Boy on the Bike

This diagram is about a boy (Mac), Mac and his dad had a bike ride through New Zealand to raise money for the St John's ambulance. Him and his dad was from the top of the North Island to the bottom of North Island. This is about what Mac researched and why it's important.

Maggots Life Cycle

 Yes, It's true that maggots heal wounds and help close them up. Mhm, they are creepy, yucky and slimy. But that slime is a great friend, the slime is a remarkable healing balm used to eat dead tissue within wounds and cleaning it so it can heal. Me and my group made this diagram to thank them. 

Tupaia's Most Famous Drawing

This drawing is a copy of a drawing was done by Tupaia, (Date Unknown). Probably done in Uawa. This drawing is about a Maori trading crayfish to Joseph Banks for a white tapa cloth. During Tupaia's time navigating

Tupaia was a Polynesian navigator and arioi (A priest kind of). He was born in 1725, in Raiatea, French Polynesia. (Date Unknown) and died in 11th of  November, 1770 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

He was a special man. While he was alive and still a navigator he used the stars to guide him on his journey. Tupaia joined James Cook's first voyage. 

James Cook was  a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy. James cook was born in 7 November 1728 in the UK and died 14th of 

Argo Float Diagram

 

This diagram is about a Argo Float. Argo floats are special devices that measure the temperature and salinity of sea water. The data they collect is used by scientists around the world to learn about our oceans.  

This is from my reading Journal.

Diary Entry

Dear Diary,

Memories rush in my mind, while holding this bright sunshine yellow umbrella. I can still feel the vibrations of the rain repeatedly hitting the umbrella. I can hear my dad saying "Everything is going to be alright" 

While I hold this umbrella, all I could think of is where would my dad be without me? I remembered  his stressed looking face but smiles everytime he looked at me. 

I thanked the girl for giving me the umbrella. Her mum walked to me and said "Everything is going to be alright."

Sailing With The Homies

      

                                         Sailing 

First of all, I want to thank St Johns Rotary for sponsoring us to go to Sailing at Okahu Bay. We really appreciate it... thank you.

At Okahu Bay,  my class and I did a very fun activity... Sailing. When we got to our location on a bus the sky was grey, the salty water looked very cold and the little sailing boat  we were to go in gave me claustrophobia vibes. 

After we talked about saftey rules, ate morning tea we had a little korero. I partnered up with my classmate Peter and we were all building our boat and looking at the finished boat to figure how to make our boat perfect for us to go on the ocean. 

It was time to go sailing and get wet!, I rushed to my boat but my brain wasn't working.  I forgot to wear my Swim Suit!. Me and my classmates went to the changing room and changed into our outfit. Our outfit was a lifejacket and waterproof bright red jacket. 

We all got into our boats and me and my partner Peter started confused. "What's this for?"  "Uhh, whats this thingy?" We worked it out and we are ready to ride like the waves. We were all organized as numbers like "1 2 3 4 5 6" It was time for all of us to disconnect from each other. I was steering and looking at the sky and then a ball was thrown at me "What the? Oh nah who ever threw that is gonna get hurt" I said.  "Ball Tiggy!" said the life guards. Peter and I sailed away as fast as we could.

I hit one of the girls on their head with a ball. I was imagining myself with unlimited balls and repeatedly throwing at them. I was full of laughter throwing the balls at them. The most embarrasing thing that happened was that I was the first ever person to fall in the water swimming like a maniac to get bak in the boat. But it was fun. Peter and I kept on falling but on purpose because being in the water was fun. 

Once we all finished sailing we changed into our warm clothes and went on the bus and the boys sang "IN the jungle the quiet jungle the lion sleeps tonight". "Im a barbie girl in a barbie world"  all the way home. 

Thank you St Johns Rotary for the fun. And thank you teachers for looking after us. And thank you bus driver for not complaning about our annoying voices singing and taking us to the sailing.

My Value

Today we discussed our values. We had to think deeply and hard about what really counts. I chose the value Nature because nature  helps us to live. Nature  trees  gives us oxygen to breath and nutritious fruits to eat and drink and wood to make houses.  Nature is beautiful for its greenry, birds singing, sunshine and most importantly humans. Us humans have to look after Nature.

We created our value  in clay so we could think about our values more and what it meant to us  personally. 

With my clay I made a tree and a butterfly. I made a tree for its oxygen and food. I also made a butterfly for its beautiful multicoloured wings and the pollen it spreads to create other plant life.