Speed Safety

Today, Jan from Christchurch city council to discuss what it means to be a road user and what a road users responsibilities are.

First, she talked to us about the different uses of transport, like cars, bikes, and walking. Next, we went outside to conduct an experiment with different speeds, and how long it would take to stop. I worked with Geordie and Matai.  There was one driver, aka the person who walked, a person who measured, and a person who wrote it down. First, you had to walk, then jog, and then run.

I believe that  the speed limits around school should be lowered, and there should be a school zone, especially at the Keyes Rd round about.

I believe that  the speed limits around school aren’t safe for car users, because there are a lot of cars, and a lot of children, and it is quite unsafe.

I really enjoyed being the “driver”, because you got to run. I found the measuring quite challenging, because it was harder if the driver was further away from the line.

Do you think there should be a school zone at school?

 

Fishing Rod – Epro 8

For CRT, I did Epro 8. We made a fishing rod. My team was Ricky, Charlie, and Jacqueline. I found getting the rope the right length the hardest, because at the start it was really too short, then really too long. But in the end we got it. I really enjoyed testing the fishing rod,  because you got to cast it. The winning fishing rod was Daeyton’s Team       because their rod went the furthest. My team  listened to each other’s ideas. We all helped make the fishing rod, and we all stayed focused. It was very fun, and I really enjoyed it.

Moon Poster

For literacy, we have been making poems about the moon. The purpose  of this was for us to learn about figurative language like idioms, metaphors, similes, hyperbole, and personification. We write our poems in our literacy books first, and then we put it on Canva, where we made it look pretty.  I really enjoyed doing it.

The Journey To The Moon

As I heard the engines rumble, I thought about what a madcap idea this was. A one person journey to the moon! But now it was too late  to change my mind. The countdown had started. 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, and then the hollow computer voice shouting BLAST OFF. Then, a terrible rumbling and a shaking started.  I was taking off! I was pressed back into my seat as a terrible force pushed me back. I thought my head was going to burst, I thought my eyes were going to pop out of their sockets. Then, out of the meter thick front window, I saw I was already almost out of the clouds. Then I fainted. When I came to, I heard the desperate shouts of the commander, back on earth. I quickly answered back, telling him I was okay. I set the spaceship on its course, and went into the Plexiglas dome on the top of the space ship. already thousands of miles away, I saw the Earth. Funny, I thought, before I had only seen pictures of the earth, and now I can see it myself.

After a few days I landed on the moon. It was a rumbly landing, as far as I could tell. And then I saw the big ball of cheese from up close. It was as dark as a nightmare, and there was no sound. It looked like a vast desert, but it was so dark. Then I saw the earth. It looked tiny, like if you see the moon as bright as a searchlight, from earth.

 

Digital Citizenship: Collaborating With Others

For digital citizenship, we had a really fun collaborative activity. We did this activity as buddies, and you had to explain a picture to your buddy, and he or she had to copy it. There were 2 pictures already made, and you had to make one to explain to your buddy. I made a  plane, but I didn’t get to explain it, because we had to stop. My buddy made a person, but he didn’t explain it very well. We used words like center, top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right, halfway down, and halfway up. I found it very fun.