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Wednesday 8 December 2021

Response To Text Kaimoana

 Kaimoana (Seafood)

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1. What is kaimoana?


a) Food that has been gathered from the sea b) Food sold by KFC

c) Food that has been gathered from the sky d) Food sold by McDonalds


2. What do pāua eat (consume)? 


a) Kelp             b) Fish

c) Seaweed         d) Water


3. How many of the 270 fish species found inshore are endemic to New Zealand?


a) 11%   b) 30%

c) no one knows   d) 25%


4. Describe what kōura (crayfish) look like:


→Crayfishes look like miniature lobsters, with a front pair of strong pinching claws, an armored body, and a broad tail


5. True or False: “Kina are endemic to New Zealand meaning they are found all over the world.”


a) True b) False


6.How many different species of wheke (octopus) are there in New Zealand?


a) 51             b) 32

c) 42 d) 63


4 Facts About Kaimoana

 

Tuesday 7 December 2021

Word Work For The Day

 

Response To Text

 Marine Animals

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1. Approximately how many different species of marine life are in New Zealand?


a) 17,000                                     b) Over 17,000

c) 19,000             d) 16,000


2.According to the article where are Hector’s dolphins found? 


a) All over New Zealand              b) At the top of the North Island

c) Only in the South Island         d) In the South Island with some in the North Island


3. How many New Zealand sea lions are there?


a) around 12,000 b) exactly 12,000

c) no one knows d) 12,000


4. Describe what the word endemic means:


→Endemic is like a disease or a condition.


5. True or False: Hector’s dolphins have a distinctive rounded dorsal fin that looks like it has one of Daffy Ducks ears.


a) True b) False


6. What is the conservation status of the Hoiho or Yellow-eyed penguin?


a) Endangered             b) Extinct

c) Threatened-Nationally Endangered d) A few away from extinction


7. What can we do as New Zealanders to help protect and save these marine creatures from extinction?


→ We can stop dropping rubbish everywhere and start picking it up instead and maybe we could make a change in life.


4 Facts About Sea Creatures

 

Monday 6 December 2021

Response To Text

 Pt England School

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1. What is the address of Pt England School?


a) 129 Pt England Road                               b) 130 Dunkirk Road

c) 130 Pt England Road             d) 130 Riverside Road



2. How many students attend Pt England School? 


a) 581                      b) 608

c) 576                           d) 600



3. When did the Manaiakalani Education Trust begin?


a) 2005 b) 2009

c) 2010             d) 2011



4. List all of the schools that are part of Manaiakalani:


→Pt England, GlenBrae, Glen Innes, Glen Taylor, Panmure Bridge, Ruapotaka, St Patricks, St Pius X, Somerville Special, Tamaki Primary, Stonefields, Tamaki College 



5. True or False: “Manaiakalani, the hook from heaven” is the logo and tagline for Manaiakalani. 


a) True b) False



6. Who is the current principal of Pt England School?


a) Mrs Nua             b) Mr Jacobsen

c) Mr Somerville             d) Mr Burt


Word Work For The Day


 

4 Facts About The History Of Pt England School

 

Wednesday 1 December 2021

Maths Number Knowledge

 

Response To Text Raphael

 Raphael

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1. Who is renowned as the greatest painters of the High Renaissance?

  1. Donatello                                   b) Raphael

      c) Michelangelo                                       d) Leonardo 


2. Which painting is Raphael best known for? 

a) Mona Lisa                       b) David

c) Madonna                     d) Gabriel



3. Who were Raphael’s earlier mentors for his craft?

a) Leonardo da Vinci     b) Pietro Perugino

c) Giovanni Santi     d) Magia di Battista 



4. True or False:  Raphael had a pleasant childhood.  

a) True b) False



5.  Why would Raphael choose to be an apprentice of Pietro Perugino?

  1. Because Perugine was famous around the world for his work

  2. He had an important commission working on the Sistine Chapel 

  3. He had no one to select from.

  4. Leonardo & Michelangelo didn’t like him



6. With the artwork from Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael, what does Renaissance art include?

  1. Pointillism collage

b) comic art

c) human beauty, nature, religion deities

d) Painting, sculptures 


4 Facts About Raphael