Climate Change

What causes climate change and how can we stop it?

Climate change is caused by greenhouse gases, soot, land use changes and aerosols.
Climate change is heating up the Earth and causing ice caps to melt, which will drown coastal cities.
The Antarctic & Arctic creatures will all lose their habitats, deeming them HIGHLY endangered.
Try using alternatives to petrol or diesel cars, such as e-cars or walking & biking.
Try using energy from alternative sources like solar, hydro and wind power like Tokelau.
Places like Tokelau are going the extra mile to save the environment!
If the whole world was like Tokelau, we would have a much smaller problem.
Jacinda Ardern claims the NZ will have no petrol or diesel cars on the road by 2030.
If this is true, the world would be a much better place.
Who knows? Maybe by 2050 the whole world will be petrol and diesel free!` x3

The Haka.

Does the haka give the all blacks an unfair advantage?
That was the question asked by the Irish journalist Ewan MacKenna, after a convincing loss to the all blacks. Around 20% of people believed that the All Blacks got an unfair advantage, while everyone else thought it was absolutely fine. Personally, I believe that the haka is fine, and makes them play better, but 20% of the voters disagree.

Fraction DLO

Today our class was working on a fraction sheet. We all had to choose a fraction to work on, and put some facts on the fraction. I chose to do the fraction 5/6. I did a bit of searching to get to my final product. Here it is and I hope you enjoy.

My Superpower

This week, we had a special teacher to come and talk to us. We all had to come up with our "superpower".  This superpower was something we think that we excelled at. I put my superpower as soccer, or football. We had to make a google drawing with our superpower, and the skills involved with the hobby. I spent around an hour on mine, always changing design. I put in eight things that are involved in football. Here it is.

Shake out!

This week around New Zealand, we had a shake out. It is a drill for an earthquake followed by a tsunami. We are almost in the safe zone, we just need to cross a road and head up a hill. We had plenty of time, we just had to be weary of not standing on other peoples property while heading up the hill.

Greymain cup.

On the first day of the term, we did the Greymain cup. We all split up into team that play in the rugby world cup, and competed in different games. There was a game of Rippa rugby, Duck duck goose, A netball rugby competition game and many more. I was the captain of South Africa, and our team did well, we didn't place but we all enjoyed it.

Area 51 raid Aftermath

On Saturday, the Area 51 raid became a thing. Two million people signed up to come and raid the military base, and an estimated 75 people showed up.
This was disappointing for everyone trying to watch it. No-one actually tried to get in except an old lay, who just walked on in. The rest just protested outside

Although no-one actually raided, there is a new mini celebrity.
Someone Naruto ran past a news reporter, while the camera was on. I will have links to the lady entering and the man running.

Lady entering: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/09/8458189/woman-stormed-area-51-detained

Naruto runner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njSqx3Wcqxs

She (The lady) was detained by the police, and released at the scene.

Current Events: Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us.

Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us!

That is the title of the Facebook page that started it all. Over 2 Million people have signed up to attempt to raid the highest protected military base in America. The airspace over area 51 has been closed so that no drones can be flown to "Spot Aliens".
Area 51 is in Nevada, America. Nevada has a population of just over 3 million and is a state of America.
People planning to raid are apparently making strategies to get in, whether people flank in through the sides, or rush up the middle, that will be decided on September 20th, or the 21st for New Zealand.

72,843 (News)

Did you know that the Amazon rain forest is on fire? You probably know, but it hasn't been in the news very much. Already this year, there have been 72,843 fires recorded. The worst bit about it is that the isolated tribes, that live in the heart of the amazon, might die!! All of the tribes will have to escape from the flame, and run to safety through all of the fire, and hot spots. That would not be easy. All of the smoke would make it so hard to see, let alone run. I think that everyone should donate a bit of money so that the "Earths Lungs" Can live to breathe another day.

Tessellation

This week, we have been working on different types of maths. I have been doing tessellation. I did a google drawing on tessellation to show what it means, and then did some tessellation art on paper. Here is the drawing.


