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Maths.

Today in maths we learnt about Fibonacci. Here is a video. Fibonacci sequence in nature<click to view

Hope you enjoy.

Reflection: I learnt about Fibonacci.

Toolkit: I was listening and following instructions.

Sound facts

• Sound comes from vibrations. These vibrations create sound waves which move through mediums such as air and water before reaching our ears.
• Our ears vibrate in a similar way to the original source of the vibration, allowing us to hear many different sounds.
• Dogs can hear sound at a higher frequency than humans, allowing them to hear noises that we can’t.
• Sound is used by many animals to detect danger, warning them of possible attacks before they happen.
• Sound can’t travel through a vacuum (an area empty of matter).
• The speed of sound is around 767 miles per hour (1,230 kilometres per hour).
• The loud noise you create by cracking a whip occurs because the tip is moving so fast it breaks the speed of sound!
• When traveling through water, sound moves around four times faster than when it travels through air.
• The scientific study of sound waves is known as acoustics.
• Although music can be hard to define, it is often described as a pleasing or meaningful arrangement of sounds.
• The sound of thunder is produced by rapidly heated air surrounding lightning which expands faster than the speed of sound.

platapus facts

The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal that has a very unusual appearance, it is duck-billed, has a beaver-like tail, lays eggs, has otter-like fur and webbed feet. The platypus is only found in eastern Australia in small rivers and streams within the states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. When descriptions, drawings and even live specimens of platypus were first taken back to Europe for study by British scientists many believed the animal was a hoax, a beaver's body sewn together with a duck's bill as some sort of joke. Platypuses and echidnas are the only two mammals in the world classed as monotremes which means that they lay eggs instead of giving birth. Females platypus lay 2 - 4 eggs, incubating them for two weeks. The back foot ankle spur of a male platypus contains a venom that is powerful enough to kill small animals such as dogs. The venom is not lethal to humans, but it can cause severe pain, that sometimes lasts for weeks. The average length of a male platypus is 50 cm (20 in), the smaller females average 43 cm (17 in) in length. Platypus weigh 1 to 2.4 kg. Platypuses can live more than 12 years in the wild. Their natural predators include snakes, water rats, hawks, owls, eagles and sometimes crocidiles. The platypus is an excellent swimmer, diving under water on average for around 30 seconds to forage for food before coming up for air. Platypus close their eyes and ears when under water, so in order to feed on worms, insects, and freshwater shrimp, they use their sense of electroreception and dig up muddy river beds with their bill to detect the electric fields of prey. The platypus uses pouches in its cheeks to carry prey back to the surface where it is eaten. The platypus eats about 20% of its own weight in food each day. The platypus is usually nocturnal, coming out at night or twilight to feed, sometimes they are also active on overcast days. The platypus sleeps on average up to 14 hours per day. The platypus was hunted for its fur until the early 20th century. It is now an Australian protected species. The platypus is the state animal of New South Wales (NSW). The platypus has been used as a mascot for national events in Australia and is featured on the Australian 20 cent coin.

wolf facts

• Wolves are excellent hunters and have been found to be living in more places in the world than any other mammal except humans.

• The wolf is the ancestor of all breeds of domestic dog. It is part of a group of animals called the wild dogs which also includes the dingo and the coyote.

• Most wolves weigh about 40 kilograms but the heaviest wolf ever recorded weighed over 80 kilograms!

• Adult wolves have large feet. A fully grown wolf would have a paw print nearly 13 centimetres long and 10 centimetres wide.

• Wolves live and hunt in groups called a pack. A pack can range from two wolves to as many as 20 wolves depending on such factors as habitat and food supply. Most packs have one breeding pair of wolves, called the alpha pair, who lead the hunt.

• Wolf pups are born deaf and blind while weighing around 0.5 kg (1 lb). It takes about 8 months before they are old enough to actively join in wolf pack hunts.

• Wolves in the Arctic have to travel much longer distances than wolves in the forest to find food and will sometimes go for several days without eating.

• When hunting alone, the wolf catches small animals such as squirrels, hares, chipmunks, raccoons or rabbits. However, a pack of wolves can hunt very large animals like moose, caribou and yaks.

• When the pack kills an animal, the alpha pair always eats first. As food supply is often irregular for wolves, they will eat up to 1/5th of their own body weight at a time to make up for days of missed food.

• Wolves have two layers of fur, an undercoat and a top coat, which allow them to survive in temperatures as low at minus 40 degrees Celsius! In warmer weather they flatten their fur to keep cool.

