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Wednesday 9 November 2016

The 8 Contributions of St Francis of Assisi

                                        We are learning about Saint Francis and how he showed Peace and Joy.
 Nowadays his work is still carried on by the brothers and sisters of God.
 I have created a presentation to tell you how we can carry on the work of Saint Francis. 
I have learnt that where there is light there can not be darkness. Hope you enjoy!

Tuesday 13 September 2016

Conservation Week 2016


This week is Conservation Week so we have created a presentation using Slides Carnival to share what we have learnt. Hope you enjoy!

Monday 29 August 2016

Mirror Presentation


We have been learning about how mirrors work. I have created a presentation about mirrors. Please leave a positive, thoughtful, helpful comment.

Monday 8 August 2016

Pay it forward speech

Pay it forward
Be the reason someone smiles today. Be the change you want to see in the world. It starts with you.


Paying it forward means to give back to the world by helping someone out when they are in need. Just like when you were in need, someone payed it forward to you.


If I can pay it forward, you can pay. Everyone can pay it forward to anyone at anytime, anywhere!
How cool is that!


We can simply just smile. Did you know that smiling is contagious? You can make someone's day by giving a smile. We can also help charities by donating clothes, food, water, toys and money. We can pay it forward by doing a good deed, such as paying for someone's cup of coffee, babysit for free and always be keen to have a helping hand. We can also be respectful to everyone around us. Aim at brightening someone's day.


We should pay it forward because paying it forward improves the world little by little . If everyone pays it forward to one or two people, the world would be a better place. This is called the ripple effect.


Did you know there is even a pay it forward day? It’s where millions of people around the world from 79 countries show acts of kindness. The next pay it forward day is on April 28 2017, but it doesn't have to be pay it forward day to pay it forward. You can pay it forward every day.


Never underestimate the power of paying it forward. As I said, if I can do it you can do it! Now be the change!
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By Mikayla

Friday 29 July 2016

How to solve mean, median, mode and range



This week we are learning about mean, median, mode and range so I have made a thinglink to show what I have learnt. Doing this thinglink I have learnt how to find the right size when embedding thinglinks. Next time I want to put more information.  

Monday 4 July 2016

Kate Shepard Writing

Kate Shepard Writing
My friend Catherine and I met at the community center in Darfield, Christchurch. She moved in with her family a month ago from Liverpool, Lancashire. My friends and I had a late welcoming party for her and her family. At the party we talked about if we wanted to change our name,
“If I do get famous I want to shorten my name to maybe Kate“ asserted Catherine.
“Yes, that fits you,” I added.

Early the next year Catherine's fiance, Walter Sheppard (a Christchurch businessman who worked for the city council) proposed. Later that year I got a letter in the post from Catharine. It was an invitation to their wedding. I was excited. I quickly jumped up and went to my closet to find the perfect outfit and accessories for the wedding- something formal and elegant.

My friends and I went to the wedding later that month and had a blast. It was set at the local church, with pascal coloured ribbons gently hanging on the white brick walls. As I walked up to the food the cake caught my eye. I adored the cake design. It was ocean blue with a touch of coral pink.. As I sunk my teeth into the creamy, decadent, rich, velvety french vanilla ice cream cake, I thought to myself, this is the best cake I have ever eaten. Catherine was dressed in a white, long, fluffy, silk, lace dress. Everyone was dressed in lovely garments. Ladies wore wonderful pascal coloured, silk, lace dresses and tall floral high heels. Men wore black leather tuxedos, alabaster undershirts, black formal pants and formal dress shoes. After the party we stayed around to take photos with Catherine and her family. Then we went to a seafood restaurant to chat. I had a perfectly grilled lobster with a side of melted butter and a lemon wedge. Catherine had fresh oysters topped with aromatic herbs and a squirt of lime juice. After we enjoyed our meal, we headed on our way home. In 1880, Catherine and Walter had a gorgeous son named Douglas and sadly at the age of 30 Douglas passed away.

