Pyramids and Prisms

Book Review Refugee

Refugee
Written by Alan Gratz.

Do you want to read an action packed book about three different wars? If you do Refugee is the book you want to read.

Refugee is set in three different countries, Germany, Cuba and Syria. The first two stories are set in the past and the last story is set in the present time.

Josef Landau is one of the three main characters in Refugee. His story is set Germany  1930. He lives with his mother, father and his little sister Ruth. Josef and his family are trying to the escape the Nazi’s because they are Jewish. They board a ship to go to the other side of the world.

Isabel is another one of the main characters. Her story is set in Cuba, 1994. She lives with her mother, father, grandfather and a sibling on the way. Her family escape Cuba with her neighbours on a homemade raft.  Except nothing is smooth sailing.

Mahmoud is another main character. His story is set in Syria 2015. He lives with his mother, father, baby sister Hana and little brother Waleed. His family escapes Syria by driving a car across the border to Europe.

Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud all go on death defying journeys to find freedom. They  face all sorts of dangers from many different things but they never lose hope.

Refugee reminds me of Number the Stars because they are both about war. Refugee by Alan Gratz and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry both have things to do with Nazi’s as well.

I think Refugee is a great story and I really enjoyed reading it. I would recommend this book for kids 11+, because it has some violence in it. I liked reading Refugee because it is full of adventure and courage.

Naming Prisms and Pyramids

• can  work out and use formula to measure perimeter, area, and volume.
• can separate a two-dimensional shape into familiar shapes to calculate area.
• understand and show that the volume of a prism is calculated by measuring the area of the base and by multiplying that area by the prism’s height.
• Can calculate circumference from the measurement of diameter or radius, and understand that the relationship between circumference and diameter (or radius) is a constant ratio.
• understand and use the metric relationship of: 1 g = 1 ml= 1 cm³.

Volume Of Cuboids

This week in maths we have been
 learning cuboids and how to find their 
volume. Here are three short videos on 
how to find the volume of cuboids.

Whenever you hear us say the
 word times think of multiply instead.

Callaghan's Ridge

Callaghan’s Ridge

On May the 11th rooms 1 and 8 went on a tramp at Callaghan's Ridge. Ms Kemp and

lots of parents came with us. It took us four and a half hours to walk the track.
On the track we had to work with a few people for a treasure hunt. We had to
find all sorts of things like birds, trees, and different types of ferns. Before we
left Ms Kemp checked that we had all of the right gear. Like rain jackets, beanies,
correct shoes etc.

Once we had started walking it started raining which made the stones very
slippery and the track very muddy so we had to be careful that we didn’t fall over.
Near the end of the tramp it stopped raining but everything was still muddy and
slippery.

When we stopped for lunch we had to make rain proof bivvys out of a tarpaulin
and some rope. We had to plan how we would make it in class. My group did
well. There was enough room for all of us to fit under it and we knew that
it was rain proof because when we were setting our one up it was raining lightly.

I really enjoyed the walk because I got to walk and talk with my friends. I also
liked the scavenger hunt because it gave us something to do while we were
walking. I also learnt things that I wouldn’t learn on a normal school day.

Lake Daniells

Lake Daniell

Last Wednesday the 12th of June. Rooms 1 and 8 went on a tramp at Lake
Daniells. Ms Kemp and Mrs Robins came with us along with 8 other parents.
It took us 5 hours to walk the track. While we were walking the track we had to
work in groups  for a treasure hunt.

We went to Lake Daniell because Rm 1 and 8 are doing the William Pike
Challenge award. Since we are learning about hypothermia we decided to
go in winter. We had to keep lots of warm layers on to stop us getting cold.

We had lunch at the hut. Once we were finished our lunch some of us went onto
the jetty. We didn’t stay long once we were finished our lunch because it had
started to lightly rain. We didn’t once stop on the way back. On the way back
we stopped and chucked rocks into the river from the bridge.

Lake Daniell is near Lewis Pass. Lewis Pass is part of the Southern Alps. The track starts at a campsite  just past Springs Junction. It follows a river called
Alfred River up the land for part of the way and then the river breaks off. The
track leads to Lake Daniell.

This trip could not have happened if we had not had all the lovely parents
volunteer to help us. They had to transport us there and back and also walked
with us. We are very thankful to them and the teachers because without them
we wouldn’t have been able to go. We also made this trip happen by having the
right gear. If we hadn’t had the right gear we wouldn’t be able to go because we
would probably get hypothermia.

Overall I think Lake Daniells was a great walk. It was really fun and it wasn’t
too hard. It was 18.6kms.

By Mackenzie and Dakota

The Umbles

Triangle Work

This Week we have been learning how to find the area of a triangle. The formula to work out the area is 1/2 the base times the height.

NZ Gaints