Own Homemade Riddles

1. I am a pet,
I am reasonably small,
I have another animal in my name,

I eat like a bunny but that I am not,
What am I?


2. From them I get presents,
They love each other so,
One of them got laughed at,
One got to guide one night,
Who am I?

3. I get worn at night in winter,
I come in many different shapes and sizes,
Usually I am quite fluffy and make you feel cozy,
I am bigger then other clothing,
What am I?

4. I carry lots of stories,
I am scanned and learned from,
I am recycled and used to protect special things,
I am carried, thrown, folded, pushed and turned over,
What am I?

5. I am an instrument,

I have strings,

I am small,

I don't need any accessories,

What am I?

6. I am oily,

I come in different colours,

I grow in the sun on a tree,

I am a healthy food,

What am I?

7. You take me to school,

I carry your books,

Most of you don't use me anymore,

You definitely used me on the junior side,

What am I?

8. I am used as decoration,

I can be a reward,

I'll brighten up your day,

I grasp anything I'm on,

What am I?

9. I am what I am,

Some adore me,

Some dislike me,

Some wonder why you made me,

What am I?

10. I am round,

I turn in a cycle,  

Many call me home,

I hold many wonders,

What am I?

2016 YR 5's!!!

Dear 2016 year 5's,
In 2016 you will nearly be the oldest of the school!! Cool as, right? Well, year five is a great level, but there are some things that you need to be serious about. You will have lots and lots of activities to look forward to. You will definitely have a younger buddy class, and get really cute and small buddies!! You will have to have more responsibility and accountability for your learning and work to finish.

First of all, responsibilities. In 2016 you will be allowed to choose if you want to do Bridging the Gap. This is, as I sort of said, not compulsory. Bridging the Gap is when you get to go to the Junior side and look after the juniors. The options are: Duty Kids, Play Monitors or looking after certain kids that struggle in school. In 2015, some of the really good people at Mandarin had to sit a test. Now, I'm not sure if it will be in 2016 as well, but just maybe! Have you seen year 6's wearing badges? That is because in year 6 you get to have a job. As year 5's next year, you will have to write a letter to the year 6 teachers for which jobs you want. Your options are: Sports Committee, Librarian, House Captain, Student Council and Road Patrol. For all of these jobs you need to show great responsibility.

All of that is cool, but now to the seriously fun stuff!!!!! As you might have had Scooter safety in year 4, in year five we get to do Bike Safety! This is when somebody comes in and instructs you and tells you how to be safe on the bike. Then they set out a course on the field for you to complete on the bike. I bet you, you'll find it fun!! As usual there will be trips. In year 6 there is such thing as Water Wise. In year 5 you have to do a test to see if you are allowed to do it. If you would be safe in the water and if you are capable to do it. There will be you're last year of GTT. (Garden to Table). But wait! I've saved the best for last. EOTC week!!! That stands for Education Outside The Classroom week. Unfortunately, the 2015 year 5's didn't get to camp out but . . . You might be lucky! EOTC week is such a fun thing!! I'm not going to spoil it for you though.

Overall, in year five you get to have fun, need responsibilities and get to do lots of activities.
Good Luck all of you!!!
Yours sincerely,
Hannah

Science bubbling water

 This weeks homework is to take a photo of something relating to science and explain why it is science. These are my photos:

These photos both have something to do with science. When you turn on the gas, it will turn into a fire and the fire heats up the stove. If you put the pan on the stove, it will heat the bottom of the metal pan which then becomes really hot. The heat from the fire is passed through and on by the metal of the stove and the pan onto the water. So the captured energy of the gas is changed into heat energy of fire, which is given to the metal and finally heats up the water. If you keep the pan on the stove long enough, the water will come to a boil when it reaches 100 degrees Celsius. It will then begin to bubble a lot. The next step is evaporation-steam! This sort of energy transmission would not work (or not as well as) in pots made up from other materials like wood, or cork.

