SLJ-Scaling new heights

For this activity I researched about the SPCA because I really like animals. So then I wrote about what they do and how you can help. 

Reading WK8 T4

This week for reading we had to read about what a leader is like in different countries.
After we did some research we had to write about what we found out.

Maths WK8 T4

For maths this week we did exponents and square roots. I enjoyed the task 2 because we got to solve exponents and square roots at the same time.

Maths WK7 T4

This week for maths we had to do some work on bedmas and exponents. We had to do some things online and in our books.

Reading WK7 T4

This week for reading we read about what it was like before women could vote, we had to make a crossword, fill in a table about how they felt and make a cartoon that could show what was happening at the time.

Reading WK6 T4

This week we researched about the government. I did this with Tara and you should check out her blog here is a link to her blog. You should check out our campaign posters that relate to our topic of identity. 

Maths T4 WK6

This week we did lots of subtraction and a bit of Bed-Mas. I really enjoyed task 3 because I got to make a kahoot and do a worksheet on Bed-Mas.

Reading T4 WK5-Gaming Curfew

This week we researched about the pros and cons of gaming and should there be a gaming curfew. I think that there should be a gaming curfew because the cons in my opinion out way the pros. 

Maths T4 WK5

This week we were learning about longitude and latitude. I enjoyed task 2 because I got to find an image and find the longitude and latitude of New Zealand.

Guy Fawkes Writing

Firework is explosive and beautiful

She dyes her hair rainbow it is long and silky 

She can be really loud or super quite 

Rainbows, stars and people are her favourite things because they are amazing like her.

Water and Swimming frighten firework and she wants to run away 

 to people who will watch her put on a show.

This is my writing for this week. The theme was Guy Fawkes so I decided to do
personification writing.

Reading T4 WK4

This week we were researching about Guy Fawkes. I liked making the evidence report.

Maths WK4 T4

For Maths we had to do lot of work on time. I enjoyed task 1 because we got to do a problem and a online task.  

Maths T4 WK3

This week for maths we have been working on navigation. I enjoyed task 3 because we got to draw.

Reading T4 WK3

This week we had to find words from the books that were connected to the story or we did not know what they mean, then we wrote what they meant.

Reading T4 WK2

For reading we had to read about chariot racing. I learnt a lot about it and it was very interesting. 

Maths T4 WK2

This week we did some work on decimals and multiplication. It was quite fun my favourite was the first task.

Maths T4 WK1

In week one we did our Maths about data and finding the Mean I liked task 2.

Reafing T4 WK1

In week one for reading we did some work on the rugby world cup and some about journals we read.  

Reading W9 T3

Last week for reading we had to read a book called 'on the move' it was about the migration of animals. I really enjoyed the create. 

Nonsense Creature Description

The other week we had to make a nonsense creature inspired by Dr Seuss 'If I Ran The Zoo' mine is half bird and half fish. His name is Finn. 

Maths T3 W10

This week we did statistics, had to make graphs out of fake data. My favourite task was task 3 because we got to make a graph. I hope you like my post.

When I Turn Back Time Writing

When I turn back time…

I am ten years old, and I am in the auditorium getting ready to go on stage.

The audience chatting excitedly and the students outside are cracking up

with laughter. The noise of Mrs Fox doing mic checks, I block my ears.

Screech!!!! 

It is nearly show time. I am now pacing back and forth, waiting for my

time to shine. The backstage hands are bringing in the first class. Willow

bursts through the door. Everything goes quiet.

Mr Ward calls to Willow and I “Samantha, Willow you’re on!” We go on

stage with grinning faces ready for the spotlights to come on. I open my

mouth ready to speak. 

I enjoyed Wearable Arts.

A few weeks ago we had our Wearable arts shows. We had to write about Wearable Arts and follow a model called 'When I Turn Back Time' I hope you like my writing.

Reading T3 WK10

This week for reading we had to research about the RWC (Rugby World Cup) and a team of our choice. Tara and I chose Tonga because they are in the Rugby World Cup. Here is a link to Tara's blog.

Making pikelets

Today we made pikelets. We learnt how to use accuracy measuring ingredients, be food safe like washing your hands and how to collaborate with a small group of people. Maybe you could use the recipe for yourself!

Reading T3 W8

This week for reading this week we had to read about the past present and future in our native plants and then post a video on flip grid which is a learning program. I hope you like my post. 

Wearable Arts Is Coming

Wearable Arts Is Coming 

Wearable arts is coming,

The students know getting ready to show off their clothes.

Wearable arts is coming,

The teachers know the room was tidy so long ago.

Wearable arts is coming,

Mr Cole knows putting up decorations ready to go  

Wearable arts is come,

The parents know buying tickets to the show.

This week for writing we had to follow the poem 'winter is coming' instead of winter is coming we did Wearable Arts Is Coming because next week we have our Wearable Arts Show.

