My Speech

My trip to Europe

By Tom.Macauley

  

So this was when I was like 6? Look I can't really remember what age I was but a few years ago I went on a big holiday to europe we went to Italy France Athens Rome Greece Ceremony and Santorini i am going to talk about cool things I did and saw and described the hotels I slept in and the food I had  in France we had a small but warm and comfy hotel every night we would go to this nice and delicious food stand they had the GREATEST cheese hot dogs I got them every time and we got to see and almost climbed THE EIFFEL TOWER

next location Italy we had a REALLY big room it had three rooms me and my sister's room it had a bunk bed and a balcony it was great and we had the living room it had one large coach with a TV next we went and saw my uncle Simone who lives in Italy and we got THE WORLD'S LARGEST ICE CREAMS it was Italian gelato/ice cream they were the size of my leg not even my dad could eat one it took my like THREE days to finally eat it

next Hong Kong we stayed in a luxury room it was great it had lots of air conditioning so it was nice and cool it was sssss ooooo hot there it was CRAZY on our first day we went and got some food from the dairy I got my very first kit Kat but when I opened it it was basically chocolate soup The food there was great Chinese food has been my second favourite type of food

next up Santorini it was my favourite place we had a small motel but that place had like FIVE POOLS it was amazing and there was a slushy stand and the slushies were FREE it had regular food like fish and chips and burgers and fries so I was happy

next Rome the home place of julius caesar we saw the colosseum and the food was ok our apartment wasn't too shabby Rome was my least favourite place

next on the list Greece and Athens they  were in the same place Greece was great and we had such delicious food and a fabulous hotel Athens was just as good we got to see the statue of Apollo well that's about it for my amazing trip throughout Europe.

THE END

BY Tom.Macauley

Hide and Seek

Hide and seek, a fun game it can be fun or extremely, NERVE WRACKING. Here's a story of when I played hide and seek at my cousin's house Emma, the youngest cousin I knew. Emma was the seeker.  I hide in their shed but Emma knew that place. I was going to find a new place to hide then I heard the words I'M COMING TO FIND YOU. So I quickly squeezed into an open create and covered myself with a dirty blanket. It was hot and stuffy.  I thought I was safe but then the door opens through a tiny little crack I see her come in. Luckily she knocks over a bunch of stuff and it falls on me. It was painful but I managed to keep quiet. I can hear that Emma has caught Calib the second oldest cousin, and Livy the oldest cousin. I can feel a broken piece of metal digging into my back.  I feel like a knight is poking me with his sword. I think I'm fine but the door opens again and all three of them come in. They are looking high and low then Emma lifts up some items that were burying me a few minutes ago.  I thought she was going to find me. Luckily she doesn't notice the dirty blanket. They were there for a few more minutes before they left but just as they left I let out a fart. They knew where it came from. They took off all of the items and the blanket. They had found me. That was the most tense and scary round of hide and seek I have ever played.  Well gotta go…..I'm the seeker now mahHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Science Blog

Week 9 and 10 Science Blog

We have been using our science learning to create new things like a model playground or  a balloon powered car I chose a playground. I am working with Harry.W Jacob and Enzo we have been going very well so far we have made our flying fox and swing both display a meaning of force. Because we have been sharing ideas and we have a good way of stopping disagreements because we have been working well together.

We have been struggling on the hot glue and design we have done ok on the designs but the paint has kind of made it a bit ugly and when we try the hot glue we end up completely finishing it but making a big mess and getting burnt by the hot glue, because we were rushing a bit and because we had started our project last.

 I think I am working well with the others we have been agreeing and disagreeing and best of all we have had lots of fun together. 

I want to improve on going slow and steady so it won't look messy. Here is a photo of what we have done so far. 

Our next part of the playground is to finish the fence and make and ad the slide 

HOW TO MAKE THIS          Plan for how to make a playground 

We used

Hot glue 

Wire

 toothpicks 

Popsicle sticks 

Paint

String

Bottom caps

Straw 

First to make the swing get five toothpicks, two 4 cm long bits of string next take four toothpicks and make two capital As with no inside line and 3cms away from each other . Then take the last toothpick and put it on top of the other parts again the take the bits of string glue the on the hovering bit and then get a bottle cap and cut of the sides around it the bend it in the middle and connect it to the bottom of the string . 

Next the flying fox you need 18 popsicle sticks and hot glue and a 14 cm long bit of wire and two toothpicks first make the two stands put four sticks on the ground in a rectangle shape and make it so there facing up then glue five sticks on the top so it's standing up then glue on a toothpick and make it so the pointy part of the toothpick is facing up. Then  make another one of these and the connect the wire to point A to point B or each platform then  before you stick it on you make the little seat you need to get a 4 cm bit of wire and I 4 cm bit of wood and connect each one together. Then get a 4 cm bit of straw and put that on the wire and voila. 

