Chinese Numbers

Learning Intention: We are learning how to speak Chinese.

The Assumption Of Mary

Holiday Writing

It was another cold and shivering morning.  As I laid in bed, I could feel the breeze coming in from the window beside me, somehow a bird had flown in and it sat on the window seal unafraid of my presence.

Initially,  I didn't see or know the bird was inside the house. This was possibly  because I was distracted by the activity I was engaged with on my Ipad. It was the sound of a soft 'Tweet' that caught my attention. The reflection of my face on the mirror opposite me said it all, "What do I do? Should I take care of it? Should I just leave it?" Those three questions repeated in my head.

It was somewhat calm so I slowly got out of bed, made my way to the kitchen and broke some bread into small pieces for it's small mouth. I didn't really know if it wanted more bread or if it was happy about being fed because it kept tweeting as if it was singing.

I named the bird, Toast, I don't really know why but for some reason I've always wanted a pet named Toast. It flew away after eating all the bread I had given. I waved 'Bye' thinking that it wouldn't come back. But every morning, I'd wake up to see a bird beside me, probably because it wanted food.

Anyway.. that's a part of my boring holiday. Bye 'till next time.

Bungy Jumping

Speak your mind!

Speak your mind had several stories within it that involve the reader to work out where they stand based on the information they have read. It is written from the perspective from the chairperson from the extreme sports person.

'Bungy Jumping - a stunt - NOT a Sport' In book

'Bungy Jumping a stunt - Not a Sport'

Arguments that SUPPORT this statement	Arguments AGAINST the statement
Bungy jumping does not require skills or extensive training like most sports. Most sports involves an element of competition... bungy jumping is over so quickly there is no time for team competition. Expert stunt actor Sam says bungy jumping is a stunt act.	Bungy jumping should not be high up because people could drown, the higher up you are, the lower you go down into the sea. In my perspective, I think that bungy jumping is a stunt act because their is no time to actually challenge people you just jump, go down and come back up. I think bungy jumping should be banned due to getting hurt.

Art - Acrostic Poem!

WALHT: Make a acrostic poem.

Easter!

Technicraft was so fun!

Technicraft

Today was an extraordinary day at science in Pakuranga Intermediate.

Today is Thursday which means that we have technicraft so we did the usual things we did before we went to technicraft. We grabbed our morning tea, had prayers and then quickly ran to the bus before the bus driver left us.

When we finally got there, all the Year 7's saw two ziplock bags on each table. We were all wondering what we were going to do. It was really interesting to hear what people had thought about.

Once we had finally settled down into our seats, we had to quickly finish off our work from last week. Last week, we were given a long tube, vinegar and baking soda. We had to pour the vinegar and baking soda in the long tube. What happened was that, when we poured the vinegar and baking soda in, it raised up. It looked really satisfying.

After we had completed the work from last week, we quickly got into more work for this week. We received a beaker of vinegar and another beaker of baking soda from Miss Gawith. Our teacher, then gave us the instructions of what we needed to do.

Firstly, we poured the baking soda into the ziplock bag remembering it into the corner of the bag. Following this, we were told to block the baking soda with our fingers so that when we poured into the vinegar, it wouldn't explode in our faces. Immediately following that, we had to seal the ziplock bag before it bursting our faces. Continuing to hold it tight, the bag was then shaken vigorously and suddenly we saw bubbles. It looked really satisfying for me. When we put the ziplock on our cheek, it felt cold and we could hear bubbles popping.

The next investigation,involved using a balloon, and baking soda. 

First we went outside just encase it got messy. Then, we grabbed the funnel and put it in the neck of the balloon, poured the baking soda into the balloon. After that, we poured the vinegar into the plastic bottle. Next, we put the neck of the balloon on the mouth of the plastic bottle without dropping any baking soda and then dropped the baking soda in. It looked like bubbles, again and it also made bubbles in the balloon. We all got a shock because the balloon popped.

It was really fun to do all the experiments but our excitement ended because we had to go back to school so we all packed up the whole class because it looked like a pigsty and then ran to the bus to go back to school.

Remember to ask your parents before doing this experiment.

WALHT: Write a recount about the things we did during Technicraft.