Our practice go at Debates

 We have been starting to learn a bit about debates.  It's sometimes difficult when you have to practice arguing something that you don't believe in yourself, like I had to argue that animal testing for medical research shouldn't be banned.  I was buddied up with Rebecca and she argued it should be banned.

Here's our first ideas.

Animal testing in medicine should be banned!

Mikayla- Against                             Rebecca-For

For -

I am for animal testing in medicine to be banned. This practice should not continue.

Animals should not be sacrificed for humans. People should find other ways to make medicine so animals can live longer and not have to suffer! 

Animals have feelings too!         

Against-

Animals should be used for medical research.

This research is saving human lives! The choice is either the animals die or the humans die, and humans are a higher functioning species than animals. There are many important medical breakthroughs that have happened, because animals can be used to test things before they are tested on humans.

The fish did it! My narrative story

 One morning Mr Baloney woke up and he knew something was missing but what was it? It was a piece of chocolate from his secret stash 

“WHO STOLE MY CHOCOLATE” he shouted! 

He knew someone stole it because he had a full block of black forest his favourite. There were only three people it could have been Miss Baloney, Teeny Baloney or Little Baloney. The first person he criticised was Little Baloney. He was a great finder and has the same sense of smell as a dog. So he went and asked him a few questions. 

“Did you steal my chocolate”? He said 

“no but what chocolate sounds great right now”. 

“Ok so he didn’t steal it so it must have been Miss Baloney ahha” 

“GET HERE RIGHT NOW MISS BALONEY”. 

“I’m coming honey” 

“DON’T CALL ME HONEY. 

“Who put your knickers in a twist.

 Up the stairs she went “ 

Did you steal my chocolate from my secret stash” 

“No Mr baloney i didn’t” 

“Well then who did”. 

The last person that could have done it was teeny baloney 

“how could he”. 

He marched down the stairs 

“WHERE IS TEENY BALONEY”

 “He’s sleeping so be quiet”

 “NO HE STOLE MY CHOCOLATE” 

``''he couldn’t have he can’t walk yet”.

 “ your right then who did it”. 

“Oh well I'm getting fat anyway”. 

The next day he woke up and saw chocolate all around Twow Twans mouth 

“THE FISH DID IT.

These are my drawings for the characters in my book.

How Mammoths went extinct using Biteable

 The year 6s have been doing explanation writing we got given the topic of extinct animals and I chose Mammoths. Once we had done the writing we used a app called Biteable, is a app that you can add writing and images and make sort of like add for whatever you want.

 

My writing to discuss stuff

 Dogs

All dog breeds are different sizes, shapes and don’t all eat the same amount.

I will be telling about all the different dog breeds like shapes, habitat, sizes, height, weight, and more.

Firstly these are some of my favourite dog breeds and the ones I will be telling you about German Shepherd,maltese,Jack Russell,Labs,foxy,pomeranian and heading huntaway cross.

Secondly You might know German shepherds as a police dog all fierce and scary but do you want to more about the intelligent dog.Temperament: Obedient, Intelligent, Curious, Alert, Loyal, Confident, Watchful, Courageous Weight: Male: 30–40 kg, Female: 22–32 kg Colors: Black, Black & Tan, Sable, Red & Black, Grey, Black & Silver Height: Male: 60–65 cm, Female: 55–60 cm German shepherds . German Shepherds are the common police dog they are very intelligent and big. The Maltese is normally white. I guess that’s just how they are. The Maltese is about 7 pounds 8-10 inches tall and lives to about 12-15 years.  It is a very alert dog and playful. One of the things that people like is that the maltese don't have fur. It is like wool so they don’t shed but you do have to shave them. This dog is really good if you have allergies because it doesn’t have fur. The pomeranian. Life expectancy: 12 – 16 years Mass: 1.9 – 3.5 kg (Adult) Temperament: Intelligent, Extroverted, Sociable, Playful, Active, Friendly Colors: White, Black, Sausage dogs are small long dogs and short legs. Life expectancy: 12 – 16 years Mass: 7.3 – 15 kg (Standard Size) Origin: Germany. Temperament: Clever, Stubborn, Devoted, Lively, Playful, Courageous Colors: Black, Chocolate & Tan, Black & Tan, Chocolate & Cream, Blue & Tan, Cream, Tan, Red. There are 3 different types of Dachshund: long haired,wire Haired and short haired.

