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Monday, December 6, 2021

Ruben Patterson art.


 This and last week for art I started this artwork. 
We had to sketch a New Zealand native plant, I chose a Rātā tree and put it in the foreground of an ocean. Then I painted the colours over top, (With a very small brush.) And put glitter on the red flowers. It was inspired by Ruben Patterson.

S t r i p e s

 It was hard living in a society where everybody looked different than you. Sometimes I would have to try to fit it better by spray-painting my fur. 

My fur is black and striped white like a skeleton, everybody else's fur is white. Why I'm different? I have no clue. The herd despises me most of the time. I've been put into the lowest ranking, even though I've tried my hardest to work harder. And harder. 

One time a jaguar attacked my village, the other horses said they SHOULD have sacrificed me, and would the next time it happened. My parents are royalty, even they look the same as everybody else. I've grown to learn its 'fair' because of my looks, that I should have the lowest ranking and the worst training and education. 

They treat me like a young foal. I try to tell them "I AM NO FOAL" they laugh and carry on teaching me basic things I should have learnt years ago, and that I actually already know them, but they teach me the same things everyday; boring, to be honest. I do sometimes think of like outside the herd, and wonder if there is anyone who looks the same as me, and whether to run away. 

I live in the palace, even though I am the lowest ranked. Many talk in whispers when they see me. 'its not fair that she looks like THAT and lives in the palace, and gets served the fanciest things.' or 'ew get  away'
Sometimes I wonder what life would be like if I could yell back "MY PARENTS ARE ROYALTY, ALSO ITS NOT MY FAULT I LOOK DIFFERENT." 

She never actually saw her parents, or talked to them. They had nothing to do with their ugly daughter. They had royal things to do, probably. All in all she wished she looked different. Sure she sprayed her fur white all the time, but her hair stuck up and everybody recognised her and laughed. 



But.. One fateful day. When it the weather gods were angry with eachother and poured down on them.
And she went out to buy vegetables for her grandma, because when it was raining everybody was inside and wouldn't see her.

But there was an    other horse outside. She squinted. It was yellow instead of the normal white. But why yellow? 

The horse noticed her. It grinned. "Hello!" The yellow horse said to her. 

                                                                        T h e       e n d 


Monday, October 18, 2021

Science Inquiry 2021

                               Science Inquiry 2021, Term 3 and 4 - Space rocks


By Izzy

Hebe, Riley and I are researching different variants of Space-rocks and the Asteroid-belt. 

We have been gathering information using a google slide. 
Here: 





I am working with Hebe and Riley because me and Riley were the only two left doing the same topic, and then later Hebe joined. We gathered information on this site press this button:  🔴

Q: What would happen if a Meteor crashed into earth atmosphere? 

Q: What happens when a Meteor hits earth?

Q: Where is the Asteroid belt located? 


The three most interesting facts I learnt: 
  • 99.99% of space rocks in the Asteroid belt are over 100 million years old.
  • June 30th is Asteroid day in the United States. 
  • Based off of the place and brightness, there are different types of Asteroids, C-type, The most common type. 75% of Asteroids are C-type, they have a big amount of carbon. 

    S-type, 17% the second most common type, made of iron, oxygen, and silicon.

    M-type, they are fairly bright and made of other asteroid fragments, iron, and metallic. 8% of Asteroids are M-type. 
How I decided to share it: 
We are making a diorama. Mars and Jupiter with the asteroid belt in between. We also made a video explaining about our model.


The most challenging thing was our entire team being indecisive, and clueless.  

I'm proud of our diorama design because it was very detailed and cool. 



Thursday, September 9, 2021

Marshmellow earth!!! (Swwweeetttss)

 Today with Urmi (The good one, she forced me to write this.)

Sadly I couldn't get the photo (My chromebook camera doesn't work.)
She let us have swwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeetttttsssss...!


It was a small marshmellow, dipped in chocolate, I let the chocolate dry to be the crust, and cracked it like the tectonic plates. She let us put a M&M in the middle like the outer core and the inner core. And the Marshmellow part is-(Was, I ate it....) the Mantele.

