Blog Check

Today we reviewed our blogs. We looked at what types of posts we have been creating and how many posts we have down . We also looked at what we have been blogging about.

I have found out that I post a lot of literacy and I have done 32 posts this year.
I am pretty proud of how many posts I have done this year but my goal is to post 40 blog posts this term. The type of stuff we blogged about is Slideshows, Drawings, Writing ,photos ect . 

This Weeks Work .

This week we were finishing off work from camp we have also started reading a book called Wishtree we have had to start answering questions from the book . Here is the book that we have been reading . I'm looking forward to reading this book this term . 

Camp Recount .

Last week we went on camp to Hanmer Springs we did
loads of things like going to the Hot Pools , Orienteering
, Mountain Biking, Tree climbing and more stuff like that!
The classes that went to camp were Totara 4 and Totara 3.  
We went to Hanmer springs because there was a lot of
stuff to do and we were learning about the natural hot pools .

We had to have spaghetti bolognaise one night and had to
have devilled sausages the next night .   

Here are some photos .

When we went to the Hanmer Springs hot pools we went in
mostly all of the pools and we went down the water slides and
super bowl.  It was super cold getting in and out of the pools
and very cold going up to wait for the watersides .

We also went tree climbing and it was really fun I thought it was
easy but some people thought it was really hard. It was nerve
wracking at first and then it got easier and easier .

Another activity we did was orienteering which included
needing to use a map and having to go and find the little indicators
that give you points. This is what they look like .   

My 3 favourite parts of camp were probably the Hot Pools , Tree Climbing and also Orienteering because they were all super fun, easy to do, very entertaining and I've never done most of them before .

I really liked Hanmer Springs camp and hope I will go there again one day !!!

1880 Hanmer Springs

WALT: Identify and explain important moments in history using written and visual language features.

For this task we had a partner. We were given a date to investigate that was important in the development of Hanmer. Here is my Research that we made about Hanmer Springs in 1880.

Hanmer Hot Pools Explanation

WALT: Explain a scientific phenomenon

Our Task: Write an explanation that explains why and how the water gets hot in the hot pools at Hanmer.

Kia Ora Everyone ,

Do you know how the natural hot pools are hot ?

Well I’m going to teach you how  the Hanmer springs hot pools are hot !

In the small town Hanmer Springs there are natural hot pools that are formed by themselves . The water gets to high temperatures by the earth's core . Now I bet you are wondering how they are hot well what happens is …

In the world there is a thing called the ring of fire and New Zealand is right in the middle of it . There is also a fault line in New Zealand and the fault line causes earthquakes . The Earthquakes make cracks into the ground and the water goes into the cracks . It goes close to the earth's core so it heats up to high temperatures .

After the water heats up to high temperatures it goes back up the cracks and that’s how the water is so hot . Right now the water is about 173 years old and has been evaporating for years now .  

I hope today you learnt something about Hanmer Springs and next time of you go to Hanmer try to find out some more facts !

Earths Core

WALT: Understand and explain scientific language related to Thermal Pools.

Last week we had to choose a vocabulary word related to Hanmer Spring's to investigate.  We had to define what it is then explain what it has to do with Hanmer. We chose to do it about earths core and here it is. 

Blog X- Gymnastics

This week we have started this new thing that is called Blog X and we have to chose as many things that we do and sign up for them . After that you have to do at least 2 blog posts about it a term and this is my first blog post about it . 

My sport/activity I chose was Gymnastics. I am a member of the Greymouth Gymnastics Competitive team.  I am in step two and at the moment we are in competition session.   I really like Gymnastics because is is challenging .