Camp at Weka Point

   
This is us rafting 

Just made a nice bully stew

Big splash at the end of the water slide

Camp at Weka Point

This is room 15 and room 13 boys rolling down the hill in tyres

Swimming Recount

Swimming recount

On Monday the 2nd of march in the afternoon the whole of Te Kanawa  walked to the Village pools in Havelock on a really hot day for a swim to do some swimming drills and how to do CPR on a dummy.

We got split into four groups, the groups were room 13, room 15, room 16 and room 17 we did four rotations Diving, treading water, CPR (on a dummy) and also a  bucket challenge.

The drill that we did first was with Mr Stove.   We had to try to get our whole team to the other side of the pool only using buckets.  The rules were we weren't able to touch the side or the bottom of the pool with any of our body parts, if we did then we had to start from the start and do it all again.

After the first drill we went to Mr Birnie.  We had to dive into the pool and then do dolphin dive to the ropes and back,  then we had to do a corkscrew to the ropes and back (a corkscrew is when you spin around in the water doing freestyle and backstroke).The next Thing we did with Mr Birnie was doing a splash and dash to the other side of the pool doing freestyle.

Then we went to Miss Kimber for the third drill.  We had to tread water for ten minutes and if you touched the side of the pool or the bottom then we were out, by avoiding that we could do whatever we wanted to do to keep yourself afloat.  I think we managed to do ten minutes.  Half way through the treating water Matt swallowed lots of water and then he had to get out of the pool and he nearly drowned.  

The last skill was to practice doing CPR with Mrs Elmore.  The steps that we had to do was to check if its clear then jump in the water and tap them to see if they are awake. If they're not responding then you pull them to shore. After that you see if they're breathing. If they're not, you put your fingers in their mouth to get out all of the vomit or whatever it in there, but not the tongue. After that start to push on the chest as hard as you can even if you break some bones. If they still don't respond then you do it again. My favorite drill was the bucket challenge where you have to get your team to the other side with Mr Stove

When we were walking back we walked past this old man and he was smoking a cigarette. He started to walk past us and his top teeth were false and they were hanging out of his mouth.  It looked really creepy and funny.  

              

Fun facts

Bug man (Ruud Kleinpaste)

       DONT MESS WITH THE BUGS!

• If the insects did not eat the poo then the world would be covered in  7 ft of poo
• insects are the king of the world

If bees weren't on earth then we would be having really boring breakfast you wont have any fruit because the plants need pollinating and that the bees job.  It would also be a trouble to get meat because cows eat grass and the bees keep the grass alive.
• In your sleep you will eat insects like spiders, cockroaches and many others and you will never know
• There is one type of butterfly that flies so high you can't get a good picture of it.  But to get it to come down you put something blue on the ground like yourself and then they will come down and investigate
• the sloth poo in a funny way they climb down their tree which takes ages and then hold on the trunk and takes a poop and they do that once a week
• Where the three toed sloth lives all of the leaves are poison and if you eat one leaf its fine but if you eat two you could die and if you eat one that's not enough nutrients for you so that's why they are so slow.
• mouths spread sloths poo all around the jungle floor
• bees spew to get pollion out of there body's
• When kingfishers poo it shoots it out of its bum and it look awesome  
• The kingfisher dives down in the water with it mouth open    
• Hummingbirds are so small a pragmatist can kill it and eat it   
• When you put an ultra violet torch at night you will be able to see plants and even scorpion and they will change colour to light blue.
• kiwis have an 80% insects diet
• Kiwis sens food with their snout
• praymantises bob up and down when they see food  
• fantails have a 100% diet on insects
• A centipede's bit can paralyze you arm for up to four hours
• Wetas change their each year
• wetas give birth by dropping their eggs onto a leaf
• Termites can go through a block of wood in 4 hours   

               

Where I'm From Poem

I'm from Golden beaches, Blue sunny skies 
and big hills that are marathons to climb.  

I'm from Rugby balls, cricket balls and bats all over the floor.  

I'm from Kate (mum), Tony(Dad) yelling 
calls at me to get out of bed.

Im from Swimming and biking in my free time.

I'm from 'Good Luck' and 'have fun' 
whenever I do triathlons.  

I'm from treat other people how you want to be treated.

I'm from meat ‘n’ spuds at dinner time.  

I'm from going to Auckland and Aussie, 
and going to see the Welsh vs the Wallabies.     

I'm from Sunny beaches.

I'm from Chillaxing in front of the sun drinking juice.

