Jacob the Great

Jacob saved up money from raking leaves in the Autumn, watering flowers in the Spring, then combined that with his birthday and left it all in a shoe box next to the abandoned guitar under his bed. Jacob packed decided whether to bring his metal detector or not. In the Summer, he waited for Saturday morning to go to astronaut camp. He waited for people to have their turn in the line so that he could feel lighter that air in an anti-gravity room. When he got to that front, a camp leader said that he wasn’t old enough and steam filled Jacob’s ears. Jacob set up a bet with a newly-found friend. The bet was that if Jacob could get into the anti-gravity room, then, until the end of camp, his friend would have to call him ‘Jacob the Great’.

In the middle of the night, Jacob retrieved the torch from under his pillow. He went to the anti-gravity room and found that the door wasn’t going to move from the wall. Jacob fled back to his tent and took the metal detector out of the box. Jacob found a key behind a ‘space plant’. Jacob went into the room and quickly realised that it was boring without any other kids to enjoy it with. Jacob locked the door as he left, crept back, hid the key, and woke up his friend. All Jacob heard was “Congratulations, Jacob the Great.”

Are all bullies big?
We had to make a poster about bullying.
We got our information from https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/are-all-bullies-big
Here is mine:

3D Bird

For consevation week, one of our tasks was to create 3D birds. This was our process:

Select one of these birds from this link: http://doc.org.nz/get-involved/conservation-activities/fun-things-to-make/

We could pick out of:
Fairy Tern
New Zealand Pidgeon
Kokako
Taiko
Blue Duck
Tui

We printed out one of these, coloured it, and put it together. Eventually, it will come to something like this:

Lunchtime Should be Longer

Lunchtime Should be Longer

When lunchtime is mentioned in schools, people normally talk about the quality or nutritional value of food. Although, the length of the lunchtime may also have an effect on the health and academics of the students.

Why are lunch periods shortened?

Lunch periods are usually shortened because schools need to shorten their overall time, while still fitting the academic time. Therefore, lunchtime is the first to go.

Sometimes, administrators are afraid that more free time could put students into danger. Some schools are overwhelmed with students so they need to alternate the students’ lunchtime into 2 or more periods.

Healthier Meals

Often, the longer it takes to make a healthy meal, the healthier it is. When students have more time to eat, obviously, they are going to eat more. Even if students start with unhealthy things, they will still have time for healthy food like fruit or vegetables. It is especially important for parents without the money to send their children to school with proper lunches, who depend on the school for half of their lunch.

Time to relax

Rushing to eat doesn’t give students enough time to properly enjoy the food, sense fullness, or how food makes them feel so they know when to stop. Allowing students to socialize at lunchtime is important for their focus on academics in the afternoon. Although some adults worry about students wandering off in play time, most children use this time to socialize, catch up on homework, or get help from teachers.

So in conclusion, lunchtime should be longer because there are healthier meals and there is more time to relax.

Don’t reuse disposable Water Bottles!

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By Andrew and Scott

INTRODUCTION

You bought a disposable bottle of water, it’s not really eco-friendly. But you think to yourself, I can just refill it after I am done with it! Pretty nice, it’s eco-friendly! But wait, multiple studies show that refilling your disposable water bottles is a health risk.

Why do we need to do this?

This is for your own health’s benefit. You will be much more healthier if you do follow what we are saying.                                                                                                                                                                   These are some facts that show that disposable water bottles are dangerous.

It is not the chemicals you should be worrying about, it’s actually bacteria. If left unwashed, disposable water bottles can hold microbes.

So it’s OK to just use plastic bottles that are designed to be reused! Right? No. There is still a chemical in the bottles which is called Bisphenol A. Bisphenol A is a chemical in reusable plastic water bottles.  Bisphenol A interferes with the way that hormones behave in our bodies. A study has found that 65 percent of an elementary (primary) school student’s water bottles have bacteria.

Disposable water bottles are very welcoming to bacteria. This is because reusable water bottles are made for refillings, whereas disposable water bottles break down, leaving room for bacteria to come in.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences points out that a 2008 review expressed "some concern for effects on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and children at current human exposures to bisphenol A." There is more research needed, but you should definitely stay away from it.

Learning about blogs

Today, we learnt more about blogs and cyber safety.

We leave a digital footprint in whatever we do online.

We have used padlets,  google slides, and more.

Here is what I wrote on the padlet:

Blogs can be used for many different uses; the are posts so that you can share learning and ideas, links so that you can see important things and other blogs, and even post information about yourself.

Cyber safety is an important thing in all computer things; ranging from social media to online games.

 

Welcome to my page, my name is Scott and I go to Pompallier Catholic School. I am Year 6 and in  the Kakapo class. I will be posting my learning on this blog.