BIKE SAFETY

This is my poster about signs. There are ten signs on the poster. We did this because we are learning about bike safety and if you want to go on the road with a bike you need to know your signs.

HOW I LEARNED TO RIDE MY BIKE

I was 7 when I learnt to ride my bike. I learnt when I was seven because at my old house it was really hilly because I lived on a hill. I moved to Hastings because my dad got a job here. My new house and the house I'm living in now has a big flat driveway, so I could learn to bike. One day (after a lot of fails with my dad) I tried by myself and guess what I started biking and that is how I learnt to ride my bike. THE END  

Safety Surf ed

Safety rules for the beach

1. swim between the flags

At a beach with lifeguards there are usually two flags. You should always swim between the flags because that's where the lifeguards look and if you are out of the flags and start to drown the lifeguards might not see you.👍

2. Have an adult watch over you

When you are at the beach, swimming pool or river you need a adult to watch over you because they will help keep you safe.👪

3. Listen to the advice from surf lifeguards

The surf lifeguards at the beach know about the sea and the beach. you should always listen to the lifeguards and if you don't you won't know what to do.👍

 

4. never swim or surf alone

When you go into the water you should have someone with you so you can keep each other safe.👍

5. If in doubt stay out

If you are at the beach without lifeguards and you don't feel comfortable don't go in the water.👍

 

   

Volcano Report

This is my volcano it is a composite
 volcano. it is made of paper mache,
cardboard and newspaper.

Introduction

There is one big question and that is what impact does volcanoes have in the world we live in. well if you read this report you will find out, also there is volcanic rocks and minerals in this astonishing report about volcanoes.  

What are volcanoes/Nga Puia)?

Earth has four layers. The crust is the thinnest layer out of all the layers. Below the crust is the mantle which is hot melted rock like magma and it is 2,900 km thick. Under the mantle is the outer core which is made of hot liquid metal. The Earth’s center is called the inner core which is solid. Volcanoes erupt by magma building up in the magma chamber for about 1,000 years .and then the magma chamber gets so full all the magma comes out of the vents and when it comes out of the volcano the magma is called lava, that's how volcanoes erupt.

What type of volcanoes are there?

There are three type of volcanoes in the world active, dormant and extinct. A active volcano means it has at least erupted once in 10,000 years, a dormant volcano means it is asleep and it hasn't erupted in the past 10,000 years and a extinct volcano means if it hasn't erupted in the past 10,000 years it won't erupt again.

Volcanic rocks  

Obsidian

Obsidian (tūhua) is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed as an igneous rock. It is produced when lava extruded from a volcano (puia) cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth. It is was also used for tools in the stone age because of its sharpness and durability. Do you know that if you leave obsidian for a amount of time it will go cloudy.

Sulphur

Pure Sulphur is bright yellow. The color may be altered if impurities are present. Clay, as well as volcanic mixtures in sulphur can cause it to be slightly red, green, brown, or gray. sulphur (Whānāriki) often occurs in petroleum deposits, where it is found coated with greasy black petroleum. Also sulphur is the brimstone of the Bible.

Basalt

Basalt is a dark-colored, fine-grained, igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase and pyroxene minerals. It most commonly forms as an extrusive rock, such as a lava flow, but can also form in small intrusive bodies, such as an igneous dike or a thin sill. It has a composition similar to gabbro. But gabbro is not a volcanic rock but it is a igneous rock.

Pumice

Pumice is used for cleaning and it also can be used to smoothen out something like for e.g skin leather etc. Pumice is like a white rock that is created with like a gas-rich it is also very light that is why it floats on water and you can find it in the ocean anywhere it is igneous rock and it is one of a lot of volcanic rocks.

Volcanic minerals

Aluminum, diamonds, gold, nickel, lead, zinc and copper are the volcanic minerals that come out of a volcano. There are also other type of volcanic minerals like obsidian and sulphur but they are also volcanic rocks as well plus they most commonly known as rocks.     

Diamond

Diamond is the toughest mineral and gem in the whole entire world it’s toughness is 10 unlike ruby and saphire there toughness is only 9 people use it as jewelry and for machines cars and all sorts of stuff and it is apart of the carbon family diamonds are at least 1 billion years old or maybe older. It is brought out of volcanoes or you mine very deep and you’ll probably find it but it is rare.   

Gold

Gold is a valuable mineral it is used for jewelry wires and etc. It is less rare than diamond because there’s more of it. It is a beautiful bright yellow metallic color it is not like iron it is much brighter and it shines so bright that you can see it from far away. Gold is shiny and is not a gem because it is not transparent. It is a rock and a mineral. Most gold is locked away in our banks.

Bauxite  (aluminum)

Aluminum ore, called bauxite, is most commonly formed in deeply weathered rocks. In some locations, deeply weather volcanic rocks, usually basalt, from bauxite deposits. This sample of bauxite ore is from Western Australia. Aluminum has a wide range of common uses. It is lightweight, strong and conducts heat well. Many kitchen items like pots and pans, foil, dishes are made of aluminum. Most materials used for transportation use large amounts of aluminum: cars, trucks, boats, aircraft, and aircraft engines. Road signs and high-voltage power lines are also made mostly of aluminum.

Copper

This metal likes electricity and hates germs doctors use this metal to like keep bacteria and all sorts of yucky stuff that is related to germs, people used it for weapons in the stone age the used copper for weapons arrow tips blades all kinds of tools now it is used for jewelry (I think) copper is a metallic brown really good and it is very shiny like gold and platinum it’s just that it has a different color.  

Nickel

Nickel is a type of volcanic mineral which looks like silver with a slight tingle of gold color. Nickel is a very useful mineral it is used for medical stuff mobile phones it is also used for magnetic and electronic things. Nickel is 9%-12% steel nickel based alloys is stainless steel.                                                                                                                             

What impact does volcanoes have that the world we live in?

