Exciting Fact!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you know if you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze you might pop an eyeball out!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!  I've got hay fever!

Science!!!!!! By Renee

At the moment in science we are learning a bit of chemistry, we learnt how to know if it was a chemical change or a physical change. For example if you cut a potato in half it is a physical change because nothing has changed. A chemical change is when something has changed, when you light a match then blow it out you get smoke which is something new.



We are also launching rockets, this Tuesday!  We had a few weeks to get our rockets ready and to decorate them. I am very excited to launch my rocket!











One of my favourite subjects is Science!
 

Cute animal facts! By Renee

Here are some amazingly cute animal facts!

A cow has a best friend and they hang out everyday.

A male penguin sometimes proposes by giving the female penguin a pebble!!!!

Cats head-butt  you to show their love and affection to you!

Honey bees communicate by dancing:)


Toooooooooooooooo cute!

Awesome fact of the week:) By Renee

Do you own a dairy farm?

Did you know that cows produce more milk when listening to smooth jams!
So get out your radio!

Mathex Competition!

  Two weeks ago on Wednesday night  it was Mathex.  Mathex is when your in a team of four and your team participates in a competition where they have to  do math problem solving.

 I was lucky enough to be picked to go to Mathex! Fordell sent one year 5 team, two year 6 teams, one year 7 team and one year 8 team.

 All of the teams did very well and the results were:  The Fordell year 5 team won the competition, the year 6 team came second and so did the year 7 team and the year 8 team did very well but didn't get a place. Overall I think Fordell School did fantastic in Mathex!

My Speech

Everyone has a place in the World.


This is my place Aoteara New Zealand.
My place is made up of two main islands
that lie in the South Pacific Ocean.

 My place is a country of stunning  natural beauty. From rolling farmland,
mountains, trout filled lakes, beautiful  
beaches and active volcanoes.

 What makes my place so special.
Its people like you and me.
We have a population of 4.4 million
friendly and interesting people.

 From the top of the North Island to
the bottom of the South Island
my place has plenty to see and do:

Auckland the city of sails has the Sky Tower.

Rotorua  famous Maori culture
and beautiful hot pools.
Wellington the windy city,
Parliament, Beehive
and Te Papa Museum.

 

Christchurch Botanic gardens

and parks.
Queenstown the adrenalin and adventure
capital of my place. You can ski, jet boat,
bungy jump and  skydive.
Dunedin with its wonderful tramping
tracks.

 

My place has its own kiwana:
Hockey pokey ice cream, fishnchips,
watties tomato sauce, gumboots,
jandals, kiwifruit, marmite
and the pav.
Did you know that new Zealand is one
of the safest countries in the world to live in.
Here’s a little bit of famous history in
my place.

Dutch Sailor Abel Tasman becomes the

first European to reach my place
New Zealand in 1642.

 1840 The Maori sign the Treaty of Waitangi.
Sir Edmund Hillary becomes the first person
to climb to the top of Mt Everest in 1953.

In 2011 the Rugby World Cup was held
in my place and won by the All Blacks.

 My place produces wool, sheep & beef,
dairy products, grapes, kiwifruit, wheat
and much much more.

New Zealand is one of the world’s least
crowded countries.

I think I am very lucky to be living
 in my place New Zealand.

By Renee

Mind blowing fact of the week! By Renee

 Have you ever been to Tokyo and ridden a bicycle?

Well did you know that in Tokyo  bicycles are faster than cars for  trips that take less then 50 minutes:)