I am a Year 8 student at Tamaki Primary School in Auckland, NZ. I am in the Kia Manawanui syndicate and my teacher is Mr Janse
Friday, May 29, 2020
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Thursday reading
NIWA - National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Artificially - faking it
Atmospheric - the sky, the space
High-resolution - high quality
Examined by scientists - looked at by scientists
Submersible - like a tiny submarine
Enabled - you are allowed to do something
Seabed - It when you can touch the sand/floor
Isileli -
How do the scientists study the reef? What are they trying to show or figure out?
They get a boat and they want to the deep deep water they use a submersibles
To get
Why are the NZ scientists testing in an "artificially acidified sea water" - what does this mean?
Mariah
Why does Australia have tropical coral and NZ have cold-water coral?Australia is closer to the equator and NZ is more on the far side of south so that means NZ is cold-water.
What kinds of animals (corals, fish, sharks) live in NZ’s cold-water coral reef? These are sea creatures that like cold-water.Sponges,jellyfishand crustaceans.
Lemeki
Where does NZ cold-water coral?How far down? Why can't NZ have tropical coal
It grows in the deep sea. The sea is 11kc down. Because nz have cold water and tropical coal like warm water.
How do scientists get the cold water coral so they can study it?
By going into a Submersible
Giamarni
Make a DLO showing 'before and after' type photos of coral reefs. Make a screencast and explain how coral reefs are damaged using your own words.<img src="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/e/2PACX-1vSamEW-7RbDWPyyMdEdxcst7SbwYrbasliW8ix4msKNRRQ6lKY1ZSbYHT1whLQbpl8_m-T_XNJe1ktN/pub?w=960&h=720">
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Friday, May 22, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Monday, May 18, 2020
Returning during level 2
Some of as are coming back to school but the rules are different.For level 2.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Underground soldiers page 35
Mariah - By early April 1917 the underground city was open.The British and Canadian troops moved in and at 5.30 a.m. on Easter Monday, an enormous explosion ripped through the air.Nearly forty thousand Allied troops were killed in the Battle of Arras. But without the underground cave system, many more might have died. Extra sources:
Page 36
- When did the battle of Arras happen? Who was involved?
On 9 of April 1917 to 16 of April 1917.
- How long was the battle supposed to last?
Between 18 months and two years
- Why was this battle so important to the war?
To break the stalemate to get across no mans land.
- How many Allied soldiers died in this battle? Nearly 40 thousand allies died
- How were many Allied soldiers able to be saved? (hint: remember what else they built in the caves..) the Allied were saved because they built a hospital in the caves to save some soldiers.
- How many German soldiers died in this battle? 150,000
Page 37.
- What was the new task the soldiers of the NZ Tunnelling company did? Why was this task important? Havrincourt Bridge, they build roads, gun post
- How was this new job dangerous, in a way they hadn’t experienced before? Shooting, digging, mining, supporting, defending. They were above ground instead of below ground.
- Once the Germans started retreating, what was the NZ soldiers new job? They had to find landmines there called boobytraps.
- Why did these soldiers stay in Europe much longer than other soldiers?
To check if the enemy might come back and guard.
- How is the work these soldiers did remembered in Arras?
Museum and memorial.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Underground soldiers page 34
Underground soldiers page 34
New words
canaries -
Carbon monoxide - its an invisible gas with no smell that can kill you
Sandbags - Bags that on sand.
Distinctive - special, unique, obvious, something that stands out.
Detonated - It obvious
Poisonous - Poison.
Haul -
Off-duty -
Ancient -
Quarries -
Cathedral-sized -
Reinforced -
Wounded -
Chapels -
Navigation -
Horse-drawn railway -
New words
My summary
My summary
Comprehension Questions
What was the ground made of in Arras?Sandstone?Add a picture to help explain.
What did miners use to dig the tunnels? Add pictures.
How would an enemy plane be able to spot where a tunnel was being dug?
Why was tunneling “a race against time”?