Positive                                             Negative

.Farming The ash makes good soil by the volcanoes and if you ever see a farm by a volcano that's the reason why they are there .Heating The magma is good for heating because it is really hot and it saves you money. .Horticulture The ash makes good soil for plants like flowers and trees as well as farming. .Metals Volcanoes can produce metals like copper, aluminum and nickel. .Stones/ Rocks Volcanoes can also make rocks like basalt, pumice and obsidian

.Pollution The ash from the volcano makes Pollution because it make the air toxic. .Harmful All the lava and ash makes all the air and water poisonous and toxic. .destruction The lava can topple over buildings and ash destroys everything in its path. .damage The toxic air and lava can damage our lungs and badly injure us. All of these bad stuff a caused by: Lahar, lava, gases and ash.

Siapo Art

Thank you letter to Mark

Room 6.

Parkvale school.

Howard street.

Hastings 4122.

May 23d 2017.

Dear Mark.

I am writing this letter to you to say a huge thank you for coming to Camp.

Thank you for coming to Moore road Camp to help out and drive the equipment in your trailer. Thanks for driving Me, Wisdom and Ryan to Camp and mt Bruce and giving us a lollipop in the car. Thank you for helping at mohi bush walk, Mt Bruce and Camp with the other parents too and also giving up your time and energy at camp for us. Thank you for cooking some sausages for the sausage sizzle at Onekawa pools.

At Onekawa pools I went in the 2 metre deep part of the lane pool which is the deepest part of the pool. If you didn’t know, it was the first time I swam in the deepest part and I also swam from the deepest part of the pool to the shallowest part of the pool and back.

At Mount Bruce I learnt about a lot of stuff like how Kakas stay in the bushes on their own island and that there is only one Kokako in a birdcage  in New Zealand. I also learnt that the kiwi make noises to communicate with each other.

I loved that I got to go to camp instead of school and that you could come. Another thank you.

From Alex

  

Visual Art

My special place

Wellington

1.Zoo.

2.Train station.

3.Cable cars.

4.Te papa.                             

At the zoo there are a whole lot of interesting animals like meerkats and sun bears. There are also pandas, red pandas, giraffes and a lot of other types of animals and insects too. There is even a kiwi enclosure near the zoo entrance. The zoo entrance is not really a place a zoo would be. It’s on a busy road that turns into a quiet neighbourhood and near the end of the road is a small corner which leads to who knows. On the other side of the corner is the zoo car park and entrance but the zoo is still really busy.

At wellington train station there are a whole lot of people going in and out of the trains all the time and there is a lot of people in the station. It’s always fun to see the new and old train pulling up in the ten platforms, One time I even saw the kiwi rail. There are underground walk ways you can walk through to get to the train station to. The train station is as old as the hills and it still has the same foundation has it has before I was born. The station is made out of bricks and wood, the main entrance has five piles in front of the entrance to hold up the roof. There is also a new world in the station near the cool looking ticket booths. Wellington train station is near te papa because there both near the sea side.

The cable cars start in the end of public alleyway which has shops on either side of it. You need to buy a ticket to get through to the cable cars and on the top you can get into the cable cars to. There's two cable cars and in the middle of the track going up the hill is a track segment that while the other cable car goes past one of them waits at the track segment. At the top of the cable car track is a cable car station, a museum, a cafe and the native gardens. The native gardens has a whole lot of pohutukawa trees and a lot of other native plants.The air is as fresh as a daisy because everyone puts the smelly rubbish in the bins and all of the trees make fresh air to.If you go on the right way on the right paths you will get to a playground and if you keep on going the right way on the right paths you will get to a tree house and on the deck is a lift that goes to another part of the native garden that has picnic tables, a stage and a river with ducks and it’s next to it is the road.

      

At Te papa there are a lot of exhibits like the world war 1 exhibition and the animal one to. My two favourite exhibits are the animal exhibit and the world war 1 exhibit, one time I even got lost in the world war 1 exhibit because it’s so big.

                

    

    

  

visual art

Write 4 to 6 sentences about HOW you create your VISUAL ART.

First I brainstormed my ideas I was going to put on my visual Art. Secondly mrs lowe trast my shadow on a piece of paper. Then I put my brainstormed drawings in my visual art. Next I colored the pitches in. After that I colored the background of my Visual art in. Then I painted the background then I was finished my visual art.

REFLECTION

What I enjoyed was drawing all the pitches because I like Drawing.

What was tricky for me is trying to color inside the lines.

What I would do differently or better next time is keep inside the lines.

visual art

Visual Art

all about me

My best moment

My best moment was going to Nelson on the Interislander to see my grandparents because we don’t see them that much. They have a pool and a big garden and a sand pit and I have driven my grandpa's red old tractor.

What makes me laugh

The person who makes me laugh is Wisdom being silly because he does

funny stuff like saying silly words and making up silly stuff and snipering Brody with a bow in minecraft.

My most loved hobby

My favorite hobby is draw because I am really good at it and it is fun. I have drawn a city on my driveway with chalk before and it had roads and 3d buildings and a lot of other stuff too.   

A fun fact

I am the only kid who has been on a plane in my family because my dad lives in Auckland because he is my birth dad and I like seeing him. I go with my nana who is my birth dads mum, or I go with my birth dad.

Five facts about Me

Hi my name is Alex and I like Minecraft,Roblox,Pokemon and trains. I have been to Auckland a lot of times and all the times that I go, I go in a plane with either my Nana or my dad.I like biking to the BMX park with my dad.I am the only person who has been to my birth dads house in Auckland before. I am the only kid who likes trains.