Parliament

This term we have been learning about Parliament. We have looked at the difference between government and parliament, NZ parliament, who is in government, how our government works and we compared democracy to dictatorship.


Three things that I learned are NZ parliament are:

That the prime minester sits in the fourth sit on the right.

That the speacker can kick people out.

There's 121 sits in parliament including the speakers.


Compare and Contrast Map explaining the difference between democracy and dictatorship.

Visual Art

WALT: Apply knowledge about shapes and patterns derived from nature into an original artwork

For Visual Art the SOLO level I achieved was:

The 3 Visual Art techniques I used in my art work to achieve this level were:

Here is a photo of my artwork:

My next step in visual art is:

- try to make my painting more abstract

I can take action to improve the water cycle in Canterbury

I can take action to improve the water cycle in Canterbury

In this project I was working with Anneke, Maddy, Charlotte and Charlie and we decided to create a TV ad.

Here is a link what we made.

In this project we decided that our success criteria were:

- It need’s to have Humor So people don’t get bored and change the channel

- Catchy It need’s to be catchy so people like the product (e.g It’s a pillow it’s a pet it’s a pillow pet!!!!!)

- Metaphor and similes to get your point across To make the idea to sound more bigger - Audio and video must match up So that people don't think there is something wrong with the internet - A bold main statement So that people instantly know what you are trying to get across

Overall our project met this criteria because of our great team work and resilience.

Assessment task

WALT: Communicate and interpret locations and directions, using compass directions, distances, and grid references.

Assessment task

Koru games review

The sport that I participated in was... Volleyball

My highlights of the three days are...
* When we got it over the net
* When we celebrated our last win

What are you most proud of...
My team because we came a place that we never thought that we would make.

My progress so far

CARE: My progress so far

The CARE award that I am working towards is: - Silver   

The one area of CARE that I am doing best in is: - Excellence

because I have been doing a lot to do with Excellence

The one area of CARE that I need to work harder in is: - Active thinking 

because I have not been focusing on it.

To show my leadership qualities I am a role model to others in the CARE values by doing / showing these leadership traits:

Integrity, Goal Focused, Trustworthy, Resilient, Active Thinker and Motivational.

On the CARE SOLO matrix below I am at this SOLO level: Relational   because: I can use the CARE values independently.

Prestructural	Unistructural	Multistructural	Relational	Extended Abstract
I am not aware of the CARE values yet.	I know what the CARE values mean. I need help to use them.	I can use the CARE values. I need reminding to use them.	I can use the CARE values independently.	I can use the CARE values independently. I can role model to others how to use the CARE values.

information report.

THE WATER CYCLE

INTRODUCTION

The water cycle is a process where water goes through key stages. E.g evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff and Groundwater. There is no start or end to this process, this water has been recycled from around 4 billion years ago.

EVAPORATION

Evaporation is where the sun heats up the water and turns it into vapour. This process is an invisible process you cannot see this happening, usually. Do you know that plants and trees can also lose water into the atmosphere, through their leaves this process is known as Transpiration. Two of the next steps are Condensation and Precipitation.

CONDENSATION

Condensation is where vapour rises into the air, it cools and turns back into a liquid, forming clouds. The currents high up in the air move the clouds from place to place all around the world. The next step is precipitation.

PRECIPITATION

When too much water has condensed it becomes too heavy for the air to hold, so they fall back onto the earth as rain droplets, snow, hail and slet. The next / last step is runoff

RUNOFF

After, the water fallen and the soil has become saturated or the  snow has melted, the water follows down any hills, mountains and other inclines, to from or to join lakes or rivers. The direction in which the water moves is known as streamflow and is central to the concept of currents within rivers and streams. Absorbed water may even go further and replenish aquifers and other water pockets that exist naturally below the surface of the earth. This is known as percolation, Sometimes water in the ground moves up to the surfaces and can evaporate or run-off again.

CONCLUSION

So where does this water go? (I’m guessing that you are saying that) it goes through aquifers and goes back though all the steps I have just mentioned.