• A wolf can run at a speed of 65 kilometres per hour during a chase. Wolves have long legs and spend most of their time trotting at a speed of 12-16 kilometres per hour. They can keep up a reasonable pace for hours and have been known to cover distances of 90 kilometres in one night.

dog facts

In total there is said to be around 400 million dogs in the world. The domestic dog has been one of the most popular working and companion animals throughout human history. Dogs perform many useful tasks for humans including hunting, farm work and security as well as assisting those with disabilities such as the blind. Although experts often disagree, there is scientific evidence which shows that the domestication of dogs could have occurred more than 15,000 years ago. There are hundreds of different breeds of dogs. Examples of these breeds include: Bulldog, German Shepherd, Collie, Golden Retriever, St Bernard, Greyhound, Bloodhound, Chihuahua, Labrador, Great Dane, Rottweiler, Boxer and Cocker Spaniel. The most popular breed of dog in the world by registered ownership is the Labrador. With their gentle nature, obedience, intelligence and near limitless energy, Labradors make for excellent family pets and reliable workers. They often assist police and are a common choice as guide dogs. Dogs have formed such a strong bond as pets, workers and companions to humans that they have earned the nickname "man's best friend". Humans help train various dog breeds to enter in competitions such as breed shows, agility and obedience contests, racing and sled pulling. Dog have superior hearing than humans, capable of hearing sounds at four times the distance. Dogs have a remarkable sense of smell, they are capable of differentiating odors in concentrations nearly 100 million times lower than humans can. The average life span for a dog is around 10 to 14 years. Those involved in dog breeding refer to males as ‘dogs’, female dogs younger than a year old as ‘puppies’ and a group of offspring as a ‘litter’. Domestic dogs are omnivores, they feed on a variety of foods including grains, vegetables and meats.

Enviro hunt

We were talking about what we would see in the enviro medal that is in our school. We looked at some stuff, like what to look out for and what makes us an enviro medal.

We went to see what kind of gardens we would see. We looked at the Migrant Mother’s gardens and we saw the water tank, that a class long ago put there. It watered the plants for them. We looked for little insects.

We went down to the Redwood tree that is the oldest tree in the school. I wonder how long it has been there. It looked like our boss of our school. We hear a lot of cars going past our school and I think it scares the birds away sometimes.

We also went to look for a weta house and there was cockroaches inside it. We had to go through some evil prickles to get through. It was so smelly, it smelled like a dead rat, it did not smell good.

We looked at some plants like the plain tree. We all walked through the new path to go to the gardens. We looked at the glasshouse and the new seats inside the gardens.

We went up to the Totara tree and looked for the bat house. We also saw the blackbirds in the Totara tree.

We walked past the Kauri tree and the Kowhai tree. We all felt tired after that big walk.

Our puppy-Gus

On Friday Ava and I got a puppy called Gus.            

He is a Staffy x Mastiff. Gus is very playful and likes to nibble on anything he can get his paws onto. He loves all the attention that he gets.

            He is the most lovable dog in the world                        (but he likes to nibble hands and knees)

(but he farts a lot and they stink!!!)         

Writing

WALT Set up our writing page correctly.
SC □ margin □ date □ every second line □ blue to review □ red it to edit □ green for growth □ tickled pink Other expectations: □ neat handwriting □ capitals for names and start of sentences □ full stops to end a sentence

Te Reo lesson-Telling the time O'clock

Today my class learnt some maroi learning and this is what we learnt:

How to tell the time:

Ko te aha te wa? - What is the time?

Ko te _____ karaka te wa. - The time is _____

Numbers in maori:
Tahi-1
Rua-2
Toru-3
Wha-4
Rima-5
Ono-6
Whitu-7
Waru-8
Iwa-9
Tekou-10
Tekou ma tahi-11
Tekou ma rua-12


Reflection:
I learnt how to tell the time in maori.

Toolkit:
I followed the toolkit by being curious, engaged and connected.

Moment in time writing

Science about water

P.1    We were running down the hill as if we were elephants running away from something. 

We lined up by the gate and waited to go to the pool.

P.2    We entered the pool as people were pushing and shoving to get a spot around the pool and hoping not to fall in.

I saw millions of mosquito babies swimming in the really swampy end.

P.3    We had three jars and we carefully lowered them down. 

We got different results from each end of the pool and one of the jars had baby mosqitos. 

Here are the photos 

P.4     People thought that the little mosquito babies were tadpoles.