Our dogs  A heading huntaway cross is a sheep dog It is fast and can be trained easily as a pup. This breed is called heading huntaway cross because Heading stands for going around a flock of sheep and huntaway is because they are good hunting dogs and cross is because they are cross breeds.Weight 25–40 kilograms (55–88 lb) Height 56–66 centimetres (22–26 in) Coat smooth or rough (grizzled) Color variable, commonly black and tan, tricolour. Jack Russells are one of my favourite breeds of dog. They are small and playful . Jack russell Life expectancy: 13 – 16 years Mass: 6.4 – 8.2 kg (Adult) Height: 25 – 38 cm (Adult, At the withers Origin: England Temperament: Stubborn, Intelligent, Energetic, Fearless, Athletic, Vocal Colors: White, Black & White, White & Tan. Jack Russell is a very energetic animal. A Jack Russell isn’t really for people in the town unless you have a big fenced area for it to run around.   Labradors are very loyal dogs, they aren't trouble, they listen well and are adorable. Life expectancy: 10 – 14 years Origin: Newfoundland Weight: Male: 29–36 kg, Female: 25–32 kg Temperament: Intelligent, Kind, Outgoing, Agile, Trusting, Even Tempered, Gentle Height: Male: 57–62 cm, Female: 55–60 cm Colors: Black, Chocolate, Golden. Foxy is like a Jack Russell but they are a bit bigger and not as energetic. Weight Male 3.5–5.5 kg the female is the same as the male Height Male 24 - 30.5cm Female is also the same Coat Short, dense, smooth texture Color Black, white,brown & tan Litter size 2-5 Life span 12 - 18. Foxy are very playful and  would recommend having one as a pet. Jess Jack Russell Rex Heading huntaway cross Shyha Chocolate lab Milo Foxy Boots Beardie  Meg Huntaway

In conclusion, I have loved all the dogs we have had and unfortunately they have lived there days.

My free choice research

My Colour Poem and typatone

We have been using our senses to describe colour.  We then added it to typatone to give it some sound.

What is it????

What is this thing? I mean you can see the earth (and I don't know what it looks like in space) so I think that's what it is.
The volcano at the front could be the one that exploded in White Island, and they just photoshopped in the earth and stars. But it could be whatever want it to be, just open up your imagination. It could be a new planet in space who knows! Not me. Do you?

Mikayla's wreath

Spirolaterals at home

This is my spirolateral that i did during quarantine because the covid 19 i used numbers 5,6,1,8 to make this spirolateral. On this app called spirolateral explorer it is a app where you can pick any numbers you want every number has a different pattern any colours to make it look cool.  You can also do it on paper you can pick 5 numbers and go down across to the left up then across to the right and then continue the pattern as many times you want and try and make it connect .

Comic making

This week we have been using a app called Pixton it is a app where you can make comics and make them however you want if you want to make comics is well I suggest using Pixton.

Holiday

film festival

Feedback on the Tuki film festival on Thursday we went to the Tuki film festival it is a festival where kids make movies on a topic the topic this year was the west coast. I think it was good but I think maybe we could have like a 10 minute break.

Baking in maths

On thursday november 7th we did baking for our math this week we are learning measurement. We did baking because when you are baking you need to measure things.


I was in a group with Zac and Rebecca and we made vanilla cupcakes with buttercream icing.  I really liked making them because we got to eat them at the end.  When we made them we accidentally made to much icing.

Cupcakes:
150g butter, softened
1 1/2 cups Chelsea Caster Sugar2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1 1/4 cups milk
Buttercream Icing:
100g butter, softened
1 1/2 cups Chelsea Vanilla Flavoured Icing Sugar*
1-2 Tbsp milk
Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 190°C conventional or 170°C fan-forced. Beat butter with an electric mixer until smooth, add Chelsea Caster Sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs and mix well. Add the sifted flour, milk and vanilla, beat until smooth. Place paper baking cases in a cupcake tin, spoon in mixture until they are about 2/3 full (don't overfill or they will form peaks). This recipe makes 24 cupcakes so you might need to do this in two batches. Bake for 20 minutes until golden or until they spring back when lightly pressed. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool while you prepare the icing.
Buttercream Icing: Beat the butter until it is pale and fluffy. Sift in the Chelsea Vanilla Flavoured Icing Sugar and mix, adding milk until you have a light, fluffy mixture. Add extra milk if you need a softer consistency. Spread or pipe icing over cupcakes and top with decorations as desired.

