My coat of arms/crest

What is a coat of arms?
The coat of arms is the distinctive heraldic, bearings or shield of person, family, corporation or country.

Why do we have them?
Because it was useful to the heralds while they were touring the battlefield identifying the dead.

Why are they important?
Because it is as the main symbol on the covers of passports.
And it is a national symbol which donates an independent state in the form of a heraldic achievement

What did you include in your crest and why?
Jollibee, because it is my favourite restaurant

What I already knew about crests?
that it had feathers, fur or skin on the head of an animal on it.

What I found interesting about crests?
I found the designs pretty interesting

What do I want to learn about crests?
I want to know who made them.

Methods

How to make a sandwich

• get your hands cleaned
• get some bread
• get a knife
• get something you could use to put your bread on
• get some butter
• get a piece of bread
• use your knife to spread the butter all over the bread
• then fold the bread

Because sometimes it gets confusing if the method is not detailed

Sundials

Sundials

Did you know that sundials tells you the time like a clock when there is sunlight in the position of the sundial. I found out that when the sun shines on the sundial, it casts shadow that appear on different positions on the sundial. I did not know that when the sun is the highest in the sky it casts short shadow of the stick and the longer shadow of the stick when the sun is low in the sky.

 


I didn't know how to make a sundial at the first place
I found out that the mathematician and astronomer Theodosius of Bithynia was the one who invented the sundials

How I made it:
We made our sundial by cutting a wood until it look like a hexagon but cut in half and then glued the gnomon on the bottom middle

What I learnt:
I've learnt how to make a sundial that is made out of wood

What I had fun with:
I had fun designing our sundial

What I found difficult
I found it difficult to get all the numbers on their correct places on my first try

Robert Swindells

Examining the Cover:

What do you think the story will be about?
-I think the story will be about a kid that is locked in prison

How do you think this story will be written?
-The story will be written like I went

Why do you think the story is entitled as it  is?
-Because a kid is locked in a prison

Where do you think the story will take place?
-Underground

What time period do you think the story is set in?
-Afternoon

Science

What is a Scientist

What I think a Scientist is:
-I think the Scientists are the ones who makes potions
-Discovers new things
-Studies new things
-Makes technologies

What I found out:
-Scientists attempt to achieve their goals
-Scientists try to find out how can something that doesn't work work
-They solve science problems

Research a Scientist:
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin, FRS FRGS FLS FZS was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution

Critical Questioning Matrix

Pizza hut:

What does the author want us to know:
I think they want us to know that they're sale

What kind of language is used in the text:
Nice, happy and excited

Why are you reading this text:
Because we have to

What is the text about? How do we know?
pizzas because all I saw were the pizzas


Kiwi Rail:

How are characters constructed in this text:
Relaxed and calm

What does the author want us to know:
To take a break. Take a train

Who is allowed to speak:
Everyone

Is this text fair:
yes because you just gotta sit and relax while watching


The Hare and the Tortoise:

What does the author want us to know:
that we shouldn't be laughing at those who are not better than you

Why are you reading this text:
because it was fun

What kind of language is used in the text:
nice and brave

What is the text about? How do we know:
The Hare and the Tortoise racing because they raced


Bruno Mars - When I was your man

What is the text about? How do we know:
Bruno Mars talking about what he should have done when he was still the girl's man

Who is the most likely audience of this text & why:
People that regrets the things they did in the past

What do the words suggest:
That we should change while it's early

What kind of language is used in the text:
Sadly

Butterflies - By Patricia

Butterflies

What kind of language is used in the text:
-The language that are used in this text are nice and calm

What is this text about, how do you know:
-I think this text is about butterflies because sometimes people doesn't want them in their gardens

What does the author want us to know:
-I think the author wants us to know that we shouldn't kill or pick on the insects especially the butterflies.

How are characters constructed in this text:
-The characters were nice and calm

What kind of social realities does the text portray:
-to not harm insects