Key word hunt

 

This is my worksheet for literacy. I enjoyed reading the story of a kid called mac wanting to raise money for St John 

History of dogs

 

This is a slide show on some of the history of dogs, I enjoyed this since I really like dogs and I got to research them.

WOTW - Obligation

 

This is my word of the week for this week.

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

Convert improper fractions to mixed number

 

This is is my work for how to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers, The video our teacher sent explained it really well and made it a lot easier.

Belgian Biscuits - Whenua Bake off

 

Our class Whenua had a bake-off for lockdown and I made Belgian biscuits ( YUM ) 

I really enjoyed these as the biscuits are a subtle spicy flavor, the jam- jammy, and the pink icing is very sweet. My family reviews- Mum "so delicious that you want more". Dad "scrumptious". Sibling "Good"

Icing Recipe

milk, icing sugar, and food coloring

Add a small amount of milk then icing sugar is thick and not runny then mix color in.

 

Ghost cities- Pripyat

 Ghost cities- Pripyat

 

Named after a nearby river Pripyat, the town was founded on 4th February 1970.

 

Built to house the workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant by 1986 Pripyat was a thriving economy. The schools and kindergartens, Cinema, A palace of culture, swimming pools and a selection of cafes and restaurants-much like a town you would find today. With around 50,000 residents, Pripyat offered a standard life above and beyond many modern Soviet cities. The town was in the frontline of disaster-just a couple of miles away from the unfortunate power plant. Nowadays nature has reclaimed its land.

 

 

The city was evacuated after the explosion of the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant on the 27th of April 1986. One of the four reactors went supercritical when the technicians failed to follow proper operating procedures during a test of its emergency systems. The core exploded and spread radioactive material over a large radius.

 

 

Today not much remains of the town as it is now a thick forest with damaged buildings dotted here and there.

By Harry