We went outside to let the chocolate dry, it dripped on my hand so.. I ate it.. What else was I meant to do?
Eheheheheheheeee...

(Woooooo... Out of lockdown Y A Y Y Y Y )

Monday, August 30, 2021

Earth's layer explaination


I will be covering the earths layers.

  • The Crust

  • The Mantle

  • The outer core

  • The inner core

The Crust
We walk on the crust, it is thin and can break. It's 5-70km deep depending where you are. It is made up of Tectonic plates that rub together to make an earthquake. And where they meet, sometimes they make mountains or volcanoes.

The Mantle

The mantle is the hottest layer and it is liquid and solid. It is where the lava of volcanoes come from. Near where the crust meets it, it is about 1000 Celsius. And near where it meets the core it is 3700 Celsius.

The outer core

The outer core is made from melted metal (iron)


The inner core

Since we have never been in the inner core (Or anywhere else but the crust), scientists believe the inner core is solid iron



Monday, August 9, 2021

Space 'n stuff

 

Uh- Space 'n stuff

 Today I learnt about the order of the planets, (I swear I'm not stupid I didn't know this before because honestly I don't care about space) 

Every planet revolves around the sun, (Obviously)



Friday, August 6, 2021

Monday, August 2, 2021

Temperatue, Capacity, And MASS

  Term 3, 2021

Temperature I learnt:

  • °C is the freezing point of water
  • 100 °C is the boiling point of water 
  • 37 °C is the body temperature
  • How to read a thermometer 

Friday, July 30, 2021

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

TERM 2 REFLECTION LETS GO

 I COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO DO THIS PROPERLY SO HERE WE GO:

Things I did THIS TERM WOOO!!

1: FERRYMEAD! I HAD TO DRESS UP LIKE THE 1860's! BOOM
2: THE BRIDLE PATH WALK, THE WALK THE EUROPEANS HAD TO DO FROM LYTTLTON TO CHRISTCHURCH!! KAPOW
3: WINTERSPORT SOCCER, POW!!!
4: CROSSCOUNTRY, RUNNING!!!! KABOOM0

Ands thats what I did THIS TERM!!!!!!!
  Smiley face

Monday, June 14, 2021

FerryMead 'adventure'

                  My 'lovely' Ferrymead

                           *      *     *

 AADDDDDDDDVVVVEEEEENNNNTURRRE!

                     So *Cough* Amazing  *Cough* 
I choked on my words there, Sorry!
So when we arrived- I was dressed in a  Nightmare  long dress and apron and to make it worse- they added a bonnet...

                It looked really nice for short people,
:(
I'm tall... 


So for the day I felt disgusting because of my outfit- and I
DO NOT, care that I got it a bit messy...
 
But that doesNT make my day worse... I guess...The boys wore knickerbockers, a grey shirt, and a cap.

         
Immigration Activity. There was a table you chose objects, those objects were jobs, I was a shoemaker.

And there was a hat, you chose sicknesses from. you filled in a form for traveling to New Zealand.  You chose name, I was Victoria Ellen, And I wasn't healthy, I was sick. With Typhoid Fever.



Moving on-

Pioneer crafts.
It was pretty boring honestly. You could make candles, with wax from whales,  and fat from roasts.


And there was this paper bird cage you could make- sort of like an illusion. 
There was sewing, rags to a rug.



Packing the Trunk.

There was two trunks. one for essentials, and one for anything else. 
Essentials were- clothes, silverware. 

And the other trunk was for after the trip.
 


And my favorite was, The V-Hut!

I like doing chores
apparently.       
The chores:
Scrubbing the deck.
Polishing silverware (MY FAVORITE FAVORITE)
Ironing clothes, (Heated with fire)
Sweeping the floor.
Cutting wood with a crosscut saw.
Cleaning clothes.
Cleaning leaves from garden.
Gathering flax for roof. (To keep warm)
And planting beans in paper pot.   




