LTP

Hi, today I will be sharing with you what I like to do in LTP (Learning Through Play) LTP is where we all have to choose an activity to do such as, makey makey, Junky monkey, cardboard nation and planet construct. You have to stick to one for 1 hour, my friend and I chose makey makey which comes with a makey makey computer, alligator clips, construction sheet and a usb cord. First we connected the usb cord to my chromebook, then we didn't know what to do next so we looked at the instructions, we then realized we had to get an object to connect to the alligator clips so my friend went and got an orange. Next we connected an alligator clip to the orange which was connected to the arrow on the makey makey, then we connected an alligator clip to earth (down the bottom) which we then connected to our finger. we pulled up a site named 'makey makey piano' so when we touched the orange it would play a note. Makey makey is really fun and I can't wait to do it again, thanks for reading :) Nina

Endangered Animals

Hi, today i will be sharing what i did my quick write about. I wrote my quick write about endangered animals, we had to answer 4 questions, 1. what does "endangered" mean? 2. In what way are humans responsible for endangering animals? 3. Why must we protect endangered animals? 4. What can humans do to protect endangered animals?. Now I will show you what I wrote in my book below.

When an animal is "endangered" it means their at an extremely high risk of being extinct, and not many animals are left in the world. 200-2,00 animals extinctions occur every year! Tigers, Rhinoceros, Polar bears and Pandas are endangered today. The Tiger is one of the most endangered animals in the world, we only have 3,900 left, but 30 years ago we had about 100,000.

Humans are responsible for endangering animals because of the pollution humans release in the air, it is destroying animals habitats. Humans also eat and hunt animals for their tusks, for example a long time ago there was a species of birds called "Dodo". When hungry sailors arrived on the island of Mauritius, they ate the Dodo birds and soon these birds became endangered. A few months later, they were extinct.

We should protect endangered animals because they are a big part of our planet and without them the Earth would become a horrible place, if we let endangered animals go extinct we will be at risk with our own health, because we won't have much nature and without nature there is no oxygen.

Humans can protect endangered animals by walking or biking instead of driving, eating less meat, recycling/less pollution and spreading risks around the world. If humans produce less smoke and gas, animals homes will become safer. Sadly, cars produce lots of bad chemicals into our Earth so do planes, motorcycles and any other vehicles. Let's do some of these things to save our Earth!

  

Our Just Dance Performance

Hello, on the 1st of July, my friend (Te Atawhai) and I had to perform our just dance in front of the whole 2 classes! Everyone else had to do this as well, first we had to choose which Just Dance we wanted to perform. We could either choose: TImber, Waka Waka or Hand clap. My friend and I chose Timber which involves a group of 2. Most of the boys chose Waka Waka which has a group of 4, and not many groups did Hand clap (group of 3).

We had about 9 groups perform, my friend and I were second last to perform. We were very nervous because the whole 2 classes would be watching us on stage, everyone who performed were so good and their costumes matched the dance completely. When the teacher called us to perform we stood up and put our accessories on, my friend was the panda and I was the lady. All I wore was a hat but my friend wore a big panda hat. Overall I think we did very bad. And I think the boys in the tutus dancing to Waka Waka will win.