Thank you litter

​I just whant to thank all of the parents that helped all of the students during the trip to the Auckland Museum.  I will like to thank Tamati for helping the group that I was in. It was very fun at the Museum there were so many inturisting objects. If any of you pedants did not come nobody will able to go to the Museum.  

​There were so many task that you us with. Tamati if it wasn't for you I would of made a fool of my self by not finishing my art task. So thank you again for helping with this amazing trip we would not been able to go to that amazing trip with out you.

Four things I hate and like the most

1. The thing I hate the most is when I am trying to play a video game and my brothers distract me and then I die in the game.
2. The second thing I hate the most is when I am trying to listen to something and everybody is talking really loud It fills my rage.
3. The third thing that I hate the most is when I have a big headache and tell the people around me to be quiet and they just talk and talk and give me a migrane.
4. Another thing that I hate is when I need to do some work and I have no idea what to write and it is very stressful.

1. The thing that I like the most is to play on my xbox 360.
2. Another thing that I like is that I like to go to a place called Pakuranga health camp.
3. Another thing that I like to do the most is to cook.
4. Another thing that I like to do the most is play with my friends Jordan and Iisa.

Athletics

Last week on friday Pt England school had an event at 11 o'clock. I did not do most of the events because my ankle is injured. so instead of doing most of the events I help a teacher with the year 1 boys.

The year 1 boys were playing a little game. I do not know what the game is called I will just give you a little description. They were trying to through a gumboot in a hula hoop.

There were many activities. I only got to play shot put and javelin. My favorite activity was javelin. If you don't know what javelin is then I will tell you what it is.

Javelin is a sport when you toss a javelin. A javelin is a long metal stick. The point of the game is to see who can toss the javelin the furthest. There was 1st 2nd and 3rd place.

Auckland Museum

This piece of writing is going to explain all about the Auckland Museum. If you go there there will be all kinds of galleries for dinosaurs, fish, birds, reptiles, maori and pacific galleries. As you can see there all kinds of items and artwork and even some very old relics.

If you go the maori gallery in the Auckland Museum just before you enter the gallery there will be a display of a piece of clothing on the opposite side there will be a projector facing the wall and if you walk closer the screen will have a man will do anything that you do.

If you go to the Pacifica gallery you will see that there is many weapons and clothing. There were hammers, spares necklaces and ext. There a lot of very old items.

There were many carving in both Pacific and Maori galleries. There are carvings on waka and other different items.

Explanation (Why is it important to have class/school rules?)

Are you wondering why is there school rules? Rules are important they run the world. There are rules at schools and house’s. Rules help people fit in and learn from their mistakes.

There are rules so you know where the boundaries are so the teacher know where you are and for discipline and respect. There are rules for everyone's safety.

There are rules at school because if there was no rules all of the schools will not last. The schools will be in chaos. There will be lots of fights and the kids can do anything they want. There will also be distributed to the school and lots of people will probably swear. It will be an outrage.

Immersion Assembly

If you go to Point England School you will notice that there is an Immersion Assembly on the first day of each term. Do you want to know what Point England is focusing on in the 4th term of 2014? It is ‘Art Attack’.

An immersion assembly is when the whole school joins up in the hall. The principal tells the kids what the term is about. There will little items from each team. Day one of term 4 was the same as usual. Teachers from each team presented items about the topic.

First Team 1’s performance was about the environment. Team 1 is going to the river and see the environment. They are going to have a picnic to see the view.

Next was Team 2’s performance was about the three primary colours and what they make. The three primary colors are blue, red and yellow. The colour blue and red makes purple. Blue and yellow makes green and red and yellow makes orange.

After Team 2’s item was Team 3’s performance was about different artists like Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol and others. Did you know that the museum spent around 200 thousand dollars on a room for only one painting -  The Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is worth around 1 billion dollars.

Team 4’s performance was similar to team 3’s performance about different artists. They Had Monet, Fatu Feu’u and Van Gogh.

Finally Team 5. Team 5 walked up onto the stage and pulled a board form the side of the stage. On the board had three pieces of paper one was black and the other two was white. The teacher started painting. While the teacher was painting there was a video. The video was some drawing of a person. When the teachers finished the video finished. The teaches flipped the paintings upside down and the was three portraits of Mr Jacobson Mrs Jarman And Mr Burt.

