Jesus was Baptized News Paper Article.

Our task this week was to write a newspaper article about "being there when Jesus was baptized." We had resources to look on as well to get the feel of when Jesus was baptized.

Matariiki

Because Matariki is coming up, we obviously had to do a DLO about what we had learnt with the resources our teacher had given us. We had four resources and picked information out of all of them for our DLO's. I learnt a lot, stuff that I had forgotten like what Matariki means (Tiny Eyeballs) and I learnt new things, like the meanings of the stars.

The Light

WALT: Choose a Title or Image of the Holy Spirit. How can you show to others that you can be the Holy Spirit?

The C.E.R.R. Café!

Kia Ora Everyone!

This week, in Room 6, our class has invented a C.E.R.R. Café! Ms. Wilton thought of inventing the C.E.R.R. Café because it would give students a nice time to relax or eat something if they're hungry. But, most things aren't free...
We implemented a system with "C.E.R.R. Tokens". The red one is for Compassion, The yellow one is for Excellence, the blue one is for Responsibility and the green one is for Respect. We are given these if Ms. Wilton see's us showing one of these values.
So that is how we pay for things. 
The year 8's have also gotten jobs to do at the Café! But not all of them. I have been assigned to a Cook. There is another Cook that works with me but he does nothing usually. Just kidding. There is a also a cashier and a cleaner. We have a cute little fake till and everything!

In my opinion, I think the Café is a really good idea and is really cute because, it is a fun way to make the class happy, it makes me happy when I serve people at the desk because their faces light up! I love "working" in the C.E.R.R. Café! 

Goldilocks!

Throughout quarantine, our class have been writing pick-a-path stories! We were split into writing groups and giving a prompt. For my group - it was this:








Next we had to do a specific amount of planning each week for our stories. Now - we're done! Here's mine:

My Cookies!

Kia Ora everyone!
Last week on friday, our task for topic was to identify changes in matter and physical change and chemical change. In our morning hangout, Ms Wilton said we could do something like baking, but the main task was oobleck. I din't want to make oobleck, so I chose to bake. Specifically chocolate chip cookies.
I made a small batch and a big batch. I used my sisters recipe, and when she makes them, they're delicious! I can't say the same for when I made them though, they kind of had no flavour.. I did forget to take photos, but they were eaten in two days!
I was confused by the changes, but my sister said that it was a chemical change.
I hope you have a great day and keep up what your doing!

Milk Plastic? Will it Work!

For Topic this week, we are learning about "Changes in Matter". We had to identify the difference between Physical and Chemical change. After we went and learned about it there were experiments that we got to choose from that you can do with HOUSEHOLD items. I decided to do Milk Plastic Tags.
This is how mine went...

That is when I first put one cup of milk into the glass.

This is when I put it in the microwave for 2 minutes.

After adding the vinegar in and mixing a tiny bit.

After mixing for a minute.

This is after straining.

These is all the colours I wanted to make my plastic.

I added my mixture into the colours and mixed (I only used the yellow in the end.)

And Done!!!!! Now I have to wait 2 or more days for it to dry!

Online School...

As of today, most of New Zealand should have been starting Term 2 online (if they go to school). At first I thought it was going to be scary and I didn't want to show my face on the 'Hangout' sessions. But in the end it was alright. There wasn't much talking to be done and it isn't that bad to say "good morning" them mute. And you didn't have to speak, you could type in the chat. the work is a little bit overwhelming but I think everyone including myself will get used to it. And for lunch we get and 1 hour and 10 minute break, so yeah, I ain't complaining!
I hope that everyone stays safe through this time of disruption in our community.

Blessing Cards!

During last week and this week, I have learnt about Blessing Cards, and making three. We chose a blessing from the Old Testament, a blessing from the New Testament, and a blessing from the Many Lands. So, we were supposed to make three obviously. One for our parents/family, one for a friend, and one for ourselves.

We had to make them appealing to the eye and have the blessings on, and make them fit into the card. We were allowed to do it on paper or on our devices, I did mine on the device.  I really liked how we were creating them from scratch on our own. Maybe next time, it would be cool to make them to whoever we want. But yeah, I liked this activity. It was fun.

Here it is, Hope you enjoy.

Causes & Effects of Poverty.

Over a few weeks, our class have been writing about "Causes & Effects of Poverty" in a certain Country. We had to write about: Climate, Population, Economics & Politics. My writing is about South Africa.

Causes & Effects of Poverty in South Africa.

Did you know, out of the 56.72 million people living in South Africa - More than 30.4 Million people live on $75 per month? That means 26.32 million people in South Africa are over the poverty line. That’s fewer people than the people that are in poverty. That was since 2011. Crazy.

Population in South Africa is increasing. You see, South Africa has very high birth rates. 1.1 Million babies are born each year. Due to this, people need more resources in order to survive, but they are struggling to get as many resources. This is partly because of the Climate.

There is not much money for the amount of people in South Africa.

In South Africa, their weather/climate is actually very predictable. They have humid days and bitter nights. They don’t find much water and have to walk far and wide for it.  So that means, limited Drinking Water, Washing Water, Water For Growing Crops, Cooking... you see, all these things need water and they have very finite amounts of it.

Apparently, Human Rights in South Africa are protected by the “Supreme Law Of The Republic Of South Africa” (constitution).  This sets out the “rights” and “duties” for South Africa. And it defines the structure of the government. All though, education is alright for most of the kids in South Africa. All South Africans have a right to basic education and the Bill of Rights obliges the government to progressively make education available and accessible through reasonable measures. Some get school, some don’t. It all comes down to money, and a lot of families don’t have the money for the kids to go to school. But that's what it’s like for kids all over the world isn’t it?

By,

Lauren.