Under the Sea! Reading This Week!

Hello my lovelies! How are you? I hope you are good! Today I am going to tell you about my reading create task this week!

So I was off sick on Monday and Tuesday with a cold. But I managed to get my stuff together in two days. So we started off by reading an article about sea life, and people. This article was about different ways Project Reef (a project on monitoring the aquatic life) monitor the sea life. They use four different methods of: Underwater Camera, Diver Transect Survey, Hook-and-Line Survey and Acoustic Survey. The Underwater Camera Survey is literally in its name. Divers put a camera in a reef to observe and report on the reef and its life. The Diver Transect Survey is when a group of divers go into a reef and swim around, capturing footage on cameras. The Hook-and-Line survey is where they pretty much go fishing, by catching fish, taking notes and setting them free again. Then they times the amount of fish they caught by how long they were there to get an answer. The Acoustic survey is where they install a device to pick up sounds from the sea life. Then we had to create a pros and cons doc. This was mine

Next, we had to choose our favourite method and mention why we thought it was the best, here was mine

I thought this session was really great! I really enjoyed doing this weeks reading task! I hope you liked learning about it with me too!

Thanks guys for reading this! I hope you enjoyed learning about the different methods used to do things like this. Have you ever been snorkelling? Tell me about it in the comments! I hope you enjoyed this blog! See you next time! Bye! ❤️

Space Geeks! Episode 5! Our Planets (Part 2)

Hello my lovelies! How are you all? I hope you are great! Today I am going to be showing you me next two planets, Earth and Mars. Remember last episode? When I did Venus and Mercury? Yep well this is the much promised next episode! Enjoy!

Lets start with Earth! Earth obviously is our home planet, third closest to the sun. A full year is 365 days, and it takes just over a year to orbit the sun. With four seasons, this makes Earth a unique and diverse planet. Earth owns one moon, has no rings, but makes up for being so lonely by keeping us all safe. Earth is the only planet in our Solar System that supports life, and holds water. Earth's core is about 6,000 degrees Celsius (10,800 Fahrenheit), and is one of the only planets that has full gravity. Neat!

Now, Mars. Mars is the planet that owns the biggest mountain in our solar system, Olympus Mons. Mars has had forty missions with different land rovers, but only eighteen have been successful. Did you know, Mars was named after the God of war? Crazy, right? Over the time Mars has existed, no rings have been recorded to surround lonely Mars, but one day, scientists say, Mars will develop those much loved rings.

Now, time for my view of each planet! Yay!

Lets start with Earth. I think Earth would be a female. She would be the one that most people like, her and Venus get along really well. I picture Earth to have really bright blue green eyes, she likes wearing green t-shirts and ripped jeans. I feel like she would wear light blue platformed shoes. I think she would be one of those people that wears one necklace everyday, that is really sentimental. Earth would be that one that gets bullied by some of the planets for having things living on her, but she is still nice to everyone. Earth would occasionally need time alone but she is mostly an extrovert. I think Earth's personality traits would be, kind, sweet, loyal, funny, gentle, caring, considerate, appreciative, thoughtful and helpful.

Next, Mars. I think Mars would also be a girl. Probably the one that is really funny. She is tiny but packs a punch. I think Mars has that one best friend, Pluto, who she would do anything for. Mars gets along with most people, but she gives herself a lot of chill time, alone, or with Pluto. I think Mars would be really feisty, and sometimes she can be annoying to the popular planets like Venus, Earth and Saturn, because they have no time for her. I feel like Mars would have a troubled past, maybe friendship issues. I feel like Mars would be fair skinned, have really long bright red hair, maybe be wearing just a plain black t-shirt and denim shorts. I also feel like she would have a checker jersey tied around her waist, and she wears converse. I think Mars' personality traits are, loud, kind, funny, crazy, sweet, kinda annoying, energetic, athletic and genuine.

Thanks guys for reading! I hope you enjoyed this episode? Do you know any interesting facts about one of these amazing planets? If so, tell me in the comments! Next time we will be doing Saturn and Jupiter. I hope you all enjoyed! Bye! ❤️

Camp!

Hello my lovelies! I hope you are well, welcome back to my blog! Today I am going to tell you about camp. Enjoy!