A to Z science

A: Astronomy
B: Biology
C: Chemistry
D: Dioxide
E: Energy
F: Fahrenheit
G: Geology
H: Helium
I: Isaac Newton
J: Jupiter
K: Kelvin
L: Light
M: Mass
N: Neptune
O: Oxygen
P: Pluto
Q: Questions
R: Radius
S: Scientists
T: Time
U: Universe
V: Velocity
W: Water cycle
X: X-rays
Y: Yard
Z: Zoology

Wonder wall - How do Roman numerals work

Hello everyone! Room 32 are creating a Wonder Wall. For homework we had to make up some questions for it and research one of them. Here is how Roman numerals work.

Key: I=1 V=5 X=10 L=50 C=100 D=500 M=1000

If the letters repeat more than once it means that to multiply it that many times. e.g. XXX=30 and CC=200. If you repeat a letter, it may only be repeated three times or less. If one or more letters are placed after another letter of greater value, you simply add them. If it is the other way around you subtract. e.g. VI=6 and IV=4. Only subtract powers of ten - 10, 100, 1000 etc. Only subtract one number. A bar placed on top of a letter or a string of letters, increases the number by 1000.
Some examples:
MCCXI = 1211
CXXII = 122
MMMDVII = 3507
DCCXCVIII = 798
These four examples clearly show that this method is not the most efficient way of writing numbers. Imagine having to multiply or do other mathematical processes with these Roman numbers!That is why we do not have Roman numerals; they are much too complicated to do in an IKAN or something of that sort.

Clarice Bean advertisement

Last week we had homework about what made a good advertisement and this week we make our own. Here is my advertisement for one of my favourite books. I hope you like and enjoy it!!!!!!!!!

Homework - two ads

For our homework this week we have to find two advertisements in a newspaper or magazine. We need to focus on: 1. The features of each advertisement, 2. What it's trying to get you to buy or do and think, 3. How they are alike or different and 4. which one appeals to you more and why.

1. One of my adverts is about a beer type. It has the name of it at the top and on the side it says: "taste now!" The advert also has a really big picture in the middle that covers up most of the page and there's a five line description of the product on the bottom. It still has some room at the very bottom of the page which says: TWICE AS REFRESHING.

1. My second ad is about a new energy drink. Up in the left corner there is a really big word saying NEW!!! If you didn't know who Epke Zonderland is, then you'll know now. He is the Dutch gymnast
that competes against lots and lots of other different countries. Again, he is in the middle of the page covering nearly all of it. Epke Zonderland is holding the drink that they are advertising. Around him are words saying: "maximum hydration" and "the high energy taste without sugar". It also says Epke Zonderland is supported and sponsored by AA drink. At the very bottom it has a description of four lines that have bold words to make them extra important.

2. The first ad is trying to get you to buy a different beer
2. The second ad is trying to get you to buy a new sports drink

3. Contrast: I think the first ad is different to the second ad because it is less exciting and specific than the second ad. Compare: The first ad is the same as the second ad because they both have a big picture in the middle and both of them explain more about the product in a small paragraph at the bottom.

4. The second ad appeals to me more because it looks more sporty and has more colour.
There is a good thing that the people that created the second advertisement thought of. They have Epke Zonderland in their ad. Everyone will want to have something that a star or a famous person has. Many people may believe or wish that using the product advertised will make them more like the famous person.

Bye! I hope you have enjoyed and noticed what I have learnt from advertisements!

