Margaret Mahy Playground

Why is Margaret Mahy Famous?

Margaret Mahy was a Children's author at Christchurch City Libraries, she was one of the world's best and most famous children's authors. Margaret Mahy was born in Whakatane in 1936 and wrote her first story at the age of seven. She published more than 120 books.

BioGraphy about Margaret Mahy

Water Safety Tips

What do we need to remember to be safe in the water? 

We need to remember Sunblock, proper swimwear, and everything you need to know to go swimming and go in the water.

Here are quite a few tips on water safety for you, and things you need to remember! 

Child Poverty

 

Coastal Wolves

Coastal Wolves

• Physical appearance and traits

The grey wolf generally looks similar to domestic sled dogs, but with a few differences. a larger head, longer legs, bigger feet, a straighter tail and a narrower chest.

• Their habitat and environment 

Coastal wolves are only found west of the Coast Mountain Range, in the remote temperate rainforest of coastal the great bear rainforest. This range includes the many islands and archipelagos on the coast, as they are swimmers.

• Diet

Wolves eat salmon. In spawning season the fish make up 25% of these wolves diet. These wolves are beachcombers. They chew barnacles, scarf up the roe that herring lay on kelp, and feast on dead whales.

• Threats - why do they need our protection?

They are being threatened on all sides by hunting, trapping and industry. Road building and clear cut logging have appeared to be harmful to wolves, not only destroying the forests they live in but making it easier for hunters to gain access to coast wolves.

Heroes And Villians Timeline

Heroes and Villians Timeline

We are studying a famous political figure

Gymnastics

 Gymnastics

Today my focus was learning new skills and trying my harder with skills I already know.

The skills I did today were...

• Handstand
• Forward roll/backwards roll
• Cartwheels
• Caterpillar push up

Here is a video of Me, Chloe and Talia attempting a caterpillar push up

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DzPT4WOCsC16rMgoqytKWabQChp2am7w/view?usp=sharing

Leadership Styles

 

Business & Enterprise Refelction

Yesterday on Wednesday 23rd september we had our business and enterprise, it was a really nice sunny day.

We started off by setting up our table and organizing, we were selling around 42 wheat bags and about 15 face masks. Then people came over and started to buy our products. Before thee community came in we had made $8, then after that, we stared getting more people buying our products! 

There were lots if teachers and people from the community buying our products, and some students.

In the end we had sold out and made a profit of $119.

Over all the market day was pretty fun and people were really nice and everyone did good!

Apple Sauce Muffins - Home Ec

Apple Sauce Muffins

In home ec, we made Apple Sauce muffins.

In my opinion, they were discussing.

The apple sauce muffins were not cooked for long enough so they were still raw.

The reason why I didn't like them with because the flavour was not that nice, and there were too much apple and too much oats.

Even with the different recipes, the Apple Sauce muffins were yuck.

Instrument Evaluation

Thursday 17th September

Instrument Evaluation

1. What have you studied in Music this term?

( Write in your own words)

We have been studying guitar, piano and ukelele. And we have been researching about piano and the history of some interments

2. Which instrument have you enjoyed and why?

I have enjoyed the piano and ukelele because they were the easiest to play and the most fun.

2. Which instrument did you find the most challenging and why?

I find the guitar most challenging because it's too big more me to hold and my fingers are too small to play the cords.

2. Which instrument are you going to focus on for the rest of the term and why? What would you like to achieve?

I am going to focus on ukelele for the rest of the term because it was the easiest.  I would like to be able to play a whole song with the ukelele.

Business and Enterprise

For school, we are doing business and enterprise, we will be making product for people to buy.

Our company is called Stitch by Stitch, in my group is Talia, Chloe Nykachia, and Me/Mya.

In our business, we are making face masks, pocket-sized wheat bags and some medium-sized wheat bags. We will also be making gifts bags for a deal. The gift bags will have a face mask, pocket-sized wheat bag the next one will have a face mask and medium-sized face mask, and another will probably have medium-sized and pocket-sized and a face mask in it.

With our project, we are up to doing our poster and advertising, getting our fabrics cut out, and getting our resources for our product.

Our next steps are finishing our advertising, sewing our product, making the wheat bags and putting the elastic in our masks.

On the day of the market day, I am excited for the people to come and buy our product.

I reckon our business will do good because people will hopefully buy our products.

How to become prime minister

End Of Life Choice Referendum

End Of Life Choice 

Referendum

Positives

The family will be there to  love you while you pass

A person doesn't suffer from pain

Die in peace

People should be allowed to choose

Negatives 

Doctors don't agree with this

parents of these under the age can choose

If they get the medicine but then decide their not ready to die

The family aren't ready for there loved ones to die 

People will try and use it in the right reasons

Who eligible for assisted dying?

