holiday blog

S - I hung out with my family in the holidays and talked to my friends.

P - I went to the park and played busted and I did some shopping and I got new clothes.

I - I played lots of video game like Rocket league, Minecraft, Roblox and Fortnite.

L - I liked opening my present on my birthday and eating my cake.

E - I was happy in the holidays because I got present and other stuff. 

S - I made some cookies and was building with Lego and I made my own city

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lockdown artist

 Lockdown Artist

1. Henry Sunderland is well known for being a gnomologist 

2. Henry Sunderland pictured at the geographic south pole at 2am february 4, 1977.Charlie was the first gnome at the pole

3. He tells how the Antarctic changed his life life and he delivered the first gnome, charlie, to the south pole in 1997

4. Henry Sunderland has worked as a children's presenter with tvnz

5. Henry Sunderland illustrated a number of children’s books with his twin brother before he died.

6. Henry Sunderland became involved in art education at a secondary level in the late 1980s before joining ara in 2002.

7. He is a freelancer as a cartoonist, creative adviser and guest speaker on creativity.

8. Henry Sunderland had a twin brother.

9. Charlie the gnome also survived a fire.

10. Henry Sunderland has received some awards and achievements like the Christchurch City Earthquake Civic award.

                   

                                     

Van Gogh's

 Van Gogh painting

1.What does the word impasto mean

painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible

2.How can impasto brushstrokes express emotions

cause it can help the painter to paint more

3.Was Van Gogh one of the first painters to use the impasto technique?

yes and I like the impasto painting

hour of code

 IN my coding class I have been making games about Flappy Bird. The website I used is called Hour of Code. Hour of Code is a coding website where you can find Flappy Bird and Minecraft and there are lots of other activities as well.
I think it's really fun. You can change your grade and the level of how hard you want it to be. 
Thanks for reading. 

Here is a link to the website so you can try it too! 

https://hourofcode.com/nz/learn 

matariki

 Matariki is the Maori new year for all New Zealanders.

1. there were seven-star at the start but now there is nine
2. Matariki is a cluster/constellation of stars
3. Matariki is one of the nearest clusters of stars to the earth

binary alphabet

 A=00001

B=00010

C=00100

D=01000

E=10000

F=00101

G=00110

H=00111

I=01000

J=01001

K=01010

L=01100

M=01101

N=01110

O=01111

P=11111

Q=

R=

S=

T=

U=

V=

W=

X=

Y=

Z=

Gummy Bear Osmosis

 we had 3 beakers of 3 different solutions, sugar water, and salt

Heros

 

Hur 1: HEROES 28 (Maori) Battalion Reference: Gardiner, W. (2019) Ake Ake Kia Kaha E! Forever Brave! B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Bateman Books. 

1 Read the following two quotations with the teacher, discuss the meanings, and then answer the question. ..”Walter (Waata) Heretini, ‘was as blind as a bat. He couldn’t hit a barn if it was 50 metres away from him’. Like a number of others who joined the battalion, Heretini persuaded a mate to do the medical for him so he could ‘get away’.” (pp. 60-61). “Lieutenant-Colonel Leckie ordered (Captain) Love to send a company to Musaid to strengthen the position… Love assigned the task to B Company, allocating Bren carriers to provide mobile reconnaissance. B Company was armed to the teeth, having ‘raided the enemy arms depot to some purpose. The return showed six spandaus, three anti-tank rifles, one 2-inch mortar, six tommy guns, and fifty stick grenades from this source’.” (pp. 165-166).. Question 1. Why were the soldiers of 28 (Maori) Battalion heroes? They volunteered and sometimes fought countries with enemy weapons they did not know how to use. 

2 Read the following account of the actions of stretcher-bearers (medics) with the teacher, discuss the meanings. And then answer the question:: “Two B Company stretcher bearers won immediate Military Medals for their bravery in this action. Corporal John Tupene ‘worked unceasingly throughout the night scouring the battlefield administering to and personally evacuating friend and foe alike… In one instance under heavy enemy fire he dressed and splinted the limb of a soldier of another unit and carried him out to safety’. Temporary Corporal James Pirihi worked cheerfully and untiringly treating, evacuating and burying casualties until none remained on the field.’ A week later, Pirihi ‘again showed great devotion to duty administering to friends and foe alike. In one instance in the face of enemy MG fire he dressed the wounds of a German soldier and finally carried him out to safety personally.” (p. 210). 

 Question 2 Why were the stretcher bearers heroes? Medics scoured the field searching and carried many people and even won medals like the M,M (Military Medal) 

 3 Read this account from a hard-working officer, and his concern for the soldiers with the teacher, discuss the meanings, and answer the question: “B Company, commanded by Major Bennett, started 15 minutes after the forward companies….. With his company having lost contact with the others, Bennett dug in and awaited developments. The prospect of a German counter-attack was uppermost in his mind. ‘I was fearful for the forward troops’ welfare… We were like a little finger poked out into the enemy positions and likely to be nipped off with ease. I was not apprehensive of enemy troops but I was of his tanks. Without anti-tank defences I knew I was absolutely at the mercy of tanks should they have attacked.’ Going back to Battalion Headquarters, he found that Baker had been wounded and the temporary commanding officer, Major Hart, mortally wounded. Bennet assumed command of the battalion, a position in which he would soon be confirmed.” (pp. 212-213). 

 Question 3: Why were hard working soldiers’ leaders heroes? They instructed them. They risked their lives on information and plans trying to win each battle.

Bunsen burner flames

 

Skittle Observation - Science

 Skittle Observation - Science

Skittle Observations

Instructions: 

 ¾ fill a petri dish with water. 

Carefully place 4 differently colored skittles evenly spaced around the outside of the petri dish. 

Watch...

Observations

What things did you notice?  Can you make five observations?

 the yellow did not pass the red 

  the colors did not mix until you shake it

  the warm water melts the color

  with cold water it would go a lot slower

  the sugar dissolve and the colors diffuse

Did anything surprise you?  What weren’t you expecting to observe?

some of the color did not appear in the water as the did out of the water

Wonderings

What questions arose in your mind as you did this activity?

why doe they not mix

                  

 Do you have any ideas about why certain things happened?

the colors came off

 What could you do to see if your ideas are correct?

the colors move around