Hockey!!!

Every Wednesday our hockey team, The Fordell Blues, plays hockey for 30 minutes. There are about 12 teams in the tournament so there is a fairly good chance that we will win. Yesterday we played for 3rd and 4th against Gonville. We really wanted to come 3rd!!

We all played very well and the final score was 4-3 to us!!!! "We came 3rd in the tournament" I shouted. My heart was pounding with excitement. We couldn't believe it!! Well done Fordell Blues!

How many teeth do snails have?

How many teeth do snails have? It is believed that an average snail has 25000 teeth. It may seem quite unlikely but it is actually 100% true. I read it in the book 'how to avoid a wombats bum.' You should read it to!!

Mathex

On Wednesday some clever mathematicians went to mathex. Mathex is a competition were teams of 4 compete by answering 20 questions in the given amount of time. The given amount of time is 30 minutes but if someone answers all 20 questions correctly in 30 minutes then they would have stopped the clock. If you pass and you complete all the other questions you cannot go back to the passed question, you have to wait until either somebody stops the clock or the 30 minutes is up. I was in the year 5 age group and we got up to the last question but we just couldn't figure it out. We were panicking because we had been on the last question for 10 minutes and in the end we never got it. We were very nervous to hear the results and the man said that the winner was Fordell!!!! That's my team. So we won mathex. I had a very good time that night. Well done Fordell mathex team!!!

The Bumblebee

The bumblebee is not just a black and yellow insect that stings people. It is actually a very fascinating insect.
Firstly because it flies. To fly it flexes its wings and flaps them so fast that it buzzes.
Secondly because they live very close. They live in New Zealand and Australia. They live in hives and in those hives they make honey.
Lastly its predators are badgers, birds and skunks. Skunks stink, I can see how bumblebees don't like them. To get away from its predators they hide in flowers. Then they fly from flower to flower collecting nectar. The nectar is used to make honey.
As I said bumblebees are very nice insects. They still sting though.

My Be Funky

This is my Be Funky. They are like pictures that Andy Warhol painted. He is a good painter. He painted pictures like the ones that we made. He painted lots of pop stars and then was known as a pop artist. Here is one of his paintings and mine!


The House Challenge

Last Friday we had a house challenge. The houses are Kowhai, Tawa and Miro. Kowhai is yellow, Tawa is blue and Miro is green. I am in Kowhai. We had some big shields. They were all equally amazing but in the end someone had to win. That house was........ Kowhai. Well done Kowhai!!!!

The Birds At The Museum

Today we went to Wanganui Regional Museum. We looked at birds and how they fly. There was a huge moa bone. One of the birds only had one eye. We had a worksheet to complete. We had to draw a bird. Mine was alright. Then we went upstairs to the bug room. There were disgusting bugs everywhere. I learnt that the kereru doesn't fly straight. I can't wait until the next time I go to the museum.