Sherbet experiment

• Today in class we did a science experiment on sherbet using a plastic cup, ice block sticks, baking soda, tartaric acid and citric acid. First we got to try all the different ingredients. The ones I liked was the icing sugar and a little bit of tartaric acid. After we all had to mix all of them in the plastic cup and use the right amount to make the perfect sherbet. We had to add a little bit of baking soda, a little bit of citric acid, a tiny bit of tartaric acid and a lot of icing sugar. I enjoyed this activity because we all got to try disgusting acids (in my opinion) and we got to try baking soda straight and it was fun.

Passport Task

Last week we had activities to do on a list. The activities are each worth points to gain and the goal is to get 200 points. It's a cool challenge type of thing for the whole class to do. On the picture is a ticket I designed for a music concert.

Album cover

 

For our passport tasks I made album cover of Stan Walker and this is my cover of Stan Walker, Take it easy. This activity was worth 40 points. When I showed my teacher she told me that I put alot of effort into my work and so she gave me 10 extra points for putting effort into my work. So that gave me 50 points in total.That album cover was based on my favourite song of Stan Walker. 

Comics

Today Mr Drummond came in to talk to us how to write and draw comics. I enjoyed this because we got to think out the box with our imagination and make really funny characters. He told us that it can be funny but it always has to make sense, this is my comic on T-scare. 

Act of balancing

Today in class we read a book about the act of balancing. We all made our own types of balancing sculptures and mine had a weird type of uneven blocks balancing on four very small cubes you might not see in the picture. It was fun and a     challenging time building those blocks towers.

Bigfoot riding

Today out in the courts we had some visitors from the Bigfoot bike club come and show us a few safety rules for the road. On the picture we were playing a cool game that was if you touched the ground you would be out. We spent two hours out on the courts riding on the bikes, it was fun.

This is me riding a course and practicing our hand signal indicators to our instructors.

Cross pede

Today in class we made our own types of pedes and this is mine. Pedes are types of cubes that have a certain type of patterns and feet. I made my design with friend and it was cool.

St Martin De Porres

Today we chose some Saints to do some research about. My one was on St Martin De Porres.He was one of the only black saints and he was humble to the poor, helped the sick and was very generous. I like him because of all the good things he did to help the poor.

Calendar Art

This term we were making our calendar art for 2019.      When you make calendar art you can have it in calendars and sketch pads. I like mine in a calendar.On mine I coloured in the patterns in red and blue then stuck the 2019 on top. 

Tropics diorama

For the past few weeks our class has been making dioramas about any habitat they choose. I did my diorama on the tropics. As you can see mine has a dolphin and two turtles under the coconut tree beneath the hot sun.

Cultural Quiz

Last week was Cultural Week and our school had a quiz. Our school cultural leaders had 20 questions about some countries that we all had to answer. So we all got put into some random groups with country group names. I got put in the Russian group. It was fun having our group trying to figure out the questions we didn't know. I had a fun time doing the quiz and I enjoyed it.

Religious Education

Today in Religious Education we wrote some sentences like God is as loving as....

God is as forgiving as....Forgiveness is....Healing is....so we all wrote it in our on opinions.

Art Cross

For the last few weeks our whole school has  been painting some crosses that are going to be displayed
on our school fences. As you can see on my cross i have a red rosemallow(hibiscus) and a cross to represent the catholic church and on the left I have seven stars to represent the seven years I've been here,on the top there is a dove to represent the Holy spirit.

Author Raymond Huber visit

Today in class we had an author come in and tell us about his books and his experience about being an author. His name is Raymond Huber,he has some wonderful and amazing books to be read. He told us some interesting facts about bees and their lives. It was fun having Raymond in to talk about his books.

Feather cloak

Today in Religious Education we made a feathers cloak . We each write a word that is important to us
and coloured it in then suck them all together and made a cool feather cloak (korowai).

Religious Education poster

Today in Religious Education I finished off my trust poster. We had to choose meaningful words that was important to us to make a little poster about. On my poster it has some people building the word "trust".On the sides it has three quotes about what trust can mean.

Information report on rhinoceros

Rhinoceros  

What is a  Rhino? I think they’re the closest thing to a real-life unicorn. Let’s read information about these fat unicorns.

Rhinos are a type of herbivore, which means they’re plant eaters. They eat fruits, stems, twigs, grass and leaves. Herbivores are a full type of vegetarian so they won't eat any form of meat.

