My final blog post

Bike explanation

Do you know how to check your bike? Do you know if your bike is safe when you ride it? If you don’t know, I can help you.

At your house you should always have something that has your description of your bike.  What you need for your description is your bike type, your colour of your bike and your ID number.  The reason why you need to know all of these is because if your bike get stolen you will be able to know exactly what bike is yours.

To find your ID number you need to hold your back brake and slowly lift your bike up on one wheel.  Next you need to lower your bike down slowly so that it’s sitting on its handlebars and seat.  Now you need to look near your chain on the bike frame and your ID number will either be carved in or there will be just be a sticker there.

When you are on your bike you need certain clothing.  You need to always wear a helmet otherwise if you fall off you will get very bad damage to your brain.  It is good to wear bright clothes so that at night or in the day cars can see you clearly. you need to wear proper shoes and that means no sandals or flip flops because if your pedal is lose and if falls off while you’re riding your feet could get very sore.

The way to check your bike is to make sure that there is no rust on it or any cobwebs on it either. The main things you have to check is the pedals (make sure that they spin freely but if they don’t you need to put some oil on it ), The wheels ( they need to spin freely and they can’t be loose if they don’t spin freely you need to loosen the brakes)  and you also need to check the handlebars ( make sure that the handlebars don’t move and make sure that the grips won’t slide off but if the handlebars turn you need to tighten them).

There are many safety rules when you’re cycling on the road.  One of the main ones are when you want to turn right you put out your right arm and when you want to turn left you put out your left arm.  There's another important rule on the road and that rule is a cyclist has to obey the same signs as the people in cars do.  

So now you will be able to know if your bike is safe when you ride it and now you will know how to check your bike.  If you want more information you should check out bike wise.

Balloon in a bottle

Is it possible to blow up a balloon in a bottle? Well, if you want to know the answer to that question this explanation will help.  In this explanation, I will tell you the materials you to do this experiment, how to do it and a little bit about what I did so read on to find the answer to this interesting question.

Materials

• 1-litre bottle
• Balloons
• Cork
• Nail

Here are the steps on how to do this experiment.  First, you need to stick the balloon inside the neck of the bottle.  Next, you need to try and blow up the balloon if you can’t try stick a hole in the bottle then see how easy it is.  

In my class we did this experiment and it was really cool.  The reason why It doesn't work without a hole in the bottle is because there is already air inside the bottle and the air takes up space so there isn't any more space for other air.   Once you put a hole in the bottle, all the air can escape so you can blow up the balloon.

The floating ping pong ball

What you will need:

1. Hair dryer
2. ping pong ball

How to do it:

1. Sit the ping pong ball on the hair dryer
2. Turn on the hair dryer
3. Now observe what is happening

What happened was the ping pong ball just sat floating over top of the hair dryer.  The reason why it worked and the ping pong ball just sat floating over top of the hair dryer is because the air around the outside of the ping pong ball is forcing the ping pong ball to stay over the top of the hair dryer.  The ping pong ball doesn't go straight up into the air because the gravity is pulling the ping pong ball down.

Flexibility test

Can we make a change about how flexible we are yes I think we can.  Today when I did my flexibility test I was more flexible than when we did our first test.  When we did our first test I was sadly a negative 8 but today I got negative 3 which means I improved by 5.  I was amazed with how much Zayde improved because he improved by 20.  First when Zayde did it he got negative 25 but today when he did the test he got negative 5.

The egg experiment

When I did the Egg Drop the experiment I went first and the Egg didn't completely crack only a little bit but when Kharn did it it did crack which meant that no one else got a turn but they didn’t really mind.  The reason why mine worked is because I pulled the plate fast enough and as soon as the plate and toilet roll out from under the egg the egg went straight down into the cup but when kharn did it he didn’t pull the plate fast enough and the egg dropped on the side of the cup and cracked.

