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NASA Edition Colouring Book

Kia ora bloggers,

I registered for the summer learning journey and it goes from 2021 - 2022.

After I registered for the summer learning journey I did the NASA edition colouring book. 

I chose to do the space shuttle landing.

I found filling in all the little bits tricky.

I enjoyed colouring it in and trying to match the picture.

Next time I would change the colours I chose.

Rongoa sign post

Kia ora bloggers,

For reading we were learning about medicinal plants called rongoa. 

Rongoa are plants like harakeke that can help people recover from wounds and sickness. 

We had to make a sign and choose one rongoa medicine to write about. 

We had to write how it can be used as medicine and how to turn it into medicine.

I found it tricky deciding what plant to choose because they all looked interesting to write about. 

I enjoyed looking for facts and information about rongoa. 

Next time I would change the way I put it into my own words.

Art portrait

Kia ora bloggers,

For week one art we were learning how to mix a skin tone.

Firstly , we had to put an image of ourselves into a laminating pouch and trace our body.

 

Secondly, we used acrylic paint and mixed it into our skin tone and colored on the inside of the laminating pouch. 

Thirdly, we colored our T-shirts and eyes. Lastly, we put some card inside the laminating pouch and glued our name onto it

I enjoyed making my skin tone because if I knew how to mix colours, I could be a better artist when older.

I found mixing the skin tone and using the right colours.

Next time I would change how I did my eyes.

Here is an image of my finished artwork.

Service poster

Service poster

Kia ora bloggers,

For Religious education we have been learning about service. We were learning about service because it is the term 4 value. 

An example of service is like someone saying "do you need help" or donating things that you don't need anymore to to the poor.

I had to make a poster about service. We had to include what service is and maybe animate our poster.

I enjoyed animating my poster and learning about the value of service.

3D Shapes

For maths we had to learn how to draw 3D shapes.

We had to draw a cube, cone, pyramid, cylinder, and a rectangular prism. 

We had to make one of each shape non-transparent and one of each shape transparent.

I found shading in the 3D shapes tricky. I enjoyed drawing the shapes and making them 3D.

Calendar Art

For Calendar art this year we were doing geometric NZ native birds.

I chose to do the native kingfisher. Firstly, we had to print an image of the bird we wanted to draw and trace the image on a window. 

Secondly, we drew geometric shapes inside the bird, and then shaded them in.

 

Thirdly, we coloured the the background using dye. 

Lastly, we outlined the bird and the shapes inside.

 

I found tracing the bird on the piece of paper tricky. I enjoyed shading the shapes on the inside of the bird.

My House Saint

For lockdown we had a Saints task to do. We had to use google drawings And draw our house saint.

We had to include why he is important to our school, A quote from him and an interesting fact about him.

I found making the shape of his body and using polyline tricky. I enjoyed learning about saint vincent.

Cats Perspective Of Why Cats Are Better Than Dogs

For speeches this year I decided to do mine on my cat's perspective of why cats are better than dogs.

Our speeches had to be persuasive so I decided if I persuaded more people that cats are better, then more people will want to buy a cat.

Meow, hi my name is Poppy and I am a cat.

I belong to the Mcguinness family. I feel like I need to tell you that if you are getting a pet you should get a cat instead of a dog. I firmly believe You should get a cat because dogs are utterly disgusting. Cats are so clean that we spend a third of our lives cleaning ourselves.

Firstly, dogs are disgusting because they are dirty and smelly. Have you ever smelt a wet dog? It is so smelly. Wet dog is an actual word. Even the word is yucky! Wet cats smell like nothing. When a wet dog comes inside and it shakes, water goes everywhere. Dogs bark and they are so noisy. Did you know that Wet cats just clean themselves without messing a single drop of water on the floor?

Did you know that when cats clean themselves they have special Soap on their tongue that cleans their bodies and Makes their coat water resistant.

Secondly, When we have taken in too much hair we gag it up into a neat little ball for you to clean up.

When Dogs say “hello'' they just sniff each other's butts, But cats just hiss at each other to say hello. When cats hiss we are very smart because in lockdown we social distance when we hiss.

