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.

My DLO on Saint Maximilian Kolbe!

Saint Maximilian Kolbe was born on the 8th of January, 1894. He was born Raymund, but changed his name when he became a Franciscan Priest. As a young man, Maximilian got Tuberculosis. In his student days, he started a Militia, a group that worships Mary. On the 1st of September, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and Maximilian Kolbe and the rest of the people in his Militia got put into a German Work Camp. There, they were badly beaten and hurt, even starved. Especially Maximilian. After that, they were put in another camp in Auschwitz, where Maximilian died trying to save someones life.

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Our Own Diary Entries on a time in Alexander Aitken's life.

Hi Everyone!

This week we read the book The ANZAC Violin by Jennifer Beck and Robyn Belton. The book was about Alexander Aitken traveling with a Violin through WW1. In the book, he got shot, and was taken in an ambulance train, in that scene there was a part from his Diary. That was part of our task, we had to write our own Diary Entries for any part of the story, like being down in the trenches or being shot, stuff like that. I had really fun writing because it's my passion, but thinking of something to write about was a bit hard. In the end I wrote about  the trenches, here is my post!
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As I passed my wounded violin to my mate, his face lit up, he loved repairing things. I saw him pick up a piece of wire from a heavy bag of seeds that we used as a cabinet. Then he started to tie weird knots with the wire, he looked up and knew I was confused. "I was a boy scout, he said." I nodded. I backed my head onto the clay and dirt infused wall on the left side of the trench. "Ey, Alec, you want some soup?" Benny said to me, he had his beany over his eyes so I couldn't make eye contact with him. "Uh, no thanks." I gulped saliva. "Aight mate, all the more for me." Then I heard the sachet of soup open, it was a fast rip, but I heard it in slow motion. the paper ripped first, then you heard the tinfoil crackle. You could tell it was cheap. Hot air blew on my face and I turned my face around. I looked over to my left, there was an ocean. I watched it spiral and crash, I loved the sounds. But then I heard something that wasn’t a wave smashing...

My Basic Facts for week 2!

This week was the first week we started to do our "basic facts" for 2020. Last year, I was working on stage 5 and had 6 for my basic facts. I wasn't doing good at both of them and I wouldn't do 6 a week like I was supposed to, I would only do like 3 every 2 weeks. At the end of last year I tried stage 7, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, the things I struggled on for it, I worked through and now, even doing timed I am getting scores I can be proud of. Some of the sums on Prototec Basic Facts Level 7 consist of Multiplication, Division, Converting Fractions, Percentages and Decimals and also Square roots and factors. I am doing well for the timed test as well. I enjoy seeing my score go up everyday, it sometimes is a little hard on timed but I get better every time right? I have nothing I would do differently about my Basic Facts! Here are some of my tests:

I hope one day this year to be doing level 8!

SLJ - Teaser - Arts Day 1

This is a SLJ Teaser. I chose to do activity one for day one. I had to make a profile page for Lorde. Here is the one that I made. I hope you enjoy.

SLJ, Practise Activity: Special Meals.

This bonus activity is about your favourite food. What is my favourite food? After I find that out I will put a picture in. Out of savoury foods, my favourite food would be Hash Browns. I like Hash Browns because the taste and texture is appealing to me. Out of sweet foods, I like my mums Apply Crumble. She uses cornflakes which makes a nice crunch and cinnamon, which gives a nice taste. It of course has apples as well.

Hash Browns:

I got this image from Times Food.











Apple Crumble:

I got this image from Curious Cuisiniere.

What's Under the Sea?

This week, my reading group and also another reading group in my class were to do a digital activity on everything we learnt about Under The Sea, and things surrounding that topic.
Things I learnt.
I learnt that humans have only mapped 3% of the sea floor! The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean. It is around the Mariana Islands. In the Mariana Trench there are some amazing animals, such as: The Dumbo Octopus, Blind/No Eyed Shrimp and the Barrleye Fish, Now, the dumbo Octopus is called that because it's tentacles look like Dumbo's ears. Did you know, there are things underwater like volcanoes? They are called Black Smokers. This is because when they "erupt" they spew out hot black gas. These Black Smokers help some creatures under the water live, like the Blind/No eyed shrimp, because they like to hang around the heat. Did you know, you could put Mt. Everest in the Mariana Trench and there would still be two Kilometres left at the bottom. This is because the Mariana Trench is eleven Kilometres deep and Mt. Everest is nine Kilometres. Did you know, that the water pressure down that deep would crush everything in your body and you'd die instantly? You can only survive down there with a specially made watercraft.
Now, this is my infographic that I have made on all this information.