Yachting reflection

Monday

Something I was pleased with was the fact that I actually hopped in the Yacht unlike last year how as soon as I hopped in the yacht I wanted to hop out straight away.  Something I did to improve was hop in the yacht, go out for a ride and not cry while I was out there because last year once I hopped in the yacht I started crying because I hated it.  I thought that optimist yachting was scary because every so often you felt like the yacht was gonna capsize but It didn't happen for me.  Something I need to improve is going in the Yacht more than once.

Tuesday

My plan for today was to go in the Yacht three times instead of going in the yacht only once.  Something I was pleased with was going in the Yacht three times with Chris, Charlotte and Ashlee in room 19 instead of going in it once.  Something I did to improve was go in the Yacht three times because yesterday I only went in it once.  Something I need to improve is to try take a couple of longer ride in the Yacht instead of going for lots of short rides.

Wednesday

Sadly today we didn't go today but that was because some of us had to go to a choir rehearsal at Mahora school.

Thursday

My plan for today was to go for a long ride in the Optimist Yacht instead of going for short rides.  Something I was pleased with was how I went in the Optimist Yacht for almost the whole time we were  there and after Yachting I went in a Kayak in between all Yachts like the parents and teachers get to do.  Something I did to improve was go for a really long ride in the Yacht instead of a really tiny short ride.  Something I need to improve is remembering to tighten the main sheet rope when I am told to go faster.

What a catastrophe

“Ok, we are here at the guinea pig sailing champs I am your host Chocolate and my favourite part of the boat is starboard,I just thought that you wanted to know.  We are about to start the race in three two one ok there are only two competitors in this race and they were  off in a flash.  In first place so far in first place is Gingey our sailor who has the trophy at the moment and right behind her is her challenger Pipsqueak.  We are almost at the end of this race and so far Pipsqueak is winning but can she stay in first place and win this race.  Here is the exciting bit the races have to make a right to win this race or in other words they have to turn towards the starboard side of their boat.  Oh no Gingey’s boat has gone down the waterfall.  What a catastrophe?Pipsqueak is the new champion.”

Guinea Pigs

Guinea pigs

What do you know about guinea pigs. Ethin.why

do you have a guinea pig. Hayden

How many guinea pigs do you have. Zayde

why do you like guinea pigs so much.Crystal

What do you like about them. Ethan

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Guinea pigs make great pets if you don’t have one I suggest that you should get one because once you get one you will never want to part with it.  I know a lot about guinea pigs because I have nine of them.  I love my Guinea pigs a lot,I would never ever part with my ones especially my favourite one called Pipsqueak.  

I know that they take a lot of work to take care of but once you get the hang of it it will be easy.  I like guinea pigs so much because they are really friendly and cute.  

Sometimes if you put two male guinea pigs together they will fight each other.  At the start of a male guinea pigs fight they won’t be rough and nasty they will just be climbing over each other and pushing each other around but after awhile of them fighting they will start to get very nasty.  They they will start to make bite marks in the other guinea pig’s ear,scratch the other guinea pig so that it bleeds and sometimes they will scratch the other guinea pig’s body so much that the other guinea pig’s fur will start to come off in the fight.

When a guinea pig has babies it will get very protective of them and they will start fighting anyone who comes near them so you should move them to a separate cage.  They will only be protective while the babies are young.  

Guinea pig’s like to eat carrots, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, apples, bananas, rabbit pellets, grass, oranges, chaff, bread, hay and much much more.  There are some foods that guinea pigs can’t eat like onions, pumpkin, beetroot and potatoes.

You can only give guinea pigs a bath when they are 3 months or older.  You should only give them a bath in the summer.  The reason why you should give them a bath in the summer is because if you give them a bath in the winter as soon as you take them out of the water they will get really cold and they could get really sick.

Guinea pigs can come in all different colors.  Some guinea pigs are black and some guinea pigs are white.  They can also be brown and ginger.  Guinea pigs sometimes can multi colored.  They can be black and white, black and brown, white and ginger, white,black and brown, white and brown.

Those are just some of the facts about guinea pigs if you want more facts you should go to your local library and get a book out about guinea pigs.

Maths results 2

I think that this is a much better way to present my scores that I got in the test instead of confusing percentages because this way you can actually see what scores out of ten that I got.

