My journey to Malta

                                            My journey to Malta



The plane ride
ring ring ring it was seven o'clock I woke up filled with excitement knowing that in only two days I was going to be standing right next to my family so I got up and got ready as fast as I could I had to do a little bit of packing before we were ready to leave but before it was time to leave I felt sad because... we sold our house so that morning was the last time I was going to be in that house. When we were in the car we realized that we had forgotten to eat breakfast. When we arrived at the air port
we checked in and had breakfast. Next we had to leave our dad and get on the plane to Singapore the plane took off whoosh I watched many different films and highly enjoyed the plane ride. The plane landed and my ears started to hurt we got off the plane and walked into the Singapore air port the

The plane ride - part 2
Singapore air port was so big so we had to stay right next to each other at all times we felt so hungry so we tried to find some where to eat. I ate a big spring roll it was nearly twelve and I was feeling so tired it was now time to board the next plane to Frankfurt. When we were waiting to get on the plane I was so tired that I nearly fell asleep on my mum's lap this plane went on for twelve ours I slept on the plane for plane for eight ours in the other four ours I played games watched movies and ate food we arrived in Frankfurt we had had to rush because we only had an hour and a half in the airport when had checked in there was half an hour left so we got something to eat finally we went on the next plane to Malta this plane was 2 hours long the whole time we stayed on out iPad's because there were no TV's we were at our destination ...Malta I was filled joy and happiness we got out luggage and saw our family yay!.

la crema siciliana 
in the afternoon on June 28th we went to a coffee shop called la crema siciliana to get ice cream. I went with my cousin kai my sister Jules and my aunt Fleur I chose to have pistachio and chocolate ice cream flavors my sister and my aunt had the same but my cousin does not like ice cream so he did not get any ice cream instead he got chips. My cousin down loaded a dare game on his phone so we played it we had so much fun and we were laughing our heads off my aunt even had to dance with my sister in the middle of the room we left the coffee shop and went home.

My beach party
I woke up felling more exited than ever because today I was going to have my birthday party. As soon as we arrived I kept on asking my mum can we set up the party can we set up the party because at the beach my mum had booked a room for my party a soon a we set up everyone I invited had come we swam for ages and then we got a little hungry so we walked back to the room and then we each ordered a meal from the restaurant. Then we got eat the cake I was so exited because I had no idea what the cake looked like at all. All I new about it was that it something to do with a rainbow when I saw my cake I was shocked I loved it. after we had eaten the cake I got to open my presents for my presents I got a charm for my charm bracelet and a 75 euro voucher for Pandora. We swam in at night and the water felt so warm then after a bit we got out the water and ordered a Margarita pizza as we still felt a little bit peckish then since it was very late at night we had to have a shower and go home I loved my party and I wish I could have done it all over again.

Meeting our friends 
After we had got home from the beach we had to rush to get ready because our friends Pete, flair  and there three children Pearl, Rex and ruby I was so exited to see them after seven years the last time was when they used to babysit me. ding ding ding went the door bell finally they were here first I showed Pearl and Rex around the house they liked mine and my sisters toys so they played with them for a bit and then we got out a game to play with soon later I was felling a little hungry so I had some cake left over from my birthday party then my mum asked me look after ruby since she was only a baby so I sat down and played with her on the mattress it was getting late and ruby was very tired so we had to say goodbye.

lion king 
 As soon as we had decided to go see the movie Lion king with our friends Bea and Melanie we packed our bags and waited for them to pick us up. When we finally got to the cinema we gave them our tickets and we went into the cinema. I decided to have some popcorn and a coke. As soon as the movie started the lights turned off, everyone went silent and the movie started. At the start of the movie I didn't think I was going to like the movie but I did end up loving it. At the end of the movie we took a photo in the lion king backround outside the cinema then we went to the coffee shop to meet everyone at the coffee shop. We made fake tattoos with our friend. When it came to dinner time we walked to MacDonald's and had dinner there. When we got back it was time to head off and go home.

The rocky beach 
Me and my sister wanted to go to the beach so we went to the beach with my mum,sister,dad and my cousin but the beach we were going to wasn't just a normal beach because instead of sand it was all rock. Half way through our journey to the beach the car broke down so my dad had to fix it, as soon as the car was up and running again we continued going to the beach. As soon as we were there I put my swimsuit on and jumped in the water straightaway because it was so hot. After swimming we went snorkeling for a bit and then we did competitions to see who could jump the furthest in the water. Then had a snack while watching my cousin jump into the water from the rock hill. we were getting tired so we decided to go home.

Splash and fun
As soon as I woke up I felt thrilled because today we were  going to be going to splash and fun one of the best water parks in Malta when we got there we got our tickets and we went to find sunbeds. When we finally found somewhere to sit and then we went on the water slides. I decided to go on one of the slow ones first I chose to go on the white slide when it came to the end of the water slide I shot out into the pool where the water slide finishes. Then me and my sister went on the lazy river it really slow but it was  so much fun. Then i went on the yellow slide which was a bit faster than the white slide, my sister Jules went on this slide with me and we both really loved it. Then we went on a bigger and higher slide called the Black hole, on this slide you need to go on a single or double float. The first time on this slide i went with my Dad on the double float, it looked really scary but it ended up to be so much fun, from there i went with Mum and then on single floats with Jules. Afterward once we had had lunch which pizza and chips we went in the wave pool which awesome. Later in the day I decided to go on the purple and yellow slide with my cousin Kai at the start of the slide it was slow but then I went zooming down the slide I tried to look up but water was splashing in my face so I had to close my eyes hen the slide was over me and my sister got a hair wrap and then we were going to go on the lazy river we had to leave so we got an ice cream and left.

