Christmas Research

For another one of my Christmas Countdown tasks, I decided to research about Christmas in the USA. This was really really fun. My favourite part was decorating my slides because I just really love decorating. The hardest part was finding some pictures of what I wanted because it just came up with random things. I really enjoyed this task and give it a 10/10.

Here is a link to my slide.
Christmas slide

Christmas Wrapping

For my second Whetu Christmas Countdown activity, I decided to digitally make a Christmas Wrapping design. I made lots of digital Christmas trees and copied and pasted them all over the google drawing. I really liked how my activity has turned out. I enjoyed making the Christmas trees because I got to add as much detail as I wanted. I give this activity a 10/10.

Reindeer Recipes

For my first activity for Whetu's Christmas Countdown, I decide to make food recipes for Reindeers. For my first recipe I made a Rolled Oats mix filled with lots of fruit. This recipe was pretty easy because I just chose some really yum things and put them in and mixed them together.

For my second recipe, I made Carrot muffins I tried to remember 5hings my mum puts in her muffins and I just came up with measurements for all the ingredients this one was a lot harder than the first recipe because you had to prep all the ingredients and you had to bake them and remember important ingredients. I really enjoyed making these recipes and would love to do it again.

Survival Backpack

For our last task for our third round of survivor, we had to make a backpack containing all the things you might need if you get lost in the bush while hiking. This task was really fun and challenging. The hardest part was thinking of the last couple of things for my backpack because I thought I had everything but really I could add more. The easiest part was finding the images because there were lots of options when I searched for the thing I wanted. I really enjoyed our Survivor rotations and would love to do it again.

W7 T4 CC Fabulous Finish

For the past two weeks, we have been creating our Fabulous Finishes. For this term, I did a Descriptive passage. This task was really fun and challenging. The hardest part was finding one word to describe Patina because I can think of sentences to describe her but I can't think of words. The easiest part was the dots because dots are just mini circles and there not hard at all. I really enjoyed this task and give it a 10/10.

Survival Research

What is the S.T.O.P acronym for survival?

When becoming separated with someone in the bush it is important to remember the following information in case this might happen.

Stop as soon as you realize you're lost.

Think about the situation and what is happening.

Observe your surroundings.

Plan what you are going to do.

Finding fresh water.

 Flowing water (rivers, creeks, and streams of snowmelt) are safer drinking options than puddles and lakes (stagnant water) because of lingering bacteria. 

You should also bring a filter for when you need to filter dirty water if you are lost.

Don't drink straight from still water such as puddles and lakes because there is a high chance you can consume bacteria if you have a filter you should filter it.

Shelter.

When building a shelter it is important to remember the following advice.

Build away from creeks or rivers because you can get washed away or wet.

Build your shelter on a dry and flat surface out of the wind.

Your shelter needs to protect you from wind and rain otherwise it's not a very good survival shelter and you won't get protected.

Starting a fire.

When you get lost in the bush and it's freezing it’s very important to keep yourself warm because you will most likely not survive from body temperature rather than an animal attack.

When getting kindling and firewood, make sure that your wood is dry so it burns easily.

Start your fire off with small and dry bits of wood so you can really get your fire going rather than chucking a log on and hoping it will burn when you just started.

You don't just have to use wood you can use dry leaves just as well as wood.

Basic First Aid.

The most basic wilderness first aid skill is to properly prepare. Putting together a well-stocked travel first aid kit means that you’ll have all of the resources you’ll need when you are hiking and need assistance. Common items in a wilderness first aid kit include disinfectant, bandages, bite or sting ointment, a pair of tweezers, and Bandages.

You should always expect the unexpected because you never know when someone will get hurt.

Don't panic when you are hurt or someone else is hurt it is important to be calm in this situation.

Signalling for help.

Something that will always get rescuers attention is fire you should always have a really powerful fire at night with lots of flames because at night it pops out more.

At day time you should always have a smokey fire because it is dark and more visible than just flames so the rescuers can see you easily.

If you're going to light a signalling fire you should always keep checking on it and stay close to the fire so there's more of a chance of the rescuers seeing you.

T4 W5 CC

This week for Chapter Chat I did Digital Design. The task was to redesign the book cover for the book Ghost. This task was really fun and tricky. The hardest part was deciding the layout of my book cover because I had lot's of ideas and it was hard to just choose one. The easiest part was not really anything because everything was just as equally hard and easy. I really enjoyed this task I give it a 10/10.

