Purerehua Poem

Purerehua Poem

Searching the beach, finding the perfect wood.

Sanding  down, till  smooth

Running  fingers down, feeling no knots

Time to paint

Dipping my paintbrush into paint

Stroking on wood

Making the perfect Maori design

Finished

Let it air dry

     Drilling holes slowly, threading the string

Tying a double knot

My purerehua is completed

Swinging it around my head

Letting it make the beautiful soft sound

Luring in the lizards

Hearing the sound of the buzz from a blowfly

Listening to it with whanau

in the pure darkness.

Book Review

Book Review       Create - Literacy WALT write for a particular purpose and audience. WALT think critically about the texts we read.

We will have met the success criteria when we I have read a book within the past three months and reviewed it using the key elements of a book review. have shared our book review online. have entered a re-crafted version of our book review in the Paper Plus Book Review Competition.

“Anne Of Green Gables” by Dianne Bates

Illustrated by Lucy Corvino

Have you read Anne Of Green Gables before? If you haven’t you need to, because it is a
great book. It all starts when Matthew arrives at the train station to find a girl called Anne
instead of a boy. The orphanage had sent the wrong child. They went home to the farm
to Matthew’s sister Marilla, Marilla wasn't excatly happy, a but they had a trial peroid to
see if they would keep her. Anne starts school and starting an ongoing feud with a boy
called Gilbert(the smartest boy in the class). They then both get offered to learn a bit
more to get the scholarship. Do they end their feud and both get the scholarships?

The main characters in the book are Anne, Marilla and Matthew. Anne is a 11 year old
girl. Anne has bright red hair and a very mischievous personality with occasional kind
of streak. Marilla is a tall skinny old lady, but is a hard working, kind person. Marilla
was always quite shy though. Matthew is a 60 year old man, with a hard working
personality also. He is getting quite old and is finding it difficult to work on the farm.

Anne of Green Gables is a fiction book with adventure. I really think that you should
read this book if you haven’t because it is really good. I really enjoyed reading it because
it has got lots of different genres in it. I think this book is for 10+ because the language
is appropriate and easy to understand.

Dianne Bates is an australian writer and also a teacher. Dianne Bates was born in Sydney
and spent her early years in Appin, New South Wales, attending Campbelltown High
School. She has authored over 90 books and has won numerous awards.

Space Inquiry

Mind Mapping

International Space Station (ISS)

What is the abbreviation for the International Space Station? The abbreviation for the
International Space Station is ISS.

The International Space Station orbits the Earth how many times in a day?  The
International Space Station orbits the earth 16 times a day.

How high above the Earth is the International Space Station’s orbit? It travels
320 kilometers above us when it orbits the earth.

Many countries have worked together to build the International Space Station?
How number of countries does the article state? 16 countries have worked together to
build the International Space Station.

Why is the International Space Station one of the brightest objects in the night sky? The
large solar panels make it the brightest object in the sky.

What direction does the International Space Station move in? The International
Space Station rises from the western and travels towards the east where it sets.

What is the main purpose behind the Columbus lab on the International Space Station?
The main purpose behind the International Space Station is so that the astronauts can
carry out scientific experiments in weightless conditions.

How did ‘Columbus’ get to the International Space Station? Columbus got delivered to
the International Space Station by Shuttle Atlantis.

The International Space Station is the biggest object ever flown in space. Its large solar
panels make it one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Europe’s biggest ISS project
is the Columbus science laboratory, where astronauts can carry out scientific experiments
in weightless conditions. The Columbus lab is ESA's main contribution to the ISS. Many of
the European experiments take place inside ESA’s Columbus laboratory.

400 km above our heads, travelling at 7.7 km per second, is the largest object ever put in
orbit. Columbus was delivered to the ISS by Shuttle Atlantis and attached to the
Harmony module on 11 February 2008.

Gravity

Writing Focus:I am learning to support the main ideas with relevant
detail and elaboration. Reading Focus: I am learning to locate the
main idea within the text.

Gravity is a force that attracts all objects towards each other. Gravity decreases as
distance between the objects increases.  Isaac Newton was the first to come up with the
idea that all objects are attracted towards each other by gravity.

As a satellite moves around the Earth in a circular orbit, the direction of the force of
gravity is always towards the centre of the Earth. However, if the satellite is given speed
in any direction horizontal to the surface of the Earth, it will travel further before it hits
the Earth.

When does gravity decrease?  Gravity decreases as distance between the
objects increases.

When does the force of gravity become noticeable?  Gravity only becomes
noticeable if one (or both) of the objects has a lot of mass, such as the Earth.

Gravity disappears when you are above the atmosphere. True or False?
Gravity doesn’t disappear just because you are above the atmosphere. Even
if an object is high above the Earth’s atmosphere, there will still be a strong
force of gravity pulling it towards the centre of the Earth

According to the text, how long does it take the International Space Station
(ISS) to orbit Earth?  
Astronauts and (ISS) are also both travelling horizontally at 28,000 km/h. As
they fall towards the ground, they travel so fast horizontally that they miss
the Earth altogether and orbit the Earth once every 90 minutes.

Who first stated that all objects are attracted towards each other by gravity?
Isaac Newton was the first person to state that all objects are attracted
towards each other.

Find six words in the text that have a suffix.  (Orbit-ing), (fail-ed), (weightless-ness),(attract-ed),(notice-able)and (horizontal-ly).

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