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Tuesday 22 November 2016

Mystery's Of Top Team


This is my experience of Top Team I hope you enjoy.

Top Team

Today on Monday the 21st of November My School South Hornby School had Top Team. In Top Team there is heaps of activities to do.

The first activity that my group number 7 did was number 4, map hop! Map hop is when you have to have wooden pieces of the North and South island and make your way from one marker, to the other marker. Once you had made your way across you had to make the South Island and make the North Island! I liked this activity because if you didn't already know what New Zealand looks like it shows you it.

Another activity that I loved was involved with water. It was an obstacle. You had to have a coloured wooden stick that had a square platform on top of it. You had to carry a bucket of water on top of the platform. The first obstacle was four foam circles that you had to walk across and they were different heights. The second obstacle was poles in the ground that were zig zaged and you had to go around them. The last obstacle was a wobbly wooden bridge that moved around while you walked on it.

The last activity that I like was Gutterball. You had a golf ball and bits of a gutter. You had to join the gutter bits together to make it roll down and then get into a bucket. This activity was really hard.

That was my mystery’s of Top Team I hope you enjoyed!


Tuesday 15 November 2016

Thinglink Christmas In Australia and South Africa

We have been learning about the history of Christmas all around the world.
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Christmas in Australia, and South Africa.

This is what I have learnt about Christmas in Australia and South Africa.

In Australia, Christmas comes in the towards the beginning of the summer holidays! Children have their summer holidays from mid December to early February, so some people might even be camping at Christmas.

Because it's so hot at Christmas time in Australia, there are quite often massive bush fires across the country. Many volunteer bush fire fighters are involved in saving people and property and travel from all over Australia to help in other states.

Australians hang wreaths on their front doors and sometimes go out Christmas carol singing on Christmas eve. People also decorate their houses and gardens with Christmas trees and Christmas lights. Neighbors sometimes have little competitions to see who has got the best light display. The neighbors often visit each other to look at the light displays at night. Sometimes the displays are put out as early as December 1st. One street in Sydney raises over $(AUS)35,000 every year for charity with their co-ordinated street display!

That is Christmas in Australia!


Because South Africa is in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas comes in the summer. So there's lots of sun and beautiful flowers in full bloom.
The schools are closed for the Christmas holidays and some people like to go camping. Going carol singing on Christmas Eve, is very popular in towns and cities. Carols by Candlelight services are also popular on Christmas Eve. And many people go to a Christmas morning Church Service.
Traditional 'fir' Christmas trees  are popular and children leave a stocking out for Santa Clause on Christmas Eve.
The Christmas meal is either turkey (or duck), roast beef, mince pies or suckling pig with yellow rice & raisins and vegetables, followed by Christmas Pudding or a traditional South African desert called Malva Pudding (sometimes also called Lekker Pudding) - get the recipe. People also like to pull Christmas Crackers! The meal is often eaten outside in the summer sun! If it's really hot they might even have a barbecue or 'braai'.
That is Christmas in South Africa!


Kiwi Christmas

Did you know that Kiwi Christmas is less about snow and sleigh bells and more about sun, sand and barbecues in the backyard. At Christmas we tell stories about Christmases in the past or what we think it will be like in the future!  

 Beat you didn't know this fact that In 1642, Abel Tasman's crew celebrated the first Christmas dinner in New Zealand – freshly killed pork from the ship's menagerie washed down with 'extra rations of wine'. In 1769 James Cook's crew marked the occasion by feasting on ‘Goose pie.

What about this The Christmas Day service given by Church Missionary Society representative Samuel Marsden at Oihi Bay in the Bay of Islands in 1814 is often cited as the first in New Zealand, but did a French priest travelling with Jean François Marie de Surville in 1769 beat him to it?


Come late December and thousands of Kiwis get ready for their annual holidays. They look forward to lazy days at the beach, games of backyard cricket, food on the barbie and the holiday uniform of shorts, jandals and T-shirts.


I hope you have enjoyed learning about a Kiwi Christmas!

This Is Operation Snowman!

We have had a fun day but of course we have to learn so I decided to do this pretty fun game that you can play with your learning with.


This is what I have made the snowman look like so far.










This is the final product of the snowman this is the link to it.

Friday 4 November 2016

Persuasive Writing

We have been learning about Persuasive Writing and texts. So we had to try and persuade our principal Mr Moriarty to either Keep the uniform we have, Have no uniform or get a new uniform this is what I have done.

It is time to show true respect to South Hornby School. I think that is time that we show true respect to this School. Three reasons why I think children should have a School uniform are one It shows respect to the school, two people won’t be judging you based on what your wearing , and number three you won’t need to try and look your best.

Firstly, I think children should have a school uniform because it shows  respect. A uniform can show respect by showing the logo to show you are proud to be at South Hornby.  You can also show respect by displaying your badges and your achievements. Just think you could make yourself feel very proud about yourself.

Secondly, I think children should have a School uniform because people won’t be judging you based on what you are wearing. They can’t do that because if you wear something that they don’t like they can’t judge you because, they are wearing the same thing. Also if you wear something that isn't really you they can’t make fun of it. Imagine it will basically be a bully free zone.

Thirdly, I think children should have a School uniform because you don’t need to try and look your best. You don’t need to try and look your best because you are all the same. You don’t have to look your best to try impress anyone. Think it will be just the normal you.

Overall, I think children should have a School uniform because it will show respect, People won’t be judging you, and you don’t have to try look your best. So Mr Moriarty keep the uniform that made memories.

The Moon Science

For Science we have been learning about the Moon! This is a we presentation about what I have learnt about the moon.



The Moon Science

For Science we have been learning about the Moon! This is a we presentation about what I have learnt about the moon.