What I learnt in Ferrymead
  • Ladies first 
  • At school, if your handwriting wasn't straight you were wacked with a ruler
  • If you went to NZ you had two trunks, one for the trip, and one for after
  • Children seen not heard
  • Ladies wore dresses, an apron, and a bonnet
  • Men wore, Knickerbockers and a cap
  • You had to take care of your shoes because they were hand-made 
  • School is very very strict, if you talked then your were strapped.
  • The roof of the V-hut was made of cabbage tree flax.
  • The loo was a long drop, and you moved it whenever it got full.
  • Ironed clothes from the heat of the fire.
  • Used a crosscut saw for cutting wood. 
                                                Some questions



    Did they have glass windows? They didn't have windows
    Why did ladies go first? A case of men being nice to women. Sad  riley was here 
    How did they get planks? Cut down trees, and smoothed it with a saw
    How long did it take to thatch the roof? 30 minutes
    How long did it take to cut wood each day? 15 minutes
    Were children forced to do chores? No, nothing else to do.
    Why did women have to wear dresses? They weren't allowed to wear pants
    Why was the oven outside? Because it would catch fire inside.

    I enjoyed Ferrymead!

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

The Adventures of Blackout and Starseeker

 A flag, flailing in the wind as Blackout looked out the window. Her black and navy blue wings were on her side. Being a dragon is boring, she thought.

She was about to go out the door when it flung open and out came her mother. She bowed to her, "Get up" She hissed, her wings flopping to the floor down with jewels. Her mother stormed into the throne room. Blackout didn't hesitate, she flew out the door, eyes closed and holding her breath. She did it! She was as smart as-Her thoughts stopped when she didn't recognize this place.

There was a long trail track, built by small humans years ago, with fog winding around the trees.
Small mosquitoes zipped past her scales, curiously. The moss squelched between her talons, she shook it off. Trying to find somewhere to fly, but the trees were to close together, and it was like the castle roof

She stepped on the railway. It creaked on her talons. It was about as wide a her head, and longer than she could see. She looked around, trying to see some decent prey. But it was too misty for her eyes to see very far. Maybe I should sleep, she thought. But the moss was uncomfortable, and she didn't like not knowing what was out there.

She she got up and explored. It had been a while since she last felt fresh air on her scales. Her mother had her in for parties, always. Her hatching day! Party, Daughter's hatching day! Party, the king just sneezed! Party!

She swooshed her tail around, hoping for movement. None. She sighed. She finally wished, in all the mist and moss and trees, that she could go home. She looked around, trying to find the open door she came out of. but she had gone to far. Wait... Her mother had came out of the door she came through, but that's impossible, usually out here is open land, owned by mother.

So some sort of magic? No. The fog swished around her head, and for a moment, she thought it was a dream, but a dragon colors opposite to hers, orange and white, was flapping his wings. trying to get out of the forest. Another dragon! She'd never been so HAPPY!

"Hello! That's useless by the way, there's no way out" She burst. "I've been here, year is." The skinnier white dragon replied. She guessed it meant I have been here years. But he probably didn't know English well. "I'm Blackout, you?" "Starseeker" He replied. 

"I find food, me right now" He continued flapping his wings uselessly. But to her surprise, an eagle fell, and he ripped it in half, and gave it to her.


They lived there for years after. The end.- I mean the sequel will be here soon- I mean what?

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

The battle (Music story) MORBID!!

 Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CWYzFk2V6s&list=PLC9hiv-DEkANLbintXWkftnptzqimMwpS&index=13

Listen to this while your reading.



   The Battle

The battle. 
What do you remember?
What happened...?


And.. why?

I seemed to be lying on the wet grass, with a storm clearing.

They left me, they thought I was dead...

Everything flowed back to me, the wounds, bloodshed, and the pain shrieks as my friends, and team-mates  were slaughtered.

I lift my hand to my head, "Ouch" There seemed to be a massive wound still wet with blood.

I got up, my legs wobbling, I tried to balance using my hands. I walked around, seeing dead soldiers. My shoes were uncomfortable and had many holes, so I took them off. Feeling the cold hard stone against my toes. 

I turn around, making sure nobody is following me.
There was a fox, standing there. I put my hand up to the fox, implying a pat. The fox nudged me. 

The fox turned around, I followed it. 

Into the jungle.

