My Art Blub

This piece of art shows the magnificent Tui in its wonderful habitat. The white koru on the top of the art piece represent the cloud formation and the brown koru down the bottom are a tree's branch that the Tui is perching on.Below the branch is a pristine lake with pebbles scattered everywhere. The Tui is a faded blue colour with beautiful feathers.

     

Optimist Yachting Fig 8 Knot Instructions

This week we learnt in class to tie fig 8 knot here are the instructions,

Should Kids Drive?

Dear Council Members,

Danger,

Most kids can't see over the dashboard which can cause an accident,This could kill another driver on the road.

Prison,

If a kid were to drive into a responsible adult it could kill them and that could lead to court and that could lead to prison. Having an accident can bring down the world population a lot.

Rules,

If kids drive, The road rules will have to change and not all people watch the news or read the newspaper, and of course it could lead to another accident.

End,

Those were my reasons. I hope you all agree with me, “that kid should not be able to drive.

My Tui KWL

What I Know About The Bird	What I Wonder About The Bird	What I Learnt
They Have A Large White Patch On There Neck, They Can Fly, They Have 3 Toes On Each Foot, They Are Black, They Can Have Babies, They Can Sing/Chirp LOUD, Native To New Zealand, They Look Kind Of Blue, Breeding Seasons Are ,January, February, September, October, November And December. Some Live At Parkvale School, They Have Wings.	How old can a Tui live up to be? How many babies can a mother tui have? Are they almost extinct? Do they travel anywhere in any season? How long an their eggs grow up to? What does it eat? How does it behave? How big is a normal nest? Can they climb? What tree do they prefer to live in? How high up do they like to be in their           nests? How do you say it in Maori?	They  Can Live Up To 7-15 Years. They can have 2-4 babies. No 29mm Nectar and Insects They are known not to steal. They don't like their nests high up Yes They love flax but just about any tree Not to high Tui

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My Tui Summary

The Tui is a New Zealand native bird, This bird has a beautiful song, it is quite small, has short legs and a large white patch on its neck.The bird is blue and black. The Tui is known not to steal your things they eat insects and nectar but surprisingly they hate having their nests up high.Some even live here at Parkvale School they can live up to 7 to 15 years and thair eggs can grow up to 29mm, The Tui can only have 2 to 4 babies a season.

My Cross Country Goals

 Cross Country Term 3

Purpose: To get fit to be able to run our School Cross Country

WALT - improve our fitness

My goal is to, Improve on my running skill and try to stop a lot less.

At the moment my fitness is (fill in the chart below)

Excellent - I could run 5km tomorrow.	Average - I could run 3km but probably have to stop.	Poor at present - I would walk or need to stop and walk several times.
Yes

Today is…..	Today I ran a total of ………. laps.	That means I ran …...kms today.	Total amount of km ran. Running total kept.
20th July 21st July 22nd July 23rd July 27th July 28th July 30th July 31st July 3rd August 4th August 5th August 6th August 7th August 8th August 10th August 11th August 12th August 13th August	5 6 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 3 6 10 Pakis paddock	2.6kms 2.1kms 1.4kms 2.1kms 2.1kms 2.1kms 2.8kms 2.8kms 2.8kms 2.1kms 2.1kms 2.1kms 2.1kms 2.8kms 2.5kms 1kms 2.1kms 1.4kms	28.5kms

Persuasive Writing

Dear Hastings Council Members,

I strongly disagree with building a Countdown on Pakis Paddock beside our school here are my reasons,

Health,

I think the car fumes will make a lot of our school children sick and that's not good the rubber and materials used to build the supermarket with interfere with our play time and health.

Danger,

We also think we will have to be aware of stranger danger cars could use our school as a shortcut and then hang around on a fence or something waiting for some kids to come by like this article were a few masked kidnappers captured collage kids The people also from over we're Countdown is could rob the shop and break into our school for a hiding spot.

Field,

Without another field where will we hold triathlons fun runs and even cross country it is also a memorial for mrs Paki who stayed at this school for 42 years.

Conclusion,

Those are my reasons I hope you all agree with me I personally think everyone should.

