Charlotte and Kellan's research on Christchurch cathedral square.

Christchurch cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It was built in the second half of 19th century in the centre of the city surrounded by cathedral square. It was busted down by an earthquake on 2nd of March 2012 at 7:00pm. The building was 131 years old. The chalice  is 18 metres high, two metres across at the bottom and 8.5 metres across at the top. The sculpture has 42 shapes that represent leaves of native trees. 

What do these words mean?

These are some of the main words from the Dogonews article.  What do they mean?

abodes
house somewhere to live

amenities
things you use - shower bath toilet etc

discarded
thrown away

elite
good, top

embarking
beginning something new, an adventure

epiphany
new clever idea

firebombed
burned down - set fire to something

generosity
Being kind and giving

insulators
Stuff you put in your roof to keep your house warm

meaningful
with purpose

numerous
quantity - many

Recycle - Oral language

1.Why was Gregory not happy being a sculptor? What drew him to construction?

Statues stayed in one place for years

2.How did he get the idea for the 'Homeless Homes Project'?
two homeless people asked for a tarp and that gave him the idea for houses.

How does he go about building each structure?
He goes through the dumpsters looking for discarded parts, bits and pieces.

Can you answer these lsst two questions?

3.What are some of the setbacks the author cites?

Have they managed to discourage the artist? How do you know that?

Kellan and Dante's research about Tane Mahuta

They think Tane Mahuta is 2,500 years old. Tane Mahuta is the largest kauri tree in New Zealand. It is in Waipoua forest. It is on the west coast of the Northland region. They think it is 2,500 years old. Tane Mahuta means lord of the forest. During last year's drought 10,000 litres of water was sent to the tree from a nearby stream because the tree was dehydrated.

Fantastic Learners For Week 3

Lovely Learners.  I look forward to seeing more fantastic work.

Kellan and Sams research about Cape Reinga lighthouse

Here's how it happened. It's a lighthouse at the very top  of New Zealand.there is two oceans that hit each other those oceans are called Tasman sea and Pacific Ocean. It was built in 1941. New Zealand's rugged, weather-beaten coastline was perilouse to ships arriving in the mid-1800s, and many were wreked before lighthouses were considered an urgent government concern. This is how kellan found out about Cape Reinga lighthouse. To find out about this picture I came home from school and had a conversation with Mum and Dad. I deascribed  the picture as being like a tower with a sign in front of it.  Dad thought the tower might have been a lighthouse so I looked on Google images for lighthouses in NZ. I found the picture of the lighthouse at Cape Reinga. I printed it off and took it to school to check if it was right. This is how Sam found out about Cape Reinga. I was watching TV when I saw my mums laptop. So I went on it and looked up lighthouses in NZ. I went on images and saw the photo with yellow signs. I remembered the yellow signs from the picture at school. I knew it was right so I printed it off.

Reading self assessment

We are using Tellagami to record our reading.  We always sound different when we listen to ourselves read.  Once we have finished our reading, we decide on what part of our reading we need to work on: fluency, expression, punctuation, accuracy, phrasing and rate.

Certificates for this week

Well done Toby - excellent writing,  Charlotte - very responsible and Gabi - speaking clearly.

Alliteration

We are focussing on alliteration this week.  We thought of some great words.  Kayden took one of them one step further.

Happy Hungry Hippos Hate Humans.

I wonder what other words we can come up with.

Swim For Life

Floating tea bag

Ask us all about it.   Remember the fire safety rules!!!!

Copper sulphate crystals

On Wednesday we dissolved copper sulphate water, creating a saturated solution.  

Two dayslater  look at what we have.   Is this alchemical chane or a physical change?

Kellan and kayde's research of picton

The  mystery of picton.the hole of room n had to try and find picton. Kayden and kellan were the olny one's that found picton. Kellan found the picture.

 

White Island

White Island is in New Zealand and is an active volcano, located 46km off the west coat of whakatne .  There is a different name for this island, the name is whakaari. If you want you can walk on  the island it is only 2km in diameter.