Aquarius Constellation

                                                           Aquarius Constellation

Aquarius is the 11th astrological sign in the Zodiac. The sign is an air sign, the sign is usually born in between February and January.

Vocabulary Study

 This study helped us understand words that helped us to get clues for a crossword puzzle and extended our vocabulary.

Vocabulary Study/Crossword

1. Write the meanings for these ‘Across’ words.

reorder -get another supply

hippo -  A animal

knead - squash up with your hands

profile - short biographical sketch

uncut - Not cut

townhouse -  House in town

fad -trend

potpourri - dried flowers that are scented

worried - concerned

mania - frenzy

dwarfed - made smaller

Find the meanings for these ‘Down’ words.

cradle - hold in arms

spirited - headstrong

trader - a merchant who sells things

endear - like

frumpy - fat and lumpy

monkfish - a sea fish 

outstrip - beat

yogi - a Hindu guy

wedded - married

cool - unruffled

arms - part of the body

The Lion & butterfly

 We have been studying fables and writing our own version of one of them. Then we made a ripped paper collage to illustrate our story. Hope you enjoy my fable.

A lion came upon a butterfly straying from the garden and didn't want to take the life of such a helpless

creature without a good excuse.

So the lion said, “You are the butterfly who insulted me last year.”

“I couldn’t have, for I wasn't even born then,” said the butterfly.

 Well said the lion,  “You eat from my jungle.” 

“That cannot be replied to by the butterfly,  for I have never yet tasted meat.” 

“You drink from my river, then!” continued the lion.

“I have not been eating anything but my mother’s nectar.” 

“Well,  anyhow,” said the lion, “I'm not going without my dinner!”

 and he sprang upon the butterfly and swallowed it without  another word!

100 word challenge

                                                              100 word challenge

We had to write 100 words about a pic of a cup stuck in something that looked like mud. This is mt 100 word story! 

Kia ora, I’m a cup. My name is Aliyah. I normally live on top of Aoraki, a magnificent mountain in Aotearoa. I love sitting on top of the mountain watching people trying to climb and sometimes walk through the bush below. Sometimes I get lonely without other cups to talk to and I dream of being filled with tea and or milky coffee. One day, I decided to slide down the mountain to see if anyone wanted a cuppa. Unfortunately, there was a massive avalanche which swept me down the mountain and I landed in a pile of coffee grains.

Making Water

Aim = To explode Hydrogen to malice water

Method =  Take a small text tube - add a small piece of magnesium metal - Then add Hydrochloride acid and put a boiling tube upside down over  the small test tube. 

- After 5 minutes keep the boiling tube upside down but put it over the burner flame 

- You should hear the Hydrogen explode & see water made. 

Reflection for P.E

For the last 12 weeks. We have been doing P.E. In P.E we have been doing weight, area, perimeter, heart rates and the Volume. So here is my work from the 12 weeks of doing P.E.

Hurumanu 1 TEST - EXPLORING OUR SITE

                                       Hurumanu 1 TEST - EXPLORING OUR SITE

So today we did on overview of the work we studied in this Hurumanu. We had to reflect on  how much learning we had done and if we met the success criteria. I think I did well overall and learnt new stuff. 

Hurumanu 1 - EXPLORING OUR SITE

(“WHO ARE WE?” on Yr 7/8 Hurumanu site )

1.   What does ‘Multimodal’ mean? 

A board full of activities to do .

2.   Find the 1st multimodal board we have studied and copy the 2 points found in the LEARN box.

3. I am learning to understand the importance of our history.

4. I am learning to use a multimodal taskboard.

5.   Choose 1 of the 6 photos you have studied and write 1 sentence to explain what is happening in the photo.

 Why do you think the photo was taken?

         So they can share it with the family.

6.   Scroll down to the ‘GOLD RUSH’ multimodal board and on the way.

1. Name the tourist town on the West Coast that recreates how life was like during the Gold Rush.  

Shantytown

2. Find the ‘LEVEL 2 Task Board’ with Gold Rush activities and complete the following:

WALT = Understand what NZ looked like during the Gold Rush

Success Criteria: i) 

                   Understand what the Gold Rush looked like in Aotearoa NZ

                     Understand how families felt during this time

Go to the ‘LEVEL 3 Task Board’ with Gold Rush activities and complete the following:

WALT = Understand our past immigrant community 

Success Criteria: 

• Understand how the Gold Rush happened & its impact

• Acknowledge the involvement of the Chinese in our NZ history

• Understand what discrimination is and how to identify it

5.   Find the Multimodal Board for PARIHAKA

1. List 3 things from the LEARN box that you were expected to learn

Discover some of the key protest events that have helped shape Aotearoa NZ’s society today.

Understand the consequences of possible choices and the effects they can have.

I am a citizen of the world. I can make a meaningful difference. I seek social justice.

2.   Copy the Success Criteria for work you had to CREATE (see box) have reread to check information.

3. My layout is clear and easy to read.

4. My spelling and punctuation are correct.

5. My information and ideas help my audience to understand the learning.

 Find the EXTRA MAHI box and write 3 facts about Non-violent protest

       parihaka leaders used non-violent protest and they were punished. Gandhi, Martin              Luther King and other people in history have done the same and had the same result. It is a powerful way of standing up to powerful people. 

 

  6.   Go to the World War 1 Multimodal Board and copy the 1st LO that you find in the LEARN box

    I am learning to explain how World War 1 helped to shape our identity as New Zealanders

7.Scroll down to ‘Women's Suffrage’.

i) Name the NZ woman whose face is on the $10 note: Viola Desmond

ii) Which country was 1st in the world to get the vote for women? 

New Zealand.

8.   Go to the Christchurch/Otautahi Multimodal Board and find the 

SCAFFOLDING TEXT BOX, click on the audio book, “Quake, Rattle and Roll” and listen to the story. 

NOW, REFLECT ON YOUR LEARNING THIS TERM - YOUR DON’T HAVE TO WRITE ANYTHING, JUST THINK ABOUT NEW STUFF YOU HAVE LEARNT AND HOW WELL YOU HAVE PRESENTED YOUR WORK, EITHER IN YOUR HURUMANU 1 FOLDER OR ON YOUR BLOG.