Mimi's excellent thoughts on polar ice caps

Mimi's follow up for week 8 ⇩

For reading this week my group read this article: What Is a Polar Ice Cap?

The new ideas I have now I’ve read this text are:

• Give everybody free solar panels.

• Try biking or walking to school

• Use beeswax wraps

• Turn of a light when you are not using it

• Get a compost bin

• Get a worm farm

• use reusable containers

• Pick up rubbish

I now better understand that if we do not make a change the earth will die and we will die with it. We are

harming the planet by what we are doing and there are many solutions to fix this but we haven't done anything
to stop this. If we really do care we need to work our hardest to make a change so that we can stop the polar
ice caps melting. 😃

                                         

                                          What do you know about polar ice caps ?

                                   What could you do to stop polar ice caps melting ?

                               What do you think we can do to stop climate change ?

by Mimi

What is happening to our earth?

                      WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR EARTH
This week Erika lingard came to our hub to talk to us about saving the planet because of what we are doing to it and what our future will be like if we do not stop this. Erika used to be a preschool teacher and one of the many jobs she had was taking out the rubbish everyday there was so many bags of rubbish that she thought to herself where does all this stuff end up what will the future be like if we keep on doing this she didn't like what was happening so she made a company called Eco-me to help

It was Wednesday afternoon when Erika ( Charlie's mum) walked in the door for a visit. She started to explain to us what is happening to our earth she said if we do keep on using plastic cutting down trees without replanting them and throwing rubbish on the ground animals will die we will have no oxygen our seas will be filled with plastic  and the air will be all polluted with smoke for example if we go to a restaurant and order a piece of fish we will cut it open and inside there will be plastic in his tummy this is what our future will be like soon so make sure that look after our earth.

These are the products she has created and I am going to tell you about them. She has created forever pegs these pegs are designed to last forever they are made from stainless steel you might be wondering if these will rust they will not rust so they can be used in your pantry fridge or freezer but they can still be used on your washing line. She also made reusable straws these straws are also made from stainless steel so you can take them out to a cafe or when you are getting a takeaway you use these straws instead of plastic straws she also makes sporks and chopsticks they are stainless steel as well so you can use them the same way.

she makes net bags they are made to last long and they are designed for the supermarket they have a weight tag on the side so they don't rip and the good think is that when they are worn out they can go in the green bin. she also makes reusable coffee cups they are made from stainless steel and they come in two colors the lid flicks back so when you are drinking your coffee it doesn't hit you in the nose. She packages all her products in recyclable items if you want to know more go check out Eco-me.   


        If you did something to help the earth what would you do? 

Mimi's cross country work out

                                      CROSS COUNTRY WORK OUT

It was the day cross country  I woke up filled with nerves my palms were sweaty I had been dreading this moment since last year's cross country. Every year it become's worse well I new no matter what I did I would still be going. I jumped out of bed got ready and had breakfast when we were ready me and my sister got into the car and waited for our mum as she was locking the door . My mum drooped me of at school and . . . . THIS IS WHERE OUR JOURNEY BEGINS .   .   .


ring ring ring the bell rang all the student's sat on the mat the teacher started the roll she called out my name as she did with everyone else we got our bags and headed of to the park finally after some time we were at Walter park  this is where we were going to be running. I am year 5 so I will be running 2k. We sat down on a tarp we had to wait the longest before we ran we did some stretches like lunge's, squats, and much more finally it came to our turn I walked onto the start line nervously Mrs Hanson told us when to go on your mark's get set go first I jogged and then I sprinted at the end I came 7th.
 

Mimi's Amazing PBL action

                                                                PBL - Term 1

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about kindness and the big question was: How can we build community through our actions?

First, we explored some collaborative activities and discussed how we could include kindness and build a sense of community through our actions at camp. Next, we were organised into groups where we had to unpack the above question. In our groups we considered how we could spread community and kindness through our entire school community. We decided that we would offer something that was free and would make others happy.

We created an action plan and we decided to spread kindness by making the teachers feel thanked because of all the hard work they do for us so we have chosen to make a kindness gift basket


Reflection:
For our final product: It was fun it and we enjoyed it it was a little bit hard to find out what the teachers liked and what we should put in it but in the end it all came together and our final product was a kindness gift basket.


How did our action build a sense of community in the school: this made community by making the teachers feel like everyone cares about all the hard work they do for us  if it wasn't for the teachers we would know nothing we know now.


I contributed by trying to find ideas of what to make and how to make the gift basket. I also helped with the kindness quotes and what to put in the gift basket. 


I think the PBL might impact on the teachers by making them feel thanked and happy to be thought about and making the teachers know that we all care even though sometimes we might not show it.


What I learned about working with others was that it was hard but we had to collaborate with others to make it work and turn out the way we wanted to be. I would love to do this again because it was fun to work and get to know new people. I had such a great fun this was a great experience


                                                             
                                                                 
                     
                          1.  if you got to choose one food that you were given what would it be ?
                        2.  what would you choose to do for your action plan what would you do ?

                     

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