Advent - The People of Advent - Rapid Recap on the Liturgical Year

 

Rapid Recap on the Liturgical Year

1/12/20 

Today in class we did Religious Education(R.E). Because it is now, on the Liturgical Calender, Advent we thought about writing about the people of Advent. If you don’t know what Advent is, it is the season of a wonderful time of year, Christmas! Here is what I learnt and what I had to do-

Match the sentences together and then write a short paragraph using those sentences to inform your readers about Advent. Create either a DLO or storyboard about the events of Advent.

1. The penitential or preparation seasons of the Liturgical Year are 

H)people in the Liturgical celebrations in Church communities

2. The Liturgical Year begins each year on

J)the first Sunday of Advent

3. The most important feast in the Liturgical Year is

B)Easter the day of Jesus Christ’s resurrection

4. The colour you would see featuring in church decorations during Ordinary Time is

D)green the colour of hope

5. In the homily, the hymns and the Scripture readings for Advent,  the theme is

G)repentance, fasting, prayer, and giving to the poor

6. The Sunday Scripture readings are set out in a

A)three year cycle - YEARS ABC

7. The Liturgical Cycle of the Catholic Church is shared with

F)Advent and Lent

8. The season of Lent begins

E)Ash Wednesday and lasts 6 weeks ending on Holy Saturday, the Saturday before Easter

9. Ordinary Time lasts for 34 weeks is

I)spread over 2 blocks, after Easter and after the Epiphany

10. The Liturgical feasts and seasons are celebrated by

C)other Christian churches with a few exceptions

Here is my Paragraph-

The penitential or preparation seasons of the Liturgical Year are people in the Liturgical celebrations in Church communities

The Liturgical Year begins each year on the first Sunday of Advent

The most important feast in the Liturgical Year is Easter the day of Jesus Christ’s resurrection

The colour you would see featuring in church decorations during Ordinary Time is green the colour of hope

In the homily, the hymns and the Scripture readings for Advent,  the theme is repentance, fasting, prayer, and giving to the poor

The Sunday Scripture readings are set out in a three year cycle - YEARS ABC

The Liturgical Cycle of the Catholic Church is shared with Advent and Lent

The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts 6 weeks ending on Holy Saturday, the Saturday before Easter

Ordinary Time lasts for 34 weeks is spread over 2 blocks, after Easter and after the Epiphany

The Liturgical feasts and seasons are celebrated by other Christian churches with a few exceptions

Teachable Machine - Term 4 2020 - Inquiry

Teachable Machine

Today in digital technology we were learning about Artificial Intelligence (A.I). Specifically, we learnt about what machines are.

Do you know how to control robots?

Have a go at https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/v1/

Have a good day!

Graphic Organiser Template - NASA finds Water on the Moon! 2020

 Talofa lava everybody. Today really early in the morning I decided to do some home learning. I wanted to do space. Miss Nees Kairua gave us activities and now I am finding out if there is water on the moon or not. Here is my my work-

Do you believe there is water on the moon?

Do you want to become an astronaut?

If you want check out this website to find out more about finding water on the moon

Have a good day!

KWL Chart - Space - 2020

 Kia Ora everyone! Today in class we are doing some more about space. I have filled in a KWL chart and put it in a google drawing. A KWL chart stands for - 

K- Know

W- Want to

L-Learned

Here is my work-

I will update what I have learned soon. 

Thank you

Stories of Mary - Luke 39-56 - 2020

 

Luke 39-56 Mary Visits Elizabeth Thursday 19/11/20

WALT: Identify the major events in Mary’s life and locate the scripture stories that describe the major events in Mary’s life. 

Today in class we decided to do Religious Education (R.E). For R.E we had to read a chapter of Luke 39-56 and talk about what happened and what the main event is. Here is the work that I have done.

In the scripture reading Luke 39-56 Mary Visits Elizabeth, we find out about Mary’s second encounter with God and second major event in her life. A few days later, after she was told she rushed down to the country of Judah where Elizabeth lived. She entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. We know this because in the scripture she goes to Judah and enters a home where her cousin Elizabeth is. After Mary greeted Elizabeth a baby jumped in her womb . Elizabeth was now filled with the Holy Spirit. We know this because in the scripture it reads, “...the baby leaped in her womb…”

Lastly Elizabeth is filled with joy and the Holy Spirit and says this,“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!  But why am I so favoured, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfil his promises to her!” We know this because it says “...in a loud voice she exclaimed:...”.

