Summer learning journey task 4

Reflection on Stone Carving.

Things that i accomplished.

• Using a Oamaru stone to sculpt.
• Completed all the sculptures before display.
• Using new tools on stone like chisel, cheese grater, rasp and mellet.

My favorite part.

          My favorite part was honestly sculpting the stone  and while not sculpting doing something fun.

                                                    What was challenging for me.

• Drawing the shape i want the stone.
• Getting the shape that you you drawn like grating and sanding it.

                                                     What can we do better to improve stone sculpting.

        Get more teachers to help us finish our work.

        We could talk less and work more.

I really enjoyed Stone Sculpting and Mr. Mitchell learnt us new things to improve our stone sculpting.

Reflection of Cybersmart.

Term 3: We done Smart Footprint. Smart Footprint is where you search information about people.

Term 4 :We done research challenge where we have to google answers for questions that the teachers gave us.

My favorite thing about Cyber smart this year was that we blogged and learnt about blogging save.

Something i did not enjoy was the amount of time the teachers gave us.

Something my teacher did well is she explained in a way that everybody understands.

Something she can do better is give us some more time on the challenges they give.

Cybersmart this year was fun and i hope next year will be too.

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The miracle of the bike in the tree.

Are you also wondering why this bike is in the tree or who found the bike in the tree?You will find out now.

A man called Ben is a travels around the world to find mysterious stuff that no one ever saw.One day Ben wandered through the a forest and came off with this mysterious tree.He took a picture and almost  told the whole world about the mystery.Here is what the old man told people, a man buried a seed and left his bike there,waiting for his return.

What if it is  just a MYTH.

Comment down below what you believe please.

Day 5 of stone carving

Today group A was in the workshop first we were in there with Mr. Mitchell and  Miss Kavanagh.
We used a grasp, chisel , cheese grater and mellet.

Period 3:We were in the work shop and carried on with the  HaraKeke and my HaraKeke broke so i made a love heart.

Period 4:We were in J1 blogging and carrying on with with our posters.

Period 5: We were in the workshop and we were still continuing with the HaraKeke while i was still busy with my heart.

Dear Emma SLJ

I registered to the summer learning journey.

Dear Emma,

My name is Mika, and I am from Cape Town, South Africa and now live in New Zealand, I am 11 years old, I am currently a year 7 student at Hornby High School. I  enjoy swimming, reading, writing, playing recorder and piano. I like writing stories related to me or most of the  time, made up stories.
My favorite animal is a pug.My favorite sport is Netball, I played netball since Year 4. I love going out to new places with my family were I have not been before. I also love going to new park and walk there for hours. My thing to do in my free time is to draw, write or listen to music. I speak two languages at home Afrikaans and English.

If I won the Summer Learning Journey I would love to win a chrome book because I never had one before and it would actually help me to get my work done faster.

Day 4 of stone carving

Today for stone carving we done a lot of carving an focusing.

Period 2:We were in the workshop and we finished our Koru and i finished my Koru now it is ready for the sprying. When we finished we had 2 choices first choice was to start on your big project and second choice was to do another small personal project i choosed a nother personal project so i made a HaraKeke.

Period 3:We were in J1 i drew some pictures of my big plan i got alot of ideas by the teachers.

Period 4: We were in the workshop again and we started on the form of the HaraKeke and cut it out then the bell went for lunch.

Period 5:We were in J1 and we were blogging and then packed up  and went home.

How to improve your vocabulary.

How to improve your vocabulary.

1:Use New Words.Use a word immediately after you learn it.

2:Read Every Day. Once you're out of school, word drills and assigned reading become things of the past.

3:Learn Roots. Learn the roots of words, dive in deeper for information about that word.

4:Learn New Words Every Day.

5:Look up Words You Don't Know.

    

     This is ways you can improve your vocabulary but the main key is patience, i know because i struggled to improve my vocabulary but this steps actually helped me and maybe it will help you, so try it out.

Comment  below and say if it helped you or if you are going to show to to your friends or family member struggling with their vocabulary.

