Road Safety

 


This week on Monday we went to a program about road safety.  The lessons were inside the trailer of a huge truck. We sat in the cab and beeped the horn. Inside we watched a TV clip.  In the clip we learnt what to do keep safe around trucks when we drive.

The important points were:

Wait for big trucks to come to a complete stop before going across a crossing.

Trucks have blind spots so try not go down where they can't see you.

Trucks need lots of space to turn so wait for them to turn before you do.

Waiho Bridge Washed Away

Yesterday on the 26th of March the Waiho bridge on the West Coast washed away due to major flooding. This happened near Franz Josef the place where the glaciers are. Lots of tourists and people go to visit the glaciers. 

My opinion is that it will cause lots of problems for the council as they will have to try and replace it quickly to get the road open.  It has been a temporary bridge for 25 years.

My Art

Hello welcome to my blog. This term we have been working on art. 
This is how we created our art:

Step 1: We made a character online that resembled us then we printed all of them out. 
Step 2: Our next step was to rule lines onto our A3 paper to make an enlargement grid. 
Step 3: We got a pencil and we started to draw our characters. We had to enlarge them on to the paper. This took me about 3 afternoons.
Step 4: Once we finished drawing onto paper we went over the lines in sharpie.
Step 5: The next step was to paint them the same colour of your hair and eyes.
Step 6: The last step was to choose a colour background you like and stick it on.

I am pleased with my finished artwork as it looks a lot like my design.  

Compass Poem Activity

Hello, this week I have been working on this poem. We chose an item from the story tin and then we had to make a poem about it. First we brainstormed heaps of words and then we put our favourite words onto notes. We had to put them in rows of 2,4,5,4, and 3 words. Then we put it on drawing. My poem was about a compass and the title is an anagram of the word compass.

I enjoyed this activity because it was easy to create and the items we could choose from were interesting.

Our Day Trip to the Brunner Mine Site

  

 

Hello.  This week on Monday 18th we went to the Brunner Mine Site for a school trip. We learnt heaps out there.  

One thing I learnt was that they also made coke from the little pieces of coal out there.  We saw the coke oven and where they used to make bricks.

After morning tea we dressed up as people being sad when the mine exploded for photos.  We also acted out scenes from the book "The Mine's Afire!" which is about the Brunner Mine Disaster in 1895. 

We had lunch out there and then we went to the cemetery where most of the miners from the disaster were buried.

My favourite activity was going on the bush walk because i like walking in the bush and seeing the mine entrance for the coke and clay for the bricks.

What i have created in tech

In the last 4 weeks I have been at tech I have made wooden tongs so what we did was and this is how you make them.

step 1. Plan them on paper once you have your design
step 2. We plan them on cardboard
step 3. Then we traced them onto the wood we were using
step 4. Then cut it out then trace that 1 on to your other bit of wood step 5 then you build a wedge.
Then glue the wedge then into the 2 bits of wood u have then u have tongs.

What's been on the news this week?

  This week on Wednesday 13th March there was a 11 million dollar lotto win. The people who won it come from Hawkes Bay.

                                         My opinion is that they are lucky to win the lotto and I think that they will be going on a holiday really soon because I sure would!

What would you do if you won $11 million?

The Mines Afire Prediction

For this week we are beginning our study on the Brunner Mine Disaster.  As part of this we are going to be reading the novel, The Mines Afire.  Next Monday we are going to the Brunner Mine Site for a school trip so we are preparing for it. I like this topic we are working on.

What's in the News this Week?

What sort of animal was involved in a mass stranding in the Marlborough Sounds last week? 

In the news this week there was some dolphins stranded on an island in the Marlborough Sounds last week.

Thirteen common dolphins were found dead near the entrance to Troy Channel in the Marlborough Sounds last week. Scientists don't know why they did it because they did not seem sick.

My opinion is that it is not good and the dolphins don't deserve that to happen to them.  I wonder why they did it?

My Visual Mihi 2019

This week for blogging this is my visual mihi for 2019.  This introduces me and where I am from. The first 2 photos are me with my first 2 deer. The 1 on the right was my first deer. 

What's Been on the News this Week?

The Auckland city is deciding about banning these scooters from the city forever today. They have already banned them for a week because the brakes are locking on and causing serious injuries to people.  These scooters are called lime scooters.  The scooters could break apart while you are using them.

I think that it is a good idea to ban them if it is doing what they say.  What do you think?