Week 4:My new pet

My New Pet

 My new pet is a praying mantis and his name is Manti. I was watching a movie on my computer when my mum called me from out the front when she was gardening. She said that she was cutting down thorns and she found a bug and she didn't want to cut it down. Mum knows that I like bugs and she didn't want to touch it. She asked what it was and I told her it was a praying mantis. Then I picked it up and ran inside, got a special shoe box and put manti in it. Then I went of my movie and did lots of research on how to look after praying mantis's. To make a long story short, I looked up how to make a home, how to look after a praying mantis, and how to tell it's gender. I needed to tell Manti's gender because I wanted to to call Manti he or her and I also wanted to know if I could let Manti have baby's. I needed to know if Manti could have baby's because when praying mantis's mate, the female praying mantis bites of the male mantis' head half way through mating and then when they are finished the male mantis dies.Manti is a male and if I let Manti mate, he will die.
I have had Manti for longer than two weeks now and he has learnt to listen to me. I trust him.

Manti is safe in his box and he can't get out.

We have a great relationship.

My First Blog Post 2016

Hello,and welcome back to 2016.My name is Nixie and I was born in 2/7/06 Hastings New Zealand and I am 9 years old turning 10.There are 5 people in my house,Mum,Lana,Jacob, Me and my baby cat ,Nemo.This year so far my favourite thing that I am learning about is swimming because we have a pool at home and I swim in it every day (I love swimming for short,)and I also got a massive tan-line of my togs over this summer.My mum even sometimes says I have white togs on.A am blogging this because I want you to be able to know about me when you read my blogs.One thing I am looking forward to this year is camp because I've never been camping with a class before.

Greatest Life Achievement-Nixie

Greatest Life Achievement-Nixie

My greatest life achievement so far is being a mum to Nemo my baby cat.

I am proud of being a mum to Nemo my baby cat.

PE

You have now been to three different PE sessions- RUN, JUMP and THROW.

Please create something to show what you learned in EACH session.

It is your choice how to show and present this.

#Run

Mrs Love

For run we had to race other people and each time it got further.First we had a partner.Then we had to race all the people the same gender and year.I was with the year 4 girls.Then,for the really fast people,they got to run across the whole paddock.Even though I wasn’t fast I still did it for fun.I did it for a challenge.

#Jump

Mr M

For jump we had to do lots of different jumps.We jumped different jumps on lines and jumped with 2 other different learning buddies.We would form a circle.We played a game of “this is the way that Jenny (or) Jimmy jumps.”Jenny for girl,Jimmy for boy.Since i’m a girl I was Jenny.I had to say,”this is the way that Jenny jumps.” Then I would do a type of jump.Then the group would copy me and say,”this is the way that Jenny jumps.”Then they would jump how I jumped.Then I would say “Jenny nominates…”Then the next person would repeat.             

#Throw

Miss Plimmer

For throw we had to throw balls to your partner.Each time you threw it to then 5 times without dropping it the partner on the flat side would move back 1.If you dropped it the partner on the flat side would go all the way back from where they started.Next you had to see how far you could throw.You wold be put in a group 1-3.Then you would have a new partner to throw it to.



For P.E we have been doing activities for RUN, JUMP, THROW.For each one we did a different activities.

RUN,JUMP,THROW.

RUN, JUMP, THROW #1

WALT practice athletic skills and share how to perform them.

Motivational Video

Brainstorm words from the video and put in either column (Skills or Attitudes)

“Your attitude determines your altitude.”

Skills	Attitudes
Run	Sportsmanship
Jump	Integrity
Throw	Determination
Shot put	Enjoyment
High jump	Personal best
Pole vault	Respect
Discus	Perseverance
Long jump	Trying
Hurdles	Positive
Triple jump	Endurance

Brainstorm 20 questions from watching the video. Any questions that come to mind.

“There’s no such thing as a stupid question.”

Question Helpers	Why / How / Where / What / When / Who
	is / are / could / would / should / did / may / will / might / shall
1	How long did they train for?
2	How strong do they have to be?
3	When did they first be discovered?
4	What is the average age to start athletics?
5	What goes through their mind when they stand on the podium?
6	How did they become interested in this sport?
7	What motivates them?
8	When did they first realise they wanted to do athletics?
9	Did any of them want to do a different sport than what they already do?
10	What was their greatest achievement?
11	Are they ever worried?
12	How hard do they focus?
13	How much do they enjoy it?
14	Do they get any injuries in a normal day of training?
15	How much does an injury stop them?
16	What is the most common Athletic sport?
17	How many events are you aloud to do?
18	What is the record for Long jump?
19	Where was the first Athletics competition held?
20	What do they use to make all the poles for Pole Vault?

I am proud of my Run, Jump, Throw because I came up with those ideas really quick. We had to fill in the gaps like skills, attitudes, and questions for the people in athletics. My favourite question was
What goes through their mind when they stand on the podium? Because I DO wonder what goes through there mind when they stand on the podium. (Probably REALLY excited.) But how would I know? I'm not them.   

Butterfly Scene

Scene Description Nixie

Success Criteria

• Has strong adjectives
• Different sentence beginnings
• Different sentence lengths
• A simile and/or alliteration
• Has an introduction, body and conclusion
• Thoughtful word choices
• Show examples of single, compound and complex sentences.

As I turn around I see the most amazing thing.It’s so magical.So colorful - it looks like a rainbow.It’s outstanding. I've never seen anything like it .I’ve only seen monarch butterflies before. So delicate. It could almost blend in with the flower it’s on. It’s like being on a colorful island. It’s the most amazing scene.The  rainbow butterfly clutching onto the flower is such a beautiful sight.It has the most magnificent colors. In the back of the scene there is green grass in a blurry distance. A sunny, peaceful, relaxing space. Could this get more colorful? It looks like a rainbow. Well blended. Red,orange,yellow,green,light blue,dark blue,purple,pink,fuchsia,

lavender. It's so precious.

In my learning,we have been doing scene description.We got to pick any image within reason.I chose a butterfly.Next we had to describe the image to the reader.

Blue McCaws

                                  Blue McCaw Birds
  





Jewel is a Blue McCaw bird. She is in the movie Rio. Rio is a place in Brazil. It is a Brazilian movie.
 Blue is a Blue McCaw too. He is also in the movie Rio.
They are husband and wife.
Rio.
This is a real Blue McCaw bird.

These are baby McCaws.