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By Mikayla      

Tuesday 28 June 2016

Chinese Myths and Creatures

In Room 5 we are learning different languages. I am learning Mandarin from China, so I have created a thinglink about Chinese culture. Doing this thinglink I learnt how to embed videos to show what I have learnt. Next time I want to include more facts by added more websites.

I chose mandarin because i am Chinese and I speak cantonese but the main language in China is mandarin. Fun fact Cantonese is spoken by 55 million people in the world but mandarin is spoken by 6 billion people in the world.  

Friday 24 June 2016

Kate Sheppard

Kate Sheppard
What: Kate Sheppard is a women's right activist and protests for women's right to vote. You can find her on the ten dollar note.


Who: Originally her name was Catherine Wilson Malcolm. She is also known as Katherine Wilson Malcolm, Katherine Malcolm, Catherine Malcolm.



When Where: Kate Sheppard was born in liverpool England on March 10th, 1847. She moved to New Zealand in the late 1860s. She died on July 13th 1934 in Christchurch, New Zealand


What: In 1885, she co-founded the Women's Christian temperance union. Two years later in 1887, she became a leader of its suffrage campaign.

By Mikayla

Thursday 23 June 2016

A Bush Walk Gone Wrong!

A BUSH WALK GONE WRONG!
A bush walk gone wrong! It was a Sunny Tuesday morning, when my mum and I went on a bush walk in theTararua forest. Mum and I couldn’t be more excited to be in New Zealand doing a famous bush trail. It was nothing like back home in America. I can just feel the sun shining on my skin. I can see the river glistening in the sun, the pohutukawa trees swaying to and fro, in the light breezy wind. I can hear the tui and the fantail birds singing a lovely tune.


It was now the afternoon. The golden sun has set and the cold, dark, musty, blue moon risen, it’s time to go home. We fell down, a big steep bank, into a abandoned shallow stream. I was in shock. Mum and I didn’t know what to do. I can hear my heart thumping inside my chest. Mum and I felt depressed in this dark, dense forest. We cling to each other to keep our warmth.


Dawn cracked through the musty night sky.The cold wintery night came to an end, and the raise of the sun groped their way through the tall palm trees. Mum had collected rocks from the stream to write help. A few Minutes later I woke to a loud chopping sound of a helicopter. It was a rescue helicopter coming to save us. I quickly jumped up in excitement and gathered my bag. We jumped into the helicopter and took a 30 minute fly to the nearest hospital, where we got something to eat. Now we can go to sleep knowing we will be safe.
Based on a true story

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By Mikayla

Tuesday 21 June 2016

A tour like no other

A tour like no other
Who are the Springboks?
The springboks are the South African rugby team
Why was the Springbok tour like no other? It was a tour like no other because there was many protest against the apartheid law in South Africa. This created cause.  
What side would you have taken and why? I would have taken to stay at home because there is a chance you could end up in jail for along time. And I did not care about rugby.  
What was the purpose of apartheid? The purpose of the apartheid it was to keep people from different races apart
Do you think sport should be influenced by politics? why/why not? I think sport should be influenced by policies. Such as the president the nation chose them to be advocate of the nation.
What did the protesters do? The protesters fought for the apartheid to stop.
What were the protesters outside the Hamilton Rugby park advised to do? Why? They were advertised to remove anti tour badges because John Minto wanted the tour to be scrapped.   
What did the tour make clear to New Zealanders? It made clear that nothing but trouble would come of the tour.
What is race relations? Race relations are relations between different cultures.
Do you think we have positive race relations now? Why? Yes, we should have positive race relations because everyone is different a we should we should accept them.

References
http://www.listener.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/017a-lis-9-july.jpg?8e9240


By Mikayla

World Refugee Day 2016

Monday 20 June 2016

Archibald Baxter

Archibald Baxter
We did a Brainstorm as a group what we know about Archibald Baxter and conscientious objectors.

