How Does Mould Grow?

This term we have been learning about how mould grows. When we finished learning how they grew we created an explanation on how they grow. What I found easy was getting the information down. What I found hard was expanding on those ideas. Next time I will be more descriptive.

Planning

Have you ever wondered what mould is and how it grows? Well mould is not an animal or plant. It is a type of Fungi. Any type of fungi starts off as a spore which is a tiny reproductive cell. They then grow into mould or fungi but there is more to the process.

Mould starts off as a spore. Where do these spores come from and what are they? Spores can come from any type of fungi such as mould. A spore is a cell which can keep on producing more and more fungi and mould. To the eye spores are invisible because they are very small. When spores come off the fungi they become airborne. They float in the air and onto other surfaces or food.

What happens when the spore lands on another surface or food? When they land on another surface they start to grow into something called hypha or hyphae. Hyphae is a branch filament that makes up the mycelium of fungus. These hyphae produce enzymes which causes the food source to break down.

As the hyphae becomes bigger and grows more and more they grow into something which appears to look like a cobweb. What appears to be a cobweb is actually called mycelium. Mycelium is the vegetative part of fungus which is made up of hyphae. This mycelium is what then turns into the fungus or mould.

This is how fungus and mould grow. From a small tiny spore into a fungus.

Mould Life Cycle

This term we have been learning about mould and how it grows. I enjoyed doing this because I got to make an animation. What I found hard was trying to make the animation look like how we wanted and next time we will add information and text.

Seeds Of The Word

WALT... Explain the meaning of the term 'Seed Of The Word'

I enjoyed doing this because I got to learn what 'seeds of the word' is. What I found hard was trying to explain it.

The Mission Of The Church

WALT... Recognise the ways Te Wairua Tapu - The Holy Spirit prepares people to carry on the mission of the church

What I found easy was putting the first 4 in order. What I found a bit harder was getting the last 3 in order 

Mould

WALT... Differentiate between plant-like and animal-like characteristics of mould. I enjoyed doing this because I got to learn about moulds. 

Under The Rug

This week we got a photo with the first sentence of the story. We then had to be creative and write a story with the first sentence. I enjoyed doing this because I got to come up with my own story following a sentence. Next time I will be more descriptive and have paragraphs.

Two weeks past and it happened again. Ben was sitting calmly in his chair when he had heard a noise and felt a breeze. He looked from corner to corner looking for what it was but there was nothing there. Again he heard the noise, he got up grabbed his chair and smashed it where he heard a noise but nothing happened. Then he saw something, it was under the rug so he got his chair again and smashed it but it had left. He searched around the room but he still saw nothing. It appeared again under the rug and it was moving around. His chair was already smashed and broken so he went to grab another one. He kept hitting the ground and not able to get whatever was under the rug. It moved again, he smashed it as hard as he could but all that happened was, it rattled the whole house. It stayed under the rug while Ben kept on smashing it for about an hour. He kept one chasing it as it moved around under the rug. Then it came out from under the rug and moved around the whole room. But Ben couldn’t see it, he just kept feeling a breeze around him. Feeling a bit chilly he turned on the fire in attempt to get rid of whatever was in his house. This worked he saw whatever it was or figure of what it was. It was melting and begging for help so Ben helped him he turned off the fire and he stopped melting. Ben and the ‘ghost’ became friends and whenever it got cold the fire didn’t affect him because he was friends with the owner of the house and the only way he wouldn’t melt was to have friends.

BEDMAS

WALT... Understand and explain the rules for order of operations including explaining the acronym. I enjoyed doing this because I learnt about BEDMAS. Next time we will make the DLO more interesting

Easter Celebration

WALT... Use the correct structure for a recount. This week for writing we have been writing recounts. I enjoyed doing this becuase I got to write about the holidays. Next time I will add more descriptive words.

One the first week of the holidays my family invited over some friends for Easter, at our house.

First one family of friends arrived. They had children so we went to a park. The park was close so we just walked there. When we reached the park we went one the slide and swings. We continued to play on the playground until we decided that we would go back to the house.

A couple of minutes after we got to the house, one of my dad’s friends and his son came. So we decided to eat the pizza and some chocolate eggs. Once we were finished eating the adults talked at the table while we played naughts and crosses in the living room.

Then about an hour later another two people arrived, while the other two families left because they were tired and wanted to leave. After they left I went to go and watch Netflix because there was nothing else to do.

I enjoyed having people over at our house because we usually don’t have many guests. Though when the people it got a bit boring

Order of Operations In Life

WALT... Recognize that the Order of Operations matters in practical life situation I enjoyed doing this because I got to organise what happens in what order. Next time I will make the titles more interesting.