This is my Matariki Word Art.
Our task was to create a piece of word art about Matariki containing at least 20 words. Mine contains 26.

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Should Universities be Free to Attend?

Universities have a reason they’re expensive. Another ‘pre-uni’ school will cost you money, so why would a university be different? If universities were free, then schools would get crowded, teachers would barely get paid and students wouldn’t take it as seriously.

If universities were free, then there would not be enough space to fit all of the students. This could push schools into having a waiting list or broadening the one they already had. In the classes, the student cap will most likely be exceeded. This can put a lot of stress on the teachers, who would have to help students with  and discuss an assignment to such a large crowd. The student to teacher ratio would be vastly out of proportion compared to what it is now with universities costing money.

To add on to this, teachers wouldn’t get paid as much as they do now. When a student pays their fees, the money goes towards the government and the school, which goes towards the teachers. Only a small portion of money comes from other places. This can make teachers want to quit their job, thus making the teacher to student ratio even worse. The schools wouldn’t get as much money for learning, either. They wouldn’t be able to sell books because they would barely have enough money to buy them. Of course, they would be able to get some books.

The students in the universities would probably find the free schooling as an easy pass for education. This could make the students not value their education as it would come so easily. The students who do become something like a doctor wouldn’t get as much credit because of the fact that the amount of people who could get into the profession would vastly increase. On the other side of the spectrum, there will be a lower percent of students who graduate. This is due to students not valuing their education and dropping out of university.

So in conclusion, universities should not be free to attend because the schools would get crowded, the teachers wouldn’t get paid as much and students wouldn’t take university as seriously.

KWL Chart:

KWL Chart

The Problem with Pluto

Know	Pluto was once a planet, but is now classified as a dwarf planet. Pluto was the farthest planet from the Sun, but is now the farthest dwarf planet from the Sun. Pluto was declassified as a planet in 2006. Pluto is one of four dwarf planets in our Solar System. Pluto didn’t complete a single orbit before losing its planet status.
Want	How many moons does Pluto have? Who discovered Pluto? What size does an object need to be to be classified as a planet? How many days (or years) is Pluto’s orbit? How hot/cold is Pluto?
Learned	Pluto was discovered in 1930 by an American astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh. An eleven-year-old girl named Venetia Burney named the ninth planet after the Roman God of the cold and dark underworld, Pluto. It takes Pluto 248 Earth years to complete a single orbit. Pluto has three moons. Pluto cannot clear other objects out of its orbit. Many people protested and held “funerals” after Pluto’s declassification.

For a KWL Chart, you have to write what you know, then what you want to know, both before reading an article. Then, after reading the article, write what you learned.

Our task was to look at a list of things used in the army and find the definition of the words and why they were useful.

Learning Goals Term 2 2019

Literacy

While reading aloud, having good pacing and volume is a good goal for me. I will achieve this goal by reading to my sister.

Maths

Be able to find volume based on an outside area. I can learn this by watching Youtube repeating the process, thereby memorising it.

Religious Education

Reading the bible, this lets me understand more about it. This can also help me in other parts of life, remembering the verses, helping me overall.

Gallipoli

     Scary        Deafening

Running   Shouting   Slipping

Trenches    Mud    Blood    Bullets

Shooting   Murdering   Dying

Cold       Dark

ANZAC

Our objective for this task was to create a piece of writing on if we were sharks. We were to make it creative, interesting and entertaining, but not too long.

Shark Writing

I am a shark. There’s nothing to it really. All I do each day is swim; that and eat. I eat to survive, so I don’t see why everybody is scared of being eaten by me.

I was taking a stroll, and while chewing on a couple of measly fish I saw that there was a big grey fish. I think to myself ‘I bet I could beat it in a duel’. I charge at it full speed, which turns out worse than what I’d imagined. From above my aquatic confinements, I hear multiple cries of terror. Although big and juicy, its hard exterior brings me away from the battle.

I didn’t realise this was a squid, because when I hit it, the fish, or squid, started leaching out black ink into the water. I accidentally inhale some of its ink and start to feel a bit tired. A small school of fish seem to be surrounded by the squid’s odourous concoction. Easy prey. The small fish barely move before I snag them into my grasp.

I try to swim away but the evil black liquid prevents me from doing so. I slow to the speed of a sea snail. Now I understand the problem with those fish; they inhaled oil. I look up to see that I wasn’t battling a large fish or a colossal squid, it was a boat. The boat leaked oil when I hit it. The screams were from humans. Now it’s my fault I’m dying.

I can’t move a single fin. I’m stiff, but slowly relax my muscles. I hope I don’t meet any of the fish I’ve slaughtered in Fish-Heaven. At least I’m dying with a full stomach.