Shelter Building

For our last shelter building rotation, we had to build a tarp and rope survival shelter. The hardest part was we were just getting started because we didn't really have any control over what we were doing and we were a bit over the place. The easiest part was when we had just had a talk with Mrs Kennedy about having some control and working together because that really got us to actually think and stop and actually have some control over what we were doing. A good skill to have when you're building a survival shelter is to know what the right knot to use is because it can really help with keeping your shelter stable. I would give my ]self a Resilience rating of 5/5 because we were having a lot of times where we really wanted to give up but we kept going.

Tent Building Reflection

For our third Whetu Survivor rotation, we have been learning about building survival tents. Today we had to build a tent.  The hardest thing for me was getting the tent to stand up because the poles that were meant to keep the tent up kept getting stuck in the slits that they were meant to go into. The thing that worked well was when our group actually stopped and talked about it. I learnt that when you work together especially on a tent it's way easier.

Tarp and Rope Tent Plan

The tent we are aiming to make is a tarp and rope tent. To make this we are going to need two trees so that we can tie the rope to. Then we put a tarp over the top of the rope.

To make the next tarp and rope tent we are going to tie a rope around two trees so it makes a rope line then we are going to put a rope through the holes and tie that to the trees so it makes a triangle that we can fit under. We chose these tents because we thought that they were easy to make and that they had a nice shelter.

T4 W5 CC

This week for Chapter Chat I did Pick & Mix for the task we had to make avatars of some of the characters in the book. I made avatars of Patina, Coach Brody, Ghost and Lou. This was really fun and I really liked it. The hardest part was deciding what avatars I was going to do because there were so many to choose from. The easiest part was making them because the author gave us a good detailed description of them. I give this task a 10/10.

Shelter Research

If lost in the bush the best place to build a shelter is in the driest spot you can find because nothing sucks the
warmth out of you more than wetness but if it isn't too cold try and build a shelter on high ground because
breezes help keep the bugs away and you’ll be easier to spot if a search party passes by.

In case of an emergency where you need to build a survival shelter, it will need to protect you from
Mosquitos and other insects also cold temperatures because people who don’t survive in the outdoors usually die
losing their body heat not necessarily starvation or dehydration.

When building a survival shelter
you could use dry sticks and leaves for warmth and a roof to sleep under you could also use big
sticks to make a shelter frame and then cover it with dry twigs and leaves. Also if you have a tarp you could use
rocks for keeping the tarp down.

Some pros of sleeping in a bush shelter are that you could have lots of dry leaves and sticks around you so that you
can keep yourself warm another pro is that some shelters are easy to put up and that they are pretty
sturdy and will last you the night. Some cons of sleeping in a bush shelter
is that if your shelter is to open it’s easy for bug’s and
coldness to get in another con is that it could be really damp and wet and
you shelter just gets soaked thorough and you lose lots of body temperature.

Whetu Survivor rotation 2

For my second Whetu survivor rotation, we had to research about New Zealand native trees. The tree I chose to research was Pohuwtukawa. This rotation was both fun and challenging. To find our research about our tree we used a website called  The Meaning of Trees this website helped a lot because if you tried researching on google it would give you some really complicated sentence that you had no idea what it meant. I really enjoyed this rotation and would love to do it again.

Different names for Pohuwtukawa.

Maori name	Scientific name	English name
The New Zealand Christmas tree	Metrosideros excelsa	Pohutukawa

Where might you find Pohuwtukawa?

North Island

Found throughout the North Island, particularly north of New Plymouth and Gisborne. Pohutukawa grows best in warm, drier areas close to the sea.

The Pohutukawa tree has red crimson leaves and large leaves the leaves are a dark green and The underside of a pohutukawa leave has fine white hairs. 

The nectar from the flowers was collected by Māori and used in the treatment of sore throats. Both Māori and Europeans used a decoction from the inner bark in the treatment of dysentery if you don't know what dysentery is it's bloody or infectious diarrhoea.

T4 W4 CC

This week for Chapter Chat I did Creation Station our task was to write an Acrostic poem. The hardest part was finding a full sentence for the letters. The easiest part was colouring the background because I had lots of ideas for a background so I could easily just pick from one. I really enjoyed this task I rate it a 10/10.