I was thinking if there were any frogs or things like that.

The End

Collecting soil for science

Today we did anther moment in time writing and this is my story

Off on a hunt for wet dark grit. we scrambled down the path of leaves beside the hall and tip-toed into the garden. then we went to room 1's garden and last the courts.the dirt tipped onto the floor of the class-room. the floor wasn't its usual colour any more it was completely BLACK.

The end 

clouds

Today we were writing things about a moment in time and it was about the clouds and we were not allowed to say the word clouds heres my story. enjoy



I was gazing up at the fluffy white shapes.
It looks like Cotten Candy but only white.
I was lying on the soft grass.
Seeing all the shapes in the sky was incredible.
I wish iI could have tried to eat some of it.
It might have tasted like whipped cream.
Pouffy animals slowly move in the cool summer breeze.
I thought of many different things to turn the Whipped Cream into.
The cars made all sorts of noises.


And there you go. my story

Hope you enjoyed 

Panther facts

Panthers are type of wild cats that inhabit America, Asia and Africa. They can be found in rainforests, swamps, savannas, mountains and even deserts. Panther looks like a leopard without dots. It has yellow or dark brown fur and emerald eyes. Panthers are endangered species because of excessive hunting, loss of natural habitat, environmental pollution and global warming.

Interesting Panther Facts:
Panther is known as black jaguar in Latin America, as black leopard in Asia and Africa, and as black cougar in North America.
Adult animal has 7-8 feet in length and weighs between 100-250 pounds.
They are carnivores (meat-eaters). They hunt and eat everything from birds and reptiles to large mammals.
Panther can produce loud roar.
Panthers are solitary animals. They will meet only during mating season.
After three months of pregnancy, female will give birth to 2-4 babies. She takes care of them by herself.
Panthers learn to climb the tree early in their life. They are strongest tree climbers in the cat world.
Eyes of the newly born cub are closed and covered with light fur.
At age of 2-3 months, cubs learn how to hunt from their mother.
Just nine months after birth, young panthers can catch medium-sized prey. They learn quickly.
Black panthers have large and strong paws and sharp claws that are used for hunting.
Panther can survive in areas populated with humans better than other cats.
Panther can leap up to 20 feet.
They have excellent eyesight and sense of hearing.
In the wild, panthers can live up to 12 years and in captivity up to 20.

St Johns

Today St Johns came to our school and taught us how to save lives by using manikins. 

We learnt how to do First Aid and we had to pump the manikins heart and make it click  ( the heart did not pump because it is fake )

We had to put our hands onto the manikins forehead and chin then tilt its head back.

How to save someones life.

1. Push the manikin until it clicks. 

2. Tilt someones head just in case they vomit and drown.

3.  Call 111 if you need help.

4. Check for danger.

5. Check for things that could make you sore.

Toolkit:  I managed myself by listening 

Reflection: I learnt how to save someones life

W.A.L.T write learning stories about St Johns learning.

S.C ( success criteria )

5-10 facts-done

Photos/videos-done'

Describe learning-done

Toolkit-done

Reflection-done

Once I had a dream...

The elephant was the biggest thing I had ever seen and I started to get closer to it and I was going to get even closer until I saw a baby one.

I only saw it because we were out camping and it was outside in the massive tent.

I was going to wake up the little one but then I saw a CHEETAH…

It was asleep and I was just FREAKING OUT and it was only CAKE????

I thought it was going to be a trap because there was a net over the top of it.

Then I threw a stick at it and the net came flying down and then I had the chance to eat the cake.

Then I was in the middle of eating THE BEST CAKE EVER and then I mum woke up.  

“ Just a dream ” I said to I whispered to myself.

The end...  

Knitting club

Ava and I were doing a knitting club in term 2.
Ava ( my twin ) was helping and there were knots that we had to untangle.
we had to have enough wool, knitting needles  and enough people to do it 

Quartez was helping us by teaching another group of people arm knitting.


Toolkit: I was using the toolkit by thinking of ways to teach people.
I think I did well at running the knitting club.
I think I could improve on the knitting supplies.

cartoon writing

For cartoon writing we need to do this:

We had to draw a quick cartoon and my one was about a boy thinking his day was over and then he gets into trouble but i didn't draw that yet.

He is thinking:     ITS ALMOST 11 ' O'CLOCK..... 

Frog Facts

• A frog is an amphibian. They lay their eggs in water. The eggs hatch into a tadpole which lives in water until it metamorphoses into an adult frog.

