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Cheetahs are the fastest land animals on Earth. They can sprint 110km/h at top speed. But did you ever think about why they were called Cheetahs? And did you know they were one of the slowest animals when they first existed? The story goes like this:

One sunny day, the animals of the jungle held a race. The king of the forest, the Lion was racing too. He announced: “whoever wins this race shall be declared the fastest animal of all. Many other animals were racing too: The Boa, the Giraffe, the Elephant  (other animals from other places also took part because they wanted a better reputation), the Mouse and lastly the first ancestor of the cheetah.

This cheetah was called “Speedster”, which was ironic as he was as slow as a worm but was as wise as an owl. He decided that if he wanted to  win this race,  he would need to use his mass amount of knowledge to ace it.

The race was about to begin, and Speedster lined up with the others. The starting gun fired: BANG! They’re off! They started whizzing past each other. The Elephant was in the lead, but Speedster had made a good plan. Earlier, he hung up piece of cloth soaked in pepper. When the elephant reached the pepper area, he veered into a pond as the pepper blinded him. PLUNK! He fell into the water. There were 5 remaining racers left.

Finally, the little agile mouse scattered to the lead and was soon out of sight. Once again, Speedster was ready for it. Earlier, he lay a piece of of rich Parmesan cheese on a plate near where the mouse was. The mouse got attracted to the cheese and he soon ditched the race. Why bother racing? He didn’t even have breakfast anyways.

That leaves 4 remaining racers. The flexible python slithered to the front. Speedster didn’t care, as he had another trick up his sleeve. He took a bird whistle and blew into it. A large predatory bird dived down and struck the python. The python was then airborne- in the bird’s beak of course. He had no chance of winning, especially when he was going to be a bird’s lunch.

That left 3 racers- Speedster,  the Lion and the Giraffe. Speedster read a lot about giraffes before knew their weakness in racing: their height. Part of their route is through an area full of vines and plants. Before he knew it, the giraffe became a tangled mess.

Finally, it was the last 2 racers: Speedster and the lion king. The lion king was probably half a mile in front of him, but Speedster heard some rumbling in the bushes. A hunter! He quickly ducked behind a tree and remained unseen by the hunters. Sadly, the lion wasn’t as fortunate and soon fell in a trap. That left Speedster as the last racer (and the champion). He was given a trophy, but many animals have spread rumors about how he cheated in the race. His species was soon known cheetahs (redirected from “Cheater”). But other cheetahs wanted a better reputation and they exercised day and night, truthfully becoming one of the fastest land animals to the present day,

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Hello fellow readers,

Its been quite a while since I posted last. In this post, I’ve put in in a voice recording to show my understandings about how to simplify fractions and to show my teacher Ms.Kinsinger that I’ve completed an assignment. I hope you all enjoy my recording and for younger students and children who haven’t learned simplifying fractions, I hope this would help you guys remember how to do it in the future.

Recording:

My Very Brief Script:

One way to simplify fractions:

Find the greatest common factor (GCF) of the numerator and denominator. In order to do this, you need to come up with

a list of common factors of the numerator and denominator. Then, view the list

Find the largest number that appears in both lists. That is the GCF.

Example:  4/12

List of factors of 4= 1,2,4

List of factors of 12= 1,2,3,4,6,12

4 is the largest number that appears in both lists. Thus, 4 is the greatest common factor.

After that, divide the numerator and denominator both with 4, so the fractions become 1/3. 1/3 is the simplest form of 4/12.

2nd example: 3/27

List of factors of 3= 1,3

List of factors of 27=1,3,9,27

3 is the largest number that appears in both lists, thus it is the GCF of  3.After finding the GCF, you simplify it, making it 1/9

3rd example: 4/8

List of factors of 4= 1,2,4

List of factors of 8= 1,2,4,8

4 is the largest number in both of the lists, thus the GCF is 4. Then, after simplifying the fraction you get 1/2.

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What does sportsmanship mean to you/look like to you? Give some examples.

Sportsmanship is when you play a sport by following the rules of it. Cheating is not an example of sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is also when you are positive to your teammates even when they fail to complete something or miss a shot. In that case instead of saying “come on Bob that was terrible”, you can encourage him and say “nice try Bob!” or something that doesn’t hurt anyones feelings.

Why is it important to follow the rules of a game?

Following the rules of a game is really important. You can learn more about a game by actually understanding the rules and concepts. Also, following the rules of a game allows you to get better at a sport and actually play a sport because if you don’t play by the rules of a game properly, you might get disqualified. I have some personal experience on this matter because in basketball and football matches I’ve played before, they have specific rules and you aren’t allowed to know people over or it might be a foul. In handball, you can’t have contact, and if you have contact it would be a hand over so the other team would have the ball which isn’t a good thing.

Why are good team strategies important to success in team games? Give examples of strategies for team handball?  How would you create and/or deny space in team handball?

Strategies are crucial in many team sports. They allow players the ability to outsmart enemy players and go for the game objective. Some good strategies in team games and handball can be passing consistently to your team mates because it would be harder for the other team players to intercept the ball. Some good shooting strategies are faking shots at a goalie so when the goalie moves to the direction you faked shooting, you would have a clear shot at the goal. In team handball, we can create space by moving into open areas so receiving passes would be easier. We can also deny space by marking an open player or the ball handler so it would be harder for them to maneuver and the ball handler would have a chance of a 3-second over time.

What is a strategy you/your team used in “Capture the Flag” to be more successful?

An effective strategy my team used in capture the flag was sending a decoy striker and a real striker after the decoy draws the opponent defenders away. The decoy takes away most of the enemy defenders, leaving the real striker a clear shot for the flag. I find this a really common strategy as many teams use it, but it is very effective.

Describe why having strong skills helps your team be more successful? Give some examples of skills with a specific team sport in mind.

Having strong skills are important because they allow you to be more advanced in game techniques, which allows you to be a hard player to beat. There are many different skills in different sports. Some examples are: In soccer, you need to be flexible and alert to be a goalie and block shots taken by your opponents. In basketball, you need to have dribbling skills to make it harder for opponents to steal your ball away.

Why does a team that is very physically fit have an advantage over a team that is not fit?

The team that is physically fit has an advantage because their players can be more agile and strong, and have more sporting skills. They would also have a higher chance of winning because they should be able to intercept balls away from their opponents and cooperate well.

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This week, I’ve just come back from grade 6 camp. We went to Zhaoqing, mainland China because our teachers wanted us to learn more about Zhaoqing’s culture, delicacies and to develop our independence. Right when I reached Zhaoqing, I knew this camp would gobsmacking! With the high mountains and the clear blue lakes. it was as beautiful as an art piece by Michelangelo. At school, we were sorted into colour groups that were lead by one grade 6 teacher. I was sorted into the blue group which was led by my Chinese teacher Ms.Huang. We’ve been at camp for three full days, and it will be a very precious and relaxing memory.

