D2 exploring Magical Park in our school grounds.
D2 Time in the Museum Classroom
Today D2 went to the Museum classroom to learn more about disasters and New Zealand Volcanoes. Here is a video about what we learnt and did today!
PEP Athletics Day
Last Wednesday we took part in athletics and completed these events.
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- Long Jump
- High Jump
- Shot Put
- Sprints
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Welcome to Sunny Term 4!
Welcome back everyone to Term 4! Hope you all had a relaxing holiday and are ready to get on with some new learning. This term we will be learning about SURVIVAL in case of an emergency.
Do you know what the words emergency and survival mean?
Well, we found out what it means and will tell you all in our next post. So keep a look out on our Dynamic D2 Domain.
Do you know what the words emergency and survival mean?
Well, we found out what it means and will tell you all in our next post. So keep a look out on our Dynamic D2 Domain.
D2 Making Scones
As part of learning about change through heating, cooling and mixing. D2 made scones. Can you identify when these changes occurred as we made scones?
What happens when you mix oil with water?
This video shows what happened when we tried to mix oil with water.
D2's first swimming lesson
D2 has been going swimming at Papatoetoe Centennial Pools every Monday this term.
This is a video of our first swimming lesson.
This is a video of our first swimming lesson.
D2's Egg Experiment
As part of learning about change D2 has been investigating changes to matter. Here is a video about what happens to an egg when left in vinegar for a long period of time.
Matariki
While learning about Matariki and its traditions and history. We made paper stars by folding and gluing stripes of paper. The white stars represent the cluster of Pleiades (Matariki) and the yellow stars represent the seven sisters.
Can you name the seven Matariki sisters?
Games Skills Group
6 Students from D2 have been learning new games with Mr. Glen on Monday. On Tuesdays, these students help Mr. Glen teach these games to our class. We had lots of fun learning new skills and enjoyed playing games. Thank You to the Games Skills Group and Mr. Glen.
Make a difference By Ryan
My endangered animal is an Orangutans
Orangutans live in the Malaysian rainforest
You can make a difference
Orangutans live in the Malaysian rainforest
There are only 7,500 left in the world
- Orangutans predators are leopards tigers and humans
They eat fruit- 60%, leaves-25%, bark and flowers 10% and insects 5%
You can make a difference
- People are cutting down trees so Orangutans have lots of habitat loss. If you see someone cutting a tree in the forest say: Stop dont cut down trees.
- People are illegally hunting and 20,000 orangutans are killed every ten years
Make a Difference Moses
My endangered animal is a Red Panda
Red Pandas are endangered because people keep on cutting down trees to make houses and that’s why Red Pandas are now endangered animals. Red Pandas eat fruits like apple, bamboo and insects.
Red Pandas need the 5 freedom and these are the five freedom. 
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Please don’t kill Red Pandas because how would you feel if you liked your pet dog and somebody killed it, that will be very, very sad.
We should take care of Red Pandas by taking them to the vet and looking after them and by not cutting down trees. That means that you are not making a difference about your future. So that’s why we need to make a difference about our future and help those endangered animals around the world. Or there will be no more Red Pandas left in the world. We need to take action now!
Make a Difference By Kaylah
My Endangered Animal Snow Leopard
Snow Leopards live in Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Russia and Mongolia. Snow leopards habitat is cold high mountains. Snow leopards eat sheep, goats and horses.
What can we do to make a difference?
Stop Killing Snow Leopards. Please stop killing Snow Leopards because there are only 4,500 to 7,500 Snow Leopards left.
We can help these Snow Leopards by giving them the five freedoms.
- Freedom from hunger and thirst
- Freedom from discomfort
- Freedom from pain and injury
- Freedom from fear and distress
- Freedom to express normal behaviour
Another way we can help these Snow Leopards is by fundraising money. The S.P.C.A can help Snow Leopards. S.P.C.A stands for Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Make a Difference-Ashly
Black Rhino
Black Rhinos habitats are deserts and grasslands and they live in Namibia, coastal East Africa. Black Rhino’s are getting critically endangered because humans are killing them to get their horns. They put these horns on display and it’s very expensive. I strongly believe we should take care of black Rhinos and keep them away from large wild cats and hunters or pouches.
Adult males weigh 1,350 kg and adult female weigh 900 kg the weight at birth is 35 to 45 kg. Black Rhinos are 1.6m at the shoulder they are also smaller than white Rhinos. Black Rhinos only have hair on their ears, tail tips and eyelashes. Males have thicker horns than female they often have longer horns and thinner ones. Black Rhinos got their name by their lip not their colour. They have their baby by two and a half years and they also often have one baby at a time. Black Rhinos eat leaves, fruit and grass they can live without food for five days. Did you know less than 2,500 black Rhinos are left? Black Rhinos eat 120 pounds of grass a day.
How can we make a difference!
Please stop killing black Rhinos! We have to stop hunting for black Rhinos. We can help black Rhinos from being killed by keeping them in zoos and stop cutting trees because they eat the leaves.
By: Ashly
Fun Fact: Black Rhinos have whiskers
Our Zoo Trip!
On Thursday the 18th of May, we went to Auckland Zoo to learn more about animals and how we can make a difference to their well-being.
Five Animal Freedoms
This Term we are learning about Making A Difference.
All animals have needs in order to live healthy happy lives, just like us. Everyone has a responsibility to care for the health and wellbeing of animals.
What actions can we take to make a difference to the wellbeing of animals.
This week D2 has been learning about the five freedoms.
Icing Biscuits
D2 helped design the icing biscuits stall at the school gala. We did lots of planning and designing. Most of our Maths this term was about finding how much butter, icing sugar, sprinkles and biscuits we needed and what it would cost. We had a few practise runs to see how we might ice biscuits at the gala. Here is a video of our experiments.
Famous New Zealand Painting Stolen
At 4am on Saturday we discovered that there were two paintings stolen from the art gallery in Auckland. The person who made these amazing paintings was Lindauer. The robbers will sell them for $ 350,000 dollars to get rich.
Two Famous Paintings Stolen
Last Saturday at 4am in the morning, robbers stole two famous paintings that were painted by Lindauer from an art gallery in Auckland. The police say that the robbers will sell the paintings to get rich.
Wooden Car
Six years ago Michel Robillard built a wooden car in his workshop in France. He hopes to show his car off in an art gallery.
FireFighter Saves Nalu The Dog
Last week a Fire Fighter saved Nalu the dog. Nalu was put in an oxygen chamber to help him breathe. In the next 24 hours he was fine.
Fountain Breaks Down
Last Week in Wellington Oriental Bay, the fountain has broken down. The Wellington City Council said the motor and pump has broken and must be repaired.
Undies For Charity
Last month an Australia man ran 300km in his undies for a charity in Australia. He has raised $17,000 for 3 different charities.
Fountain Breaks
An iconic fountain broke down a few weeks ago at Wellington's Oriental Bay. It was named after Hugh Carter and it happened because the pump broke down.
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