My maths results

This is a pie chart with all my maths results on it.  We had to answer ten questions everyday of the week and then times it by 2.  So since I got ten out of ten for the whole week I had to times ten by two and that is how I got all my percentages. I don't think that this is the best way to show my results.

Why you should go to New Zealand for your holiday

New Zealand and Alaska are wonderful places but I am going to tell you why you should go to New Zealand instead of going to Alaska for your holiday.  New Zealand is a great place to have a family holiday because the first person to climb to the top of Mount Everest was born her,they also have an amazing rugby team called the All Blacks and their are lots of native animals and birds here for you to look at.  There are 4,433,000 people in New Zealand and only 731,449 people in Alaska which means more people come to New Zealand instead of going to Alaska for their holiday.

The first reason why you should go to New Zealand is because Sir Edmund Hillary was born right here in New Zealand.  Sir Edmund Hillary was an explorer and a mountain climber.  Sir Edmund Hillary was born on the 20th of July 1919.  Sadly Sir Edmund Hillary died on January 11 2008.  Sir Edmund Hillary was best known for being the first person to climb to the top of Mount Everest with his guide Tenzing Norgay.

Another reason why you should go to New Zealand is because of their great rugby team the All Blacks.  The last world cup was In 2011 and that was the second time the All Blacks had won All Blacks won the rugby world cup.  Before the 2011 rugby world cup New Zealand won in 1987,the first ever rugby world cup,against France in New Zealand just like they did in 2011 and in 1995 we came 2nd against South Africa.

The last reason why I think you and your family should go New Zealand is because New Zealand have lots of native birds and animals.Some of the native animals and birds in New Zealand are the Tuatara, Weta, Yellow Eyed Penguin,Kiwi,Pukeko,Quail,North Island Robin,Magpie,Gannet,Fantail and much much more.  There is lots of bush walks all around New Zealand that you and your family could go on and you would find a lot of these animals there.

If you visit New Zealand I think that you will have the time of your life.  You shouldn’t ever miss an opportunity to go to New Zealand because I think that New Zealand is the best place for a great family holiday.

The wolf in the Wardrobe

Recently my class read the book The wolf in the Wardrobe.  This book is about a boy named Finn who finds an injured wolf but he doesn't want his Mum finding out so he hides The wolf in his Wardrobe.  He decides to name the wolf Lupa.  He thinks that he could hide the wolf forever and nobody would notice but what he doesn't know is that cackles the clown is watching him.

I would say that this book should be rated 4 stars.

If you like books with mysteries then this could be the book for you and if you also like action stories with awesome adventures in it then this is definitely the book for you.

This book has been written by Susan Brocker a person who absolutely loves animals.She has also written saving Sam a story of a boy and a dog,Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses is a true story of an amazing horse also Dreams of warriors is a World War Two tale about a teenage girl and an unusual friendship.

My prezi

My trip to Taupo

HONK!!! “That sounds like Dad” I say to Mum as she hops out of the shower.

“Is all our stuff ready” corbyn asks me curiously

“yes It is” I reply back to him.  

“C'mon kids we have a lot of stuff to do before we go” Dad says to us

“but we haven’t had breakfast yet” me and my brother says back to Dad.

“Ok we will just have to have

HONK!!! “That sounds like Dad” I say to Mum as she hops out of the shower.

“Is all our stuff ready” corbyn asks me curiously

“yes It is” I reply back to him.  

“C'mon kids we have a lot of stuff to do before we go” Dad says to us

“but we haven’t had breakfast yet” me and my brother says back to Dad.

“Ok we will just have to have Mcdonalds on the way there” he says back to us “YAY” we say back to him.Mum chucks all our stuff in the car and says

“good bye”.

As soon as we left Mum’s house we went straight to Mcdonalds me and my brother got our favourite breakfast meal.My brother would always have 2 hashbrowns + a hot chocolate and I would always get a bacon and egg  mc muffin without the egg + a hot chocolate.

After we got Mcdonalds we went to a house that my Dad was selling so he could show some people through the house.After that we went to pick up Dad’s girlfriend Melissa and her son Kane so that they could come with us to taupo.After a hour of driving kane,Melissa and I were starting to feel car sick so Dad pulled over and Kane went outside and he threw up in the grass.