At camp, we’ve done many fun activities: ink stone carving, bamboo paper making, Chinese painting, catapult building and cable-walking above a river. I am going to talk about the catapult building first, and it was a great chance to test our creativity and calculations. We went to a very big piece of land, which had a tile roof supported by four thin struts, allowing us to see our sorroundings and be sheltered from the spluttering rain. We were sent into three groups and we were told to build a catapult using seven pieces of bamboo and six pieces of rope. We were given 20 minutes to build it, with some help from the Dragonfly instructors. All the groups built them differently and my catapult had a tripod. It was tied together strongly and we started to launch them into action. A Dragonfly instructor narrated: “We are at war, and the Mongols have come to invade. Genghis Khan has come, sword in hand. We shall use our catapults to defend our land.” We all readied our catapults and lunged the launcher forward, shooting a water balloon at Jason, a Dragonfly instructor who acted as Genghis Khan.  We also shot at some friends who were picked as the invading Mongols. Water balloons flew everywhere. After the madness, it was even madder! We started a civil war with the other catapults and we shot at each other. But near the end of the fight, our catapult broke down and the loaded water balloon flew into the air – and landed on my fellow teammates head, who of course got wet. Soon, it was over and we returned to our camping grounds in Nine Dragon Resort.

Another thing I’m going to write about is the ink stone carving. For the ink stone carving, we went to a gaunt shed pretty far away from where we were camping. We listened to a local instructor, who showed us the ink stone and the carving tool.  He demonstrated how to use the tool safely and to carve deeply. We started on our rocks, and it was already shaped into the form of an ink holder. We sat down and started to carve. It was fun to scrape along the rock and make different designs, and on the main side of the stone I tried my best to imitate the puma in the “Puma” branded shoes. I also wrote my Chinese name in a small font and put small stars on the rim of the stone. On the ink face (where you put the ink), I wrote “Be Lucky Forever” in Chinese, since I ran out of some good ideas to put there. Most of us finished earlier than the deadline, and we played some games with each other. After everyone finished, we headed to Dynasty restaurant for lunch, where we had yummy pizzas, spaghetti and fried rice.

Camp was an amazing experience and I learnt many new things, such as the games “Ninja” and “007″.  Also, I learnt to never give up and to feel free to try out new things, as I have done so at camp. In various activities, we showed leadership, cooperation and communication which will help us on our social skills. Everyone worked well, and when conflicts happened, we resolved them as a group. Camp was a memory that can’t be explained in just a few paragraphs. I miss all the Dragonfly instructors a lot, and I hope next years camp would be just as good.

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Howdy! It’s been some time since I posted a real post about what happened about school. I had my 3-way learning review with my mom and my homeroom teacher Ms.Kinsinger yesterday at school. In the 3-way learning review, we have a conversation about how we think of what I’ve done so far this year and to talk about my goals.

We were warmly welcomed by Ms.Kinsinger into the classroom. I sat down at my desk and Ms.K started asking me about my strengths in class. I said I was very good at math and I used creativity in many different forms, like films and design. After a couple of more questions, we came over to my 3 goals. I talked about each one, each coming with 2 strategies to help me achieve the specific goal. For my first goal (organization), my strategies were to buy an accordion folder so I can be both organized and unable to be loose any work. My second strategy for this goal is to check my desk and locker in an effective routine to make sure they are organized. For my second goal (planning before doing the real thing), my strategies are to make drafts and graphs to plan out a task before making a final copy, as it can completely change the quality of it. Last but not least, for my last goal (to be most productive in work), my strategies are to find a place where I am most productive (which I recently found out: my good ol’ desk) and to give myself small objectives to complete in the time given so I complete my task on time.

So, after explaining my goals, it was Ms.K’s turn to speak. She said I did well at school and she added into my second goal about planning before making a good copy. She said that before writing a reflection you can put in impothat is planned has a great difference of quality than that of a reflection without a plan. After Ms.K, it was my mum’s turn. She said my weaknesses includedrtant points and notes so you won’t forget them in your final copy of the reflection. Also, she agreed with me that a reflection  planning and self-control. She says I sometimes choose a wrong choice, which ends up in bad quality and wasted time. She also says that I am tempted to use the computer each time. Ms.K said it is normal for me, as I try to develop it now.

The 3-way learning review was a precious chance where I get to know many of my strengths and weaknesses from my mum, teacher and myself. I am determined to use my strategies to achieve my goal as soon as possible. I am also determined to beat my weaknesses (self-control, work quality). This way, I can be a more-descent person.

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This week, I read a book called Peter Pan. Peter Pan is a fantasy tale written by J.M Barrie. This book stars three siblings: Wendy, John and Michael, who dream of a boy named Peter Pan and a place called Wonderland. They shared their dreams with their parents, who said it was a “bunch of baloney”. But one night, Peter Pan and his fairy friend Tinker Bell fly to the children’s bedside and takes them on a terrific journey to Wonderland. There, they meet the Lost Boys, the Redskin tribe and the vicious pirates led by fearful Captain James Hook.

There, Wendy, John and Michael learn about the Lost Boys and nature of Neverland. After having his hand bitten off by a crocodile because of Peter, Captain Hook seeks revenge on Peter by trying to capture him and the other Lost Boys. But then, Peter saves Princess Tiger Lily of the Redskin tribe, who in return protects Peter from Hook’s pirates. One day, Wendy talks to all the lost boys and tells them about the love and care a mother gives to her child. She also says that everyone has a mother somewhere, with leads all the lost boys into curiosity. Peter hates speaking about mothers (because he abandoned his own to live young forever in Neverland). The Lost Boys soon take Wendy as their “mother” to look after them.

But not later on, the Redskin tribe is secretly ambushed by the pirates, who massacre nearly the whole tribe. The pirates then make their way to Peter’s hideout, but Peter is ready for them and attacks the pirate crew. After defeating everyone besides hook, Peter encounters Hook at a final showdown. A couple minutes later-”Gulp!” Hook is kicked overboard into a waiting crocodile’s mouth.

Thus was the end of poor Cpt. Hook.

In this book, I learnt two main learning points. I learnt not to be too greedy, or sometimes things might not work out as you wanted it to happen. Also, it is always good to have a backup plan when organizing something just in case it goes wrong.

