Sunday, September 19, 2021

Lotte- Ghost Cities podcast

 

 

Hi  Lotte here. Today in Lockdown I have been researching about Ashgabat a practically abandoned city found in the strange country of Turkmenistan I made a podcast and a podcast script about it. The hardest part of this task was definitely going into Lockdown I had already done some research on it but I had left it at school the day we went into Lockdown but its okay now. I hope you enjoy this post! Kia Kaha stay safe and wash your hands.     

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Harrison- The History of Dogs

 

The history of dogs


 Today for at home school one of our can dos were history on dogs above is some research on the history of dogs and some pictures of my unties dogs and our dog Alfie I hope you like it. The easiest part for me was watching the video on the history of dogs because all you had to do is listen. And the most difficult part for me was remembering all the information from the video. By Harrison 

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Jackson- Olympics

Olympics research



What was the first Olympic task?

It started with boxing, running, hoplite race, pankration, four-horse

chariot race, pentathlon, wrestling, long-distance running, and

double stade foot race,


How did the Olympics start/when

The Olympic games started in the 3000 every four years 50,000 people

came to participate. The Greeks loved the sport so they made up theidea of the Olympics.


How does sport get into the

Olympics?


The Olympic games have expanded from 241 to more than 10,000

competitors since the original reestablishments in Athens with the 1896

games. Dozens of additions and changes have been made in the

Olympic program since 1896.


What sports are there in the

Olympics?

There are a lot of sports like soccer, rugby, swimming, boxing and

basketball and 36 More!

All sports in Tokyo Olympic sport /




What country has the most medals?




The United States has 79 china in 2nd place with 70 and in third place for

the most medals is ROC




hi this is my Olympic research took me 2 weeks to do hope you enjoy

my favourite fact was when they started i was just amazed

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Keil, Jari and Slade- Ghost Cities

 

 


For the last few weeks Jari, Slade, and I had to write about a ghost city and we picked the Chernobyl disaster I hope you enjoy.  

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Harry- Speech

 

Speech - Why you shouldn't play with lethal weapons

 Have you noticed that knives are quite sharp? It's almost like they're meant to cut things! 

Hello, Ciao, Hola and Guten tag. My name is Harry and I’m going to talk to you about why you shouldn't play with lethal weapons.



Now, I have two stories involving sharp knives. I'm in Hokitika with my friends making a knife at a workshop and I ask the teacher if it's sharp enough-she runs her finger along the blade- It wasn't sharp. I go back to filing the blade and then I eventually stop, and remember how she tested how sharp it was, and let me tell you personally that it was sharp. 



This story is about bagels. Now I like bagels, and when I got home from school one day I made one. I got a knife and cut… I myself on the finger NOT the bagel which was quite unfortunate, Because bagels are really nice. Now I know what you're thinking and no I was not deprived of that delicious seagull, I mean bagel. 



Now kids, just don't play with knives it'll hurt, quite a bit, and I know you think I'm one of those people who are completely crazy for safety, but if I was you wouldn't be listening to this speech since I wouldn't have any stories. I'm almost fine because I have lots of experience and I'm a bit careful. Keep away from knives that are bad for your health which most are. 



Now time for some facts. In the USA 1.56 in 1000 people get injured from knives which doesn't make too much sense to me because some people get half an injury. Put your hands up...if you have injured yourself with a knife? According to my statistics, 1 in 4 people in my class has not had “near-death” experiences, those lucky ones. Now to the next story!



I think we can all agree that flaming arrows are cool, and I really liked them-I decided to make one and it worked, but it was very intense when the flame was 100s of millimeters away from my hand. I am forever traumatized from that very moment. I later found out that a crossbow works better than a bow since arrows are heavier so it's not as powerful which makes the fire still burn when it hits its target, and it makes a cool whoosh when it flies through the air.




This is a bit off-topic so don't be surprised if you are confused. Unless your parents are okay with you nearly killing yourself don't try this at home. Crossbows are very powerful. Mainly I'm saying this to make sure your parents don't sue me when you have spontaneously combusted using a crossbow, make sure your parents don't even think about suing me, I don't have a lawyer but please don't, cause I've heard it's not fun getting sued.




 About 500 people each year are killed from fire but archery is relatively safe with an average of 0.57 injuries per 1000 people. Still, those percentages don't make much sense to me. Now if you somehow haven't got the message, weapons are dangerous. I don't really have anything factual because most people should know that weapons are, Let's put it… bad for your health.




Overall, just don't play with weapons, (which is something I need to learn) but it's something you might too. My friend wanted to make an explosive because that's fun, And he along with his dad got some very explosive stuff and started making small explosives-BANG they blew up the kitchen. Now when I go over to their house and go past the kitchen the wall looks like it's been burnt but they fixed the rest. 


Thank you for listening to my speech      


This is my speech about why you shouldn't play with lethal weapons

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Katelyn- Ghost Cities

 

 



Hi. In New Zealand, there is a lockdown. Which means that it is online school again. Before lockdown, at school we have been learning about ghost cities. We had to pick a ghost city from this website. I choose tianducheng in China, it is a replica of paris. Then we had to make something to teach others about it too. I made a slide show, News report, Video, Podcast and a website. I am really proud of myself and happy that I have made all of this so that people can learn in different ways about tianducheng. I enjoyed this activity because it was fun to learn about something different because in class, we usally do not research about ghost cities. This was difficult because this work was due tommorrow and all I had was a few things on the website and a facts. But I tried my hardest to make all of this. On the website I was trying to put the podcast that I made onto it but it was not working. I hope you learnt something from this. 
I hope you enjoyed :)
By Katelyn.M