Writing a scientific report.

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This term we are doing science. This week we started doing experiments. We had to write up a scientific report and when we finished writing our steps we done the experiment. We mixed vinegar and baking soda together to make it fizz at the end we tasted it.
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B E G I N N I N G	TITLE	Yuk yuk yuk!
	QUESTION.	If we mix vinegar and baking soda will we observe some kind of reaction?
	THESIS.	Vinegar tastes sour and it is a liquid. Baking soda is a solid,soft white powder and it tastes salty and horrible. They are both food substances but based on their different taste, they must be chemically different. So, if they are mixed together, there might be a chemical reaction.
	HYPOTHESIS.	We predict that when we mix vinegar with baking soda an observable chemical reaction will occur. We might see and hear and explosion, fire, foaming, bubbles, fizzing or something else. The resulting mixture might look and taste difference in the size of the materials.

M I D D L E	EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS:	Baking soda Vinegar Container for mixing Teaspoon for mixing
	PROCEDURE	Pour some vinegar into a container to a depth of about 2cm. Use a teaspoon to measure in half teaspoon of baking soda. Mix with teaspoon. Observe and record what happens. Yuk taste
	OBSERVATIONS:	At step 2 the mixture started to fizz, A fizzing sound was heard, bubbles were seen to   appear in the mixture and the materials rose higher in the container. At step 3, when the materials were mixed, even more bubbles appeared and the volume of the materials in the container rose even higher. At step 5 when the mixture was tasted, the taste was unpleasant and was similar to  baking soda.

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ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION

The goal of this experiment was to see if an observable reaction would take place when vinegar and baking soda were mixed together. The result of our experiment proves that our hypothesis was correct. We predicted that there would be an observable reaction, and there was. There was lots of foaming and fizzing happening and bubbles appeared which means a gas must have been produced. A quick check online showed us that the gas was carbon dioxide.

Zoofari

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This week we went to the Auckland zoo. We slept in the old elephant house. We also got to go on a night safari. We saw lemurs, an aligator, tigers. When we got to the lemurs we sang the song Ilike to move it move it.
I am doing an animal report on Kune kune pigs and I saw 2 of them!
This is a picture of my teacher with a NZ wood pigeon on her head.
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Smart Goals 2017

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These are my smart goals for the year includes reading, maths, writing and spelling. I have to pass my goals by the end of this year.
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Speech

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Last week we did speeches for the kaikohe speech contest. Our Principal Mrs Whitelaw and Year 4 teacher Mrs Craig were our judges. They picked two finalists they were Willow and Depla. This is my Speech.
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All blacks are the best team ever.

I believe that the All Blacks are the best Rugby team….

Firstly we have to remember the first team ever selected in 1884 to play in NSW. From that year on the All Blacks have won all over the world. We keep winning because we play to the whistle and train hard, because of that the All Blacks have become the `first ever team to win 3 RWC and  the first to win back to back World Cups. The countries they won the world cup in were NZ, Australia and England.

Over the years there have been over 1100 people chosen to be an All Black. Some of our greatest are Richie McCaw who played his 22nd RWC game in the final in 2015 to lead his team to victory, equalling with Jason Leonard as the joint most capped player in tournament history.

Julian Savea scored eight tries at this World Cup and equalled Jonah Lomu (1999) and Bryan Habana (2007) for the most tries in a single edition of the tournament. They scored those tries because the forwards done their job so the backs could get them into space to score the try.

Did you know that I have 2 great uncles who were All Blacks? Kawhena and Fred Woodman - I hope I can join them one day to be an All Black.

Other greats include Colin Meads, Sean Fitzpatrick, John Kirwan, Michael Jones, the Going brothers from Northland and many more.

What makes a great All Black? Dedication, training, a team player, agility, speed and strength.

Can’t wait for the

lions v All blacks game.

So, I’m sure you will agree with me that the All Blacks are the best team because All blacks are the first team win 3 RWC and first to win back to back RWC.

African Lion

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Two weeks ago we did animal reports. Mine was about the African Lion.
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Basic Facts learning

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This is an activity we did when we were learning how to do our Multiplication.

Something I think I have done well  is my addition facts to 20 but

next time I think I could improve on my multiples, factors and prime numbers.

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Learning Jouney Term 2 2017

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This is my learning journey for the whole year and These are my results in term 1 for reading, writing, maths, spelling and basic facts.
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Reading At age level Term      1      2     3      4						Spelling - Grade Spelling Term   1      2      3     4						Maths Stage 6 by end of Year 5 End Stage 6 by end of Year 6
14.5-15+												Stage 7		E7
14-15yrs												Stage 6
13.5-14						5	5.3	5.9				Stage 5
13-14 yrs						4						Stage 4
12.5-13						Essential List Term 1   2    3    4						Stage 2-3
12-13yrs						8						Term	1	2	3	4
11.5-12.5						7						Writing - Expected Levels Year 5 - 3B by the end of Year 5 Year 6 - 3A by the end of Year 6
11-12yrs						6
10.5-11.5						5						Term	1	2	3	4
10-11yrs						4						Level	3b	3p
9.5-10.5						3						Basic facts
9-10yrs						2						Term	1	2	3	4
8.5-9.5yrs						1						Stage	7	7