Maori calendar

created by Maggie

My maori calendar

Bookopoly

This is my bookopaly entry of uni cycling

By Fiona

Asteroids

  Made of…

• Carbon.
• 20% Nickel, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum, Gold and other precious Metals.
• 80% Iron.

Where are they found…

• Asteroids are mostly found in the Asteroid belt, orbiting the sun. The Asteroid  belt is in the middle of Jupiter and Mars!!

  Why are they located where they are…

• The reason for that is because of Jupiter's strong gravity. It pulls the asteroids in.

FACTS

Asteroids aren’t the only things that hit Earth. Each day, more than 100 tons of material from Asteroids and comets falls toward Earth. Most of it is destroyed by friction as it passes through our Atmosphere. If something DOES hit the ground, it is known as a Meteorite.

by Sam S, Kiara and Grace G

Athletics

This week at school we have been training for athletics . Our school does long jump, high jump, shot put, hurdles and sprints.

Our personal favourites are shot put and long jump.

 By Melia and Nova😀

The Earth

 EARTH

• Size: 6,371 km.
• Colour: Green,blue.
• Made of: Nickel and iron.
• Position from sun: 149,600,000 km.

    FACTS

• The earth is 4.54 billion years old.

• The earth is 70% water.
• The earth's population is 7 billion.
• The mass of earth is 5.972E24 kg.
• The radius of earth is 6.371.
• Earth is the is the third planet from the sun.
• Earth is largest of the terrestrial planets.
• The earth is the only planet in our solar system that is not named after a Greek or Roman god.
• The earth was once believed to be the centre of the universe.

By Sam C

It’s your decision!

I’ve been all over the world and have seen loads of different flags. The flags are all different in ways. NZ could change the flag to one of the options. But why? Why should we change the flag?

I’m a child but my decision is: let it stay the same.

• We have been fighting in wars with it.
• It can be changed but it will not change NZ.
• It costs a lot of money that can be spent for other things.
• It’s a distraction for people.
• It might be nearly the same as the Australian flag but we belong to England, so the flag needs to be the same in different ways.
• NZ has had this flag for more than 100 years and it represents most of us.
• People and my old teacher in Switzerland know were New Zealand is.

If we change the flag, New Zealand might be nothing.

By Luka

The night sky

On the dark ridged bark I crouch. Accompanied by a friend I set my eyes on the galaxy, glowing through the depth of the night sky.

Stars as far as the eye can see all in one cluster puddle.

The glistening bundles of gases look down at me enjoying my company. 

Can we live on some Galaxy where we can shot and glide through the stars or will we wait for the time where we will know your deepest secrets? I don't know but for now I have to go,see you again;sometime.

By Daisy

Star Story

Enclosed in darkness I stand and gaze at the stars. The dry grass tickles at my bare feet far across the glistening lake I spy the lights of a town the I turn my attention to the light littered sky.

The sky is so black but packed with stars. Everything is silent except the waves lapping onto the shore.

Life is a star journey - will we ever learn every fact about space?

By Melia

Aliens Argument

I think aliens are real

Here are some reasons why I think this:

1. What are aliens if they don't exist?

2. Space is huge,  there has to be life in our galaxy

3. There are so many videos about them. Though I do admit are fake but if you really watch closely some are not fake!

5. Why are we searching for aliens? I know! So we can answer our questions!

* in 1991 people claim that a UFO landed in France.

* aliens have contacted humans. We know this because there are interviews with astronauts and other people saying they have had contact with aliens.

By Grace

Rocket Challenge

As part of our current space inquiry, the students were issued a challenge: to create a water bottle rocket and launcher that would fly as high as possible.

This required the students to explore what it takes to research, design, make, test and finally improve their rockets.

Friday was the big day when we all went out to see the final results.

The winners in action:

Cross Country Trials

Today a group of students completed the year 5/6 time trials to compete at the Central Otago cross country in Arrowtown next week. Here are few shots of these hardy souls pushing themselves to their limits. 

Buddy writing

Today the students of room 2 helped their buddies, from room 3, with writing about their star lab experience. A wee sample:

Arriving at the star lab. We waited for a little bit longer until Mr A came out. He started talking, I heard every bit. Mr A took us into a black tunnel that led to a big plastic half circle. - Rahana

The star lab is a very big thing and it has a lot of stars. - Charlie

When I went in I was feeling nervous and excited. I saw a red star and a yellow star and a blue star. If you see a red star it means that it is old and not very hot and a blue one means that it is young - Piper

Once I got inside the star lab tunnel. I was getting ready to be surprised and for five minutes there were lots of stars. - Rossco

Cross Country

Yes it's that time of the year when groups of students run around to keep warm...or maybe it's to practice for the upcoming cross country.

Making Music

As a Māori language week experience we explored how to create 3 different taonga pūoro, traditional Māori instruments. We made porotiti (a spinning disc), purerehua (a bullroarer type instrument) and nguru (a clay flute).

Middle Ages iTime

Over the course of the term, in between production practices, the students have been studying the living conditions and key events of the middle ages. Here are some videos showing what a few groups have learned.

Autumn

Leaves plunge to the ground like a tornado. The cold breeze blows the leves across the ground. Acorns smash down on to the ground. Trees are slowly becoming bare. Birds swoop down and land on the branch's.

By Sam S 

Autumn

It's colourful and peaceful it's cold and noisy it's flat with trees. Leafs falling slowly and silently. One by one trees begin to look bare, like the dead. 

I can see my breath likes team. It's colder everyday and wetter. The clouds get darker with rain. I better hurry before it begins. 

The mountains get a white blanket over their tops.

I can see smoke from every chimney disappearing as there's a battle going on.

The wind pushes me into a hole of darkness, neverending. 

By Max

Autumn

Leaves bail off trees like their in the Air Force.leaves create colourful patterns on the floor.  Walnuts plummet like nuclear warheads, as the rain splatters all over the wet, green grass. Birds glide silently like their on a stealth mission to attack and kidnap worms and leaves crunch under people's feet. The shade sail dances like a crazy psycho at amazing party. Puddles splash as kids run through them. Pitch white snow crumbles down the hills torwards us so we get winter early. But Autumn is here, enjoy. Cause it only comes once a year.    By Bryan

                      

Goodbye winter!

Goodbye my good friend, next time I see you, you will be older. I will miss jumping on the skateboard with no wheels or trucks and sliding down the neighbours hill, even though I always fall off. Bro, your the best, the only time you haven't been my friend, is the time I made a bike jump out of you and you collapsed when my front wheel hit you and I went flying over the handlebars and faceplanted into you. Goodbye my good friend winter.

Autumn

Autumn leaves flutter like flags, leaves are beating hard against the freezing air as I avoid the wind. I hear the crispy leaves crunch as I walk the fresh air and leaves tumble around, I see the last colours on the trees. The frost creeps up more getting ready for winter.

Now autumn is here.🍂🍂🍂🍂

By Pippa