Science Blog 

  Wk 8     

Introduction. We have been doing science this term it is about force and gravity.  We have also learnt some new knowledge on Isaac Newton's law of motion and most importantly push and pull.  Gravity works in a way we can see it all around us like in winter when the leaves fall off that's gravity slowly pushing it down. And when it's very windy that's gravity pushing the air everywhere gravity is a very spectacular way of motion  

I worked on catapults (again) this time we tested out what would  happen if we weighed down the cotton balls I discovered that when it is weighed it will go a lot for further and it will bounce a lot more. We also tried it with three cotton balls which made it go a lot less further and it had more bounce 

I found out that the heavier it is the more the bounce and it will not go very far because gravity does not let it go far instead it will push it down

What you need 

8 popsicle sticks one rubber band one spoon and a roll of tape 

I wonder what would happen if we used more than eleven rubber bands and cotton balls 

I wonder what would happen if it did not bounce 

I wonder what would happen if we put water in it instead of rubber bands

How to make a catapult.  Steps first you make a square out of the tape and some of the popsicle sticks then you get two more. And face them up the attach the two up right ones to the square.  Then get two more and make a cross in the middle. And get one rubber band and put it on the tips of the upright popsicle sticks and put. The spoon in the middle of it the pull back and fire 

I am wondering why the cotton balls  or rubber bands would fall off on firing 

I can use this new learning in my maths and an important DT project

Wk 6

What I've done: we got to choose from 3 activities ping pong ramp bounce ball and chair pulleys.  I choose ping pong ramp because it sounded like fun and I had never done that activity before. I worked with Harry.W Thomas.A Enzo and Zoe. We used a big plank of wood three meter rulers and fifteen dictionaries And a chair and a large (clean and empty) yogurt container 

What I'Ve found out: I  know that when the ball went down it kept on falling of the track. We stopped that from happening because we put big books on the sid and we put a meter ruler in the middle. So it would stay on track when we expanded the track we noticed that it got better but it still fell of. We had to improve it many times

I now know:  when the ball goes racing down instead of it stopping mid way. Gravity won't let it stay that way so gravity pushes it down. Then It gets all the speed it got from gravity 

I am wondering what the perfect angel is for a ramp  

I wonder what would happen if I used a clipboard 

I wonder what would happen if we didn't fix all of the minor setbacks 

Catapults

Wk 4

What I,ve done we got to choose between 2 activities rocket balloons or catapults I choose catapults I worked alone I used popsicle sticks lots of tape spoons (plastic) and rubber bands

What I know I now know that when the catapult gets pulled back it releases all of the force it got pulled back so it will launch the object and the first design on my catapult wasn't perfect so I added some support beams on it then it worked properly then we did shooting I saw great and unique design on the other catapults 

I wonder what would happen if I added no support beams 

I wonder what would happen if I did not put enough cello tape on it 

I wonder what would happen if we weighed down our cotton balls.

Chair pulleys wk 5

We got to choose between 3 activities ping pong ramp (I already did this one) bounce ball and chair pulleys I choose chair pulleys I saw that when we did the pulling I did observed on how it was shaking violently I also saw that some items fell out of the lift I worked with Harry.W Cooper Enzo and Jacob  we used a container with two holes on the side Get string and two chairs 

I know how to work the chair pulley and I now know what kind of movements it can provide 

I wonder what would happen if we had nothing in the basket 

I wonder what would happen if we went the wrong way 

Catapults (part two) 

Wk 7

I did catapults we started to fire balls that were weighed down so we could find out what the change was we got a big piece of paper and our first shot we had no rubber bands 

I found out that when the ball is weighed down it will go a lot faster and further and when it gets like five rubber bands it starts to get smaller and it starts to bounce and it also doesn't go the same direction and distance 

I wonder what would happen if we used more than one cotton ball

I wonder what would happen if we used eleven cotton balls

HIGH ROPES

HIGH ROPES 

introduction 

I am thinking this might be good but I am still feeling very scared, because it looked very high and I didn't feel very safe I had butterflies in my stomach. 

So I didn't do it but halfway through I started to get the courage to climb the giant's ladder. I was still very scared by the time I got to the third stage I got less and less scared when I got down I was very proud of myself.

Because when I got up I wasn't scared anymore . I am wondering why I  didn't feel safe I also am wondering why I got less scared what's more wondering I still wonder why did I get more brave. 

Conclusion I was very scared at first but when you're scared try it out you might actually like it. 

By Tom

Clothing writing

Clothing writing by Tom

I am as long as a giraffe's neck. As skinny as a snake I am hiding in your wardrobe. I have a black soul.

 I am annoyed at you I do so much for you but you give me nothing in return. I can be any color you want me to be. 

We have a dark relationship and why am I annoyed with you. I am like that droopy bit of bark you see on a big gum tree I have a big responsibility I am awaiting for you to put me on I have a big metal object on me that can be fastened so what do you think I am?

The language feature I used. Was a simile because I said I am as skinny as a snake.

The language feature I used was a simile because I said I am as long as a giraffes neck.

Colours writing

I am an eggplant I grow.

I am purple Icing scooped out of the bowl.

I am an M&M bought out of a lolly shop.

I am a macaron that lives next door.

Sunsets in the evening.

Paintings all different layers.

Smooth silky strange.

My mihi

Tena Koutou 

Ko Aoraki te maunga 

Ko Otakaro te awa

Ko waimairi te kura 

Ko ngati aotearoa

Ko Wade taku papa

Ko Amanda taku mama

No otautahi ahau

Ko Tom Taku Ingoa

Tena koutou tena koutou tena  koutou Katoa

Acrostic poem

Trading 

Outdoors

Making

Making food

Athletic 

Competitive 

Attempt at sports

Up things

Love reading

Eating

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