Do you know about any other major events in Mary's Life?

Have a good day!

Stories about Mary - Luke 26-38 - 2020

 

Luke 26-38 The Birth of Jesus Foretold Wednesday 18/11/20

WALT: Identify the major events in Mary’s life and locate the scripture stories that describe the major events in Mary’s life. 

Today in class we decided to do Religious Education (R.E). For R.E we had to read a chapter of Luke 26-38 and talk about what happened and what the main event is. Here is the work that I have done.

In the scripture reading Luke 26-38 The Birth of Jesus Foretold, we find out about Mary’s first encounter with God. We read that Mary had doubts about giving birth to Jesus and being chosen. We know this because the Angle says to her, “Don’t be afraid. You’ve found your relationship with God”. 

After Gabrielle told her she was worried and she didn’t know what to say. She was speechless and was thinking about what she should answer. She was scared and confused. We know this because  Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”. 

However she says yes and says she is a servant of God. We know this because Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

What do you know about the Story of How Mary was told that she was about to have a baby?

Do you know any other events about Mary?

If you were to play an act in the life of Mary who would you be?

Have a good day!!

Chelsea Sugar Factory Recount - 6/11/20

At the Chelsea Sugar Factory in Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand on the 2nd of November 2020 TWP 5 went with two  parent teacher helpers to bake, have a factory tour and play in the Interactive Zone to get experience for a new skill and to learn about it.

When we got there we were split into two groups. One group was called Orange and one was called Pink. Orange went into the baking room and Pink went on tour. We ran into the baking room and listened to the baking teacher Jo. It smelt like vanilla essence and was making my nose tingly. She told us to wash our hands and put our aprons on. She called us to the table for a demonstration. She asked Amihuti, my baking partner to help as a demo. Huti and Jo showed us what we had on our table and how to use it. When they finished we collected our little glass bowl and went to our table. We were at the same table as Monique and Kamaea. We started baking. First we added the butter mixture and then the sugar. By the time we finished measuring the sugar Monique and Kamaea were already finished! I was amazed but not surprised. Monique’s mum is a baker and I think a cook so Monique would have a lot of experience. We added all of the ingredients and we started rolling them onto the tray. The dough felt yuck and squishy.. Once we were finished we lined them up and ate the rest that couldn't fit on the tray. It was so yummy. Jo said to wash the dishes and dry them and then we could start colouring in our little gift box. Amihuti didn’t even help me with the dishes. Once I was done I went to grab a gift box and then some colours. I think that mine looked pretty but casual afterwards. Monique set the countdown timer and Jo pulled the cookies out. Mine and Huti’s looked like a caterpillar so we had to separate them. We took nine each and then we ran back to the visitor room. We sat and waited for the pink group to come.

Now it was our turn to go on the tour. We waited for Tatum, the tour guide. She took a while so Lauren, the tour helper, said to put on the safety gear. First we needed to put a hairnet on and then the helmet. I needed help so Lauren helped me. Tatum finally came and then we watched a video. When the video was finished Graham hopped in the driver's seat of the train and we hopped on. The first place we stopped was the boat. Did you know that it comes every six weeks and it takes five whole days to unload. They used a grabber and put it in a cauldron and then it went up a conveyor belt and went up to a part of the factory. That was our next stop. I called it the mountain of heavenly goodness. There were cones on the ground because some spilt and NO ONE is allowed to touch it or else people might have you germs. Just saying. On the other side there was another conveyor belt holding the sugar. We looked up at the conveyor belt that came from the ship pouring into the mountain of sugar! Tatum said that they find weird things in the pile of sugar. They even found a LUNCHBOX! Free lunch, yummy (Unless it’s mouldy, ewww). Tatum also said that they have birds laying nests in there which is quite sad if one of the eggs falls into a pile of sugar. The next stop was the actual factory. When we got inside we had to put glasses on and watch a video. The video was finished and then we went up the stairs. First we went into the first part of the sugar. We met a man called Alex. Tatum showed us the cycle and then we went to the second part where we met Josh and Key. They showed us on microscopic cameras in one of the tubs, where the sugar was. It looked kind of gross. After that we went into the syrup room. She said we could try as many syrups as we like. My favorite was the Vanilla one. Then the molasses. Everyone else said “Eww, how do you like that.” I said, “I get used to it. I always had it at my house when I was little. Tatum said that we needed to go. We drank a cup of water and hopped back in the train. The next stop was the history room. She showed us what they used to use. Fun Fact- There were bags that they hold sugar in that they could make like 10 in one minute. How fascinating. We hopped back in the train and we headed back to the visitor room.

