Current Events

A Lamb Born Without Its Wool Coat

http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/bald-lamb-given-coat/

A lamb born without its own wool coat is being kept warm in a borrowed fluffy fleece. The lamb has been nicknamed Skippy because they think that he looks like a kangaroo. He was born on a farm in Wiltshire, in South West England. Skippy was abandoned by his mother. A jacket has been tailor-made for the lamb with clumps of fleece placed around him. Ms. Fisher, who is looking after Skippy, said that they made a little jacket for him to wear out of an old jumper to keep him warm at night.

My Opinion:

I think that this is just the cutest thing ever, giving a sheep that was born without a coat a nice furry coat! And it is also awesome because they actually found it and took it into care and made it a coat.

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Music Reflection

This term we have been doing music in room 10. For music we are doing rubbish bin drumming. I have learnt about different notes and beats I have also learnt to play the drums and different beats on rubbish bins. I have enjoyed working with others in my class. I am interested in learning more about drumming. I need to improve in doing two things at the same time because I get a bit mixed up when I drum with two different things going on.

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Current Events

$20, $50 and $100 New Zeland bank notes are out!

A couple of months after the launching the brand new $5 and $10 notes, the $20, $50 and $100 notes launched out  on Monday 11 of April by the Governor General at a special event at the Government House in Wellington.  The new notes are brighter colours and have larger print. The notes now have updated security features to make it harder to counterfeit our notes, but easier for you to check them. You can still use the old notes, but they will be gradually be phased out. Approximately 345,000 of the new Series 7 banknotes have been dispatched to banks to meet their orders. This compares with about 45,000,000 Series 6 $5 and $10 notes currently in circulation.

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My Opinion:

I think that is is so cool how they have finally launched out the new notes. I like them lots better than the other notes because the colours are much better they are brighter and the birds are a bit different on them.

Marama Weekly Goal

Easter

 Ahhhhh a chocolate filled morning. My room is full of chocolate, end to end... Suddenly I wake up. There is no chocolate in my room, except for the marshmallow eggs from last night. I am so disappointed. Nobody is awake yet so I go and sit down on the couch and watch t.v. A few hours later we are off on our trip to Hahei.  Soon enough we were at Hahei, everybody leaves me at the car to grab Dad’s, Mum’s and my bag. We go upstairs to have some lunch. CHEEEEESE sandwiches, and after Nana brings through three boxes. One for me, one for Ben and one for Xavier. Mine had a white chocolate egg with milk bottles and little eggs inside. I ate some Lindt chocolate eggs and a really big caramello egg too. 

Once we have all finished our lunch we head down to the beach. I take my surfboard and a towel. We meet Lara and Chris down at the beach. Xavier, Ben and I decide to swim out to the boy, we do and then we come back. This time, we go out to a boat trailer and I jump off of the trailer. We have a half hour break and then I ask everyone if they would like to swim out to the boy with me, Dad, Ethan and Ben say yes. We swim out to the boy and Dad suggests that we swim out to one that is even further out, we all say YES. After, we all come back in and have some of Lara's cookies. About an hour later we go back tot he house and just chill. I have a shower, get changed and go upstairs. I get some chips out of the cupboard and eat them. We end up having lamb chops and sausages for dinner. 

The next day we go down to the beach and there are HUGE waves we go down really early about 10 o'clock. I surf heaps of waves and then Xavier and Ben come down with the old sea biscuit and Xavier brings it into the water and Ben Jumps into it. He actually rides the wave up to the beach without flipping. We do much more waves until we have had enough. Then we go back to the house have a shower and get ready to go back home. Since the traffic is so bad we decided to go down The 309 Road. It was a really bad road. 

We stopped at the Coromandel Water Works on our trip down The 309 Road. We walk into the entrance and go to the first attraction a pond with a sign that says beware of the crocs. Guess what was in the pond? Crocs, the actual shoe crocs! There was another attraction near there and it was a long drop Ben was already over there so I went over He opened the door and I went in... the Dad closed the door and this clown farmer thing was laughing! It was so creepy. there were to that I really like it was the hamster wheel and the flying bikes. The hamster wheel was so fun even Dad came in with Me, Ben and Xavier. I also loved the flying bikes. The flying bikes was two bikes that are attached to two poles that are going out horizontally. You are ff of the ground it was so cool. You have to pedal to make the bikes fly I had great fun there. There were so many creations that had to do with water it was amazing, I really enjoyed my Easter.