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Today is the second  day of our Young American workshop. The same Young American group came over to the LLAC to start the workshop once again, and I even managed to know some of their names. At first, we did some improv practice that was really fun and dramatic. Everybody was sorted into groups of 6-10 and we focused on six fun activities. The first one was where we  were supposed to count to 20 with each person only saying one number once with no one else saying it at the same time. This was really hard, and after a lot of tries we finally succeeded. In the second activity, we were supposed to clap to each other at the same time  using eye contact. After several tries, we aced it completely. The 3rd activity was interesting and we had to connect to each other one by one and move. Then, we add sound effects by making sounds. In the end, using our movement and sounds, we create a machine and let the other groups guess what kind of machine we are making, We made a pizza machine, which is pretty weird.

Then we did some more related activities until it was break time. Once again, we went up to the Leo Lee Arts Centre to have a snack and come back down. Afterwards, we learned some more songs and we came back to out finale act. we reviewed the act and movement of the finale, and after reviewing it we learnt the rest of the finale. As our Young American instructors taught us the dialogue and actions, we did it with them. The last part if the finale was pretty fun, with singing and watching fake sports played by Young Americans Bill and Buddy. Then there was a fake birthday party and we surprised the audience. In the very end, we took a bow and closed the act.

We rehearsed some parts of the finale again and again, and in out last practice we did a fantastic job. I also danced and sang freely and listened to what we were told to do. I did a great job today. I hope I can get a big sleep for the grand finale tomorrow! Taking part in the Young Americans workshop inspired me to become an actor or designer. The Young Americans will leave the day after tomorrow for the US. I am sure to miss them! This will be a very deep and happy memory in my life.

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By: A.J Butcher

This week, I read the first book of the Spy High series. This book is called The Frankenstein Factory. It stars the Bond Team with its 6 teen spies: Ben, Lori, Eddie, Cally, Jake and Jennifer. In this episode, they are sent to pass through their first term at Deveraux College (Spy High). They have failed all previous tests and if they fail the last one, they would have their minds erased and sent back to the normal society.

This is their last task and yet it is very dangerous. With no weapons, Bond Team have to focus on their cooperation and abilities to survive and save their cause. Amid the dangers, mutilated man-reptiles ambush them, ransacking them and stealing their communicators. Unable to contact Spy High, they continue on their own. They meet mysterious Dr. Averill, who secretly drugs them to sleep. When Bond Team wakes up, they find theirselves in a factory filled with guards and mutilated frankensteins! They find out that Dr. Averill (last name actually Frankenstein) has planned to mutilate every single human on the planet into mutilated zombies. He plans to use three of Bond Team’s teammmates  as examples and their teammates try to save them. Soon, they find a missing graduate spy=William Challis, who is infested  as a mutant. Finally, Will and some of his mutant comrades fight off the other mutants alongside the remainder of Bond Team. Will dies, but Bond Team rescues their captured teammates. They destroy everything in Averill’s lab, and the communication signals between Dr. Averill and his mutants are broken. Alas, Dr. Averill is slaughtered by his own pets. Since the world is saved, Bond Team aces the final task and continues their their spy work at Spy High.

-Do not easily trust people when you don’t know much about them. They might lead you into wrong descisions in life.

-Never be un-confident  every time. The more confidence you have, the bigger chance you have of succeeding.

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Today at school, a group of 32 Young Americans came over. The Young Americans is a group world wide which works all over the world at different schools. They set up an acting and singing workshop for students to perform. We are having it for 3 whole school days. I was really excited to learn some new songs and dances, and so were my fellow friends. Today at school, 8:10am, we met the group of Young Americans in the LLAC. Although called the Young Americans, not all members are American. There was one Chinese, one British and a couple of Japanese. They introduced themselves and did some dancing and singing. I was really thrilled about their singing and dancing.

After the introduction, we were put into small groups and sent to the nearest Youngest American. Me and my friends came to a really nice Young American and we introduced ourselves, and he gave us high-fives. After that, he taught us a fast and light dance act which involved a music piece which had the words “ooh-ee-ooh-ahah”. it was a jiggly piece and seemed really suitable  with our act. After 10 minutes, the whole grade, including us, practiced it again together on the platform. We did it again and again, and we sounded fantastic. Soon, we had a small snack break, where we went up near the Leo Lee Art Centre to get some snacks that some parents brought to us. After the break, we got back to learning a new dance. It was called the disco dance, which involved lots of body movement. It kept on having some repeats, and in the end we had to do a super star pose. That was really cool. There were many groups who did different dances. The girls done a different dance from us and we boys had two groups: disco and ghostbusters. In the end, after the practice, we had to perform it in front of the grade teachers.

After all of that, we spent a large portion of time on practicing our finale act ( which we are performing to the parents on Wednesday). There was the girl group one, the girl group two and the boys group. Our Young American instructors directed us into what we were supposed to do and we did it. We did a good job  even though our instructors gave us more and more advice each time. We got better and better. Finally, time flied by and we did one last rehearsal of what we learnt day. After the last rehearsal, we left at the dismissal time. It was such a fun and exhausting day, and I had lots of fun with the Young Americans. I am hoping to have as much fun tomorrow as today! I did well on my first day and I hope I can improve more tomorrow.

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This week, I read a book called Peter Pan in Scarlet. This is the first official sequel to Peter Pan and is written by Geraldine Mccaughrean. This is a book full of wonder and imagination, and I really loved reading it.

Once gain, Wendy, John, Slghtly, Curly and the twins come to Neverland again. Despite  their age and size, they get help from liar fairy Fireflyer with fairy dust. But after flying back to Neverland, things have changed-bad. The lagoon has been poisoned, and trees have burnt. Now everything is dead, and the lost boys are gone. There, the League Of Pan (Wendy and his group and Peter) set of on a dangerous quest off the dangerous lands of Neverland to find a treasure: Captain. James Hook’s treasure. What is inside remains unknown, but the dangerous thing is the adventure: Neverland has become dangerous, with monstrous animals and poisoned cities and the fearful England gas.

The League finds the treasure, which is their wishes ( like pie, food and jewelry), along with little fairy Tinker Bell Amidst the dangers, a fearful enemy returns. Captain Hook, after being eaten by a crocodile in a struggle with Peter Pan, is back to life after 20 years in the stomach of a crocodile. He has waited 20 years to this day: to get revenge on Peter Pan. After a final duel, Hook is injured and finally sleeps for the first time in 20 years- since he was swallowed by the gruesome crocodile.

Overall, this was a very touching story and it is full of adventure. I learnt many things, and this book told me a lot about the characters and background of  the first Peter Pan book even though I didn’t read it. I recommend this book to people and students of all ages. I liked this book, so I hope you enjoy it too!

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Henry is a frog,

he dances on a log.

He likes to do hip-hop

while eating a lolipop.

“Yay, it’s time to go to school!”

he says to his friend Mule.

“Oh, that’s really good!”

’cause go to school we should.

The two friends went on the bus,

but start an unfriendly fuss.

Hey Henry, that’s my ball!”

“Stop raising your head up so tall!”

The two friends fuss about,

the two friends aren’t friends now, I doubt.

