Summer Learning Challenge

 This is the taster task for Summer Learning Journey.

The Door

 Our task was to write a poem about seeing into the future.

Kayaking

 

How To Not Get Lost While Tramping

 

Matariki

 

Are books boring?

 Are Novels A Waste Of Time?

“Novels are a waste of time.  They teach us nothing about our heritage, our history, ourselves or about real life. Nothing can be gained or learned from reading a novel.”  I do not agree with this statement at all because you can learn about people, heritage and real life history. You can go places easier with reading and when you find a book that is just right for you it is very enjoyable and you might want to read again. They also teach you life lessons like when I read Dog Runner by Bren Macdibble.

Firstly, you can learn about people, heritage or history when reading a book. There are many history books that you can read so you will very likely be able to find the best one for you. For example you could read about the Christchurch earthquake, the Dawn Raids, war and many more history topics, each in their own book. You can read about different cultures in a book which might include what people eat, what their religion is, what they do everyday and maybe the history of that culture. That can all be in one book. Autobiographies and biographies are common. You can learn about famous people or just everyday people who lived through wars or through lockdowns caused by CoronaVirus. 

As well as learning about cultures you can also learn about life lessons. I learnt some from Dog Runner which included: Know how to survive, take risks, be careful who you trust, be ready for anything, and family first. These lessons could help you in a similar situation that happens to you such as those in a book and you could also tell other people about these life lessons. If you find a life lesson such as know how to survive, you could then practise surviving in the bush or outside your house to get you ready for a bad situation. 

Lastly, books can help get you places and jobs easier. If you read a book about survival, you might get a job for taking people on hikes or walks through the bush. If you read about real estate, you could make a decision to get a house easier. For example, if you read about Fiji and you go there sometime, you could know the Fijian language and be able to talk to the people in Fiji easier. 

In conclusion, I believe that reading books is not a waste of time! You can learn about culture, history and people. You can learn life lessons and you can also get your places and jobs easier. If you read a book that is just right for you, you might want to read one again!

Making nets

 Making Nets

WALT make nets for simple 3-D shapes and to create models of these.

Nets are a 2D layout which when folded makes a 3D shape. 

These are nets for making a rectangular prism, square-based pyramid and a tetrahedron.

These are my nets folded into 3D shapes ( a rectangular prism, square-based pyramid and a tetrahedron ).

These are nets for making cubes.

These are my nets folded into 3D shapes ( a cube ).

These are nets for making cylinder.

These are my nets folded into 3D shapes

 ( a cylinder ).

My favourite 3D shape to make was the cube because I already knew how to do it so I sort of had an idea of how to do it. I found the cylinder the hardest because I had no idea how to do it but luckily we had a video to help us.

40 Things To Do Outside

 In lockdown Ms Kemp sent us a PDF of 40 things we could do outside. We had to take a picture of us doing it.

Problem Solving

 

Japanese Poems

 Haiku Modern

Lady of the Lake

Crossing Lake Wakatipu

Docking at the farm

Haiku Traditional

Plants in Mum’s garden

Sprouting away happily

Scrumptious in my mouth

Tanka Modern

Cassie ran away

Sneaking away from the house

Caught by a kind man

Acts like nothing happened

Good lesson for her owners

Tanka Traditional

Playing basketball

Last game of the season

Four fouls that I got

Uh oh, almost too many

My coach had to take me off

By Indi

Eliza McCartney

 Achievement Objectives: 

• Understand how people sustain and culture heritage for different reasons and that this has consequences for people.

• Understand how events have causes and effects.

Context sportsperson - Eliza McCartney

Success Criteria: 

• I will have researched and informed the readers about how many medals, injures, competition, sport she does, how she got to be in the Olympics

• I will have written a report about Eliza McCartney

Eliza McCartney

About Eliza McCartney.

Eliza Mc Cartney is a 24 year old New Zealander who excels at pole vault. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand. She was a good netball and high jumper before she started working on pole vault.

How many times has she been to the Olympics?