Now we were about to head into the Interactive Zone. The Interactive Zone is a place where you can do colouring, pretend baking and reading about Chelsea. Another fun fact- Chelsea and Edmond's work together. Who could have known. Two of the best baking products are collaborating! The pink group came in and we headed to the Interactive Zone where we were given a paper. There were questions about Chelsea and Edmond's. We had to fill in the gaps by reading paragraphs on the walls. I needed Krystal's help. She showed me where to find everything instead of actually telling me the answers. Now that is a way of finding it yourself. A good way was helping one another and not doing it for them. I gave my paper to Lauren after I finished. I went to the pretend baking station and I waited for Kamaea to finish. A while later Aisake finished before Kamaea and Kamaea told me to go where Aisake was. I finished and then it was time to go to lunch. We said our prayer and then ate. I had two cookies. They were yummy as always. I ate my lunch and then we took selfies with the selfie booth. I took a boomerang of me doing a dolphin but it didn’t turn out as well as I expected. I was so bored so I asked Miss Nees Kairua if we can go to the park. She said, “Only with the permission and adviser of an adult.” We asked Angeline’s mum Maria if we can go. She said yes. The rest of the class ran outside leaving me, Maria and a few more kids as well. Miss Nees-Kairua told them to wait for Maria. We went outside and started playing. Some people were crowding the park and not many kids were allowed on it so we had to get off. Another thing was that the playground was only for under eight year olds which was a bummer. It was the end of lunch so we had to go inside.

We said our goodbyes to Lauren and her team and then we sat down. Monique said a thank you on behalf of the class. I felt quite sad but I knew that it had to end. We hopped in the bus and sang songs and talked.

That day was really fun. I hope we can go there another time. Accept this time with only a little amount of people.

Human Knot - 4/11/20

 Last week we practised a new game: Human knot. It is basically a game were you have to hold two peoples hands and try to untangle it.

Here is my drawing-

All Souls Day Research - 3/11/20

 On Monday the 2nd it was All Souls Day. Because we are a catholic school we celebrated all souls day.

Here is my work-

Have you ever heard of All Souls Day?

Squash Research

Today my class and I played Squash. Squash is basically a game you play with rackets and a ball. Unfortunately I am bad at it. Here is my work-

Have you ever played squash?

E-asTTle Writing Test 2020 - Time With Friends

For my e-asTTel writing test i had to write about a time with friends. Here is my story-

One Sunday night at my grandparents house my friend Beata invited my sister to stay at her house for the night. I was full of excitement when my mum called my dad. We grabbed our school uniform, our night clothes, our toothbrushes, our hairbrush, our swimming togs and waited for our mum to pick us up. I was so impatient that I ordered my dad to ring my mum. 

 One hundred minutes later and then we drove to Beata’s house. It wasn’t far at all. I had butterflies in my stomach and my head was thinking of how much fun we would have. We ran out of the car, into the gate, knocked on the door and Meela and I were welcomed by Beata’s mum. I saw Beata in the background. 

She asked if we wanted to go swimming in her ginormous, gigantic, awesome swimming pool. I said yes and we got changed into our swimming togs. Beata’s dad helped us put the ladder up and gather all the swimming toys. I saw a paddle board, a doughnut and another paddle board. Me, Beata and Meela were fighting over the doughnut. It was quite funny.

After the fun in the pool we had to get out. We got changed and then we sat down at the table. Beata’s mum gave us dinner and it was so delicious. We had tomato pasta with olives. When we finished eating we got some desert. Watermelon! Lucas ate all of them in one millisecond. We rested our tummies. 

Once all of our tummies were finished sleeping we got straight into our togs and had a swim. I was so cold. So cold I almost froze! We made something like a tornado in a pool and we went round and round and round. Beata’s mum told us to come inside and get warm. We agreed and went inside.

We had to get ready for bed. We brushed our teeth, got dressed into our pyjamas, made our hut and gathered all our objects. When everyone went to sleep, Beata, Meela and I secretly watched movies on our netbooks. We were so tired we went to sleep while watching our movies. 

