Current events

CURRENT EVENTS SUMMARY

Title	NZ woman faces murder charge in Cairns
Website	NZ Herald
WHERE did it happen?	In Cairns
WHAT happened?	She was accused of hitting her daughter with the metal pole of a vacuum and and other sorts of abuse and then she was found dead a unit in Cairns.
WHEN did it happen?	November 2011
WHO was involved in the event?	the 27 year old woman her 23 year old partner and her daughter
WHY did it happen?	There is no explanation of why she did it but she must of been angry.
HOW did it happen?	Well she hit her daughter with the metal pole then the daughter had died later on.

Taiwan's holiday

Today I am going to tell you about Taiwan’s holiday. In the holidays Taiwan's holiday he went to Tauranga with his family for one week. He stayed with his cousins in Tauranga. He also watched Despicable me 2 at Hoyts cinemas in Sylvia park . He thought it was funny because the minions kept on poking their tongues out and making noises.

Taiwan's highlights were playing fetch with his cousins dog  and sitting on the rocking chair while someone pushed him really high Taiwan liked it because it felt like he was on the pirate ship at Rainbows end.Taiwan also enjoyed watching Ninjago because he thought the green ninja was really cool.He also enjoyed going on  a laptop and getting to keep it with him for two days because he had it all to himself.

Taiwan's low light was having to come back from Tauranga because he really enjoyed his visit and wanted it to be much longer.

Taiwan’s dream holiday would be going to America with his whole family for a vacation and the holiday would be long so that they enjoy their visit there and explore around.

Egg thinking

Group members

Justin, Taiwan, and I (Leki)

Equipment

Cotton balls, PVA glue, tissues, a tissue box, paint brush, Tape.

How did you use your equipment? Explain your steps.

First we put glue all around the egg. Then we put the cotton balls all over the egg. Next We put on another layer of glue. After that we Put on tissues for extra protection and we also taped it so it would hold. When we finished that we put in the tissue box. Then we put a tissue in the hole and taped it. The final step was we glued the bottom of the box and put on cotton balls and tissues to give it a soft landing when it falls.

Did your creation successfully protect your egg from cracking?

No it didn’t.

Why was it successful/not successful?

It wasn’t successful because I might of put on too much tape around the egg and it must of put pressure on it and cracked it.

What would you change for next time?

I would put cotton balls and tissues around the whole box and put tissues inside of the tissue box. I also would've put on less tape around the egg.

What was your favourite part of this challenge?

Getting my hands sticky and dropping it from the top of the door.

Term Reflection

In Term 2, my highlights was soccer with Courtney because we got to learn some skills in soccer and because we got to play against others in soccer. Another highlight for term 2 was having speakers come in to talk about being successful. I liked having them come in because they showed us variety of jobs we could do in the future and they all came from different communities. My favourite speaker was Nickson from Mai fm because he made his job sound exciting and made me want to join the radio.

In Term 2, my lowlights was having singing practice for our masses because we had to sit in a spot for a long time and sing songs. I also did not like it because I don't like learning songs I have never heard and then having to sing it over and over. Another lowlight was swimming because most of the time I didn’t  swim because I might get sick.

In Term 3, Im looking forward for doing kiwi sport because we get to spend some of our day playing sport and having fun.Im also looking forward to cross country because we get to do running and I love running short and long  distances.

Worship

These are ways Christians come to know God through worship

Fractions

WALT: Find fractions of a quantity

1. Matthew is a huge rugby league fan and has 28 NRL cards. One quarter of them are Melbourne Storm cards. How many of them are Melbourne Storm cards?

STRATEGY:

28 ÷ 4= 7

7x1= 7

SOLUTION SENTENCE:

Out of 28 NRL cards 7 of them are Melbourne Storm cards.

2. In Mark’s class there are 18 children. ⅓ of them are boys. How many boys are in Mark’s class?

STRATEGY:

18 ÷ 3= 6

6x1=6

SOLUTION SENTENCE:

6 out of 18  children in Marks class are boys.

3. Luke has 32 first cousins. ¾ of them live in Auckland and the rest of them live in Wellington. How many of Luke’s cousins live in Auckland?

STRATEGY:

32 ÷ 4= 8

8x3= 24

SOLUTION SENTENCE:

24 of Luke’s cousins live in Auckland.

Weekly Reflection week 9

My highlights this week are learning about healthy and unhealthy food because I could learn about what's good for you and what's not.My other highlight was fitness because I love getting outside and being active.

My lowlights this week are not being able to walk around school because of a sore knee at the beginning of the week because I couldn't play games that I wanted to. My other one is writing about the big bad wolf because I don't like describing cartoon characters for others.

I am looking forward to showing my cousins from Hawaii around Auckland and visiting different places because I haven’t seen them in 2 years.I am also looking forward for our one hundred day party because we 100 of something for example 100 lollies.

Basic facts

This week for addition I got 100 right out of 100 and my time was 4 minutes.

This week for subtraction I got 99 out of 100 and my time was 5 minutes.