Room22 Method of getting to school

This term in maths we are learning about statistics. These last 2 weeks I've learnt that Statistics maths is about finding things out.

Last week we did a class survey. Here is a coloum graph that I have Created in google spread sheet. This coloum graph shows that 10 people walks to school, 1 person comes by car and 3 people comes by van.

Beach surf Education!!

“WOW! Mairangi Bay looks awesome” I said to my friend Rachael, she replied back and said “I know” “doesn’t it look cool”

Last week on Friday the year7 hop on a bus and was on there way down to Mairangi bay for a surf life Saving Education. We were learning about how to keep ourselfs safe in the water.

When we got there we were welcome by 3 lifeguard. There names were Rosie Relcow and and Megan . They were also wearing there lifeguard uniform.

The things that I have learn't thats imporant when you are at beach is to always swim between the flags and also don't go swimming when you are tired or cold. Also do not go swimming alone because something really cool might happen when you are alone and if you tell people they might not believe you.

Mairangi Bay was really cool I learn't alot about water safety and really hope we can go there some other time.

Share the love!

In room19 we are

learning how share the love

by linking screen shots that

we get from other websites

and putting it on our blog.

Just click on the picture

and it will you to the website

I took this shot from.

Awesome Immersion assemblies!!

At Point England School at the beginning of each term we have immersions assemblies. If you don't know what they are here's your time to find out.

Immersion assemblies are when teachers dress up and perform little skits to show us what our theme for the term is.

Some of the theme I still remember is when we were learning about "Food Glorious food" "Under water world" ,"Light Fantastic" ,"The Art in storytelling" ,"Around the world in 80 day's and "Up Up and away".

If I had to choose one of my favourite theme's it would have to be "Up up and away". I loved it because some of the teachers were acting like planes and one teacher was the flight attendant.

I'm sure if your school held immersion assemblies, you would love them as much as I do!!

My BFFs rocks!

My friends are the best.They always have your back when you are having a hard time. Friends are also loving and protecting people. If I had to describe them it will be very hard, I have still more friends to be named. They are also reliable, I hope when we go to college we will still be together and stay BFFL forever.

Thanks to Racheal for lending me her photos of us

(My best friends are Rachael, Tracey, Mauina, and Etta).

The Auckland Volcanic field

The Auckland volcanic field is made up of 50 basalt volcanoes.

The volcanic field is a hot spot because it in the middle of a tectonic plate, not around the edge.

Some volcanoes in the volcanic field only erupt once which means it is a mono-genetic volcano. There are some other volcanoes such as Rangitoto that erupt more than once these are polygenetic volcanoes.

The Auckland Volacnic field is a 1/4 (quarter) of a million years old.

When One Tree hill erupted its lava flow reached the edge of Mount Smart which made Mount Smart erupt. The lava flow finally found its escape route into the Manukau River Valley. The result was a 4 metre drop in the water level.

Some day in the future I hope there will be no volcanic eruption.

I will hate to see one.

Rocks

Have you heard of these rocks before?

1) IGNEOUS ROCKS-

Igneous rocks are types of rocks that have crystals inside them.

When the molten magma rises to the earths surface it then cools down into Igneous rocks.

The Latin word for 'Igneous' is 'Ignis' which means fire. Pumice is an Igneous rock too.

2) SEDIMENTARY ROCKS-

Sedimentary rocks are made out of tiny grains of sand, clay, rock, plants, and animal skeletons. They fall down onto the ocean floor and over millions years, these are pressed together by the weight of water and layers of sediment on top to make Sedimentary rocks(the word 'sediment' means to 'settle in layers').

They also can have fossils inside them.

Limestone is a Sedimentary rock.

3) Metamorphic ROCKS-

Did you know deep in the earth's crust, rocks are crushed and 'cooked' into new rocks, that's why they are very hard. These rocks are called Metamophic('meta' means 'changed', and 'morph' means 'shape'). Marble is also a Metamorphic rock.