Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process of converting light energy to chemical and keeping it it the form of sugar. This process occurs in plants and some algae. Plants only need sunlight, Co2, and H2o to create and form sugar.

Tesselation

Learning Intention: Design and create tessellations to explore transformation.

 Procedure: Activity 1

• Open ‘Paint’. 
• Draw a parallelogram. 
• Draw an irregular along the top edge; copy and paste it to the bottom edge. 
• Draw an irregular line along the left edge; copy and paste it to the right edge. 
• Delete the original parallelogram. Give the picture some colour. 
• Copy and paste the tile to make the tessellation. 
• FINISH!  

Activity 1:

Procedure: Activity 2 

• Open Microsoft Word. 
• Look at the bottom; click draw and then draw irregular lines. 
• Copy and paste to 'Paint'.
• Copy and paste then rotate it to a 120౦ angle, repeat. 
• Draw an equilateral triangle around your 3 squiggles. 
• Copy and reflect the triangle design about one of its edges. 
• Copy the double triangle design and rotate it 120o degrees about the point marked on the diagram with a dot, repeat. You made a hexagon. 
• Use the hexagon to tile a surface. 

Activity 2:

Three Words can mean a lot.

Way to go St.Pius X! Your movie was very exciting and fun. I was shocked by how you made three words mean a lot. WELL DONE!

Water Safety New Zealand

New Zealand swim schools recognise swimming as a very important skill for young kids and adults too.

Swimming can can be fun and at the same time keep you safe around water. Swimming is a sport that you can use in pools and beaches.Swimming can be also used for things like Water sports and Snorkeling. According to Water Safety NZ over the last 5 years 105 New Zealanders have died because of Drowning.

It is essential for New Zealanders to teach their children or themselves to swim so maybe one day they could save somebody's life.

Under Southern Skies

Olympic Flag

The Olympic flag has been part of our lives and the history of the Olympic Games since 1914. This flag is made out of 5 interlocking  rings with a white peaceful background.
Pierre de Coubertine was the founder and designer of the flag, The flags design was inspired from an Altar Stone from Delphi, Fokida, Greece.

The white background of the flag is referred to as the colour of peace. It is peace that unites the whole world In the Games.

The Olympic rings are the main part of the flag. Each ring has their own colour and those colours represent one of the 5 continents competing in the Olympic Games.

Throughout history the Olympic Games has United us in Friendship, Love and Peace.

Movie Day

Doubt filled my mind.  I wondered whether or not it was a good idea to enter the room and if the $11 ticket for the movie ‘Ice Age 4’ was worth it.

Hesitantly, I took steps towards the dull black door, grasping the ‘c’ shaped handle I clutched  it securely and pulled it towards me. At that very moment day turned to night and that darkness filled my eyes and momentarily extinguished my ability to see what was in front of me. Fortunately hope was in sight.  My head turned and my eyes found a beam of light from across the room of hell. The silence that seemed to surround me was suddenly broken by the laughter of the crowd.  With a heavy sigh, my brother and I followed the noise and darted like frightened mice to our seats to join the captivated audience.

After the movie we struggled and crawled our way out of the room and finally exited the doorway. We felt very happy and lucky when the movie ended because even though we were late we still saw the best parts of it.