Hail mary in sign language

May is the month of Mary so our class is learning the Hail Mary in sign language

I  found it easy to learn how to do it

I found it challenging to get a good angle

Maths quiz

Interdependence

 In room one we are learning about Interdependence

 and made a google Drawing  about it here's mine...

I found it easy to find the information about interdependence.

I found It hard to publish to the web and finish on time.

my digital learning shows what Interdependence actually is.

(sorry for posting late!!!)

Caged Chickens Should be BANNED!!!

In room one we have been arguing about 

if Chickens should be Caged or not 

I found it easy to finish on time. 

I found It hard to use the right words. 

here's are success Criteria...   

write a title that tells the reader
 about the issue being argued✅ 
use a rhetorical question✅
write an introduction that
 includes my three main points❌ 
organise my ideas into paragraphs ✅
make sure each paragraph has a
 main point and two examples✅

write a conclusion that includes 
my three main points❌
edit for spelling and punctuation❌
present my work to a peer for assessment✅

 here's my work...

Would you want to be stuck in a cage with lots of other chickens?!I firmly believe that caged chickens should be banned!!!

One of the main reasons is that they can't move and get squished. Each chicken only has the space smaller than an A4 piece of paper.82% of hens that lay eggs in New Zealand are caged. Chicken Farmers can fit 45,000 chickens in one shed. 

Another important reason that chickens should not be caged is they cant act like a chicken should act. They like to Scratch for food.And Like to have dust baths but when they're locked up in a cage they can't!!! They can’t stretch their legs. or flap their wings. 

Also they get lots of diseases. One of those diseases are weak bones A.K.A  Osteoporosis. They get fatty liver disease. And they also get Ricketts which is a loss of vitamin D.

                    In conclusion I believe that Caged chicken should be banned. Because of the diseases they get how squished they are and they can't act like a chicken. 

By Joan! 

      

Mary MacKillop

In Room 1 we are learning about saints and one of those saints was Saint Mary MacKillop.

  
Today is Mary MacKillop's Feast day so our school went to church to celebrate.        

Who is Mary MacKillop? 

Mary MacKillop was an Australian nun.

What did Mary MacKillop do? 

She teached kids and helped the poor. 

How did she become a saint?  

She was very loving, kind, caring, generous and helped her family pay the bills. 

Winter

In Room 1 we have been doing descriptive writing. I chose to write about Winter. I enjoyed describing the mountains. I found it hard to find the right words to use.                                                                                    

Outside, frosty frozen branches waved around in the air. Clouds covered the tip of the mountains  that were snowy cold and numbing my feet. The silent sky was still and calm. As I ran inside I could still see the frosty frozen branches  blowing in the air.

Science Fair

In Room 1 we are learning about science
I enjoyed doing the slide show about our Science fair project we have chosen.
I found it challenging to find out if the metals had copper or rust.

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

 In Room 1 we are learning about saints, the saint I have chose is saint Elizabeth Ann Seton I enjoyed learning all types of things about her. I found finding things about her challenging. Here are the things I found out about her...

Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born in New York City just before the American Revolution began. She was just two years old when her mother died. 2 years later, her sister Catherine died.

When she was 19 years old, Elizabeth met and married William Seton a businessman. Soon they had two lovely children and another one on the way. Then suddenly William’s father died, and many  ships belonging to the family business got attacked by pirates. And not long later William got bankrupt. And not long later Elizabeth’s Father died.Soon after William developed a disease called tuberculosis.

Sadly William had died after they had arrived in Italy.With the ship not Ready to sail back to America 28 year old Elizabeth was alone with anna in a foregin country.Mr and Mrs Antonio Filicchi kindly took them into their home.Elizabeth who had been raised in the church, began learning about Catholic faith from her Italian friends.Elizabeth couldn't stop thinking about Jesus is really Present  in the holy Eucharist.
A priest eventually invited Elizabeth to open a school for girls in  Baltimore. Some other young woman also came to help. Soon they formed a religious group called the sisters of charity. They became the first Catholic school in the United States run by Sisters. They called Elizabeth Mother Seton and her Symbol was a pink flower. Elizabeth died of tuberculosis When she was only 42 on the 4th of January 1821. She is the first native born North American Saint.

By Joan

Making Crystals

What is a crystal ?

How do they grow?

How long do crystals take to form?

The first thing we did was labelled the cups and put the ingredients and which were…

Epsom salts

Washing crystals

Non crystals (Which was sprinkles)

Raw sugar and rock salt...Next we added warm water into the ingredients and sterried till it dissolved into the water next we put them in a warm dry place so they could grow.

By Joan

Fizz,Foam and Froth

Have you ever wondered what makes things Fizz,Foam and Froth?

A physical change is reversible like how you can change ice back into water. A chemical change is irreversible that means it can't change it back.

When you put baking soda and white vinegar together it will explode how does this happen? Well When  you add the white vinegar to the baking soda it changes the properties of the baking soda.

By Joan

Profile

My name is Joan.  I live in Gisborne, NZ and go to St Mary's Catholic School. I am in year 5. I am an only child. I live with my parents. My mum is Irish and my dad is from New Zealand. I have six dogs one cat chicks chickens and I had three piglets but one escaped so I only have two.
I like to dance, sing, do art and play netball in my spare time. I am good at reading and mathematics. This year I want to make loads of new friends and learn more amazing things.
This year I am looking forward to some dancing competitions that are coming up, and learning lots of new art techniques and reading loads more amazing books.

Nau mai, haere mai ki tēnei taonga

Nau mai, haere mai!

Welcome to my blog for learning.

I look forward to sharing my learning with my school,

my whānau and friends everywhere.