Geo guessr

Here is a game that gives you a photo and then you need to try and guess the country.

Here is a screen shot of my highest game score.      Here is the link to the site.http://geoguessr.com/

The two wildebeests 2

Here is the sequel of the two wildebeests.                                            Here is the second part.
                                                                             

Whio report

People know that whio is a bird but not much people know that it Is endemic. whio are not birds that you will find in town and in your stream they are rare birds. Find out more facts further on in this report


Have you ever seen that bird on the ten dollar note? Or have you ever heard about it? Well now you will. That bird is a whio or a blue duck. It is endemic to New Zealand, that means that it is native but only can be found in New Zealand. A whio has webbed feet to help it sail down flowing water and also to help them perch on rocks. The whio likes to live in clean and clear flowing rough water. The name blue duck comes from its blue/grey feathers that help it to camouflage against the rocks. They are called whio because that is the sound the male makes. The whio has rubbery scrapers on their bill they are like rubbery lips to help them to scrape larvae and bugs off rocks.

A female whio does not quack, they make a low sounding growl. whio like to stay in the same part of the river for their whole life. The whio will mate and stay together for its whole life, if one of the pair dies the other will find another whio and will stay in the same part of the river. The male and female just about look the same but the male is slightly larger. The blue duck is smaller than the common mallard ducks that you have probably seen. Blue duck is an old species of duck. It has evolved in New Zealand by itself.

Blue duck feeds for the first few hours of the morning and again at night. The female lays her eggs at the beginning of September. She will lay her eggs in a hole in the river bank, caves and under plants. She will lay five to six eggs and will sit on them for a long time. The male protects the egg? He will wait on the river near the nest. The ducklings are born in October, they are white and grey and really fluffy. They have really big feet and they can swim straight away.

If the ducklings are alarmed they will flattern their self down onto the rocks. It helps them camouflage so the predator can't see them. The young chicks can't fly for up to eighty days. Once they leave the protection of their parents they will soon start flying. They will move up and down the river to find a home. The female blue duck is more at risk than the male because at nesting time wild cats, ferrits and stoats can attack them. The blue duck is an endangerd specie. Their numbers are very low compared to what they once were. They have disapeard from most places and there is about 2000 left in New Zealand. Scientists are trying their best to find a way to increase their numbers.

Thank you for reading this report. We need to respect the blue duck/ whio. It is a beautiful bird. I hope you enjoyed.

The two wildebeests

   

                                           
                                   

                                        Here is the second part of my story
                                         

                                   



                                                   Here is my story

      “Come on man, lets cross the river,” said the wildebeest.

“Nah, there’s a crocodile,” said the other wildebeest.

“No, it’s a log,” said the wildebeest.

“See it’s a crocodile, I bet you it will move when I punch it,” said the other wildebeest.

“Nope, it’s a log,” said the wildebeest.

“Listen to me man, it’s a crocodile!” said the other wildebeest.

“No, it’s a floating log,” said the first wildebeest.

“Look, I will poke it with this stick and then it will come and eat you.” said the other wildebeest.

“Haa, haa, I was right, It’s a log,” said the wildebeest.

“Look, I will jump on it and I bet that it is a crocodile,” The other wildebeest jumps.

“Maybe you were right it was a log,” said the other wildebeest.

CHOMP!!!

“You were right, it was a crocodile.” said the alive wildebeest.

“Hey dad,” said the wildebeest.

“Hi son, is that a log?”

To be continued...

Picture book creation

For the last four days the whole of year 5 and 6 have split into different class rooms to do different activities, I chose to create a picture book. We spent the first day drawing our characters, then the second day testing the different backgrounds, pencils and then the paints, on the third day we made our layout and on the forth day we wrote our text.
Thank you Mrs Roil for all of your help.
Here is my page.

Whiteboard pro on the iPad

On Friday after school I was playing around with whiteboard pro. I have upgraded a few photos from camp and from Rippa rugby. Here they are.

Rippa rugby

Report for Rippa rugby

Yesterday Parkvale school entered two Rippa rugby teams, I was in the A team. In our first game we faced Irongate and they were up 2-0 at the end of the first half then we picked our game up and drew four all. After that game we were off and we started to have big wins like 10-0 in tries. It all came down to the semi finals. We faced the Parkvale B team, that was a challenge. At full time we thought it was 3-2 to The A team but one of Sam's tries was dissallowed and that made it two all. We go into golden point so the first team to score wins. I could feel the tension building up and then Daniel makes a break through and scores that means that Parkvale A goes into the finals. We run out onto the field and start to play. Te Mata score a few tries but then the ball gets passed along the line and then to me. I dive over the line and put the ball down. That makes it 2-3. Time flies and Te Mata score a few more tries and then we do, the whistle blows and the finals are over. The score was 5-3.





