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My Confirmation Name

3/14/2014

In our class we are making our confirmation. For our confirmation name we have to pick a name of a saint. I picked the name Emily.

I picked the name Emily because I really like it. Emily was a saint born in Rodez, France 1787. She is known as Emily de Rodat. She became a teacher when she was eighteen. When Emily was teaching she realised how many poor children couldn’t go to school because they didn’t have enough money so then she decided to open up a school for poor children with free charge. Soon Emily started caring for unfortunate woman, orphans and the elderly. At the time of her death Emily had opened 38 charitable institutions. She died from cancer in 1852. St. Emily was canonized in 1950 by Pope Pius XII. Her feast day is on September the 19th.

Pandas

2/23/2014

China's national treasure are pandas
Pandas belong to the bear family
Pandas spend about about twelve hours a day munching on bamboo (their favourite food)
When Pandas are fully grown they usually weigh 130 kilograms

Africa

2/23/2014

Africa is the second largest continent in the world (the largest is Asia). Africa is also the second most populous continent (also after Asia). The largest country in Africa is Sudan. The capital of Sudan is Khartoum. The largest city in Africa is Cairo which is the capital of Egypt. The largest lake in Africa is Lake Victoria. The longest river in Africa is the River Nile which is also the worlds longest river. The smallest country in Africa is The Seychelles. The most populated country in Africa Nigeria. Africa has 54 countries and two disputed ones. Africa has a lot of undeveloped countries.

100 wc week 20

2/5/2014

It was a very bad,cold winter this year... It was hard for my dog and I, We lived in a little hut all alone made out of sticks and leaves. One cold day Holly (my dog) and I went searching for food. We never found any food that day and couldn't find our way back to our little hut so we slept beneath the branches and leaves of a beautiful tree. The next morning when we woke up, we were in a big, wet puddle of water. Again we searched and searched for our little home but all we could see was water.....

Notes on Australia

2/5/2014

In Australia the sports they enjoy are surfing, swimming, sailing, volleyball and loads more.....
Population: around 20,406,800
Currency: Australian Dollars
Official language spoken: English
Capital City: Canberra
Sydney is approximately 17,000km away from London
Over 80% of Australia's population live in cities and towns along the coast
The vast area in the middle of Australia is known as the outback. With farms and towns being extremely far apart, people can live quite isolated lives.
Australia has some of the most beautiful landmarks. Ayers Rock and Sydney Opera House are only two of them.

Genevieve Hannelius

2/5/2014

Genevieve Hannelius known as G Hannelius is an American actress and singer. Most people would see her in the TV programme ''Dog with a blog''. She plays Avery Jennings.

She was born on December 22nd, 1998 in Boston. She grew up in Maine. G Hannelius is now 15 years old. She is really small.

G Hannelius has seven songs. Here are the names of them:

1. Staying up all night
2. Just watch me
3. Two in a Billion
4. Paper cut
5. Sun in my hand
6. Stay away
7. I found love under the moonlight

In G Hannelius's free time she enjoys fencing, singing, playing the piano, fencing poetry, ballet, horseback riding, juggling and acrobatics. G Hannelius loves doing nails and has a nail art channel on youtube called GByGNailArt. Genevieve Hannelius is one of my favourite celebrities.

17th Century - London

2/5/2014

In 1665 the Plague of London began. It started because rats brought fleas with bubonic plague into the city and it spread around to people. At that time nobody knew how it started. The Lord Mayor ordered all cats and dogs to be killed, which actually made the problem worse. Most rich people left the city but one man stayed to help people. His name was The Earl of Craven. 100,000 people died because of this disease. Earl of Craven bought land for people so they could be buried. The people of London were unlucky because the following year a huge fire broke out in the city. Only six people were killed but almost 100,000 people lost their homes. In that fire The Earl of Craven was there again as a firefighter.

Reptiles

2/5/2014

There is thousands of reptile speices
World reptile day is the 23rd of May
Unlike other reptiles turtles have no teeth
Lizards are the most common reptiles with over 4000 different speices
All reptiles have dry scaly skin which helps to protect them from the sun and also keeps moisture in their bodies
Most young are born from tough leathery eggs
Some snakes hatch inside their mother and then are born alive
Some reptiles shed their skin to grow
When a snake flicks out it's tongue, it's smelling!
Snakes are the second most common reptiles

B.Y.O.D.

1/24/2014

B.Y.O.D. stands for Bring Your Own Device. In our classroom we do B.Y.O.D. most Thursdays, depending if we have time. On B.Y.O.D. day we all bring our own device such as a laptop, an I pad and stuff like that. Yesterday I brought my phone and a netbook. When we do B.Y.O.D. first we normally comment on people's blog posts. Ms O'Keeffe gives us all a name on a blog and we have to leave a few comments on that persons blog. If we get time, we comment on other peoples blogs. After that we usually research more about what ever topic we were learning about that week. Yesterday we researched about Paul Revere and did a quiz about him. Ms O Keeffe put the quiz questions on the blog and we had to find the answers. We did the quiz in groups of two or three. I did the quiz with Deirbhile yesterday. I love doing B.Y.O.D!!!!!

Longitude and Latitude

1/21/2014

The first thing you need to know is that you can’t actually see longitude and latitude lines. They are imaginary lines that run around the earth. We use longitude and latitude lines on maps and the lines on a globe enable us to identify any location on earth. The lines of latitude are called parallels. The lines of longitude are also called meridians. The word meridian comes from a Latin word which means midday. The lines of latitude circle the globe from east to west.

The sun crosses each meridian in the middle point of the equator between sunrise and sunset.

The lines that run between the North and South Poles are the lines of longitude (or meridians) and the line at zero degrees longitude is called the prime meridian.

The North and South Pole are both 90 degres away from the equator meaning that they are 180 degres apart from each other. Everything north of the equator is the Northern hemisphere and everything south of the equator is the Southern hemisphere.

The line at zero degrees latitude is called the equator.