On Wednesday Hamish Kerr came to our school to tell us about his journey about going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal when I first saw him I thought he was very tall. At the start he gave everyone a turn at holding the gold medal it was heavier than I thought it would be I thought it would be a little lighter than that. He told us about his early life when he was 5 his parents got him a bike but he crashed into a tree and his sister laughed but then his sister fell out of the tree and went to the hospital he said he got the last laugh he then told us about meeting his coach jimmy. He was jimmy’s best man at his wedding he also showed us a video of him winning the gold medal and another video of the Olympic highlights.

How tall do you think Hamish Kerr is?

This week we had NASDA come and perform Suessical The Musical.

My favourite character was the orange monkey that did back flips and i also liked the elephant because she was caring and mindful looking for the spec of dust.

Dr Suess also made the musical.

Something i enjoyed about the musical is that it was really funny and fun to watch.

Something i found interesting was that the little spec of dust was a planet and had a mayor and people in the tiny little spec of dust.

Have you ever read a Dr Suess book before?

On Monday me and my buddies Kenzie Resha and Zaab started our kite. We went to other hubs to do some fun activities one of them was to colour  in a part of a star then the teachers were going to glue them all together to make a star. In Tumu my hub we coloured in a piece of paper and we went on my chromebook and did a different activity.

And on Wednesday we finished our kite after we finished our kite we were allowed to fly the kite it was so fun and cool.  today we had a Mid Winter breakfast for Matariki and it was a non school uniform day I am wearing my pink oodie today.

What did you do for Matariki?

In reading one of my groups is endangered animals and things we can do to help is donate or not buy things made out of animals like things made from elephant tusks elephant tusks are made from ivory so people hunt elephants for their tusks to get ivory and things made from animal fur like some carpets that you can buy are made from animals fur.

Another one of my groups are sustainability we can be sustainable by recycling and compost reduce plastic waste and reduce food waste.

A different group I am in is farming I am learning about what organic food is?

For most of history, almost all food was organic. That changed after the Industrial Revolution. During the 20th century, many ideas that were used by factories and big business were put into action on farms. This helped some farms grow larger and yield more produce.

The organic movement was started to get back to the old, traditional ways of farming. Why? Many people believe the chemicals and pesticides used in modern farming can be harmful to your health. Some also think organic foods are naturally more nutritious. Those who support the organic movement also point to its benefits for the environment. Many practices in organic farming are meant to support biodiversity.

If you could choose what group to be in which group would you choose?

I have been learning about how fossil fuels are bad in reading and I have been watching some videos about it.it was really fun learning about fossil fuels.

do you know anything about fossil fuels?

This week in PBL we are learning about deforestation and climate change.

What did you know about deforestation and climate change before using Minecraft?climate change is the earth warming up or getting colder and deforestation is bad because the trees absorb CO2
Have you discovered anything new about deforestation and climate change? I have learnt that people get rid of trees to expand things.

How do you think deforestation affects you? I think it can affect me because we need trees to breathe and trees to give us oxygen.

What can humans do to help the problem? We can stop cutting down trees because trees absorb CO2.

today I am doing activity eighteen which is to make ANZAC biscuits

here are the biscuits I made

have you made ANZAC biscuits before?

today I am doing activity one for activity one I explored a museum of the great patriotic war and took some screenshots of the uniforms that I saw

here are the screenshots I took of the uniforms

do you know anything about the great patriotic war?

today I am doing activity 20 which is to build a warm home for a animal because when the winter comes around it gets cold for animals

here is what I made

things I used:

1.two small tables if you don’t have any small tables you can use chairs

2.a blanket if you don’t have a blanket to use you can use a sheet those are all the things that I used

do you have a pet?

today I’m doing activity 10 which is finding leaves and flowers to match the rainbow

here is the leaves and flowers I found

what is your favourite colour or what is your favourite leaf or flower that I found?