Montego Bay Jamaica

This term for six weeks we interchange this is one of the activities from our race around the world activity. For this we had to pick one of the locations and get the flag,write what the place is, the population and the climate. I found this activity interesting seeing all the different flags and finding out the population and climates.

Static Electricity Experiment Results

This week on Monday we had science. We did a science experiment here are the results.

Static Electricity Experiment

This week on Monday we had science we were doing an experiment with balloons. We blew up the balloon, rubbed it on our head and then put it next to the running water. This activity was quite fun and I enjoyed it...You should try it.

Carnival Comprehension

Carnival Comprehension Questions

1. When do most carnivals take place?  Why do you think this time of year is chosen? They take place mostly in February Because it is closer to Easter Sunday.

2. What does the word ‘flamboyant’ mean? Strikingly, Bold or brilliant. As in it could be bright colours like the rainbow

3. Where do they celebrate Mardi Gras and what is an important symbol of this carnival? Mardi Gras is in New Orleans and the  important symbol is the king cakes.

4. Why do you think Brazil is sometimes referred to as a ‘melting pot’ of culture? The Carnival in Brazil is not just a fun celebration but it is a chance to experience the diverse culture of country 

5. Why is carnival so important to Brazil? Because it is time where you can experience the culture of the country

6. What is different about carnival season Germany and most other countries? Because it starts in November and also the people dress up even at work and school.

7. Why do you think carnivals are so popular across the world and attract so many visitors? Because they celebrate culture and also are very fun and flamboyant.

8. Why do you think people give up something for lent? Because it is preparing for the death and resurrection of Jesus

9. The text says that carnivals are often characterised by masks, flamboyant costumes, music and colourful floats and parades. What does this mean? That Carnivals are very colourful celebrations and they are very creative and a happy celebration.

10. Imagine you have attended a carnival. Describe in three paragraphs, what you have seen, heard and experienced. Use as much detail as possible.

I am at the carnival. I see so much colour there are so many costumes and masks everyone is so happy there are so many floats. Everyone is dancing and singing around. Everyone is walking around there are so many different cultures everyone is celebrating there cultures

I can hear all the people singing and all the floats driving down the roads. I can hear the people in the tents calling people to come watch the shows everyone is talking and laughing.

The carnival is so loud I am having so much fun I can't wait to come to another carnival there is so many people wearing cool costumes the shows in the tents are so cool I can't wait to come back

Lanterns

Yesterday, Thursday we had a lantern festival celebrating Matariki. We made some lanterns for it. We had to search up some designs for some lanterns. The next day after finding our design we started making the lanterns I used a jar to paint mine, I kind of ruined mine after but it still worked and it was fun painting it. Have you tried making a lantern with a jar?

Pet day

This week we had pet day on Monday was Rata on Tuesday was Pahutukawa on Wednesday was Mamaku and on Thursday was us Totara. Most of us brought in our pets I brought in my dog but before Thursday when we brought in our pets we had to make a drawing of introducing our pets in Maori we also had to put a picture in here is my one.
This was pretty cool because we got to learn what some animals were called in Maori.

Book Character Day

This week we had Book Week and today was Book Character Day. I was a triplet with Molly and Ruby, I was Daisy, Ruby was Lilly and Molly was Violet. We were all triplets. In the morning all the classes went to the hall and each class went up one by one to say what each person was.
This was very interesting seeing everyone's costumes.

Information report

This week we had to do a Information report about animals or a country. I chose to do pets it was very interesting finding some facts I hope you enjoy.

Pets

Lots of people have pet animals. There are lots of different types of pet animals you can have. Different people around the world might have different ones.

For different pets you might have the classics dogs or cats or maybe you might have something smaller like a guinea pig.

Dogs are one of the classic pets lots of people have them and lots of people love them you can get all different types of breeds of dogs big small different shapes and sizes. Here's a fact about dogs, Dogs noses are wet to help absorb scent chemicals, also this might be surprising but dogs have three eyelids. 

 Cats are one of the other classic pets. Cats are very playful. You can also get lots of different breeds and sizes of cats, for example you can get cats with no hair or you can get cats with lots of hair. Here’s a fact cats walk like camels and giraffes. Also here is a cool fact that in 1963 a cat went to space, isn't that interesting.

Guinea pigs are a small animal. I don't really class it as a classic pet. I would call it a pet that lots of kids like. Most kids like Guinea pigs because they are small and cute you can get heaps of different colours of them and some you can even get that just look like hair. Did you know that each Guinea pig has 5 different types of hair to make up their coat, Also guinea pigs learn very fast because a guinea pig can run when they are only 3 hours old. 

In conclusion Pets are very interesting you can get lots of different breeds, shapes and sizes and lots of different looks. What's your favourite pet? 

The Nile Quiz

This Term we have to do one activity each week about Ancient Egypt. This week i decided to to a quiz about the Nile river. I liked this activity because it was fun making the quiz. If you want you can do the quiz.

Mars Comprehension

This week we had a comprehension task on Mars we had to read an article about
Mars and then answer these questions. If you would like to have a look at the article
then here is a LINK to the article.

Mars: The Red Planet Questions

1. Find and copy the correct word to complete the sentence.

Mars is named after the God of war ares

2. Which of these are reasons why Mars is a good place to explore?

• Mars gets enough sunlight to use solar power.
• A day on Mars is very short.
• There is no gravity on Mars.
• There is a little water in the soil on Mars.

3. How many moons does Mars have and what are their names? 

There are 2 Phobos and Deimos.

4. What is a day called on Mars and how long is it?

It is called a sol and is 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds long

5. Find and copy a word from the text which means ‘working’

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6. Write true or false next to the following statements.

• Venus is so hot that lead would melt on its surface. True
• Mars has a diameter of 6,793km. False
• A day on Mars is slightly shorter than a day on Earth. False

7. Which planet has the highest possible temperature: Earth or Mars? Mars

8. Why does it seem odd at first that NASA has chosen to explore Mars and not Venus? There busy working on mars

9. Look at the section titled ‘The Mars Rover’. What other subtitle could you use for this section? Explain why you have chosen it.

The space eyes. I chose is because it is looking around for NASA so they don't have to go up there

10.  Look at the section titled ‘Why Mars?’. Why do you think the author has put the facts about Mars into bullet points?

For different facts/ Points

Hieroglyphics

Each week we have to do an activity about Ancient Egypt. This week I decided to to an activity about hieroglyphics. We had to write to write a small piece in hieroglyphics and get the people who read it to decode it so if you are going to decode it good luck