“Goodbye Henry, I don’t want to play with you!”

“See you Mule, I don’t too!”

The friends got off the transport, at each other, did they snort.

At recess, Henry played hide and seek,

as Mule went up to the peak.

That was a day without a talk,

and Mule and Henry didn’t go for a walk.

they ignored each other every time,

and they acted like a mime,

not talking to each other,

made both their moms upset.

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James Bond: Hurricane Gold is the 4th book in the Young Bond series. It takes place in Mexico, where James encounters a gang of  outlaws and thieves.  This book is a thriller where violence and adventure occurs. This is the last book of Young Bond series.

An island in Mexico is completely remote, and no army and policemen are stationed there. In fact, the island is too small to even be seen on the map! This is now home to smugglers, killers and thieves. This is ideal to them, because they can live there in harmony without the annoyance of the government and police. But this whole island is run by ruthless La Huragan…

Once again, James Bond embarks on another exciting adventure. After meeting his aunt’s friends, World War II plane ace Jack Stone and his son and daughter JJ and Precious onboard a plane. But soon, 4 serial killers from the island come an shoot all the crew. James warns JJ and Precious, but they are brought to the killers and held as hostage. But James disguises himself as a robber he met and soon joins the killer team. JJ is soon safe, but he and Precious aren’t. He seeks to find out what they are up, and find out that they are trying to get a safe with the documents and plans of the US Navy. James goes along them, witnessing their murders and cruelty to innocent citizens. At last, James understands the whole truth: Jack Stone not only was an air ace, but he also smuggled his country’s secrets to criminals who will sell them to Russia. He understands this when he is sent to La Huragan with Precious, where they are forced to stay there for the rest of their lives. No money, no stay. That is the rule for the island, made by La Huragan. But there is absolutely no one who will leave this island, or they might get a message to the outside world about it.

But there is only one possible way to get out: The Rat Run. The rat run is a punishment and course where the person is to try and get through many gruesome stages, and no one has ever succeeded. First, they have to go through a river of baby crocodiles, then the venomous cobras, the poisonous scorpions, the fearsome mountain lynx, the blood-sucking leeches and the dead end with the poisonous ants. Using their knowledge and thoughts, they are mindful of the course and set off. They pass the first 3 stages, and on the 4th they used a rope to settle the lynx down. Then, they charge through the leeches and finally find a secret door hidden in the dead end. Finally, La Huragan agrees to let them go, and gives him back the US Navy plans. James and precious promise not to give away the location of the island, and Jack Stone changes his way and promises JJ and Precious that he will be proud to be an honest man.

This is a very interesting and adventurous book which is recommended to Secondary students. It involves violence and action, and I really enjoyed it.

It taught me not to easily trust people, to be quick-thinking in serious times and to keep personal information to myself.

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By: Charlie Higson

Main character: James Bond

The human brain thinks at a very fast speed, but have you ever thought of inventing a machine that can think faster than the brain? Well, I don’t think so. Eton student James Bond receives a mysterious and weird letter written by Professor Alex Fairburn, an Eton teacher. Involving many secret clues, the letter tells James and his gang a story. After cracking all the clues, James finds out that Alex Fairburn has been kidnapped, and he wants James to solve 7 cryptic clues. He finds Fairburn’s old companions but it isn’t good: Professor Peterson has been murdered, pierced in the eye. James uncovers a secret letter and goes to another companion of Fairburn’s, John Carnage. But John chases him out and even tries to kill James. John calls the police and says that James and his team were attacking him and sends out two serial killers to track down and kill James.

Luckily, James evades the killers, and tells his team about it. They can’t tell on John Carnage because they still don’t have all that evidence. Utilizing the clues and letters, they find out that Fairburn is a Russian. Then, they find out that Fairburn’s machine is a calculator that can think thousands of times faster than the human brain, and is going to be used by the Russians to control missiles and create war. He then learns the whole truth: John was paid by the Russian Army to create a machine that can think faster than a human. John had trouble with this, so he got help from Peterson and Fairburn. But Fairburn didn’t know what was going on, so he created the machine, and Peterson failed at creating I, which is why he was eliminated. Then from the letter, it said that the Russians are going to take Fairburn to Russia in 24 hours. But how other way can a person go to Russia from England? By boat of course (mind you, this is the 19th century)! So, with the help of his friends, James secretly sneaks onto a boat and tries to free Fairburn. He sends Fairburn out into the sea on a boat to the shore. Fairburn is safe, but James is not. The female Russian Army Colonel Babushka, “Grandmother” in Russian, captures James, but his friends assemble an army of sailors and raid the ship.

With this distraction, James forces Babushka to fall into the sea. The machine in the boat is smashed up and destroyed, saving the world from a missile war. Fairburn returns safely to Eton, and James once again saves many lives.

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This is a story I wrote just for fun today. I put in a lot of effort to write it, so please enjoy!

The Lake Leer in Peru is a beautiful place, with trout leaping in the air and kingfishers diving into the clear water. The location of the lake is near the jungles, where rarely anyone fishes. There are many freshwater species that live in the Lake Leer, including trout, bluegills, tench and sturgeon. But many historians have spread rumors about a beast than lived in Lake Leer. It was named Loch Leer after the name of the lake. They say that it had scales the size of your hand and its tail fin is the size of a full grown pig.

Little Billy had come to Peru with his family and friends. He was really keen about exploring Peru and looking at the mountains and water. He woke up on Friday and wasn’t feeling too happy. He had got into an argument with his friends, because talkative Billy accidentally betted his friend that he could catch the biggest fish in Peru, but regretting it was already too late. After hearing this, his friends started a bet with him and said that he bets 10 sols (Peru currency) that Billy can’t catch the biggest fish in Peru, but there was no use for Billy’s rejects. Billy knew that he can’t fish out the biggest fish in Peru. In fact, he never fished before!

Billy’s dad told Billy to come to the breakfast table. ”There seems to be something bothering you, son?” Finally, Billy told his dad the whole story. “Well, son, it’s always good to try something new. Fishing is a sport, and it isn’t the fish you catch that matters. What matters is how it is good for your mental health.” explained dad. “Have you ever heard of the legend about the Loch Leer? No, well, then here it goes. There is a legend in Peru, where many historians started rumors about the Loch Leer. They say the Loch Leer is a big fish-like animal which lives in Lake Leer, with scales the size of your hand and a tail the size of a full grown pig. This whole story is believed to be true, but the whole truth lies in Lake Leer.” Billy listened carefully to his father, amazed by the tale, and thought: oh, how awesome would it be if I could catch that Loch Leer. Soon, Billy’s dad announced to the family:” How ‘bout I take Billy down to that Lake Leer and test our luck?” “Wow, that would be awesome! I would like to see our wee little Billy fish his first catch” replied Billy Mother. “Okay dad, I’m willing to give it a try.” muttered Billy. Later on in the morning, Billy and his dad readied the fishing gear and snacks. They started the ride in their minivan and waved back at Billy’s mom. “We’ll be back by dawn!” shouted Billy’s dad.

