Soundtrack of my life – English

Hello everyone! For the past few weeks we did our soundtrack of our lives in English in which we need to introduce oursleves or a little about us. After that, we are then to choose five of our favorite songs that is very special to us, why is it important to us, and why did we chose those songs. Out of all the five songs, we only need to choose one song to present infront of our class and talk about why we chose that and why is it so special to us.

The song I’ve chosen for this presentation is the song ‘Pasilyo’ can be translated to english as ‘aisle’. As a Filipino this song will always be my favorite song.

What is Pasilyo all about?

– The song “Pasilyo” is all about marriage.
The lyrics behind this song explains and describes how the protagonist is deeply in love with their partner and feels joy, love, and thought of being with them forever. They imagine walking slowly towards the altar in a church to get married, and they can’t imagine needing anything else in life. They pray to God that they can spend their life living together until their old age, and even dreaming of taking their partner’s last name. Throughout the song, the protagonist emphasizes that their partner is the only one for them and that they love them truly and deeply.

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Mutations and Selections

Hello everyone,

Today we learned about mutations and selections for Science. We learned about what they meant and what they were.

There are three main types of mutations:

Substitution – A base is substituted/swapped for a different base.

Deletion – A base is deleted/removed.

Insertion – A base is added.

Mutations

Mutations, and alterations within DNA, lead to the creation of alleles. UV light, chemicals, dietary habits, and radiation exposure can induce mutations.

Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you have a fantastic day!

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29th February 2024

Did you know today (29/02/2024) is a very special day? That’s because it’s a leap day. In Room 1 we were super excited because we got a whole extra day of summer!

A leap year only occurs every 4 years, so the next leap year will be in 2028.

How old will you be in the next leap year?

We decided that there is no better way to celebrate a leap day than by doing leap frog jumps!

We had lots of fun leap frogging around the playground.

                                                                   

 

 

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Room 23 Week 5

In Room 23 we have been busy with Swimming lessons every morning. Well done for being organised and bringing your togs every day. I’ve noticed a big improvement in everyone’s swimming.

 

We also have had another Science Kit – Float My Boat – where we learnt about density and buoyancy. We had fun seeing if things would float or sink and also making a boat out of tin foil to see how many washers it could hold.

Coming up next week:

Our Week of Cultural Celebration – we welcome any parents or whanau who would like to visit our classrooms to share their culture with us e.g. a story, artefacts or taonga, artwork, a song or even just teaching us some language. Please contact your child’s teacher if you are able to help us.

You will have had a notice home about next Tuesday, the day we dress up in clothes from our own culture, or others, and when we have our special shared lunch. Please watch out for the notice!

Pūriri Pupuhi Nui Wednesday 6 March, 11.30 – 1pm. It’s time for us to share what we have learned during our 10 days with the swimming coaches. Come along and celebrate the progress that the children have made. Please note this is not a competition, rather a participation event where all the children can have fun.

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The Little Blue Penguins Boxes!

My class has been building nesting boxes for the little blue penguins to protect them like stoats,dogs,cats and other animals. We spilt into 5 diffrent groups, it was pretty much like a 3D puzzles.

We had Lucy from WCPT and Grace helped us build the nesting boxes. We also went to the beach and found trackes from Little Blue Penguins,bunnies,dogs,cats and birds if I try to name them all it would take forever but we also found other animals.

We also had grace Mrs Lockys daughter make as little packegs with the wood that we needed some instructions. We made 6 nesting boxes in total to the WCPT.

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Nutrition is key

We have had a busy fortnight, the students have been having educational sessions with the Heart foundations Food for thought programme. They looked at what our body needs for nutrition and how to read nutritional labels on products. They then used this knowledge in a “supermarket” setting choosing and comparing products.

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PENN Movie – Term 1

Kia ora tātou.

Every Tuesday,  we have Te Reo Māori with our lovely kaiako, Whaea Saf.   We got to learn the Māori alphabet which consists of 15 letters, eight consonants h, k, m, n, p, r, t, w and two digraphs which represents single sounds ng and wh. There are five vowels – a,e, i, o, u.

We love the waiata of the māori alphabet and with actions.  Including Mātenga, Pakihiwi, Turi, Matiwae  – head, shoulders and knees. Give this a go and you might be surprised how much fun it can be!

 

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Favourite Books

Kia Ora, we have had a big focus on Reading and what we like to read. We did a survey and discussed the results. Each week we read silently, in fact, we had time nearly every day. The teacher tries to out loud at least 4 times a week too. That book this term is Hatchet and that is why our ponder is based on a book. – See the post 2 back.

