Dramatization of Abraham and Sarah

Today we did a dramatization of Abraham and Sarah. I was Sarah, and my friend Molly was my thoughts and voice. This picture is at the end when Abraham and Sarah have a child called Issac. My friend Jemima was Issac as you can see in the picture. It was very fun to do this and I would gladly do it again.

Katy

I have been reading a book called Katy. It is written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Katy is an adventurous girl with big dreams and ambitions but sometimes that can lead her into big trouble she is the eldest of six and has a stepmother called Izzy. She is also a daredevil. After a terrible accident she can't walk but she still wants to be able to fly. It is a great book and I would definitely recomend it.

Tigers

Tigers. What amazing and wonderful creatures. They are so interesting!! You may have seen one in the zoo but you probably don’t know anything about them other than, they are big cats, they have orange fur and black stripes and maybe some other facts here and there but I bet you don’t know the deeper secrets…


Tigers are carnivores, which means they only eat meat if you didn’t know. They are not that fussy with their prey but would prefer the bigger animals on the menu, maybe gourmet buffalo or a strong stag for a main and maybe a few baby rabbits for some light dessert. Wild tigers have to work for their food but being a tiger in a zoo is like being at a restaurant, it just gets served to you.


Wild tigers are commonly known to be near evergreen forests, mangrove swamps, tropical rainforests, savannahs, luscious grasslands and rocky mountains. Did you know that unlike most big cats tigers love water!? They are also good swimmers and often cool off in natural pools or streams.


A baby tiger usually stays inside a mother tiger’s womb for about 3 to 4 months, just 3 months!! A mother usually gives birth to 3 to 4 cubs but some tigers have been known to give birth to up to 8 cubs at one time!!! When a tiger is an adult ( just 18 months!! ) they leave their mother and go find a mate and start the whole life cycle again.


Tigers can camouflage in their natural environment, tall grass, bushes and trees. Tigers are the biggest species in the cat family. Did you know that there is only 3,890 tigers left in the whole world!!! Tigers can reach up to 3.3 metres long and 300kg!



I hoped I have helped you learn a bit more than the simple facts, so you can go and help some people if they need some help on their tiger project or just simply tell your friends all the cool tiger facts you know, cause now you’re the expert on tigers.

Grandparents Day

Today we had Grandparents Day!! My grandparents unfortunately couldn't make it but my auntie came instead. We had our grandparents mass first, lots of grandparents were there. I did a prayer of the faithful and was the first one. We sang lots of lovely songs and did a blessing for the grandparents. After I mass I met my auntie outside and we went to the bake sale.


I bought a cupcake and a cookie my sister bought a cupcake and a sausage sizzle. I thought about my dad and decided to get him some lolly cake and brownie. Then my auntie, sister and I went into my classroom and I showed them everything I had done then we went down to Emma's class room and looked at her stuff then she read us this super boring story about some pop stars trying to lift a castle or something and it went on for like ever and ever.


After that there was some lovely performances, Sheridan kupa haka, Choir, Ukelele group, Samoan dancers Irish dancing and folk dancing. After that we all said goodbye to our family and friends and we all went back to class. I had a great Grandparents Day because it was great to see my auntie and my friends grandparents and share my work with them.

Maths Posters

Yesterday we made maths posters. We were in pairs. I was pairs with Maggie. We did a subtraction poster. We needed to have some word problems  and subtraction vocabulary. We also went into room 8 and shared them with them because they were having a bit of trouble understanding maths vocabulary. It was fun to make up word problems, think of maths words and share them to room 8.

Colours Experiment

In Science on Tuesday we did an experiment. The first thing we did was get four containers of water and eight paper towels, then we wet four of them and left four of them dry. We then put a different colour in each container, green, blue, red, yellow. Then we made an esstimet. Half the class said that the wet ones would carry the water better and the other half said the dry ones would carry the water better (I was one of the dry people). We then placed the paper towels carefully in the water and left them for a little while. When came back everyone agreed that the dry ones carried the water quicker but in the end they both pretty much were the same. I had lots of fun doing this experiment because it was interesting. 

Speech

I came into school on Tuesday 14th of August knowing that today I would do the speech semi-finals. Was my speech good enough? I wouldn't know until after the semis. My speech was on Does Practice Really Make Perfect.

 The people I would be competing against would be Mia and Jemima for room 5, Lucy, Kayano and Soeun for room 6 and Alana, Viola and Mathew for room 9.

The order for the speeches was, Jemima, Kayano, Alana, Mia, Lucy, Viola, Me, Souen and Mathew. In actual fact I went last but that was because I had to do mine twice due to interruptions. I did not get into the speech finals but Mia, Lucy and Souen did.

I learnt a lot by my peer assessments and Mrs Drummond's assessment. I had fun writing, preparing and presenting my speech.

Mary Mackillop Poem

Magnificent
Amazing
Respectful
Young

Mirthful
Awesome
Caring
Kind
Incredible
Loving
Lovely
Outstanding
Positive

For Saint Mary Mackillop's feast day we did lots of fun activities and an acrostic poem was one of them. I really liked doing this it got me thinking on what words to use.

St Mary Mackillop

Today was St Mary Mackillop's feast day and we celebrated it by going to mass and doing fun activities and art. Some of the activities we did were word searches and acrostic poems about Mary Mackillop. We also did dot art.  First we got a picture of Mary Mackillop and cut it out and glued it in. Then we chose our colours, I chose blue, pink and yellow. Then we got cotton buds and dipped them in the paint started dotting. I really enjoyed doing this because it was interesting and soothing. Today was very fun.