What was the war that he refused to fight in? (include dates and places) He refused to fight in the first World war in 1914 in England Europe.
  
What did people think of the men who refused to fight? People thought that the men who refused to fight were cowards. Screenshot 2016-06-12 at 11.29.08 AM.png


Find a map of Saddle Hill Dunedin, Brighton Otago, and a map of the places mentioned later in article in Europe.


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How many children were in his family? He was the second oldest out of 8 children.


How old was he when he left school? 12 years old
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What did he do for work? He was a farmer that thinned turnips, milked cows, herd sheeps, build fences and stott rabbits. He later on ran a small farm located in South Brighton, owned by his mother’s family.
What influenced him to believe that war was wrong? The lawyer Alfred Barclay spoke against the law.
Who was called for military conscription and why? Eligible bodied men between the ages 20 and 45.


What does “appeal on grounds of conscience” mean?(p26) Knowing what's right from wrong


How long did he spend on prison? 84 days


Where was he sent? - list
  • Trentham military camp
  • Wellington Wharf
  • Sling Army Camo in England
  • NZ army base camp in France.      


Name the punishments he faced? -
  • list court martialled
  • solitary confinement
  • bread and water diet
  • 84 days in prison


What did the medical board diagnose him as? (p30) He was diagnosed with shell shock, symptoms include mental weakness and confusional insanity.
What does this mean? It meant that he had a weak mind and is confused how to socially interact or behave.


Who did he marry? He married Millicent Brown. How many children did he have? He had two sons, named James and Terence. James became a famous poet and Terence, like his father, became a conscientious objector during the second World War.   
Find a poem by Archibald’s son James


A Pair of Sandals
A pair of sandals, old black pants
And leather coat — I must go, my friends,
Into the dark, the cold, the first beginning
Where the ribs of the ancestor are the rafters
Of a meeting house — windows broken
And the floor white with bird dung — in there
The ghosts gather who will instruct me
And when the river fog rises
Te ra rite tonu te Atua —
The sun who is like the Lord
Will warm my bones, and his arrows
Will pierce to the centre of the shapeless clay of the mind. Hemi.

What do you think of the poem? I like this poem because it is very descriptive. I like the choice of adjectives.  

References 
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/hero_archibald-baxter.jpg

By Mikayla

Friday 17 June 2016

Solar System Thinglink

As part of our learn create share learning with Mrs Ashe we have been learning to use Thinglink.
I have created a presentation which has a LOT of information on the Solar System.
This learning is rewindable because you can watch it over and over again.
I hope you enjoy it.
Please leave a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment.
Thanks for viewing my blog.

Thursday 16 June 2016

Report on Oscar Romero

Report Oscar Romero
Oscar Romero was born on August the 15th 1917 in Ciudad Barrios which is located in EL Salvador. He was a significant figure in El Salvador history. Oscar is and was looked up to for what he did for the country especially for the poor. He started to develop a passion for helping the poor when his friend Rutilio Grande was assassinated by the government while driving to a chapel for standing up for poor.


Oscar helped the poor by broadcasting his speeches against poverty, torture, social injustice and repression of the poor. The radio station later got blown up by the government. The government was incensed that Oscar was spreading the Christian message of peace.


On the afternoon of March 24th 1980, Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was brutally assassinated by a marksman when he was presenting mass. The community was in tears and started greving. The poor didn’t have someone to stand up for them.  One of Oscar Romero’s  quotes is, “A church that doesn’t provoke any cries, a gospel that doesn't unsettle, a world of God that doesn’t get under anyone’s skin, a word of God that doesn't touch the real sin of the society in which is being proclaimed - what gospel is that.”


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By Mikayla   

Monday 13 June 2016

About Me


We have been learning how to use a thing link to create a profile about me, Please leave a positive comment below!

