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Friday, 15 March 2019

Hottest and Coldest place on earth


Coldest place on earth 
adelie-penguins-diving-antarctica.jpgSummer at Vostok Station in Antarctica is still plenty cold, but winter atop the East Antarctic Plateau is as cold as it gets on Earth. Scientists already knew that the lowest temperatures ever measured on Earth were on a frozen ice ridge in eastern Antarctica, near the South Pole
There are also animals that live in Antarctica, there are Adelie penguin, Chinstrap penguin, Leopard Seals, Elephant seals, Snow petrels, king penguin, Emperor penguin, Killer whales (Orca), Wandering Albatross, Blue whale, and more.




Hottest place on earth was named Death Valley, Death Valley is also known as Hottest, Driest, and Lowest National Park. 
- In this below-sea level basin, steady drought and record summer heat make Death Valley a Land of Extremes. Yet, Each extreme has a striking contrast. Towering peaks are frosted with winter snow. Rare rainstorms bring vast fields of wildflowers. Lush oases harbor tiny fish and refuge for wildlife and humans. Despite its morbid name, a great diversity of life survives in Death Valley.There are also animals that leave in the hottest place on earth and they are called, dessert bighorn sheep, Dessert cottontail, Roadrunner, Mojave fringe toed lizard, and kit Fox.The hottest temperature in Death valley is; In fact, the all-time hottest temperature ever measured on Earth came on July 10, 1913, when Death Valley hit a sizzling 134 Fahrenheit (56.7 degrees C) 
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Thursday, 21 February 2019

Language Features (Onomatopoeia)

Onomatopoeia-the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named 
- Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound that it represents
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Examples of onomatopoeia
-Boom                                 -Squeak
-Hoot                                   -Groan
-Zoom                                  -Vroom
-Buzz                                   - Splash
-Tap Tap Tap                       - Pow

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

English (Simile and metaphor)

Definition of Similes and metaphors

Both similes and metaphors are forms of analogy; they are descriptive figures of speech.

Simile- Simile is like comparing one thing to another by using "as" or "like"
*Example of similes
- Her face is like a wrecking ball
- He eats like dog
- He is as good as pro
- She is as cool as a wolf
- Jason is as strong as Elephant


Metaphor- A metaphor is like simile but directly stating it.
*Examples of Metaphors
- I am a dog
- He is an elephant
- She is an icicle
- He is pig
- I am weak

Tuesday, 19 February 2019

English (Haiku)

Haiku is a short form of Japanese poetry

Haiku's Definition- Haiku is a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

Haiku has 3 lines of 5 syllables at the first line and 7 syllable at the second line and at the last one it has 5 syllables to the last one.

3 Examples of Haiku

5-  Everything Changes
7-  Summer gives way to winter
5-  Nothing ever last

5-  Refreshing and Cool
7-  Love is a sweet Summer Rain
5-  That washes the world

5-  Points of line on black
7-  Growing ball of light full moon
5-  Whoosh, a shooting star




Monday, 18 February 2019

Human Rights


LO: What they already new 
What they found interesting
What they would like to learn next






Friday, 24 August 2018

SoSt

What i learnt about our work
- I learned that the Tamoko is a Traditional Maori Tattoo and the Maori describe it as a taonga (Treasure)



Friday, 22 June 2018

Curiosity ( At least 100 words )

BASKETBALL

I wonder who invented the basketball?

The basketball inventor is James Naismith. James Naismith is Canadian American Physical Educator, Physician, Chaplain, Sports Coach, and Innovator. He invented the game of basketball at age 30 in 1891. He wrote the original basketball book and founded the University of Kansas Basketball program. Naismith lived to see Basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as well as the birth of national Invitation Tournament (1938) and the NCAA Tournament (1939). (1899) Dr. James Naismith  is the coach of the coach of University of Kansas 
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