Weekly Reflection

My Weekly Reflection

This week I had cross country and came 11th place, I also started a new language, German, on Duolingo and did some tasks on Mangahigh and I got a bronze, this week I do not feel like I have accomplished much.

Weekly News

New York lady leaves a fortune to cats!

A New York lady called Ellen Frey-Wouter has left $300000 of her $3 Million fortune to her cats, named Tiger and Troy. This comes as no surprise to her housekeeper who says that Ellen treats the cats like her babies. In my opinion, this is nuts, who leaves any money to a cat? What are they going to do with it? WHY? Doesn't she have any relatives she could give it to?

Sourced From Kiwikids News

Weekly Reflection

Weekly Relection

This week I have checked a lot of things off my Tuakana checklist and hope to achieve my goal of becoming Tuakana again this term.

I also attempted all of my mangahigh tasks and got a few bronze medals. A few other things are this blog post and my Readtheory tasks.  

My IE 2017

My IE 2017

Questions to consider (individually)  Share as blog post once this has been completed.
What is it I hope I will come to understand more deeply through this inquiry?	Who the Ancient Mayans were
What knowledge might I need to help move towards this understanding?	How to find information Who the Mayans are now and how their history has influenced their culture
What is it I hope to be able to do more competently?   What skills will I need to learn (skills)	Learning to skim and scan for important pieces of information in a text
What learning powers will this inquiry help me practice and develop further?  (Explain this)	Not giving up and keep on going. Integrity Enthusiasm

Weekly News

World's highest paid rugby player

Charles Pitau, a former All-Black, will very soon be the highest paid rugby player in the world! Pitau, a fullback, has signed a two year deal with an English club called Bristol, the contract lasts 2018 and 2019 and is for a staggering amount of $1.78 Million per year! I myself think that this is a major amount of money for one player and he must be pretty good at his job to get that amount. However I also think that is a pretty overkill amount.

Info sourced from Kiwikids News

Weekly reflection

Weekly Reflection

This week I completed a couple of new on manga high tasks and I got a few golds and attempted a few tasks. I also made a new account on read theory and got to a higher rank, I have accomplished a fair bit this week but still, I can't wait for the weekends!

Word of the week

Word Of The Week: Conspicuous

Definition:  Clearly visible

Antonym: Inconspicuous

Synonym: Distinct

Sentence: The man was very conspicuous, standing in the corner with a black trench coat and hat on. Something didn’t feel right.

Weekly News

8 Year old climbs Kilamanjaro

8 year old Roxy Getter has become the youngest girl to ever climb Kilimanjaro. Roxy and her family, including her 10 year old brother, from the USA climbed the mountain during their holiday in Tanzania. Sometimes I wonder why people do this, I think that many people would see climbing Kilimanjaro as fun, but I just see them as INSANE! I would definitely not climb Kilimanjaro

Word Of The Week

Word of the week

The word of the week this week is optimistic.

Definition: Hopeful and confident about the future 

Synonym: Hopeful

Antonym:Pessimistic

Use in a sentence: Before the hockey game the coach had reassured us that we would do well, but I was not optimistic about this game.

Matariki

Weekly Reflection

Weekly Reflection

This week something that I improved on was my Spanish on DuoLingo, I got to a higher level and did a couple of lessons. Something that I achieved from my weekly goals was starting my language milestone, I am almost finished now. Something that I need to improve on is keeping focused sometimes and not messing around with my friends. My goal for next week is to complete my learning languages Milestone.

Weekly News

Two teenagers rescued from catacombs

Yesterday on the 19th of June two teenagers were rescued from the catacombs beneath Paris after getting lost. These catacombs are over 250 kilometres long but only 2 kilometres are open to the public, the teenagers were stuck in the tunnels for three days and no-one has ever been stuck in the 2 kilometres of the tunnel before and as well as having been stuck in there for so long they both had hypothermia. I think that they are kind of stupid seeing that no-one has ever got lost before and that they wouldn't have brought anything such as a phone to contact anyone.

Info sourced from kiwikids news 

Weekly News

Man Jailed for 35 years for Facebook posts

A man from Thailand was jailed for 35 years after insulting the  Thai monarchy through Facebook. The law in Thailand states that you are not allowed to insult ultra-rich monarchy. The man got a jail time of ten years per offence, the original sentence was seventy years but was cut down after he confessed to posting the comments. This is one of the most serious punishments ever for insulting the Thai monarchy. Personally, I think that punishment was a bit harsh seeing that it was only a Facebook post. Does the Thai monarchy even know about it? If they did I'm sure that they would get him released, that is way too harsh as a punishment!


Info sourced from kiwi kids news

Murphy IE reflection

Weekly news

Global Ransomware Attacks 

Recently a ransomware was released on the world, this ransomware which demands about NZD $430 in bitcoin currency has been reported in 74 countries including New Zealand. The virus (WannaCry) has so seriously affected the computers in the UK that the hospitals have been forced to cancel appointments and turn away surgeries.

I am very sad and worried about this ransomware, I hope that it doesn't affect New Zealand too badly and I am very sad for all the countries that have been affected.

Info sourced from kiwikids news

Riddles

Here are some riddles

1.  What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
2. I am found in the sea and on the land but I don't walk or swim. I travel by foot but I am toeless, no matter where I go I am always at home. What am I?
3. Two in a corner, one in a room, none in a house and one in a shelter. What am I?
4. What is it that no man did ever yet see, which never was and is always to be?
5. I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by tools but by hearts and minds. What am I?
6. Which vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
7. What is at the end of a rainbow?
8. What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters?
9. What is harder to catch the more you run?
10. What flies without wings?

Sourced from DoRiddles.

Answers: 

1. Your name 

2. A snail

3.The letter R

4.Tomorrow

5.Friendship

6.Racecar

7.W

8. Short

9. Your breath

10.Time

Current events weekly news

Plastic Eating Caterpillar could eat through waste

Researchers at Cambridge university made a discovery that the larvae of the honey comb moth which can chew through honey comb in bee hives can also degrade and eat plastic. Research shows that the larvae can break down the chemical bonds of plastic in a similar way to honeycomb. Generally it takes hundreds of years for plastic polythene to break down, these caterpillars can make a hole in a plastic bag in under an hour.

If you met Richie McCaw

If you met Richie McCaw

1. What OPEN question would you ask him? Are you glad you chose a career in rugby?
2. What would you thank him for? Contributing so much to New Zealand rugby and being a great role model for so many people
3. What else would you say to him/ask him about/tell him? Did you fulfill your dream of becoming a great all black?

Leadership

What does it take to be a leader?

What does it take to be a leader?Ask Richie McCaw, world famous New Zealand All Black, these are the qualities that describe him and who he is as a leader.

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