Calendar Art

So art this week we did calendar art. It's were we draw something that looks forward to 2019. At first we did a colour in sheet about fruit or patterns. I did the citrus fruit sheet because I really liked the pattern and the colour of citrus. I really hope that you enjoyed this.

My Mountain Adventure

On a beautiful Sunday my family and I went

to the Devon-port Beach. We all just did nothing

but just chill, skip rocks and building sand

-castles. Eventually we went up the Mountain

near the Beach with some Fish’n’Chips. (Yum!)

After walking up the long and huge mountain it

was so steep! As soon as my family was finished,

I lay down because I was pretty tired… My

Mum and Dad opened up the Fish’n’Chips

wrapping and we ate until all of the food was finished.

As soon as we finished my Sisters (Melanie)

friend (Conor) and I went to the war supplying

rooms for the launchers and stuff… It was empty,

scary but it was awesome!!! When I saw my Brother

(Daniel) he was photobombing my Mum and Dad’s

pictures,it was really funny!

As time went we saw the sun-set,it was majestic!

Eventually the clouds covered the sun-set and I

said,”Aw man the sun-set is  gone”, But then

Conor saw a cruise ship that we completely

missed! It was right in our faces. The best part

was when my Brother Daniel was photobombing

pictures and when we saw the sun-set. It was the

best Sunday ever!

I loved that day!

My Weird Monster

My monster has a rows of teeth with circles and 3 paper thin eyes that can only see straight. It has a square head with ears the size of a ant. The tummy is medium size BUT his I mean it is very skinny. It has a mouth like a spider but no fangs, it’s human teeth. It is wearing shorts. He medium sized hair with a long a long nose that is very unpleasant to touch.

He is very nice and has a feeling as bright as a sun. It doesn’t like to be touched because he doesn’t want people to describe the soft a nice feeling on hair and dusty feeling on its face. It loves summer because he’s a cold-blooded so it makes sense. It doesn’t like books at all. He has a phobia of it, don’t show him it or he’ll faint badly, very badly…

I’ll tell you the weakness’ and powers. Weakness: Books,he hates books because of words.

Powers: It can understand any language (except for words) and breathing in Water.

Social Justice Feather Activity

I really loved R.E today. We did feathers that had words which meant how to be cool and nice socially in the public. I really liked colouring in the feather and doing the words in vivid. You can see my feather in the bottom right. Move left one and that's mine. I did promise because you can make heaps of trust with someone if you promise a quest or secret. I hope you like it.

Alleluia Poster

Last Friday 14th of September my friend and I (Peter Arcilla) did a poster about how to worship god. This poster says that you can worship god by singing beautifully. We did singing and music because we both love music and God.  

Maori and English Words

R.E yesterday was so fun! We did Maori and English words that mean good things like Justice is Tika and Spirit is Tapu. I love Maori and R.E together because we get to know more about God and Maori words at the same time. I hope you like it!

Mandarin Characters

For cultural language week we did Mandarin for Monday. We did Chinese characters and accents for words. I really like mandarin because I love Asia language and country in general, and the food is beautiful!

Fact or Opinion Sheet Copy

For Topic we did a Fact or Opinion sheet that our teacher gave us. We could do it in our sheet or book. I did it in my book because it was a bit more easier and tidier. I hope you like it!

'Where In the World' Sheet

For inquiry we are doing and 'Where In the World' sheet. we brain storm information then put it in a little box that we can cut out and put it in our inquiry book. The habitat that I chose is the Sahara desert. I like that place because I love the looks and adaptions about the animals. I just like this in general because I love exploring places. In this photo I did where the Sahara desert was and what continent it is in and countries in it.  

Fractions Booklet

For math this term and term 4 our class is doing a Fractions booklet. We are mostly learning about mixed fractions. I like this booklet because I like improving with fractions and I think it is fun in my opinion.  

Math Vocabulary Poster

For mathematics this week Stanley (my friend) and I did a math vocabulary poster about multiplication. We went to Room 8 to share about the words because they said they needed some help. Stanley and I did multiplication because we are good at multiplication and we think it's quite fun 

Prodigy Math Game

For math games we have a game called prodigy. I really like it because it involves fun stories and math at the same time.  

Halloween Slide

Today for celebration activities, I did a slide about Halloween because I like the idea of how you go trick or treating. Halloween is the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows' Day (also known as All Saints' or Hallow-mas) on 1 November and All Souls' Day on 2 November, thus giving the holiday on 31 October the full name of All Hallows' Eve (meaning the evening before All Hallows' Day).

