Wreath

The 3 Purple Candles and 1 Pink candle represent Hope, Love, Joy and Peace. The White one represents Christmas Eve and the Birth of Jesus.

Meri Kirihimete!

 

Meri Kirihimete Whānau. That mean Merry Christmas Evreybody in Te Reo Moari. In Te Reo MAori this week, We have been learning how to say Merry Christmas and learn different things to say in a Christmas Card, In Te reo Maori.

Our Create task was to make a Christmas Card in Te Reo Maori with No english at all. Here is my Christmas Card, Hope you like it.

Can you translate this in English?

House of Bricks Reflection

My favourite Lego activity was the racing car activity because it was great modifying it. I found out that you need to make your vehicle longer to make it faster. With this tactic, Me and my partner Christian came 5th.

My least favourite Lego activity was the artwork because it was impossible to get the lego off the platform.

The activity that tested my perseverance the most was Add a Brick because people kepth on ruining my build.

The most challenging activity was Add a Brick because I did’nt know what to put on other peoples' builds.

I enjoyed working collaboratively with others because I learnt that sometimes Team-Work is the key to success, And sometimes show a little grit.

 

Why Pollution is Bad!!!!

 

The Rosary

 

Hello Everyone! Today we will be learning about the Rosary. For our Creates, You had to make a video with a partner about the Rosary. I decided to make the video with my mate Tharun.

Here is our video, Hope you enjoy!

Math - Rounding to the Nearest 10,100,1000

 

Hi, This week we were learning about Rounding to the Nearest 10,100,1000. Here is my Create.

The Great Earth Magnet

 

The Great Earth Magnet

Did you know that the planet we live on (Earth) is a Giant Magnet?. I know right!, Sounds Crazy. But after reading a comic called, The Great Earth Magnet, I learnt that the earth is one big magnet, We also learnt about magnets from the book.

There is a South Pole and North Pole on the Magnets. If you connect a North Pole and South Pole together, It will stick. If you put a South Pole and a South Pole, It will not connect.

Our Create Task was to make a Poster and put 2 interesting facts from the book and write why its important.

Here is my Create Task.

Spring Learning Journey - Radio Music

 

Kia Ora, This is my piece of Car Music I have created. I got the tune off of  a game on Roblox called Bee Swarm Simulator. The music in the game is very addictive. I hope you enjoy the Song!

Spring Learning Journey - Transportation Timeline

 

This slideshow shows the Timeline of Transportation from 1783 to 2013. The Hot Air Balloon to the Hoverboards. Hope you enjoy.

Reading

 

This week in reading we had to make a Board Game about Friendships. We had to put at least 5 questions about your Friendship. Here is my Board Game. Maybe its best to get a dice and play it!

Gender Stereotyping

Do you need to know how to be a good friend, You're at the right place!

 

Hello There!, I'm Patrick. Today we had a task to do in Reading. We had to see different types of relationships. 

There is HEAPS of types of Relationships like Brother and Sister, Girlfriend and Boyfriend and a lot more.   Relationships is the way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected. 

For our create task we had the usual, Choose any of the choices on the board. So I picked," Top 8 reasons of how to be a good friend". Now there were many things I could of listed. But unfortunatly I had to choose 8.

Here is my create, Hope you enjoy.

The Champion Growth Mindset vs The unpositive Fixed Mindset!

 

Lets get ready to rumble! as we see the skills of the Fixed Mindset and Growth Mindset. In Week 7, We have been learning about a Growth Mindset. 

GROWTH MINDSET

The Growth Mindset gives you Advice and Positive thoughts. For example, Your Growth Mindset could say,"Mistakes are Valuable". It means that if you make mistakes, its okay you can try it again.

FIXED MINDSET

A Fixed Mindset gives you Bad Advice and No Positive Thoughts. Like for example,"I give up". That is not good, Its stopping you to do things. 

THE CREATE TASK

Week 7's Create Task was to Make a poster of what a Fixed Mindset is and what a Growth Mindset is. Here is my Create Task

REVEALING THE WINNER

After the Un positive Mindset and Positive Mindset. I'd say... GROWTH MINDSET IS THE WINNER!