Matariki Workshop Montage

Last Week Room 19 Did Some Matariki Workshops So Today I Decided To Create  Montage Of All The Things There Were Too Do I Hope You Enjoy This Took Me A While But Trust Me Its Worth It,

Well I Hope You Enjoyed I Will Be Posting This Everywhere I Can.

Term 2 Week 7 Rreading

This week Miami Heat (our reading group) learnt about creatures that need help here is some of my work that we had to complete,

Term 2 Week 7

Reading work for Miami Heat

Day 1

Name:Jonathan & Conor

Date:3rd June                KWL Chart

Select a topic you want to research. In the first column, write what you already know about the topic. In the second column, write what you want to know about the topic. After you have completed your research, write what you learned in the third column. What I Know What I Want to Know What I Learned

What I Know	What I Want to Know	What I Learned
Fantails Are A Bird, There Are 40 Species Of Fantail, They have a fan liked tail, The main predators are cats...	How old can they live? How can we save them? What are their worst enemy? Are they almost extinct? Where are they mostly found.	They can live for about ten years. Cats, Rats, Stoats and Mynas love to hunt them. The fantail is a native bird. We can save them by not polluting the environment. They are not endangered. Fantails are mostly found in the south island of new zealand.

Day 2 Building Vocab

Research what all of these words mean. Record answers here.

mauled Mauled means if someone got attacked the predator would keep on mauling on the bird		leaf litter Leaf litter is little old crunched up leaves.
feebly weak or age sickness	suspicious You feel kinda like something's not right.	theories A supposition or a system of ideas intended to  explain something especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
burrow A burrow is a little underground house the animals live in	threatened plant list	fatal A causing of death
outcry An exclamation or shout

Choose 10 of these words into go into your Home learning book for the week. Write the words into your book.

Term Two Week Six Reading | Miami Heat

This Week Miami Heat Had To Discover What Knowere Areas Are In Parkvale School So Our Group Went Out With An iPad And Took Some photos Of Blank Places Here Is My Version Of The Work We Did,

Name: Jonathan

Date:28th May 2015                       KWL Chart

In the first column, write what you already know about Enviroschools. In the second column, write what you want to know about Enviroschools. After you have completed your research, write what you learned in the third column. What I Know What I Want to Know What I Learned

What I Know	What I Want to Know	What I Learned
Enviroschools are schools who help improve their school and plant new things. they take nowhere areas and turn them into amazing things. they also improve on their gardens.	how long did it take to change one school (small)? When did Hikanui School decide to do this?	You can change a school in 5 days...WOW They decided to become an enviro school because there were too many nowhere areas. If you believe you can change the school you can do it give it a try. The schools help out the council and government as well as themselves.

Day 2 - Vocab

Find the meanings for the following words.

drainage the action or process of draining something.	gully a water worn ravine.	boggy areas too wet or muddy to be easily walked on.
cultivated refind and well educated	nursery is a place that plants are propagated  and grown into a suitable size.	influence the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself
trialling test (something especially a new product) to assess its stability and performance.	composting is a food made for plans created from foodscapes, dirt and other stuff.	public charities Are churches, hospitals, qualified medical research organizations affiliated with hospitals, schools, colleges and universities,Have an active program of fundraising and receive contributions from many sources, including the general public, governmental agencies, corporations, private foundations or other public

Day 3 - Summarise

Write an explanation of how Hikanui School became an Enviroschool.

Hukanui School decided they had too many nowhere areas, so they all gathered with the council and government and decided to change their school . I the next few days they all brought some things and reused them.

After a couple of weeks planting, they had an awesome garden in each nowhere area.

Day 4

From the photos and evidence you have collected, create a table of all the problems you have identified we have at Parkvale School. What are the solutions to these problems, do you think?

No where areas	Rubbish	Reduce, reuse and recycle	Greenhouse
-First we need to find out what would suit that area properly. -After you have got it you need to go and buy or get the stuff you need. -Then you use the products enough to affect that area.	-Look round till you find some. -Pick it up and plop it in the bin (be a tidy kiwi) -Go round collect some people and they can help get the whole place tidy.	-First find  product such as a plastic bottle. -get some scissors or some tool and use that product to create something awesome. -Share your product with people and it might encourage them to do the same thing.	-If your greenhouse is empty go and buy or find some seeds and some mini plants and pots. -Plant the objects in the pots and sit them up in the greenhouse then every day water them.