Weird foods

This is a fried cow brain sandwich. You can find this burger in the U.S.A and Mexico.

This is a balut. Balut is a boiled chicken or duck with an almost fully developed specimen inside. Popular in south-east asia.

This is deep fried tarantula. Popular in Cambodia.

This is frog sashimi. Frog sashimi is raw, skinned frog. Popular in tokyo.

This is fugu, a japanese word for poisonous pufferfish

Social dance

Stepping to the waltz
On the dance floor
Clapping to the beat
In the hall
All decorated
Like professionals

Dancing to the music
A lot of moves to learn
Not the dougie
Cool moves
Exercising

The stolen ring

A stolen ring, fear of spiders, and a sinister stranger.

Once in Matamata, I-I-I mean hobbiton there was a nice chap called William. William never stole anything, but today he was going on an adventure, an adventure of a different type, He was going to climb a mountain, a very tall mountain. William was almost there and he saw something on the ground, and a very strange looking man walking around who looked like he was looking for something. Normally William would ask the person if it was his, but this thing was shiny and gold so he didn't ask.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Wonder

This is the moment in the book where August and his family meet the school principal for the first time in the book Wonder, By R.J. Palacio.

Maori quiz

Sorry but I cant embed this quiz into my blog so here is the link.
My quiz

Maori gods

1. Who is Ranginui?

2. Who is Papatuanuku?

3. Who is the Maori god of the forests?

Tane Mahuta.

4. Who is the Maori god of the winds?

5. Who is the Maori god of war?

6. Who is the Maori god of the sea?

7. Find a link on YouTube to the Maori story of creation about Ranginui and Papatuanuku. Embed the video.

8. Summarise the story of creation in 10 words.

Islands in Tauranga Moana

Task

This week is Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. Our daily blog posts will all be related to this, this week.

Islands in Tauranga Moana

Leisure Island - Moturiki Island

Peach Island - Motuopae island

Rat Island - Motuopuhi island

Mayor Island - Tuhua island

End of term review

Did I enjoy this term?

Yes I enjoyed this term a lot. It brought challenges and problems but I overcame them in the end. The that I enjoyed the most was probably PE because that revealed how good I am at sport, PE also brought some fun to this term.

What was the best part of this term?

I think the best part of this term was definitely tech, especially music tech, because we have learnt a lot of chords, songs and Garageband. I also enjoyed PE, because sometimes we got to play dodgeball and go rock climbing, I enjoyed dodgeball the most though.

Science fair

This years science fair was challenging because I had to come up with a decent topic. I also had to figure out how to test it and remember to test it. I also had to present it well and make it look good.

Lucan Battison court case

There has recently been a court case here in New Zealand between a year 12 student named Lucan Battison and St Johns College in Hastings. Lucan took his school to court about his hair. The school had suspended him because his hair was too long, but Lucan took his school to court because he thought that everyone had a right to have long hair. The rules state that his hair has to be off the collar and out of the eyes, but he wasn't breaking the rules at all. My opinion is that Lucan has a right to be himself and he should not have to cut his hair.