Science homework list

Hello,
Last week it was primary science week and we have some homework related to that. We have to make a list and describe the processes of science we do in the daily life.
1. Boiling the kettle - heating and change of state
2. Morning dew - cooling off and change of state
3. Communication between people - sound waves, vibrations through air and your eardrum picks it up
4. Playing the piano - strings in the piano vibrate causing sound waves
5. Take off sweater and hair stands up - static electricity
6. Making a rhythm by striking glasses that are filled up with different amounts of liquid - different air columns causes different sound waves
7. Making ice cream - cooling off, change of state
8. Finding a cooler spot in the room - heating by the sun and shade is cooler because sun can't get there
9. Sun rays through crystal to make rainbows - light is broken in different directions and causes our eyes to see rainbows
10. Drawing silhouettes for art - block sun rays to create shadow of your body outline
11. Seeing a rainbow in the sky - refraction of sun rays
12. Using a mirror to do your hair in the morning - reflection of sunlight
13. Seeing yourself differently in a spoon - concave or convex surface distort images
14. Enjoying looking through a kaleidoscope - light bounces and reflects off objects and mirrors
15. Using a magnifying glass to read small letters - the convex glass bends light rays outward to make the image seem smaller
16. Playing with dominoes and making the tiles fall - potential energy and kinetic energy
17. Making popcorn - heating, change of state, water pressure causes kernel to pop!
18. Magnets on the refrigerator - magnetism
19. Turning mobile - heating causes air to expand or retract (not phone)
20. Worm farm - food scraps rot and get eaten by worms, life cycle, excretion used as fertilizer
21. Using the thermometer - heating, change of matter, expanding silvery liquid
22. Street lights - electricity turns into light and heat energy
23. Taking photos on your camera - use of electric energy via battery and light reflects through lens
24. Antennae on cars for a radio signal - waves through air
25. Solar panels on houses for the environment - earth sciences, sun energy trapped electric energy
26. Viscosity of liquids - water is less viscose than golden syrup, food technology
27. Judo as a sport - forces, gravity
28. Swimming as a sport - water pressure, movement through water, food turned into energy
30. Using the phone to contact - electric energy into waves through air
31. Watching TV - electric energy into light and heat
32. Flying in an aircraft or a bird - aerodynamics, earth sciences
33. Is glass a liquid or solid - state of matter, viscosity
34. The intercom at school - electric energy into sound waves
35. A clock to know the time - movement of wheels, batteries, electric energy
36. The rain radar - sonar waves to detect water molecules in the air
37. Growing plants, fruit, vegetables - life cycle, earth sciences
38. Cookies - baking, change of state through heat and force, food technology
39. Coffee - dissolving granules in water
40. Baking powder - raising agent, change of state, food technology
41. Kitchen machine - electric energy into moving energy
42. Tap - water pressure
43. Driving a car - potential, kinetic energy, petrol into movement
44. Biking - potential, kinetic energy
45. Falling glass - gravity, change of state
46. Light bulb - electricity, light and heat energy
47. Dishwasher - electricity, water pressure
48. Washing hands with soap - dissolves dirt, no bacterial growth
49. Computer - electric energy, heat and light
50. Fan - electric energy, air flow
51. Heater - electric energy, warmth
52. Washing machine - electric, water pressure, soap, cleaning powder
53.  Gas top cooking - gas, heat, light energy
54. Sunrise - earth science
55. Moon and planets, when walking from swimming at night - astronomy
56. Radio - sound waves, electric energy
57. Mt Wellington - earth science, volcano
58. Oven - electric energy, heat, changed matter
59. Drinking water - physical human sciences
60. Taking care of a pet - zoology
61. Cleaning teeth - human sciences
62. Opened jar of tomato sauce - fungal surface, bacterial growth
63. To open a jar of tomato sauce - energy, pressure
64. Trampoline - gravity\pulling, force, energy
65. Waiwera visit - geo thermal activity, heat
66. Bird eats worm - earth sciences, life cycle
67. Marble track - gravity
68. Ice cubes - change of state
69. Pedal on piano - changing sound waves
