Weekly reflection wk 1 term 3

This week has been a long week, I have achieved a sufficient amount of work. I think I should've done more khan instead of watercolour painting. I think that I was really good with my time management, I was focus most of the time. I have learnt to do more things on scratch and I have planned my personal project. Next week I think I should do more khan, more writing and more painting for my watercolour portfolio. I am going to try and write a weekly reflection every fortnight.

Bobby Jones is an amazing athlete that is very well known for synchronized swimming. He has been through a lot to become a skillful synchronized swimmer. His dream was to compete in the Olympics, his dream did come true. Before he got into the Olympics he had was asked to show a retired synchronized swimmer his famous swimming. He went to jump into the pool when he wasn’t feeling to good, he thought he would be ok to continue but he was so so wrong. He ended being incredibly sick after it. The water got into his system and he ended up missing out on going to the Olympics.

TDIH - Floods kill 25 miners in Central Otago

Flood kill 25 miners in Central Otago 1863

Facts By Emily Tess and Tara 

Why do we need to know this? 

Because it’s how we made money in the olden days to survive. Without the miners, New Zealand wouldn’t have a networth like today, we wouldn’t have the things we do now, if we didn’t mine. We can also relate to this because we have the Pike River mine near where we live, and it was devastating when it exploded; killing many. Many miners lost their lives in the mines, it is a dangerous place and we are fine with the fact that we are sending people down to the mines with the risk of them dying. 

The flash floods that killed the miners were in north east in Queenstown.

Link to website - LINK

Kiwi kids news- feature article!

Quick write- 3 little pigs PLOT

Paperclip Challange!!

Quick write- A time with my friend!

My friend and I walked and walked along the path leading up to a miniature waterfall. We weren't planning on going swimming, but we ending up sticking our heads in the waterfall. The water was icy cold, the rapids were strong, they were leonine. We raced to the waterfall but soon came to an electric fence, we jumped over them, we were determined to go for a swim on a boiling day. We dipped our toes in the water, we pulled back we need photos. The waterfall was too beautiful to leave without a photo.  

This day in history - Eastland disaster

TDIH Yvette Williams

My holidays

Mould experiment

Why healthy food is the best option

Why healthy food is the best option!

Eating healthy requires loads of dedication and endurance. When eating you are giving your body the fuel
that makes you grow and think, without any food and fluids your body won’t be able to function. Food and
water is your fuel, you can’t run a car that is empty, so you won’t be able to run a body that is empty. A
well balanced diet is important because you need nutrition, calories, sugar and more to live a long healthy
life. Eating healthy is beneficial for your weight, it will be easier to lose or control your weight. It is also
useful because it can prevent life taking diseases and it will improve your overall health.

Healthy eating habits can prevent obesity and eating disorders such as anorexia. Obesity is a high epidemic
in the world. Statistics show that people that have a lower income are more prone to be unable to afford
healthier options, so they are at a higher risk of not being able to control their weight, this is only one of
the reasons why obesity is taking over. For people to accomplish a healthy weight they need to be educated
on food choices, this education is started in early childhood. The education will provide ideas to fit different
budgets, it will also teach you what is required to control your weight. Achieving a controlled weight can
help you control cholesterol,blood pressure and blood sugar.

Poor eating habits are affecting children and adults throughout the world. The most common diseases that
have been diagnosed due to unhealthy food choices include - diabetes 2, hypertension, heart diseases,
tiredness and tooth decay these are just a few examples of diseases that can be controlled by your food
choices. Eating healthy can prevent and contribute to all of these diseases. Some of the diseases are caused
by poor nutrition. Poor eating habits is when you eat to much food or not enough, it is also not having the
sufficient amount of healthy food. Healthy food is great for you health

Healthy food is important because it boosts your health and protects your body. Eating healthy everyday you
will gain the nutrients you need for your body to grow, to become strong and to sustain your energy.
Eating a balanced diet means your meals involves an equal amount of carbohydrates, protein, fats and fiber. When
your eating a balanced diet your body starts to work in sync, this means leaving your blood sugar levels
normal, where eating unhealthy will make your blood sugar levels drop or rise.

Eating healthy is the best option, it is so beneficial for you. Having a well balanced diet means you can
prevent life taking diseases, eating healthy improves your overall health and it excludes the risk of being
obese. Eating healthy is helpful, it make you the best you can be. Unhealthy eating can lead to many health
problems, so if you start eating healthy sooner you will live a long healthy life.

What is fungi?

What is fungi?

What is fungi? Fungi are organisms, they are not bacteria, plants, or animals; they are more like animals
than plants even though they look like plants, they need food to survive.  Fungi consists of mushrooms,
mold, and yeast. Fungi are found all throughout earth, underwater, and on land, there are even fungi
growing in and on plants and animals. There are millions of different fungi in the world. They provide life
for other organisms. Fungi have many important roles that can help humans live.

Fungi spores are microscopic particles that enable fungi to reproduce. Spores are like seeds for fungi, only
they plant themselves. Fungi develops above the ground when it is ready after the spores are ready to come
out from the gills. Fungi have tiny holes throughout the fungi so then the spores can escape. When the
spores escape from the fungi they will spread across the area, and grow more and more fungi. The spores
can only grow to be the fungi that they came from. Spores can activate human allergies, including asthma
and they can cause infections. Every single fungi has spores, and Scientist has found a lot of fungi but there is still
more to find.

There are heaps of species of fungi. There are about 1.5 million species of fungi some are discovered, but
some a still waiting to be discovered. The scientists that discovered and research fungi are called
mycologists, the mycologists have discovered around 1 000 000 species of fungi. All these fungi have
important responsibilities.

Fungi has many crucial responsibilities. Fungi provides food for animals and humans, the food that they
provide are mushrooms and yeast, yeast is used for cooking bread, fungi also make cheese, beer, and
marmite.  Fungi decompose dead plants, and dead animal, without fungi nothing will break down at all.
Fungi are used to make medicine, such as penicillin. Some fungi can cure diseases but they can also cause
them.

To conclude I must say that fungi can be very interesting.  Fungi can only reproduce because of their spores,
the are heaps of species and fungi have many responsibilities. There is a lot more to fungi than people think,
fungi can start someone's career!!

Emily

Fermented foods

In class we have been learning about foods in topics. We decided to ferment food. Everyone created some food with or without a partner. 

Probiotics and preciotics venn diagram

Yellow submarine- speed write.

Yellow submarine- speed write.

Yellow submarine is a Beatles song, the song was created in
1966. The song was written by Paul McCartney and John
Lennon, the lead singer was Ringo starr. This song was aimed
for younger children, They said they wanted to create a
“Sparky” children's song. The songwriters used short words
as the lyrics so then children will pick it up easy and sing
along.  Some people believed in the song there was the
phrase “sea of green” this was a symbol of money. Once the
Beatles were famous they were forced to stay in a hotel room
and work under pressure, they called the hotel room the
submarine, but because they were having a great time they
said yellow which represents happiness. Other people believed
the song was a much deeper song, they thought it was about
drugs or war, This song was often sung at protests and other
rallies.