45 Minute Inquiry

In Today for our 45 minute inquiry Mrs Mills got a photo of some people playing a sport called curling. We had to come up with some questions that were not closed and then write a blog post about the sport.

In 1511 Curling was invented by soloman harper in medieval Scotland. Curling is a sport that you play on an ice rink with two teams, 4 players in each. To play it you need a Granite stone and some special brooms.

The aim of the sport is to successfully try to get your stone into the middle of the target. To do this one person needs to throw the stone and the others use brooms to clear or alter the ice for the stone so it can get into the the center of the target to score points.

45 Minute Inquiry

For Todays 45 minute inquiry we had to find out about the logs at the Tauranga Port. As Mrs Mills was  Was Driving home she took a photo of some logs at the port. we then discussed question to find out about what we needed to know.

The Vast majority of these logs come from overseas from places like china, and indonesia. but they also always get shipped directly to the port, they often get shipped to other ports and are transported on truck to the right location were the will get treated and cut down into smaller logs.

They Would then get shipped back were they will get cut into planks and made into other products like ply wood and paper.

45 Minute Inquiry

For todays 45 minute inquiry we did a search on 4 photos and had to ask questions on each. The photos were of inuit boots, boomerangs, Totem Poles, and Maori Carvings. 

I found Out that inuit boots are Indigenous to the inuits and are made of seal, whale, and reindeer skin. 

Boomerangs are native to the Australian aboriginals and are commonly used as a tool to hunt with.  

Maori Carving are of coures indigenous to the maoris and are typically made of wood. 

Totem Poles are an item made by the north american indians, but vary on were they are made and what they represent. 

These items are all incomen because they are indigenous to a particular culture.

Problem Solving

Today we did Maths Problem Solving. My group was Hugh, Lauren, Sharnae, Jacob, caitlin and I, we were the green team. I contributed by answering question number One and helping with number Two.
We ran out of time so unfortunately we did not get to find out our place in the competition.

45 Minute Inquiry

Last Saturday Mrs Mills went to Huntly to bow hunt for koi carp. She was hunting them because they are a pest. They eat native fish and their eggs. They pollute the water by stirring up the mud and it kills native trees. Koi carp can grow up to 80cm and can weigh up to 10kg.

Mrs Mills went bow hunting last weekend because the koi carp were spawning (breeding) and they come into the shallows to do this.

Bow hunting is a sport that requires a bow and arrow. You also need a line attached to the arrow so you can retrieve the fish and arrow. You do not need a license in NZ to bow hunt. It has been around since the Victorian era.

Mrs Mills caught 6 koi carp. She didn’t throw them back into the water because you can receive a fine.  She left them on the side of the lake and they were taken by some fishermen.

What Button Would You Push And Why

I would choose blue because you could fly anywhere. In the description of the button it doesn't say that you have any limits in terms of speed so you could go as fast as you want. so you could be anywhere instantly.

Summer P.E

This term we have started playing our summer sports for P.E, Today we played Tennis doubles.My partner was Hugh "Shuck" Yang. We had practiced yesterday in block 3 and he had a competition this morning. In our first game we lost to Kyle and Matthew but then won the next 6.