Evolution 

Topic

Evolution possibly one of the most powerful forces in nature it is the reason why we have such diversity of life on planet earth 

It all start off with a mutation or a genetic change in an animal if the 'mutated' animals survives long enough to reproduce, then that mutation will be passed down from one generation to the next, and soon that mutation will become a typical part of the species.

if the animal however is born with a negative mutation and does not give it the advantage to reach high enough for food then its mutation will no be passed down to future generations because it would have died well before it could reproduce. 

There are also different types of adaptations. Structural, behavioral, exaptations and vestigial. 

Structural is when an adaptation is to do something in relation to the body. Behavioral is........... well you guest it somthing in relation to the behavior of an animal. 

Some adaptations on the other hand can be on purpose like like feathers for flight or keeping warm, these are called exaptation adaptations. Lastly we have the vestigial adaptation, it is when something over time becomes useless, like legs on whales.  

The Galapagos Islands are a good way to show all of these adaptations. 

Structural:  An example of a structural adaptation is the giant tortoise whose shell changes shape depending on the type of environment and food it eats.

Behavioral: The Marine Iguana is a good way to resemble this adaptation due to its behavior of venturing out to sea and dive down to eat the fresh seaweed it eats.

Exaptations; Darwin's Finches are a good way to show this adaptation because they evolved different beaks on purpose to eat different foods.  

Vestigial: The Flightless Cormorant has evolved a vestigial adaptation because its wings are becoming useless. 

I had lots of fun learning and exploring our evolution topic this term. It has been so cool and interesting! Some other things I'd like to learn about during this topic is the different time periods on life on earth and see and learn about all the different animals that evolved to suit their period, and see the pattern and how that pattern shaped life today!

My social studies unit idea is ether the industrial revolution or something along those lines. Or different human periods like ancient Rome or Greece and learn about their culture and beliefs on Gods and stuff.

I have had a lot of fun during this topic and can't wait to see what the future of this topic and next terms social studies topic holds!

    

Thank you for reading my post, I hope you learnt something and I will see you next time.

Until then...

   

Goodbye!!! 

2015 Roles

                                               

So this year 2015 I've decided to participate in the following responsibilitys: House Captain, Librarian and also P.E monitor I might have done more but because of the high numbers of intermediate students this year, the possibilities this time was limited. which allowed everyone to have a role in impressibility. 

                            

I love having school responsibilities cause I get to teaching people and helping them.

And each role has different achievements you can work towards. For instance, being a school librarian (which by the way I always wanted to do!) has all these different tasks and jobs you work towards and achieve. There is a Bronze, Silver & Gold award that you can complete and be awarded with ( I'm not gonna tell you guys the set tasks you do, I'm going to leave it up to you to see for yourselves) but when you do finish each category you get to claim a certificate and a chocolate! Their is also a platinum award if you complete them all! 

For the P.E Monitor role which is very fun but important. You look after all the p.e equipment and keep track on all the balls, and report any broken or misused equipment. You are also given the responsibility for restocking equipment and inflating balls. (And can ban anyone if they aren't treating the property as they should be) At lunch times you tack the trolley down to the courts so that the school can get out and play with the property, and occasionally you can help out on junior sport days and other athletic sporting events. 

Now for the House Captain responsibility, probably the most important job of them all                      For this Responsibility you are in-charge of  your whole house group. You and your partner I mean, my partner is James Tuck. and together we come up with creative ways of earning house points and leading our house (Evans) to VICTORY! While making it fun along the way. At Assembly the whole school gathers while one of the classes runs and plans the assembly. Somewhere through it though all the house captains from different houses come together and announces how many points each house earns that week, and at the end of the assembly the teacher awards the most well-behaved house 200 points!       

  

Overall I think it is a great thing that we have lots of ways that the students can take a responsibility to help out around the school. It can also be really fun! It might also include a badge!

Thank you all for reading this weeks post and i hope i will see you all again next time!

   

$ASB MONEY

Every two years he would come, make people laugh and smile! But also teach them valuable things about MONEY     *   $Ka-Ching!$   *

So this guy called Vane, I think, came to us to talk about money! (as you all know) He discussed with us all sorts of stuff, like how different jobs earn different amounts of money (HE HE Check out Charlie) Saving money, Earning money, chores, and stuff like credit cards.      

I found this lesson very entertaining and interesting and I learned heaps. (because as some people know, I'm not the best with money.....)

For me there was 3 important steps to get a decent amount of money for people are age. 

Firstly: 

-Earning money

Now this can be accomplished in many different ways. Such as doing work around the house, like chores. You could also earn money by doing work for your neighbors, and get a few friends around and set up a stall together. 

Now I don't get payed a lot for chores, but when i do extra, without being told i can add a few dollars to my savings. My advice to all you people out there who don't get payed is to do a little extra sometimes like me, and you'll be acknowledged and rewarded. 

-Saving money

This is definitely important... SAVING! after doing your chores you'll want to save your reward REMEMBER! every little cent counts. 

Don't overlook the small things, cause if you keep earning and saving, washing and saving, mowing and saving, and also cleaning and saving, your little collection will grow... But not quite into a money tree.... *Sad-face* but it will grow into  the next best thing, not a unicorn but a bigger stash of money!

  

-Bank and interest

But if you have a bank that is definitely the way to save, not in a pig, or under your bed but a bank, Why is this the best way to save and store your money? Its because the longer you leave it in there, the more money you get! 

YES FOR FREE! It's like doing chores but not doing them! It's every child's dream! But........ If you owe the bank some money and you don't pay it in time you get an interest... But this is no good thing! It means you have to pay the bank extra!!!!! dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!   

I feel much more safer around money now!

Good Bye!

Mission Fair!

Welcome back once again everyone, Ty Ty here to talk to you guys about the Mission fair.As most of you may be aware of, this years money from the mission fair goes to Vanuatu because of the unfortunate event that happened there    

A Picture of Cyclone pams destruction

All the year 6's and up organize themselves into groups where the plan, buy, and make stuff to sell to the juniors. my group this year was the Carnival express, with Ethan, Abby, Siena, Amelia, Kelsey, Eva, Catherine, Grace, Charlotte and I 

(I Apologize if I left anyone out)    

Cyclone pams path 

Are theme was a carnival if you haven't already found that out... So we had lots of food and fun games for the kids to spend their money on. I was in charge of one of the games, and that was the Chocolate coin toss!

Layout:

-put chocolate spaced out of table.

Rules 

-Attract a child's attention and persuade them to play the game (eventual the do fall for it) ask them to toss a coin ontop of a chocolate (not as easy as they thought!) Hahahaha

-Eventually they run out of tosses.

-child gets angry.

-child then spends all his money trying to get a free chocolate...

-child runs out of money... 

-child gets a fruit burst for great effort 

  

...And that's my simple 5 step plan to success!...TEHE!

Overall our stall was great and in the end the whole school raised about $2350! or something like that anyway...

QUOTE: Some people are so poor, all they have is money Meaning that It means the only riches they have is money, they are poor in knowing whats right and wrong. their poorness is their emotions, money can't buy you happiness, love and friendship

Goodbye!!!