The Hot Air Balloon Ride

Today my school and I had a hot air balloon ride on our school field. Kruz, Laekin, Havana and I were waiting in line to have a ride on the big red, orange and yellow hot air balloon. The line was going very slowly. As we were waiting, I saw a penguin. It was a teddy. Slowly the balloon was coming down with the other children. I felt anxious because we thought it would hit me. Once the kids hit the ground, the penguin went under the basket and got squashed. It was my turn. My heart was beating. My body was shaking. I put my foot on the step that was on the balloon’[s basket and I jumped in and looked at everyone through the gap. The man was very kind to me when he felt me shaking. He pushed on the button then flame and fire came out of the flamer. I looked out the space and onto the ground. Suddenly I started to see the balloon hover above the ground. I was freaking out at the start. Once we were up as high as we could, I looked down and the other kids looked like little ants. Laekin was freaking out too. I didn’t want to go down but I had to. I felt a big thump when it hit the ground. I jumped out said thank you and walked away.

St Patrick's Day

My Shell

I think my shell looks like the fin of a gurnard. I think that because it has lines on it. They might be the bone lines. 
My shell is smooth and soft. that is why I think it is a gurnard fin. 
I think it is a rock crab because of the brown and black marks on it. I think it is 28 years old because it has 28 lines on it. 
Before Mrs Russell picked up the shell, I've got a funny feeling that it was part of a crayfish bone - an Australian crayfish bone, not a New Zealand crayfish. All the Australian crayfish always have a circulish bone.

Swimming Sports

Yesterday, our school had our swimming sports at the Ngaruawahia Town Pools.

It was time for the 9 year old girls’ freestyle race. Mr K told all of the girls to hop into the freezing cold pool. It was sparkling so much, it made me want to hop in as fast as I could. When I got into the water. I was shaking.

“On your marks, get set, go!!!” Mr K blew his whistle very loudly just like a lion’s roar.

I kicked my legs as fast as I could and started doing a circular rotation. It was so hectic, because my heart was beating and it felt crazy in my stomach. I could see, with my goggles, that I was in the lead, only by a little bit. It was even with me and Emily G but I touched the wall just before EmilyG. I WON YAY!!!!

Ash Wednesday

Honey Bees

Introduction

Honey bees are small insects. They make delicious honey with different kinds of flowers.

What Do They Look Like?   
Honey bees have 3 body parts, - head, thorax and an abdomen. Honey bees are golden bees with black stripes. They have six legs and four wings, also have two compound eyes, a have a pair of antennas on their heads and have pollen baskets on their legs.

Where Do They Live?

Honey bees can live in beehives, on a bee farm but, with places like Antarctica, there are no flowers. It is also way too cold for bees to survive in that kind of weather. If there are no flowers in the world, bees wouldn't be alive because there wouldn’t be anything to pollinate.  

Giving Birth

The queen bee lays over 2000 eggs a day. The queen mates with the drones to make eggs. The queen bee lays an egg in the wax honey comb then it will eventually turn into larva. When they have gone through that stage, they will either turn into a drone adult bee or a worker.

How Long Do Honey Bees Live?

The queen bee lives for about a few years. With a worker  or a drone, it is 2 months.  

What Do They Do?

Worker bees are hard workers. They must visit about 1000 flowers to fill their bee stomachs with nectar. Bees actually have two stomachs, their regula stomachs and their honey stomachs. When their honey stomachs are full, they will go back to the hive and, with another worker that is at the hive, the bees will put their long tube tongues in each other’s mouths. The bee who is in the hive will chew the nectar for about half an hour. It will become like a liquid. The bees will put the nectar into an empty hexagon then cover it with wax. The nectar will go thicker and thicker. In about a few days, the beekeeper will come and collect it.

How Do They Communicate With Each Other?

When a bee finds a flower with lots of pollen and nectar, it will do a waggle dance. Just like waggle to the left, waggle to the right, for  excellent a  direction when the workers are in flight.

 

Symbols of the Holy Spirit

When Jesus was baptised by his cousin in the river, this reminds me of the Holy Spirit. Water cleans us and the Holy Spirit cleans us by taking away the original sin.       You can see more symbols of the Holy Spirit that our class drew on our class blog at stproom4.blogspot.co.nz