Pet half day

On thursday we had pet half day because this week is book week and our theme is all creatures great and small. We had a few rules for that it had to be a small contained animal so it couldn't be a big dog or a horse. I didn't take anything because my parents didn't have time to bring our little dog down to school. When the pets started to arrive we went into room 7 to say thankyou to all the parents for bringing the pets in then we did a scavenger hunt to find things such as green eyes,black and white,smallest,biggest,longest legs,the fattest and one that you would want to take home I said Troys puppy Turbo. Once you completed it you got your pet and read it a story since not everyone bring a pet you just buddied up with a friend I was with Rebecca she had a bunny called caramel. Then we did the medals for cutest, fattest and others. There were 3 bunnies 2 dogs 1 cat 1 chicken. 

South African heritage day

On Wednesday the 18th we celebrated South African heritage day for Miss B because she is from South Africa.

There are 3 kinds of food that a lot of people eat there is Bunny Chow, Bunny Chow is mince in a loaf of bread. A Smiley is a sheep's head i know it's disgusting and lastly is a Walkie Talkie a Walkie Talkie is chicken feet.We ate some food there was Peppermint caramel tart and beef jerky lastly these coconut and chocolate biscuit.

You know about the haka well they have there thing that is Zulu dancing there is a tridison for boys and girls to dance toplis.

There are 3 clicks but i can't remember what one is which.

Ndebele is a house that has a bunch of patterns search it up they are quiet cool.There is also shacks that people live in in the poorer parts of South Africa.

We made our own shack out of popsicle sticks and we made rock art on a tiny canvas.

Thanks for reading i don't want to go on for to long so bye for now.

Online safety

This week we have been learning about online safety because we use our chromebooks alot at school.

Our class has been saying but what about our blogs that shares a lot of stuff about us such as our name,school,where we've been and lots of other stuff.Here is some stuff that you shouldn't share online your real name,address,personal info,where you're going,what you look like,what school you go to and what town you live in.

Here are some things you can share your favourite hobbies,favourite color,favourite place to go, favourite food and  just your favourite things.

Netball

On Tuesday 27th we had netball it was meant to be on Monday but it got postponed to Tuesday because of the weather.On Tuesday we had Rachel and Eleanor took us into the netball Rachel was kindly our coach and Jimmy refed our games.We played 5 games we lost all of them we had bad luck but we were there for fun.We played Awahono,St Patricks b,Paroa and karoro school.We played at Anzac park on the netball courts.

First aid workshop

Katherine came in from st john and did a first aid workshop for a hour and a half in case of a emergency.Katherine talked to us about if you came across someone laying on the ground that looks unconscious what you would do i'll tell you at the end.or if someone cut there self and blud was squirting out or gushing.There are letters to help you with remembering all the stuff that you do they are. D is for danger R is for response S is for send for help  A stands for airway  B is for breathing C is for cpr D is for defibrillation.If someone is bleeding and it is gushing or squirting then put direct pressure on it then elevate it.

• D make sure nothing is able to hurt you.
• R say can you hear me and tap them on the collar bone
• S if there's no response call 111
• A tilt back there head so they can breath
• B put your hand on below the ribs and listen if they are breathing
• C do cpr put your hands on their chest and push 30 times blow in the mouth 2 times
• D i don't know what to do

Escape room

The escape room

Thursday 15th the year 5s and 6s did a escape room challenge.I found 1 clue out of 10 the clue number I found was 10 the writing was in blue.While everyone was doing number 1 I went on the desktop and searched up a hole bunch of words to see if they meant sad.There was 8 words that meant sad out of 12.The clues weren't anything like I thought they would be they were all about vocabulary.When we figured it out we got our subway!!! I ordered ham,lettuce,carrot and garlic aioli but I only got ham,lettuce and garlic aioli.     

rules
You had to find 10 clues and figure them out
Once you got the code we checked it with miss B
We were aloud to use the desktop
You weren't aloud to leave the room

The snow day

In the weekend it snowed i made a baby snowman then I threw a snowball at it I missed first then I hit and he died.I ate ice it was pretty yummy it didn't taste like water it tasted weird.I went outside in my bare feet then my brothers locked me out side so I went round to the porch but they locked that one to after a while I finally got in.Up at the cow shed me and two of my brothers filled a cone with snow.Two calves died from the snow because it was so cold we had seven calves born that day.