Jehovah's Witnesses

People who are Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate Christmas although they do believe in Jesus. They believe in the God of the Bible and in God. 
They are proud to be called Christians. They got the name Jehovah's Witnesses because they witnesses and talk about God. 

They do celebrate birthdays but the only two birthday parties in their bible, were only partial believers birthday parties. Only some of the Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate Birthdays though, they don't see a need to celebrate something just because it is celebrated by others worldwide. 

The only other thing that they celebrate are wedding anniversaries.  Apart from that they don't celebrate anything else. This is mostly because they see no reason to celebrate anything, just because everyone else celebrate it. 

Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate anything like Halloween or Valentine's day.

Dear Father Christmas.

Dear Father Christmas,

I thought that you would like to know want I would want for Christmas, as this would make your job easier. 

I think that lego would be a good present, as it is fun to play with and will keep me entertained. A bamboo drawing pad would also make a great present. I don't really ever know what I want, and for it to be a surprise.

A nintendo 3DS would be cool as well as you can get Pokemon X/Y and Scribblenauts on there. These seem like really cool games & would fill my time with fun.

Other than that I wouldn't really know. Apart from that the well being of everyone, would be my only other wish, but I don't think you would be able to do that as you can more only presents.

If I knew what I was getting it would not be fun, so I think you can guage what I would want. 

In summary I think this list will be a great way to see what I would want.

1, Lego, anything is fine.
2, A bamboo drawing pad.
3, A nintendo 3DS.
4, Scribblenauts.
5, Pokemon.
6, Being surprised.

Thank you Catherine Van Pelt.

Third world countries.

A third world country is a country that is poor and in poverty, these are like in some places in Africa. Turkmenistan is one of these.
A second world country is generally in the middle of war, just like Afghanistan.
A first world country is like New Zealand and America.

Turkmenistan is a third world country, whereas New Zealand is a first world country. Turkmenistan is by Iran & Afghanistan. In Turkmenistan they speak Turkmen, but in Iran they speak Persian. Turkmenistan seems like quite a large country, it's 188,456 sq Miles or 488,100 Km^2. New Zealand is nearly half Turkmenistan's size. 
So far it is known that 5.173 million people live in Turkmenistan. But 4.433 people live in New Zealand.

A good measure of poverty is GDP. This is like the total amount of money a country can earn each year. 

Japan, Kyoto

This week, (03-12-13 to 10-12-13) we have had an exchange student in our class. His name is Masanao and he is 14. Masanao comes from Kyoto, Japan.  Kyoto used to be the capital of Japan but now that is tokyo. Kyoto is in the island of Honshu. Kyoto is next to Owso. Kyoto is also cool because it has the headquarters to nintendo.

45 minute inquiry. ….a rose by any other name….

….a rose by any other name….

A rose by any other name is a quote by William Shakespeare. In the play, Romeo & Juliet (Act II Scene II) Juliet says this to Romeo, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." Prior to that she says, "Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself though, not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O! be some other name." A Montague is a name.

This quote is meaning that whatever it is called it will still be the same. Another version is A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

45 Minute Inqury

Curling is a sport in a team of four. There is one player who is the curler and they slide the stone ('Rock') over the ice which is called a curling sheet. The two other players, depending on the rules it can be two to three, sweep in front to either speed it up or slow it down. Curling is an olympic sport. The aim is to get the most points. sport, and like most other sports it is timed. The  target that they try to get it to is called a house. It is a curricular target and you have to try to get as many of the eight stones into it's center. In this photo it is NZ vs China. The stone or rock is a polished granite stone that is very heavy.

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