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New Zealand's rocking earthquake

An earthquake hit New Zealand on the 14th November. As soon as it happened the roads were ripping apart and roofs from houses were tearing apart. Also the roads had made big gaps between and looked wrecked. The places that were badly hit were Kaikoura, Christchurch and Wellington. Some people in Auckland felt it too.  There was a tsunami near Kaikoura after the earthquake and it was 2.5 metres high.  If you're in a earthquake/tsunami alert you could save yourself -  if you had a earthquake you could hide yourself underneath something that is strong. For a tsunami you could save yourself  by going to high land but make sure it is higher than the tsunami.  

Cherry Blossom Art

Last Friday we did art and made paintings of cherry blossom trees.

Step #1 We painted the background blue so it has a good setting and green for the bottom for the grass. We added some purple to the sky so it can be little bit dark.

Step #2 We practised to blow the black paint to make the branches of the trees so we didn't make mistakes. Soon we did the real one blowing the black paint on the painting with the sky and the green grass.

Step #3 At last we painted the pink, white and purple to make the petals for our blossom tree.

Sir Peter Blake

Fern flag or current flag?

It has been hard work talking about changing the flag lately. It was very difficult deciding which flag but most of us chose the current flag because it might cost more money to change our passports and driving licences. 1 quarter of Room 10 voted for the fern flag and 3 quarters voted for the current flag. Then it was the final day when John Key had to choose which flag was the best. The current flag won for our country.

My Amazing Cress

We are learning about plants grow and seeds sprout. We grew cress and sprouted broad beans in class. We watched how water moves through plants by putting celery in coloured water.

This is how my cress changed over time.