Nightfall.

Into the forest.

Alot of time has past.

To the waste-lands.

A month since the battle.

To the forbidden lands.

Its been to long.

To the mountains.

I cant remember anything.

Blood curdling screech, coming from my mouth.
I realize what is happening. 


Im falling...

An abyss, a void, 

Falling, 

Oblivion,

Falling, 

Oblivion,

Falling, 

Oblivion.

Falling into a pitch black abyss, unaware whats going on.
The foxes eyes glinted from above as I fall 100 miles per minute.

Betrayal.

Monday, May 10, 2021

School Foods: Statistics Investigation.

 In maths, we came up with questions and made a Google-form. We collected data, and put our work into this slide.

We send it to 3 classes, our own, (Tawhitimatea) Tane-Mahuta, and Tangaroa. 

Monday, May 3, 2021

News Paper Report.

Hello welcome to my holiday News Paper Report.

Worst of it:
 
The dream I had.  I was neglecting 3 cats. It was 2 am when I woke up and I can't stop thinking about it, I still feel sick about it. I had to cuddle my cat Suz for hours (It felt like hours.) My dad had to tell me over and over, 'you wouldn't do that.' 

I think I know the reason I had that dream. My mum is allergic to cats, and I was looking up non-allergenic cats, and my friends had recently bought kittens. I would still cry if I thought about the dream too much. 

Best of it: 

Going to castle hill on the weekend with my friend Lily. We went on a massive hike up a hill and rented  house. While the smaller kids slept we stayed up watching my favorite movie, Legend of the Guardians. 

And selling lemons from my tree, altogether I made $50 dollars. Except  I only kept $25 dollars because I had to share with the friends I was selling them with. HUMPH. Haha. 

Something I'd change:

I'd probably change the fact at the end I MAYBE ate a bit much sugar. Hehe. And I regret not exercising a little more towards the end.

Overall I wouldn't change much.




(Do you want a description of the cats in my dream? TOO BAD)
There was a silver cat with black stripes and amber eyes.  A grey cat with orange eyes. 
And a black one with (Green or yellow eyes???)

Thanks for reading!
 

Friday, April 16, 2021

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Doofess Giraffe!

 


28th July, 2020 Tuesday. Doofess Girafe..  (A 5 minute story)
(Warning: Very bad Rhyming, yes yes very bad, Dr Seuss vibes)

With a long neck and sharp toes, up a tree! Yes, yes a tree! Im Doofess the Giraffe, Don't judge my name, its how I am!
Would you like to know why I am up this tree?

It all started with a dog! Yes a dog! Let's call him Bog.
I was eating grass next to a tree, yes yes a tree. I bonk my head on the tree! A tiny dog there it was Bog barked, he barked for a while
"Bork, Bork!" He chanted, he pulled my tail! No, he Literally pulled my tail!
I didn't know what to do! I'd watched to many cartoons!
I pretended to be a cat! Yes a cat, next to the dog, named Bog! I realise I am up a tree! But I am not a cat neither a Monkey! "I AM A GIRAFFE!" I shouted
And.. THE DOG RAN AWAY!!
"I did it! I DID IT I DID IT I DID IT!" I hollowed. But wait..
How am I meant to get down?


"I've Messed up" I sighed..

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

My portrait, Belonging!

For belonging we had to do a portrait. The portrait is half a photo and half your drawing.

I was away 2 days the week before, so I had to do it AAALLL today!!!
It was very fun, and there's a few mistakes. I don't want to point out because you will be looking at it. And you cant erase color pencil.

It was very fun to make! I enjoyed sketching it, and making the eyes!

Monday, February 22, 2021

~ Rawhiti Bake off ---Lemon Cake! ~

                       ~ Rawhiti Bake off ---Lemon Cake! ~   

Recipe:

120 grams Butter warm.                                                                                                                           

1 cup Standard Grade flower.         

3 tsp Baking Powder.                     

2/3 cup White sugar.                 

2 large eggs                                 

4 tbsp Milk                                     

Grated rind and of 1 Lemon

Bake for 20-25       






An then..



YUM                      

Monday Mashup


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