How to make Spaghetti Bolognese

Ingredients:

Spaghetti

Mince

Bolognese sauce

Toppings:

Cheese

Pasly

How to make it.               

Grab a pot and pour cold water in the pot. Put the element on 7. Pour the spaghetti in the water and let the water boil. Grab another pot and put the element on 7. Put the mince in the pot with the mince bolognese sauce and some parsley in the pot and let it cook.

Wait for 40 minutes. Drain the spaghetti serve on a plate. Pour the mince on top of the spaghetti. If you want you can sprinkle cheese on top of the mince. Well there is how to make Spaghetti Bolognese.

Plastics may pose a greater threat than climate change

I am writing this to (John Key) New Zealand’s prime minister

New Zealand has had a terrible plastic pollution rate. New Zealand’s oceans is polluted by plastics. Most sources of marine pollution are land based. There is all kinds of plastic that pollutes the ocean. Mr Key is there any way that you can stop all this madness ?

Mr John Key all of that plastic is killing the all the fish and birds. Some fish think that the plastic bags a food and eat them and then a bird might do the same think that it is food. Mr Key can you ban plastic bags because it is harming many animals like turtles whales dolphins fish birds and many other animals.

Mr Key

Plastic bags are one of the biggest problems of pollution. If you ban plastic bags we might have less pollution in our oceans. If you walk around Auckland or other places of New Zealand you will see plastic bags flying around the place. Lots of the plastic bags are from supermarkets like Pak’n Save, New World, Countdown, The Warehouse and many more.

Mr Key

If you look in our oceans you will see lots and lots of rubbish. There are animals lives at stake. Mr Key fishermen should stop littering. There should be a rule that you should bring your rubbish back on land not throw their rubbish in the ocean. Please do something about this issue.

Yours sincerely

Eric

Why your mind and your body is inportant

Eric

Did you know that if you do not look after your body you could get very sick like having cancer, Diabetes and many more. If you do not drink enough water a day you can get dehydrated. When you get dehydrated your brain does not work properly because your body is 90% made out of water.

Did you know if you do not be careful you might break a bone pull or rip a tendon you will not be able to do certain sports or exercise. If you do not do enough exercise you will become lazy and maybe even gain too much weight and become overweight.

It is important to look after your body and brain you can get cancer and many other diseases that can kill you slowly and painfully. If you look after your body you might even live longer and if you live longer you will get more experiences and you might even enjoy being a sioner citizen.

Did you know that if you have lots of the same medicine when you are a child the medicine does not work when you are an adult. The medicine will not work because you will imoun to it and it is like an immunisation. It does not harm or heal you. If the medicine does not work you might pass away.

Your brain is the most important symptom in your body because if your brain does not work your heart, organs and the rest of your body will not work as it should. You will be unable to have a proper future and if you do not have a proper future you will be lonely and un happy all the time or you might die.

If you do not eat the right food which has too much carbs in it you will get sick and you might even get a disease called diabetes. If you have diabetes you will get very sick when you have low blood sugar and even when you get high blood sugar.

When you have diabetes you have to check your blood sugar every morning midday and night time after you have dinner. If your blood sugar is low then you should have a little treat with sugar in it to keep healthy and well.

Life Education

In the past few weeks we has been having a class with Lynn at the Life Education Trust Caravan. We have been talking about drugs and alcohol.

We have learned how drug and alcohol changes the brain functions. We have learned that just because it has a symbol that we trust on a tablet does not mean that it is not lethal.

There is all kinds of drugs like Marijuana, Glue, Cocaine, nitrous oxide from whip cream cans and many more. There were many examples or drug addicts and their lives, like Zeb, Amy, Rita, Vivian, James and Jason.

We have learned that the drugs do not just affect the person that used it but it also affects families, friends, neighbors, classmates, teachers, public and even more. The effect goes from personal to people to people you don't even know. It is like throwing a pebble in the pond because the effects ripples out.

World War 1

Here is a QR code for more information about World War 1

Did you know that there was a ceremony was held at Parliament Grounds. There was a 100-Gun Salute being fired on Wellington’s waterfront outside Te Papa. It was held at 9 to 9am this morning.

