2021 Speech Cmpetition

Kia ora,

The time has come for the Saint Mary's 2021 speech competition. All of the school had to write a speech, the juniors had to write a report and the seniors had to write a persuasive speech.
The topic of my speech is horse vs electric vehicles.

Doing school Speeches is a great way to build students' confidence.
This year i achieved first for the year five speeches

I enjoyed doing this because I think it is really fun when you get into the finals and if you do you feel really good.I found it challenging to choses a topic because there are so many things you can do.


Ma te wa,

Irelyn

      Horses vs Electric vehicles

Are you worried about running out of fossil fuels in the world? Are you fed up with the government telling you to buy an electric car to save the world? Well I've got the solution for you. 
Why don't we just take a step back and start using horses to travel. In this speech I will state three reasons why horse are the way to go to solve our pollution problems in the world and make a better world to live in

Firstly, These days we are very concerned about the amount of pollution that fossil fuels are putting into the world. The government believes it will save the world if we all change to electric vehicles. All of this may be true but to make an electric vehicle some of the equipment you need comes from a machine which most probably uses oil to power it. At this stage we are becoming too reliant on these fuels and are starting to use them too much so we're running out and it will take about another million years for it to form. About 80% of the appliances we use today use fossil fuels. And worst of all when these fuels are burned they release nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere  which causes global warming. It is extremely important that we cut down on the use of these fuels. But are electric cars the answer?
I think not. There is a far simpler way that is also one that is nice to pat. Yes, you’re right. It’s the loveable horse.

Secondly, Let’s compare and soon you will agree with me. While horses and electric vehicles can go about the same distance,  and sure they are making electric cars be able to  travel farther one day, covid 19 may mean that we are not likely to get a bunch of cars shipped in from another countries any time soon, or even maybe not even able to move outside our city. Well with horses there are already thousands of them. Imagine if you're going on a trip and your electric car starts to go flat. you're most likely to not find a charging station and if you do it will take forever to charge. Not everyone has time to wait around for  up to 24 hours Sure with a horse you have to give it a rest every now and then and maybe give it an apple or two but that's not that much to ask is it. 

Thirdly, There is a horse for everyone as there are 200 different breeds but there are only 3 different types of electric cars you're bound to find  a horse of your liking.  That will be different from your neighbours. You can have a really nice relationship with a horse and they're really soft and cuddly too, I don't think you would want to cuddle an electric car. Horses have a nice nature and are very kind to the disabled people. Cars will just run over anyone. They don’t care. The only pollution that horses make is very good for the garden. Well, I could go on and on about horses but I must give it a kick and move on. No doubt horses are the best option for the future.

In conclusion,
I am absolutely certain that horses are the way to the future. In this speech I have explained why we should make a change, why horses are better than electric cars and the benefits of horses. This is vital as fossil fuels are polluting the world and with this change it will make us and the world happier and healther. It's your time to take action and buy a horse.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

2021 calendar art

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Once every year the whole school creates a piece of artwork to be made into a calendar for us and are whanau. This year my class have all sketched new zealand birds and filled them with geometric shapes.

The first thing we did was we watched a video with all the New Zealand birds and we had to pick one.
I chose one of the classics, the famous kereru.

Secondly, we had to find an image on the web of a bird so we could trace the outline on the window. Next it was time to add geometric shapes.
You can use a range of different shapes from an octagon to a triangle. Then you just have to color in the bird.

Lastly, we got something round and used it to trace a circle in the middle. To make the background not so plan we got dyed and blended to colours to make the background and to make the background really pop we added little squares cut out of tissue paper and put them around the sun.

I enjoyed doing this activity because I got to choose my favorite NZ bird, the Kereru.
I found it challenging to not get die in the wight circle
Next time I would change the background colour to a light blue and green.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post today


Ma te wa

Irelyn

lego

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Today we had a fun task, it was to learn about and create something out of lego.

I liked this task because we got to make something out of lego, but also because I found the history of lego very cool. I found it especially interesting that the first lego toy was a wooden duck, how crazy is that!

After reading, it was time to create!

I chose to make a lego temple using the colours brown, yellow, pink and green. I used a heap of different textured bricks to make it come to life.

I enjoyed doing this task because I like creating things out of lego, but I also found the history really fascinating.  