Once we got to taupo Melissa suggested that we should go shopping when Dad really wanted to go to the pools so that he wouldn’t be tired on the way home.Dad decided to go shopping first and to go to the pools later.It took us ages until we got to go to the pools because Dad and Melissa wanted to go have a look in every single shop there was down each street.

“How long until we get to go to the pools” I say to Dad

“this is the last shop ok then we might go to the park” Dad replies back to us.

As we walk into the shop I spot something out of the corner of my eyes that I have been wanting for ages and they were here.

“ hey Dad can I get these suspenders?” I ask Dad

“ how much are they?” he asks me back

“ just four dollars and corbyn said that he would give me three dollars”I say to him

“ok then” Dad say to me

As we walk up to the counter corbyn and kane find something that they both really want, a bow and arrow.Once we walk out of the shop Dad takes us across the road to the park.

Once we had finished playing at the park Dad thought that It was time to go to the pools.So as we got to the pools I accidentily dropped my braces on the ground and steped on them and broke them I was so sad.As we walked through the doors we saw a sign that sai that the water slides and the spas were clozed so we decided to go to debretts.

“woah it  is so awesome here” I said to Dad.It  was so awesome there because there was a playground that shooted out heaps of water.There was also an awesome water slide called the dragon slide.

On our way home Dad didn’t make us feel sick which was good because we had eaten a lot. on the way there” he says back to us “YAY” we say back to him.Mum chucks all our stuff in the car and says

“good bye”.

As soon as we left Mum’s house we went straight to Mcdonalds me and my brother got our favourite breakfast meal.My brother would always have 2 hashbrowns + a hot chocolate and I would always get a bacon and egg  mc muffin without the egg + a hot chocolate.

After we got Mcdonalds we went to a house that my Dad was selling so he could show some people through the house.After that we went to pick up Dad’s girlfriend Melissa and her son Kane so that they could come with us to taupo.After a hour of driving kane,Melissa and I were starting to feel car sick so Dad pulled over and Kane went outside and he threw up in the grass.

Once we got to taupo Melissa suggested that we should go shopping when Dad really wanted to go to the pools so that he wouldn’t be tired on the way home.Dad decided to go shopping first and to go to the pools later.It took us ages until we got to go to the pools because Dad and Melissa wanted to go have a look in every single shop there was down each street.

“How long until we get to go to the pools” I say to Dad

“this is the last shop ok then we might go to the park” Dad replies back to us.

As we walk into the shop I spot something out of the corner of my eyes that I have been wanting for ages and they were here.

“ hey Dad can I get these suspenders?” I ask Dad

“ how much are they?” he asks me back

“ just four dollars and corbyn said that he would give me three dollars”I say to him

“ok then” Dad say to me

As we walk up to the counter corbyn and kane find something that they both really want, a bow and arrow.Once we walk out of the shop Dad takes us across the road to the park.

Once we had finished playing at the park Dad thought that It was time to go to the pools.So as we got to the pools I accidentily dropped my braces on the ground and steped on them and broke them I was so sad.As we walked through the doors we saw a sign that sai that the water slides and the spas were clozed so we decided to go to debretts.

“woah it  is so awesome here” I said to Dad.It  was so awesome there because there was a playground that shooted out heaps of water.There was also an awesome water slide called the dragon slide.

On our way home Dad didn’t make us feel sick which was good because we had eaten a lot.

My Mum

“ THE WII IS MINE”.Whenever I hear that funny sentence that Mum always shouts in her loudest voice me and my brother always start laughing so loud that the whole neighborhood might hear us.  My Mum normally doesn’t come into school to pick me up because she blends in with all the kids.  With her blue jeans, puffy black jacket and her blue and pink scarf you would think that every day she was going to see the snow.  Her hair is black with tiny strips of brown in it.  She has eyes the color of hazelnuts.  Although she cleans my smelly guinea pigs cages out she always smells like her favourite perfume.