To be able to ask for assisted dying, a person must meet ALL the following criteria. They must:

• Be aged 18 years or older
• Be a citizen or Permanent resident of New Zealand
• Suffer from a terminal illness that's likely to end their life within 6 months 
• Have a significant and ongoing decline in physical capability
• Experience unbearable suffering that cannot be eased
• Be able to make an informed decision about assisted dying

A person would not be eligible for assisted dying id the only reason they give is that they are suffering from a mental illness, or have a disability of any kind, or are of advanced age.

explain what citizens are

I support this in a way because, if the person is in a lot of pain, not long to live and nothing to heal them, it should be ok.

Classify the following

What I think the questions are - Legislative, Judiciary, Executive.

1. Legislative
2. Executive
3. Judiciary
4. Executive
5. Legislative
6. Judiciary
7. Legislative 

These may be wrong but this is what I think

The Guitar

-Add a picture of a labelled guitar 

-What is challenging about playing/learning the guitar 
The guitar is too big for me to hold, and my fingers are too small to do the cords
-What are the differences between guitar and ukulele 
A ukulele is smaller, more high pitched and easier to use, while a guitar is bigger harder to use and is not as high pitched.
-Find a song that you like where the guitar is the main instrument 
add the link to your blog and explain who performs it/sings it an why you like it
?

Potato Frittata

Potato Frittata

In home ec we made potato frittata, how we made it was, cut up the potatoes then cook them, cook onion, then egg.
Our dish looked good, I didn't really enjoy the smell of it, and it didn't taste good either (in my opinon).
I would rate our dish 1-10, because, I didn't like it and it was basiclly a omlet with potato, and it had to much egg in it. I 
What I would do diffrently next time is add way less egg and add seasoning.

Social Studies - Lawyer Paragraph

' The black death is thought to have originated in Asia, but then travelled to Europe in 1347 '
Traders in Crimea have been besieged for three years by Tartar hordes from Central Asia. The black death breaks out among the Tartars. The Tartars use their siege machines for fling their dead inside the walls of the fort. The disease spreads to the people inside the fort. The Tartars flee. The survivors from inside the fort set sail for Europe bringing the disease with them.

The symptoms and signs of the septicemic plague included:

• Fever and chills.
• Extreme weakness.
• Abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting.
• Bleeding from your mouth, nose or rectum, or under your skin.
• Shock.
• boils the size of apples.
• Blackening and death of tissue (gangrene) in your extremities, most commonly your fingers, toes and nose.

The symptoms and signs of bubonic plague may include:

• Sudden onset of fever and chills
• Headache
• Fatigue or malaise
• Muscle aches

The symptoms and signs of the Pneumonic plague:

• Cough, with bloody mucus (sputum)
• Difficulty breathing
• Nausea and vomiting
• High fever
• Headache
• Weakness
• Chest pain

How did the people with the black death try and cure it? Here are some of the cures they tried: 

• Rubbing onions, herbs or a chopped up snake (if available) on the boils or cutting up a pigeon and rubbing it over an infected body.
• Drinking vinegar, eating crushed minerals, arsenic, mercury or even ten-year-old treacle!
• Sitting close to a fire or in a sewer to drive out the fever, or fumigating the house with herbs to purify the air.
• People who believed God was punishing you for your sin, 'flagellants', went on processions whipping themselves.
• In the 1361 - 1364 outbreak, doctors learned how to help the patient recover by bursting the buboes.
• Doctors often tested urine for colour and health. Some even tasted it to test.

The Piano.

The Piano

1. Where was the piano invented and by who?

The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Italy.

2. What did the first piano look like?

The piano looks like a harpsichord

3. What is the difference between a piano and a keyboard

A piano is an acoustic instrument with weighted keys whereas a keyboard is an electric instrument with lighter keys than a piano. Each instrument has its own unique benefits and features.

4. What have you enjoyed about learning the piano/keyboard have you found challenging 

I have enjoyed learning songs on the keyboard. What I have found challenging is making the keys sound good when I'm playing it.

Health.

What are some different words to describe diverse genders? 

Agender

Non binary

Intersex

What are some different words to describe diverse sexualities? 

In health the past couple of weeks we have learning about diversity, and different names for people who associate with different genres. Here are some examples.

Bisexual

Heterosexual

Homosexual

Why might people who identify as gender non-binary, or with diverse sexuality, have challenges with their wellbeing?

Because they might no identify as male or female and
What can a person do if their wellbeing is affected by questions of gender or sexuality? 