Saturday 11 June 2016

Term 1 Week 4

Term 1 Week 4
Problem 1 : On the first day of school for 2016, Miss Goodier gave out 32 pencils, Mr Hadnett gave out 35 pencils, and Miss Ashe gave out 28 pencils. At the end of the first week of school, Mr Tyrell checked everyone still had a pencil and discovered that 60 had gone missing! How many pencils are there still?

Solution :
32 + 35 + 28 = 95
95 - 60 = 35
Answer 35 pencils

Problem 2 : At the supermarket, there are 84 oranges in one carton and 58 apples in the carton next to it. How many oranges and apples are there altogether?

Solution : 84 + 58 = 142
Answer 142

Problem 3 : I have measured a wall of my bedroom and it is  4.1 metres long. I want to buy two pieces of furniture but I want to fit them along this particular wall. The table is 1.8m long. The bed is 2.4m long. What is the length of the table and bed combined? 1.8m + 2.4m = 4.2m is the total length of the table and bed combined.
Will this fit along the wall of my bedroom? No because if you takeway 4.1 by 4.2 it will equal -0.1

By Mikayla

Tuesday 24 May 2016

Chinese Learning Languages




In Room 5 we are learning to speak different languages. I am learning to speak Mandarin Chinese. These are the people who helped me learn Mandarin, Josephine http://ctkjosephinea.blogspot.co.nz/
and Lilly http://ctklillyy.blogspot.co.nz/


Tuesday 17 May 2016

Pukeko Writing

Pukeko
The habitat of the Pukeko is the damp swamps and any natural grassland. You can also see them occasionally foraging for food on the side of roads. The Pukekos diet consists of aquatic vegetation, grasses, clover, berries, and seeds. It sometimes eats insects, worms, frogs, eels and occasionally small birds and eggs. The Pukekos features have adapted over the years. Its beak is short and shaped like a triangle with a blunt end (structural adaptation) so it can catch eels and other water animals. Its legs are long  and thin (structural adaptation) and it walks slowly and quietly (behavioural adaptation) so it doesn’t scare the prey away.

By Mikayla  

Tuesday 12 April 2016

Maths Week

The Resurrection

The Resurrection
Lord, today I experienced the resurrection many times,
When I forgot my lunch
but my friend offered me yummy lunch.

When I had to wake up early for school
but learnt a lot of new things.

Lord, the resurrection means more than coming back from the dead; it is having faith in each tomorrow
Amen.

By Mikayla

 

Action Plans

Saturday 19 March 2016

What I know about 1/4

We are learning about fractions.
 I have created this slide with Google Drawing to share my learning.

Tuesday 8 March 2016

A Moment in Time

The Good Samaritan


Through my swollen, blurry eyes I can see a Samaritan walking slowly out of the fiery sun. The orange, gravelly sand is burning and my skin is on fire. Whoosh went the wind as the old trees swayed. The Samaritan’s robe is as brown as mud. 
Salty, sweet, dark red filled my mouth and poured out.

By Mikayla

Friday 12 February 2016

Maori and Pakeha

The Treaty Of Waitangi

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The Treaty Of Waitangi was signed in 1840 by 500 Maori chiefs and the British crown in Waitangi. The British wanted the land and the mana (authority). There was some confusion and mixed motives about the meaning of the Treaty and why they were signing it. The Maori people believed that the talk was more important than signing their names on paper. After the treaty was signed there were lots of immigrants arriving on ships from around the world. They wanted power and land. The Maori who were defending their land were seen as rebels.


These are some ways the British crown dishonored and committed group sin against the Maori and the Treaty. The government sent British troops to the King Country to take the land by force. The British confiscated all of the South Island and the King Country which was ⅕ of the North Island. The British didn’t have trials for prisoners which resulted in many unjust executions and detentions. The British failed to preserve enough land for Maori and they took the maori land for public works and private ownership.


New Zealanders can restore tika and pono by learning about the Treaty of Waitangi and encouraging others to do the same. We can also speak more Te Reo so the Maori language we can respect the Maori heritage.


By Mikayla