How To Make Lemonade

 In class we had to make instructions for other people in our class to follow. I did how to make lemonade. Some other people's were, how to make a lazy chair, how to play zombie base tag, how to make marble cake and how to make a dog bed out of a suitcase.

8 Thing's In Olaf's Pocket

 In class we had to choose a movie or t.v show character to write what we think would be in there pocket.

I choose Olaf from frozen

1. An extra carrot for his nose just in case he lost his.

2. Sunglasses for summer.

3. Cones for when he melts he can have a snow cone.

4. Snowgies (Snowgies are little Snowmen) to keep him company.

5. Extra buttons just in case.

6. Sticks in case he loses them in the snow.

7. Umbrella for shade in Summer.

8. Hot coco

 

Speech

Last week I said my speech to the class. I felt very nervous. This week on Thursday I will be going in the final with five other year 6's. My speech is about Orca's in Seaworld and how poorly they get treated.

Here Is My Speech....

How would you like to be stuck in a tank for your whole life. I doubt you would like it, especially if the tank was too small, had nowhere to move, and had children putting their fingers all over the glass, giving you a headache.

In Marine Parks the Orcas and other marine animals live in tanks that to us might seem huge, but Orcas can grow to be almost the size of a school bus so the tanks could be seen as bathtubs in comparison.

Careless, cruel and conniving are just three words I word use to describe seaworld.It is great that people want to see these beautiful animals, but wouldn’t you rather see a happy animal in the wild then seeing a depressed animal in captivity being forced to do tricks.

In 1970 seaworld captured their first herd of baby Orcas, taking them away from their mothers. In the process of capturing them, putting them on the boat, and taking them to land 3 baby orcas died that day. 

When Seaworld got banned from capturing orcas in Washington bay they went to Iceland where they could still do this terrible thing to animals.

Tilikum was one of the most famous orcas at SeaWorld; he was the largest orca in captivity. But before he was in seaworld he was in sealand. Sealand captured Tilikum when he was just 2 years old and had a horrendous ways of teaching him how to do tricks.

They would put him in a tank with another trained Whale and get them to do the same tricks, But, if Tilikum didn't do his tricks properly both of them wouldn't get fed so the other Whale would beat him and he would have scratches all over him. February 21, 1991 Victoria Canada, Sealand worker, Keltie Byrne slipped into an enclosure with three orcas and was killed by Tilikum. People at sealand said that she drowned accidentally. But, there were eyewitnesses who identified tilikum as the orca that killed her.

After this sealand closed its doors and sold Tilikum to the seaworld in Orlando under the promise he would not be used for shows, although he was. 

None of the trainers at seaworld were told that Tilikum killed keltie byrne, they were lied to and told he had nothing to do with it.

February 24 2010 Orlando Florida, seaworld trainer Dawn Brancheau got pulled underwater and brutally killed by tilikum.

Dawn Brancheau’s death is not an example of how deadly orcas are.Whales have never killed anyone in the wild and can even be described as friendly by people who encounter them in the wild. but there have been at least four kills in captivity. Her death is an example of how orca’s are not meant to be held captive. When Tilikum killed it wasn’t because he’s crazy or savage it was because he was frustrated at spending his life in a swimming pool.

Although in 2016, seaworld promised to stop breeding orcas, many other marine parks still have breeding programs. So if we stop going to all kinds of marine parks especially SeaWorld surely they will close down and stop keeping animals in captivity and they will be able to roam free.

Napier

In class we are learning to write recounts.

I enjoyed pair assessing.

I found using adjectives tricky.

Our success criteria was...

*Use some long and some short sentence

*Use adjectives and adverbs

*Use juicy verbs to start a sentence

*Use a simile or metaphor

*Keep to one main idea in each paragraph

* Edit for spelling and punctuation

*Use a hook

“We're here” my mum exclaimed as I slowly woke up from a long sleep in the car. Where in Napier. Arriving at the hotel was very surprising because it was a five star hotel “WOW” I remarked, my dad repeated me.We walked to the counter, slowly admiring the painting.The next morning we got up earlier than ever to take my mum to a bus that would take her to Cape Kidnappers. After a while, we had to pick up Mum, but unfortunately we missed her come in and get a medal. After all that, we went to the ocean spa, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh we went in a boiling hot spa and a freezing cold spa. The absolutely freezing cold pool was taller than my dad by about 3 inches so it was really hard to stay up “Dad! Help!” I would say as I slowly drifted under the water. 

Then we drove back to Gisborne. 

My Sleepover

In class we are learning to describe.
I enjoyed writting it.
I found including a simile hard.

I heard a knock on the door. People started coming in and the sleepover started. Isabelle was the first to go to sleep, the rest of us, India, Catalina and I stayed up till 1:00. We were pretty tired, but the whole time we were trying to wake Isabelle up. Catalina even said, "I dream of magical dreams" in her ear. That was funny. Eventually we went to sleep.
When we woke up Catalina felt something on her leg. "What was it?" we all said. Then out of the depths came a cockroach.  It was as big as an elephant. We all started screaming so loud we woke Isabelle up. She got the cockroach but the look on her face was priceless.

