Christmas day and New Year

Christmas Day And New Year

Christmas Day

For Christmas I am going to Taihape to stay with my Koro at the marae. There are going to be quite a lot of people there: my Mum,Dad,Sister,Brother,aunties,uncles and my cousins.

When we are in Taihape, we will be going to the waterfall for the day, as well as, spending time with my Koro and then we might have a big kai. We will sleep in the big lounge where all of us can sleep. There is  a small lounge with a T.V. The other lounge doesn’t have  one.  

New Years

For new years we are going to our family beach house which is in Waitarere. The beach house is a two story and  isn't far from the beach. It’s only around the corner. Usually at the beach there is something called the Big Dig.  There's an adults area and a kids area. I n both sections you can either get kids stuff and adults stuff but you are not digging for the prizes you are digging for these tokens.  You take it into this little office and whatever number is on the token that’s what you will get.

                 Merry  Christmas And A Happy New Year

Beach Ed

Beach Ed Day 2017

Parkvale School                       Every one looking at I.R.D

Nikau Hub

Hastings 

Howard Street 

Room 6

                                                                                                                                                            On Friday the 24th some of the year 4's and 5's went to the West Shore beach in Napier. When we were their they taught us lots of cool stuff like about the rips and a new dance and the I.R.D that stands for inflatable rescue device and there is much more that we learnt about 

About the rips

If there is a rip you should stay calm and wave your hand in the air calmly rember if you are in a rip you should  swim towards the side and do not swim towards it because then that's how you will get sucked out.So be safe everybody. 

     Shay tells us about the rip

Getting in the water
When you are swimming in the beach you should always have an adult watching over you at all times. Because if you don't you could drown, get out of the flags or get into a rip.

The red and yellow flags 
If you are at the beach and there is no red and yellow flags out you should go and tell a lifeguard and they will have a look at the currents or sometimes it means that the water is not safe.
              Every one playing seaweed

PBL Reflection

PBL Reflection

1	Introduction
2	How do volcanoes form?
3	Volcanic rock information
4	Volcano acrostic poem
5	Glossary
6	Positive and Negative
7	What is the impact do volcanoes have in the world we live in?

This is my volcano. What I found challenging was trying to make the shape. And getting all of the stuff together was pretty hard as well. It was pretty hard trying to get all of the stuff together.

What I had to do to make the shape is... get a jam jar and paper towel roll. To make the pumice I used a normal rock and just painted it white  `

Introduction  

What are the layers inside of the earth and how many?

There are 4 layers inside the earth they are the Earth's crust, Mantle, Outer Core and Inner Core. This will help us to understand how volcanoes are formed.  

         

How do volcanoes form?

Volcanoes are formed when  the tectonic plates split apart that is what causes a volcanic eruption. Within the Earth's upper mantle magma works its way to the surface. It erupts to form lava flows and ash deposits. Over time as the volcano continues to erupt, it will get bigger and bigger.

               Volcanic Rock Infomation

Obsidian is an rock that looks like glass and it is an igneous rock that forms when molten rock cools very quickly. The result is a rock that cooled so fast, crystals did not get a chance to form.

Scoria is an igneous rock that is dark-colored with plenty of bubble-like cavities called cavity .Scoria's color can range from black or dark gray to a deep reddish brown. It has a distribution similar to that of basalt, or can also have a composition similar to andesite.

Andesite is an igneous volcanic rock intermediate in Mixture between rhyolite and basalt. Andesite lava. The word andesite is derived from the Andesite Mountains in South America, where andesite is common.

Basalt forms when lava reaches the Earth's surface at a volcano or mid ocean ridge. The lava is between 1100 to 1250° C when it gets to the surface. It cools quickly, within a few days or a couple of weeks, forming solid rock. Very thick lava flows may take many years to become completely solid.