Visual Challange

I think this way is a cool way to illustrate a poem because the photo of the eagle is very bold and I like the way it goes around the words. This looks really cool!

This painting illustrates the highwayman poem. I really like the way all the colours blend and the overall image is a little blurred. The only bad thing about this painting is that the horse does not really look like a horse.

Digital Footprints

The main points of this video are

• Post positive things online.
• Things that you post online are there for everyone to see
• Negative posts could discourage employers in the future

So post positive!!!

The Arts

This video is not very oral because the people don't speak much. When the people do speak they are hard to understand. That is why I think this Mr bean video is not very oral.

My speech

By Jess P

Everyone knows we shouldn’t litter, but do we really know what littering can do. Littering not only looks bad but it also affects sea life, And if plastic gets left around it won’t decompose for a very long time. But you could help be the change!Sea life hasn’t done that much bad to us, I mean sure there are a few shark attacks and stuff, but we cause many more deaths just so we can have fish and chips for dinner. But leaving plastic around also has a big affect on them too. According to World Wildlife Funds (WWF) 100,000 sea animals die each year because of plastic debris. Mainly sea mammals, birds, and turtles. These animals need to breath air but if we leave plastic bags around the plastic can get caught around them, either suffocating them or preventing them be able to swim up to breath. Therefore  drowning them, for other fish plastic bags can lead to strangulation. Another problem is quite surprising. Balloons! Yes those harmless children’s toys we use for birthdays have a big impact. Turtles and small fish in particular mistake these colorful pieces of plastic for food and eat them. This mistake can lead to blockages in their digestive system and eventual death. If we keep littering our sea life could die out.Another bad thing about plastic is that it takes way longer to decompose than other garbage. Plastic bottles especially. Remember that drink bottle you left at the beach. Well it could still be there in 450 years!  Your great, great, great, great, great grandkids  (yes 5 greats) could find the drink bottle you left behind 450 years ago. OK sure I know that sound interesting, like let’s all leave plastic bottles around so our  great, great, great, great, great grandkids can find them. But that’s not the point. If we did that the world that future generations live in wouldn’t be very clean. Plastic bags hang around for 350-400 years. So don’t have a bad attitude, we need to have a good one, towards keeping the world clean and healthy for generations and generations to come.Now don’t think I’m just about being against human activity, I’m not. This next bit is about how you can help make the earth clean again. Did you know that more that 90% of plastic is used once then chucked out. This includes plastic bags, glad wrap, plastic bottles, plastic cutlery, and straws. All of these products tend to be used once then chucked out. But you can help by using reusable products for example containers and stronger drink bottles. Or you can start saving things for art and crafts and maybe even giving them to pre-schools. Another way you can help is to recycled. Yes it is obvious. But less than 14% of the world’s plastic is actually recycled. Most plastic gets chucked in the wrong bin. So you could help save the world by knowing what goes in each bin.So as you can see there are many reasons why we should NOT litter. The world doesn’t belong to us. We need to keep it clean for sea life and future generations. So next time think before you litter!

Refugees

In class we have been learning about refugees. I think that the cause of refugees is pathetic because the world wide crisis could be avoided. We have been learning about refugees feelings and emotions. If I were a refugee I would feel a mix of emotions like sadness, anger, confusion and many more. I think we could do more to stop this refugee crisis by donating things like food and clothing and letting more refugees into our country. The video above we watched in class and answered questions on it.
Video from youtube.

Tekapo Camp

On Monday 8 August to Wednesday 10 August, the year 7 students had their school camp. We had lots of fun. We went ice skating, skiing, snow tubing and to the hot pools. My favourite part was the skiing. I had heaps of fun. I have never been ice skating or snow tubing but skiing was still  the best.

The cycle of rain

As we fall to the ground
The wind rushes by
Pushing and pulling us
In different directions
We hit the earth
The cold hard earth
We join a puddle 
We just become One of a million
No more drops fall
The sun soaks us up
Clouds welcome us 
With open arms
The rest of the cloud falls 
Our cycle begins again.

Pest Inquiry

In inquiry we are learning about pests and how the effect the enviroment. Today we had 2 ladies come in and talk to us about what to look for and how to prevent pests coming from one place to another. Most of the pests in NZ have been brought in from overseas. Lots of animals are good to have for agriculture but if they escape into the wild they become pests.

Careers expo

On Friday we went to the careers expo at horn castle arena. We had a lot of fun looking at all the exhibitions. There were heaps of different people showing different jobs. There were Universities, Design schools, radio stations and even Dominos pizza. At the university we met two people who used to go to Springston School.

This photo is of me and my friends at the edge photo booth.

This photo is of us with a girl named Kirsty, Kirsty used to go to Springston School

  

cooking in tech

For this round in tech we are doing cooking.  My favourite thing we made so far is cinnamon  Pinwheel scones. We have made a lot of stuff like sausage rolls and scones and lots more.  the best part about cooking is eating what we made.

A day in the life of a dolphin

Jumping through the air

Without a fear

Confidence is key

To truly be

A dolphin of elegance

And grace

Acrobat of the sea

The dolphins play gleefully

Jumping, twisting, diving

Splashing swimming, thriving

Performing for boats

Fishermen clap and cheer

The pod swims away

To a boat where people play

Wearing wetsuits

Diving in

They admire

The dolphins technique

As night falls

And darkness arrives

The dolphins sleep

Resting from today’s adventure

Curious for tomorrow

balloon and tray science experiment

Today we did an experiment to see what would happen if we drop a balloon and tray at the same time. First we dropped them at the same time separately. The tray fell quicker. then we dropped them at the same time but the balloon on top of the tray. When we did that they fell at the same time. I think the reason for this is the tray sucked the ballon in with it.

science experiment

Yesterday we did a science experiment on how fertilizer leaches in to the ground.

Dementia Inquiry project

In Inquiry we had to study a health problem so Lucy and I decided to study Dementia because we both know someone who has it. The photo above is of our end result of our poster!!!

My Autobiography

Biking to Lincoln

 On Wednesday our class biked to Lincoln uni. At the uni we did a whole lot off fitness tests like our skin folds.  This is a photo of me getting my skin folds. Biking was loads of fun.

Our class just before we started biking!

Bio-poster

This is my Bio-poster that we have made in art.  My logo is in the top left corner and I have some dolphin photos on there as well. I have a quote that says " Be yourself, an original is worth more than a copy."

My Logo

 In art we made logos to go on our bio-poster.

My Bio poem

Jess

Short, Sarcastic, Scruffy and Smart.

Daughter of James  and Sarah.

Lover of Dolphins ,Chocolate, and Reading.

Owner of some crazy pets, a dolphin poster, and lots of books.

Who admires Katrina Grant, Sophie Pascoe , and Jess Moulds

Who plays netball , Swimming , and does Biking

Who would like to visit the Maui Dolphin , Disneyland , and Hawaii

Who has been to Australia ,Tauranga , and to wellington

Who was born in Christchurch , and lives in Selwyn District.

Who loves the phrase: “ Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them more”