Writing And Me

Goal Reflection

Goal: I can make positive choices that are right for my OWN learning.

Reflection:

I think that I have made positive choices for my learning. I tried my best to make choices that a right for my learning but at some points I didn't make the right choices and sat with people who distracted me. Throughout the three days, I have made my own choices to sit where I want to and do what work I wanted to. I made some good choices by going into the quiet zone to do my AWS and my IE research. I think that I could have done better to make my choices.

Individual Endeavour

Individual Endeavour

This year Marama is doing Individual Endeavours. Individual Endeavour is basically like a one person IMPACT. First we chose our topic and  planned whats specific piece of the topic that we were going to learn about and then we would see who we could contact, how we would share it and what we were going to create once we have finished our research. At first I had no idea of what I was going to choose for my topic. I knew that I really like music so I chose that but... I needed to refine it so I chose a specific kind of music. Indonesian Music. Once we had got our idea we went back to the start. The teachers made us a generating ideas doc which had  these questions What are some of your current likes/loves?  How do you spend you time out of school? What are you curious about?  If you could learn more about anything, what would it be?  What do you wonder about? There was also a seek of approval doc which was where you put all of your questions, keywords, refined questions and what you plan to make, how you share it and who you will share it with. Now I will stop yabbering and talk about my IE! As you know I chose to do my IE on Indonesian music. Mrs Hull even has a sister that lives in Jakarta so i will have someone to contact Mrs Hull thinks that she might have some insight on Indonesian music!! I have planned and researched three of my questions so far. Those questions are;

1. How does an pan flute work? How is musical sound created out of a pan flute?
2. What was the first design of an Indonesian instrument? What was the first instrument?
3. What is the most popular Indonesian song and what makes it so popular?

I have found out that the first instrument made was a flute it the ones that were found were made out of bird bones and mammoth ivory, they were found in a caves called The Swabian caves. They made them about 40,000 years ago. Early humans probably spent their late afternoon sitting around the fire playing bone flutes and singing songs 40,000 years ago, newly discovered ancient musical instruments the bone flutes push back the date researchers think human creativity evolved and when humans came upon earth. I have also found out that the most popular indonesian song ever is Iwan Fals - Yang Terlupakan ( The Forgotten ) This song was first released in 1981 since then it has been the most popular song in Indonesia. It has been named an eternal song. It has been popular since the 90s and one of the best songs from Iwan Fals. I also found out how pan flutes work here is my answer: When you blow across the open end of a panflute the closed end of the tube will vibrate at a pitch which will make the flute create a sound, If I cut make the tube size in half the sound will become higher pitched. The more that I take off of the bamboo the higher the sound will be. The pan flute sound is created by the vibration of an airstream that’s blowing across an open hole at one end of the tube. The length of the tube determines the frequency that the pan flute will make. I am planning to make a pan flute out of pipe, string, glue and tape, I have researched on how I am going to create it I even have a video that will show me!. I am also planning to do a slideshow (Emaze) to present what I have learnt I have this week and next week to complete my project I think that I have put in the time and the effort to have a good solid presentation. Have you learnt lots yet? I have! I am having a great time learning about Indonesian music/culture and I hope that I will be able to finish it on time!

 

Current Events

3D Cat Armour

http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/3d-cat-amour/

Do you ever feel like your cat might get hurt out catching prey or fighting your neighbor's cat? What you need is 3D cat armour! With a 3D printer and the internet you will have cat armour very soon. It was created by a company called Print that thing and the instructions have been uploaded to Thingiverse. The 3D cat armour created with a 3D printer, which will protect your cat from harm's way.

My opinion:

I think that this is a great idea! But it will only protect the top side of your cat not the underside of it, which will need to be changed.