W3 T4 CC

This we for Chapter Chat I did Research Center. For this task, we had to research sunflower seeds. This task was really fun. The hardest part was drawing all the flowers because I havent ever drawn flowers in the past. The easiest part was finding info about sunflower seeds because their was lots and lots of info on he internet and really handy websites. I really liked this taskand I rate it a 10/10.

Overhand knot

For my third knot for my Whetu Survivor, I did an Overhand knot. This knot can be used as a stopper knot which can stop the ends of a rope from fraying. This knot was very very easy to tie because it only had a couple of steps and they were all simple so I rate this knot a difficulty rating of 1/5.

Taughtline Hitch knot

For our Whetu Survivor, the Extreme team had to learn how to tie knots for my second knot I tied a Taughtline Hitch knot. I found this knot partly easy because some parts were really easy but some parts were a bit challenging and confusing so that's why ill give this knot a difficulty rating of 3/5. I did some research on what you could use this knot for and it said it can be used for lines under tension. 

Clove Hitch Knot

For our Whetu Survivor, the Extreme Team had to learn how to tie knots. One of the knots that I have mastered tying was the Clove Hitch knot.  I think a Clove Hitch knot could be used for Securing lines running along a line of posts. For this knot, I would give it a difficulty rating of 1/5 because this knot was really easy to follow the instructions because it was really simple. I really enjoyed tying this knot.

T4 W1 CC A Way with Words

This week for Chapter Chat I did A Way with Words. The task was to write a persuasive piece of writing to someone asking for new shoes. The hardest part of this task was thinking of reasons why you need new shoes. The most fun part was drawing the shoes because you got to design them how you wanted them. This task was fun and challenging and I really enjoyed it.

T4 W1 CC Digital Design

This week for Chapter Chat I did Digital Design. For Digital Design we had to make business cards. This relates to the story because Coach Brody has business cards for his taxi company and for the Defenders Track Team which is the track team he coaches. The best part of this activity was making the logo because you could design any logo you wanted. The hardest part was figuring out the layout of my cards because sometimes things didn't look good beside other things. I really liked this activity it was both challenging and fun. I give it a 10/10.

Netball Camp

I really got my body moving on the first week of my holiday break. Together Lola and I went to a two-day six-hour netball camp in Hamilton hosted by two of the Magic players. This activity was really fun but challenging and it really pushed me to my limits of knowledge about Netball and fitness.

The first terrific day was just netball drills and some tips to get our Netball skills up. On the second day, my body was aching and I really didn't feel like going. But when I heard Kacey Kopua a really good Silver Fern was going to be there I definitely changed my mind so I raced out of bed to get ready.

When we got there and it was time to start we were straight into Seven Aside netball games. Since I had only played Seven Aside once before I was struggling to play and didn't know where each position was allowed and what I was supposed to do but after a while, I got the hang of everything.

 Later in the afternoon when Kacey arrived we had to play so many more Seven Aside netball games but it was fun because I knew how to play. I really enjoyed going to the netball camp because I made a  lot of new friends and I learnt new things about Netball and I would love to go again.

My Book Cover

For my Best Blog on the Block, I recreated a book cover from the book A Dogs Journey. We had to recreate a book cover from a book that we have been reading at school or at home. The aim of this task is for it to have 100% effort put into it. And to make your blog the best blog on the block. I really enjoyed this task. My favourite part was making the flower border because I got to choose whatever flower I wante and I got ot make them different sizes. I give this task a 10/10.

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My Fabulous Finish

For the past couple of weeks, we have been working on our Fabulous Finishes. I decided to do more about me on Zero. The reason I chose to do Zero was that he is my favourite character and in the book, they told us a lot of information about Zero. My favourite part was drawing and colouring all the pictures. The hardest part was drawing Mary Lou in the boat because it took a long time to get the shape of the donkey right. I really loved this terms Fabulous Finish I give it a 10/10.

The Warden

This week for Chapter Chat I did Creation Station. I went back from prior weeks and decided to do the Warden. The hardest part was getting the eyes done right because one would always be bigger then the other or off to an angle. The most fun part was blending the eyes because you got to experiment with different colours. I really liked this activity I give it a 10/10.

Survival Shoes

This week for Chapter Chat I did Creation Station. The coolest part was coming up with cool and useful gadgets. The hardest part was making the shoe outline. This task was super fun and creative and I loved it. I rate this task a 10/10.