Remember Boys & Girls, Always have a Growth Mindset.

Unite against Littering

 Kia Ora and Welcome to my Blog. This week in writing we have been looking at different types of text to put in a Persuasive Writing.

We were lucky enough to choose our argument for the Persuasive Writing. We had 15 different options. The one that stood out to me the most was to Stop Littering.

SENTENCE STRUCTURES

The sentences we have been looking at for our Persuasive Writing was

• Compound Sentence
• Rhetorical Question
• Complex Sentence
• Simple Sentence.

GOALS

This week we had Multiple Goals for Writing.

Here our are Goals.

Vary sentence beginnings, structures and length. Write simple and compound sentences (by using conjunctions). Use some complex sentences. Use simple and compound sentences with a variety of beginnings, lengths and structures. Use some complex sentences to create pace, flow and interest. Use linking words and phrases to link some paragraphs. 

MY PERSUASIVE WRITING ABOUT STOP LITTERING

I hope you have enjoyed my Persuasive Writing Post.

Will you be a good person and stop littering?.

Lockdown Maths - Fractions

 GOAL: Use multiplication and division strategies to find fractions of whole numbers.

Kia Ora, Today I will talk about my fractions follow up. We had to make a video just like this one. So I did, We had to do 3 examples about Fractions. It has to iclude 1/3, 1/4 and 1/5.

Here is my video. LINK

Persuasive Writing - Why we shouldn't be allowed to have Sweets at school.

 Sweets might be yum, It might be what we all want, But sometimes, Bad things can happen.

If you eat too much candy, you will end up extremely fat and then you won't be able to do certain things just like the average human.

According to studies, It can decrease academic performance a lot, it can cause hyperactivity, and it can do bad things to them. Instead, they should sell foods that are good for the brain, like fruits and vegetables.

Can you imagine yourself looking that fat.

Another reason why we shouldn't is because When you eat excess sugar, the extra insulin in your bloodstream can affect your arteries all over your body. It causes their walls to get inflamed, grow thicker than normal and more stiff, this stresses your heart and damages it over time. This can lead to heart disease, like heart failure, heart attacks, and strokes.

Trust me, No one would want to have heart failures, strokes and heart attacks. You could possibly die from that.

Will you agree with me, or not?.

Persuasive Writing - Writing

 Persuasive Writing

This week in Writing we have been learning about a Persuasive Text. A Persuasive Text is that you convince someone to do this or that, whatever your argument is about.

For my argument, My topic is to Stop Littering. There are many reasons I have came up for no one to litter.

Here is my Pitch, Have a read, Hope you enjoy!

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No Littering - P. Dibnah

Rhetroical Question:

Why are we doing this to the environment? Can you bear to see it happen right infront of your eyes, and you do nothing about it. 

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We need to stop littering on this earth because A study from Portland State University found that patients enrolled in mental health disorder treatment programs perceived litter located around their housing facility to be a factor in hindering the development of positive health outcomes associated with their current mental health recovery.

Litter has the potential to cause harm to human health, safety, welfare, as well as the environment. So we should stop littering because this is bad, it can affect us. 

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MY HAMBURGER NOTES

We should stop littering because it could affect the environment we live in.

If we keep on littering, we would end up living in a country or possibly world of pollution.

If we keep on littering it will affect our fresh air and we could possibly suffocate and die.

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Have a fantastic day, Are you agreeing with my topic.

Place Value and Tidy Numbers

 This week in Maths we have been learning 4 Types of Stratigies, That includes Tidy Numbers, Rounding and Compensating, Place Value and Reversibilty. 

I did a screencastify to show my work. In the screencastify has the stratigies Place Value and Tidy Numbers. This video explains what Tidy Numbers and Place Value is. 

Hope you enjoy!

Place Value and Tidy Numbers

The Yellow Umbrella - Writing

Kia Ora, Welcome to today's blog post is about Empathy, and about what we have been writing.