70. Breaking of cookies - food technology
71. Butter out of cream - food technology
72. Cottage cheese - food technology
73. Yoghurt making - food technology
74. Seasons changing - earth sciences
75. Coffee machine - electric energy, water pressure, heat
76. Using a fire to light up a candle - fuel like wood or wax changed into heat and light energy
77. Eating from the BBQ - change of coal into heat and light energy
78. Sporting on a rowing machine - food fuel into force and energy into movement of the machine
79. Futuristic T- Shirt materials - science of synthetic materials
80. Flushing the toilet - using force to press button to release water pressure
81. Baking edible volcanic rock - three recipes to make symbolic rock cycles types in the kitchen: igneous rock, sedimentary and metamorphic
82. Making a smoothie - use ice blocks and fresh fruit juice to make a thick smoothie, change of state
83. Exploding chocolate, Marvelous creations - pieces of lolly that react with liquid and air
84. Communicating with two cans and a string - vibrations, sound waves
85. Using a hairdryer in the morning - electric energy turned into heat energy and creating air flow
86. Playing in the bathtub with equipment, some sink, but  some don't - matter, physics, natural world
87. Leaving fingerprints on the windows - human science, every person's fingerprint is unique             Fact: If you are fingerprinting on paper, charcoal is the best thing to use.
88. Dying eggs for Easter and using food juice for it - beetroot, raspberry, onion, coffee, pigments (carotenoids and anthocyanins) give flowers or other things colour
89. Making your own paper - recycling, change of state from plant material to paper, dissolving paper materials and drying them out again
90. Having a wind catcher on your bike - air flow, aerodynamics
91. Making a tornado in a bottle of water - force of water, water pressure
92. Vegetable oil, food colouring and a pill - matter, and weight and mass
93. Cooked or uncooked eggs - change of state, the raw egg spins slower because it is fluid inside, the cooked egg spins faster because it solidified
94. Using a drill for something - electric energy into movement and force
95. Having an automatic garage opener - waves through the air, electricity
96. Mowing the lawn with a lawn mower - electricity into moving energy and cutting with a turning motor
97. Seeing an insect pollinating - nature science, living world
98. Tree sap squeezing out of the bark - it shows how the "blood" of the tree circulates, living world
99. A wind radar - waves through the air to detect different air pressure, wind is caused by air moving from high pressure to low pressure
100. Weather - rain, sunshine, clouds, rainbow, storms and cyclones or hurricanes caused by many different natural elements working together, earth and the living world
101. An earthquake and tsunami - earth science
102. Power lines on the sides of the roads - electricity flows
103. Microwave - electric magnetic energy
104. Watermelon and orange fall at the same speed - gravity, weight
105. Rusty nail outside on fence - iron reacts with carbon dioxide in the air
106. Meteor or a falling star - debris or trash in the sky entering earth's atmosphere
107. Sweet smelling food on the kitchen bench will attract many ants- living world
108. Half an apple turns brown because reaction with air - matter
109. Caterpillar turns into a butterfly - metamorphosis, living world
110. Snails move by relaxing and contracting their one foot muscle, they move on slippery slime - living world
111. Tadpoles turn into frogs - living world
112. Different birds have different beaks to suit their feeding habits - living world
113. Taste things (sweet, sour bitter and savoury) in different areas of your tongue - human science
114. Cold in Winter, put on layers of clothes to trap heat - earth sciences, living world, state of matter
115. Eating fish from oven, eyeball turns completely white through heat - change of state
116. Write secret messages with lemon juice and water, gets visible when paper is heated - change of state
117. Party balloon with helium gas floats, helium gas lighter than air - matter
118. Regular black tea with lemon juice gets lighter because lemon bleaches - chemical reaction, change of state
119. Blowing bubbles with dish washing liquid, water and sugar blow through straw and a bubble appears - matter                               (Air gets trapped inside soap bubble)  
120. Metal plate gets too hot to touch, Ceramics plate doesn't - matter, heat energy

