Chocolate Challenge!

There are 30 children lining up outside ready to sit down at a table.

30 / 3 = 10

30 / 2 = 15

10 + 15 = 25 then you add another 5 to the 25 which will equal 30.

So 5 children would be at 1 table, then 10 children would be at table 2 and at table three would be 15 children.

My Plot Flow Chart

This is my poster about the fencibles, how they came, why they came, where they settled, what were the name of the ships they came in and how many people in each ship.

Why Is Music Important?

Music is important! For some people who have difficulty in sharing their feelings, music is a way to express themselves.

Sometimes people have hard times in life so music calms them down. Often people can relate to the experiences that song writers include in their lyrics. For example Eminem became famous because his music provided people with this opportunity.

Music comes in many forms and can be very soothing for those who are unwell or to calm an upset baby.

Music is important because it is useful to people in life.

St Patricks Day

Patrick is the name of our Patron Saint. He came from Ireland and he believed in God. On the 17th of March our Parish Church and school celebrated St Patrick’s Day with a range of activities and  a sausage sizzle.

Our whole school went to church before we started our Saint Patrick's day activities. I was chosen to read a scripture at Mass. We sang several songs of praise while there, which gave us the opportunity to share our beautiful, strong voices. After church we went to have morning tea. A short time later, the bell rang and everybody gathered in the front of room 4 and 5.

“Good morning, school” Mrs Bullot called out.

“Good morning Mrs Bullot and teachers,” we responded.

She called out the groups, which were all Irish names. The name of our group was Leprechauns and the leaders of the group were Carlos and I. 

Mrs Dines gave us name tags for each person in our group. All groups were lined up and were ready to go and enjoy activities each of the six teachers at our school had prepared.

The activity that I enjoyed the most was the one Mrs Richardson’s had prepared. Mrs Yummul gave each of us a cardboard that was and a rainbow. We glued the rainbow onto the cardboard. In front of us was a cup full of cotton wool. This was placed as a cloud at the other end of the rainbow. After we finished we waited patiently for Mrs Yummul to add the pot of gold (Which was a small navy blue cup). During each class visit, teachers awarded group points.

After every group had completed the class rotations, the whole school gathered together back in front of room 4 and 5 where we had begun our day. The points were added.  Mrs Bullot informed us that the point were very close. The winnnig team was the Donegals. Mrs Bullot called each of the team leaders and she gave us boxes of ice blocks to share out to all the students.  It was a great treat and neat way to finish. 

It was an amazing day but that day wasn’t about winning it was all about fun.

Puzzle Challenge

The challenge was to create a puzzle where everyone in my class would have a text box to write in.

Laybugs

This is another explanation writing

Ladybugs are insects they can be found because of their colourful, spotted appearance. Ladybugs are also called lady beetles.

There are 5,000 different species in the world. In some countries ladybugs are goodluck. Most people likes ladybugs because they are graceful, pretty and harmless to people.

Ladybugs can eat up to 5,000 insects in its lifetime and female ladybugs can eat 75 aphids (a small bug which feed by suckig sap from plants) in one day. When a ladybugs fly, its wings beats 85 times. When a ladybug chew it jaws goes side to side not like humans it goes up and down. Female ladybugs are larger than male ladybugs.

Ladybugs is a beautiful creature. Their uniqueness makes them stand out in the insect kingdom.

Fencible Cottage

The day we went to the Fencible Cottage I saw a vacuum cleaner which took me back to the 1800’s.

This invention surprised me because the 1800’s vacuum cleaner is very different to the modern day ones. The 1800’s vacuum cleaner is operated manually whereby the user pulls the handle up and down to operate it whereas the modern vacuum is operated by pushing the vacuum cleaner forwards and backwards.

Another difference is that the 1800’s vacuum cleaner is not powered by electricity which makes this a tiring chore! However, although the modern vacuum cleaner is powered by electricity and is extra usage added to the bills, it is much easier and faster to use and control.

Plus, Minus and Interesting

LINKWe have been learning about the Fencibles who came to live in Panmure along time ago.

Many of these people were Irish Catholics.

The men who were referred to as retired soldiers, made this long journey from the other side of the world with their families and all the belongings they could bring. They came for a better life.

Recently I went to see the Fencible Stone Cottage in Panmure. It was like a little museum and as well as being made of stone, if also had lots of old things or antiques that were used in the mid and late 1800’s.

Later I made this PMI chart to record my key ideas.

Plus What are some of the good things about the cottage?	Minus What are some of the not good things about the cottage?	Interesting What did I find interesting about the cottage?
Can raise a family in there 3 people would be enough. Lots of information that is kept in there. There are lots of pictures.	1.There is no toilet in the house. 2.There is no oven to cook any food. 3.There is no electricity in the cottage. 4.No television to watch the news 5.The space is too small 6.There are scary dolls staring at you 7.Lots of spiders and spider webs 8.The stairs and the wall are almost connected to each other. 9.No cupboards too put food supplies	The thing I found interesting was the vacuum cleaner and how three baby’s wore this same white pretty dress, which is hung on the wall.

Why Do We Have Road Safety Monitors?

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I am learning how to use the appropiate structure to write an explanation.

 

We have road safety because without road safety there would be havoc and more accidents on the road here are some points that support this statement.

Crossing roads can be very dangerous without road safety for example a child could run/play on the road and some cars can be so big that they could run over the child with the driver unaware of the child.

If there weren’t any road monitors to help signal cars to slow down there would be alot of car accidents happening on the road.

It is clearly stated that with road safety people could be more safe and aware of others on the road weather they are in cars or not.