• Tadpoles look more like fish than frogs, they have long finned tails and breathe through gills.

• An amphibian can live both on land and in water.

• Although frogs live on land their habitat must be near swamps, ponds or in a damp place. This is because they will die if their skin dries out.

• Instead of drinking water, frogs soak it into their body through their skin.

• Frogs breathe through their nostrils while also absorbing about half the air they need through their skin.

• Frogs use their sticky, muscular tongue to catch and swallow food. Unlike humans, their tongue is not attached to the back of its mouth. Instead it is attached to the front, enabling the frog to stick its tongue out much further.

• The common pond frog is ready to breed when it is only three years old.

• Frogs in the wild face many dangers and are lucky to survive several years. In captivity however, frogs can live for much longer.  

• Frogs can see forwards, sideways and upwards all at the same time. They never close their eyes, even when they sleep.

• Remarkably, frogs actually use their eyes to help them swallow food. When the frog blinks, its eyeballs are pushed downwards creating a bulge in the roof of its mouth. This bulge squeezes the food inside the frog's mouth down the back of its throat.

Tiger Facts

The tiger is the biggest species of the cat family. Tigers can reach a length of up to 3.3 metres (11 feet) and weigh as much as 300 kilograms (660 pounds). Subspecies of the tiger include the Sumatran Tiger, Siberian Tiger, Bengal Tiger, South China Tiger, Malayan Tiger and Indochinese Tiger. Many subspecies of the tiger are either endangered or already extinct. Humans are the primary cause of this through hunting and the destruction of habitats. Around half of tiger cubs don’t live beyond two years of age. Tiger cubs leave their mother when they are around 2 years of age. A group of tigers is known as an ‘ambush’ or ‘streak’. Tigers are good swimmers and can swim up to 6 kilometres. Rare white tigers carry a gene that is only present in around 1 in every 10000 tigers. Tigers usually hunt alone at night time. Tigers have been known to reach speeds up to 65 kph (40 mph). Less than 10% of hunts end successfully for tigers Tigers can easily jump over 5 metres in length. Various tiger subspecies are the national animals of Bangladesh, India, North Korea, South Korea and Malaysia. There are more tigers held privately as pets than there are in the wild. Tigers that breed with lions give birth to hybrids known as tigons and ligers.

Cartoon writing

The day of Cross Country

Before:

I was getting ready for running; my heart was pounding and I was cheering on for the others that were running.

The Race: 

This is me running, all tho it was hard it felt like the best thing ever.  
 ( I came 9th with a blood nose )

After:

 The refreshing taste of water drowning down my throat felt like heaven after all that running. 

The Day Of Cross Country Came.

I Sat Nervously On The Wettish Grass.

It Was Time For The Year 5 Girls To Go And Do Some Running.

I Was Coming 6 Place But Then I Got A Nose Bleed And It Made Me Go To 9th Place.

The Race Was Soon Over And The Refreshing Taste Of Water Drowning Down My Throat Felt Like Heaven.

Facts about Elephants

• There are two types of Elephants, Asian and African

• Elephant’s scientific name -African is Loxodonta africana and the Asian name is Elephas Maximus

• Elephants are the largest land mammal in the world

• Elephants live in Asia and Africa

• African elephants are larger than Asian elephants and have larger ears

• Elephants are around 200 pounds when they are born

• Adult elephants weigh between 5,000 and 14,000 pounds

• A female elephant is called a cow

• A male elephant is called a bull

• A baby elephant is called a calf

• Elephants have no natural animal predators

• Humans are known to kill elephants for their ivory tusks

• Scientists discovered that elephants sing. They use an ultrasound rumble

  too low for humans to hear  to keep the heard together and to find mates

• Elephants travel in a herd (10 or more elephants) lead by a female

• Elephants are herbivores meaning they only eat plants and vegetables no meat

• Elephants eat grass, leaves, shrubs, branches, fruit

• They spend 16 hours a day eating

• Adult elephants eat 300-600 pounds of food everyday

• Elephants drink 40-50 gallons of water everyday

• Elephants sleep about 2 hours per day

• Elephants like to swim

• Elephants trunk are their nose

Facts about whales

1. Whales are mammals.

This means that whale calves grow inside their mothers until they are born. Besides, they are nursed and taken care by their mothers until they reach certain age.

2. Whales breathe air as we do.

Therefore, they need to reach the surface of the ocean to breathe because they cannot breathe underwater.

3. To breathe, whales have a blowhole in the top of their heads.

When they reach the surface, they take air in through this blowhole.

