Hi there everybody!
Today is the last day of Enrich for term 3 2012! Luckily, it's been a really good last day! I started the day off with a game of chess. I played against Ella, but we didn't finish our game. After that we did our Key Competency assesments about our contributing and participating in P4C and debating, and our thinking skills. Then we had a break and some morning tea YUM!!!! Passion Time was also a highlight. Ella and I made a really yummy chocolate cake. We sprinkled it with icing sugar and put marshmallows on it. It looks DEVINE!!!
The Wilson game we played today was great fun. It was called Bullseye. We got divided into 4 teams of 7 or 8. We had to try and throw the toys and beanbags into the hoops. There was 4 hoops. If you got something into the closest hop, you got 3 points, the second hoop, 6 points, the third hoop, 9 points, and the farthest hoop, 12 points. Our team won overall.
I can't wait to come back to Enrich next term!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Another Day at Enrich!
Kia Ora everyone!
Today we looked at a video on air pollution. It showed us pictures of the top ten most polluted cities in the world. Did you know that the most polluted city in the world is Ahvaz, which is in Iran. It has 329 micrograms of pollution in the air per cubic meter. That's very unhealthy!!!!! Then we looked at the top ten unpolluted cities in the world. There was lots of European cities on there and a few cities in Canada. Guess what though, the least polluted city in the world is.....................WELLINGTON IN NEW ZEALAND!!!!!!!!!! It has the nickname Windy Wellington for a reason! It is very windy there so it blows all the polluted air away. Now we don't have to worry about breathing in that horrible polluted air.
After lunch we are going to do Passion Time. Sarah, Ella and I are making cakes, fudge, muffins, and cookies to sell at a bake sale. We will donate the money that we make to the World Vision charity. We want to help! Of course, we need to make a reasonable amount of money to donate.
Look at this polluted air! That is in Ahvaz, Iran. In the daytime! There is a car that has to drive with it's lights on, just to see through the dirty air.
Today we looked at a video on air pollution. It showed us pictures of the top ten most polluted cities in the world. Did you know that the most polluted city in the world is Ahvaz, which is in Iran. It has 329 micrograms of pollution in the air per cubic meter. That's very unhealthy!!!!! Then we looked at the top ten unpolluted cities in the world. There was lots of European cities on there and a few cities in Canada. Guess what though, the least polluted city in the world is.....................WELLINGTON IN NEW ZEALAND!!!!!!!!!! It has the nickname Windy Wellington for a reason! It is very windy there so it blows all the polluted air away. Now we don't have to worry about breathing in that horrible polluted air.
After lunch we are going to do Passion Time. Sarah, Ella and I are making cakes, fudge, muffins, and cookies to sell at a bake sale. We will donate the money that we make to the World Vision charity. We want to help! Of course, we need to make a reasonable amount of money to donate.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Custom Glitter Text
Bonjour!
Today the Seaward Bush group went back out to Seaward Bush with Alfredo to check out the traps and wax tags. Unfortunately, most of the wax on the wax tags had been chewed of by some very inquisitive dogs. Although we were very excited when we found a possum hanging in one of the traps we had set up last week! It was a male. We were so excited! Even though it was a bit scary, we all wanted to have a hold of it. Here is a picture of me holding the possum.
It was very interesting to see that some of the traps had no more bait in them but there was nothing caught. There was a trail of chewed up wax along the track. I reckon it was the same dog that was crazy for wax. Oh well, the highlight of the trip was definitely catching the possum!
I might be going back next week. If we do, I hope we catch another possum!
Today the Seaward Bush group went back out to Seaward Bush with Alfredo to check out the traps and wax tags. Unfortunately, most of the wax on the wax tags had been chewed of by some very inquisitive dogs. Although we were very excited when we found a possum hanging in one of the traps we had set up last week! It was a male. We were so excited! Even though it was a bit scary, we all wanted to have a hold of it. Here is a picture of me holding the possum.
It was very interesting to see that some of the traps had no more bait in them but there was nothing caught. There was a trail of chewed up wax along the track. I reckon it was the same dog that was crazy for wax. Oh well, the highlight of the trip was definitely catching the possum!