Day 3 of stone sculpting

Today period 3 we were in J1 for research and this is that is what i done.
We used a grasp, chisel , cheese grater and mellet.

When i got the photo of the koru i saw that it is way smaller then i thought so i started over  and came out with this:

Period 4 we were in the workshop and all we done is sanded it smooth and we learnt that we have to turn it smooth even if it is smooth.

Period 5 we were in J1 again and we blogged  and carried on with our work

SLJ prep Learn About South Africa

WALT:To find out more about South Africa and prep for summer earning journey.

Here is Cape Town.                                            Flag of South Africa.

Hi here is some information about South Africa. The capital city of South Africa is Cape Town. The population of Cape Town is  3.81 million. The climate in January  is 8 to 28 degrees Celsius. The capital city is located in the southern tip of continent. The common languages in South Africa is English and Afrikaans. Here are some facts about  South Africa. Table Mountain in Cape Town is believed to be one of the oldest mountains in the world and one of the planet’s 12 main energy centres, radiating magnetic, electric or spiritual energy. Some countries have deserts; some have subtropical forests, right? South Africa has: deserts, wetlands, grasslands, bush, subtropical forests, mountains and escarpments. South Africa’s drinking water is rated 3rd best in the world for being “safe and ready to drink”. South Africa is extremely rich in mining and minerals and considered the world’s leader with nearly 90% of all the platinum metals on earth and around 41% of all the world’s Gold! There are more than 2000 shipwrecks off the South African coast, most dating back at least 500 years.

Day 2 of stone sculpting

Today we were doing alot of focusing.
We used a grasp, chisel , cheese grater and mellet.

We were  trying to finish our koru and then we switched we done some more moari designs and bloged.

Day one of stone sculpting.

Today we got separate into group A and B.
We used a grasp, chisel , cheese grater and mellet.

Group A starting sculpting first and group B drawed they big sculpting plan.

We made a koru first and then we switched. when we switched we drawed moari designs.

Passion projects

Pasion projects link.

https://sites.google.com/hornby.school.nz/passionprojects2018/home

Amphibious Walking Machine

This invention was initially created as a walking machine and then was tweaked in 1932 to become amphibious. But neither of these are its main purpose now. What is the invention?

The invention is the first ever amphibious bicycle which was invented by Baron Von Drais.

We used google images and the “all” filter.

We have learnt that you can use the filters for more or better info.

travel problem

Explorers from Kushiro, Pevek and Namsos arrived at the North Pole and checked their watches. If they arrived at 11:42 am, 12:17 pm and 3 am, respectively,which team was first?

Time:                                 Time in North Pole:

11:42 am Kushiro              3:55 PM

12:17 pm Pevek

3:00 am Namsos

Team evek was first

Search bar , natural results, filters

Search bar: Where you enter your question.


Natural results: The answer you get related to your question.


Filters: Where you find more information.

Bonus question: Post Malone

Please comment

Facts about NZ

1. The kea, a bird native to NZ, is known for pulling windscreen wipers off cars and eating the strips of rubber from windows.

2. The longest place name in the world is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a hill in Hawkes Bay.

3. No part of the country is more than 128km (79 miles) from the sea.

4. In the scene of Star Trek: First Contact, where we see Earth from space, Australia and Papua New Guinea are clearly visible but New Zealand is missing.

5. Wellington is the southernmost capital city in the world.

6. Only 5% of NZ's population is human- the rest are animals.

7. Blue Lake, in Nelson Lakes National Park, has the clearest water in the world.

8. New Zealand is home to the world's smallest dolphin species.  8. There are no land snakes, native or introduced, in NZ.

8. New Zealand has three official languages: English, Māori and New Zealand Sign Language.

 9. New Zealand is home to the world's smallest dolphin species.

10. There are no land snakes, native or introduced, in NZ.

Do you know any facts of lands that i maybe dont know please tell me in the comments 

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Jokes for kids



Lets see if you can get the next jokes answers correct in the comments!!!

• What do you call a bear with no teeth?
• Why  are teddy bears  never hungry?
• Why did the student eat is homework?
• Why was the broom late for school?
• A crocodile makes shoes what does a slipper make?
• Why did the can crusher quit his job?

