Empathy Explanation

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                                   EMPATHY EXPLANATION PICTURE COLLAGE

First we had to locate pictures on the internet to put it onto our collage the first picture is the sun rising on top of the hills I drew this picture because of how empathy helps people get better after something has happened but how does the sun relate to that it relates by helping somebody start feeling good about themselves. Which for the spirit goes up and the sun goes up.

I also drew a pair of shoes that stand for trying to relate to others or trying to understand what someone is going through. So basically it means being in somebody elses shoes, also helping and understanding and to not judge so quickly and put them down into hole of sadness.

I did my border blue because blue is the color of the sky and the sky everyone should know that the sky is a happy place. Like the clouds everybody likes just lying down in the middle of summer under a tree just looking at the clouds. It is also very happy for younger kids as they pretend clouds look like something. So that is the reason that I drew the border in blue.

The Night Of Fia Fia!

THE NIGHT OF FIA FIA

The big Fia Fia night was a couple of weeks ahead of us and each group would have to perform in front of thousands of people. We would have practises every thursday to perfect each one of our moves and when perfected we had to practise our on and off the stage just to see if we could fit.So as you can see fia fia night is a very special occasion for Pt England School. It's where we show off the different cultures and its where we embrace them as well.

Pulling up to the front of the school with my family I hopped out anxiously as the stage waited for me and my group. Suddenly I saw the crowd it was packed in their hundreds maybe thousands so I walked with my mum to the holding room which was the staff room. As I entered I see most of the other boys just getting ready. “Come here so we can change you into your costume” demanded my mum , so I went towards her and she pulled out my costume out of a plastic bag. When I put it on it felt my heart race as I just realised that my family would be watching me up there on the stage. All the boys were set and ready to go but first we had a serious group talk about representing our parents grandparents aunties uncles and especially ourselves.

We ended the group talk with a little short prayer we all stood up nervously as Mr Jacobson said that we have to go and sit outside in our bare chests except that we had something that came from our shoulder and wrapped around our chest we all grab a spear each and walk through the library and out into the bitter coldness where the stage waited for us.

As we walked towards the seating area we heard a really big cheer for all the groups we went to the place where we were meant to sit and sat. First there was a video that showed us not to go past the taped areas and do not interfere with any of the groups that are on the stage. As we sat the Opening act came which was obviously the Senior Kapa Haka. But then we found out that we were going on 15th we had to wait in the dark cold night for an hour and thirty minutes but it did not bother us in any way at all.

Second was the Jnr Pounamu they shortly did a haka and a nice song and off they went. The MC’s came onto the stage and introduced the bollywood crew everyone clapped in joy as the bollywood song played and went louder and louder. They danced with passion and grace everyone thought. When they went off the stage the nervous Snr Hip Hop group went on and had a blast and a fun time with their dance routine. Then off they went and on with the middle samoan group. When they finished their traditional dance they jumped off as quickly as possible so the asian group could carry the dragon.

Straight after the Asian group on went the Snr Samoan group they looked very confident and confident they were they started great and ended great. On and off they went group by group , then they said it was our time to go on all of a sudden when we got up you could hear the loudest cheer I had ever heard we each grabbed a spear and off into the darkness right next to the stage.I nervously stood there as my groups time awaited us then they announced that the tongan boys had to come on the stage after we had performed we confidently ran off the stage and went back to sit down.

Reading DLO A Tour Like No Other

List the sub headings in the article.Briefly summarise what the article is about.  How long ago was it?  

The t

Some of the Players

Stopping the tour

Supporting the tour

Old Rivals

Apartheid:  South Africa Divided ...

Springboks vs Manawatu

Versus the All Blacks

The Final Score

Aftermath

Afterword

The Tour

Is there a map/diagram in the article?  What does it tell us?  What other text features are used in the diagram/map?  What page is it on?

The map of New Zealand is about the public opinion about the Springbok tour It is exactly like a election for the prime minister. It also shows little circles that have three different colours blue is for No that they do not want them white is for people who have no idea and green is for Yes that they do want the tour to come to New Zealand. Also the map is located on page 4.

Are their photos? What pages and what are the photos of?   What do they show us?  

There are photos on page 2,3 and 4 page 2’s photos are of all the police lined up ready for any crazy like protesters. Page 3 is one of the earlier games between the two rivals The All Blacks and the South african Springbok. On Page 4 there are two different pictures the first one is of Robert Muldoon he strongly believed that politics should stay out out of sport. Lastly the next photo is the protesters trying to get their message out there by trying to pull down gates.

Is there a time line?    What page?  What does it show us?

The timeline is probably mostly populated in the text boxes and also near the pictures that shows what time did it happen and it is on every page.  

Multiplication with Larger Numbers strategy

Part Uknown Fraction Strategy

Pyramids

Pyramids are very humongous, in ancient times they were used to mummify dead people and to put very well treasured things like gold and pots also necklaces. People now use them as a historical tourist attraction. Also to see things that walked many many years before our time. The Pyramids are extremely hard to make especially if you are going to make one that was exactly the same as the ancient ones, it would probably take you months even years. Although it just looks like a BIG pile of bricks stacked very neatly. Ancient Egyptians also used pyramids for many other reasons.

Finally people, slaves and kings slaves were probably one of those things that most kings needed in order to be kingly. If a king did not have slaves everyone would think that he was nothing but a king with no slaves. So slaves were very important they built most of the pyramids we see today. It was a hard working process with guards forcing them to work harder and burning under the flaming hot sun. Also they did not have much water to drink so many of the slaves died of thirst so this means that they would have to get even more slaves.

Science with Mr Barks

Firstly we have to walk all the way to class one, Then Mr Barks would come out and command us to come in quietly. So we did as he said. We ran in try look for a good place to sit to see all the demonstration “Ok Class today we are going to learn about density” density is mass simply it is the weight of something. Then he tells us about different liquids that density’s are different so we had a little demonstration from him. He stacked different liquids into a very small plastic cup to see if there would be three different layers. First he used corn syrup because it weighed the most later he added dishwash soap.

Later he added canola oil and the demonstration was successful it stayed three layers everyone was amazed as they saw a really weird thing happen right in front of their eyes. Finally Mr Barks announced that we were going to have a turn at doing the experiment. First Mr Barks filled three different plastic cups and told us to wait until everyone was ready to pour the liquids into the other cups.

“Ok guys you have to pour the liquids into the corn syrup”. Amazingly we did not fail it was successful. Everybody gazed at the mystical little cup that everyone thought that was magic but it was time to leave , everyone sighed. So we marched down to class.