Home Economics - Vegetarian Nachos

In home economics we made nachos!
The were really good!

Home Economics - Stir Fry

In home economics we made stir fry!
The were really good!

100 Word story

 Once Jack and Chris were eating powerful chicken strips. They were delicious. They wanted more. There was none left, so the boys went on a tiny adventure.

The boys left the house. Poof! Gone. Suddenly Jack and Chris appeared again. BOO! There was a gigantic, imperfect monster. They started running really fast. The boys ran and ran until they got to this huge camera. They stared at the camera.

BOOM,  CRASH, BANG, KAPOW!

“What was that?” 

“Huh?”, Jack turned around. There was the monster. 

Zoom! Zap! 

The boys were home. 

They  looked at each other.

“Magnificent, excellent and SO hilarious!!.”

Home Ec - Pita Pockets

Pita Pockets

What we did to make these pita pockets.

What we needed

- Lettuce

- Tomato

- Red onion

- Cheese

- Ham

- Carrot

- Pita pockets

Mayo and sauces are optional.

First off we started by grating cheese, cutting tomatoes, slicing the ham, cutting the red onions, grating the carrot and slicing the lettuce.

In my opinion the pita pockets were a bit dry. But after all the pita pockets were really good.

My team worked well together.

Particle Theory And Diffusion

This week we are looking at particle theory and diffusion.
Diffusion. Particles more from high concentration (where there is more) to low concentration (less particles).
-Aim: Investigate if particles diffuse faster in hot or cold water.

-Hypothesis: I think it is going to move quicker and diffuse faster in hot water, because particles move faster in hot water and slower in cold water.

-Results: What we saw was that that in the cold water they purple stuff started spreading but really slowly, and in the hot water the purple stuff moved a lot faster.

-Discussion: This happened because particles move faster in hot water.

Where the black death fits in history.

Where the black deaths fits in history.

Middle Ages Pyramid

Music Term 3

-Why did you choose music?

I didn't choose music, my Sister choose

-What would you like to learn in music?

I'm not to sure what I would like to learn

-Do you play instrument?

No I don't but I kinda of know how to play ukulele

-Who is your favourite singer/band, why?

Jonas Bothers, One Direction, Backstreet Boys, Michael Jackson, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Beyonce, 

-Name 5 of your favourite songs

What a man gotta do, Party in the USA, Teenager in love, 

Home Economics - Cheese Puffs

Cheese Puffs

 (Recipe for Team of 4)

Ingredients

• 2 c flour
• 6 t baking powder
• 4 c cheese - grated
• 2 eggs
• 1 c milk
• cayenne pepper - pinch

Method

1. Sift flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
2. Add grated cheese and mix lightly with a fork.
3. Put eggs into a small bowl and whisk.
4. Add milk and whisk again.
5. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Do not over mix.
6. Put even sized spoonfuls of mixture onto baking paper onto 2 oven trays.
7. Fan bake at 200°C for 10-12 minutes.
8. Check puffs are lightly golden and well risen.

These cheese puffs were really easy to make. 

In my opinion they weren't the best and I wasn't a fan of the cheese puffs. But other people liked them.

I gave my cheese puffs to Milan and Sofia because they liked them.

If I was to make these again I would.

(We also forgot to take photos.)

Distillation

Distillation 

Intro - for chemistry we are doing a distillation experiment with coke.

Hypothesis - I think it will take the liquid from the coke.

Results - after it evaporated the liquid and left sugar at the bottom. and created a liquid from the gas by condensing.

Social Studies - World tallest tsunami + buildings comparisons

For social studies we made a timeline Create a pictograph or a paper timeline that shows how tall this Tsunami was compared to famous landmarks 

Evaporation Experiment!

Evaporation Experiment.

Intro - We have been learning about evaporation 
Evaporation is when you change a liquid to a gas.

Aim - To evaporate copper sulfate (blue liquid).

Hypothesis - I think the copper sulfate will change to a gas, because we are heating it up and it will evaporate the liquid.

Equipment - copper sulfate solution, 250mL beaker, heat proof mat, evaporating basin, element, gauze mat.

Method 

1. Set up element.
2. Add 100mL hot water to the beaker and place on the element.
3. Add copper sulfate to the evaporating basin until it is quarter full.
4. Carefully, place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker.
5. Turn on element to 8.
6. Heat the solution until most of the solvent has been evaporated and crystals of solute is forming.
7. turn off the element- careful not to touch as will be hot for a long time.

Observation - I saw steam forming and I heard nothing because it was a fail

Conclusion -

Discussion -

Evaluation -