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:)

My Befunky!

This my Befunky that I've been working on for ages!!!
I hope you like it!  I think it is pretty cool!

 
 
 

Cross Country!!!

Yesterday, on Tuesday, it was the Fordell School cross country. We had been practicing and practicing for it!





The first race was the year 1s then the year 2s and so on. Before each race Cath Cranstone did some stretches and helped everyone warm up.
 

It was a house competition  so everyone was wearing their house colours and a sticker, I had a blue sticker because I'm in TAWA!!! 


 






Finally the year 6 race had come, before I knew it we were off. We had to do 2 small laps then a big lap then a final small lap. I came 5th out of the year 6 girls and had lots of fun. 
 
 
Everyone ran their best for their house and had heaps of fun.

 The end results were: Miro in 3rd ,Tawa in 2nd and Kowhai in 1st.

Well done Kowhai!!! 

The Bee!!! By Renee

It's black and yellow and can fly, can you guess what I'm talking about? Its the bee it may sound boring but its the most magnificent insect that I've ever seen.

Firstly because the bee works very hard to fly because its wings are so small compared to its body size. The bee flaps its wings so fast and so hard and fast that it makes a buzzing noise. Its also very interesting because the bee can fly faster than most people on earth can run.

Secondly I'd like to tell you about the different types of bees that there are in the world. There are honey bees, bumble bees,drone male bees, female queen bees and working bees, hornets and wasps. a lot of bees!

Lastly I want to talk about what bees eat. Bees eat nectar and gather pollen to feed their young, bees also make honey.

So that is why the bee is so fascinating to me!

Hockey!!! By Renee

On Wednesday, this week, the Fordell sticks are playing their final hockey game. We are playing at the Gonville hockey turfs at 3.30.  The team will be playing for 4th and 5th against
St Georges.We have beaten St Georges once before and have lost to them once.

 I am sure that we can beat them and get 4th place!

Go the Fordell hockey team!
 

Amazing fact of the week!!! By Renee

Do you get bitten by mosquitoes a lot?

Did you now  that mosquitoes prefer to bite people who have just eaten a banana or have smelly feet, interesting!

Check my blog out next week to read another interesting fact!!! 

Interesting fact of the week! By Renee

Did you ever think that someone could live to be 127 years old?
The oldest person on earth is a woman and is 127 years old. Amazing!

Every week I will put a new interesting fact on my blog!!!

Hiroshima Day by Renee

Yesterday Room 2 learnt about Hiroshima day.  We watched a video on YouTube and then had a discussion about it. I learnt that Hiroshima day is when the  Americans bombed Hiroshima in Japan because they wanted to get revenge on Japan for bombing Pearl Harbour, a  military base in Hawaii, when America wasn't even part of the war.

The bomb that they used was new and hadn't been used before, so they were testing it out. I think that the two pilots that were flying the plane that was going to drop the bomb into the city were really brave because they didn't now if it would blow up the plane or the plane would burst into flames and they would die. The bomb had heaps of radiation in it and killed thousands of innocent people in the city.  I think the American's revenge was a bit harsh and that they should have bombed a military base like Japan did. 

I think this was very unsuccessful  and do not agree with what the Americans did.

Flight! by Renee

 Today Room 2 went to the museum to learn about flight. We looked at birds and a few bugs. The best part for me was looking at the bones of the birds. I also found it very interesting looking at the feathers of the birds and their wings!!! 

 After we  had looked at all the birds and completed our tasks we went up stairs to look at the bug room. I saw lots of interesting bugs but the best thing in the bug room was all the butterflies. I had a go at drawing a few of them and I also drew an evil bumble bee. I think  the trip to the museum was very exciting and fun!

The Sound of Autumn by Renee

Out in the playground I hear the birds chirp. I feel the sharp bark dig into my flesh, "Ouch".

As I slowly walk through the green grass I hear the grass swish and whish. The grass tickles my feet as I walk through it .

'Crunch, crunch, rustle, rustle', I hear as I run through the red and golden leaves.

Along the uneven, grey path I hear children squealing and my feet tap on the concrete path. I see the trees swaying from side to side in the wind.

'Crack', I hear the rust brown bark cracking as I skip through the playground. Up above me I see the huge, green leaves and big brown branches.

 I feel relaxed , I quite like the peaceful sounds of  Autumn.

Describing my shoe By Renee

My shoe is a medium size shoe that skips, runs, hops and jumps, all around the netball court, hockey turf and field. It is in too much of a rush to tie up laces.

It has a grayish logo with pink around the outside. My shoe sometimes gets dirty or scuffed but most of the time tries to keep clean.

 My shoe can be quite shy at first but then gets more confident and louder. My shoe mainly skips around quietly but if in a very bad mood can stomp noisily.

House Competition!!! By Renee

On the last day of term 2 we had a house competition. It was a singing competition, you could also make up moves and dances to go with the song.

Miro sang "Hey Baby"

Kowhai sang "We will rock you" 

Tawa sang "The Time Warp "

It was heaps of fun and I enjoyed my house Tawa winning! I also think the other houses did a great job as well.

Maori New Year! By Renee

Over the last few weeks Room 2 has been studying Puanga, Matariki, stars, constellations and planets. We are making a Puanga booklet with lots of information in them about Māori stars and constellations.
Māori new year is a time for celebrating, remembering, learning and setting goals. In the old days  Māori people used the stars as maps and calendars. I am enjoying learning about Māori New Year and the Māori stars.  

Ripppa Rugby! By Renee

At lunch time, everybody that wanted to play rippa rugby, played a game of rippa rugby. I was captain of the blue team, I picked all the girls to be on my team, so the teams ended up being girls vs. boys. Some of the boys got quite competitive and started cheating I think. I scored lots of tries and everybody in my team played really well, considering most  of my team had never played rippa rugby before. It was a very fun game and since we never knew who won I think we will have to have another game!