Polynesian Wayfinders

 How many kilometers make up the Pacific Ocean?

The Pacific Ocean is 160 million square kilometers greater than all landmass on earth combined 

What did ancient Polynesians use as guides to see the ocean?

The ancient Polynesians used the sun, moon, stars, ocean currents and clouds as guides to see the ocean. 

When did their voyage begin?

The ancient Polynesians began their voyage in 1500 B.C.

What factors were important to the success of the travel?

The factors that were important to the success of the travel were well built canoes, the skill of the navigators and the weather.

What are navigators?

The navigators were keen observers of the natural world; they were abundantly familiar with trade wind-generated ocean swell. 

 

Week in review

My schools new bike track finally opened last week and everybody in school can ride their bikes now, some students got chosen to race with Steward Campbell is an Olympic champion who has won multiple medals. Some of Stewards friends went on their bikes and did some wheelies on the bike track which were very cool to watch.

My school has been practicing cross country for the king and queen of the mountain. We have been laps around the bike track until it is lunch time.

Tread lightly caravan arrived at my school to teach us how to save look after our earth. There were 5 stations, the 1 station was about which electronic device took up the most electricity, the 2nd station was about phones and that phones has deadly chemicals that could kill the environment, the 3rd station was about which piece of rubbish belonged in which rubbish bin, the 4th station was about compost and the 5th station was a survey.

This is what me and my class did last week it was fun and I liked it.

Goal 2020

This year I want to improve my time table, my division, my spelling, my grammar and handwriting. I hope I have improved in all these subjects when this year ends, when I get my mid year and my end year report card I hope i can see that I have moved up a stage and have improved. My goals are to answer mostly all time table questions and division ones as well, have better grammar and spelling, I will write a four page story every week and I could do 15 minutes of maths on prototec every 2 days.