Did you know that my great grandfather was in the first World War. I do not know my grandfathers name I only know his last name (Baker). He is the Grandfather of my father.

Australia

Australia is the 6th most largest country as area. Australia is also called an island continent. Did you know that there is more than 23 million people in Australia. Did you know that Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in Australia.

Australia has over 750 different reptile species, more than any other country in the world. There is a desert area the outback. The outback covers much of the land of Australia.

Here is a QR code to a link of more information about Australia

Commonwealth games

5 Facts that I already know about the Commonwealth Games:

1	The commonwealth games is all about sports
2	there is a place 1st 2nd and 3rd
3	There is boxing, netball, swimming, gymnastic, Shooting, weightlifting, rugby, cycling, running and baseball
4	It is also called Glasgow
5	different countries compete

Useful links:

http://www.glasgow2014.com/sites/default/files/attached-files/Glasgow%202014%20Factsheet.pdf

http://www.gameonscotland.org/glasgow2014/

http://www.hie.co.uk/regional-information/2014/100-facts-about-the-games.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2290636/Commonwealth-Games-2014--Facts-Figures.html

10 new facts that I found out about the Commonwealth Games: (include a link to the site where you found your information. Your information needs to be in your own words)

1	Glasgow 2014 will be the biggest sporting and cultural event to happen in Scotland in a generation.
2	Glasgow was chosen as Host City for the Games by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) in 2007
3	The first Commonwealth Games took place in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.
4	Four hundred athletes from eleven countries competed over 6 sports and 59 events
5	– The Games were originally called the British Empire Games.
6	There were no Games in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II and its economic aftermath.
7	Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales have attended every Games.
8	Scotland hosted the Games in 1970 and 1986.
9	In 2000 the CGF created the Commonwealth Youth Games.
10	Today the Commonwealth is home to just under 1/3 of the global population.

My holiday

On the 6th of July me and my family went to Black Bridge for the 10th anniversary of my dad’s mums, my grandma passing. We went to a bakery that my dad went to when he was a little boy. We had steamed mince buns and cheese bread sticks.

We went to a beach that I went to when I was 6. It had a nice shore line. It was raining so we had to eat in the car. I never got to eat a cheese bread stick but I did get to have three steamed mince buns.

I did not do much for the rest of the holidays, all I did was work on my dads boat.

Sound

this is my sound video

Echolocation

How to make chocolate cookies with m&m's in it.

How to make chocolate cookies with m&m’s in it.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of Flour

half a cup of white sugar

2 tablespoons of cocoa powder        

M&M’s

3 tablespoons of melted butter or margarine

Put the oven on 180 degrees. Grab a big mixing bowl and put the flour in the bowl put the cocoa powder in the center of the bowl and then pour the melted butter and the sugar in the bowl and mix. Keep on mixing until the sugar has dissolved. Add the m&m’s in the bowl.

Grab a cooking tray and put baking paper on the tray. Make some small ball out of the mix and place them on the tray. Make sure they are 3 centimetres away of each other so they don't stick to each other. Grab a spoon and flatten the mix a little bit so they look like cookies not balls.

Pick up the tray and insert it to the oven and cook for 5 minutes each batch. You can do as many batch's as you want.

How to make French toast

How to make French toast

Ingredients:

Bread

2 eggs

Half a cup of milk

golden syrup

Icing sugar (optional)

Put the pan on the stove and turn the stove on 6. Grab a bowl and crack the eggs and pour it into the bowl. Pour the milk in the bowl and mix with a fork. Dip the toast in the mix and soak it on both sides. Put the soaked bread on the the pan and let it cook.

You can cook lots of them at the same time. Look at the bottom of the bread if it is golden flip it. Wait for a minute and put it on a plate pour the golden seripe and put the icing sugar on if you have it.

How to make a Pancake

               How to cook pancakes.

Ingredients:

• 100g plain flour
• 1 egg
• 300 ml milk
• 1/2 a teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 tablesp. Butter.

Put the stove on 7 and put a pan on. Start by sifting the flour and add it to a bowl then add the baking powder in the middle. Crack the egg and pour it in the middle were the baking powder is. Start stirring and slowly pour the milk in the bowl. Stir until the mix is thin.