I might be going back next week. If we do, I hope we catch another possum!
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
This morning at 9:15am, a group of us from Enrich went out bush walking at Seaward Bush. We met Tim there and his friend Alfredo. We went off into the bush to see what had happened to the wax tags and traps we put out the week before. Unfortunately, I wasn't there for the first week but I managed to catch up on all the information.
There was a few wax tags with bite marks on them. A possum's bite marks are 4-5mm long. A rat's bite marks are about 2mm long. Tim also showed us how to put up possum traps. When we were carrying them we had to watch they didn't trap our hands! In each of the traps we put up there was a piece of apple. Tim assured us that no other pests like ferrets would want to get into the possum traps because they would rather eat meat.
For each trap we found we recorded it in our notebook. We put R for rodent, P for possum or a 0 if there was nothing there. Even though we found that nothing had been caught in the box trap there was plenty of rat and possum bite marks to look at on the wax tags. Along the way we found some fresh possum pooh. That satisfied us that possums were definitely around somewhere.
We were back from the trip by about 11:30. I had great fun today at Seaward bush! I can't wait to go back next week to check our traps.
There was a few wax tags with bite marks on them. A possum's bite marks are 4-5mm long. A rat's bite marks are about 2mm long. Tim also showed us how to put up possum traps. When we were carrying them we had to watch they didn't trap our hands! In each of the traps we put up there was a piece of apple. Tim assured us that no other pests like ferrets would want to get into the possum traps because they would rather eat meat.
For each trap we found we recorded it in our notebook. We put R for rodent, P for possum or a 0 if there was nothing there. Even though we found that nothing had been caught in the box trap there was plenty of rat and possum bite marks to look at on the wax tags. Along the way we found some fresh possum pooh. That satisfied us that possums were definitely around somewhere.
We were back from the trip by about 11:30. I had great fun today at Seaward bush! I can't wait to go back next week to check our traps.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Environment Southland/Seaward Bush
Hola!
We have gone further with our Environment projects today. Two experts from Environment Southland called Tim and Julie came to visit us at Enrich. They talked to us about all the pests running around Seaward Bush. They told us about different types of traps to catch different types of pests. He brought in some stuffed pests to show us. There were a weasel, 2 stoats 3possums a ferret and a rubber Tasmanian Devil.
Next week we are going to go to Seaward bush to have an explore around and put up some wax tags to see what pests are there, by looking at the bite marks on the wax. I can't wait!
We have gone further with our Environment projects today. Two experts from Environment Southland called Tim and Julie came to visit us at Enrich. They talked to us about all the pests running around Seaward Bush. They told us about different types of traps to catch different types of pests. He brought in some stuffed pests to show us. There were a weasel, 2 stoats 3possums a ferret and a rubber Tasmanian Devil.
Next week we are going to go to Seaward bush to have an explore around and put up some wax tags to see what pests are there, by looking at the bite marks on the wax. I can't wait!
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Cartooning
I have had so much fun learning about cartooning! Katie took the Cartooning group and showed us some of Stu Duval's cartooning such as, S man, 9 man, 4 ma'am, 5-o the dog, and so many more! All of the cartoons that we saw were just numbers and letters jazzed up a bit to make a face! Here are the cartoons that I have drawn.
See if you can find the numbers and letters! Take a look at Stu Duval's website: www.studuval.co.nz.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Having fun with Murals
Bonjour everyone!
This morning at Enrich we looked at murals as one of our ideas for our Environmental project. We could work in either a group or as an individual. I chose to work as an individual. We had to design a mural on a piece of paper that had all the Southland icons on it. Such as:
The Water Tower
Sheep Farming
Takatimu Mountains
Oreti Beach
A River
Bluff Sign
Deer
And many other things!
The idea of a mural is to make it look natural. Like not perfectly ruled out but not silly. Everything overlaps into one big picture. I made my main icon the Takatimu mountains. I drew the Waihopai River flowing through them into Oreti Beach. Next to the beach I had a road and next to the road I had some sheep and next to the sheep I drew the Water Tower and behind the water tower I drew some bushes and a forest with a deer in them. It was so fun! I hope we get around to doing it again sometime.
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