WHAT IS EMPATHY?

Empathy is about walking in other people shoes, Not literally, About seeing of what others has experinced in life. 

UMBRELLA VIDEO SUMMARY

We watched a Award-Winning video about a Little Girl donating her toys to a Orphanage down town, It was raining so she bought her Shiny Bright Limited-Edition Yellow Umbrella. She bought it inside with her mother bringing the toys inside. She placed her Umbrella at the Umbrella stand so she could meet the orphans. Well not all, There was a boy named Boris and he took the Yellow Umbrella because it reminded him of his dad before he left Boris. When the girl saw Boris with it, She got angry and snatched it away from him, Then the girl realised why he wanted the umbrella so she gave it to Boris.

MY WRITING

LINK

EMBEDED

Olympics - Reading

 Lisa Carrington - Patrick

In Reading, We have been learning about the Olympics. This year, The Olympics take place in Tokyo Japan. On the task board we had to  make a slide about one Olympic Paticitant representing New Zealand. I did Lisa Carrington. Here are some facts about here.

Lisa Carrington is a  New Zealand rower Who is currently competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She won three consecutive gold medals in the Women's K-1 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as gold in the same event at the 2011 Canoe Sprint World Championships. In the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Lisa Carrington has won 2 Gold medals. She is also representing New Zealand. Lisa Carringtons Nickname is, The Goat in a Boat. Lisa started to represent New Zealand in the London 2012 Games.

Rest in Peace, Terrence Clarke

 Today we congratulate those who got drafted to the NBA. Well not all of them, Terrence Clarke was meant to be drafted but he tragically passed away in April, Following a Car crash, When he died, He was 19. 

He was Just About to see his life-long dream come true of it wasn't for the Car Crash. No-one knows what team he was meant to be drafted to.

Here is a video from the NBA of remembrance of Terrence Clarke.

Statistical Investigation - Tumu Teams Birthday Months

 GOAL: Display data using a stem and leaf graph, choose an appropriate data, display using more than one variable, interpret information from graphs plan an investigation.

Kia Ora Whanau, And welcome to my Blog Post. This week in Maths, We have looked at Two things. Olympic Maths and Statistical Investigation.

This blog will be about the Statistical Investigation about the Tumu Hub Teams Birthday Months.

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SOME QUICK STATEMENTS OF EACH TEAM.

The most Common Month in Rata is: April.

The Least Common in Rata is: May, June, October and November.

The Most Common Month in Mania is: March, May, June, October and November.

The Most Least Common Month in Mania is:  Febuary.

The Most Common Month in Korokio is: October

The Most Least Common Month in Korokio is: Febuary and January

The Most Common Month in Kohia is: April.

The Least Common Month in Kohia is: January and March.

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PRESENTATION

For my presentation I did some Graphs about the Months. With the graphs I Copy and Pasted onto a Google Drawing and made some Statements.

THE STATEMENTS I DID ON THE GOOGLE DRAWING

• The Most Common Birthday Month in Tumu Hub is Rata April.

• The Least Common Birthday Month in Tumu Hub is July.

• The most common Birthday in Korokio is October

• The Least Common Birthday in Korokio is February and January

GRAPHS

Here are my Graphs I did. The Graphs you see are a Histogram and a Column Chart.

HOW WE COLLECTED THE DATA

How we collected the data is that the teachers called out Team Names and the Birth Month. If you heard you Team Name and Birth Month, You had to stand up and then the teachers count them all.

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Hope you have enjoyed my Blog Post. How many people are born in April.

NBA with Patrick Dibnah (Remake of PD Headlines).

 NBA Finals.

NBA Finals 2021, Milwaukee Bucks vs Phoniex Suns!. 

Congratulations to the Milwaukee Bucks for taking a stunning win. Luck Bucks because they won in their home arena, Fiserv Forum. If they would of lost, then another game would have to be started.

Other NBA news.

Giannis Antetokounmpo winning Two trophies, the MVP award and the Bill Russel award. Both of them are solid gold.