I found it challenging to decide what to make because there are some many things you can create with lego.

I hope you like me and my sister's creations.


Ma te wa

lrelyn

    My temple

    My sisters pet shop

Sea turtles

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Have you ever seen a sea turtle?
Well I have created a poster to tell you five fun facts about sea turtles.

To get some facts about them the first thing I did was watch a video about sea turtles predators.
In this video it explained to me a sea turtle's main predator like tiger shark  and showed me how baby sea turtles survive in the wild.

Then I watched a cool video that showed me how to draw a sea turtle. This was good to do because it tells you how to color the turtle as well as draw it.

Next it was time to make the poster. I got a piece of paper and collected all my information and then my poster was complete.

I enjoyed learning about Sea turtles. I really liked drawing the turtle on my poster. I found it hard to collect all of my five pieces of information.


Do you like my poster?


Ma te wa

Irelyn

Cats vs Dogs

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Which is your favorite pet, cats or dogs?
I like dogs the best. I think dogs are the best because they love to play and run around with you.


For reading I have been learning how to apply prior knowledge and opinions. I read a book about cats and then started to work on my slide.

I enjoyed learning heaps of facts from watching this video.
I found it challenging to find out facts about cats.

Did you enjoy reading my blog post?


Ma te wa

Irelyn

Lockdown letter

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Do you know what a pen pal is?
A pen pal is a friend or a family member who lives far away that you can write letters to.


For reading we have been learning about the awesome pen pals students have at Arataki school.
To read the book pen pals click here.
For this task we had to write a letter to a friend or a family member.


Although traditionally pen pals are supposed to live far away, during lockdown we have been writing  letters to a friend that lives close by because we havent been able to see them because we cant leave our home's.


I enjoyed writing a letter to my friends to see what they have been doing.

I found it challenging to think of what cool thing I have been doing this lockdown.


I hope you like my letter


Ma te wa

Irelyn

The amazing race

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To get Active we are doing a challenge called the amazing race. The amazing race is where we have to do different challenges all around japan. There are individual, duo and whanau team challenges you have to complete.


The individual challenges were to create an origami cup and a spot the difference.


The duo challenge was to draw three hills with a blindfold on and the other person had to tell you the steps to draw it.


The whanau team challenge was to create a outfit out of newspaper. For this challenge we made a top, a hat and a skirt.  We did this by folding, cutting and curling the newspaper, we secured it together using staples.  To make the flower on the hat I used skills that I had been taught during the school holiday art programme at the museum.  If you would like to have a go at making a newspaper hat click on this link.


I enjoyed doing this challenge with my whanau and I especially enjoyed making an outfit out of newspaper. I found it challenging to make the origami cup because three were some tricky parts.

Ma te wa 

Irelyn

Outside art

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Today I have been learning how to create artwork from the things you have in your garden.

The inspiration for my art was a man called Andy Goldsworthy. Andy Goldsworthy is a world famous sculptor who uses things like stones, leaves, sticks and ice to create a stunning pieces of art.

If you would like to see some of Andy’s creations click here.

My sister and I have created our own pieces of natural art work. We included rocks, sticks, flowers and leaves to create our sculptures.

The jumping Kereru game

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Today for reading, I have been learning about Cicadas.

Did you know Cicadas only live for 2-5 years?  Most of these years are spent as a nymph living underground, once they emerge they only live for  4 to 6 weeks.


So for reading today I read a book called  Olly's Cicadas and read the Cicada fact sheet on National Geographic kids.  Here is the link if you would link if you would like to take a look at it youself.

I have made a jumping game on scratch. Unfortunately there were no cicadas so instead I made a Jumping Kereru game.

I found it hard to program the possum to glide across the screen because I kept accidentally deleting the character. I enjoyed doing this activity because I love using scratch to create things.



Ma te wa

Irelyn

Stop motion

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Today my online task was to create a stop motion.
A stop motion is when you take a series of  photos and put them altogether to create a video.

Inbetween each photo you move your object an inch so that when all the photos are played together it  looks like the obect is moving.

I think stop motion is a really fun way to make a video.

I found it challenging to not get my hands in the photo’s. I really enjoyed seeing the how it turned out
I hope you enjoy watching it.

Ma te wa
Irelyn