This was a few jokes lets see your answers in the comments!!!!!

We are doing a comment challenge and I need your help.
All you got to do is comment and I get some points. 

week7

We are doing 3D and 2D shapes on isometric paper and in our books. Here is some photos.

week 6

This week we done rocket maths and catched up

week 5

This week we done division sums.
Our math teacher help us and gave us more sums. We are done and it is marked. Here is a picture:

 Wednesday we are doing  geometry. 

We made shapes out of blocks and paper and gave it to our math teacher.

week 4

This week we learnt a new method to do number problems.
It is called a number line it is easy to do but hard to explain the number line.Here is a photo.

letter for application

177 Holland street

Hornby

Christchurch 8024

13 August, 2018

Whaea Raewyn Davis

Hornby High school

180 Waterloo road

Hornby

Christchurch 8024

Dear Whaea Raewyn  

I am interested in applying for the teacher job that has been advertised on the television and in the newspaper.I worked for Miss Alpers as a Kete teacher and a second hand teacher if she needed  me I was there.I would honoured to work for you.

As you can see from my cv,I have done marketing that is nothing close to teaching. I have been teaching a year 3 class before with another teacher but the school closed down and I would like to be a primary teacher again. I have been teaching for 5 years at HPS till the school closed then went to marketing for 5 months and would like to continue being a teacher again.I want to take a step forward and teach alone.

I would very much like a opportunity to meet with you to discuss the whole teacher story. Thank you for reading my application.

Yours sincerely

Mika G

respect term3 philosophy

This term we are unpacking respect and what it means and how to show it. we could choose between places,people.property and beliefs. My group chose property.Let us first see what respect is.Respect is a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

This was our work from philosophy, We have been looking at respect  for the past few weeks. We chose to do the respect post about respecting property because we wanted to do places and then most people were so we decided to do property.Here is a slide to show you what we done.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ntvyPAa8gq86Oahd3h_0ToSrTojuqmYb_U-vgQbVQfM/edit?usp=sharing

week 3

This week we make 3D shapes. We used play-do and sticks here is some photos of my shapes.
Here is my tetrahedron

 Here is my 3d hexagon

week 3 dlo

This week we still work with a protekter

maths DLO

This week we learnt to work with protractor and how to measure with one.











That is a protractor the bottom line is the base line.
                                                                                  In the middle of the base line there is the centerline.

I enjoyed working with the protractor and it is fun.

fun with fractions

this week we have learnt about fractions. Fractions is When a whole is divided into equal pieces, if fewer equal pieces are needed to make up the whole, then each piece must be larger. When two positive positive fractions have the same numerator, they represent the same number of parts, but in the fraction with the smaller denominator, the parts are larger.


IF the number under the line is smaller than the number above the line you times it to get the answer.
If the number is smaller you divide it to get the answer.

Marine biology 

Information about dolphins : 

Small dolphins eat fishes like herring,cod or mackerel.

Larger dolphins like killer whales eat marine mammals like seals or sea lions and sometimes even turtles.

Dolphins catch fish by slapping their tail o n the ground to beat up sand around the fish to make a "wall"and fish don't  go trough they jump  over and the dolphins wait around the"wall" and catch the fish.

Information about different types of dolphins:
A common Bottlenose 
A killer whale

Piggy Sue

Piggy Sue

I think all the animals should have the right to run in the wild and not be treated the way humans want to treat them.

Piggy Sue is about a pig who got found in the middle  of the road ,the man tried to find its owner but could not and finally found it he saw a sign saying free range pork and gave a empty box to the farmer and kept the piggy without permission.

I don't think it's fair of the man to keep the Piggy because it's her pig and he found what he want and she lost what was hers. I also think it's unfair for the people to eat the animals.

Pascal's Triangle - Mika

For maths we tried the pascal's triangle, I will show you what I finished and how I finished plus some patterns I found.
 It goes from the second row down and you would find the answer.
The rows double by the side for example 1+1=2 +2=4

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