Joshua T @ Ngatea Primary School

This week I enjoyed doing my Mangahigh because it I liked getting points but I don’t have enough points to get a medal. I also achieved my language milestone which is really awesome! I also like doing my Read Theory because it was my first time having my new account so it was really fun to read!

An Argentine dinosaur has been found and is the biggest ever discovery. The dinosaur weighed over 65,000 kg and was 370 meters long. That makes the biggest land animal ever and the dinosaur bones showed that it was still growing. A family on their land has found 6 fossils and scientists have taken them away.

Fonterra has made a rule that you have to be under 150kgs to drive the trucks. They said that the seats in the trucks are only safe for people under 150kgs. About 50 drivers have been replaced until they lose weight. In the trucks the seat belts are attached to the seats like cars but there is a higher possibility of it detaching.

In the UK, a horse trainer sings opera to her horse. Heather Main from Oxfordshire said that her key to a winning racehorse is by singing opera to it. She said it helps relax the horses as well as keep them entertained. Four horses that she has trained and sung opera to, have won their races.   

This week I have enjoyed doing my Mangahigh because I liked getting loads of points for the comp. I thought that my word of the week was a bit challenging because it was hard finding the antonyms for the words. I also enjoyed working on my IE because I’m really interested in my topic.

The New Zealand police guinea pig mascot has died. Constable Elliot has been teaching kiwis to drive slow and the police shared some sad news on twitter yesterday. Constable Elliot was based in the Wellington team and was telling people to slow down and particularly near schools.

Dogs in Mumbai are turning blue! Experts believe it is because dyes are getting into the a river by businesses. Someone thought that it was stray dogs going near the river to get food and the area has nearly 1000 engineering and food factories. Concerns were raised by animal protection and posted a dog that was dyed blue online.   

This week I have enjoyed doing my Mangahigh because I have got two gold medals and I am still working on one. Another activity I have enjoyed is my Language Milestone because I am working on my postcard and I have written a paragraph in Italian. I liked doing my blogpost because one of my blogpost was about someone finding a fruitcake in Antarctica. I also liked doing word of the week because it was on paper and we had to draw an image.  

15.8.17 A Saudi Arabian was doing a show and was arrested for doing a dab. Abdallah Al Shaharani is best known as a TV show host was arrested for doing the dab at the show. Now the dance has been banned in the notoriously conservative nation. Abdallah Al Shaharani has has apologized and has taken his expressions to Twitter. They are having a debate whether there should be a punishment or not.

14.8.17 A fruit cake has been found in Antarctica and is 100 years old. It was found in a hut and was found in a “as new” condition. It was brought to Cape Adare by Robert Falcon Scott’s northern party in 1911 and has been preserved ever since. The team that found it was surprised that it looked edible but it smelt a bit like rancid butter. The taste of the cake after 100 years will be a mystery. The team in Antarctica are on a journey to take items that were left by explorers. The project has just finished after 14 months of effort to bring back items like clothing, tools and other things as well.

11.8.17 This week I have enjoyed doing the word of the week because it was on paper and we got to draw our image and drawing is something I enjoy. I also enjoyed blogging because one of my blogpost was about Rainbows End taking away the swinging ship. The ship was one of my favourite rides at the park. I found one Mangahigh task challenging but I still got a bronze medal on it.   

10.8.16 Rainbows End has announced that they will be taking it down and was one of their popular rides. Ride has been at Rainbows End for 34 years and will have it’s last swing later this month. Rainbows End has said that they want to invest in extra new and exciting things so they really want the space. Since 2009, the park has enjoyed a 62% increase of attendance. Their will be a best dress day at Rainbows End to farewell the ship.

8.8.17 The most watched video on Youtube is now Despacito. The song is spanish and sung by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee. This video has over 3 billion views!!! Last month the song was the most streamed song with 4.6 billion streams combined on all platforms. This adds to Daddy Yankee’s own records. This is the most listened song on spotify.

3.8.17 This week I have enjoyed doing my Mangahigh activities because I have gotten a gold on two of them. I also liked working on my Language Milestone because I am nearly finished and I am just translating my sentences from English to Italian. I enjoyed doing my Read Theory because I found the stories interesting. I enjoyed PE the most because we got to play Jet Ball which was really fun.