Add the butter to the pan and wait for the butter to melt. When the butter has melted add the mix to the pan. Wait until there is bubbles on the top on the pancake. Flip and wait for a minute. You have done your first pancake.

There is many things you can put on your pancake like jam.

Explanation of Homemade Shaker

Materials Needed:

A plastic bowl

two pieces of paper

cellotape

and sand, rocks or lego bricks

Instructions for Homemade Instrument:

1. [First Instruction]....

Fold the paper over the bottom of the bowl tape it to the bowl. Then you add the stones or sand or lego bricks inside the open part. Fold the second piece of paper over the top. Now you have a shaker.

Explanation of how sound is created:

Introduction:

The sound it created by the small objects inside the box. The objects hit the box and the paper and makes sound.

Science Roadshow

If you have gone to the science roadshow, then you would have seen the balloon explosion? This is how is works. With the first balloon you blow it up with your breath which is carbon dioxide. When it is blown up with air you tape a piece of paper to the balloon. Before you lite the paper you should block your ears or put earmuffs on so you do not hurt your ears. Watch the explosion and see if you like this explosion compare to the next balloon.

In the next balloon you put 100% oxygen and tie it up. Do the same with this balloon as you did with the first and watch the boom. Have you noticed the difference? Do you you know what has made the difference. The reason is because fire needs oxygen to stay in a flame.

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Government boost cochlear funding

Jo Vaughans 4 year old son Dylan was born completely deaf. The government paid for the first Cochlear implant for Dylan. Dylans parents had to save $50,000 to pay for Dylan's second implant. Dylans Speech is improving and his parents are able to teach dylan how to walk. The government is now paying for both implants for children under six years old.

Here's a link to the article

Eric, Rave and Nikita Funnel ears Science experiment template

Science experiment:

Question: What will happen to the sound if I change the shape of a piece of paper? (e.g. from a flat shape to a funnel shape)

Links to research about Sound:

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/robotzoo/guide/bats_and_echoes.html

Hypothesis: (What do you think will happen?) e.g. I think that...

Rave: I think that the sound will get worse.  

Eric: I think that the sounds volume will go up with the funnel facing to your partner

Nikita: I think that the sound will go worse.I think that the sound

Materials needed:

A Piece of Paper, tape and tissue or cotton.

Experiment (procedure):

e.g. Step 1 - First hold a flat piece of paper against your ear. Block your other ear with your hand. Get your partner to speak to you. What is the sound like? Can you hear clearly?

Step 2 - Next, roll the piece of paper into a funnel shape. Put the funnel against your ear. Face the funnel towards your partner and listen to them speak. What does it sound like? Can you hear clearly?

Step 3 - Next, face the funnel to the side while your partner speaks to you. Does it make a difference to the sound that you can hear?

Step 4 - Put some cotton balls or tissue paper into the funnel to block one end. Does it make a difference to the sound you hear?

Step 5 - Next, roll the piece of paper up and l

Data (What happened?)

	Shape/object/materials	Results:
1	flat piece of paper	The sound was clear and didn’t make a difference.
2	funnel facing to the front	The sound was clear and it sounds like you turned up the volume.
3	funnel facing to the side	It sounds like you are inside someone else head and like you are whispering.
4	Tissue  blocking the narrow end of the funnel	It sounds like someone is whispering inside your head
5	rolled up piece of paper (facing to the front)	It sound like someone is talking to you but it sound like echoing.
6	rolled up piece of paper (facing to the side)	It sounds like someone is whispering to you.

Observations:

It turns out that half of my hypothesis was right.
When the paper was flat and Nikita spoke it sounded like Nikita and I were having a conversation. When we turned the paper into a funnel shape and faced it to the front it sounded like an echo. When we faced the funnel sideways it sounded like you were inside someone else's head and they were whispering. When we added a circle shape tissue at the end it sounded like someone was shouting to you across the room. When we rolled up the piece of paper facing the front it sounded like

someone is talking to you but echoing. Finally, we faced it to the side and it sounded like someone was whispering to you.

Conclusion:

We have noticed that the sound is louder when it is facing in front of you. With all the experiences of the paper is turns out that it kind of makes a difference to the sound travelling to your ears. But from the different angles that we held the funnel the sound was different. Some sounds sounded like someone was whispering to or shouting to you from across the room.