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This week on Tuesday afternoon Room 6 and Room 7 had an idea from Bell and Mrs Agnew thought that we should make an outfit out of recycled materials. Mr Bell and Mrs Agnew found some recycled material in the art shed and we also brought some from home.

We had heaps of cardboard, cardboard pipes, boxes, plastic, newspaper and other things. The next day we were creating outfits. I was going to be an astronaut but I chose to be a knight because there was an army of knights in Room 7. I started off with a cardboard box.

I cut a hole in the cardboard box and I put my head in it and it looked like armour and I kept it as a chestplate. On Wednesday I thought of an idea of making an axe, sword or a hook for my weapon. I chose a hook. I got a spare cardboard box and cut it like a hook.

On Thursday it was the day for our fashion show. Room 6 walked to room 7 and waited for the whole school to come. There was an entrance to Room 7 that we could walk in.The animals went first and after their turn I had to go up with my partner Theo and I was a little bit nervous.

 When I walked in they were screaming very loud. I was walking calmly and went out of the room when I finished and I was surprised. My ears were ringing because of their screaming. I wanted to go again and we had a chance to go again. I was happy.                                                                               

the Young Ocean Explorers learning we have been doing this term with Mr Bell and Mrs Agnew was exhausting and fun.

 

   

Littering is a bad thing to do and we should NEVER let it happen around us. When rubbish gets thrown away it gets sucked into drains and flows down to the ocean where sea plants and animals live. Rubbish and the sea are not friends.

Litter is bad for the ocean because if a sea animal like a turtle eats a plastic lid the turtle might choke and die. I saw a turtle wrapped around with plastic and it couldn’t grow. Its body was deformed.This is very sad.

I saw plastic bottles flowing around at Anchor Bay beach once and I saw people picking up the plastic bottles. My family and I helped the people. There were big bins that we put the rubbish into. This is what all communities should do but if no one littered then others wouldn’t have to pick up our rubbish!

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 1.6 million square kilometres big. It is the largest amount of litter in the world. If we were to clear up the rubbish from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch scientists think it would take 1-2 years of non-stop cleaning.

I hope you have learned to not litter. I am trying my best to not litter and to Recycle, Reuse, Reduce and to Refuse to use ‘one use’ cups and plastic. If we all did this everyday, imagine how clean and healthy our environment would be.

 

Last Thursday it was a beautiful sunny day to go sailing. Room 7 and Room 6 marched down to Panmure Basin to practise sailing. We walked there for 5 minutes and everyone was tired except for Geo, Kava, Me and Jaeden. Once we were there there was a lady, Steph, who taught us how to sail. Steph had two partners that helped us if we were in trouble.

Room 7 went sailing first and Room 6 was on land. There were activities on land that were fun to learn about. I wanted to go on the boat first but we just had to wait patiently for Room 7 to finish their turn.

We learned about pulleys and knots.The first activity was to put sand in a bag. It was 4 kg we tied a pulley to the bag and tied it to a knot and we had to try and pull it. 

After 1 and a half hours it was our turn to go sailing. I was sailing with my friend Kava. We were bad at the start but when we kept trying we got better at sailing. Me and my other friend swapped boats. Steph asked me if I wanted to sail by myself and I said yes. I was afraid the first few minutes because I had to do two jobs at a time.

For a few minutes I was feeling proud of myself because I learnt something new. I was exuberant. I was sailing fast and I almost lost control. My other friends needed some help and I helped them.

They announced the best sailor of the day and they picked me because I was sailing by myself very well.

It was time to go back to school.I was happy when we came back from sailing because I was exhausted.It was an enjoyable experience.

Sailing was fun.I had a very exuberant day.I was sad because i wanted to go back to sailing but i hope we go sailing again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few weeks ago it was the start of Lent and I made a Lenten promise. My promise was to follow Jesus by being kind and compassionate. At school last week, Ramsey fell down and I went to help him up and make sure he was ok. I will continue trying to keep my promise for the rest of Lent.

Yesterday Room 6 was lucky because we were visiting a stone cottage. I have seen it everyday whenever I come to school but I never knew anything about it. It is just across the road from our school.

 

I am interested in this doll because it is over 150 years old.It looks like a creepy doll from video games. I also like the cotton of the clothes because it is over 150 years old too and it looks like my baby nieces cottage but much bigger.

                                                                                                                                                                             

I was interested in learning about this mustache cup. It was used by the men in the olden days who liked drinking tea. They put tea in it and when they drank their mouths didn’t get wet.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was also interested in this clock because it is over 100 years old. It is one of the oldest clocks in the world. I was shocked seeing this because it is my first time seeing one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are bellows. It is used to make more fire. You open then close them multiple times until the fire goes. They also used the fire in the fireplace to cook their food.

 

At the end of the outing, we came back to school and spoke about all the new things we learned. I have never seen so many old things altogether in one place. It is cool.

This year we had swimming lessons. The boys were separated from the girls. The boys went first and the girls went at the end of the day. We just waited patiently for the bus to pick us up each day. The first lesson was calling help when you are going to drown in the sea. We had to put one hand up, then swim with our legs kicking and one hand.

In the second lesson we were learning how to float on our backs and our front. We had to hold on a board then float on our back and then we had to move our hands to swim fast while we were floating. The third lesson we were swimming on boards to balance us from swimming and we had to hold on at the top of the board, then kick as fast as we can. Fourth lesson we were learning how to kick with our feet and we had to straighten our feet, then kick as fast as we can. The last part we were diving, jumping, doing a bomb in the pool. I did a bomb and it was big. Then the girls came and we were finished.

       

How to make a Matariki star:

These are the instructions.

First, cut around the outside of your cardboard circle. Cut 1.5cms, equal distance apart all the way around the circle. Slide the wool into the first slit, leaving a tail on the other side. Begin making your way around the shape, passing through each slit several times. Use a second colour of wool and wind around the slits again to make a different pattern.

Matariki is the Maori New Year in New Zealand. We had our first public holiday for Matariki on the 14th July. We were still on holiday. Last week at school we learned about Tawhiririmatea, who was one of Ranginui and Papatuanuku’s sons, and he is also the god of wind. He got angry when his brothers wanted to separate his parents so he pulled out his eyes and threw them up into the Milky Way. Now he blows lots of wind around New Zealand.

I am a gentle man. I am alone. I hide away from people. I do not want to be spotted by people who are near. I am a lonely man because my wife died. I want to be alone now because I have a son to look after. We love the quiet life.

 

I am………….Hideaway Tom