White rhinos and black rhinos live in grasslands  and floodplains of eastern and southern Africa. Greater one-horned rhinos can be found in the swamps and rainforests of northern India and southern Nepal. Sumatran and  Javan rhinos can be found in small areas of Malaysia and Indonesian swamps and rainforests.

   

White and Black rhinos have two horns, a big tall one at the front and a small behind it. Most of the types of rhinos are grey and brown. The biggest rhino is the White rhino which is 1.7-1.9m tall, and weighs 2,300 kgs.The smallest type of rhino is a Indian rhino which is 1.6-1.8m tall but are very bulky, and weighs 2,100kgs. Rhinos have big noses and black eyes. Don’t be fooled because it doesn’t look it but the Indian rhino is very fast. Their top speed is a 55 km/h, that's faster than Usain Bolt's fastest running record!

As you can see rhinos are very intelligent  and fun maybe not fun but I hope you have learnt something from my information report about rhinoceros.

Maths Poster

This week for maths week my friend and I made an addition poster.

We made these word problems for year 3&4's to figure out.

I hope you can figure them out too.

    

Animal classification

Today we learned about how animals are classified into groups. Animals are either vertebrates (which means they have a spine) or invertebrates which don't have a spine).

Vertebrates are put into five groups. The are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Mammals have fur or hair and give birth to live young.
Birds have feathers and lay hard eggs. Reptiles are cold-blooded and lay soft eggs. Amphibians breathe through their skin and need to keep their skin moist. Fish breathe through gills and have fins .

5 examples of each type:

Mammals:Cow, Horse, Bear,Dog, Human

Reptiles:snake,lizard,alligators,chameleons and a skink

Amphibians:newt,frog,toad,salamander and a caecilian.

Fish:seahorse,squid,blowfish,shark and a dolphin

Birds:eagle, rooster, ostrich, woodpecker and a peacock.

At the end of last term it was the feast day of Mary Mackillop.

We had a class room swap where we chose a buddy for the rest of the day and worked together and made some cool paintings.

Ina and the Shark slide

                                  Today me and my friend made a slide show about a myth about the Cook islands called Ina and the Shark. We made this slide because it was based on a pacific myth and decided to make a slide about it.

Suzanne Aubert

On the 19th of June it was Suzanne Aubert's birthday. So our class made some coloured flowers. Suzanne Aubert is now in the process of becoming a saint of New Zealand. 

Speeches

On week 4 our class did speeches. My speech was on Cyberbullying and surprisingly I got 80 out of 85 and when you get that high you get into the semi finals. When my teacher was reading out the names who got in the semi finals last name she said was "Nathaniel" and at the time I was shocked. So a week later I said it in front of other year sixes, fives and some fours. That day they announced the people going to the finals and I wasn't expecting to get in but I did again. I felt like I was on a roll. The next week i made a shocking 2nd place,what day it was.

Limericks

Today in class we learnt how to write Limericks. A limerick is a funny rhyming poem with 5 lines.

There was a boy from Spain.

Who had a bad aching pain.

He went to the hospital.

And got a popsicle.

Then after he felt the same!

Country Poster

In Reading,we all chose a country to research and present information on. I chose America because I thought America's history was very interesting and fun. It was great to learn about the many different cultures of God's people!

Symbols of the Holy Spirit

Recently in Religious Education we were naming the things that the Te Wairua Tapu (Holy Spirit) does in peoples lives and this is mine.

Roll an Answer

      

Today in maths we played a game called Roll an Answer. It tests the skills we have learned this year
like rounding, place value, addition and subtraction. My group did a board about bigger numbers.

My poem about the storm

Today we wrote poems of the huge storm that happened in Auckland.
I see the shattering rain dripping from the skies.

I hear the swirling and twirling of the wind.

I feel the icy cold air breaking through me.

I smell gooey scents of madness.

I taste dry flickering breaths of cloud.

It makes me feel terrified.

About Me

This is my presentation all about me.

Good Friday

In Religious Education today we learnt about Good Friday and the symbols of it.This is my work of my Good Friday in my R.E book.

Mantra

Make more dreams,

not mistakes.

This is my mantra to encourage and keep people positive.

About Me

Hi, my name is Nathaniel.  I'm in Room Five with a cool teacher Louise.  My favourite subject is P.E.

My dream vacation would be to go to L.A. My goal for the year is to get better at education.  I'm an indoor and outdoor person.  My Birthday is on the first of July.  I have two very close friends I've had for six years Ethan and Jayden.  I'm so looking forward to posting on the blog.