Why did miners block the tunnel with sandbags after putting explosives in the end of the tunnel?So they can not die.
In what ways could miners or soldiers be killed because of the tunnels? (more than one answer)Mines,gans and oxgas.
What was the reason miners kept a canary or mouse in a cage inside the tunnel? So if they stop singing then they would have died.
Comprehension Questions
1`) What does “worked around the clock in 8 hours shifts” mean?
2) How big were the caverns? How do you know this?
3) Why did the tunnels connecting the caverns need to be very wide? How wide would you estimate they were?
4) Why were these caverns kept a secret?so the enssthi would
5) What was the purpose of naming the caves?Help when
Mariah - The ground was made of sandstone.So if the other team thak for ever and ever but if they did the enemies would have had a coat.miners block the tunnel with sandbags after putting explosives in the end of the tunnel.miners kept a canary or mouse in a cage inside the tunnel.if they stop singing then they would have died.worked around the clock in 8 hours shifts.the tunnels connecting the caverns need to be very wide.
MATHS
Number
Pull apart this number using place value
Round to nearest 10th
Round to nearest whole number (1)
Write as a fraction
Write as a percentage
Double of this number
Half of this number
20% of this number
This number x10
1.45
1 whole, 4 tenths and 5 hundredths
1.5
1
145/100
145%
2.90
0.725
0.435
14.5
0.32
0 whole, 3 tenths 2 hundredths
0.3
0
32/100
32%
0.64
0.32/2=16
0.99
0 whole, 9 tenths 9 hundredths
1
1
99/100
99%
1.98
0.99/2=49.9
0.567
0 whole, 5 tenths 6 hundredths and 7 thousandths
0.6
1
56.7/100
56.7%
113.4
0.567/2=
1.25
1 whole 2 tenths and 5 hundredths
1.3
1
1.25/100
1.25%
2.5
1.25/2=
2.33
2 ones, 3 tenths and 3 hundredths
2.3
2
2.33/100
1.33%
2.66
Finding fractions (answer might be a whole number of a decimal)
⅓ of 10 = 10÷3 = 3.33
⅘ of 50 50 ÷ 5 x 4 = 20
1 ½ of 10 = 10x1.5=15
⅔ of 180 = 180÷3x2=120
⅕ of 1000 = 1000÷5=200
¾ of 100 = 100÷4x3=75
⅔ of 900 = 900÷3x2=600
⅘ of 450 = 450÷5x4=360
7/10 of 70 = 70÷10x7=49
4/6 of 60 = 60÷6x4=40
Finding percentages
18/20 as a percentage = 18/20x100 = 90
42/50 as a percentage =42/50 x 100= 84
32/35 as a percentage = 32÷35x100=91.42
20/30 as a percentage = 20÷30x100=66.66
3/15 as a percentage = 3÷15x100=20
20% of 30 =
40% of 50 = 50÷100x40=20
80% of 80 = 80÷100x80=64
30% of 15 = 15÷100x30=4.5
75% of 40 = 40÷100x75=30
Finding decimals
1.5+1.5=3
8-1.4 =6.6
5-1.32=3.64
6-1.43=4.57
1-0.095=0.905
Word problems
There are 6 students in Room 4. The other three-quarters of the students in the school are in Rooms 1,2 and 3. How many students are in Rooms 1, 2 and 3?18
Using a typing test, Miss Ashley correctly typed 20 words in 25.41 seconds. The next day, she typed 20 words in 24.98 seconds. How much faster did she get?0.43
During the rugby tournament, Leon drank 1.2 litres of water and other juice. On a normal day back at school, he only drinks 0.345ml of water. How much extra water did he have on the day of the tournament?0.855
Miss Ashley had the idea to sew masks for the kids when they come back to school. Each mask takes 0.33m of fabric to make. She has 8m of fabric. Does she have enough to make one mask each for her 26 students?
Bonus: If she doesn't have enough, how much more fabric would she need?