This is my list so far. I'm sure there's still lots of fun and funky science going on around us. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

Homework - cricket poster

Hi there! Every week we get homework and that includes this week. We had to make a poster or a video to show our favourite way to stay fit. I decided to make a poster and I wanted to share it with you. I hope you like it!!!!!

Homework - Anzac Day

Holiday Bingo: persuasive letter - Art + Science

Dear Miss Cooper,

May we pretty pretty please do more science and art next term! It can be in any shape or form! For science we can learn about the ancient times, physics, Earth, Astronomy, Life, Chemistry. We can do this in or outside  RM 32. When I say art I mean things like sewing, Visual Arts like: drawing, collage, printing, painting, or Performance art like drama or dance. We could do this in Term two in a certain block on Thursday or Friday. If our class agrees to do this we can possibly do it in groups of five and do research on new materials and do a rotation of science and art. We would be able to do this because it will improve our creativeness. We can also sell some of our art for our topic - Enterprise. It can be an incentive for our other work to accomplish so that we can do art or science after. We could also link our Reading, Writing and Maths to the art and science. Miss Cooper, can we please have more art and science lessons in term two? Art in various ways improves our creativeness in general and it can help us improve in other educational areas too. We could research new techniques and materials and organise ourselves. We could rotate over 10-11 weeks. We could make things and use it for our Enterprise.

I'm looking forward to your reply,

Hannah

Holiday Bingo: Reading Goal

Hello guys! My second to last holiday bingo activity is to Work on my reading goal this holiday and then post how I did that on my blog. Here is how I practiced mine.

My reading goal is to expand and improve my vocabulary. I have been practicing this in the Easter holidays. I've been reading everywhere these holidays! E.G. At home, in the car and at the Motel. You can't forget that I have also been read to. Well, why would I want to practice something in the holidays when I am not even at school? The reason is that I do not want to forget my reading goal. Another reason is that I want to learn new words and vocab, but not only for reading books! I also need to learn new words to improve in my writing. My family include themselves in my reading goal.(They help me with it). For instance, when we are reading a book together they ask what a word means and then they tell me the right answer afterwards. When I am writing a blog post I will bring the dictionary with me to the computer and then when my Mum helps me, I look words up in the dictionary so that I understand what she says. When my family is watching TV and I don't understand what a word means I ask my parents what it means.
Does this explanation give you more information on what and how I practice my reading goal?

Holiday Bingo: News Report - Lolly Shop

Here is a presentation about something I did in the holidays. Mine is about the lolly shop. I hope you
like it!!!
 

Holiday Bingo: What makes a good comment - Prezi Presentation

Holiday Bingo: Journal - Final day of the three days

Dear Jottery Chimp,
How was your day today? Mine was great! I had a really deep sleep and slept in quite long. During breakfast my Mum made us some water with a lolly in it and she put chocolate in mine. I took till lunch with this amazing drink. After breakfast I did some mathletics and my parents taught me some new stuff. Once I had finished my maths I did some of my bingo activities and after that we ate a salad for lunch. When we finished lunch my Mum sat next to me for my piano practice. Then we went to the library as a family, but I was most looking forward to the hockey practice that my Dad and I did afterwards. As my Mum and sister went home with the car my Dad and I had to walk home when we had finished. After that when we got home, we ate dinner and then watched the news. Finally we went to bed. Bye! Sleep well!!!!

Holiday Bingo: Other people's blogs - Howick Primary school

For another one of our bingo activities, we have to go onto another students blog that is not from our class. I have been onto a blog from Howick Primary school - RM 2. Here is the link.
http://2015hpsrm2.blogspot.co.nz/

My Dad and I searched really hard for a blog and we finally found one. The reason I like this blog is that they all let everyone write on this blog. They write lots of fun poems E.G.

K ittens came into our classroom.
I t's hard to get their claws off.
T hey all look different to each other.
T he kittens are always crowded by lots of people.
E veryone wants a touch of their fluffy fur.
N obody can separate the kittens from me.
S uch cute kittens.
By Stacey

These children also talk about other students. When they do this they relate to other people's cultures such as the Korean group. Just like us, they had swimming lessons including life jackets. When school had just started this year, they did an activity to introduce themselves. Students did this by colouring in a boat made of paper. But before they did that they had to draft in their writing books and write six things about themselves. In the end they published their boats on their school logo.
I can't wait till I can keep on looking at other people's bogs. They're so interesting!!!