4. There are two types of whales, Baleen Whales and Toothed Whales.

There are several species of whales out there, but they are classified according to the way they feed in two types, baleen whales and toothed whales.

5. Baleen whales feed from krill and plankton.

Krill are shrimp-like creatures which are very important ocean creatures.

6.Toothed whales eat several kind of fish, like tuna, cod and salmon among others and some small mammals like seals.

7. The Blue whale is the largest animal in the world.

Even more, it is the largest animal that has ever existed, even larger than the largest dinosour ever found. The blue whale is a baleen whale.

8. Some baleen whales sing.

Particularly the blue whales and the humpback whales are well known for singing.

9. Whales can swim as fast as 30 miles per hour.

10. Some Whales can stay underwater for as long as 90 minutes.

This applies mainly for the sperm whale which can stay underwater for as long as 90 minutes, although a typical dive for other species is around 35 minutes.

11. Whales do not sleep as we do.

To rest, whales sleep only half brain so they remember to take air in, otherwise they would drown.

Cross Country

Cross Country is something that you run and I am a year 5 at my school and I have to run around the WHOLE SCHOOL 3 TIMES. I am looking forwards to Cross Country this year because I want to go to Inter-Schools for MORE RUNNING. I haven't gone to Inter-Schools yet...

Cross Country is this Thursday SO IT IS TOMORROW!!!! if you are reading this on the 31st August it will be tomorrow because it is going to be on the 1st September.

Daily 5

Daily 5 is something where you can do things like:
Read to Self
Read to Someone 
Listen to Reading
Work on Writing 
Word Work
I LOVE to do read to self because I LOVE reading.
I like reading heaps, for our operetta that is coming up I am reading some things to the whole school. 

Operetta

English: Monday 29 August
Maori: Te 29 o Hereturikoka 

The Operetta 

For the Operetta I need to read a piece of paper and then once I am finished I sit down on the stage and move some stuff that is supposed to be water. And when i'm done saying it the ditty starts. First by the instrument's and then we sing
 " Bright fine gold, Bright fine gold, one a pecker, two a pecker bright fine gold,  Bright fine gold, Bright fine gold, one a pecker, two a pecker bright fine gold, spend it in the summer and you'l die in the cold, it cannot light a lantern or even ease a pain, and yet we go on searching tho' we search in vain".




Reflection

I learnt that "ditty" means short song.
I did the song creatively. 

My Pepeha

Twit children

  

One day there were two lovely parents.they had children. There was a boy and a girl. They were so kind then they grew older and grew meaner at the same time. The girl was called Tarin and the boy was called Maz. they had a evile dog called zayn. The dog also had strange teeth with patterns that were stripes with polka dots. he would always chew up your clothes and your slippers. He would try to bite your face off. He gave the mother a broken leg. They also had a chicken that the dog killed and its babys ran onto the road and died. There was also a cat that died of a heart attack. The father had a broken back. They wanted to kill the dog because it was mean and it cost to much to feed. There was no point in keeping the dog.The father chopped off its head and the police caught him doing it and took him to jail. He stayed in jail for only two weeks. That was good for him. The cell was pitch black at night and was freezing he came home and sat on the couch and cried. The two children went to boarding school. The parents soon could afford to go to England and got a car, a house, and a dog called mick. Mick was a border collie and he was really nice. They got rich (it took a while) and had a kid called jenna. She was so kind and loveable she did not grow up to be rich but she got a good job. she turned 16 and got a boyfriend called pete. They adopted a dog called fritz. (that’s a german name)

Jenna had a baby boy called Jonathan. Jonathan had ginger fuzzy hair and he had one TINY tooth popping out. He was born on the 15th of may. He grew up so fast and soon he was 8. His teeth were fully grown but he still had four to come out. He was at primary school and then he was at intermediate then he was at boys high school. Then he was 50. He was growing up so fast. And he was taken to a rest home from when he was 76 till he died. He died when he was 98. Here is where the story ends

Reflection:

I was learning to write a story with punctuation and detail I think I did o.k.

Using blocks for geometry.

I was using blocks to make things and then it got knocked down by a boy called Dakota lucky I took enough photos.

This is my creation after it was knocked down

N.Z History Timeline

We have been learning about the history of people when they only just came to N.Z

1624-1769

Murderers bay is now called the golden bay

We learnt about Murders Bay and how people got Murdered there.(That's why it was called murders bay) Then it was called Golden bay because that was a better name and also because there was gold there.