Commonwealth Country

Australia Is located in oceania near the beautiful New Zealand and some pacific island. They have a well over population of 23,564,607! that is crazy. There capital city is Canterbury,but the place that people would go for their holidays (vacation) would be gold cost it has some of the best features. Like a theme park for the kids including splash planet and many more.

Thier favourite sport (their most played sport) is Aussie Rules . There is 2,659 clubs that play, it is played outdoor and the only have one equipment a football. I think there 2nd sport thats most played his rugby there super rugby teams are Brumbies,Reds,Waratahs,Rebels and Force there Nrl teams ACT,NSW,Queensland and Western Australia.

Thier flag Color is red, white and blue There flag has the union jack the 5 southern stars and the commonwealth stars.

Immersion Assembly

“It is a good start to the term” I said to myself. The theme for this term is Game On. It is about sport and the Commonwealth games. As soon as I got to school our class went to the hall and then we started with our Immersion Assembly.

Team one movie was a weird one. I didn't really understand that one because I wasn’t even listening. Team two on the other hand I think was about the countries and our old teacher is back from america so thats good.  

Team three was funny because Mr Goodwin was dressed up as a reggae person he was pretty funny. They showed a video it was about competing in things like sport and other things. The one I think I like the most would be team five I didn't know what happened in team four.

Team five is when the teachers went on a holiday to different countries. My favourite was Miss Lagitupu she went to Glenn Innes. Miss Nua went to spain. I heard it looks fantastic. Ms clark went to New York. Miss Paget went to Atlanta in America.

My Sound Animation

Mrs Langitupu gave us a task for our sound animation and I finished it of.

Echolocation

Echolocation

What is echolocation?

Echolocation is used by some animals and maybe a human and submarines. This is like powers. If you make a sound in a classroom it will rebound off the barriers in front of you and around you, and it will come back. It’s like if you blow at your hand the wind comes back. A boy called Ben Underwood used echolocation. He was blind and lost his eyes at the age of 3. Echolocation helped him see.

Who or what can use it?

Submarines can use it. This is a little different to how animals use it. When they're in the water, the submarines send out a signal. If it comes back it gets detected on their monitor and then will will know somethings out there. That’s just the same as whales and dolphins. They make a sound so they can see if anything is out there too. Bats are spectacular as they can hear really well. Their hearing is better than ours.

Aggressive Dogs

Dogs Aggressive and dangerous there are dogs that come from all sorts of country the most aggressive I wouldn't want are Red nose Pitbulls these dogs will tear you apart they could actually kill you if they kill you that's the end of you if a pitbull was wandering the street and bites you call animal patrol and they will put them down because they are to aggressive. These dogs were known for the highest killing rates.

German shepherd these dogs are well trained dogs but some aren't .These dogs are aggressive they can kill because these dogs come in second with the highest killing rates. These dogs are in the army and the force the have been with police and looked after because they are there buddies Make sure these dogs are trained when they are puppies.

Rottweilers are dangerous dogs. But some of them are pa light they can listen but it might injure you they are very vicious guard dogs coming in third place in killing rates these dogs are big and fierce puppies are very cute but as they get older they will start injuring people they need to have a good caregiver.

Empathy and Sympathy

Empathy and Sympathy

Empathy and Sympathy are types of emotions. Empathy means caring for people and putting your self in other people’s shoes. Sympathy is just a different type of empathy,Its a little bit of the same.That’s what sympathy is about.You can feel empathy and sympathy at the same time.

Everybody shows empathy sometimes. This is about caring and understanding what other people are feeling.Some people show sympathy,here's an example: If you lost something special to you or someone and that person said that they don't care cause maybe it was your fault.

Tech at Tamaki

Tech at tamaki, the only time you can experience this Yr 7 & 8 its a fun time and you learn a lot of stuff like cooking, crafting & drawing.The group I am in is hard materials this is when the crafting comes.This term we are learning to make glass pane but it has a design in the middle it can be anything but there are a few cuts that you can't do these cuts have to be straight you get a piece of small wood. A glass cutter (its very dangerous).

Mr Grundy (our teacher for tech) gave us a task to make eight designs and when you’ve done that you get to pick your final design then the hard bit comes cutting the glass you will need to know how to control it if you can’t the you cut will go all over the place. If you can cut the glass and make sure its a precision cut then you cut the colored glass.

The colored glass is the most important bit these glasses will be the color for your design. If you can cut all the colored glass that you need and all the pieces you need are cut then you are almost finish. You will need to grind it and then when your done put a sticky material around it. Then you will put all your pieces together and put a special material around it to keep it together then you put a hole in it near the top and then you are done.