we did a ven diagram about paintings in Christchurch

 

Artworks and Their Purpose
Painting the Town
Artwork	Reason/Purpose
The Black hat	The black hat is a reproduction of an art  destroyed in the Christchurch earthquakes.
I seem to have temporarily misplaced my	The mural was made  for people who lost something or someone  in the quake.
We got the sunshine	Is inspired by music to help others get up from the quakes
Fly Me Up
Artwork	Reason/Purpose
Fly me up	Fly me up is a creation created by lots of children around Auckland and the globe.

today we read articals about art works in NZ.

sportsmanship

 today I did a poster about sportsmanship and what bad and good sportsmanship.

 

 

today I did stuff about sportsman ship 

Book review

Today we did a book review about a comic book. 

How weather works

this week I have been learning a about water here is a bit of what I learned.

What is an ecosystem?   
An  ecosystem is a system with several different things to keep it going: decomposers,consumers and producers each have an important role if they don't do their role the ecosystem would not work and the animals would die.Some things interrupt the cycle such as introduced animals and people hunting and making  animals extinct. 









Here is an example of an ecosystem: 






















Decomposers
 Decomposers breakdown fallen down trees and other things that are no longer needed and turn it into fresh soil for plants to grow. Decomposers are an important part of the ecosystem; they help birds get food and help new growth come in. If they weren't here there would not be any trees so that means no air or animals. They are fungi and different types of mushrooms.


Producers
Producers make food like nectar,food and leaves for animals to eat.Producers are plants,trees and flowers.Producers are an important part of an ecosystem if they weren't there animals wouldn't be able to survive and the ecosystem would get ruint.
 



Consumers
Consumers eat the things that the producers provide they are one of the living things in the ecosystem.Consumers are animals.Consumers are an important part of an ecosystem they make everything in balance if the animals are not there everything would get out of balance. 

   

collage

Ecosystems in a forest.

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Alice in wonderland quiz

The magic tree

The magic tree

One day in a strange valley far from here there was a fierce storm
the wind howled
like a wolf pack about to eat their prey.
All the trees tumbled to the ground as if they were toy soldiers…
all but one it was the tallest and the oldest of them all.
No harm came to it except that its old dreary bark peeled off layer by layer.
Soon there was a blanket of soft mossy bark that lay on the ground. 
It revealed the core of the tree; it was a whole new world;
it was a misty green inside and the moon was twice as bright as ours.
Nobody knew about this place ( or world if you prefer. )  except the very old rabbit.
He looked like a shrew that had been cooked in a frying pan. He knew the tree
like the palm of his hand. When he was a
little rabbit he used to hop up and into the hole at the top of the big beautiful tree.
He knew which tree it was since from the core there was a warm friendly glow which shone
like a small flickering candle. Years after people found the valley and vines dangled down
and hid the portal.
One day they built a house near the tree and the tree became part of the land.
people moved in they were a family of three the mother the father and the little girl.
When the
mother and father were unpacking the father said to the little girl
- Rose go outside and explore. 

( the trees had grown back by now so Rose did as she was told)
She happily skipped off into the woods in search of a new hut .
when she came across the oldest tree she said to herself
- Why its perfect! 

So she stepped in. She was dreadfully confused.
She was considering all
this when a voice behind her startled her.
She spun around and saw a hedgehog.
- Well it couldn't be him.
She said to herself.
- Actually it could be. 

said the hedgehog.
when she explained everything and he explained
everything they become friends and Rose has been going there ever since! 

Enviro maths

                                                                       I made a forest.

Enviro maths

Enviro maths

LEO

Leo   

 The wind loud and powerful is his roar flying down from the sky like 

a shooting  star.He comes out at night and watches for danger for us if he sees any 

he sends  lightning down from his perch . ( even though sometimes he kills us on accident ) . 

When we are scared he sends rain lightly patting on the roof like a cat coming on soft paddy paws

Maths

Problem solving

stand at dawn

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      Jim's journal

We were all sitting round the campfire, a tiny speck of light in between the mist, its embers

crackling like the guns going off the day before.I wondered what had happened to Carl, my

german soldier friend who got sent to the sick tent. knots are getting tied in my heart. I miss him

like he was part of my family but I am glad to have Nipper, my very loyal messenger dog friend

here as well as the other soldiers here too. Just as we were going  to bed I heard footsteps

behind me I spin around I see no one at all just mist and the lovely flamingo pink sky. When

suddenly out of the mist I saw…..Carl!! I hugged him tight [ Not too tight because his wound was

still healing.] and invited him to come in my tent to sleep for the night.

Matariki lantern

On the side of my lantern I drew eight  stars 4 on each side so it makes the 9 stars of Matariki
including the one in the middle.

My Matariki learning

Up above is my star chart I drew with all the things I learnt about the stars.

Arnie the doughnut

Arnie the doughnut. 

My favourite part in Arnie the doughnut is when he suddenly realises that he is made for eating because it's really funny. I find it funny because his eyes twirl round and round and he gets worried. I also like the end where Arnie turns into a doughnut dog and gets dog friends!!

My maths

I thought it was quite hard.

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