Toroa 2018

Space ... The Final Frontier

7/29/2018

How was the Milky Way created? What is the Milky Way? What is gravity? Is there life other planets? Can Earth stop spinning and what would happen if it did? What does space smell like? Can you turn gravity off? How old is the moon? Where did Earth come from? How big is space? Where did the universe come from? In space, does your heart work differently? How do people go to the toilet in space?
These are just some of the many ideas we wondered about when we started our space topic last term. We didn’t manage to answer all of the questions, but we did find out some pretty interesting information. Here are a few examples of the models we made to explain what we found out.

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Leadership Award

7/11/2018

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Last Friday, Freedom was the recipient of the Sir Peter Blake Award for Leadership. She was given a framed certificate, a medal and a pair of red socks.
"Freedom is an important member of the Dorie School Community. As School Council and Kapa Haka leader, Freedom is influential in classroom and school-wide decision-making. Freedom has a strong sense of justice. She is supportive of her peers. Freedom has been organized mufti days to raise money for others. She has organized sports events for Dorie and visiting schools. Freedom is well respected by staff and pupils of Dorie School. She understands that she is not perfect, but works hard to improve her abilities. We are very proud of this wonderful young lady."

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Is It Cheese Writing - See photos in the next post down

6/23/2018

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THE YELLOW BLOB
I chucked the yellow blob in my mouth and strawberry flavors bounced everywhere. It slid down my neck and my belly twisted like a toilet getting flushed. I was going for a second one but then the flavours stopped. My belly burst out the yellow blob, but it wasn't yellow. It was green and squishy. I was going to pick it up, but I didn't like the smell. The smells were like face planting into cow poop. I scooped the green squishy blob in my mouth and chewed, but the flavours didn’t tasted the same.
Xymon

As the smell lingers in the air I refused to put the disgusting mess in my mouth. The blob bounced and bonged around on my taste buds. They screamed get this off us! It’s disgusting okay
Jennifer

As the strawberry flavoured blob falls out of my hand reuben runs out to the fountain. The final pieces of roughly textured cheese were placed in my mouth. The crumbly blob was laughing at me as I placed the yellow crumble on my tongue. The crumble dissolved straight away. Flavours fired in my mouth as fast as a sniper.
Samuel

An unusual smell filled my nose. I clasped the curdled rectangular red bull flavoured substance in my quivering hand it felt cold and solid My small tastebuds scream in agony as the flavours slosh around. My mind was reasoning about why it had to be strawberry flavoured cheese? My tummy was gurgling every swallow I took. Finally, after a drink of shimmering water the taste abandons my mouth.
Abbie

As I dropped the ice cream looking substance into my mouth the flavours burst around. It was salty and tangy. I loved the flavours bouncing around in my mouth. It was smooth and light and smelt like whipped cream and mayonnaise i went back for more the second one was packed with even more punch.
Conor

My eyes want to eat but my stomach isn’t too sure. The rough spiky edges feel like I am being poked lightly with a pin. It stretches like warm soft tar.I slap the gushy mixture into my mouth. The flavours burst. First I taste sweet then I taste sour, then mouldy. I swallow. It feels like my throat is sending a warning to my stomach “Watch out”. My eyes open. It has disappeared
Diana

As I put the crumbly substance into my gob, my tummy sunk like a water hole. Blue blobs ground into my taste buds making my breath grow strong and rotten.The shrivelled fungus took over my mouth.
Mackenzie

The smell of the red bull was like strawberry. I got excited to eat the wonderful smelling thing but when I tasted it was like vomit trying to get out. I got a piece of it to go down my throat but it was too late. Too had to come out. I ran outside. I didn’t know where the vomit went. I spat out the red bull cheese and went back inside.
Reuben

As the smell lingers in the air the white object appears in my hand as it travels at high speeds to my mouth. The sweat on my forehead starts to drip to the ground as the ivory substance interacts with my tastebuds instantly making a connection as they tell me to go back for more.
Logan

The blue piece of food crumbles into my mouth “as I chew I think to myself this tastes like vomit”. It is squishy as it is pushed up against my tongue. My taste buds went crazy. They were jiggling and wriggling around like they had ants in there pants. And it filled my mouth with disgust.
Bradley

When I saw the dotted triangles in the white bowl, the feeling of dread came over me. As I picked up the triangle blob I shuddered with fear. When I placed the black dotted substance in mouth my taste buds jumped up and down like a bubble.
Chloe