One Year after Kobe and Gianna Bryant's death. All Kobe fans and Lakers fans remebers Kobe as and Gianna the G.O.A.T, Which means Greatest of All Time. Many people visit Kobe and Gianna on their death date up in the Pacific View Mortuary and Memorial up in Newport Beach California.

Hope you enjoyed today's headlines about the NBA.

Who are you rooting for, Bucks or Suns?. I am a Buck!.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Term 3 Learning!

Ginatilan - WLJ 2021 - Activity #19

 Activity 19 was to choose a town or city from your country of study, and imagine you are there. What will you do there.

For me I chose Ginatilan in Cebu because that way, I can visit my Freinds and Family. In Ginatilan I would also go visit the Breath-taking views of the Ginatilan Waterfalls. But be careful if your on the swing that you jump off on and go into the lake, Therefore are Stingrays.

I would stay at the Ginatilan Beach Resort for a bit before heading over to my parents house they own, Because of the following reasons.

 - Free Breakfast

- Easy Beach Acess 

- Quicker getting into town.

Its just beautiful. Then I will move over to the house my family owns up in the province in the hills.

Anyways thats my blog today!

Question: Would you want to go to Ginatilan?

My Conducted Karaoke - WLJ 2021 - Activity #16

 For activity 16, we had to make our own music that represents our 'country of study'. I did my based on Karaoke because Filipinos love Karaoke.

Here is my piece of music I have created.

Carmen Sandiego Recap - WLJ 2021 - Activity #20

 I have made a quick 2 video recaps about the Carmen Sandiego Mystery. If you remember from my last blog post abou this, Tigress Stole the Crown Jewels and Ran of too Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia.

Here are the video links.

Part One: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NOb9K3PuNtUNS2MArV_yMlmHqDBAxMe4/view

Part Two: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ief-V-rOy9dMEDg24N7S2810nN-kFSKd/view

Parent Interview - WLJ 2021 - Activity #5

 Today, I interviewed my dad of his favourite place in the world. He chose Queenstown. He sure loves Queenstown by the sound of it. Anyways, the script of me asking my dad is here.

Guava Juice Who am I - WLJ 2021 - Activity #17

  Guava Juice, WHO AM I

By Patrick

I am a Filipino

I am a Famous person

I am a YouTuber

I am a Celebrity

I am a Musical Artist

I am a house owner in America and Philippines

I am a Caring Person

I am a vlogger

I am a person with loving parents.

I am a person with very helpful freinds

I am someone with Black hair and Dark Brown eyes

I am someone that re-creates video games in youtube videos.

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I chose Guava Juice for my Who am I poem because he is from the Philippines, like me. Philippines is also my Country of study. I did not do a lot about him, but this is all I got.

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A Who am I is a poem about someone.

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©Patrick @ S Francis of Assisi

Air New Zealand Retirement

 Today I will be showing you the retired planes of Air New Zealand.

Big Brain Maths with Patrick! - Timetables Volume 1, 11 Timetables.

 Hi Ho Kids!, Question of the day is, What is 12x15 but do not search the answer.

Kia Ora, Welcome to Big Brain maths with Patrick. Today we will be focusing on Timetables. Timetables are really easy once you get to know it. Today we will be focusing on the 11 timetables.

So what is 11x2. You probably won't know. But the secret to 11x2 is that you have to make the double numbers. So it would be 22.

Here is what some would look like.

11

22

33

44

55

66

77

88

99

So here is something that you could work on.

9x11

3x11

5x11

and 1x11.

Hope you found out the answers. It should be easy now for you. Cheerio!

By Patrick @ St Francis of Assisi.

Philippines Flag - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #18

The flag of the Philippines.

The Philippine national flag has a rectangular design that consists of a white equilateral triangle, symbolizing liberty, equality and fraternity; a horizontal blue stripe for peace, truth, and justice; and a horizontal red stripe for patriotism and valor.

The three stars stand for the three big islands of the Philippines, namely Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. As for the colours used, white represents hope for equality, while the blue stripe stands for peace, truth, and justice. Finally, the red stripe symbolises patriotism and valour.

