The Slushy Drinkers

For the last couple of day in reading we have been reading a book called "The Slushy Drinkers" which is all about a school in the future but its in space, the reason they are in space was because the whole of earth infected by a virus and the only for them to stay a live was to go up and live in space.

We had to answer some questions about this story so here they are.

Tuto atasi: The struggle for Samoans independence.

Tuto atasi: The struggle for Samoans independence.

Today in reading we have been reading a book about Samoans independence because a few weeks back it was Samoan language week the book we have been reading is called “Tuto atasi: The struggle for Samoans independence” which is teaching us all about the history of Samoa.

We were also given some questions to answer about the book we had read.

Science climate change

Hurumanu - Climate Change

Aim: To look at the causes of climate change and how to prevent it.

Climate Change video; The Facts video

As you watch the video answer these questions:

What is our greatest threat in thousands of years?

How do we see climate change affecting the globe?

1.   Greater heatwaves
2.   Stronger winds
3.   Greater floods
4.   Extreme sea level rises

What is needed to change history?

Stop any human activities that are making climate change happen.

Is climate change a man made disaster?

yes

Dramatic action must be made in the next 10 years to change it?

Why is our climate changing?

Because the world is getting hotter.

What is causing the warming trend of the climate?

Human activities

What is the main problem?

People are using to much fossil fuels.

What are examples of these?

Coal, gas, and oil

Burning fossil fuels releases what gas?

Carbon dioxide

How much hotter now is our world?

1 degrees hotter then prehistoric times.

What do we call this global warming?
Normally the sun will hit earth and then bounce back up into the sky but now since of carbon dioxide when the sun comes down and hits the earth it gets stuck in the carbon dioxide and it traps the heat in and the heat is warming the globe that is why its called global warming.

How is this affecting creatures / animals like bats?

The heat

What percentage of species are near extinction?

50 to 40 percent of animals are nearly extinct.

How is climate change affecting our weather systems?

It is causing all the earths ice to melt and it is starting huge fires.

1. Great heatwaves

2. Ice is starting to melt.

3. Greater storms

What is another effect of climate change?

Earths ice is melting and we are starting to get large fires everyday.

What will happen if the ice melts in Antarctica and the Arctic?

The ocean will rise greatly and the earth will start to get covered with water.

How does this affect people?

Our planet will get too hot and the human population will start to die out.

What other things affect oceans change?

The water levels are rising massively and the earth will start to get covered and there will be nothing left.

What does to much heat do to coral?

It can kill coral.

Why did some industries not want to stop burning fossil fuels?

Because they don't wont to lose money.

Stop at 23.39

Investigation

You can decide on how you would like to do this investigation. Your presentation could be on the blog, slides, or PowerPoint.

Write a definition, upload an image and list where these fossil fuels are mined.

1. Coal/ a multi purpose black and sometimes dark brown rock which is normally found mainly in underground seams and used as fuel.
2. Oil/ a liquid  made from petroleum, especially for use as a fuel or lubricant.
3. Natural Gas/ gas is a flammable gas, which is made out of methane and other hydrocarbons which you can find naturally underground often in association with petroleum and used as fuel.

Write a paragraph and upload an image about each of these renewable energy.

1. Solar/ Solar panels absorb lots of heat from the sun which ends out turning into power that we use daily.
2. Wind/ A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into electricity. 
3. Waves/ Wave energy is produced when electricity generators are placed on the surface of the ocean. 
4. Hydro/ hydro power plants uses a dam on a river to store water in a reservoir. Water released from the reservoir flows through a turbine, spinning it, which in turn activates a generator to produce electricity.

Write a 6 sentence reflection about what you have learnt about Climate Change and how it is going to affect us. 
I have learnt a lot about climate change over the last thew days but I think the scariest thing about climate change that I didn't know was how bad climate change can actually get and how bad it already is and another scary thing about climate change is that in a couple years if we don't start looking after our planet the whole human race including animals could be gone. Another thing that I find crazy about climate change is that if the world keeps getting hotter and all the ice keeps starting to melt in a couple decades we could be under water but what I didn't know is this is already starting to happen in Arizona 90 percent of there land is covered with water.

Life of a shoe.

The life of a shoe

On a nice sunny day my owner took me of and just left me he was of to work but he left me all smelly and wet from playing basketball all day then I said to my self i'm pretty keen for a feed so I grabbed my owners wallet and I was of  I was going to meet up with my friend so we can get a feed down at Wycola park, his name is Brycebutterbeans but hes a pair of Air Judens......

Mindfulness colouring competition

Today in CIP we have been planing and deciding what we are going to do because we are going to be running a "Mindfulness Colouring Competition"  we have been answering some key questions about the competition we answered the question writing down what we think should happen and how it should be running we were answering questions like where or when it will be held, If the groups will be in age groups, etc.

These were the questions that we had been asked.