Vocab

This week for Chapter Chat I did Vocab Challenge. The hardest part was putting the definition into my own words and coming up with ideas for sentences. The best part was making all sorts of different backgrounds. I really liked doing this weeks task. I rate it a 10/10.

Vocab

Wanted Poster.

This week for my Chapter Chat  I did Digital Design. We had to make a wanted poster for Kissin Kate Barlow. This activity was really fun and challenging. the hardest part was imagining what Kate Barlow looks like but it was also the most fun part. I give this activity a 10/10

Family Tree

This week for my Chapter Chat I did Research Center this was probably one of my least favourite tasks this term because we had so much work to do and we had not that much time to colour in all the parts of the tree. This task was still fun but I didn't enjoy it as much as the others. The hardest part was getting the bushy part of the tree done without having my pencil run out. I rate this task a 7/10.

Stanley's Letter

This week for my Chapter Chat I did A Way with Words this is one of the newest activity choices we have and I think it is awesome. In Holes, Stanley was writing a letter to his parents about Camp Green Lake. He pretended that it was amazing and that they got to go Water Skiing and all sorts of fun things so his parents would not worry. But really all they go to do is dig holes 5 ft wide and 5 ft deep. We had to recreate the letter and tell the truth about what really happened. I really enjoyed this activity I give it a 10/10.

Yellow Spotted Lizard

This is my week one Chapter Chat for Term Three. I did Creation Station and drew a Yellow Spotted Lizard. This task was hard because we only had to days and the hardest part was colouring the branch with only one hour left. I liked this task 7/10.

Fabulous Finish

This week for my Fabulous Finish I did a Character Model on Shay. This task was really challenging but fun. It was hard because you had to get the flaps completely correct or it was ruined. The most fun part for me was drawing my character because I love drawing. I loved Fabulous Finish and I can't wait till next time.

Biking

For the last two days, we have been doing biking skills it was really fun.  We had to ride across a flat hose it was really hard. We also learnt the left right and stop signals. There was this one game that I won twice and you had a boundary and you had to do things and the boundary got smaller and smaller. I loved biking and getting outside.

Olympic Pigeon

This week for my week 7 Chapter Chat I did Creation Station by myself. One of the tasks was to make a bird that can swim. Instead of doing a Penguin I  did a Pigeon because Penguins can swim already so but Pigeons never ever swim. I loved this task.

Tiger Aeroplane

 This is my week six Chapter Chat. I did Creation Station the task was to make a tiger aeroplane. This task was AWESOME I loved it. It was hard drawing the body of the plane and the wing but easy to do the stripes and colouring. I rate this activity a 10/10.

Comic Strip

This is my week 5 Chapter Chat I liked this task but I did not have much time. Some of the incidents I did were the sympathy card, fake sling and Mr Daniels and Ally meeting this was really fun I give it a 9/10.

This week I did research on the Eiffel Tower by myself. I really enjoyed it but the hardest part was the back because I had to make it look really interesting. Some of the facts I read about were cool and interesting. And also making the papers roses on the front were hard. On a scale of 1 to 10 I rate this activity a 11.

This week for my Chapter Chat I have done vocab challenge by myself. It was really fun and challenging to find the definition of the words we were meant to search up. It was also really fun to put them onto a slide and make It look really interesting. I really enjoyed this weeks task.

Link to my vocab slide
Vocab slide

Paper Flowers

this is my week two chapter chat I did creation station. we had to make a paper flower bouquet. I teamed up with Amy for this activity I think we worked well as a team to get it finished. I am really happy with how this turned out and it was really fun. 

Ally Avatar

For my term 1 book buzz, I've done the digital design. For a background, I've written all the things that I think Ally is thinking. I thought Ally would like blue because the cover is sorta blue so I gave her a shirt that's blue. I really enjoyed this weeks task and I would love to do it again.

How leptospirosis is mainly spread?

Leptospirosis is spread mainly by contact with water or soil affected by the urine of infected animals. People can get the disease by
swimming or wading in fresh water that has not been treated with chlorine that is affected
with animal urine or by coming into contact with wet soil or plants affected with animal urine.

Animals that can get infected with Lepto

For this blog post, I decided to do the research centre. I found out a lot about leptospirosis. And it was really fun but challenging. I rate this activity 10 out of 10.and I would do it again

What leptospirosis can cause?

Lepto is a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals,

without treatment, leptospirosis can lead to kidney damage, liver failure, distress and even
death.