A profile page of Lorde!

Did you know that Kauri Dieback produces three different types of spores?

Did you know that the Rena leaked Ferro Silicon, which was highly explosive?

This is a (near) accurate diagram of what is inside your ear!

A 10-year old girl scaled a 3,000 feet wall!

In the 20th of June, 2019, a young 10-year old girl named Selah Schneider scaled the 3,000 feet high El Capitan granite wall with her father and friend. Her trip took five days and nights to accomplish. 

This is the work I have done on my School Journal!

We should use nuclear power so we don't have to use oil and coal mines!

Did you know that Terone Sciascia travelled through different islands to look for rubbish?

Open Questions

Closed Questions

What's your relationship with the ocean? When did you first think that all might not be well with the ocean? Did you observe any more signs of problems with the ocean before the fleet set sail? Which part of the voyage were you on? What did you observe? What do you think these observations tell us? So, in your experience, what is the value of people sailing into remote parts of the Pacific to see what's going on?

Did the crew take samples of the rubbish? Were your observations systematic?

WALHT:  Identify open and closed questions and evaluate the effectiveness of them in an interview.

Most effective questions:

- Did you observe any more signs of problems with the ocean before the fleet set sail?

- What do you think these observations tell us?

- So, in your experience, what is the value of people sailing into remote parts of the Pacific to see what's going on?

We believe they are the most effective because they give us more in-depth information about the person being interviewed.

The questions were quite pertinent and it can change the views of different audiences through the given information of the responses in the interview.

I can't believe that there are cat-people on this planet!

Learning Intention: We are learning to analyze the things we read.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer analyzing questions correctly using information from the story 'Astropup Part Two'.

If three 'intelligent' animals were to be stranded on a planet, what would they do?

Learning Intention: We are learning to analyze when we are reading.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer the following questions about the story Astropup and find similarities between two characters in the story.

I can connect two different pieces of text!

Learning intention: We are learning to improve our reading skills through learning different reading strategies.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how to make connections.

I am very sad! I am also very angry! What's the connection between these two sentences?

Learning intention: We are learning to develop and understand different reading strategies.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how we make connections when we are reading a piece of text.

We need some assistance with this sinkhole! What was the main point in this sentence?

Learning intention: We are learning to use different reading strategies.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that inferring is when we use parts of a paragraph to figure out the main idea of the text.

Our Golden Bay will be protected for the future!

We are using De Bono’s six thinking hats to help us develop our critical thinking skills.

What suggestions and ideas do we have?	What are the key facts?
Can we use the WCO to look after all our pools of water, so we can grow more plants to fight against global warming?	The Golden Bay Springs gets a WCO to protect it as it has clear water.
What are the good things about it?	How do we feel about it?
It helps to defend the New Zealand reputation. It protects our water.	I feel happy, because it will help more plants to grow.
What things will we need to think about?	What problems might we have?
What kind of protection will the WCO provide?	Tourists might have things that could harm the springs, such as fizzy drinks and rubbish that they bring to the springs.

Learning intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer De Bono's Six Thinking Hats questions using information from the article 'Golden Bay springs gets water protection order.'

Why are people throwing coins into the sea?

What suggestions and ideas do we have?	What are the key facts?
Can we make our own wishing wells and throw our coins in there instead of in the sea?	A turtle was found with 5kg worth of coins inside it.
What are the good things about it?	How do we feel about it?
This situation brings to light the issue of people tossing coins into the sea.	Sad that people are throwing coins into the sea.
What things will we need to think about?	What problems might we have?
Where we drop our coins. How can we separate the water so that our marine lives would not be affected by the pollution? Be aware that some areas might be nests for some fish species.	Some marine life like the axolotl might eat our coins by moving to water where there are coins.

Learning intention: We are using De Bono’s six thinking hats to help us develop our critical thinking skills.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer all of (Edward) De Bono's Thinking Hat questions about the article '5kg of coins found inside turtle'.

Everybody run! The dam is going to collapse!

What suggestions and ideas do we have?	What are the key facts?
Can we reinforce the dam so it's more durable?	The tallest dam in America is starting to break apart!
What are the good things about it?	How do we feel about it?
There is nothing good about the biggest dam in America that appears to break and flood everything!	This isn't good! There's going to be a lot of people with no houses for a while. (if it floods)
What things will we need to think about?	What problems might we have?
How is the dam breaking? How do we get the people to safety? Where's the safe zone?	Why is the dam breaking? How can we stop it from breaking?

Learning Intention: We are using De Bono’s six thinking hats to help us develop our critical thinking skills.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer De Bono's 6 Thinking Hats about the Oroville Dam .

There is a village under the water!

Learning intention: We are learning to identify key information.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer the questions correctly using information from the article 'Drought in Spain reveals hidden village!'

Time to get on the bus! Wait, who's driving?

Learning intention: We are learning to identify key information.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer the comprehension questions correctly using information from the article 'Driver-less Bus Launched in France'.

The new species of dinosaur is named the Herrerasauridae!

Learning intention: We are learning to identify key information and develop our critical thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer the comprehension questions correctly with the information from the article 'The dinosaur family tree gets a makeover'.

How can the sieve take out the salt from the sea water? Salt is really tiny!

Learning intention: We are learning to identify key information and develop our critical thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer the comprehension questions correctly using information from the article 'Sieve turns seawater into fresh water'.