In the morning we needed to get ready for school. But before we got ready we got into our togs and played in the pool. After we put our uniforms on and did our hair. Beata and Lucas made breakfast for us. We had chocolate sprinkled weetbix. It was so yummy that I almost ate the rest of the chocolate. 

We walked to school and Lucas ran off. We saw Stella too. We caught up with her and she talked about her little brother Joseph. We got to school and learned. After school we went with my mum to McDonalds at Lunn Ave and then we went to stone-fields park. Then we went home.

Fractions 27/10/20

 

Today for the first block of school Miss Nees-Kairua suggested we should do some maths. She split us up into three groups and then we took our books we were assigned to work on and headed to our work spaces. My group had to do fractions in a yellow book. It started pretty easy and got a little bit hard. With one of the activities we were able to choose if we wanted to do equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions or just write down the easiest answer possible. Me, Moala and Melenaite were working together but when it came up to the hard activities it was only me and Moala solving them. We chose to do simplifying fractions and equivalent fractions. They were quite fun to solve. After that we needed to solve an activity just like true or false. The book had a message like.. (eg. is this one half?) and we would have to answer yes or no! After that we needed to blog. That’s what I’m doing now and really enjoying it! Thank you!!

Number of the Day - 16/10/20 - 817

Today for our maths starter I chose Number of the day! It is a maths game where you have to write facts about numbers. It can go from 2 digits to 6! How crazy is that! I chose a three digit. That is my level. Today's number is 817. It was pretty easy. When the question "20 more" came up I forgot the seven but excluding that it was I'd day well done. 

Here is my activity-

You should try it.

Number of the Day

Have a good day!!!

Percentages - 14/10/20

 Today in class we learned more activities about Percentages. I have blogged about this before and have learned a lot.

Here is my activities-

 Have you finished the other activities I dared you to do?

Have a good day!!

Percentages - 13/10/20

 Hello I am Arvay and I am going to be blogging about percentages. It is now term 4 and it is testing term. We have this whole week to practice maths, reading and writing. Miss Nees Kairua gave us percentages to do this term. I think it is very interesting but easy. However it is much so my level. 

Here is my activities-

Maybe you could do those activities to try them out!!!

Have a good day!!

Monday 21/9/20 Plants in space

 Today in class we carried on with our Science -  Plants in space. Here is my first activity-

This Activity was about our knowledge about photosynthesis and what it matches. I knew that A was light energy because the sun is the light and it's rays of energy reflects onto the plant. C was water HPO because when you put water into the ground it goes into the roots and grows the plant. Oxygen o2 is D because plants give us Oxygen o2 and Carbon Dioxide Co2 is B because it breathes it in.

Once I finished that I needed to move onto my next activity. Here it is-

What does a plant need?

Macro nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorus

• and Potassium. Plants absorb more of

  these than any other nutrient.

• Micro nutrients: Plants require less

of these, including: boron, calcium,

copper, iron, magnesium, and zinc.

• Light

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Water

• Nutrients

This activity was all about the things plants need to grow. These are all the basics so it was really easy.

I have a few more activities to share and here they are-

Soil Free, Care Free?

Hydroponic crops are grown bigger, faster and in less area than a traditional field could yield. They can be grown indoors, underground, at high elevations or even on board the International Space Station.

Maintaining a hydroponic system can be costly however, and requires engineering to ensure water, nutrients and oxygen are always available.

Answers:

1. It makes it more easier to water because it grows bigger and faster. A farmer doesn’t need to have a big land. 

2. They can be grown indoors.

Here is one slide. It isn't really an activity but here is something-

Why use hydroponics?

Plants can grow in more than just soil.

Hydroponic (water) and Aeroponic

(air or mist) based systems have existed

since the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

William Frederick Gericke promoted

the value of soil-free agriculture in

1929, coining the term from the Latin:

Hydro (water) + Ponic (work).

That is all I have done for the day. Thank you!

Prototec - Maths - Starter

Today I started maths. For our starter we had to go onto Prototec.
Here is a photo of my learning-

After I saw what I got rong and right I received my certificate-

Have you tried prototec before?

Well you should because you can choose what stage, tables and even a script or timed.

Have a good day

Maths Activity 1

Today in class we finished our maths . It was about decimals and the decimal digit!

Here is my work-

 Do you know some decimal digits?

Do you have an activity for maths that is similar to this one?

Have a good day!