Explanation Writing (Why we need fire drills)

Why do we need a fire drill?

Before we get to the point of why we need a fire drill, do you know what a fire drill is? Firstly, fire drills are practices of how you can survive a fire. For example what if you unintentionally left your room candle lit which caused a fire? That would mean you would have to solve a way to get out of the house. To make life a bit easier this is why we need fire drills.

How can a fire drill save your life? There have been many cases on the news where people die because of house fires. Maybe the people didn’t know how to exit a house because they never experienced a fire drill. This is why you need to experience one. You may think that all you need to do is jump out of a window. Even though that is an option, for other people it might not be the safest thing to do. What if your window supposedly was two stories high?  You didn’t think about that did you. Practice videos on the internet are posted for a purpose. That purpose is obviously to save your life.

Practicing at school. Fires don't only suddenly happen at home, they can happen in your own home. You will need to experience one so why not practice at school? Schools are bigger which means it could possibly be harder to work your way out. If you practice at school it will make life easier if it happens in your own home because homes are smaller than schools

but that means the house will set on fire faster. Because it will set on fire instantly you will need to move faster in your fire drill. Your life may depend on it.

Fire drills can not only save your life, it can save others. Fires may happen in the blink an eye

so you need to think fast. Panicking does not solve anything so try not to panic too much. From all of these reasons why you need to experience a fire drill are you convinced that we all need it? If so that is great because it can save anyone's life anytime and anywhere.

Meeting my goals through my reading

Activity 1.

Activity 2. Harmful chemicals that are used to kill weeds could accidentally get into your system which could either kill you or cause you to need urgent care. Killing pests like possums could easily be killed safely without those boxes that attract them. Toddlers could think that they are playhouses but little do they know, it can kill them. Bits of poison that are put in the garden to kill snails could be chewed by a baby. We all know that if this happens, it will end up faulty.

Today I have chosen these two activities to post on my blog. The reason I picked these two activities was it connected to my goals for this year. One of my goals is finding information and writing about it. Doing this can help me improve in writing. My first activity is an advertisement about why people should buy white fly traps. The other activity on the right is about the consequences of using harmful products to kill weeds or pests. I am trying hard to accelerate at my reading.

Ete Ariki

Every Tuesday we are with Ms.Maude to learn Maori himene or Artworks.Today we learnt one called

‘Ete Ariki’. In this song the girls had to do a high note and the boys had to do a normal to deep note. The english translation to this song is mostly about the lord and how we believe in it. I enjoyed singing with my friends and Ms.Maude and I am looking forward to be learning the Karakia which means Prayer.

Helping Mr.Hendricks

This morning there were some boys that helped Mr.Hendricks carry the heavy logs to the senior side ditch. The reason why they moved the logs to the other side was because Mr.Hendricks wants to mark a Volleyball court so we can practice for sports camp. Right now practice on the field because it is currently waterlogged.

Pizza Lunch - Friday

Thanks to Mrs.Collins today my class and I had a very pleasant lunch. The reason why we got to eat pizza for lunch was because 3 out of the 4 children completed the Winter learning journey. This journey contained 21 activities which was finished by my 2 friends and I. Thank you Mrs.Collins for taking your time to buy our class pizza!

Maths T3W2 - Comparing Fractions

This week we used inequality signs <, > and = to compare fractions.

On Monday we used materials. This was easy for me because all I did was put one fraction on top of the other and it instantly found the answer to which one was bigger.

Photo

On Tuesday we used a fraction chart. This was easy for me because I could compare it with my fingers to find which one was bigger and which one was smaller.

Photo of fraction chart

On Wednesday we worked without the above.  We learnt a strategy which was multiplying each numerator with the denominators. The  knowledge required to solve to problems this way is to know your times tables or else you will have trouble doing this.

This was easy for me because I already know my times tables so it makes my life a little easier.

Wednesday Football

WALHT: Write a post for my blog on football skills.

Today we practiced the skills of football with our coach Steve. He demonstrated these skills:

1. Inner foot kick

2. Outer foot kick

3. Stop ball with sole

4. Kick ball with lace

5. Free kick

6. Dribble

Out of all these skills I can say that I only felt dribbling difficult but I managed to get the rest of them correct. Playing football for the first time helped me learn some skills for when we

actually practice for sports camp.

The fun aspects of playing football today was how we got to play two games per team. It was challenging but fun at the same time. Another one was how we had to kick as many people’s balls as we could.

If I could compare one sport to football it would probably be netball because it is the only sport that I know really well and it also contains running around the court e.t.c.

Even though we didn’t practice all of the skills we still practiced to move the ball which was the main thing. If I had to rate myself out of 5 for practicing footbalI I would probably say a 3.5. I really enjoyed playing in the first session of football and I can’t wait to play it again next week.