My Mum is very sweet.  She is a very supportive especially when it comes to my sport and school work.  At my soccer she is always there to support me.  Mum always cheers for me on the sideline at my soccer games.  Whenever I’m stuck on a maths question or any other subject she would always give me clues to help me get the answers.

“Hey where is my coffee” Mum says this when she is looking for her coffee like normal.  You will usually find her coffee in the microwave where she has left it while trying to heat it up.  Sometime you will find little drops of milk on the bench where she has accidentally spilt the milk while trying to make a coffee.

Once she takes you through a tour of our house you instantly know that she absolutely loves animals.  You can tell that she love’s animals because she has four cats,one dog,two fish,one bunny rabbit and nine guinea pigs.  I can tell that she loves art because in her room you will always find pictures that she drew,pictures that she panted and lots of art books.  A couple of years ago Mum entered a competition and the winner got a free wii.  A couple of months after she entered that competition someone called her telling her that she had won a free wii.  Ever since then Mum always kept saying a funny sentence that made us giggle and that sentence was “THE WII IS MINE”.

Art

A couple of weeks ago Mrs Morton taught us some art techniques for when we are painting pictures.These are the techniques.

Smooth/even   Shade/tint       Blending

Dry Brush        Glaze/wash       outline          Impasto

We had to learn each step at the same time otherwise none of us would know what to do.She also taught us some different types of lines. These are the types of lines that she taught us.













About a week after Mrs Morton taught us the techniques, Mrs Roil gave us a picture to paint using our techniques that we learnt with Mrs Morton.












This is what my artwork looked like after I painted it using all the techniques and different types of lines.

I’m not quite finished because I was away when they finished but I did most of it with the rest of the class.

First aid

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The Catch

 This is so boring when am I going to catch something?  Ooh I've got a bite. I actually have a bite. I feel excited but disappointed at the same time!  Oh what a tiny fish. How is this gonna feed my village?  This won’t even be enough for me and  I am so hungry.

”Woof” Hey what was that?  It sounded like a fox.  I jumped up in excitement.  Hey, it is a fox and it’s in some sort of trap. Hmm I wonder what I should do.  Should I kill the fox or should I let it free?  I think that I will let it free and see what happens after that.  Ahh!!!  the fox looks like it’s going to attack me I feel frightened and scared hoping that the dog won’t attack me AHHH!!!

Phew. I stood up feeling relieved that the fox didn’t attack me but where is it going now?  I curiously look around and see that fox in my basket with the fish in its mouth.  Hey, don’t you dare eat that fish!  Don’t you dare eat that fish.  Hey come back here with my fish. I need that for my village.

AHHH!!! How am I gonna get past all these prickly vines?  What shall I do?  Should I go through or just give up and tell the village what happened?  I know what I’m gonna do. I’m gonna crawl under the vines and get my fish back.

Oh a mountain!  Seriously, this is going to take me ages to climb but I’m so hungry.  I better stop complaining and start climbing or I’m never going to get my fish back from that annoying fox that stole it from me. I’m so angry I just want my fish back.

Finally half way up the very tall mountain. My only hat.  Oh no now I've lost it ARRR!!!  Okay now I’m super angry at that dumb fox.  He doesn't know what’s coming for him.

I’m at the top of the mountain.  Now where did that fox go?  There it is.  What is it doing? Hey, why did he chuck the fish away? I needed that for my village. Ok, I’m really confused now.

What is that bright light? Woah! It’s a huge lake. I am so amazed and I can’t believe that I was fishing in a small,little,tiny pond when I could've been fishing in this huge lake.  That fish is humongous.  I’m completely shocked.  I didn't even know that you could get fish that big.  Now that would so feed the whole village.  Wow little fox, I guess you’re not so bad after all.  Thanks little fox you helped me feed the whole village.  Here, have this fish to say thank you for helping me.  Bye.

Hey and one other thing, hey, where did you go little fox? Oh never mind.  As soon as I walk into the village everybody saw the huge fish I caught and started clapping and cheering for me because I caught the biggest fish they had ever seen.  My mum gave me a new hat too.