After an hour or so, the dad and son reached Lake Leer. It was a beautiful sight, with water as clear as glass. You can even see the tiny minnows swimming about in the shallow waters. Billy jumped up and down on the wood plank extended from the shore as his dad readied the rods. This is going to be so easy! Thought Billy. His dad taught him how to spin a reel, hook a worm on a hook and casting the rod into the water. After they settled, Billy had sat down on the grass, reading a “Super Man” comic book. His dad sat beside a tree and munched on some cheese chips. It’s been an hour and still no fish bit the hook. Billy was impatient, and kept asking his dad if a fish bit. It was a long time already, and still no fish bit the hook. Billy’s dad just fell asleep in the shade of the trees and Billy just sat beside his rod. Seeing that his dad was asleep, Billy was curious and hooked all the worms onto one hook. He cast it into the water again and waited. But right after this, a huge pulling started on the rod, and it bent more than half-way. Billy was excited and frightened. He called for his dad and his dad instantly woke up. He was startled at the sight of the rod bending so much and started pulling it up. After pulling the rod a few times, he started to sweat and his face turned read. Billy just stood there looking at his dad battling it out with the fish. An hour passed really quickly, and Billy’s dad threw up the rod and a huge fish bigger than Billy landed beside him. Billy stood there wide-eyed as his dad started beating the fish with his stick. “Phew, son, I bet this is one of the biggest fish in history.” Said his dad, wiping the sweat from his face. Billy’s dad started dialing on his phone, and soon trucks marked TV on the side came parking in. Reporters came and they interviewed Billy and his dad. Billy exclaimed:”This is awesome! This is the biggest fish I’ve seen, and in fact, I’m the one who caught it!”

After the day, they went home. The fish wasn’t with them. In fact, it was in the most secure and famous aquarium in whole Peru. “Did you catch anything?” asked Billy’s mom.”We sure did.” Replied Billy. “Then where is it?” asked his mom. ”Open the TV, mom” answered Billy. There it was. The fish, identified as the legendary Loch Leer, has been kept in the Peru Aquarium. “The fish we caught was the Loch Leer? Wow!” exclaimed Billy. He was soon known as the first child to have caught the biggest fish in the world (which was also a legend). As for the bet made by Billy’s friends, Billy went to his friend’s house and said:”Where is my 10 sols?”

Thank you for reading my story!

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Hello everyone! I’m back. I am now in grade 6. I am in 6E , taught by Ms. Kinsinger. It’s been a whole week already, and it was EPIC!!! It was really fun to learn with Ms.Kinsinger and hang out with my new buddies.  Today, I am going to talk with you you about an art piece we were supposed to make. It should show the others what inquiry means to you or what you think about it.

For me, I drew a man siting in a chair in his house, with half his head opened. I then printed out pictures about some graphs, a  globe and a macbook pro. I cut them out and stuck them in the air above the man, making a trail that leads to the man’s “open-head”.  I colored the background and walls in orange and blue to make it look bright. After that  I stuck the macbook picture on a table I drew, and added question marks in the area. Finally and lastly, I drew a lit lightbulb on top of the man’s head.

What my art piece tells is that this man wanted to know more knowledge about something. He goes on his computer to research and he gets all his new fresh knowledge and information  transported from the screen to his brain, making him smarter. So then his question marks turn into a lit lightbulb, meaning that he gets an idea and finds what he needs to know.

Overall, I think I did a very good job with the colors and spacing. Next time I would make some colors more brighter and clearer for the people who look at my art piece.

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Hello everyone! For my fellow Minecrafters, this is for you. Minecraft is a strategy and building game, and these are some really nice pictures of some structures from the past few months. Take a look at them is you want!

Picassa Link:  My Minecraft Photos

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Hello readers, me and my class have just started learning a new Unit of Inquiry about the human body. The human body is a very interesting thing to learn and research about. In this unit, we have to learn the changes that happen to the human body (puberty), factors that cause our bodies to change and improve and the actions that affect our personal being.Also, we have to learn the systems of the body for example the Skeletal System The key concepts are, change, causation and responsibility.

So far in this unit, I have learnt many cool and gross facts.
1#: Eating too much food and stuffing yourself actually decreases your ability to hear.
2#: People produce earwax when they are scared.
3#: People can still live as long as they have a working kidney.
These cool and weird facts are really brain-blowing!

The subject I want to research about this unit is puberty, because I actually really want to know and understand how the human body changes over time and growth process. Over this investigation, I think I will learn lots of reproductive body parts and understand how both females and males change their bodies. I really want to know why the human body changes over growth process, how the reproductive systems reproduce and how are the growth process between both females and males different.

I can’t wait to start this project (researching) and find out and gather more knowledge about the human body. I am really looking forward to a time where everyone in my class can share their knowledge with the rest of the class so that we can all learn some more knowledge.

Dynamo 7

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Hello everyone, today I finished my geometry masterpiece. We had to use our hand and computer for this project, and it was really fun. I used a building game called Minecraft, and I built an abstract art piece on Minecraft. It took some time, but I was really proud of my piece. It is related to geometry because it includes shapes like squares and circles.

Artist: Dynamo 7

Date created: Wednsday, May 16 2012

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog! I have just made an PSA (Public Service Announcement) and it’s on Youtube.  It is shown below, and I was really excited. A PSA is an project that teaches someone about a specific topic and interests an audience to take action to change the situation. Well, I chose the article 38# of the Convention on The Rights of A Child to do my PSA ,which is children under 15 cannot be forced to go into the army or take part in war. The Convention on The Rights of A Child is the 54 articles that each child must have and was established in 1989.  I made my PSA because I wanted to tell everyone about this right and spread the word of this situation, and inspire people to take action to stop this disaster.

Our unit now is Sharing The Planet, and our Central Idea is: Actions can support or deny access to children’s rights and opportunities. This means that people can help allow or deny the rights each child gets/haves. I learnt many things in this UOI, and they include what the rights of a child is. A really shocking thing was that how much children in places like Pakistan don’t have access to these rights. I just have one more question: most children have rights, but why do other children don’t have them?

This PSA demonstrates me as a responsible global citizen and caring contributor to stop children from fighting wars. My PSA shows that I care about them and I want to make a change to the world. They deserve the life that we all have.

My PSA is shown below. It includes many interesting music tracks, clips and effects. I also put in some Stykz and Lego animations that I created on my own.  This PSA was created using iMovie, YouTube, Garageband, freesoundtrackmusic.com and iPhoto. Please watch and comment!

