Grandparents Day

On Grandparents Day, the first thing we did was go to mass. When it ended, all the grandparents headed to the library and got some refreshments. There were cakes, cupcakes, sausage rolls, and more. Later, we all waited for performances. There were Samoan dances, playing the ukelele, and Irish dancing. After all that fun, we headed back to our class and did some work. This was very fun.

Cultural Week

Last week, was Cultural week. For Cultural Week, we all got to choose 3 languages we could learn. I picked Spanish, German, and Chinese. I got put in German. We learned numbers to 20 in German, greetings in German, and sentences you'd use in a conversation. We also learned a German slap dance and we presented it on Friday. I thought it was really fun and was a great way to educate others.

My Rugby Tournament

Last week on Thursday, I went to a rugby tournament it Taupo. When we left it took us 3 hours to get there and had to fuel up twice for the trip. When we got there, other teams came then we played manhunt. The first game we lost to Clifton and lost the other game we played. On Saturday, we lost 2 out of our 3 games. Then we won the last game. Sadly we only played 1 game but we won. After we had to head back to Auckland. Even though we lost we still had fun.

Social Justice Week

For Religous Education, we were doing an activity about Social Justice Week. We did a feather and wrote words that mean happy and things that can make you happy. And we coloured it in with felt and with colour pencils. We even watched a video about including others and not judging others by their looks.

Author Visit

Yesterday, a very famous author came to visit the school. His name was Raymond Huber. He came into our classroom and talked about how he started writing and things about his books. Some of his books are true stories and some of them are about bees. I really enjoyed this author visit a lot and was one of the best visits yet.

Speeches

6 weeks ago, I said my speech about Air Pollution. My time for it was 2:52. I really enjoyed it because I felt more confident. This is my speech:

1. Have you ever heard of Air Pollution?. If you haven’t, Air Pollution is one of the worst types of pollution and is the world’s deadliest environmental issue. But have you ever wanted to know what it does to the environment? Well, today, I am here and I am going to tell you about air pollution and how it affects the environment

2. But what is air pollution? Well, air pollution is the bad and negative gasses, chemicals, and particles which flow through the air. It damages living things such as animals and plants but most importantly it can injure and even kill us. Air pollution also contains different types of dioxide including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur, and nitrogen.

3. But how is air pollution created? Well, Air pollution is created by two main sources. Natural and Man-Made. Man-made, as in human actions I mean is us using vehicles like cars and trucks. We form air pollution with vehicles by smoke which comes out from the back of the car if your speeding. But it mainly comes from factories in the pipes. Natural is by things that erupt like volcanoes, but it’s also from rainstorms and forest fires. Air pollution is also created by fossil fuels. For example, burning coal or other sources like natural gas is creating air pollution.

 4. Air pollution obviously will affect us but most of all how can it affect the environment? That is a good question, well, Air pollution affects us in many ways. It puts you at a high chance of asthma or possibly other diseases like lung cancer and heart disease but most of all difficult breathing. Air pollution also has a poisoning and a harmful affection to it which can cause us death. An interesting fact is that we are the main reason air pollution is being caused and we are suffering the consequences by death. Air pollution can even cause acid rain by smoke coming from factories which heads towards the clouds and if you notice it turning greyish or black that could be acid rain coming. But it’s mostly your imagination. When it touches the ground, it makes the soil and everything an unfit habitat for it.

 5. If your wondering, these are many solutions for stopping air pollution. These ways are anytime you are using energy you are using the internet. So DO NOT! use a lot of internet It just makes air pollution more deadly because you watching too much youtube. Another way of helping people and of course electricity is turning off lights when you leave your room and especially remember to turn off the Tv and anything you are not using. Driving less often helps as well. If you can, you can try to talk to your parents about carpooling which is biking or walking somewhere. This also helps with saving money on gas, which is good.

6. So these are many different ways to cause air pollution and how it affects earth and solutions about being safe and being careful to others. So I hope that you know a lot more or know what air pollution is but most importantly I hope you liked it!

Catholic Schools X Country

Yesterday, me and other Year 3s, 4s, 5s, and 6s went to Catholic schools cross country. The people which came 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for the boys and girls. We raced at Monte Cecilia Park. In my race, my friends and I were going last. Our race was 1:30. Out of 80 people, my friend Noah came 22nd, I came 25th, and my friend Otis came 30th. It was tiring but really fun.

Mini BB Fair

On the 30th of August, it was the Mini BB Fair. The bb is books and baking. The baking sold for 50 cents and others were 1 dollar. And the books were 1 and 2 dollars. There was cookies, brownies, cupcakes, and cakes. I didn't get any books though. Everything was delicious and smelt really good. The reason we did this is because we needed to raise enough money for a moral for the power box. And we managed to raise enough money. 

Information Report 2

Llamas

Characteristics

Llamas are cute and soft. They are related to alpacas. Llamas are WAY better than alpacas because they like to spit. Llamas and alpacas are both apart of the Camelids family.

Diet

Llamas are mammals which eat up to 10-12 pounds of grass once they are fully grown. They live up to 10-15 years. An average lifespan of a llama is up to 20 years. Llamas weigh up to 130-200 kgs and their height is 1.7-1.8 meters long. Llama also likes to eat vegetables, fruit, broccoli sweet potatoes, carrots, and apples. Maybe that's why they spit.

Location

The native range of a llama is along the Andes mountain except they are NOT found in the wild. The natural habitat of a llama is the Andean highlands, especially the Altiplano of southeast Peru and western Bolivia.  

Predators

The llama's predators are mountain lions, snow leopards, cougars, and most importantly humans. If they are getting attacked the male llamas sound off to warn the rest of the group so they can run away.

Are They Extinct?

No. There is now a law where you have to protect them. Do not hunt them! They are no longer found in the wild though.

Information Report

Today in writing, we did a slideshow about a reptile of our choice. My choice was a tuatara. We first did a brainstorm in our books, then we did a draft on a Google Doc and after we published it on a slide. The reason I chose a tuatara is because I like learning about reptiles and because I like learning about other species. This is my slideshow.