Why is Lockdown so important?

 Why is Lockdown so important?

Lockdown is important because at the moment as you probably know there is a massive global pandemic happening, it is called Covid 19.  It is a terrible virus happening across the world where 1000s of people have died.  It is kind of like a cold but much worse and very contagious.  

The symptoms of Covid 19 are,

• A fever of at least 38℃

• A yucky cough

• Sore throat

• Shortness of breath

• Sneezing and runny nose

• Temporary loss of smell or taste

To stop this horrible virus the government of New Zealand has decided to put the whole country in lockdown for a few weeks.  Lockdown is when everyone has to stay inside until lockdown is over.  You are only allowed to leave your home if you have to get food or any type of necessary items and to exercise.  It is very important to go outside for a bit during this lockdown, because it is quite a depressing and miserable time for everyone and going outside is good. There is a vaccine for the virus, you can still get the virus but you won’t get sick, 1000s of people around New Zealand have taken the vaccine.  

Lockdown is for our own good.   We need it so we can all stop this virus, we have done it before and we can do it again!  I know that this is a very difficult time for everyone, but just remember that this is for our own good and hopefully it will all be over soon.

Maths

 The past few days in math we have been learning how to use a protractor, at the startI didn't really know how to use a proractor at all, but now I know.  Its quite easy actually.  To learn how to use a protractor we used this cool site where there was a protractor and u could upload pictures of angles on and measure what the angle was.  Some angles also have names, for example an angle betwen  90° and  0° is called an acute angle.

Jacinda Adern apoligies writing

 Jainda Adern has issued a formal apology for past, how the racist police force of New Zealand, and offered scholarships to Pacific students.  

Jacinda Adern is apologizing for how the government treated the pacific community.

In the early 70s the New Zealand police started kicking out overstayers in New Zealand, because at the time the government was convinced that there weren't enough jobs for everyone in New Zealand, due to the downturn in the New Zealand economy.  So they decided to target the immigrants to leave New Zealand.

The reason for all this happening is because they believed that the overstayers were taking all the jobs, so the government believed that was what they had to do, so everybody had jobs.

Maths

 In maths we have been learning about how to tell the time, I kind of already new how but now i'm a lot more confident with it.  I leant how to use a 24 hour clock and an analogue clock, the differece between a 24 hour clock and an anlogue clock is that a 24 hour clock goes uo to 24 hours for example if it showed 14:30 that means it is actually 2:30. And an anlogue clock only goes up to 12.

Science-The Planets

 In science we have been learning about planets in our solar system,  yesterday we were comparing planets, I was comparing Earth and Mercury. 

We had to write if there was water on the planet, oxygen, temperature range, diameter, atmosphere and gravity.  We put it in a google slide, side by side and we compared them to each other.  We had to put the symbols for them in too.

Today in Te Reo Māori - He aha te taima?

Today in te reo we were learning numbers from 1-12 and how to use them to tell the time.

We made it six o'clock

He aha e taima? What is the time?

E ono karaka. It is 6 o'clock.

Gold! A proud athlete's speech

Yesterday in literacy we wrote a speech as if we were in the Olympics and we'd won a gold medal, this is mine I made it about gymnastics. 

Gold Medal speech 2021

I was so overwhelmed when I found out I have won a GOLD medal. It was already so amazing

knowing that I would be participating in the Olympics, it was a dream come true. 

But winning a gold medal is a whole other thing!  When I first got to Tokyo I was so

excited to compete and to represent my country. 

I’m so happy. I'd like to thank my mum and dad because if it weren't for them I wouldn't be here.

I'd like to thank all my family, friends and supporters for helping and supporting me along this

journey and for making me the person that I am today.I would also like to thank my coach for

helping me accomplish my dreams and for not letting me give up no matter how hard it got. 

I appreciate everyone that has helped me so much.  I’m so proud of myself and now I can say

I lived, because I made my family, friends, supporters and most importantly myself very proud. 

I have worked so hard for this, since I was a little girl  my dream was to be a famous gymnast,

and here I am at the Olympics, winning a gold medal and saying this speech in front of millions

of people. I’m so glad I took this opportunity and I’m so grateful, this medal has forever changed

my life.

Today in tech (term 3)

 Today in tech I had sewing and robotics,  for sewing we started thinking about what design we wanted, in my worksheet I wrote a few different designs. Our bags are all gonna have environmental messages, my one is going to have bees on it to show that the bees are going extinct, and bees are very important, everything has a purpose.  Bees are very important because they help the flower, fruits, veggies and other plants grow .  And we need all that to grow to feed the animals that we eat and also to make our clothes, blankets, fabric and much more.  I like sewing. I think it’s really good that we are learning about these things to be more aware about them.  For robotics we didn’t do much that interested me, we made this robot it was really cool and you could even make it talk.  I guess that was pretty cool.

Star Compass

 In science we have been learning about the star compass lately, the star compass is used to navigate the night sky.  A star compass can be used to help memorise the rising and setting points of the
 brightness and the most distinctive stars and planets to set direction.  Navigators used to steer their waka toward a star on the horizon.

Literacy

 Today in literacy I have been writting a speech as if I was in the Olypics and won a gold medal, I made it about gymnastics because that is one of my favoures in the Olympics.  

Gold medal speech 2021

I was so overwhelmed when I found out I have won a GOLD medal. It was already so amazing knowing that I would be participating in the Olympics, it was a dream come true.  But winning a gold medal is a whole nother thing!  When I first got to Tokyo I was so excited to compete and to represent my country. 

I’m so happy. I'd like to thank my mum and dad because if it weren't for them I wouldn't be here. I'd like to thank all my family, friends and supporters for helping and supporting me along this journey and for making me the person that I am today.

I would also like to thank my coach for helping me accomplish my dreams and for not letting me give up no matter how hard it got.  I appreciate everyone that has helped me so much.  I’m so proud of myself and now I can say I lived, because I made my family, friends, suppertors and most importantly myself very proud.  I have worked so hard for this, since I was a little girl  my dream was to be a famous gymnast, and here I am at the Olympics, winning a gold medal and saying this speech in front of millions of people. I’m so glad I took this opportunity and I’m so grateful, this medal has forever changed my life.