Krystal - Sauropods what are they and how big?

Recently my class, Te Wairua Pakiki 4 (TWP4) have been doing Science. Here is another activity on Science. We wrote about Sauropods. Sauropods are dinosaurs that have really long necks and have four legs. We made a scale to see compare the sauropod to an elephant and a seal. Then we also did a little bit about them and where they lived. Here is my activity!

Krystal - Where is Mangahouanga Stream?

Today I did an activity, on where Mangahouanga Stream is. Mangahouanga Stream is a stream where, Joan Wiffen found a dinosaur bone in this stream. If you want to know more Maungahouanga Stream, read below!

Krystal - Term 1 Student Reflection

Today is our last day at school. We did a "Term 1 Student Reflection". This activity is just a reflection on how our first term was, and how we need help by our parents and teacher. Here is my activity!

Krystal - How Māui slowed the Sun

 Today I finished of my art. We watched a story of how Māui slowed the sun by Peter Gossage.  After we watched the video our teacher made us watch another video of weaving, on paper. After we learnt how to weave we had to pick two colours of six. The colours were red, orange, white and orange-ish. Then our teacher gave us all a part of the story, then draw it on our paper. After we drew a part of the story we had to outline with a vivid. Here is the story. Here is my picture.

 

Krystal - The Legend of Kahukura

Today I finally finished doing one of my homework. I did an activity on a legend called "Kahukura". I read a story about him and what he is the god of. Kahukura is the God of Rainbows and Devilry. If you want to know more about him and what he is, read below!

Krystal - Kiwi Tag Tournament

 On Friday the 26th March 2021, my class Te Wairua Pakiki 4 (TWP 4) and Te Wairua Pakiki 6 (TWP 6) had a tag competition against Sylvia Park. Our class only had two boys team and one girls team. This was hosted by Eastern Zone Kiwi Tag. We had to make sure everyone was on the bus, so we wouldn't leave anyone behind. Once we put our bags and stuff on the bus. We hopped off the bus, went onto the field and set up the tent's and the big blue gazebo. We did some warm-ups, because it was a little cold and to practice our passing. The first game was the boys team against each other. It was the boys A team against the boys B team. The boys A team won their first game. The score was 3 - 2. Then it was our girls team versus Sylvia Park. Sylvia Park won the first game 1 - 4. Then it was the boys B team against Panmure District School. The game was a draw 2 - 2. It was the girls again versing Sylvia Park. Sylvia Park won another game 0 - 3. The boys A team against Sylvia Park. Sylvia Park won by 2 points, 2 - 4. Then it was us girls again. Versing only Sylvia Park. Sylvia Park won by 4 points 0 - 4. This game was the boys last game against Parnell School. They won by 3 points 0 - 3. This was our last game, but instead of tag it was Turbo Touch. Instead of touching it was ripping off the tags. This game was a good game. After that we all changed and waited about 40 minutes for the bus to arrive. During that time we were rolling down the hill and playing touch.

Here are some photo's, and the rules for the game.

Krystal - Joan Wiffen and her fossils

Today I did an activity on Joan Wiffen and her fossils. Joan Wiffen was a palaeontologist. A palaeontologist is a person who studies about fossils and tries to find their bones. Joan found her first fossil in the Jurassic period time. Joan found a theropods dinosaur foot bone. If you want to learn more about Joan Wiffen read down below!

Krystal - Charging your Chromebook & Text Graph

 Today we Te Wairua Pakiki 4 (TWP4), did another Cybersmart challenge. This challenge is the 9th cybersmart challenge we have done. This challenge is called Charging your Chromebook. I had to do two activities. One of them is called Text Graph and the other is the activity Charging your Chromebook. Here are my activities!

Krystal - Boat Animation

 Today I did another Cybersmart Challenge. This challenge is a boat animation challenge. This is also challenge #8. I did my animation in a slide. Something I found difficult was making the waves and making the boat. Something I found easy was doing the background colour. Here is my animation!

Krystal - Iceland' effusive eruption

 Today I read about the volcano eruption that happened in Iceland. Thank goodness it wasn't an explosive eruption. It was an effusive eruption. An effusive eruption does not begin with an explosive function. Instead the lava either flows through the vents or fissure in the near area. I read the article and wrote a little bit about it. I also did another activity on a google drawing. Here is my activities!

Glossary

Fissure - a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

The group of people in the article “Iceland’s effusive eruption” written by News Academic, are the people of Reykjanes in Iceland. The key event from the article was the volcano that hadn’t been active for about 800 years. This event took place in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is basically in Northern Europe.  This event took place on the 19th of March 8:45 am. In this news article in Reykjanes, Iceland there was an volcano. It hadn’t been erupted for about 800 years. Scientists say it could still be flowing for several years. An effusive eruption is not big with big rocks and lava flowing really fast. An effusive eruption is a type of volcano that slowly flows with lava. Ice covers the higher parts of Iceland. There are at least 20 volcanoes that are active in Iceland. They have all erupted in the past. The country is often called “the land of ice and fire”. There is a layer of very steaming hot semi-liquid rock deep below the Earth’s surface. This layer is called the mantle. The molten rock is known as magma. The Earth’s surface is divided into huge tectonic plates. They all fit together like a giant jigsaw puzzle. The boundaries of the plates are where they meet. One-third of the people that live in the capital city (Reykjavík) first settled about 1,100 years ago. Like most volcanoes it has geysers, bubbling mud and hot springs. This has almost been a week and the lava still hasn’t stopped. Fagradalsfjall is the name of the volcano is this news article. Fagradalsfjall is a shield volcano. It is about 40 kilometres from Fagradalsfjall to Reykjavík.