Tuatara Slide

For writing this week Room 5 did a slide about reptiles. I did a tuatara because I thought it was very interesting that they are still dinosaurs and they cute too. I hope you enjoy it! 

Abraham & Sarah Slide

This week for R.E half of the class did a play and half of it did a slide. The people who made the slide including me did a slide about, I hope you like it! 

Asian Small Clawed Otter

Introduction

Asian small clawed otters is a species of carnivorous
Aonyx on our Earth.
They have small claws that do not extend to the fleshy part of their partially
webbed fingers and toes. This gives them Manuel
dexterity
(the ability to use your hands in a skillful, coordinated
way to grasp and
manipulate objects and demonstrate small, precise movements.)
so that it
can use its paws to feed on mollusks, crabs and other small fish.

Habitat

The Asian small clawed otter is native to South east

Asia, some

of southern India. Including some islands like Sumatra,

Java,Palawan and

Borneo. It lives in freshwater wetlands environment such

as swamps,

meandering rivers, mangroves and big tidal pools, as well

as irrigated

rice fields. It prefers pond areas and bare banks.

Ecology and Behaviour

Asian small-clawed otters are diurnal animals
(active during the day),
found in remote areas, away from human disturbance.
However, some have
adapted to life near villages. They continually groom
their fur to maintain
its insulating qualities. Asian small-clawed otters are
excellent swimmers.
They swim by moving their hind legs and tail. They
‘doggy-paddle’
with all four feet while swimming or floating. When
swimming at a
high speed, they undulate their entire bodies, including
their tails,
up and down while their hind feet steer. They can dive
underwater
for about six to eight minutes. They are often seen
playing (which can be seen at zoos) and sliding on muddy
banks and
in the water in regions where they often visit or live.

Conservation Status

Asian small clawed otters are listed vulnerable on

the IUCN

(International Union for Conservation of Nature), due

to ponds being

replaced by farms, pollution and hunting in some areas.

Characteristics

Asian small clawed otters are the smallest types
of otters in the world.
They’re overall size can range from 70 to 100 cm,
the tail is around
30-35 cm. They weigh around 1 to 5.4 kg. They have
short hair
relatively ranging 2.5 cm, it is soft, dense and velvety.
There nose are
dusky or pinkish colour.

Diet

An Oriental or simply small clawed otter’s diet mainly

consists

on invertebrates, crustaceans and molluscs, but they sometimes feed

on vertebrates and specific amphibians. They feed

on small fish like

catfish and gouramis. The particular amphibians such

as mudskippers

and small non poisonous toads. Crustaceans they crunch

on are crabs,

lobsters as well as freshwater shrimp. Salty seafood that

they swallow

are clams, mussels, oysters and fresh water snail.

Conclusion

So overall Asian small clawed otters are a cute and
interesting type of Aonyx species. They are simple but
complex at the same time. Asian small clawed otters are
the best
and cutest type of otters in my opinion.    

Mary Mackillop Art

Today we did a dot art around a beautiful picture of Mary Mackillop for Mary Mackillop's feast day, it was really fun! I hope you like it.

How I Felt Writing My Speech

Writing my speech was fun but not the best. Speeches are not my favourite but it's alright. My speech was about How to become Evil Super Villain. But I felt very confident about my speech going into the semi finals because it had perfect time and a lot of expression, but at least I still participated! So after all writing a speech is hard but fun, that's my opinions about it. 

The Science Road Show

Last week on Thursday the year 5 and 6 students of Good Shepherd School went to Edendale Primary School to experience the Science Roadshow! We learnt so much about ice and fire, the human body and other things that are related to science. We enjoyed watching the hosts do fascinating experiments like dropping an 8 ball into the metal stick with a hoop attached to it, before they dipped it into the liquid nitrogen the ball could thread through the hoop, 

 but after they dipped the stick into the liquid nitrogen the ball couldn’t fit!

We had a lot of fun, and recommend that everyone goes to the Science Roadshow if they get a chance.

The Royal Jelly Show

On Tuesday 29 of May the whole of Good Shepherd gathered in the hall to watch a show called “The Royal Jelly”. It gave us a lot of facts about bees and was really funny. Also three students were lucky enough to participate in the show answering questions from the “mayor”. Over all the show was fun and interesting and we all learned a lot.