Eliza Mc Cartney has been to the Olympics once in Rio 2016 but also did the Commonwealth Games as well. Unfortunately she did not pole vault the 4.50 m mark which was the qualification but jumped 4.30m so she is not competing in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

How many medals has Eliza McCartney earned in the Olympics?

Eliza McCartney has earned one bronze medal from the Rio Olympics 2016. She got the bronze medal after pole vaulting 4.80m. She has also won one silver in Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. She didn’t enter the pole vault at the Commonwealth Games until the competitors were pole vaulting 4.55m. After getting to 4.70m she was pole vaulting against one other person, Alysha Newman. Eliza McCartney failed her first jump which was 4.75m but her competitor made the jump. Eliza McCartney skipped 4.75m to go and jump 4.80m but failed both attempts she had.

Has Eliza McCartney had any major injuries?

Eliza McCartney hurt her achilles in Germany a couple weeks before Rio 2016 but she managed to get bronze at the games which was awesome! One year after the Rio Olympics 2016 she had a problem with Achilles Tendonitis and a year after that she had some hamstring issues. Her medical team thinks Eliza McCartney has an autoimmune problem which mostly targets her achilles. 

Who is Eliza McCartney’s biggest competitor?

Her biggest competition in the Commonwealth Games was Alysha Newman who won gold. Alysha is 27 years old and she is from Canada. Eliza McCartney’s biggest competition in the Olympics is Katerina Stefanidi from Greece who came first in Rio 2016. Her other competition would be Sandi Morris from America who got the silver in Rio.

How did Eliza McCartney qualify for the Rio Olympics 2016?

Eliza McCartney had to jump 4.50m to qualify for the Olympics in Rio. Eliza McCartney didn’t make it into the Tokyo Olympics 2020 because she did not meet the qualifying mark of 4.70m.

By Indi

Indi commented on by Fynn

Peer Evaluation of Olympic Study

1. One thing I learned from your study was that Eliza Mccartney exists and does pole vaulting.

2. You met your success criteria because for explaining all the things in the success criteria. 

3. He pai ki ahau… I really liked that you had a lot of writing and stayed on topic.

4. Next time you could think about going more in depth with the rival or something.

Bibliography:

Stuff, Stuff 2, Wikipedia, Wikipedia 2, Wikipedia 3, NZherald

Croesus Tramp William Pike Challenge

   On Wednesday the 11th of August Room 8 went on about a 22km tramp for the William Pike Challenge. In my car group was Emma, Noah and I plus my Dad who was driving. We went through Blackball and then along the Croesus Road for about 15 minutes. When we arrived at the start of the track we all got our packs on and had a quick talk and then we started. I walked up the front for the whole time on the way to the hut except for when I waited for Olive because she was getting tired and people were passing her so she was walking alone. The three swing bridges took us a while to cross because you could only go across one at a time. 

I liked going to the front because I walked with Emma, Andrea and Amanda and we had a nice pace. We also had to do a scavenger hunt and in my group was Billie and Emma and my parent helper was my Dad. One of the things we had to do was count the swing bridges which there were three of. We stopped at every swing bridge to have a break and at Garden Gully which was where Fynn and Hamish turned around. When we got higher in the mountains we got to go into some snow. It wasn’t that thick but we still had heaps of fun throwing snowballs at each other. When we got to the hut we sat on the top of the massive bunk to eat lunch. 

On the way back down we threw snowballs again until the snow was gone. I also talked to Donna about Masterchef which we both enjoy watching for about 20 minutes which I enjoyed. When we had about 1 & ½ - 2 hours I started feeling really dizzy and not that great. I also figured out the hard way my boots were too small. Everyone was really nice and kept asking me how I was, which was really good of them. When we stopped at one point Donna gave me some sugar no-sugar lemonade which actually made me feel lots better! I had a few more sips and after a bit I felt pretty good! I still felt a little bad but I was pretty good thanks to the sugar no-sugar lemonade! When I got home later we figured out I had not eaten nearly enough food to fuel me. 

