Angles

 This week our focus on maths is learning angles. Angles are found in everyday life like in roofs, ramps, even chairs. To help find the angle we use a protractor the protractor is a semi-circle used to measure and find an angle. There are multiple types of angles like: Acute, obtuse, right, and, reflex. Today a task was to get in a group and find angles around our school I must say that was fun finding angles. You probably don't realise that there are heaps of them everywhere. Sometimes with the protractor it gets confusing and frustrating but when you get the hang of it, it gets really fun.

Powelliphanta snail

 This week a task on our learning contract was to complete a fact file about a native animal that lives in the bush. The reason we done this was for the younger class in our school because they are dedicated to the environment here is mine.

Our adventure

 Today we went on an adventure to Lake Ngatu to plant some native trees its the second part of our environment learning. First was learning about ways we could help and protect the environment now were doing those ways. Summit forests and Bush lands trust collected around 1000 plants for us to grow on a sand slope area. At first I had no clue how to take the plants out or dig a deep hole but it only got better I completed a few and got the hang of it this was turning out to be quite some fun. We stopped to get a picture and got back to work I realised at the top there was a lovely whisk of breeze and a beautiful view so I decided to plant up there. At the area their lived some big trees but the district council decided that if they fell they could badly injure a person so they cut them down so there were some big stumps enough to fit all the students. When the job was done we stopped for a picnic on the shoreline. After we came back to school, back to learning.

My local lengend

 A task on our contracts for the past 2 weeks were learning about New Zealand legends and what they have done. I chose Kelly Tarlton the man because he is a local man and I have an interest in marine mammals. Our criteria was to have the format of birth place, birth date, early life, what their well known for, and significant moments in their lifes here is mine:

Kelly Tarlton

Place of Birth

Marine biologist Kelly Tarlton was born in Dargaville

Date of Birth

On the 31 of October 1937

Early life

to a family of 3 (him, dad, mum) early in his life he would visit the ocean every day to go for a dip. His first job at 18 was taking photos of ocean monuments or random treasures. His first expedition was finding a salvaged cannon on the coast of New Zealand Kelly is most famous for finding captain cook's anchor and recovering itr in life he made his own underwater world attracting millions of overseas visitors. 

His best expedition was when he went mountaineering and got stuck eventually he dug out a hole to escape but when he watched Jacques Cousteau his life changed making the decision to go on water expedition’s

What are they well known for? 

 Kelly is most famous for finding captain cook's anchor and recovering it  in life he made his own underwater world attracting millions of overseas visitors

What are some significant moments in their life? 

but sadly 2 weeks before his planned new aquarium opened, he suffered from a deep heart attack. His aquarium is carrying a life's legacy.

                                                          

 

The Winguitsuiter

 A task on our learning contract was to write a moment in time about this a man in a winguit going down a mountain here is mine:

I was on top of a mountain nervous as a kid starting school. I took a deep breathe I jumped down I felt my heart pound feeling like a shark following me. I saw the trees shaking like a man in Antarctica. All I could taste was fresh breeze and all I could see was a long trail of limestone. I here rocks crashing into each other and birds singing in the evergreen trees I feel me going at the speed of light smash I dodged a dodged a flying rock. I see the end in sight metres away from the ground zoom my parachute redeploys I'm back on home soil.

My Happy Holiday

In the holidays me and my family went on a fun adventure to Christchurch. The reasons we went there was because we thought it will be fun to go on a adventure and see family. I've been to Christchurch before but we went on a different route via east coast when we arrived in Auckland I felt a sigh of relieve all we have to do is catch a flight to Christchurch and were there. We stayed the night at my cousins and of we go we at the airport boarding our plane before I knew it we were at our destination Christchurch we had some fun experiences I went to see family I hardy see and we went alpine skiing in the mountain ranges. We were up in the ski lift about to hop off and go I hopped off and then waited for my family and then were of skiing down. It was a strange sport I kept on falling over and going down in a strange position but I eventually got the hang of it. Then we went back up at Auckland we stayed the night at my cousins again then back home those were the main highlights in my holidays but I also was gaming with my friends and those were my holidays.

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