The blue stripe represents liberty, the white means equality, while the red stripe means fraternity. Despite its simplicity, it is one of the most well known of national flags across the globe.

Why I chose the Philippines Flag is because it is my country of study and I am from there.

$1000 Dollar Week - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #6

 For Activity 6, We had to make a Book on Book Creator about, Me having $1000 for a week and seeing what to spend it on. Here is my Book Creator.

Sadly something happened on Book Creator so I could not do it. But then I used Google Slides. 

My Location for the Week will be Manila, The capital of the Philippines, also my 'country of study'.

Here is my slide...

Patrick's Q/A: #1 and What do to

 What to do

How this works is that I give you a random question and you need to answer it.

Question of the Day

If you were to have a trip from Cape Reinga (Top of New Zealand) to Oban (Stewart Island), How long would it take and what transportation would you need?.

The Great Miagration - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #2

This happens in Africa where millions of wildebeests, zebras, antelopes and other herd animals migrate from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya and back to Serengeti. This happens every year. The animals travel 2900 km. in search of food and water. This is a map of the wildebeests journey every month.

It is estimated 250,000 animals die during this yearly migration but many animals are also born during this time. The wildebeest cross rivers full of crocodiles during The Great Migration. Many get eaten during the crossing. The ones that escape will continue their journey.

What is the Great Migration? Throughout the year, East Africa's wide-open grasslands are the setting for the Great Migration as millions of wildebeests, Burchell's zebras, antelopes and other herd animals make the trek from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Masai Mara in Kenya.

Be Protected by the Virus.

 This image shows you when you have to wash your hands.

This image shows you what to do for not spreading the virus.

If you have visited another country and has come back, Please get covid tested. Also get tested if you are feeling unwell. If you are feeling unwell, stay home.

Blog Comments - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #14

 For activity 14, We had to comment on Three peoples blog posts. Here are mine.

1. Sean's Margret Mahy Blog Post.

2. Mark's Sadako and Thousand Paper Cranes.

3. Mason's Trip Recount

Who stole the crown jewels - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #20

 Tigress stole the crown jewels. She ran off to Sydney Australia.

Reasons to be a Citizen of the Philippines - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity 13

 

Chicken Adobo, How to Make it - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity 15

 This poster shows how to make Chicken Adobo.

And here’s how to make it. Basically, you marinate the chicken briefly, sear the chicken, then simmer it in the pan with the marinade for 25 minutes. It will look watery right up until the last few minutes, then all of a sudden, the liquid transforms magically into a syrupy glaze!

Nelson, 1/3rd out of this Holiday.

 Kia Ora and Welcome to my blog today. Today I will be telling you of what I have been doing in Nelson, Which is my 1st part of the trip.

So, we left Christchurch at around 4:30pm. It took 5 hours to get to Nelson. So we drove and drove and drove, until we came to a dinner stop at Murchison. We had Chicken Nuggets and Chips. We had Dinner there for around an hour, So that added 1 hour to our arrival in Nelson.

1 hour later, We have arrived in Nelson at 10:45pm. Then we booked at a pretty fancy hotel in Nelson, its called the Rutherford Hotel. Pretty old looking, but fancy!.

We got to go to sleep early today because tomorrow we begin our 2/3rd part of the trip. Franz Jospeh.

Anyways, all that I can wrote today. Cya!

What are you doing for your holiday?.

Burkina Faso or Verkhoyansk - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #12

 Burkina Faso - Africa

So far, by looking at some photos of Burkina Faso I saw...

• Poverty
• Terrorists
• Many Homeless People

I feel sorry for those that have to face those things.

Verkhoyansk - Russia

So Far by looking at photos of Verkhoyansk I saw...

• Snow, Lots and Lots of Snow
• Animals waiting to be taken to somewhere warm
• Lakes
• A -51 degree tempature.

So from my conserns, If i were to got to either Burkina Faso or Verkhoyansk, I would choose...