Cheese
As I got the smooshy piece. it crumbled in my hand. I smelt like macaroni pasta. So I eat the smooshy piece. it squashed in my mouth and I swallowed it. The smooshy piece felt like a mushy banana in my mouth.
Reilly

As I tentatively opened my mouth, the tiny crumbles of white creamy looking blobs grinned at me. My eyes bulged as the pieces of white square figures jumped around the round bowl yelling “Pick me!”.
It smelt like mayonnaise mixed with a bit of sourness. It felt like ice cream but it was warmer and crumblier.
Finally it was time to eat it.
Pippo

Three two one. Foul taste worried me. My mouth was swelling up as the rotten cube slid across the grooves of my tongue.The blue cube wanted to escape my slimy mouth. Suddenly as half of the cube slid down my throat, my face looked like a dried apricot. The remaining cubes made my stomach crumble and try to heave the cubes out.
By Rebecca

Nervously my fingers edged away. The oreo texture is nothing like the flavour. As I chewed down, as the skunk flavour fills my mouth. My face swells. My eyes water. ‘The cheese is made of vomit!’ I think. The flavour is unbearable. I need to spit it out but I can’t. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst, the disgusting blue cheese would be 10 or 11.
Callum

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Is It Cheese? Update

6/23/2018

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Toroa has been wondering about cheese. We placed a cup of milk in the fridge and one on the bench to see what would happen...
We also found out that to make cheese you need to add an acid. If the acid is too strong, it makes plastic - which Diana found out doesn't taste very good. We tried making some other cheeses as well. We learnt a little about the pH of different liquids. Mrs Barns put out different types of cheese for us to try as inspiration for our writing. Check it out in the next post!

Milk after it has been sitting on the bench for a couple of weeks. Pretty stinky!

Milk that we put vinegar in, but didn't heat, then left on the bench for two weeks - didn't go chunky... Interesting...

Scientist Samuel demonstrated how to make paneer cheese at our school assembly. He even got parents to try the paneer and Red Bull cheese!

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Canterbury Museum

6/4/2018

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Year 5-8 were on the move! We went to the Canterbury Museum and were taught and entertained by Anthony and Marisa. The Year 6-8s learnt about the conditions on the Charlotte Jane as it travelled to New Zealand. This linked in to our belonging unit that we studied last term. We followed that learning up with a visit to the sunlight exhibition and learnt about reflection and refraction. The Year 5s learnt about Sunlight, followed by some information about the ANZACs. Thanks Canterbury Museum and all of our adult helpers!

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Cheese!

6/4/2018

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Schoolkit has again provided some fantastic resources so we can have a go at making some cheese! We have left a glass of milk in the fridge and one on the bench to see what happens - We don't think we will keep it there for much longer though :P. We have made some different types of cheese. Here are some photos of us trying different cheeses. We used this taste test as inspiration for our writing. Red Bull cheese is not Mrs Barns' favourite.

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Nonsense on a Friday!

6/4/2018

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Cross Country Training

6/4/2018

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Check out our smiling faces!

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Hello, hello, can you hear me?

6/4/2018

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The Reading Ninjas have been wondering about sound and how it works. We wondered if you could hear sound in space. We made some string/nylon telephones and predicted whether string or nylon would work better. We also tested to see whether big plastic cups, small plastic cups, large tins or small tins would work best.

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ANZAC Writing 2018 - Just a Sample

4/27/2018

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What Do We Fight For?
In the dead of night I examined the steep slope of the hill in front of me.
It was about hundred meters away.
The sand was covered with red ripped-apart bodies.
You could barely see the little golden pebbles
That had previously inhabited the stark beaches of Anzac Cove.

Dawn appears with the sound of soldiers souls smashed against the boat.
The sound of bullets and bombs going off terrorized me.
My thoughts were interrupted by noise
I could barely hear my inner voice
That had been keeping my hopes and spirits up.

With the midday sun slowly creeping into the sky, comes heat around us. The stink lingers on the dead innocent bodies.
A trace of gunpowder flows through the air.
I could barely smell the fresh air
My nostrils search for the fresh smell of freedom

Dusk began while I felt a cold, deep breeze of
It seeped through my body.
My nervousness makes my body tremble
With my heart pounding like crazy it’s hard to concentrate
I continue to fight for my King and country.
Written by Jazz

Staying Alive
There was a knock at the door. They said I needed to go to war. I didn't want to. “Too bad,” they said.
I said “Goodbye Mum and Dad. See you next year - if I survive.”