• Are we going to have just on picture to colour in? - 3 pictures
• Is there going to be age groups? - Yes and every age group that wins will get a prize that is suited for there age.
• Can we get prizes donated? where from? -Yes, From the warehouse we can get learning equipment, books, little toys etc.
• What Dates is the colouring competition going to be held? - 25th of June/ next week on wendsday.
• Where are we going to get entries from? Hornby Primary? st Bernadette's? Gilberthorpe school? -At least 5 to 10 from each school.

This is a video explaing and showing what mindfulness colouring is.

Quentin Blake

For the last two days in art hurumanu we have been learning about Quentin Blake and what he does we had to make a DLO about him with some facts about him.

Cip needs vs wants

Today in Cip we were learning about Needs and Wants and what they mean we had to make an DLO poster about needs and w
ants we had to explain what needs are and what wants are and then we had to explain the things we want and the things we need.

Hurumanu science

Science Badges:

  

'Conservation'  

• Climate Science
• Global Warming
• Recycling
• Renewable Energy
• Fossil Fuels
• Ecology
• Our Planet
• Water
• Plants

1. 15 Points are needed to get a badge
2. A high standard of work.

• All experiments are written up ( Aim, Materials, Steps, Conclusion)
• Two photos of your experiment
• 6 sentences at least for a conclusion

Science will be twice per week.

• Lesson 1: This will be an Experiment that involves blogging. You will be expected to open a new post, copy Mr Palmer's blog and paste it on your new post.
• Lesson 2: This will be an Investigation that relates to the topic from Lesson 1. It will be own choice and displayed in a way that you prefer. For example - PowerPoint, Doc, etc

BLOGGING.

All the blogs and science lessons will be displayed on Mr Palmers blog: 

http://mrpalmersscience.blogspot.com/

Bookmark it!

Expectations:

• 1 blog must be completed per Hurumanu lesson.
• A completed blog must have the four headings ( Aim, Method, Findings, Conclusion), correct writing and punctuation under each heading and be published. No post, no points.
• 2 images of the experiment / investigation on the blog.

Using the Scientific method of investigation:

Aim: What the experiment / investigation is about.

Method: Instructions on how the experiment / investigation is carried out. This includes the equipment.

Findings: What have we learnt or found out from our experiment / investigation. This is called Data, Information or Facts. It is displayed in a chart, table or picture.

Conclusion:  

My Hurumanu Science Goals:



1. To be safe in the classroom and the science lab.


2. To be able to use all of the equipment properly.

3.  To share my ideas and thoughts with my group.

Jappanese

This is my "jikoshokai" in Japanese 'jikoshokai" means self introduction.

How to fall.

Today in reading we read a book called "How to Fall" witch was about a girl who moved house and hated it then her aunt taught her about roller derby and she fell in love, We either had make a DLO about roller derby and explain what it is and some key facts about the sport of we could answer some questions.

Hurumanu Music learning story.

For the past few weeks in Hurumanu Music my class 8bh and I have been doing lots of activities,
out of all of the activities we done my favourite was making music by using garageband.

Our goal on garageband was to create our own piece of music, in our piece of music it had to be at
least three minutes long it had to include in three different instruments, an ASMR sound,
and three sound

s of our choice. To make the instrument sounds we chose what instrument we wanted to use you would
click on it and then I would come up with the drum layout or a guitars strings etc, you would tap on the
drums or swipe the strings and it would make a sound just like one would in real life then from there you
could record the sound you made.

This term in Hurumanu Music I have been learning on listening to others ideas and opinions for
example I listened to my partners opinion and I used it and it turned out working listening to others
opinions this has helped me to get my work to a higher standard this has also helped me to get my work
finished faster and on time.

Also this term I have been trying to ask more questions and trying to become more of a curious
learner and also so I can reflect on my learning. Asking more questions was helpful because it helped
with my learning so I could get my learning done on time and get it finished properly. I was asking
questions all the time so I knew what I had to do and so I could get it done to a good standard.

Also this term I have been trying to remember to have the right learning equipment at the right time,
I have been trying to be more organised this year so I can get straight on with my learning.
This term since I have been more organised this it has helped me to be able to get my work done
better and faster.

This term I have been learning to think more creatively I have been making my DLOs and slides
more interesting and fun to look at.

This term I have been trying to expand my skill to think more creatively while using a device.
And also just getting more comfortable with a device, I have learnt lots of new features that are on a
device and lots of different ways to use a device. This has helped me to think more creatively and make
my work more fun.

What am I grateful for.........

Today in CIP we needed to make a poster about ten things we are grateful for.

The ripple

In CIP today we watched a video about giving and kindness.

There was a little girl who was with her grandma and her brother they were at the supermarket  getting birthday supplies for there granddads birthday the little girl was told to go find something that her granddad would like. She walked over to the desert section and had a look she glared at a cake she knew her granddad would like it as she went to grab it another man picked it up he saw the girls face it was sad so he felt bad and gave it back to her. As they were checking out getting ready to pay the grandma realised that she couldn't afford the cake the little girl was really sad her grandma leaned down and and said we cant afford it we will have to get it another time.