Make up!!! We ran up the stairs, woke up my sister and and we all put make up on even Isabelle put some on and that is a once in a life time. We put blush, foundation, mascara and lipstick on. We were super models.
Running down stairs to have a dance party, we danced like nobody was watching. Also we played "try not to sing." India and I were always out.

2019 Speech

This week we presented our speeches to the class.
I felt so nervous I was shaking.
We had to include our pepeha a rhetorical question and be persuasive.
We had to use a clear voice, stand still, speak loudly, go at our own pace, look up at the crowd, use expression and be confident.
My speech was about Orcas (Killer Whales).

Here it is...

Tihei Mauri ora
Ko Pepeha ki ahau
Ko Ben Nevis Te maunga  
Ko Loch Morar Te awa 
Ko southern cross Te waka 
Ko ST Mary’s star of the sea Te marae 
No Turanga-nui-a-kiwa ahau  
Ko Hato Maria toku kura 
Ko Charlotte ahau 
No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

Would you like to be stuck in a tank your whole life? Well some Orcas are, and today I am going to tell you some facts about orcas. But first I have to tell you a story about an Orca called Tillikam.
To train Tillikam they would put him in a tank with another trained whale, and if Tillikam didn’t do his tricks properly both whale’s wouldn’d get feed, so the other whale would beat Tillikam and Tillikam  would have  scratches all over him. 

In captivity female Orcas live up to 29 years of age male Orcas live up to 17. In the wild male Orcas live up to 20 to 60 years of age and female Orcas 80 to over 100. Wow  isn’t that such a difference.  
Orcas weigh up to 6 tons and grow to twenty3 to thirty2 feet, that is almost as long as a school bus, imagine seeing one of those up close. Even though Orcas can also be called Killer Whales they are actually part of the Dolphin family. Because of their large size and huge power, Orcas are very fast swimmers and have been recorded at speeds of up to 54km/h.  

Nobody really knows where the name Killer  Whales came from. Some people think that they were called ‘Killers of Whales’ by whalers in the past, and the name became ‘Killer Whales’ over time, and in Latin Orca actually means  Killer Whale. Do Orcas have predators You might ask? Well actually they don't have predators, because they are  at the very top of the food chain. Okay, are you getting kind of scared now I know I am, but don’t worry the only time Orcas have killed people are when there in captivity like Tillikam saddly he killed 3 people 2 of them trainers. This wouldn't have happened if he wasn’t in captivity.  

Climate change should be stopped!!

In class we are learning to structure writing.

I enjoyed finding out the facts about climate change.

I found voice typing hard because it wasn't typing the words I was saying.

What is climate change and what is it doing to our planet?

Climate change is different from global warming. Global warming is the world getting warmer. Climate change is more sun, rain, wind and snow.

One of the main reasons is the burning of the Amazon rainforest. It covers most of Brazil and you can see the smoke from space. The rainforest is also known as the Earth's lungs, because it produces 20% of the Earth's oxygen, and it has millions of animals.

Another cause of climate change is the use of fossil fuels such as oil, diesel, petrol and coal. It releases too much hot air, and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

A result of climate change is the glaciers and the ice caps are melting. Sea levels are rising and lowlands are flooding. Ocean’s are getting warmer and this can affect some fish.

In conclusion I believe that we have to do something about climate change. It is important to stop all the fires in the Amazon rainforest. We could also change from petrol and diesel cars to electric cars. Otherwise there will be too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, so please help stop climate change. 

Caged Chicken Should Be Banned!!!!

We are learning to structure speeches.
I enjoyed learning the facts.
I found trying to make it make sense.

Would you like to be stuck in a cage
I firmly believe that caged chickens should be banned!

One of the main reasons is they don’t have enough room so they get squashed. Each hen has the same amount of space as an A4 piece of paper. 82% of hens that Produce eggs are caged. In one shed there are 45,000 chickens.

Another very important  reason is they can’t act like a chicken. Chickens like to scratch for food and have dust bath in cages they can’t. They can’t even stretch their wings let alone just stretch. I mean I wouldn’t like that I don’t know about you.

Also they get lots of diseases. One of the diseases are weak bones A.K.A osteoporosis. They also get rickets because lack of vitamin D.

In conclusion I believe that caged chickens should be banned because of the diseases, they get squashed, and they can't be a chicken.

Winter

We are learning to use descriptive words.
I enjoyed voice typing.
I found  the summary challenging.

Outside, stiff crunchy grass numbed your toes.
Frosty cold snowflakes fell from above.
Grey, calm sky as still as a turtle, slept.
Goosebumps shivered down me as I ran to the car.
 

Tracking and Traps

Over the last few weeks we have been learning to Identify prints of mice, rats and stoats. 

Kauri came in and taught us how to set a tracking tunnel. To do this you need some peanut butter and ink.  The mouse enters the tunnel, eats the peanut butters and leave some paw prints using the ink pad. The next morning we had a look at them and found what for  what for  what for mice and rat paw prints  

Epic Journey

We were learning about going on a Epic journey around New Zealand. 
I found it easy to find the pictures.
I found it hard to work out where to go.
I really enjoyed showing it to the class.
Next time I need to us more wow words.

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