So last week, we went to camp! It was so much fun, apart from the fact that I fractured my arm! Crazy, right? Anyways the activities we did (in order) were: Orienteering, Raft Build, Kayak Singles, Search and Rescue, School Led Activity, Archery, Outdoor Living, Coasteering, High Ropes. They were all so fun! On the first day, we only did one activity, as we had walked up hills and through forests to get to camp. Throughout the day we did three activities. Raft build was my favourite. Most of the activities are explained in there name, apart from Coasteering. This activity is walking along a rock wall, but let me get into more detail. You have to climb down a really steep hill, holding on to a rope. Then you climb around a rock wall over the water. Then jump in. But the only part was, it was FREEZING! On the last night, we did a reflection on: Challenging, Favourite, Learnt and Grateful.
 These were my reflections.
Challenging:
I thought learning to tie knots in raft building was actually really hard! They were complex and quite confusing. It was super fun, but really hard too.
Favourite:
Lots! When a boy in our activity group fell in quicksand, that was really funny. I liked spending time with teachers, friends, my dad, and his friends.
Learnt:
I learnt how to make a homemade stretcher. I also learnt how to survive in the forest by telling trees apart.
Grateful:
For one of the parent helpers, for bandaging my arm, and also the teachers for cooking great food. And especially my dad, for how he helped me all the time.

Now if you want to see a picture of our camp, here you go!
Link to Website

Thanks guys so much for reading! Have you ever been on school camp? Tell me your favourite activity in the comments! Bye! ❤️

DELICIOUS! Mouth Watering Yum!

Hello my food appreciative lovelies! Welcome to an EXTRA special blog about food. Read me for a delicious recipe.

So remember that blog about Chapas? Yeah, well here is some more Spanish stuff... Patatas Alioli!
What is Patatas Alioli you ask? Well the English translation is Aioli Potatoes. We have been constructing delicious recipes from the hat country, all leading up to a big shared food day of delicious foods from all around the world. I know what you are thinking now, what is the recipe? Well I have just the thing for you, the recipe!


How to Make Patatas Alioli



Patatas Alioli - or Aioli Potatoes - are a traditional Spanish Tapas. If you love garlic, you’ll love this; the Aioli part is packed with garlic! Patatas Alioli is a delicious one-bite-appetizer, often enjoyed in the summer, but any time works too! Now, let's break up the words, Ali-oli, meaning garlic and oil, or modern day revision, garlic aioli! Patatas, meaning potatoes, the delicious root vegetable go great with aioli, so stop reading up here, and get down there for the instructions!

What You Need!
3-5 Potatoes
16 Ounces Olive Oil
Salt to Taste
Aioli Sauce (Home-made or store bought)
Small Sprig of Parsley

What You Need! (Equipment)
Frying Pan
Peeler
Knife (Parental Supervision Required)
Toothpicks (Optional)
Spatula or Slotted Spoon
Paper Towel
Serving plate
Bowl
Chopping Board
Small Dip Bowl
Spoon

Your ready to go! Hop down to see the steps!

Steps!
Start by taking your potatoes and peeling them with your peeler.
Once completed, wash any excess dirt or grime off of the peeled potatoes.
Cut your potatoes with your knife on your chopping board, into roughly 2-3 cm (1 inch) cubes.
Place your frying pan on the stove.
Add oil to the frying pan on a high heat. Please be careful, in case you burn yourself
Test to see if the heat is high enough, by placing a small potato cube in the pan. If it bubbles straight away, it is high enough, if it doesn’t bubble or you don’t hear a small sizzling sound, it isn’t done.
Place your potato pieces in the pan and fry until golden, about ten minutes. You may need to separate these, so you don’t crowd up the pan.
Prepare the bowl with a paper towel inside, to the side of your cooktop.
Once you have finished cooking your potatoes, turn off the heat, and use your spatula or slotted spoon to spoon out the golden goodness into your bowl with the paper towel
Set bowl to the side.
Take your dip bowl and spoon aioli into the bowl. Garnish with parsley
Using your spatula or slotted spoon, place potatoes on serving plate
Serve cold or warm to enjoy!

I really hope this helps you, and provides a delicious tapas for family and friends

I hope you all enjoyed my blog! What other tapas do you know? Tell me the recipe in the comments! Bye! ❤️

Who Knew?

Hello my lovelies! How are you? Today I am going to talk about reading create task! Enjoy!

