Magical Park

 
D2 exploring Magical Park in our school grounds.













D2 Whanau Group

This what D2 and D3 whanau groups did today. And they were delicious.


 

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.
  • Long Jump
  • High Jump
  • Shot Put
  • Sprints
We would like to congratulate all the students that placed and qualified to represent our school later this term.
HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR VIDEO!

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.

Borax Crystals by Kaylah and Aiza

 
                                            

                                                           By Kaylah And Aiza
 

Oobleck, by Jugal, Dawshawn and Alvin

 

 
 
                                                      
By Alvin, Dashawn & Jugal

Oobleck, by Toa and Ashly


 


By: Toa & Ashly

Oobleck, by Kavish and Ryan

 
 
By Kavish and Ryan
 
 

Oobleck, by Kaea and Arifin

 
 
By Kaea & Arifin
 

Oobleck


By: Moses and Damien

Borax Crystals



                                                             By Te-Puhi and Heena

Lava Lamp

 
 
Nishat  and Olivia

Lava Lamp

 
BY: LEVI AND ADALIUS

Borax Crystals

By Rosella & Jaisika

Oobleck

   
 
By Analagi  and Giselle


Slime

 
By Tango & Hollya

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 turns liquid to solid by Mixing


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.



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 Jugal and Jaisika


Make a Difference By Hollya

Make a difference by Dashwan


Make a difference By Ryan

My endangered animal is an Orangutans  
 

 
Orangutan Family, Singapore Zoo | chem7 | FlickrOrangutans live in the Malaysian rainforest
There are only 7,500 left in the world
 
 
 
    Tigers free images, public domain images
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  • Orangutans predators are leopards tigers and humans
They eat fruit- 60%, leaves-25%, bark and flowers 10% and insects 5%
Chainsaw - Free images on Pixabay  

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 By Nishat & Olivia

Make a difference By Giselle


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 Aiza and Rosella


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.
 
Snow, Leopard - Free images on Pixabay
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.
 
Free photo: Rhinos, Baby Rhino, Exciting - Free Image on Pixabay ...
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.