Verkhoyansk because there is no poverty or Terroirsts. But the fact its that cold, I wont mind, Just bring a lot of warm clothing.

Basketball - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #11

Basketball

A Well Known Sport in the Philippines.

How to play:

Number One, The court lines meanings

Number Two, Rules

• Do not hit someones arm when getting a shot. That causes 2 free shots for the other team.
• Do not let the ball go off the court.
• Don't hit
• Do not dribble then hold the ball then dribble again. That is a Double Dribble.

Number Three, A Video

Watch this Basketball Game recap from the NBA (National Basketball Association).

NBA FINALS, Milwaukee Bucks vs Phoniex Suns.

The Philippines - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #10

Powtoon

For this I have made a Powtoon about the Philippines. It contains Facts, Famous Landmarks, Tourist attractions and Food Delicacies.

The link to the Powtoon is on top of the image, Go check it out!

Kilt Tartan, Scottish Skirt - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #9

Kilt Tartan

The Scottish Skirt.

The Kilt Tartan is worn by mostly male Scottish men. Also people playing the bagpipes, you could commonly see them wearing it.

As you may know, the Kilt Tartan is originated in Scotland.

If it were to be apart of a Sport's team uniform, I would say probably would fit in the Scottish Men's Basketball League. 

Mamanuca Islands - Winter Learning Journey - Activity #8

 Mamanuca Islands - Poster

More Link

Hope you enjoyed the poster and hopefully was convinced to go there.

Lupang Hinrang - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #7

 

Hello Guys, today I will be teaching you the lyrics to the Filipino National Anthem. I chose Philippines because that is the country I am from.

Lyrics in Filipino:

Bayang Magiliw, Perlas ng Silanganan
Alab ng Puso sa dibdib mo'y buhay
Lupang Hinirang, Duyan ka ng magiting,
Sa manlulupig di ka pasisiil.

Sa dagat at bundok,
Sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw,
May dilag ang tula
At awit sa paglayang minamahal.

Ang kislap ng watawat mo'y
Tagumpay na nagniningning;
Ang bituin at araw niya
Kailan pa ma'y di magdidilim.
Lupa ng araw, ng luwalhati't pagsinta,
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo;
Aming ligaya na pag may mang-aapi
Ang mamatay nang dahil sa iyo.

Lyrics in English:

Land of the morning,
Child of the sun returning,
With fervor burning
Thee do our souls adore.

Land dear and holy,
Cradle of noble heroes,
Ne’er shall invaders
Trample thy sacred shores.

Ever within thy skies and through thy clouds,
And o’er thy hills and seas,
Do we behold the radiance, feel the throb
Of glorious liberty.

Thy banner dear to all our hearts,
Its sun and stars alight,
Oh, never shall its shining fields
Be dimmed by tyrant’s might!

Beautiful land of love, o land of light,
In thine embrace ‘tis rapture to lie,
But it is glory ever, when thou art wronged,
For us, thy sons to suffer and die.

Transport Creativity! - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #4

 

For this I did a Jet Engine Powered Bus using a Air Jordan's shoe box. I used my Creativity with the Jet Engine Powered bus, It can also fly up to around 50,000ft above us. That is 7,000ft more than the average Boeing 767.

Here is my Jet Engine Powered Bus.

7 World Wonders of the World - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #3

 For my Third activity, I had to make a map about the 7 world wonders. For this I made a Tour Builder with a descripion of each wold wonder. 

Tour Builder

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes - Winter Learning Journey 2021 - Activity #1

Who is the girl in the video.

Sadako

Where is she.

In a Japanese Culture Building, Then paper cranes transported her to the place of paper cranes.

Why do you think she is there.

Because at first she was praying I think, Then one of the paper slipped out of one of the statues hand.

Then it became a Paper Crane.

How did she get there.

By Paper Cranes.

How does she feel.

At first she was sad, Then became happy because of the Paper Cranes.

What is a paper crane.

Kind of like a Paper Swan.

What does it represent.

Japanese Culture and Oragami.

Link to, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes