Mini BB fair

Yesterday we had a mini BB fair. The BB stood for books and baking. I bought 1 book and around 5 things from the baking tables. The book I bought was The Golden Spark Plug of Awesomeness. I thought it was really fun because it was time off school. We did it to raise money so we can get a mural on the power box outside of the school and we raised $750. We got enough money to buy the mural. YAY YAY YAY

R.E Play

This morning we learnt about Abraham and Sarah from the Old Testament. Half the class made a slide and the other half did a play. I chose to do the play and I was one of the angels.  I thought the play was super fun and I would do something like it again.

Information report koala

Do you know what animal can run as fast as a rabbit? This is insane but it’s the Koala! The koala is a marsupial from Australia. Some of its relatives are the wombat, kangaroos, wallabies and possums.

Appearance

Koalas are normally grey but sometimes brown. Their noses are in an oval shape. An adult Koala is 60 to 85 centimetres. A southern adult koala weighs 7 to 13 kgs and an adult northern koala weighs 4 to 15 kgs. Their claws are sharp and long to climb and grip trees. Koalas live for 13-18 years in the wild. 

Diet

The koala diet is pretty crazy. They eat something that’s poisonous for other animals. That is the eucalyptus leaf. Commonly known as gum tree leaves. The gum tree is native to Australia. The adult koala eats between 200 to 500 grams of leaves a day. As the eucalyptus leaf is very toxic and low in nutrition it takes a lot of energy to digest so the Koala sleeps for 22 hours a day.

Habitat

Koalas are native to Australia and live in the states of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria in eucalyptus forests. The koala’s habitat is being destroyed by humans clearing forests to build housing and farming. This causes loss of food that makes them stressed. When koalas are stressed are vulnerable to outbreaks of the disease chlamydia.

In conclusion, humans should know when to stop destroying the habitat so the native animals like koalas can survive and maybe become everyday pets.

Grandparents Day

On Friday my school had Grandparents Day. My grandparents came from Christchurch. We started with a mass. After the mass we had a bake sale. I bought 1 of my mum's cupcakes that were really good and 3 of her raspberry slice that was also really good. During lunch I showed my grandparents my class and after lunch there were performances. I really enjoyed it because I got to hang out with my grandparents and because the food was really good.

Maths Poster

On Wednesday me and my friend Otis Presented our maths poster. We chose addition. One of our questions was: I have 3 skill levels. Then I increase it by 8. How many skill levels do I have? We also wrote addition vocabulary words like increase. I enjoyed it because we got to help Room 8 with their maths by showing them our posters.

gymnastics

Yesterday Xavier RG, Xavier P, Otis, me and some girls went to the gymnastics zones. The boys events was bar, vault and floor. We came 1st as a team because we were the only team. Xavier P came 4th and I came 1st equal. When I won I felt super good but annoyed the I tied because I tied with someone who does gymnastics with me. It was super fun and we got to skip some of school. hehehehehe

The Eel and the Flounder

Today me and my friend Stanley presented our slide. Our slide was on the Eel and the Flounder myth. We did it because we where studying myths and we got to choose one of the myths we learnt about. The Eel and the Flounder is a Tuvaluan myth. I like this myth because it shows you not to be mean and not to argue.      

Science experiment

On Thursday the class did science. We got 4 containers and put green, yellow, red and blue dye in each container. We put the ends of wet paper towels in the dye and the end of dry paper towels. After lunch we came in and saw the dry paper towels had absorbed the dye and the 2 dyes they were in was touching each other. I thought it was really cool. 

Mary Mackillop

On Wednesday it was Mary MacKillop's feast day. We went to church for mass and after church we got to do fun activities. One of the activities was the dot art. Dot art is when you get a silhouette and make patterns with the dots. This was my one.  

Gymnastics Speech

On Tuesday I did my speech on Gymnastics. I was really nervous. Your time had to be 2.30 to 3.30. If you were under 2.30 or over 3.30 you would get points off. I was happy when I didn't get picked for semifinals because I didn't want to say it again because it was too much pressure. Even if I did get picked I would probably have said no.