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Hello everyone. Here is a post about one of my best friends, Dynamo 13. Dynamo 13 was my friend ever since I came to CDNIS, and we had tons of fun together. He is very funny, and creative in many ways.

Firstly, he is good at thinking out of the box (like me) and whenever he is asked a question, he is most likely going to answer it in a way no one else might have even thought of. For example, if you came up to him and asked him what he thinks about of waste management, he would talk about his point of view like charging money for garbage bags and make connections of how other countries manage their trash.

Secondly, Dynamo 13 and I play this creativity game called Minecraft (see the post below). Minecraft is a very fun game where you have have different blogs and tool e.g. wooden planks, diamond blocks, golden pickaxe. The main objective (there actually isn’t one) is to build anything you want and have fun. On my multiplayer server (see post below), we have made mansions, swimming pools, castles…..and many more!

Lastly, he is really funny and humorous. In school and other places, Dynamo 13 likes to make fun jokes like:”There were 34 heads in a swimming pool. How many people were in the pool. Many people just say “34 people,duh?!” The actual answer is actually 30 fore-heads!

Dynamo 13 is a really creative and fun friend to have, and I am really lucky to have a friend like him.

This is the link to his blog: http://sites.cdnis.edu.hk/students/042673/

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Author: Jean Craighead George

Publishing Company: Puffin Books

Have you ever thought about running away from home to live in the wild? Well, if not, I highly recommend you to read this fabulous book. 13 year old Sam Gribley lives in New York with his parents and 9 siblings. With his parents too busy to take care if him much, Sam runs away from home and tries to make a new life in the outskirts of The Catskills Mountain, Delhi.

With only a penknife, a ball of string,  a $40 bill and some flint and steel, Sam Gribley finds shelter in the wild nature of animals all around. Well, if you often go camping, you know how it feels to be in a tent. But Sam lives somewhere else – in a tree. The huge trees are an ideal home for him. Slowly, he discovers the true secrets of nature. With everyone searching for him, he just relaxes in his beautiful tree home.

Food, clothing, everyday needs……Sam needs all of these. Utilizing the natures’s resources, he finds/makes all of these. First a grass bed, a clay stove and then some acorn pancakes! Befriending famous bandit Jessie Coon James and college teacher Bando, and even a tamed Peregrine Falcon. Sam feels at home in his tree- and in the amazing world of nature.

This book has given me an idea of how nature is and what to do in order to survive in the wild. Secondly, it has taught me a lot of cool strategies and instructions on how to make a fishing hook, a candle and how to use flint and steel. Lastly, this book has taught me to think out of the box in order to accomplish a task,  just like how Sam Gribley thought of good ideas on how to survive in nature.

This book is a very awarding and entertaining which teaches lots of knowledge of nature.

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Have any of you ever heard of Minecraft? Well, if you don’t, well this is a brief introduction to it: Minecraft is a very creative game where you get to get blocks and build and create things. There is singleplayer and multiplayer. For singleplayer, you have to build by yourself. Multiplayer is when you get to go to a world with many people/friends and play with each other and build with each other. I never played on one before, except During Minecraft club on the school server. I was eager to make one myself, but I didn’t know how to make it. I did lots of research and got lots of suggestions, and finally, I made one.

It was actually  way easier than I thought. After I made one, I looked at the IP Adress (the location of your server). I then invited all my friends to come to my server. Everyone was very happy, and we built lots and lots of structures, including wooden tree houses, hidden chambers and a man-made river. Eventually, I got really bored, so I decided to find a way to sneak one of my singleplayer worlds into my server. I did this experiment, and it actually worked. We were all very happy and we kept on building. I love my server, and sometime, you can join too!

PS, for you Minecraft lovers, the IP Adress is : 10.20.8.83

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what do you think this man is doing with all these Rubiks Cubes?

Well, you’re right. He’s making a Rubiks Cube sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. Weird and cool, don’t you think? Well, I think that this is a really creative idea and needs lots of  patience and skills. This man must be good at playing with Rubiks Cubes

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Hello everyone, today the whole school was holding the SLLR. The SLLR (Student Led Learning Review), is a mini tour led by the students, who tell their parents what they’ve been doing in class. I led my Mom and showed her around. I was very excited to show her what I’ve learnt. I showed her 1 project that is included in the 10 subjects we were assigned to show. Those subjects were: Performing Arts, Physical Education, Personal And Social, Art, Technology, Literacy, Mathematics, French, Chinese and Unit Of Inquiry.

I had a very fun time with my mom, showing her around. The one bad thing was that my mom forced me to clean up my desk in front of my teacher and friend’s parents. That was quite embarrassing. My mom was pretty satisfied with my tour in learning, which made me happy. Today was a fun day.

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Welcome back! The Dynamos have just came back from Easter Break and we had lots of fun. Today, in class, we shared short summaries of what we did in the break. We were told to choose one and write a blog post about it. There were many stories, and they were all very interesting. I picked the story that Dynamo 4 told about.

Dynamo 4 was learning how to snorkel, and over the break he snorkeled for his first time in the Kota Kinabalu. He was having fun floating around, doing all fine. Unfortunately, he was breathing from his nose, and soon the salty water of the reef poured into his goggles. He started sneezing instantly, and he rose to the surface…… just to get stung in the leg by a small jellyfish.

I stayed at home and had fun with my family, and I loved the Easter Break. 

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This a Mid-Unit Reflection about my unit so far. Our unit is ” Sharing The Planet” and the key concepts are causation and Responsibility. This unit is about sharing the world with others and one thing every child has: their rights. So far, in this unit, we have been researching about people who have helped the world like Craig Kielburger and John wood. We have also been reading a book called “IQBAL”, a retold version of child hero Iqbal Masih who brought freedom to many children.

The most important thing that I learned is how children’s rights changed over time and history. I was really surprised when I found out how much children helped make a change to the world and stopped the wrong things from happening to children. And if I could join an Organization to make a difference in the lives of children, I would join “Save The Children” located in United Kingdoms. It was established in 1919 in order to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other tragic conflicts.

Some ways that everyone can support children’s rights are by donating money and presents to children in need, or even start a new charity!  Ways that people can deny their rights is by forcing them to do labour, not be educated, harming them and starving them.

These days, our teacher wants us to write a PSA (Public Service Anouncement) in class. We have to do pick an article from the convention of the rights of the child and make a PSA about it. The one I chose at the moment is”Child Labour .”

I am really happy that now children have their rights to survive, be protected, be  educated and be healthy. I am also sad to know how some children who don’t have rights. Well, overall, I feel really excited and eager in this unit.

That’s all for today,

au revoir! (Good Bye in French)!

