Orana Park

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Yesterday another class and mine went on a trip to orana park. When we had arrived there we all waited for the others to get to orana park. There was a lady who was going to be helping us for the day that came to talk and explain to us about what we were going to be doing. The classes were split into 2 groups and we went our own ways. 

The first animal that we had went and saw was the lions. There were 4 of them, 2 boys and 2 girls. The boys were a lot bigger than than the girls. They didn't have manes so you couldn't tell that they were boys. The 4 lions are all cousins. These lions know the sound of different vechiles so when they heard the food truck they would get all excited and happy. Did you know that lions are a social animal?

Social animals are animals that live in groups and that are able to survive with a group of animals of their kind. Lions are social animals. The female lions go and do the hunting for food, while the male lions job is to protect the pack. There are also solitary animals, animals that survive on their own without a pack. They are independent. Tigers are solitary animals. At orana park they have 2 tigers that stay together, they are still both young so that is why they are staying together for now. The workers will seperate them when they are starting to mature. The signs of them maturing is them fighting and starting to get serious. Did you know tigers have striped skin?

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Parts of a Plant

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This term we have been learning about biodiversity - Parts of a plant. We have been doing a lot od tasks based on this topic. I am going to be talking about the Parts of a plant. 

Our first task, we were put into groups of 3 and given a pack of cards. The cards had bugs and insects on them. Out of those insects and bugs we had to put them into 2 piles, one pile for the friends and the other for the foes - pests. When all the groups had finished doing that task we all shared 1 each of those two piles. This task was very interesting to do because it was hard to figure out what bug was a friend or foe. 

There is a google drawing that me and my buddy had made to sum everything that we have been learning up. This google drawing is basically showing and telling what the different parts of a plant do and how they help. 

Here is the google drawing:

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Anzac

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In class for topic we have been learning about why animals are important in war and about life in the Trenches. These topics are both related to war. For this we went onto the sites that our teacher had out out for us. There were also videos we watched for the task. These videos were about animals in war and life in the Trenches. There was also a book to read about life in the trenches. In this padlet we had to link 2 sites that helped us learn. 

The tasks were to create a newspaper article about why animals are important in war. The other task was to use Thinglink or Prezi to create a presentation about Life in the Trenches. We also learnt about John Simpson. 

This is my Newspaper Article:

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Koru's

Kia Ora! In class for topic we have been researching about Koru's. We have been gathering this information and putting it all together. 

Here is what I found:

Koru's are used to represent creations because of the way it was shaped in a circular way. The Koru design is also used for decorations, it could be used for tatoos, Maori Art and carvings. The Word 'Koru' means 'Loop' in english. It represents new life and growth, it means strength and peace. Many people believe that Koru means to have a fresh start and new life. Koru's are a symbol to new life, growth and strength. 

Kowhaiwhai patterns are used to help tell a story. Kowhaiwhai patterns can sometimes be seen in a Marae, including Korus. The colours on a kowhaiwhai are Red, White and Black. 

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Cipher Wheel

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In class we have been learning about the cipher wheel. We have been learning how to code and how to figure out the secret message. This is related to our topic which is pirates! 

We had sites that we could go on and learn about the cipher wheel and how it works. Then we created our own cipher wheel. In the cipher wheel the letters JQ are not supposed to be on the cipher wheel with all the other letters so we had to leave them out. Then we wrote 1-24 on the cipher wheel too. 

We used the cipher wheels to find our crunchie bars that we hid from our buddies. We had to create a secret message for our buddy to go and find their chocolate. After we have done that we give the code to our buddy and they had to try and figure the code out to get their chocolate.

It was kind of fun to do and kind of hard because some of us were still in the class writing down our secret message and some of us were already running around outside looking for our chocolates.

Some people didn't get to get the chocolate and go hide it or find it because there wasn't enough time but its ok because at the end of the day they got their chocolate.

The picture is blury kind of because we had to take these on our chromebooks.