I Am Making Movies 2

This is a small part from our 3 minute movie. It was created by Kaycee, Tyla, Jonita and Calvin from room 14, with the help of our great extension teacher, Mrs Tele'a. This is about us learning our cultrul history. Suddenly we get sucked up into the past .................. What will happen?

This movie will be entered in the I am making movies competion at the museum. Hope you enjoy! We had a lot of fun making this movie. We hope we win a prize! Wish us luck :)

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The Braille Alphabet

Braillewas invented so that blind people could read and write through touch. It was invented by Louis Braille. He was blind so then he became a teacher of the blind. It is made up of dots. Each cell, of dots, represents a letter, numeral or punctuation mark.

Archimedes

Some scientists and mathematicians in the Ancient Greek world were not as good as Archimedes. Now you are probably wondering who Archimedes is. Well, he was one of the last great mathematicians. In the Ancient Greek days he was known as a inventor and a mathematicians. He wasn’t just known as an inventor and a mathematicians he was also known as a wise master.
Archimedes was born in Syracuse Sicly in 287 Bc. Archimedes probably got his interest of mathematicians from his dad, Phidias. He was a astronomer. He was consumed of solving problems that sometimes he forgot to eat.

One invention that he invented was the claw. It was invented in 214 Bc. It was used for potential invasions from the Roman Ships. It contained 2 poles, a pulley system and a large hook. It would lift the ship then sink it with the big arm

20 Hour Famine : Part 2, Game Night

When me and Tyla arrived we rushed quickly off to the library. That's where everyone was. We put our bags down and waited until Ms Tele'a came. She soon arrived.

"Ok, you guys are going to go in the ICT room" she said. We were waiting for a girl from the World Vision. While we waited we had to visit the World Vision site or post a blog post. We walked quietly down to the ICT room and found us a computer. We had to be in pairs. I wasn't in one, so I got the whole computer to myself, for a while. Suddenly Gloria came. We were now partners. I wrote a post. Soon everyone was huddling around Litia and Vivvienne's computer. "I wonder what their doing?" I said to Gloria. "Let's have a look" she replied. We walked over to their computer and had a look. They were playing on a website where you would take a photo and then edit it to make it look all funny. Their's was hillarious! A few minutes after that the lady came. When she arrived we got into 3 groups. Then we walked to the hall.

There she gave us our village names. Next she told us what our health and all that stuff. Our health came second out of 3. Soon it was time to play our games.

First was a course. We had to jump over a bread carton then crawl under some chairs the stand carefully on a chair while spinning then turn back, walk over the chairs and then jump. That was the first game.

The second game was a hunting one. We had to run around the hall loooking for rice. It was FUN! In each team one person had to be the mother while the rest of us seeked rice. No one managed to fill the whole cup. I mean it wasn't that big.

Finally the last game was a team game. We all had to work together. Each team got 3 feet with questions on them. The challenge was to be the first team to get over to the other side of the hall. for this challenge we did pretty good. I can't remeber who won though. The trick was 2 people per trip. In the end we did it.

Soon it was time to go back to the library. There we watched some little clips about who we are doing this for. After that it was time for the lady to leave. After she left we watched Hook. When it finished it was time for bed.

"Time to wake up!" yelled Mrs Tele'a. It was time to pack up and get all our stuff together. Once we did that we headed out to the breeze to wait for our parents. I had FUN!!!

20 Hour Famine

A variety of people all round the world are particapating in the 40 hour famine. Tonight kids are here at school to discover what the other kids from the other side of the world have to deal with. We are going 20 hours with no food. We are also here to fundraise some money that will get donated to them. Another challenge that my friends and I set for ourselves is to try and not talk! It's been nearly a whole day and we haven't really succeeded. Some of us are really hungry.

Over on the other side of the world people don't have clean water and barely have enough food. So they are always hungry and thirsty. Most of the food they get are the food on the ground. Plus they can catch diseases from the food on the ground. That means they might die. But that isn't even half of the problem! Sometimes they have to eat raw food to survive and some of the food are rice. Have you ever had to eat raw food!? Well these people sometimes have to eat food to survive. Did you know that every day a kid dies! Well what would you do if you lived somewhere where you only got food 2-3 times a week. For Me, Horrible!

Well now you have got an example of what it would be like living with no food." Go hard out for the Hungry!"

By Gloria and Kaycee

Swim Time!

“Line up!” yelled Mrs Squires. It was time to go to swimming. As we walked to the pools we passed the Kindergarten, Basketball Hoop, the shops and the dirty river. Finally arriving at the Pools we quickly got changed and then carefully walked to the showers ( so we didn't fall over).

“ First in the pool is group A” said Mrs Squires. Me and Jorja walked over to the pool and grabbed a flutter board and then sat down, on the side of the pool.

As I jumped in the pool, the water was deliciously warm. Gliding under the water, I felt like a mermaid. Rising to the surface I started doing coordinated movements. My perseverance and determination started to drain out when I got near the end.

With steady strokes I scooped a lump of water that went flying into the air. While getting back into breathing position, I accidentally gulped a mouthful of water. Reaching the end, I felt exhausted and drained of energy that I just felt like clumping on to the chair. I thought I did well. I had fun though !

“Room 16!” yelled Mr Somerville. His class was going. Room 14 had to wait until Mrs Squires was going. We walked quickly back and ate our lunch. I was exhausted!

Do You Know How To Swim?

In order to survive around water, you need to know how to swim. It is important to be able to do coordinated movements, like steady strokes and powerful kicks. A key tip for steady strokes is to keep your arms straight and fingers together. It will help you scoop better. Also to be a successful swimmer you need to be able to know how to do your breathing position, for freestyle you would probably roll.

It is also essential to know how to float. Something to remember is to keep your stomach up. In backstroke you would have to float, so that is why this tip is handy.