Dynamo 7

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This is one of our homework assignments for today, which is to write a book review of  a book we read. My book is Alex Rider.

” I know everything. I know about the Gemini Project”         -Dr.Hugo Grief

Fourteen year old M16 spy Alex Rider is back to school, trying to live his double life. But M16 has new things for him to do: There are investigations of two “accidental deaths” of rich people. But the clues add up to something. The two dead people have sons going to the same academy- Point Blanc Academy.

The school, exclusive to very rich families, is run by the secretive Dr. Hugo Grief. Alex’s job: to infiltrate the school disguised as a son of a very rich family and find out what Dr.Grief is planning. It seems abnormal even at first. Armed guards, harsh punishments and evil rumors, can lead all to one thing. Alex, all by his own, is sent to solve this mystery. He listens to Griefs secrets, and reveals only one thing: The Gemini Project. Would it be too late to alert M16 of the killer and wretch Dr.Grief?

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Hello everyone! In a stickish mood? Well, here is a video I made on the animation program “Stickz”. I had lots of fun making it, and I hope you enjoy it!

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Today, Tsimshian artist Bill Helin came to talk with us about a 2 totem poles he’s making now. The totem poles were AMAZING! They had one represent the teachers, and another one that represented us, the students. Anyway, here’s a quick video about the poles:

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Hello everyone! This is a Youtube video I made a couple of months ago. Its really short, but it has been made using only 1 piece of paper and a pencil. Enjoy the video!

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G’Day everyone! Today I picked my own spelling words to practice. These are the words:

1. Societal

2. Leachate

3. Discrepancy

4. Phlegmatic

5. Rudimentary

6. Troubadour

7. Altiloquence

8. Liabialize

9.  Coquelicot

10. Bologna

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Howdy friends! A few days ago me and my class started a project on our new unit. We are supposed to make a piece of art/sculpture out of things taken out of the trash such as aluminium cans and tissues. I am making a cute little porcupine with arms and spikes and everything. I will have to utilize plastic bottle caps, tooth picks and  newspaper/scrap paper. This project is where we use our creativity and create the trash art. Every piece of art will have to have a message to say out to the world, and mine is “Save The Animals”.  Help the world and create less pollution!

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Hello everyone! Today at school, we had a  long and fascinating field trip to the Eco-Park in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. This Eco-Park trip was very special, and it was  related to our new Unit Of Inquiry (UOI). This unit was about how solid waste decisions affect the societies and the Environment.  We took a school bus to Tuen Mun and I sat with my friends Dynamo 13 and 19. When we got to the destination, it was a spectacular sight! There were fresh green blades of grass all around, along with a rubbish dump near the exhibit (Eco-Park).

Right then, we entered the room. It was beautiful. It was covered with marble and we all walked in, following Ms.Cahusac (my homeroom teacher). We were led by a tour guide and we went through corridors. The following things are what I found out about this tour around the Eco-Park:

-There are a total of 3 landfills in Hong Kong, located in The New Territories and near Tseung Kwan O.

-The medium sized landfill, in Tseung Kwan O, would be full in a couple of years

- Recycling is very important to the environment. Plastics put in the wrong places could be dumped in the ocean or other natural places.

- Plastics have hundreds of kinds, ranging from PVC to PP. All of them have different uses

-Recycling plastic involves sorting, slicing, and melting.

-Certain things can be reused: rechargeable batteries, paper, glass, plastics and for natural waste,compound for fertilizer.

I learned a lot of  things today, and I really enjoyed this trip. I truly understood how important we are to the environment. In order to create less waste and be a environmentally friendly person, I will try my best to not buy any products in big packages, which reduces the number of paper used for certain products in boxes. The other two are to to sort your own rubbish (to save work for the rubbish sorters in landfills) and  Reuse,Recycle and Reduce.

Come on everyone, lets be an environmentally friendly person and Reuse, Recycle and Reduce!

-Dynamo 7

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I am really excited that its a new year, aren’t you? Well, its the Chinese New Year break,and we had a grade party and got to bring our Macbook Pros home. It was fun, and I did lots of fun things like going out with my friends and play. On Chinese  New Years Eve I watched a show put on to 12 pm (The channel’s CCTV 4). I also went to The Renaissance Harbor Hotel to watch the fireworks! It was really bright and eye-catching! The fireworks looked really awesome, and we were so close that it was put right in front of my eyes!  I really enjoyed the Chinese New Years Break.

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Welcome to my blog! Feel free to navigate and scroll around my posts. Have fun!

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The largescale sucker is a really good fish.I enjoy reading about it at home.

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Merry Christmas everyone!

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Welcome back everyone! Today the Dynamos and I went to Elements to have an ice skating field trip with the other grade 5 classes. We had lots of skating time, and at first I felt a bit wiggly,but later I really got the hang of it. Its was really fun and exciting! We had a small lunch break, and we skated for twenty more minutes. At 12:15pm, we jumped onto the  bus and drove back. It was a really awesome day!

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Hello everyone! This is a funny video that we watched in class a few days ago. It is about a little fat pig called Ormie and he wants to get the cookie jar on top of the refrigerator,but he can’t reach it. Watch the video to see what amazing solutions he uses in order to get the cookies! Enjoy!

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Welcome back everyone! In class, we watched a movie called National Treasure. The movie is related to our Unit Of Inquiry, which was “Where We Are In Place And Time”. Our UOI (Unit Of Inquiry) is mostly about important events that happened in history and different perspectives/views of different historical people.This movie is historical fiction (fiction,but includes real events that happened in history).National Treasure is a very funny and catchy movie that I strongly recommend you to watch. In my point of view its one of the best movies ever, including action-packed scenes, different interesting events and an unthinkable ending. All the characters in this fascinating movie have different points of view and only watching this movie can you discover them.

The main character, Benjamin Franklin Gates, is inspired by a treasure that his grandfather told him about it. This Gates family has been looking for this “Treasure” for generations, even though Ben’s gruff father calls it “Fool’s Gold”. Ben puts up his courage and prepares to look for the treasure himself. In order to find the treasure, they have to look for a bundle of clues. He takes a team to look for the clues but a traitor is in the mist. The clue they first find is “The secret lies with Charlotte”. He teams up with Riley, a honest and sarcastic person who didn’t betray Benjamin.

They keep on the pursue in finding the treasure before Ian, the main villain in the movie and the traitor to Ben, finds the treasure and puts it to brutal use. Can Ben and Riley stop him? Could they have new allies trying to find the treasure? Who knows? This movie is very interesting and fun, ranging from new discoveries to challenges. Are you a scientific person who loves adventures? If you are, I  bet you would love this movie. We Grade 5s really enjoyed this movie and we hope you do, too! Happy treasure hunt!

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Hello everyone!

