This was my cultural create for the term. It is like a bandana from the Kayin state of Myanmar. I decided to make it because the bandana looked really pretty with all the strings. I used PVA glue, a piece of fabric, some beads, and red yarn.
Have you ever wondered why cats are so cute? So cute you want to cuddle or swallow them?
It is because there is a psychological response to cuteness that your brain has. The cats have very cute features that might resemble babies. Small noses, big eyes, large foreheads, that’s what makes them so cute. Also, they have fur that is soft to touch, they have high pitched meows that makes everyone go ‘Aww!!!’ . They also have playful behavior that lures you in.
The cuteness response was also evolved because cuteness can also cause you to take care of the cute creature, and that could be good for caring for your young. This effect also applies to other animals with similar features.
Have a look at the cat pictures below. Do you feel the cuteness effect?
There was a Wednesday when we got to watch films from other schools that were no longer than 3 mins. Some of them were funny, and some of them came with an important message or just a genre that the film makers were interested in. There were no snacks you could eat, but it was very dark and quiet I almost fell asleep but then I did shadow puppets when the light shone near my seat. My favourite movie was when there was a sad world but there were 3 clowns that were on the loose.
The Manaiakalani film fest happens every year and every school (even mine) participates to create films for a lot of other schools to see!
On Friday 10th of November, we had an athletics day that had multiple series of events eg, discus, shotput, long jump, high jump, and all other Olympic-like sports. Everyone was split into groups, Maungarei (Mt Wellington), Taurere (Mt Taylor), Kaiahiku (Panmure basin) and Te Wai o Taiki (Tamaki River). There wasn’t really some super prize trophy up for grabs, but we could buy some ice blocks, drinks, and sausage sizzles.
I was in the house Taurere, we wore green for the day. Everyone participated in the sports before the runner relays, which the top runners that were chosen could race against others. A lot of parents came to the day to relax in the shade and support their children. My favourite sport was high jump for the day because it is always so satisfying when you jump over and make it.
Camp was way back in Term 2 but this writing got accepted for Toitoi, a book that gets published every season to show the writing and illustrations from kids around New Zealand. This is my writing about camp, the sport of abseiling. The picture is upside down for some reason but you get the picture.
illustration pdf.
Writing:
An extremely scary sport at first glance
Burning sensation in my hands
Sight below made me shake
Everyone was cheering me on
I could barely hold the bottom of the rope
Like the trees were encouraging me as well
Instructor believed in me
Now it was someone else’s turn
Genuinely the most frightening experience ever
For this measurement activity we used a long string to measure the circumfrence. The circumference is the outer part of the circle that is formed with an infinite amount of dots. Then we measured the diameter, which is a line that crosses through the circle. Both measurements of the circumference and diameter were divided together and most of them were just over the number 3 as a value. The result is called pi. The objects we received were of different sizes and cylinder shaped (from glue stick to bucket).
Last week it was Fijian language week so some cool art was made in the week. FLW was last week but I wanted to show my art that I made. This pattern is like a ‘masi’ or a mat, with intricate and detailed patterns and colours.
Greedy pig is a game of chance. You keep rolling a die to add to the number 50. If you roll one, your score or sum will revert back to zero. You will be a ‘greedy pig’ if that happens. If the other numbers are rolled, they will only be added towards your score. you keep rolling a die to add to the number 50. This is one of the games I played today, and I successfully reached the score of 50.
An inference is an idea/conclusion made from evidence. Inferencing is a way to find clues that are not told in a passage, for example, if someone talks about being at the soft sand and the crashing waves, the clues will tell you that they went to a beach. The clues are not told directly but can be figured out.
A prefix is an addition that comes with a word. The prefix comes before the word, because pre- means before. For example, a prefix is the word pre-. Pre-school, pre-diabetes, preliminary. The prefix/suffix must have a root word to stick to. If you do a word like con, the word con means a fraud. But the root word is n, and n is only a letter. Words like co-pilot will be better. A suffix is a word that comes with the end of a root word. An example of a suffix is -ful. Wonderful, Teaspoonful, and grateful all have the suffix -ful.