I was on my way to fight the Turks. I felt nervous. The man on the boat said “What is your name?”
I answered “Bob.”
“Ok Bob, your partner is going to be Jim.”
I said “Hi Jim.”
And he said “I can't wait to work with you.”

The clothes were awesome. We had a hard green helmet, big boots, a rough camouflage jacket that felt like sandpaper on my skin, long pants with a crease down the front and a heavy day pack, complete with a canteen. I like to wear the uniform. It makes me feel proud.

We fought with guns, rifles and grenades. It made me feel bad as I hated shooting other people but I had to stay alive. I didn’t have a horse but other men did. I could hear the horses hooves thundering over the ground. We eat hard tack biscuits and bully beef. The food was disgusting. It made me miss Mum’s homemade cooking. We drink water, whiskey, beer and rum. And we smoked, a lot! It helped pass the time.

We could see dead people, bullet shells, mud and guns. I will never forget seeing innocent people getting shot. We felt nervous and angry because people were shooting at us. We could hear guns, screaming, horses, and yelling.

We felt mud hitting us from the bomb explosions. I was filthy, wet and cold. I feel proud that I am fighting for my country but have had enough and I’m dying to go home, but I can’t because I am fighting for my country.

Reuben

Jim At War

Slowly Jim wakes up with flickery eyes. He feels the vomit rising. He tries to swallow it down, insead vomit rushes up.

The pain was dreadful it was like an elephant standing on your toes. Jim slowly reaches down to where there was just thin air. From the knee down he feels nothing. Then Jim’s eyelids drop. He wakes up startled with panic, then Jim starts remembering what had happened.

Jim and his friends were so excited to be at war fighting for their county. They were so brave and they thought it was a huge honour to fight for their country. There was a real sense of camaraderie amongst the men. They fought extremely well.

Then they found themself climbing up a steep rocky cliff while shooting as hard as they could in the bucketing rain, then suddenly parts of shrapnel hit Jim in the ankle.

“Time for more pain relief” yelled Jim’s nurse from on the other side of the room. The vomit was racing up again worse than all the other times. He turned his head just in time as the vomit explodes out. Vomit splatters up the white sheeted bed next to his.

Chloe

Landing at Gallipoli

Suddenly the chief shouted “Come on get off this boat! You have Turks to kill. Whatever you do just remember what they have done.” Quickly, Jack and Bob jumped into the ice cold water. The weight of their packs shoved them down into the soft sand and sucked their feet in. Slowly they crept out of the water.

Boom! Boom! Two giant shells shattered in front of the boat. “Arrrghhh!” screamed a soldier as he clenched his arm tightly.
“Fight back!” commanded the chief. Jack shot. Rocks tumbled down the cliff face. Bob’s tongue turned rough like sandpaper as his knees started to buckle. Some soldiers sprinted to the banks. One boat sank because it got hit by a shell.
“Come on let’s climb this mountain!” madly yelled the chief. Suddenly a man fell to the ground. His head was covered in blood. He didn’t talk. He didn’t move. He was dead. Bob shot at the Turks. Jack and Bob decided to do what the chief said. They slowly made their way up the mountain shooting as they went.

“Good job! Now we need to make trenches. If you come from New Zealand you are on the trench digging.” Jack and Bob started digging. Both of them got handed a pick axe each. Bob and Jack dropped their heavy packs and grabbed a cigarette. Boom! A massive bomb went off to start the trench.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The Turks started attacking. “Arrrrrhhhhhhhhhh!” screamed Jack. The cannon ball with the force of an entire army had blown Jack’s arm off. Quickly Bob sprinted over. Rivers streamed from his eyes. He grabbed his medic kit and rips out a bandage. He then started wrapping it around and around Jack’s arm. After he yanked him up onto his shoulders and carried him back to the hard rocky beach.

Finally Bob reached the beach. Luckily there was a nurse boat coming in. “Goodbye Bob.” Jack whispered gently. “Goodbye Jack.” sobbed Bob before bursting into tears. Later the nurse ship pulled up near the beach. The nurse pulled him up onto the ship. “Can I come with you?” Bob asked anxiously.
“No sorry.” the nurse said kindly. Suddenly both of the soldiers burst into tears. “If I ever make it back… can we stay together?”
“Yes.” Jack said weakly.

Callum

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Space ... The Final Frontier

Leadership Award

Is It Cheese Writing - See photos in the next post down

Is It Cheese? Update

Canterbury Museum

Cheese!

Nonsense on a Friday!

Cross Country Training

Hello, hello, can you hear me?

ANZAC Writing 2018 - Just a Sample

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