This week we had to pick our current favourite book of all time, take a photo of the book and us, and add it to a class set of slides. Then we have to sell the book to others. Talk about why we think it is the best book EVER! (They are also printed and up on our wall just outside our class so the class next door can see what we recommend as great books.)

Check out our Favourite Books –

What is your favourite book? Why?

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Aim: To observe conduction on a metal rod.

 

Equipment: Metal bar, tripod, bunsen burner, petrolium jelly, six drawing pins, a stopwatch.

 

Thermal conducters are all materials that heat up.

 

An example of conducters are metal, copper, steel.

 

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dropping pins experiments

As a science enthusiast, one of my favourite experiments to conduct is the Dropping Pins experiment. It’s simple to perform, requires minimal equipment, and provides a great opportunity to learn about gravity and the laws of motion. In this blog post, I’ll be sharing with you the equipment you need and the steps to perform this fun experiment.

 

Equipment:

– A ruler

– Bunsen burner

– Several pins

– Stopwatch or timer

conductors – Metals such as

copper, aluminium, iron, and silver

– Non-metals such as graphite and silicon carbide

– Carbon steel

– Brass

– Bronze

– Gold

– Silver

– Platinum

– Nickel

– Titanium

– Tungsten

– Zinc

– Mercury

– Sodium

– Potassium

– Water

– Glass

– Concrete

– Stone

Here is a list of non-conductors or poor conductors of heat:

– Wood

– Plastic

– Rubber

– Glass

– Air

– Styrofoam

– Paper

– Cloth/Fabric

– Wax

– Cork

– Insulating materials like fibreglass and mineral wool

 

Keep in mind that some materials may conduct heat to some extent, but are still considered poor conductors compared to metals, which are excellent conductors of heat.

 

Keep in mind that the degree of conductivity varies for each material, and some materials may have better heat conductivity than others.

 

Steps:

1. Begin by setting up the experiment area. Find a flat surface to perform the experiment on, and make sure there is adequate space to drop the pins.

2. Next, measure the height of the Bunsen burner you will be using to drop the pins. Use the ruler to measure the height in centimetres and record the measurement.

3. Take one of the pins and hold it at the top of the Bunsen burner. Make sure the pin is held perpendicular to the surface and is not at an angle.

4. Release the pin and start the stopwatch or timer as soon as it is dropped. Stop the stopwatch or timer as soon as the pin hits the surface.

5. Record the time it took for the pin to fall to the surface in seconds.

6. Repeat steps 3-5 several times, using different pins each time. Make sure to record the time it takes for each pin to fall to the surface.

7. Once you have recorded the times for each pin, calculate the average time it took for the pins to fall to the surface.

8. Using the height of the Bunsen burner and the average time it took for the pins to fall, calculate the acceleration due to gravity using the following formula: Acceleration due to gravity (g) = 2h/t^2. Here, h is the height of the Bunsen burner and t is the average time it took for the pins to fall.

 

In conclusion, the Dropping Pins experiment is a great way to learn about gravity and the laws of motion. By measuring the time it takes for pins to fall from a certain height, we can calculate the acceleration due to gravity. This experiment is simple to perform and only requires a few basic materials. So, what are you waiting for? Grab some pins, a ruler, and a Bunsen burner and try it out for yourself!

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A Unfortunate Swim Playdate 🏊 👯

On Saturday after we had picked up Josh for Logan’s playdate. My mum’s friend texted mum to say that, my friend Maddison, wanted a swim playdate. (And no it’s not the Maddi in this school, another Maddi) Anyway… I said yes of course. So I went to Madz. We played with her cute little puppy Anzac. And I borrowed some of her togs and we drove to the pool. Turns out that the pool was closed because of a power OUTAGE!. SO WE WENT THERE FOR NO REASON! Well it’s not that bad but still. We went back home and spent our money at the shop, Maddi bought A gummi yum and a mentoes. I brought all Easter related things, a bunny kit-kat and small chocolate bunny and mini eggs. We had so much fun! We played minecraft and played with Anzac some more and went to cass square looking at the playground, well what used to be the playground. It  was a fun day even though we didn’t go to the pool. And I was ready to go back home to a house full of boys!

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My fantastic diamante poem

My task was to write and create a Diamante poem about the Germans and Jews. What I have enjoyed the most about the Diamante poem is writing it in my writing book and remaking it in a google draw. What I found really hard about the Diamante poem is thinking of some words to describe the Germans and Jews for the poem. What I might have done differently is adding in a little bit more detail and more exotic words to describe them.And now here is my look of the work I have done, What do you think?

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Diametal

So I am making a Dimante poem so How do we do that is Frist take a Traingle  And Then colour the Background and then Write the Dimante poem.And then done.

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