A Joke

Q: Why did the picture go to jail?
A: It was framed!

IKAN

Every term we have an IKAN test for math where we take a test and try to move up a stage. We each have a symbol known only by us and my symbol is in stage 7 which is my stage at the moment.

Crosses

In Room 6 we have been painting crosses that are going on the tennis courts, we learnt how to flat block and the crosses are supposed to have a religious meaning that is easy to be noticed

The Hangi

Common Multiples And Factors

The Year Book Writing Challenge

At Good Shepherd, our three journalists ( Gina, Elijah and James ) have organized a writing challenge where the winners were selected from each class room and the winner for Room 6 was ME! Every class had a different topic to write about and  Room 6 had mystical creature. I wrote about the kelpie, a highly feared water demon said to dwell in big bodies of water throughout Scotland and Ireland. Here is my winning piece of writing:

The Kelpie
An Irish, and Scottish mythological creature, the kelpie lives in big bodies of water throughout Scotland and Ireland. Kelpie means : Water Horse because this highly feared water demon can take various shapes, however, the kelpie usually takes form of a horse with bulrushes for the mane. It used to always take this form but ever since it has been found out, it has been taking a discrete number of disguises. The few victims who have escaped this almost certain doom have gone out yelling which first brought the existence of the kelpie. The kelpie feasts on human flesh and after luring the innocent, and dazed onto its back it will dive straight down into the depths of its watery home where it is said to devour the doomed rider, carelessly letting the carcasses float to the surface. It can lure the unwilling in a number of ways while one of its favorites is singing, almost like a siren. The world's largest kelpie lives in Lake Loch Ness and is known as The Loch Ness Monster. Its favourite form is that of a sea serpent. There is one known way to overcome the kelpie which is putting a bridal over the kelpie’s head, if however so unfortunately the kelpie already has a bridal, you must first cut of the already placed bridal. Kelpies cannot go through entryways The kelpie has been proven, in many ways to be real but researchers are still looking for vivid evidence, reassuring people that there is no such thing as the so called kelpie, making it a living myth.

The Kiwi Bird

I am learning to inform my audience through an information report.

The Apteryx, native to New Zealand, is a genius, but Apteryx is only its scientific name, can you guess what the New Zealand residents call it? If you guessed the Kiwi then you are absolutely correct and this is not just the name of a fruit, this is also the name of the one, the only New Zealand Kiwi bird! The Kiwi is native to New Zealand and belongs to the class Aves, its family name is Apterygidae. The Kiwi generally has a very long beak with its nostrils at the end. Another feature is that the kiwi has little wings and cannot fly so it is vulnerable to predators. Did you know that there are 5 types of kiwi bird? The most common kiwi is the North Island Brown Kiwi, other types are Okarito Kiwi, Southern Island Brown Kiwi, The Great Spotted Kiwi and The Little Spotted Kiwi. All Kiwis have a range of skills that are essential for it to survive. The native bird must have a balanced diet and a habitat that provides all its food. Its living area must also provide a place for the Kiwi to perform its natural habits. Every animal one cell or a million must eat food and the kiwi, has a range of foods to eat.

Diet

Every animal must have something to eat for survival. So the big question is, what does the Kiwi eat? From invertebrates to leaves these birds eat a wide range of food. Kiwis are omnivores which means they eat both meat and plants. They eat things like berries seeds and some leaves but their favourites are juicy earthworms and grubs, they are also known to eat some amphibians! The Kiwi bird gets most of its water from the food it eats like earthworms, that are 85% water, but when the Kiwi really does need to drink it is through its beak, up with the water into the beak and is glugged down. And of course the Kiwi must have a habitat that provides such food.

Habitat

The kiwi bird must have a habitat that provides everything it needs or, well, at least food, water and a safe place to hide. So where does the kiwi bird live? In the jungle. No there aren't any in New Zealand. Maybe on Mt Ruapehu? Definitely not! Maybe the kiwi lives on the forest floor. Yes! That's right! The kiwi does live on the forest floor! The kiwi is a nocturnal animal, which means it sleeps in the day and is awake at night! Its shaded home makes a perfect environment for the kiwi. But the kiwi habitat has requirements like food, water, shelter, and a big enough area to allow it to perform its natural habits.

Natural Habits 

The kiwi has a range of natural habits that may seem surprising. You probably thought the kiwi was gentle right? Wrong, with strong powerful claws and speed as fast as a man, the kiwi bird is actually very aggressive! The kiwi has a range of habits like running, fighting and of course mating. The kiwi can run fast and has a natural habit of staying away from humans as they are not social birds. Kiwi calls are loud and the males is more high pitched than the females who produces a more low and ruff call. But all this running fighting and calling attracts predators.

Threats

Two hundred years ago, millions of kiwi thrived through the New Zealand forests but now, with the reign of predators the kiwi has a population of fewer than 100,000 left in the wild. Predators vary in different shapes and sizes from the big dog to the small but very powerful rat. Things like dogs, cats, rats, possums, and stoats are all major threats to the kiwi leaving them endangered, and in conversations. The kiwi has a musty smell that attracts predators and because they are so endangered the have to be protected.

Overall the kiwi is an amazing New Zealand treasure that should kept in the world today. It is an endangered bird with few living in the wild. The kiwi bird has been put in conversations. It is native and very important to our ecosystem, so we must save it.

Ransom Note

In code club, we have been coding ransom letters. We coded a letter through trinket to create this note. Here is my note.

Cultural Week

This week was Cultural Week. In Cultural Week we have been going off to different classes and learning a language of our choice. There were 9 cultures and they were: Italian, Brazilian, Filipino, Korean, French, Indian, Spanish, German, and Japanese.  I was in French. At the end of the week we had a big assembly.

Chess

Today we went to a chess competition. I was in team 1. We came 3rd with 8.5 points overall, I scored 3.5 points for the team. I think this was a great experience and I would defiantly like to go again! 

The Tropical Nectar Sipper

In room 6, for reading we have been learning about adaptations. We have created unique birds to suit an environment of our own.  We selected a few parts and created our birds. My bird is called The Tropical Nectar Sipper. My parts are: Woodpecker head, Hummingbird beak, Fantail tail, and Woodpecker feet. This bird lives in the tropical rain forest. Its diet is made up of 90% nectar from tropical flowers and 10% of ants.

Weather

Science Experiment

Pointed beak, flat beak and pelican beak are all the types of beaks we used for this discovery. But these things are also known as forceps, tongs and cups. First we learnt about the meanings of the words we need to know like, aim. Aim means trying to achieve something in the experiment we were trying to see what shape beak is the best for picking up food. And we learnt what will we change( the equipment), What we will measure ( the amount of food) and how we will keep it a fair test. The way we can make it a fair test by having a nice steady surface, by having the same person doing each type of food also by having the same amount of time of 30 seconds. We had an amazing time experimenting with rice, peppercorns, gummy worms and skittles and after we got to eat LOLLIES. Thank you Miss Down for this amazing experiment.

M&Ms Challenge

Last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we did the M&M challenge. The class got into groups with one leader in each group. Miss Down gave us some M&M’s and we had to count how many we had and next figured how much M&M’s our group had. After we found out how many M&M’s we all had many people realized that some people had a very small amount of M&M’s while others had about 50. The next thing we did was counting how much of red we had then blue then yellow until we had finished all the colors we had. When we did everything Miss Down told us to share all the M&M’s equally with our group and everyone in the class got 41 M&M’s each! We have put our information on a poster.