Homework Wk 8

Swimming Sports Recount

  

I stood in a small line of girls, and gazed down the length of it at my competitors. My heart leapt in my throat, and blood rushed through my body, adrenaline at its side. Clap! The race in front of me started to swim through the clear water, doing the doggy paddle. It was over in seconds, and I was walking up to the starting line.

On your marks… I slid into the water, small droplets now covering my olive skin.

Get set… I positioned myself against the wall so I could push myself off for a powerful start.

Clap! I started, legs kicking furiously, arms stretching out in great bounds, my head bobbing quickly across the water.

I taste the bitterness of chlorine enter my mouth. Behind me, I hear girls still struggling. I triumphantly keep going, hearing the crowd shout my name. Droplets cover my eyes, and I blink them out, shaking my head. I see the blue wall coming closer, and I push myself hard.

Get a placing! Get a placing! I think to myself.

Two girls hit the wall before me as I hurtle in, and I reach out my hand, desperate to touch the wall.

The cold, smooth, concrete reaches out to my fingers, and I grasp it. I fumble for a yellow piece of foam. Third Place! I congratulate myself and I glide underneath the water to reach the ladder. I place down the soft piece of foam on Mrs Mills desk. Droplets ran off my body, leaving streaks as I walked back to the bleachers. I grab my towel, wrap it around my waist, and sit down, enjoying the soft feeling and warmth of it.

This had been a great race, and it was just the beginning!

I sure will have a great time telling my parents about this eventful day!  

Technology Report

Monday: We sketched objects we saw in front of us and then made a small print by using polystyrene.

Tuesday: We put other colours over our original print by cutting out shapes in the polystyrene. We used the lightest colour (yellow) First, then red, then black.

Wednesday: We sketched what we were going to carve.

Thursday: We started to draw on and carve our wood print.

Friday: We finished our wood print.

I learnt how to printmake as we never did anything like this at primary.

Reboot

Number One, Two, and Three.

Possum Inquiry

What Do I Already Know?

Possums are pests. 

They eat native bush and birds eggs.

They are Nocturnal

They live in forests

They harm the forests

Their screams sound human-like

Questions: Why does everyone hate them?

Would they attack you?

How long do they live?

My Research

There are 50-70 million 

They Infect cattle with the disease Bovine Tuberculosis

They Weigh 2-5 kilograms

2/3 of NZ possums live in the North Island

They are hunted for their fur

They eat 2100 tons of bush a night

They also eat flowers, so no seeds spread

They eat the eggs of the Keruru, Kiwi, Harrier Hawk, Fantail, MuttonBird, and the Tui.

The short-tailed bat eats a plant that the possum eats

Sailors from North America introduced the possum to NZ. 

I hope this Inquiry helped you learn about possums and how they damage our forest.