Here is a video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl2nGpQK1U4

Current Events

Current Events

http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/company-release-hoverboard/


A company has released a hover board. If you’ve ever seen Back to the Future 2, then you will remember the flying skateboard which Marty McFly uses to fly through the air. A company in California has created a real life hoverboard.There is no air used to lift the board. The company has used magnetic technology to keep the board off the ground. In the future this technology could be used in earthquakes and floods to lift buildings so they don't get ruined.

My Opinion:

I think that the idea of using it for getting buildings out of the way of earthquakes and floods is a good idea because it will cost the people who own the buildings nothing! But for people I will make us lazy we will stop walking everywhere and human race will be wiped out.

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Current Events

Current Events

http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/dominos-trial-robot-delivery/

Domino's has announced that it is going to be trialling a robot that will deliver pizzas to New Zealand customers. The robot is called DRU. The company has been working with the government to get a permit to use this robot to deliver pizzas to hungry customers. Simon Bridges said that using the robot is an exciting opportunity. New Zealand is one of the first countries to be able to use this DRU for testing this pizza delivery robot. No date has been set for when it will be tested, but I hope it comes soon!

My Wonderings:

Wouldn't someone be able to steal the pizza out of it? How would the pizza stay hot? Would it go on the road? How many pizzas could it hold?


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Hockey Big Day Out 2016!

Yesterday Ngatea Primary School had their Hockey Big Day Out! In my team there was Me, Sophie, Brooke, Alex, Hamish, Logan, Matthew and Osten. My whole team was so excited to play our four games throughout the day. I was in the team Ngatea Lions, we played amazing together we won all of our pool games but then it came down to the final to win all of the games that we have played. We were playing against Ngatea Jaguars, we were all set for our game waiting for the bell... RINGGG🔔 RINGGG🔔 we've started the game. I was in defence with Sophie and Hamish we were defending the goal so that it would either be a draw or we could win by a goal buuuuuuuut Liam just slipped the ball into the goal. The were some really big hits in our game. Liam got another goal but it wasn't counted. I was a rough battle for the win but unfortunately we didn't score a goal. So the win went to the Ngatea Jaguar's instead of the Ngatea Lions.

Tech Project

Every  Thursday at 10.30-12.30 we have tech at HPC for my first four weeks of trial tech I did fabrics with Mrs McCormack. At the start we got a booklet to learn how to thread up the machine and how to sew properly. Then we sewed on a piece of paper with no thread to make sure that we can sew straight lines, my lines were quite straight. Then we did our drivers licence which was the same but with corners, we started to use the sewing machines and took the drivers test for the sewing machines and sewed on a little piece of fabric to practice before we started making our pencil cases. I got my sewing drivers licence. Then we moved on to our designs for our pencil case. We had to chose the colour of the zip and the colour and kind of fabric that we want. For my pencil case I chose a turquoise zip and yellow fabric but we were only allowed to use the cotton fabric because that was the only fabric that was suitable for the sewing machines that we were using. On the last week we sewed on the zip and sewed the two pieces of fabric together, and the zig zag neatened the fabric so it wouldn't fray and cut of the extra threads and then we were finished.

Current Events

Food Delivery Service For Lazy People

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/small-business/77734710/food-delivery-service-expanding-first-stop-hamilton


Do you ever crave food that you don't have, but don't want to put your on pants and face the world? If you are from Hamilton here is your answer. There is a business that has just been created which is called Food Courier for the Hamilton citizens. If you want chocolate, sushi, pizza, a burger or a strawberry milk basically anything the Food Courier will get it for you, any food or beverage at you door in ten minutes. You can only get deliveries between midday and midnight.

My opinion:

I think that this is a bad idea because the more people who use it the more lazy that the Hamilton citizens will get, because they can just call someone up and get food instead of walking to the car, driving to the store and walking into the store. It means that they will use their legs a lot less which means they will become LAZY!