As you know from the start, I did some art. I made a shape using squiggly lines, and traced around it. The final result shocked me, because I don't think I am good at art. You don't need to be amazing at art to do tessellation!!
Here is the of the final product.

I hope you like my tessellation as much as I do, and that you try to do it as well!!

Opinion Continuum

For reading this week, we have been doing Pest Invasion work. We had to make a Continuum on it. My continuum is around Stoats I had several different groups of people with different opinions. The continuum is available to view below. 

I am trying something new on my blog, so can you also fill out the survey!! Thank you.

The spanish speaking world

This week our class has been learning Spanish. We tried to name every single Spanish speaking country. We didn't manage to name them, because there are so many. We came up with a few, and put them into a map. I made a map with ten places, and put it into a google my maps. You can see it below.

Who's that animal pest?

This week we have been working on identifying pests. We were given clues and an information site to help us. There were five different slides with clues, and a tried all of them. Here is the slide.
(Miss page 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 because they have answers)

Thank the drone. (News)

This week in the news, a professional photographer (Dan Watson) Was at New Smyrna Beach, where he, his wife and his three kids (The kids were the only ones swimming) were chilling. Dan was flying his drone to get a photo of the kids (As I said he was a professional) But anyway, we got a photo and this was it.

That was a really good photo, but in case you didn't see the slight problem, look again. Still don't see it?? Look below at the circle (And the inside)

Now do you see what I mean. That is outlining a shark, which is pretty darn close to his children. Don't know about you, but I would not like to be that close unless it was safe. He yelled to his wife to get the kids out of the water, and she did. They all escaped unharmed.

Man vs.... Octopus?? (News)

This week, In the sea of Japan, A man was diving with his friend(s), when one of them felt a interesting sensation. A Octopus had latched on to him, and was trying to pull him down into the sea. He kicked it off, but it kept on coming back. Imagine how frightening that would be, getting dragged underwater, By a random octopus. The octopus left and the man escaped unharmed.

Maths DLO 2

This week, our class had to do a maths DLO on to do with maths.  I chose to 3 digit Addition, because not everyone knows it.
I really hope you enjoy.

Pumpkin Soup.

This week, Our class have been making Pumpkin soup. We harvested pumpkins from the School garden and together, Decided to make some soup. In groups of four, We Microwaved the pumpkin, Cut it in half, Scooped out all the seeds, Added butter, garlic, salt and pepper and roasted them for A couple of hours. We then got a large spoon and scooped out the pumpkin flesh.
Then we put it in a blender, Filled it up and Blended it. We added it to the pot, Added 4 cups of water and 4 tsp Of chicken stock. We stirred it while it was on the heat, patiently waiting and suddenly, Soup was served!
I loved it And Would enjoy second helpings.
I loved doing this because most of the day, I wasn't in the class and It was relaxed.

West Coast, South Island

This Week, Our Class has been working on a slide. We has to answer questions relating to the West Coast as even though we live here we do not know everything about our Province. For some we had to go into further detail.
I liked this because I like history, and I like learning new things (Which I do a lot).

What's Been In The News This Week...

This Year (And week), in Auckland, right now, the largest of this particular thing (In New Zealand) is being built.  A MALL! A 790 million dollar mall is being built right now in West Auckland. 

I have Quoted Stuff here "Auckland's highly anticipated Newmarket mall could open in July."  There will be 230 shops, Some of them haven't been seen in New Zealand before, including Coco Republic, which offers quality furniture. There will also be 2800 car parks. (That is not a store, but there will be 2800 car parks)

I would like to have a look around the mall when it is open, but the only flaw in that plan is that I don't live in Auckland.

What's Been in the News this Week.

This week, Apple has released 3 new products. They released the apple TV +, the Apple arcade and the Apple Credit Card. For those of you wondering about Apple news, technically they just updated it. Apple have been releasing a lot recently also with a new ipad mini and Airpods 2.

Apple have already earned quite a lot of money on these three products, helping the already rich company.  I think Apple are going to do well in 2019 because their products are popular and doing well on the market.