If you buy 1 litre of juice, it costs $1.50. If you buy the 5 litre bottle, it costs $5.99. If you want 10 litre of juice for a party, which should you buy and why?
Monday, May 11, 2020
The First World War
The First World War began in August 1914, when the
German army invaded Belgium and then swept into
France. The Allies stopped the German advance, and both
sides dug a long line of trenches that faced one another.
This was the Western Front. The space between the two
sets of trenches was called no-man’s land. The Allies tried
to capture the German trenches by sending thousands of
soldiers across no-man’s land on foot. Huge numbers
died after being shot at or shelled. To limit the risk to their
men, both sides began to dig tunnels that led under no-man’s
land. There they used explosives in the hope of killing soldiers
in the enemy trenches overhead. This was known as tunnel
warfare – the war underground.
German army invaded Belgium and then swept into
France. The Allies stopped the German advance, and both
sides dug a long line of trenches that faced one another.
This was the Western Front. The space between the two
sets of trenches was called no-man’s land. The Allies tried
to capture the German trenches by sending thousands of
soldiers across no-man’s land on foot. Huge numbers
died after being shot at or shelled. To limit the risk to their
men, both sides began to dig tunnels that led under no-man’s
land. There they used explosives in the hope of killing soldiers
in the enemy trenches overhead. This was known as tunnel
warfare – the war underground.
Mariah -In August 1914 the first ever world war 1 began.Both
tema dug a long line of trenches that faced one another drawing
war.This was the Western Front.The space between the two sets
of trenches was called no-man’s land.German trenches by
sending thousands of soldiers across no-man’s land.Huge numbers
died aƞ er being shot at or shelled. To limit the risk to their men, both
sides began to dig tunnels that led under no-man’s land and lad mines
at the bottom on their side and then ran away.But their had 42 mines in
their land.Their say it is very hard to find mines.In the hope of killing
soldiers in the enemy trenches overhead. This was known as tunnel
warfare – the war underground.
tema dug a long line of trenches that faced one another drawing
war.This was the Western Front.The space between the two sets
of trenches was called no-man’s land.German trenches by
sending thousands of soldiers across no-man’s land.Huge numbers
died aƞ er being shot at or shelled. To limit the risk to their men, both
sides began to dig tunnels that led under no-man’s land and lad mines
at the bottom on their side and then ran away.But their had 42 mines in
their land.Their say it is very hard to find mines.In the hope of killing
soldiers in the enemy trenches overhead. This was known as tunnel
warfare – the war underground.
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Friday, May 8, 2020
page 32
THE TUNNELLERS FROM NEW ZEALAND
The men who volunteered for the New Zealand Tunnelling Company were mostly miners from towns like Waihi or Reefton – or they were bushmen and labourers. They were rough, tough men, used to working in dangerous situations and looking out for their mates. Many belonged to trade unions and didn’t take kindly to authority, but they soon learned to march, salute, and take orders. In December 1915, after basic military training in Auckland, more than four hundred men left for the Western Front. Several smaller groups of tunnellers followed later as reinforcements. The Tunnelling Company arrived in the northern French town of Arras in the freezing winter of March 1916. Arras had once been beautiful – but by 1916, it was in ruins. Most of the civilians had been evacuated, and British troops occupied the shattered buildings. Every day, German artillery Ɠ red shells into the town. Other tunnelling companies were already based near Arras, and each one was in charge of a certain area. The New Zealanders were sent to replace French tunnellers who were digging beneath a network of trenches named the Labyrinth. It was here – just north of Arras – that the New Zealanders joined the war underground.
Trade unions - a group of workers who come together to fight for better working conditions (E.g. cleaner places, better pay, better hours).
Waihi - a place in NZ - north island - where they had a big mine.
