a science experiment after lunch. She also said that we had to make a hypothesis. A hypothesis is when you guess what is going to happen next.

When I had just finished my hypothesis the bell rang for the first break. I was relieved but also very excited for the science experiment. The break seemed to last forever and when the bell finally rang I ran as fast as I could so I could be first in the line. I wasn't the first in the line but second, so I was pleased. When we got to class I sat down eagerly. Ms Lammas and Ms Jasmine went to get the hot and cold water. While they were doing that Mrs Kumar let us know that the hot water was going to be very hot.

When Miss Lammas and Miss Jasmine got back from getting the water and sugar Mrs Kumar had already set up a table for the water and sugar to go on. Miss Lammas and Miss Jasmine had half filled the glasses of water. We used brown sugar not white sugar. Mrs Kumar had made labels for the glasses so A was hot water and B was cold water. Finally it was time to do the achel experiment and Mrs Kumar chose 4 people to help with the experiment. Mason and Dani got to sture the water and Jessie and Jessica got to put the sugar in the cups.

My Weekend

My Weekend!

On the weekend Me and my family were excited to do trick or treating even if it wasn't the normal trick or treating. This year we were doing something different in that my brother and I were going to follow clues to find the candy. For most of the day Toby my dad and I were working on a fence but sometimes Toby and I drifted off and started doing other things. 

Toby was painting his skimboard  and I was flattening wire for fun. Toby has an old skimboard and it has scratched paint so he decided to give it a lick of paint because he loves skimboarding and didn’t want to buy a new one. Finally it was dinner time and we had Roast chicken with vegetables and  gravy. Once we had all finished our dinner Toby and I went to my Mum and Dad’s room to wait for them to hide the chocolate.

 I was so excited. Then my mum and dad came in and told us to come in the front room where Toby and I sat on the couch and listened to the clues. By the time we were on the 5th clue we got stuck the clue was ‘’I am not quite as hot as the flames of hell’’. In the end we skipped that clue and went onto the next clue. The clues after that were easier but we stopped again when we were on the last two clues. By that time I had had enuf thinking