I'm from Hanging with friend and 
playing rugby like a true kiwi kid.  

I'm from My dirty rugby boots and my cricket bat.

I'm from delicious, marinated Lamb Chops.

I'm from Mum and Dad telling me to get my stuff together .

I'm from Hiding Under the bed, In the car, in the trees.

I'm from the salty smell of the ocean.

I'm from yuck Vegetables in my garden.  

I'm from When me and my friends were playing tackle 
and my mate broke his arm.  

About the treaty

The Treaty of Waitangi-Treaty 2 U

You are going to find out heaps about the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Treaty of Waitangi signed between Maori and Pakeha in 1840 at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands and then at various places throughout Aotearoa.  So, we need to go to this cool site and do some reading of these chapters.  

• » The making of the Treaty
• » Two parties, two understandings
• » Treaty trail
• » Treaty of Waitangi Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• » The content of the Treaty
• » Map of New Zealand

Firstly, as you read you are going to write down some interesting facts, like how many maori and pakeha signed the treaty and who they were, how many copies of the treaty were signed, and places where the treaty was signed- you write WHAT YOU THINK IS INTERESTING!

The aim is to find at least 10 interesting things.  Number them down the page.  Then think of a question you could ask ABOUT this interesting thing.  For example:

Hōne Heke was the first of 45 powerful northern chiefs to sign the Treaty.  Later he grew disappointed at the loss of trade with European ships as the British now controlled imports, and at challenges to his authority. From late 1844 he and his men repeatedly cut down the flagpole above the bay at Kororāreka (Russell). In March 1845 he cut it down again, and fighting broke out at Kororāreka, then spread throughout central Northland.  (That’s a looooong example- you might say ‘Hone Heke was one of the first Maori to sign the treaty but later cut down the british flagpole at Russell)  

Now, if there are words or ideas you are not sure of, read on or read back as a strategy.  

Also, you must search for an image of the treaty and save it to this page; find a short youtube clip about the treaty and embed it with a link to this page, and paste a map of Aotearoa NZ which shows Waitangi onto this page- OK?  Let’s get cracking!

1.Hobson sailed into the Bay of Islands on Wednesday, 29 January 1840. James Busby, to met him and the two began planning a treaty that would carry out their government's intentions.

• Why did he sail on the 29 why could it not be the 20?

2.Hobson struggled to write the treaty he wanted the rangatira to sign.

• Why did he struggle to sign the treaty what was the problem?

3.Busby was unimpressed with Hobson's efforts

• Why was Busby unimpressed with Hobsons effort?

4.Hobson explained the Treaty and urged the rangatira to sign it.

• Why did he need to argue to get rangatira to sign the treaty?

5.Throughout the day the rangatira debated.

• Why was rangatira debating about the treaty wouldn't he be happy to let other people in the country to make it a better country?

6.Still others thought it was dangerous.

• Why did people think it was dangerous?

7.By morning most rangatira had decided they should sign the Treaty after all

• What was the reason they wanted to change their mind?

8.Hobson said he could not discuss the Treaty that day but was allowed signatures

• why was he told to not discuss about it but he was allowed people to sign it?

9.We are free. We will not have a Governor

• Why do they not want a governor wouldn't they country go crazy?

10.Over forty rangatira (chiefs) signed the Treaty at Waitangi  

• Why did over forty chiefs need to sign the treaty?

http://youtu.be/AEOx3QyjxIs

 

Reading

Jake week 4, term 1

Pangaea

1.Pangaea was made up of:

d. all seven continents

2.How does the author organize the information in this passage:

c. The author describes Pangaea and then explains the process that made it drift apart

3.Which of these following answers supports the statement, “Earth’s continents may be in different positions in the distant future.”:

b. Continental drift continues to move continents a little each year

4.What does derived mean?

a. simplified

5.What is this passage mostly about:

c.Pangaea and how continental drift has changed the earth over time

6.what are some of the effects of continental plate movement

The countries will join together and split apart

7.describe evidence from the passage that can help explain why the earths continents could look different in millions of years

because the pates keep moving a little each year

8.The questions below includes an incomplete sentence. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence

Continental plates move under the surface of the continents.As a result continental drift accurs.

9.Read the following sentences

Answer the following questions based on the info provided in the sentence you just read.

1.Who is the main subject of the sentence? scientists      

2.What do scientists do? They research and invent stuff

3.Why? because its what they do  

10.Speculate (verb): to make a guess about something without basing it on a lot of evidence

The question led researchers to speculate about implicate about further investigation  

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