Today, three people from the Faust International Youth Theater in Hong Kong (They named their group Splat!) came over to my school to perform some famous poems. These poems include limericks, rhyming poems, ballads and narratives. They didn’t just read the poems to us,in fact they memorized the poems and performed them out gleefully, using lots of fascinating props and tools. Lots of the poems were very funny, and made all of us laugh. Two of the poems were Superstink and Mafia Cats. My favorite one was about the dog who farted in the house.

After the performance, our teacher gave us a sheet of paper that had some interesting things we can do about poetry and told us to choose one of the assignments and write about it on our blogs (this is the assignment I’m typing now). The one I chose is to write a rhyming poem that has words rhyming with the words green, dog, nose, dream, tip and moon. My poem is the following:

In my dreams,  I saw a dog,

lying beside a bundle of mangosteen.

He slept on top of a log.

and it’s collar was colored green,

and there was a fly on his nose,

but the fly did not be seen,

since the dog was in a dose.

Oh fly, he sat on the dog’s nose tip,

as if he was sitting in his room,

he looked as if he was sailing a ship,

and like me gazing up to the moon.

Link: http://www.faustworld.com/

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My class and I learned to play a fun game called the Artifact Game. The Artifact Game is about rare artifacts (ancient things that were found before) that we pick from the internet and we try to interpret what it is (make a scientific guess of what the object it is). It is really fun and we have to find clues using our brains. We have been playing this game in class and we were focusing on ancient objects that were very puzzling and weird that fooled lots of scientists.

The game isn’t hard, and is really fun. This game is connected to my Unit Of Inquiry, Where We are in Place and Time, because it is related to different things that happened in history.

Do you want to take a shot at the game? Well, here’s your chance: Can you make sense of the image below (remember, write down what it could be, where it could be found, how was it used and how old it is on a comment). Have Fun, and may the force be with you!

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Today, me and my class went online to a website. This website had lots of pictures from the last 24 hours. Altogether, there were 10 pictures. We read each one and their were fascinating facts all over the world. The picture I chose was about new Canadian dollars that were produced new and are resistant to liquid, tears and stains, and are pioneered from Australia, which started to make plastic polymer money starting from 1988. I think this new kind of money is really creative, and people can keep them in their pockets when bathing and going to the beach to swim. Thanks for reading this post. The website is this. Keep track of the dates!

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Remembrance Day is on November the 11th. It is a day which we have moments of silence and remember the soldiers of the Commonwealth countries (including Canada) who died and served the country in World Wars 1. The war started from 1914-1918. It was a bloody battle, while children, women and men had to fight for their country. Many were killed.We wear poppies (a flower that represents them) and did activities. Here is a poem I made during the session:

An airplane rises in the air, not a Union Jack.

The single plane becomes a pair, advancing to and fro.

They come towards us,

and theres no turning back.

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Do you wish to improve your blogging skills and win prizes? If so, this is the link to your wish: http://sites.cdnis.edu.hk/clubsactivities/betterbloggingbattle/

I have joined the BBB (Better Blogging Battle). The Better Blogging Battle is a club where we get to practice our blogging skills and become good bloggers. There are around 10 challenges and you have to do them starting from the first in order to unlock the other challenges (I’m doing one anyway, for this is the first challenge:to write a post about the BBB). I joined because I wanted to become a better blogger and learn new blogging skills. Not only do you learn how to improve your blogging skills, but the best bloggers even recieve some cool prizes! You can only join if you are a CDNIS student, and its a great fun!

Have fun!

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Do you know why CDNIS loves Halloween so much? Well, the answer is quite obvious. Us students dress up in our costumes and come to school, where we all get to look at each other’s costumes.Some are from a movie/novel,some are funny and scary and some are even homemade and creative! Every year we have a theme for our costumes, and this year’s is Star Wars . The teachers all dressed up as a Star Wars characters, and my teacher dressed up as Princess Leia.

All of us had lots fun because we had a photo that had all the grade 5s together. We even had a party at the end of the day where we got to eat chips, drink soda, eat candy and have fun. Each grade 5 class became party room where we got to watch movies, dance and making crafts. Halloween at our school is really fun and cool!

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Today was a free-post day. I wanted write a post about the ocean.I chose to write about it because I really love sea creatures and large and colorful ocean(s).Also, I wanted to put in my efforts to protect the ocean and the Environment.

Mullets and sharks swim around in the sunlit zone to feed and swim, but other aquatic animals like Sperm whales and Anglerfish go down to the deeper waters to feed. The oceans gives us lots of  resources for example food and jewelry. Now, over-fishing and pollution are damaging the oceans. You can help by saving energy and not throwing garbage into the oceans. The oceans are a wonderful place.

We can help save the oceans by:

-Stop eating shark fin soup. Sharks are not harmful to humans as humans percieved. Sharks are not that aggressive, and are actually scared of people. Jellyfish kill 20-40 people every year, but sharks kill only 15 people a year. Humans kill millions of sharks every year for their fins and meat.

-Don’t litter in the Oceans.Rubbish makes pollution in the water and rot which would take years. Rubbish such as plastic bags choke dolphins,whales and turtles to death because they are mostly mistaken for jellyfish,the prey of the sea animals.

-Stop over-fishing.Now, people who catch fish developed a new way of catching fish. Instead of using a small net and simple equipment, they use a radar which tracks fish under the Ocean, and new nets such as purse-seine nets give the sourrounded fish no escape. Trawlers (a kind of big fishing boat) catch a couple tons of fish everyday, and endangers fish like Jacks,Cod, Redfish,herring and mackerel.

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This is my Invention called The Boost-Phones. I designed it on PREZI. Hope you like it!

(to watch it, click the play button below it.)

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On September 27, 2011, 5D (my class), 5E, and 5A went to Art Jam which was located in Causeway Bay and was where we were going for our unit about How we Express Ourselves. We took a school bus to get there.

Art Jam is a place where lots of people go to paint. There are tons of  paints. The site is a really good place to express emotions with visual arts.

When we got to Art Jam, it was a really clean place where paintings were everywhere. We had to pick a color and paint about it like the five senses, backgrounds, and emotions. I chose blue because it was a really bright and fresh color and represents the colors of the Oceans which I really like. Everybody took small plastic trays to get the paint and found different sized paint brushes and started the background. I made my background grey-blue with sponges. The color really stands out on my picture. I added a big blue sea with my biggest brush and painted some blue tulips. I put white wave splashes and fading colors in the background. I also added blue water bottle.

I found out that the best part was mixing paint because it was fun and great when producing the new colors. When it was over, we cleaned up and boxed our paintings. We said goodbye to the Art Jam people and went back to school,  along with our works of art. We left the art to dry in the class. It was such a wonderful and fun art experience, where we learned how to express 0urselves with different colors based on each person’s preferences and personalities.

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