Design School

Today for our maths we had to build and measure a school. We had to have at least 5 buildings that didn't have gaps. Brooklyn, Charlotte and I chose to do 3d buildings that cotained the right measurement. Once we finished the building we had to scale it out on a peice of paper. 

After that we had to make room for the field, courtyard, car park and netball courts. We didn't end up measuring the buildings because we were to worried that there wasn't enough colour.

We made many mistakes and started over many times
 It was complicated and we had a few disagreeing fights but we got through in the end.

Cave Weta

Cave Weta

There are more than 60 species of Cave Weta living in New Zealand.

Habitat:

Cave Weta are extremely rare and found in certain places such as in a damp cave, not often but under houses, under stones, in logs and sometimes in coal mines.

Appearance:

Cave Wetas have large black legs that are used to jump up to 2 meters. Above their head they have long antennas to feel around in the cave. They weigh up to 3.5 kilos and are 335mm in length that is including their legs and antennas. Cave Weta are known to be the only weta that do not have ears. They do not communicate or make sounds. They have a large head that contains their eyes and their strong jaw.

Life Cycle:

A female Cave Weta can lay up to 6 eggs, in a whole lifetime they can lay up to 3oo eggs. Only a female has a spike she uses it to lay the eggs. An egg takes 1 month to hatch and once it has it takes 18 months to become an adult. The Cave Wetas have been around since dinosaurs.

Diet:

The Cave Weta is an omnivore and it has a range of food that it eats such as plants, fruit, leaves, and dead insects.

Predators:

It has many predators like weka, kiwi, reptiles, but most commonly the Cave Wetas biggest threat are rats and bats.

Cave Wetas sleep at the top of the cave so their predators can’t get them at daytime but if the predator is in the cave or other habitat the weta will sometimes leap on them.

They are nocturnal insects but when the wetas go out at night they are in more danger because they have to get food which means thats when they are likely to die from a suprize of rats or bats bouncing on them.

Population:

The Cave Weta can live from 2-7 years and have different species all over New Zealand, South Africa and South America. They are related to grasshoppers and crickets as well.

The wetas have been around for centuries but are endangered because of their habitats being damaged and destroyed.

Cube

For maths we had to build a cuboid with our buddy then we had to take a picture and send it to ourselves. Once we had claimed it from our emails we had to open it with paint. Our job was to find the perimeter and area. We had to show our workings and add the blocks squared or other wise it could be any thing.  It was a simple job and it was a great idea for maths.

Challenge tree

Time line
This is a time line showing important events in my life.
I have chosen photos that are interesting such as:
When I was born, My first Christmas, When I could crawl,
When I could walk and bike, my kindergarten photo with all my class mates
and when my sisters were born.



















Tuxedo
This is my tuxedo it shows what I am interested in and what I like to do in my free time I have a range of sports and heaps of school subjects.

Menu
This is my family menu it shows food that we eat on Christmas and other holidays. This is food I enjoy eating and it explains my culture and what I like to eat. 

Willie and Kiri

Kiri-Thea

Willie-Poppy

Henry-Maddy

 

“In here”

“I can smell them”

“Cave weta”

“Wow lucky I have a torch”

“Come and look”

“It’s a bit um-bright for my eyes”

“I’ll bring one out to show you”

“don’t bother”

“Just look at those feelers and the legs,and-see-this must be a female because this spike is for laying eggs.I can even see the hearing place on the front leg.look closer willie,”

“Oh Willie are you alright”

“Just tripped. The weta wheres the weta?”

“I put it back in the cave”

“Just rest Willie and we’ll find you some worms”

“funny isn't it , to think they turn into huhu beetles”

“Ice cream bugs turn into huhu grubs?”

“Yes they do”

“Well”

“Finish this err- huhu grub for me kiri"

“I think I’ll stick to worms”

Hawkes Bay earthquake

On 3 February 1931, New Zealand’s deadliest earthquake devastated the cities of Napier and Hastings, Hawke’s Bay. At least 256 people died in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake: 161 in Napier, 93 in Hastings, and two in Wairoa. Many thousands more required medical treatment.

At 10.47am on 3 February 1931, a violent shock, followed closely by a second, rocked Hawke’s Bay for almost three minutes. A tanker at sea felt a violent vibration, and the seamen on board looked to the shore to see Napier covered by a cloud of rising dust.

 

 

The HMS Veronica had just tied up in Napier’s inner harbour when the earthquake hit. Captain Morgan at first thought there had been an explosion on board, but then saw the wharf twisting, and beyond it houses and other buildings crumpling to the ground.

Dust rose in clouds from the shattered buildings, making it difficult for people to breathe, and huge splits in the roads appeared.

Panic-stricken, people ran down to the beaches where they hoped to be safe. As the water in the bay receded with the rising of the land, many thought that a tsunami was on the way, but this was not the case.

The nurses’ home in Napier, built only a year before, collapsed, killing 12 of the nurses. A rest home was destroyed and 14 elderly men who lived there were killed. The Napier Boy’s High School assembly hall was severely damaged, but fortunately all of the boys had left the building. However, at Napier Technical College ten boys and two teachers died when a room collapsed on them.

The courtroom became the morgue where bodies were laid out to be identified by relatives.

Emergency hospitals were set up, but the doctors and nurses were limited in what they could do to help the injured because of a lack of medical supplies. Back-up medical teams were sent from Auckland on board Navy ships, and from Wellington by train.

The test tube

In a small town named shadyville, one gloomy night when all the children were sleeping and there parents were busy doing the things adults do, unaware there was a man named Dr McHairy bottom was trying to mix up a potion to destroy every little child. Every time Dr McHairy bottom tried to make his potion all the mixture leaked out the grimy cracks of his thick glass test tube. He failed because of this despicable test tube but he couldn't bare to go to their filthy town with the many ugly creatures running around shoeless so he just cursed every time he failed. Dr Mchairy bottom is a crude distorted man with baggy brown clothes and bright green shoes he lives near a very ghastly village.

"Well that's what he says"

Anyway his house is a dark mystical place and any child that enters doesn't come back. His house is as tall as the eiffel tower it's plain black no windows he hates to see dreadful faces stare at his unwanted house

Last Halloween Dr McHairy bottom found an iPad laying in a pile of thorns he stumbled inside throwing the iPad on the table not knowing what it's worth. Days later he walked past the iPad then took some few steps back and pressed many buttons which led him to online shopping, looking at all the junk Dr Mchairy bottom finally found something useful a brand new test tube as quickly as possible he added it to the cart. In seconds a application popped up asking if he would like it delivered to his doorstep

"well we all know the answer to that"

Minutes were wasted and Dr Mchairy bottom sat on a rocking chair next to the front door waiting to claim his prize suddenly they arrived with the package asking for notes but Dr Mchairy bottom paid with buttons and fluff without a complaint took the package and slammed the door. Every year DrMchairy bottom was happy with his never failing potions and slowly made kids disappear sadly he's still working on his evil laugh.