Cats are not as greedy as dogs because other cats that have to live with dogs have told me that dogs devour their food in seconds and after that eat the cat's food!

Thirdly Cats are way smarter than dogs. Because dogs can only fetch sticks and balls but cats can fetch you cool presents like leaves, mangled mice, broken birds, dried up worms and delicious crunchy cockroaches.

Dogs need a lot of attention and never leave you alone. But us cats don't even care about you that much and we like to be alone. Did You know that cats sleep up to 16 hours a day so that they can leave you alone for longer.

As you can see cats are better than dogs because dogs are noisy, they are weird and they are crazy.

Cats are much quieter than dogs. Dogs are so noisy and cats are as quiet as… ooh a mouse excuse me!

Peacemaking poster

For Week eight R.E. We had to make a poster with the different meanings of peace.

I put in the things that I think mean peace. 

Stopping fights and other things similar to that can make everyone in this world our global neighbour. 

I enjoyed making my poster. I found understanding the different meanings for this challenging.

Is Mr.Wolf guilty?

For week eight we had to write about if Mr. Wolf is guilty.

I think he is not guilty because in his story he said that he put the grandmother in the cupboard because the grandmother did not open the door for him and people in the woods said she was very nice, so the wolf thought this was not the actual nice grandmother like they had said, so he went to look for the real grandmother.

Click on the link to see the video of Mr. Wolf’s story.

I enjoyed reading about the wolf’s story and I found writing it out into my own words tricky.

Lego Zipline

For the last day of lockdown I chose to do the lego challenge.

 

The part I chose to do was the lego zipline.

The first zipline design that I did was a ski lift with a basic wheel that it ran on.

The other zipline I made was a crop dusting plane with tubes slid into the nylon.

I found making the nylon strings stay at the right angle tricky.

Escape house

 For lockdown one of our tasks was to play Kylah's escape house.

I found getting through every room and getting the answers right tricky.

Here are some screenshots of the different things in the rooms.

My favorite room was the one with the tarantula.

I liked Kylah's escape room because it was fun and challenging.

Double Experiments

For Lockdown we had a task to do.

It was to do two experiments,

One with ground peppercorns and soap,

And one where you have to float paper clips.

The reason for doing the experiment is to learn about water tension. You can see an example in the photo I took.

The water molecules stick together and don't break so the paper clip floats.

I found balancing the paper clip onto the other paper clip tricky.

Here is a video of attempt 127. AKA 5.

Egg Experiment

For lockdown one of our tasks was to form a bouncing egg.

First we had to put an egg in a cup of vinegar and cover it under the vinegar.

After that we had to leave it overnight and in the morning take it out and wash it.

I found trying to figure out how long to leave it in the cup tricky.

It was very squishy and slimy when we touched it.

It splattered and my cat ate it up.

I put another egg in for the weekend and will try again on monday.

Update: We left it in longer because we thought it would go rubbery but it broke in my mums hands.

Stop motion animation

One of our lockdown tasks this week was to create a stop motion animation. 

I tied some nylon to the plane so we could hold it in the air. 

I found uploading the photos tricky.

I learnt to use google photos to make an animation.

I enjoyed making the animation and watching the animation afterwards. 

The plane in the animation is a DC-47.

Paralympic facts

Today's lockdown task was to put 5 facts about the paralympics into a template.

I chose these facts because they are about people in our home country New Zealand.

I found finding basic facts to put in tricky.

3D shapes

 Here are some examples of 3D shapes

Bottle fizz experiment

For week five in lockdown we had a task to do.

it was to do an experiment with a bottle, some vinegar, a balloon and baking soda.

First we had to pour some vinegar into the bottle.

Next we had to pour the baking soda in the balloon.

we chose to heat the vinegar and poured it in the bottle.

after that we tipped the baking soda in and it fizzed up.

the baking soda goes into the vinegar and fizzes up the gas and fills the balloon.

Minecraft cat island

For lockdown the class got a task to make a minecraft zoo or a animal shelter.

I named mine cat island because I spawned lots of cats.

I made a little white house next to the other island and connected a cat shelter with red carpets to it.

I also made it one whole island with a tree house with no leaves and a small boat harbour.

here is a birds eye view of cat island with some photos of the inside.