Free writing

One stormy evening I heard a bang on the door.So then I went slowly down the creaky stairs but then just to find out that it was my annoying family members. They walk in creeperly like they had just seen a ghost or something.I was a bit freaked out when they were walking in like they were under a spell.



I tried to ask if they were alright but they were so shocked.I tried to read their mind.But all they were thinking was he got lost in here what did we do to deserve this.



I was speechless because I never saw anyone in here.I blinked in fear and then they were gone and everything started drifting away from my eyesight all of a sudden everything was black.

Music - Hurumanu

Today in music we learnt about guitars, different types, the names of parts of guitars.

Acoustic Guitars -

The pro's of playing acoustic guitars are they don't need an amplifier and they sound good on their own.

Some cons of the acoustic guitar are that they're a little hard than electric guitars to play.

Spanish Guitars -

Spanish guitars are similar to acoustic but some pros and cons of owning them are that they have nylon strings which are softer on your fingers.

A con is that the strings are further apart from each other rather than other guitars.

Bass Guitar -

Bass guitars are guitars that aren't played by them self but played for the beat. They can reach lower notes that acoustic guitars can't play, there's no need to learn chords for them aswell.

They have a long neck which is difficult for a child to play.

All different types of guitars can have a cut out which helps the player play bar chords, at the start of this lesson I had no idea why some guitars had those cuts I thought it was just for show.

Music - Hurumanu

In music a few weeks ago we went to the music suite. We got split up into two groups my group went with Mrs Hastie. When we got their Mrs Bear gave us a sheet and it was like a treasure hunt but for the instruments we had 9 instruments we had to find. We got questions like how many strings are on a ukulele and what songs we could play on the keyboard the song was Havana.

The nine instruments were -

Saxophone

Ukulele

Flute

Electric Guitar

Acoustic Guitar

Electric Guitar

Normal Drums

Keyboard

Piano

We enjoyed going to the music suite because we got to learn and play different instruments that we've never enjoy

Term 3 - Instrumental industries

This week in music we learnt about different instruments and the different types of music and singers there was in different decades. I found this interesting as I learnt about singers from the past and the different types of genres their was in different decades.Here are the decades I researched about this week.

The future - Science

Aim; To look at the different ways we can prevent climate change in the future.

Changing Our Future

Name 3 fossil fuels ? 

1. Coal 

2. Gas

3. Oil 

What is the cost ? 

- Carbon dioxide 

The CO2 level has soured since when?

The industrial revolution also known as when it was created and man kind used\made it. 

What are the effects in the UK?

1.  higher temperature 
2.  Lethal heat waves
3.  specious could dissarper 

How many climate refugees will there be in Britain by 2050?

200 million 

When will Fairborn be flooded?

some where in the next 26 years

What are some of the other things that will be 'swallowed by the waves'?

1.    1.5 million houses 
2.    100.000 Erosion 
3.    1000 Toxic sites 

How can we stop climate change?

1.    Replacing all gas boiler in houses. 
2.    Plant 1.5 billion more trees.
3.     Running all cars on solar and battery and all transport.

What ideas are school children having about climate change?

1. Protesting 
2. Not having kids because of how bad our world is and if we don't do anything about how bad it's going to be..
3. Turn your engine off.

What is the atmosphere called?

a Waste Dump.

What is the last statement the reporter made?

We know what we need to do, we have got the technology . What we lack is the

political will.

How is sea level rise going to effect us in NZ

What places will be effected?

• Verizon's places in New Zealand 

What else do we need to think about?

• To build houses near the sea due to flooding in the near future.

What other places around NZ will be affected?

• Cook Islands or any pacific island

What does this do to our drinking water?

• More salt in our drinking water

What are the main concerns?

1. Coastal flooding 
2. Coastal erosion. 

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1.  Using public transport more.
2.  Replace your car for an electric car or so hard on fossil fuel.
3.  Using solar panels or looking to get them on your or at your house.

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

There is not one silver bullet solution there's more then one.

What is the mix of things we need to start doing?

1.   Renewable electricity.
2.   Solar electricity.
3.   Transport that gets away from fossil fuels.

What are 3 others you can think of?

1.   Using the bus more.
2.   Recycling.
3.   Don’t use as much electricity.

My Investigation

Where does our food come from?

• Choose your favourite food.
• Macdonalds

On your blog answer the following questions.

• Where does the food come from (e.g. is it from another province or country, was it purchased or made locally)? It comes from mcdonalds which is from California.

• How many kilometers away did the food travel to get to you?

10,914 km

Distance from New Zealand to California

• What are the main ingredients? 

In my burger there is lettuce gherkin onions big mac sauce cheese a patty and buns.

• How is the food packaged? 

It is packaged in a box and a paper bag.

• What resources do you need to produce this food item ( land, water, oil, food and people.

• Would this item have been processed? 

Yup it has been processed

• Is there anything unique or significant about the food item 

There is a special big mac sauce inside of it. 

• What else do you notice about this food that affects its climate friendliness? 

That for the drinks they use plastic.

• Do you think this food is climate friendly (Circle)?       YES   NO 

• If no, what would be a better alternative?  

Um just don’t use plastic straws.

Hurumanu - Music

This week in music we did research on some bands and artist so like when the band formed together or when the singers birth date and when they got famous here is my slide show of the singers and band I researched about this week.

Music - Instrumental Industries

This week we started a new Hurumanu which is music we named it instrumental industries. Our teachers in this Hurumanu are Mrs Hastie and  Mrs Allen Fletcher.

When we first went into our hurumanu we did some work around what type of music we like and what we would liked to accomplish or learn in this hurumanu.

We also looked at three different videos one of them was Poi E they were all different type of music another one of them was christian music which was joyful which you may know it off sister act.

On our first week in this Hurumanu were learning about the ukulele. The ukulele first was made in Hawaii. We also looked at three different types of ukulele they were called  Baratene, Tener and a standard concert ukulele.