Reflection for Rippa rugby
∙ Something I was pleased with was that I got lots of rips
...because I saved tries
∙ I really enjoyed learning not to run backwards
...because you can't see what's happening
∙ Something I found hard was keeping up with the fast people in my team
∙ Something that made me think was what way to run
...because there could be a gap that I missed
∙ Something I want to get better at is making sure of the rip.


Here is a photo of me

Camp reflection

Reflection for Camp
My goal for camp was to hold a weta.
... I achieved running up the pipe line.
Something I was pleased with was that I did the rope challenge in the last cave.

…because it was really fun.

I really enjoyed learning that a kiwi makes a clicking noise with its beak.

…because it is angry.

Something I found hard was turning one way in a double kayak.

Something that made me think was some of the questions in the quiz.

…because some of them I never would of heard of.

· My top 5 favourite things about camp were:
Favourite Things. Reason Why
1.Caving. because we got really muddy
2.Kayaking. because I got really wet
3.Pipe line. because it was challenging
4.confidence course. because it was fun and hard
5.rock hopping. because we got to climb up big rocks


This is my favourite photo

Caving

WALT choose words that describe a moment (in an exciting way) for the reader

YOUR SIGNS OF SUCCESS

• begins in the action
• present tense (I am, not I was)
• short, sharp sentences
• strong verbs
• uses the senses (look, feel, hear, taste, smell)
• language features (simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor)
• show personality (sounds like you, humour, feelings, exaggeration)

I walk into the dark, caves mouth that looks like a monster. I walk through the cave with freezing water up to my ankles. I walk onto the sloppy mud, My shoes are drenched and it feels like I am walking on jelly. I walk up some rocks that looks like stairs. I grip onto the rail and then onto the rope. The rope had lots of grip and felt rough. I slowly slide down the rope, bouncing off of each rock as I go. I look up at Jason to get my photo taken. I see the bright flash that looks like stars when it flashes.

 I touch down on the bottom like I am landing on the moon. I let go of the rope and it hits the rocks and I see the next person coming down. I jump over the jagged rocks and catch up to the other kids in front of me. I look in front of them to see what's up ahead. Then I see it. Another cave. I wait my turn in line and eventually I make it to the front. I get down on my hands and knees and start to crawl through.

I end up in a room I see flickers of light from the torches.

I climb up a pile of rocks and I look down a hole, Wow! That goes down a long way. I head back to the entrance of the room. I get down again and slide through a tight gap in the wall. I get scratches on my body. I make it out  and I get my photo. We walk to the start of the cave and we look at the glow worms. They look really cool. The cave had finished but to hear a few screams we decided to scare some people. I get up on the side of the cave and then, Ahhh!!!  

 

Lonely Ghost Storybird

Here is a Storybird that I created It is called the lonely ghost

Rock Hopping

WALT choose words that describe a moment (in an exciting way) for the reader.

YOUR SIGNS OF SUCCESS

• begins in the action
• present tense (I am, not I was)
• short, sharp sentences
• strong verbs
• uses the senses (look, feel, hear, taste, smell)
• language features (simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor)
• show personality (sounds like you, humour, feelings, exaggeration)

Rock hopping

I jump. I land it. I slip. Ooch! I landed on my butt. I head over to another rock, then Mr M goes sprinting up beside me and then running up the triangular shape rock. He makes it. I take a run up, I get halfway up the rock then my footing comes loose. I slide down like a sled racing down a mountain. I try again but I slip before I even get up. I skip that rock and head onto the next rock. I climb successfully up a rock. I then jump off and land on another rock and slip up. I find a rock that has holes that looks like stairs in it. I climb it with ease. I get down on my bum and slide down the steep rock. I start to run because Liam called me, I try to figure out where the voice is coming from. 

I end up on a big grassy, mossy rock. I see a little twig and stick  hut. I crawl in through the entrance, Liam says “Sup Josh” and I reply “Sup Liam”. He hands me a stick and says “this is your weapon". He says "roll out" and then he runs out of the hut and throws his stick (Grenade) into the lake. Boom! (Splash) Target hit and he runs back into the hut and says “Take cover.” We hear Mr M calling us in and says have a biscuit and a piece of apple. Liam grabs a biscuit and says “I've got my salami slice (biscuit)". We stumble back to our cars, we are all exhausted. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Pyjama Time

At Camp Kaitawa Henry, Liam, Samuel and I made a trailer called Pyjama time. We made it in the morning when we got up and woke everyone else up with the noise. Please leave a comment :)




Pyjama Time from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.