Alyssa's Learning Blog

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2017 Nau Mai Every year since 1975 New Zealand has marked Māori Language Week. This is a time for all New Zealanders to celebrate te reo Māori (the Māori language) and to use more Māori phrases in everyday life. In 2017 Māori Language Week runs from 11-17 September, the theme is 'Kia ora te reo' – which celebrates New Zealand’s indigenous greeting and the intent of te reo Māori revitalisation efforts between the Crown and Māori. How do you celebrate Maori Language Week in your class/school? we have five different maori words and we have to find the meanings Why is this an important week to New Zealand? its Important to New Zealand so we can learn maori How does New Zealand celebrate Maori Language Week? learn maori Can you name any local places of significance that have a Maori name?Why are they significant? i don't know any What is your favourite Maori phrase or a saying you have heard this week? ...

The message is  -  YOU MATTER. We want you to think about how you are awesome. We want to know how you are a genius. Everyone has their own unique talents and abilities. What are yours? We would love to hear all about them.   Questions for this week. Q1. Why are you awesome? What is your Genius (something you are good at)? I am awesome because I can do the splits and a back walk over Q2. What would you like to change in the world around you? I would like to hopefully help endangered animals Q3. How do you think that you could do this? I think that i can do it by rasing money for the animals  Remember  “We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta Q4. What is the best thing that a Teacher has ever said to you? That i was doing a good job Q5. Think of a time when you have achieved a goal. Tell us what this felt like. I achieved my goal not long a go and it felt really amazing ...

The New Zealand Election This week in KidsedchatNZ, we are talking about the upcoming New Zealand election. New Zealand's next general election is taking place on 23 September.   Q1: What is an election? What type of election do we have in New Zealand? election is when you vote and we have a election for prime minister Q:2 Why do we have elections in New Zealand? we have elections so we can see who gets voted for prime minister Q3: What happens during an election? people vote and listen to what people have to say Q4: What do you think would happen if we did not have elections and people did not vote? we would not have a go prime minister Q5: Who is the Prime Minister of New Zealand? How did he become the prime minister? bill English he became prime minister because he was already deputy prime minister Q6: Why do you think it is important that people vote in elections? it important to vote so we can get a good prime mi...

Did you know that there is 108g of sugar in a one liter bottle of coke. Hi my name is Alyssa and today i am going to talk to you about how much sugar is in coke and why sugar is bad for you. As i said before there is 108g of sugar in a one liter bottle of coke but how much is in a 590 millieter  bottle of coke. There is 65g of sugar in the 590ml bottle of coke. There is this thing called gulp which is practically a class of coke but it is called gulp instead of coke. There are different sizes and the biggest one is the bucket gulp which can hold up to 4 liters of coke and the second biggest one is double gulp which has 186g of sugar and can hold 2 liters of coke. There is a lot of other things that are yummy to drink that has next to no sugar. If you don't like water just just put in strawberries or raspberries or different piece of fruit in the water to make it flavored water so it stats healthy but will be tastier than bland tap water. Sugar sugar is bad of you b...