Today I am going to be telling you about my reading create task. We had to read a story about a certain country, then create a similarities and differences between you and the main character. That was workshop one. In workshop two, we finished off our similarities and differences chart, and started on our interactive image. An interactive image is constructed on these components: symbol, title, facts, important parts and a link, but you can ignore that. My one looks like this, but others did really cool ones too!

My story was called Skiing in Afghanistan. It was about two main characters flying to Afghanistan to do a ski trip. It was very interesting learning about some of the cultural history about Afghanistan and its people. I recommend this book for all learning supplements, or just reading!

Thank you guys so much for reading my blog! What books to you recommend? Tell me in the comments! I hope you guys enjoyed! Bye! ❤️

Chapas! The Fun Spanish Game!

Hello my lovelies! Welcome back to the second post of the term! Today I am going to share my instructions on the game Chapas. Chapas is a fun Spanish game played with bottle caps, scroll down to find out some more!

Over the past few days, we have been learning about instructional writing. We had to pull a country out of a hat, and that country was the one we would make our instructions on. So in other words, we had to choose an activity from our countries we pulled out of the hat. Upon research, I found a game called Chapas. Chapas is a bottle cap game from Spain, where you flick a bottle cap around  a race track and try to win!
Here are my instructions on how to play:

How to Play Chapas!

Hello! Today I am going to show you how to play Chapas. Chapas is a fun game from Spain, played with metal bottle caps, although plastic works too! Follow these instructions and you will be playing in no time!

You Need!

• Chalk
• Bottle Caps (1 Per Player)
• 2+ Players
• Paper 
• Colouring In Pens/Pencils 
• Blue or Black Pen
• Scissors
• Glue
• A Flat Surface

Your design!

• Start by taking your bottle cap and tracing with the black or blue pen, the outline on the piece of paper.
• Remove the bottle cap from the paper and write your initials, with the blue or black pen, inside the outline, and make sure it is near the bottom.
• Next, draw a logo with your blue or black pen inside your outline, above your initials.
• Then, you can start colouring in your design with your colouring pens or pencils, inside of the outline.
• After you have completed your design, cut out the outline with your scissors.
• With your cut out paper, glue the non-designed side to the inside of the bottle cap, and wait for the glue to dry.

The Rules!

• On the flat surface, draw a track with your chalk, add a few twists and turns to make it more fun and challenging!
• Each person takes their turn flicking the bottle cap with their thumb and middle finger.
• If you get your bottle cap out of the race track, you lose a turn, if someone else hits your bottle cap, you have to go all the way back to the start, and take your turn then, but the fun part is, the same rule applies for the other players, so if you hit them, they go back to the start too!

And now you know how to play! Go have fun playing this on a warm day out in the sun!

I hope you all enjoyed my blog? What fun games do you know how to play? Tell me in the comments! Bye!

Welcome Back! Click on Me For Some Fun Info on This Term!!

Hello my lovelies! I am so excited to be blogging again! But sadly this is the last term of school for 2019! I am going to be posting some better content that you guys will enjoy even more! Anyways I hope you all had a good school holidays, and like the first blog back for Term 4! Enjoy!

I am here to tell you all our PBL driving question this term! Drum roll please 🥁🥁!
How can I celebrate who I am? Interesting, right? Well it is actually a lot more complicated than you think. It isn't just about our cultural backgrounds, or where we came from, or got baptised. It is actually about the things we do and act like. Example, I love to travel, if you can remember when I was away this year, and even longer when I was away for a time last year. I will do a short interview with Sam (you might remember her from Space Geeks), and ask her about my personality
Sam's Interview
Cleo: Ok, I am doing an interview for my blog. What do you think my personality is like?
Sam: Weird, but in a good way.
Cleo: Anything else?
Sam: No. That sums up you.
Go check out her blog! Its the same as mine except with her name.
So anyways what Sam said. Weird, but in a good way. So that is part of celebrating me! Another aspect from another student, is our gender, and who we want to be when we are older.
We have touched on how we are going to celebrate our PBL. Some interesting ideas were, song, drama, dance, music or pretty much anything you want! Lots of people liked the idea of song and music. I am not a very good singer, but I enjoy playing the piano and ukulele. I might write a song on one of those two, but I am still not quite sure what I want to do. I am very excited with how this will turn out!

Thanks so much for reading! What is your culture? Tell me in the comments, and I can tell you mine! I really hope you guys enjoyed my blog, see you next time! Bye! ❤️