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In room 8 we are learning about fruit and vegetables to put in our garden. First room 8 did a fruit and vegetables quiz testing our knowledge about how well we know are vegetables.

A new me 2016

Namaste My name is Elaine and I am a Year 8 student This year. I have been playing piano for about 3 years now. I mostly like to read write and draw sometimes. If you were to meet me I would be annoying shy and not social at all meaning I don’t like to meet new people and go to parties. One day I would like to become a travelling photographer and travel the world taking picture of animals and people and start my own professional photographer business.

Word search

I made a word find using puzzle maker and then completed the word search 

A Santa Letter

A letter to Santa

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?

A letter to Santa has been found in a chimney in Wales from the 1930’s.

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.

Well a builder was constructing a house in wales he saw a note up in the chimney to Santa about how the little girl wanted a hymn book and some nice toys for Christmas.

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.

This event took place in wales which is on the other side of the world the dragon on the front of their flag is called the “Welsh Dragon”.

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.

I don’t think nothing would happen in the future but if the little girl had children maybe they would write a letter to Santa like how her grandmother did.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.

Because the little girl named Christine wanted a present for christmas time.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.

Hymn- To praise someone

Excited - Has lots of energy and is very happy.

Found - Discover unexpectedly somewhere somehow

Chimney - Something that the smoke of the fire comes out and is comfort in the winter time for Christmas.

A Katipo

What is an Katipo Spider?

A katipo spider is one of New Zealand’s endangered spiders and native. In north america and Australia this kind of spider would be called the “Black Window” because of its colour.

(Female Spider)

This female spider only lays its eggs coming to the end of a year. When a baby spider is born it is protected in the female’s web or lair. A female katipo spider has a pea size abdomen or belly and can grow up to 6 mm in length. As female katipo starts to mature they change colour before they get to adult stage. On its abdomen (belly) they have a red strip down to the surface or sometimes a small red patch that is located on the underside of it abdomen (belly).

(Male Spider)

A male katipo is much smaller than the female, measuring up to 4 mm in length. The male katipo retains (keeps) its same markings as it is shared by many other female and male spiders.  

Katipo spiders live in places such as driftwood,sand,pingao which is a bush that is on the beach that is long as grass. They eat only insects that crawl on the ground such as beetles. A katipo spider belongs to a worldwide Latrodectus family of spiders. If you ever get bitten by a katipo spider you are likely to get a swollen arm or leg pain and vomiting non stop. But this won’t occur all the time because it is uncommon and unpleasant sight to see.

Buy car from a Vending machine

 Vending car machine

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?

Their is no statement about the vending machine in the article.

2.In your own words describe what happened in this news article

This article is about a vending machine that doesn't have food no drinks but dispenses Cars. This newly invention was founded Benjamin Huston and Ryan Keeton. They have been working on making an invention like this since 2013.

3.Find out where this event took place and included some information about this place.

This can be found in Nashville Tennessee where interesting fact Nashville was found on Christmas eve in 1779.

4.Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.

While this online auto car site might take off with a blast because of their invention and might be built around nationwide because of just their vending machine.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.

Well I don’t know for a reason why They built this but in my opinion I think it is a great idea that a group of people built a car vending machine that might or eventually take off selling for millions of dollars.  

6.Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.

Vending Machine / A machine that dispenses small items such as food, drinks and chocolate.

Unique / meaning it is the only one of kinds and can only be found one place.

Purchase/ Meaning buying or paying for something you want.

Wood Work

 

As part of our learning room 8 years 7's got to design,burn,paint and cut out a character from their favorite cartoon.

1. First we traced out a design on our square piece of wood.

2. using a burner trace a the outline you made.

3. colour in you cartoon character with felt first.

4. draw an outline and cut the excess off.

paint the background and stick or glue a piece of magnet.