Holiday bingo: Art piece - Stranded boat on hill

In some of my older posts I have told you that I have been to the Acacia Lodge Motel. On the way there I saw a stranded, rusty, old and disgusting, but very pretty and cute boat on a hill. I looked out the front of the car and, as crazy as a talking octopus, there was no sea and absolutely no water. Could there have been water on the sides of the car? I thought to myself, but still no water. My last question I had in my mind was if there was any water behind the car and...... this is what crazed me the most.................... There was NO water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I have some ideas of how this funny little boat could have gotten there.
1. There could have been a person that has died over the years
2. There could have been a couple or one person that had moved over the years
3. There could have been a terrible storm and so from the closest bay or beach it could have been tugged along
4. Another way it could have gotten there is that a person could have had a boat at the back of their car and then maybe they ran out of petrol and had to leave their boat there.
Do you kind of get an idea of what it looked like?

Holiday Bingo: Enterprise - Shower cap and five pegs

What could you make using only a shower cap and five clothes line pegs? With all our imagination we came up with these ideas.

1. A mini parachute for a light teddy or doll
2. A protective waterproof case for a phone
3. A little bag or even a purse
4. A plastic plant pot for a small plant or for growing seeds                      
5. And obviously a peg basket
6. A piping bag for decorating cupcakes or cookies and doughnuts
7. A tent for a teddy, puppet or doll
8. A basket to carry water or a jug
9. A plastic woven rug for in a toys house
10. A very cute wooden peg puppet
11. A sieve for pasta or vegetables
12. A balloon
13. A skirt for a doll
14. An emergency pressure bandage
Do you have any more ideas?

Holiday Bingo: journal - Day two of the three days

Dear Jottery Chimp,
Today was really tiring and a little boring, but exciting too. We woke up, annoyingly we didn't have any breakfast and started packing the car straight away. Our little trip had come to an end. My family all tried to say bye to the salty swimming pool as we waited for my Grandmother to tell us where we were going to meet for our first stop. After our sad goodbye, we started to drive. Suddenly my Mum came up with a fun car game, where you have to count from one to 100 only using the numbers you see outside the car.
I've something to tell you that happened all too quickly. A rock/pebble whacked our windscreen. We had a big star shaped crack!
Finally we arrived at the Mahoe cheese shop and I told Grandma all about what had happened. After the cheese shop, my Dad bought some feijoas at a little stall with an honesty box. Sadly this stop went by all too quickly and we were on our way to Whangarei for a traditional, delicious and nourishing brunch at Serenity. I chose one of my favourites: Eggs Benedict with mushroom ragout, bacon and avocado! When we finished and our tummies were full we went to Smith & Smith for our car, but they couldn't fix it, it was too large for repair.
Next up was to come back to Auckland. In our car game we had made it to the number 120! Do you think you can beat our high score? Once we got home I posted some pieces of writing on my blog that I had drafted before. In the end I went to my very own cosy bed. What a tiring day.

Holiday Bingo: Journal - Day one of the three days

'Splash!' Dear Jottery Chimp,
Today was the best day ever!!!! It is the ninth of April and I just had a splash in the swimming pool. When we woke up we ate our colourful breakfast and then went to Kerikeri. Oh, and I'm in a Motel in Mangonui called Acacia Lodge Motel. We went into ten shops and one of the shops sold beads. Before I knew it my grandma had bought the one that stood out to me. It was a little red whale with tiny white and black eyes and I named her Rosa. I also found a blue starfish with white spots for Stella (my sister). Just before, we enjoyed a beautiful hot chocolate and half a dreamy melting moment. After all the shopping, we drove the scenic route to Matauri Bay and made a long stop to get some Indian takeaway. When my grandma was deciding on what granddad was going to have, my Dad and I went to take a photo of me at Coopers Beach!!! (I didn't know our teacher had her own beach)! Once we had all ordered we went back to the Motel. Man! It smelt good in the car. Finally we went home and dived into the swimming pool. What's going to happen tomorrow?