Finally we had 1km to go so we trudged on until we got to the end! 22km was a long way! We all sat down and had a talk under the shelter about how it went and then we got into our cars and drove back to school. Taking my boots off and putting my scuffs on was the best feeling ever! My feet were quite sore so it felt really good! Emma cracked a few jokes that Dad found hilarious but Noah and I were just like, “ How is that even funny?” because Emma and Dad were cracking up! 

When we dropped Emma and Noah off I got home and had a shower which was really nice. Overall it was a really good tramp and I had heaps of fun!!!

Perimeter DLO

 

Measurement

 

Water Tension

 

WPC Bike Ride On The Wilderness Trail

 On Wednesday 26th May Room 8 set off in our car groups to go for a bike ride as a class for the William Pike Challenge. My car group was my Dad, Emma, Hannah, Olive and I which was really good. When we got to the start of the Mananui Tramline bike ride we unpacked all our gear and had to find the bearing we were at in our groups with a compass. Most of us girls were at the front on the way there and the boys at the front on the way back. 

It was freezing when we were biking and there was frost which made it feel even colder. All of our hands were so cold and I just wanted a bucket of warm water to put my hands in! We stopped about 3 or 4 times and one stop was at the sign for Picnic Point which I was a bit worried about because someone said they had walked it once and it was not very bike able but it turned out we weren't doing it anyway.  When we got to the end of the track we had a snack and then started again. The track was quite cool because it had a few tree roots you could go over but they were easy enough for everyone to go over even if you weren’t that confident. I liked the bridge we had to go over too. We had a few more stops on the way back but we did pretty well. It took us about and hour and a half to go there and back which was pretty good.At the end of the first bike we all packed up and then drove to Hurunui Jacks which was our second bike ride.

When we got to Hurunui Jacks we had lunch. Donna and Nadia’s group took a little longer to get there because they got a little lost but they got there in the end. Once we were all ready to go we started the track. We biked quite fast and I really liked the first section of the track. I didn’t really like the big hill just before the start of the water race that was there. I biked up the whole way but the whole time I really wanted to get off but I kept going. I was pretty happy with getting up the hill because I was one of the only ones who did it. I loved doing the water race! We weren’t going super fast but it was really fun! I enjoyed biking with some of the girls on the way. We got to the end of the water race and then had a talk about who was going on with the fast group and who was going to be a little slower.

We started the water race with the fast group going first and then the slower group going next. I stayed in the middle most the way and I also biked with Billie and Breanna which I really enjoyed. I liked going back better because I was going a little faster and the hill I biked up was really fun to go down. On the track there are two parts with dips and a small creek in them.  The first one I took the easy way and went across on the bridge. The second one I decided to go down through the creek. It might have been  a small mistake. It was quite rocky going through and everybody was watching so I was a little nervous! I rode down fine and went through the water all good but going back up the hill I wobbled lots and almost fell off and everyone went “Oooh!” Which was pretty embarrassing. We finally got to the end of the track and we loaded up and went back to school. This bike ride also took us about an hour and a half to do. I had so much fun and I would definitely want to do it again!

Callaghans Ridge Term 1

 On the last day of Term 1, Room 8 set off on a rainy day to tramp the Callaghans Ridge walk. My Dad came with us on the tramp and our car group was Mylah, Emma and Billie. When we got out of the car it was drizzling and to be honest I was not that excited about starting the tramp in the rain. While the parents were dropping the cars at the end of the track we waited under trees until they got back. When they got back we started walking. I walked at the front most the way which I liked. After half an hour we had a stop and that happened a few times after so everyone could have some breaks. Emma and I did the scavenger hunt together and she counted the track markers for the first half of the walk. We had to look for some birds and some different types of bushes and trees. 

When it got to about 11:30 we stopped for lunch. We got into our bivouac groups and made our bivouacs that we had planned out at school. My group was Mylah, Emma, Ilish and I. We worked quite well together. Our bivouac was really good! We tied the rope to to trees opposite each other and after that step we tied one side of the tarp to the rope so the rest was hanging down and after that we put sticks to weigh down the tarp so we had a bit to sit on so we didn't get wet but we still were sheltered. Emma stopped half way while we were building it and poured herself a cup of tea which was quite funny. We got our tarp checked and Ms Kemp said it was all good. We ate our lunch and then packed up our tarp. 

