Camp Adair

At the start of term 4 the year 7 & 8 students are going to camp Adair. It's going to be so much fun. There are lots of fun activities that we're going to do like the pamper pole which is pretty much climbing up a pole and trying to jump and touch a pink ball that is suspend in the air. There is a lot of cool activities at Camp Adair and I can't wait to try all of them. Sadly because of Covid-19 some of our activities will be altered if we are in level 2. Hopefully before term 4 we're back in level 1 so we can do all the amazing activities without to much of a restrictions. 

At Camp Adair there are lots of activities that will take you out of your comfort zone. There is an activity where we sleep outside, and a lot of the activities are hight related and the most highest activity is the pamper pole which is a staggering 15 meters tall. But don't worry all of the activities are completely safe so there is nothing to worry about. 

Soon for camp we will get to know who we are with for our camp activity groups. Hopefully I'm with my friends but I wouldn't mind being with someone new because last year I made a new friend during camp because I had no friends in my camp activity group. Last years camp was somewhere else which took a few hours to get to but luckily this year it only takes about an hour to get to camp Adair.

I can't wait till we go to camp!

End of term

End of term!

Tomorrow is the end of term and I can't wait to be at home not doing work, or at least I hope. Normally I have to do spelling and some maths but it’s only for about 15 minutes so I think I can live with that. I get bored easily so sometimes school holidays are the best but sometimes it’s just sad. For the lockdown I would always get bored because I couldn’t play with anybody so I just sat around reading.

I have to do future problem solving in the last block which is sad because we’re doing lots of fun stuff the so I’m going to miss out 🥺. I sure that most of the boys are going to go crazy because it’s almost school holidays. But at least they get to play on their gaming console all day, I have to say I don’t think that’s very good for you. Once I searched up how much scream time should a year 7 have and it said around 3 hours.

I really hope I can do the tennis holiday program cause I think it’s really fun (also we get chocolate on Friday). My brother is going to go to this basketball holiday program for 2 days so I don’t have to hear him saying “ I’m bored”
And “can you play with me”

I wonder if I could go to one of my friends house for a sleep over? I think that would be so much fun because I haven’t had a sleep over for a long time. I really love sleep overs because it’s just good to catch up and have fun for like 24 hours.

Maybe you could write down in the comments what you’re going to do on the school holidays.

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Arataki education center

On the 6th of September, all the year 5s went to Aritaki education center. We traveled there by bus, it was getting too long for me a started feeling car sick. We finally arrived there, when we all got out of the bus we started eating our snack. Once we had finished our yummy snack we went into the classroom. When we were in the classroom we learnt about how the different native plants and animals that were extinct or endangered. We also what different animals that don't belong in New Zealand. Room 15 went down to the place where they help grow the trees. We were meant to bring a yoghurt cup to the trip because we were bringing the plants back to school. Some people brought a container. This is why we needed to bring a yoghurt cup, it was because the parents were meant to poke a hole in it with a nail. Once we had finished planting our plants in the yoghurt cup we went back up the hill back to the porch of the class. We were enjoying our lunch and chatting away. After we ate our lunch room 15 went on a nature walk. We had some stops while we were walking. We had a stop and we had to sit down and listen to what was around us, then we had to write down what we heard on a piece of paper. We had to go find these things that helps you know what pests are in the area. We also had to identify what animal or insect the footprint is. After we found all of them we looked at the traps that kill the pests. It was sad to know how the pests are getting killed I don't think it's their fault that they are killing our native birds and plants. Sadly it was time to go back to school, I had soo much fun being there I hope we can go there again

What is a Holland lop?

Introduction

Did you know that Holland lops are bunnies. Or the Holland lops are so cute and
cuddly, wait that is a opinion but the Holland lops are so cute and cuddly. Have
you ever wondered what a Holland lop is? Or have a Holland lop? Well this
report will show you the habitat of a Holland lop, the diet of a Holland lop and
the looks of a Holland lop.