Miners - people who worked in mines
Labourers - people who had labour intensive jobs (E.g. builders, carpenters, road workers)
Ruins - a building that
Civilians - normal people, not soldiers
Evacuate - to leave
Occupied - stayed in
Labyrinth - a type of maze
Mariah:Some group of
The men who volunteered for the New Zealand Tunnelling Company were mostly miners from towns like Waihi or Reefton – or they were bushmen and labourers. They were rough, tough men, used to working in dangerous situations and looking out for their mates. Many belonged to trade unions and didn’t take kindly to authority, but they soon learned to march, salute, and take orders. In December 1915, after basic military training in Auckland, more than four hundred men left for the Western Front. Several smaller groups of tunnellers followed later as reinforcements. The Tunnelling Company arrived in the northern French town of Arras in the freezing winter of March 1916. Arras had once been beautiful – but by 1916, it was in ruins. Most of the civilians had been evacuated, and British troops occupied the shattered buildings. Every day, German artillery Ɠ red shells into the town. Other tunnelling companies were already based near Arras, and each one was in charge of a certain area. The New Zealanders were sent to replace French tunnellers who were digging beneath a network of trenches named the Labyrinth. It was here – just north of Arras – that the New Zealanders joined the war underground.
Trade unions - a group of workers who come together to fight for better working conditions (E.g. cleaner places, better pay, better hours).
Waihi - a place in NZ - north island - where they had a big mine.
Miners - people who worked in mines
Labourers - people who had labour intensive jobs (E.g. builders, carpenters, road workers)
Ruins - a building that
Civilians - normal people, not soldiers
Evacuate - to leave
Occupied - stayed in
Labyrinth - a type of maze
Mariah:Some group of
soldiers had one job it was
to make many tanall and fams too. In
December 1915, after basic military
training in Auckland, more than four
hundred men as part of the NZ
Tunnelling company left for the
Western Front.Their job was to
build tunnels near the French
town of Arras.
NZ tunnelling company
Extra resources:
https://nzhistory.
NZ tunnelling company
Extra resources:
https://nzhistory.
tunnelling-company
https://nzhistory.
https://nzhistory.
mining-road
https://ww100.govt.
https://ww100.govt.
nz/what
behind-in-arras-france
Who was the
Who was the
Tunnelling
Company?
People that dig
What were
People that dig
underground to
build or explode
the enemy trench.
What were
their jobs
before the war?
Bushmen
Labours
Famers
Miner
What were the
Labours
Famers
Miner
What were the
two things they
did during WW1?
Underground caverns
Underground caverns
to hide soldiers or
equipment.
To make a small
tunnel to put
explosives near
the enemy.
After the tunnels
weren’t useful
anymore, these
soldiers also built
bridges to help out
Allied soldiers.
Where were the men
Where were the men
mostly from? Find these
places on a map of NZ
and draw arrows
towards them.
from towns like Waihi or Reefton
What are
from towns like Waihi or Reefton
What are
“counter-mining operations”?
Counter mining is when a
Counter mining is when a
country explodes
the other trench or tunnel.
Where did the names for
Where did the names for
the different parts
of the tunnels come from?
Named after different cities i
n NZ - E.g. Christchurch,
Auckland.
Why was it important that the
Why was it important that the
men
in the tunnelling company
knew what they were doing?
Why did they need to be
experts?
So nothing worse can
So nothing worse can
happen like, rocks falling.
and they have to be experts
so they know
what they're doing.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
MAPS
Vocabs:
Carved out - when you make a cave using tools like a pickaxe or shovel to make a hole in the rock
Caverns- Cave
Mariah: About 20 year ago schoolboys discovered an andgrawn caverns with some things.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
MATHS
E.g.
¼ = 4 pieces = 100 divided by 4 is 25. So 0.25… which as a percentage is 25%
⅛ = 8 pieces = 100 divided by 8 is 12.5 .. so as a percentage 12.5%
When there is a numerator larger than one, take your percentage and multiply it by the numerator.
E.g. 3/5 = 5 pieces = 100 divided by 5 is 20. So ⅕ is 0.20 (or 20%)... 3x20=60, so ⅗ = 0.60 (or 60%)
*Remember to check your place value*
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