Swimming

This years swimming was amazing,I learned heaps of stuff and
I got more confident in my swimming. I wasn't
  how much ive improved.

Speech Writing

Sign Language

Today we learned how to sign,sign language is very helpful especially
for deaf people its their way of communicating with out talking.Sign language was banned
in New Zealand in the 50's and the 60's but in 2006 it was made an official language.
But you have to be aware that in different countries the sign language is different some only use
one hand and sometimes they have their own grammar.

Visual Art

Visual Art

This beautiful piece of art is not like any other.Everyone else made butterflies and turtles but mine is unique.It only $10 or less if you buy this masterpiece you wont be disappointed not at all.And here's one more thing if you buy it half will go to my school.You will have a beautiful piece of art and help my school.Buy it now!

Why Does Your Nose Run?

Why Does Your Nose Run?

When your nose runs its really annoying but it isn't that bad it’s actually really useful.

Firstly you need to know what mucus is mucus is that slimy gross liquid in your nose.But it isn't that bad it actually protects you,it blocks the dust and pollen and other harmful things from going into your lungs.And when your sick your nose needs to work harder because it's trying to not make your condition even worse.That causes too much mucus making the mucus drip out of your nose gross!,

You might be wondering why is this happening to people with allergies its simple.

Your nose acts differently when you have allergies your nose thinks its dust or pollen causing your mucus to drip out of you nose.Eventually you need to get rid of all the bad things and that's when you sneeze it all out into a tissue.

But the only cure is blowing it all out into a tissue.Some doctors request medicine but you shouldn't accept the request it's just a waste of money. You just need to get a box of tissues and your set.

Why Does Popcorn Pop?

🍿Why Does Popcorn Pop?🍿

Has this thought ever come to you while microwaving your popcorn Why does popcorn pop? . So i’ll POP the question for you it's way more simple than you think . First i'll tell you where it all started the first sighting of popcorn was in new mexico,the kernels were found in a bat cave but we still don't know why it was there.

The popcorn kernels found there was at least 4000 or 5000 years old! the native americans used popcorn kernels for decorations and clothing design.The native americans have this myth about a tiny devil inside a popcorn kernel and when you heat up the kernel the tiny devil gets so mad it explodes.Time to get into the science of how popcorn kernels pop it's really simple. Imagine a test tube filled with water with a balloon on top of the tube.boiling the water causes steam the steam makes pressure the steam goes into the balloon,too much pressure builds up making the balloon pop.

Same with popcorn kernels you might be wondering how does a popcorn kernel have water?.The kernel actually contains water in the ‘’germ’’ the germ is the only living part in the kernel.Only 14% of water is in the kernel but that makes enough steam to make the popcorn kernel pop. Its that easy it isn't magic at all it's just simple

science.

         

Muscular System

Muscular System

There are 3 main muscles Skeletal,Smooth and Cardiac muscle they all are very important to our bodies. Firstly the skeletal muscle,The skeletal muscles helps the skeletons move and make them stronger. Secondly the smooth muscle It is in the walls of many organs and it's found in the intestines, bladder, esophagus,blood vessels,and your stomach. And finally the cardiac muscle the cardiac muscle is found in the walls of your heart the cardiac muscle is very special because it is only found in the heart.

Dance Mat Typing

This was really hard but now its really easy I never thought i would learned this.
This was really helpful and now im faster at typing this is a really important skill.
After lots of practice you get comfortable and you get even better and faster it is a really important to memorise your keys.

Dance Term 3 2017

Dance Term 3 2017

I learned many things from dance,being confident and comfortable by dancing in front of people and dancing in front of my friends. We mostly learned about folk dances in the first 3 weeks the thing that I liked about it was the music it was joyful.The folk dances that we learned was chicken dance,Cotton eye Joe and seven jump my favourite was the chicken dance it was simple and funny.In the 5th week we learned about hip hop,hip hop is a type of street dance honestly i never knew that.My favourite
 part about hip hop was the robot and the shuffle.I will continue dance because it is really fun and energetic.     

Fish For Future Hiwi The Kiwi

Homophones

Heelan Topkins

Board Game

Me and Nyla worked together to make this sustainability game for a project. The goal for this game is to have the TALLEST building but it isn't that easy since you need  money to buy it.You have some tasks you have to complete to earn money or you have the choice of having a job you have a 50-50 chance of getting or not getting the job.The money in

Assembly

I took the role of introducing Kate and Gargi they have the role of showing their persuasive  writing about fidget spinners what i said was '' Ms.N was talking about fidget spinners and how they are tools not toys ''.

Fidget Spinner Day

 We are using fidget spinners in a creative way that helps us with our learning.We are timing the fidget spinner and seeing how long it can spin for our measuring.We used it for our maths too! we used them as timers to see how fast we can solve our basic facts and addition and subtraction we learned how useful fidget spinners really are.

Tall Stories Team Project

• Me, Mary, Ashton and Emma Louise were working together for this project, our goal was to make a tall building with its own support.Our materials were newspaper and paper clips and we had a bonus 5 pieces of tape. We had 10 minutes to make it and we had another bonus of 5 more minutes.We started to make the base by rolling up 3 pieces of newspaper and attaching them together with two paper clips. After that Mary rolled one more piece of paper and attached it to the base with a paper clip sadly it just flopped around and it didn't look so stable and the whole thing just collapsed.  We needed to fix it as soon as possible as the time was ticking.We paper clipped the base to a piece of newspaper that made the base more stable but the long piece was still floppy.We had no choice but to fold the long piece and that surprisingly worked but not for long it just flopped down again and we used the tape to secure the base. It still didn't work so we used our team bands and tied the base and long piece together finally it worked and we succeeded.

Matariki Weaving Star

today we learnt about matariki and the seven stars and their meaning. Today we weaved a star with paper.

Electro City

Ms N Challenged us to get an ''A rating''  with up to 50,000 people on Electro city, If your not familiar with Electro city its a game based on sustainability the aim of the game is to try to make a town and make a city. You have to look after your electricity and environment as you can see im doing pretty good with my environment but when it comes Electricity im fine.I built lots of farms and wind  turbines but the wind turbines wont support the town for long. I can see lots of things i can improve in including how to manage electricity.

Wonderopolis

ANZAC Word Art

After learning so much about Anzac day we made these Anzac day word art posters to show how much we have learned

ANZAC Biscuits

Today we made ANZAC Biscuits first we mixed rolled oats,flour,sugar and coconut together it kinda smelled like cat food after.next we went to the kitchen to add the baking soda hot water and melted butter we mixed the baking soda into the hot water and then we added the melted butter we mixed it together its smelled way better this time it smelled like maple syrup! once it was in the oven we waited. Yum! it was so soft!.

The Julianne Poem

Cicada

Cicada Shell The color of their shell is goldish and a blend of light brown and dark brown. They have very fragile and delicate skin. they have very clingy little hooks on their legs and claws. And they have an opening on their backs and they have a very hollow center. And when their shell’s break it's going to be very crunchy.

Jandals

Cicada Shell

Mary Mackilop TimeLine

Room 2 Favourite sport girls v boys

Bike Measurement

Thursday,Feb,9 Was bike to school day the students biked to school in groups and parents followed. Once the students arrived at school they participated in an activity called Bike Measurement. They were split into groups of three or four and measured with their bikes. My group wrote a line on the wheel of the bike with chalk and we moved the bike the wheel Went in a full circle until the chalk line was at the floor and then we stopped . We measured From the classroom door to the closes outdoor table.
    ( Photos by Ms.Nelson )