What is the habitat of a Holland lop

The Holland Lop is a breed of domestic rabbits that was recognised by the
American Rabbit Breeders. But they are also known as house pets so maybe
you can get one, who knows, scratch that maybe you will know. Holland lops
prefer meadows because the is a lot of space to play and run. Holland lops are
breed so they might not dig hole in your yard. That’s good.

What is the diet of a Holland lop

The diet of a Holland lop is basil, bokchoy, broccoli leaves, celery.  Rabbit pellets,
timothy hay, grass hay water. They also eat fruits and leafy vegetables, carrots,
lettuce,  and bunny treats. Never give Holland lops bread, rice, potatoes, biscuits,
chocolate. Lollies, chips, almond, cassava roots. Mangoes, millet sprouts and
avocado.

What are the looks of a Holland lop

The Holland lop look so alike but the colour or pattern can be different. The
colours of a Holland lops are black, brown, grey, orange, milky brown, the
Holland lop can also be light grey, tan, white and ginger. Their ears are
normally down, but if the Holland lop scenes anything quietly approach their
ears may go up. Holland lops normally have black big eyes,the Holland lop’s
pattern can be milky brown, black, grey, white and brown.

Conclusion

Have you learnt anything new about Holland lops? Are you still wondering about
Holland lops, well here is some more information on Holland lops. This
information includes Origin, Scientific name, classification and rank.

Origin: Netherlands

Scientific name: Oryctolagus

Higher classification: Oryctolagus

Rank: breed

Now have you learnt anything new about Holland lops?

bio peom

Alessa

Is kind, helpful, compassionate and caring

Sibling of Liam

Lover of all things fluffy, long hot noodles also lover of cute friendly puppies

Who feels Frustrated when her family is joke around with her words, Confused and upset when she gets a question wrong when working terribly hard on it and scared when left alone outside in the dark

Who gives morning coffee to her parents, Huge hugs at bedtime and gives lots of things made out of paper

Who fears when a spider is crawling on her, bees land on her and fears bugs and animals dying

Who would like to see all my cousins, double rainbows and see what is in the sky tower

Who lives in a house that is near midels farm

Inoue - McAloon

Ocean pollution

Introduction

Ocean pollution occurs when harmful chemicals or particles enter the ocean. Ocean pollution also occurs when animals die  from eating the harmful chemicals or particles because when an animal dies the flesh will rot and be consumed by another animal . Have you ever wondered what are the main types of harmful objects that go to the sea? What is the effect of plastic and how  can we reduce the amount of plastic that ends in the sea?

What are the main types of harmful objects that go to the sea?

The top 5 types of rubbish that go into the ocean are cigarettes, cups, lids, plastic bottles and food wrappers. Other trash which can be found in the ocean is cardboard, fishing gear, balloons, utensils, straws, glass bottles, cans, plastic cups, and PLASTIC BAGS! Many of these objects are made from plastic that is why plastic is so terrible for our oceans. As an example of how much plastic is being used America use roughly 500 million plastic straws a day! Most of them end up in the ocean.

What is the effect of plastic

The effect of plastic is that the environment is no longer clean so the wildlife may try it or there main food source is underneath the plastic. A lot of  plastic waste is found on Islands because of ships that dump the plastic waste on Islands which can enter the ocean. When an animal eats the plastic it stays there forever because plastic does not break down quickly it takes about 450 year to break down.

How to reduce your use of plastic

Bring reusable plastic bags like fabric bags. And don’t buy bottled water and instead use tap water, chose cardboard over plastic bags, bring your own thermos to coffee shops, and say no to straws. But if you still want to use straws buy the reusable straws. Also if you want to use food wrappers use beeswax wraps, this is how you make it step 1 get fabric step 2 get liquid beeswax step 3  sprid the beeswax on the fabric step 4 let the beeswax dry and now you are done when the beeswax drys.

Conclusion

Always remember these points what are the main types of plastic that goes in the sea, what is the effect of plastic and how to reduce the amount of plastic. Plastic pollution is terrible and if we work together we can make a difference!