A little bit after we started walking again, it started pouring which I absolutely loved! I found the rain so much fun! We got to slosh through puddles and streams that covered our feet. I kept my hood down so my hair would get wet which was awesome. I also loved going through a big puddle that had formed which was thick with mud and dirty water. I stayed at the front the rest of the way and jumped in puddles and that made myself quite wet! At the end we got in the shelter and a man showed us some gold which was pretty cool! When we got in the car and turned the heaters were on it felt super nice. Overall, I really, really loved the tramp and enjoyed it so much! A big thanks to Ms Kemp for organizing it and to the parents who came and helped us out.

By Indi

ANZAC Day 2021

 

Beach Cleanup

 

Beach Cookout Term 1

On Friday the 26 of March, Room 8 went to Karoro beach for the beach cookout. First we had to prep.

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week we had about 10-20 minutes each time to get into our

groups and organize our meal and who was bringing what. My group was Flynn, Jordyn, Benny and I.

Our parent helpers were Benny’s Mum and Jordyn’s Mum and they were a huge help. We had a budget

of $20 which I’m pretty sure we stuck to pretty well. Our meal was venison steak that Jordyn’s dad had

shot, bacon, burger buns and our dessert was S’mores with sour patch kids. 

When we got to the beach we found a spot for our fire within the boundary and a spot that was safe.

We then got tinder, kindling and firewood and prepared it all.

We cleared the area so nothing would catch on fire. We lit our fire with three matches.

Once our fire had burnt down enough we put oil in a pan and put the bacon on it. The bacon tasted so

good once it was cooked! We did three batches of bacon and then cooked the venison which we

added pepper and salt in it. The venison was amazing! We put it in a burger with the bacon and

lettuce and all together it tasted delicious! 

We then had dessert which was S’mores with sour patch kids.

The marshmallows were massive which was great!

Once we had dessert we cleaned up and put out our fire making sure there

was no smoke coming from it. Overall the day was super fun and a big thanks to Benny’s

Mum and Jordyn’s Mum for helping because they were a huge help!

Protecting Maui Dolphins Is Important

 Protecting Maui Dolphins Is Important

Should we protect Maui Dolphins or should we leave them to become extinct? I am adamant that protecting Maui dolphins is important. My reasons for this are that they are critically endangered and they are part of our ecosystem. Personally, I think it is outrageous that people would not want to look after such beautiful animals!

First of all, Maui dolphins are critically endangered! A reputable website says there are only 55 Maui dolphins left! How terrible is that! They are going to become extinct if we don’t act sufficiently. So how are they dying? Maui dolphins are dying from getting tangled in nets, being hit by boats and propellers, pollution and litter being put in the sea. If we are careful driving boats in an dolphin sighted area and stop littering into our Moana they might stay alive and not become extinct so quickly. 

As well as being critically endangered, dolphins are also an important part of the ecosystem.  They are food for sharks and other sea animals. If all of them die, sharks and other sea animals will have nothing to eat and they may die out too which will be a tragedy and that will happen to more and more sea animals. Protecting dolphins is definitely helping to look after our oceans.  It will make a drastic change to the ecosystem so we need to help them!   

There are ways we can stop them becoming extinct and messing up the ecosystem. This is by helping them survive which means no littering, watching where we drive boats, making sure our nets are not picking up dolphins in them and making sure our nets are not dropping to the bottom of the sea, staying there and making Maui dolphins die a terrible death. You can also tell other people about this so that they can help and they can pass it on and that process can repeat so maybe one day most of the world will be helping the miniscule Maui dolphins.

Therefore, I strongly think we should protect Maui dolphins because they are important in the ecosystem and they are critically endangered. So next time if you see a person littering or if you are on a boat with someone and they are not driving carefully in a Maui dolphin area, tell them to be careful or stop littering because they can help save some Maui dolphins. We need to be immediate in our response so they don’t become extinct! So make sure you help Maui dolphins.

By Indi

Term 1 Survey

 In maths we had to choose a question for a survey.

This video shows the steps I took to complete the task.