Word Problems

Caculating 32 x 3

How to use loupe in school

This is going to help with DLO's so you can write your equation's or whatever you're doing your DLO on in the draw department and then it will come up but will be made out of your pictures. so check out loupe now

Pike River Mine Fight

Pike River exploded in 2010 and from there on solid energy have not let the people in to get people out. It has been in the local newspaper about the everyone who has lost a family member trying to get there Sibling or Child out. They have been to parliament before and are going again soon.  Solid energy tried to go has quick as possible when the mine was still going. 29 miners died in the explosion. 2 miners were close to the the exit and and were able to exit safely. On the fourth explosion it started a fire which you could see coming out of the mine. After the first explosion a rescue team came but didn’t risk going in because of the risk of more explosions. Throughout 2011 the families were asking for the bodies of the 29 miners they have been asking for 6 years now and solid energy's answer has always been no but the families will keep fighting until the answer is yes. Some of the people who tested the mine said it hadn’t been done properly and the mine was unsafe. The mine was opened in 2008 and lasted 2 years so it would be whole different story if the mine hadn’t opened in the first place and that means I wouldn’t be writing about this right now.

By Pippa

BTB POINT AUCTION

The BTB Point Auction

Today we had than BTB Auction (Better Than Before.) The BTB point auction is an auction where you auction off old stuff that you don't want from home I got a grey purse That Caitlin brought in this is what it looks like:

 I also got Kade a Black purse saying "Can't Even" and a bear bag that was golden.

Photosynthesis By Pippa

Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is the greatest sport in the world, there are different strokes like Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle. It is in triathlon’s as the the first event. Every lane pool needs to at least have 25 metres to hold swimming meets. Swimming can be done anywhere in the world but some places not as warm as others. On the West Coast the sea temperature is: max is 15.7*C, average is 13.8*C and the min is 12.8*C.

You should do swimming because it is a great way to get fit and healthy, you can meet new friends that can teach you new things. There are swimming meets you can enter to get ribbons and medals, then  you could qualify for Country And Town where  you can get all of of those things and trophies.

You can learn how to swim by taking swim lessons and once you finish that then you could move up to swimming clubs and that's when you can get all of those things and after that you could head to the Olympics. For training in Greymouth Swim Club for the groups 2 and down you train 3 hours a week but for the top group it’s 5 and ½ hours.

You can become a pro by practising hard and always turning up to practice working hard on your strokes and giving up other passions to get where you want to go in swimming. Millions of people do it around the world.

I hope this encourages you to go out and give swimming a try, but why are you still here when you could be swimming!

By Pippa

Yr 5