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Leadership

This year, I have been chosen to be an House Leader, in the Arts team, School Ambassador team and one of The Book Nook monitors. At school we have four different houses Kapui, Orewa, Patiki and Weka I am the house leader of Orewa with Edell, what house leaders do is make the team do chants and cheer on the team. At the start of this year we made up a new chant here it is: What does Orewa do? WIN WIN WIN!! I can't hear you WIN WIN WIN!! Were going to throw you in the... BIN BIN BIN! I am also in the School ambassador team which means that when teachers come from other schools I either meet and greet them or I speak to the and tell them about our school. On Wednesday it was my first time being a School Ambassador and it was great fun I got to meet and greet them ( but none of them came to where we were standing, I got to listen to Mr Fraser, Mrs Hull and Morgan's speech I also got to show the teachers around our school so basically through all of our learning teams. Which was fun! I am also in the arts team but I all I can remember is that Emma is the leader!!

Current Events

The Worlds Tallest Horse

http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/worlds-tallest-horse/


There is a horse that is called Big Jake he is the worlds tallest horse. He is a 11-year-old Belgian gelding. He is 20 hands and 2 and 3/4 inches. He weighs 1.2 tonnes. Everything that Big Jake eats is absolutely huge! Big Jake eat and drinks 1 and a 1/2 hay bales and 40 quarts of oats a day. When he is transported his owners need to use a semi trailer. BIG JAKE IS COLOSSAL! 

My opinions:
He is a very big horse and I think that it would be very hard to ride a horse that is that big, I also think that the paddock that he is in would have to have very tall fences.

My wonderings:
I wonder what breed the horse is and how big it was when it was little.

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School, HP, TV Swimming Sports

This year I managed to participate in School, Hauraki and Thames Valley swimming sports. I entered into all of the events in the school swimming sports, and I had a fantastic day. I got into all of them for Hauraki Plains but I decided to drop the 1 length backstroke, freestyle and breaststroke. I did quite well in Hauraki plains I got first and second in most of my races I was really pleased on how I did. I even did pretty good in my 1 length butterfly. These photos are from Hauraki Plains and the School swimming sports. After the school and Hauraki Plains it is Thames Valley, I got in for 2 lengths backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. I came first in the backstroke and breaststroke and an extremely close second in my freestyle race. I really enjoyed all of the swimming sports that I did and I am very proud of how I did. I am not sure if I have made it into Waikato... but I hope so!!!

Current Events

Messi Sends Signed Shirt to Plastic Bag Shirt Boy

A five-year-old boy got a photo taken wearing a makeshift Lionel Messi  shirt made out of a plastic bag has finally received the real shirt and it was signed by Lionel Messi it also said that he loves him too. The boy says I love Messi and my shirt says Messi loves me. Earlier in February, the Afghan Football Federation told Al Jazeera that the boy would get a chance to meet his football hero but a date and venue had still not been confirmed. Speaking to Al Jazeera in a phone call earlier in February the boy said I love Messi and football. I will meet him one day. I think that this article was amazing, he made an makeshift Lionel Messi shirt and then he got the real one signed by him too I think that Lionel Messi is a great role model for other people.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/messi-sends-afghan-plastic-shirt-boy-a-signed-shirt/

I am curious of how they found where they boy lives and how they sent the shirt to him.

Humble: To cause someone to feel less important or proud.
Province: A principal administrative division of a country or empire.
Prompting: The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something.

ICARE

Where do you fit and why ?  I think that I fit in level four because I help other people I don’t know for example I a man dropped some of his coins so I picked them up for him I also help mum and dad when needed. I have set myself a goal to become a level five before the end of the year, so that means to pick up rubbish when I see it even sports gear that has been left on the field (because Hitchie does NOT like it when there is sports gear on the field.)

Apple Tower

What did you find most difficult? Why did you find it difficult and how can you prevent it from happening again? The most difficult was coming up with a plan that actually worked. I found It difficult because it was hard to make the frame stay up without using too many straws. How did you plan for the task? We planned to stick all the straws together to make a box frame and then make a top for it that sort of looked like a two layered jenga. Everyone agreed on the same idea so we did it. Did everyone share their ideas? We all agreed on the first plan, but yes everyone did. Did everyone have a role in the team? We all played a part in creating the tower like some of us cut the straws while some others stuck them together and made the jenga part.