Maths T3 W7

This week for Maths we did addition and subtraction. My favourite task was the first task because it let me be more creative.

Reading T3 W7

This week we read about 3D printing it what it does. I did my work with Tara and Here is a link to her blog.  I hope you like my post!

Reading-T3 W6

This week we had to answer some questions about our wearable arts costume, then we had to make a video to explain. I hope you like.

Maths T3 W6

This week we have been focusing on subtracting decimals through worksheets. Personally I really enjoyed it. I hope you like our post.  

Reading W5 T3

This week we had to research a endangered animal and make a video, my buddy Tara and I did ours on the elephant. My buddy and I were both away at the end of the week so we only did the research. I hope you like my post!  

Maths-T3 W5

This week for maths we did addition and subtraction. My Group did addition and subtraction with decimals and fractions.  

Maths-Term 3 Week 4

This week for maths this week it was maths week so we did lots of maths worksheets but I still really enjoyed it.

Reading Tasks Term 3 Week 2

This week we read about animal adaptations and ecosystems. One of the animals we looked at was possums. I hope you learn something from my post.

Reading T3 W1

This week we did lots of work on the past, because our theme for this term is back to the future which does not just focus on the future it also focuses on the past.

Reading Tasks Term 2 Week 10

This week we focused on a play me and Tara Choose a play called 'The Name Game' It was a really inserting play. If you like Harry Potter like me you will like this play because it has Harry Potter references. I worked on this with Tara you should check out her blog here.

Novel Study

We did a novel study and I choose 'Fantastic beasts and where to find them' by JK Rowling, it is a good book I would recommend it to anyone who likes Harry Potter or magic. 

Reading Term 2 Week 4

In week 4 we looked at the point of views of the charters and people in the books I enjoyed Thursday's tasks.

Reading Week 9 Term 2

Last week for reading we read about MOTAT (Museum of transport and technology) because we went that week and saw lots of great exhibitions like the simply machines. I did this with Tara here is a link to her blog make sure to check it out.

Maths Tasks Term 2 Week 10-simplifying fractions

For maths we had to simplify some fractions and explain how we got the answer this week was definitely quite a challenge, but I learnt lots about simplifying fractions.     

How To Be A School Leader

Do you want to be a school leader? Well listen up as I tell you how you will get to
be a school leader and what you have to do as a school leader.

One of the first traits you need to have to be a good school leader is responsibility,
you need to show you can be responsible by being on time to your jobs that you
already have, placing rubbish in the bin and looking after your belongings and
others belongings as well. If your a school leader you need to do all these
things and more because you will get lots more jobs like cloak bay and office duty. 

Another part of responsibility is time management, you can manage your time
by getting every you need in class ready before school and setting timers to help
you stay on track with your school work, you will really need to do that if you’re a
school leader because sometimes during class time you have to do jobs.

You also need to be confident. Showing confidence looks like contributing

to class discussions, if you are thinking I won’t be a school leader because
I’m too shy well a way to improve your shyness is try not to be hard on yourself.
You need to be confident if you are a school leader because you host Assemblies
and other special events.

Probably the most important one is respect, respect looks like always listening
to the person who’s talking, walking in the class and library and using kind words
like please and thank you. You use this a lot in everyday life at school especially as school leader. As a school leader you have to be very respectful when you are handing out tokens and doing office duty. As a school leader you have to always wear the correct school uniform when you are at school.

And you also need to be a learner, being a learner looks like being able to problem
solve, setting goals for yourself and be focused on your learning when you need to
be. If you are a school leader you need to get your work finished quickly so if you get
called up to do a job and you haven’t finished your work you might get told of.

Outside of school you can use all these qualities to get a job bonus if you’re a
school leader the place you’re applying to will get told you were a school leader so
you are more likely to get the job. 

If you want to be a school leader do all these things you just might be a school leader.

Hufflepuff report

Hufflepuff is a Hogwarts house, there are four Hogwarts houses

Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor And Hufflepuff. 

The history of Hufflepuff starts with Helga Hufflepuff. She took the students

that appreciated hard work, patience and loyalty. But she would also take

anyone who the other founders wouldn’t.

Hufflepuff is famous for there colours and symbols. There main symbol is Badger,

a Badger symbolises the house values. Yellow, gold and black are Hufflepuffs

house colours.

The traits of a Hufflepuff are Kindness, loyalty, hardworking and lots of them

are foodies.

The Hufflepuff common room is right next to the kitchen. Inside it is very

cosy with nice earthy hughes. It also has quite a bit of plants.

There are lots of famous Hufflepuffs, Helga Hufflepuff the house founder

Fat Friar the house ghost, Cedric Diggory one of the triwizard tournaments

contestants  and Pomona Sprout is the head of Hufflepuff she also teaches

Herbology.

You can use the Hufflepuff traits a lot in the real world Hard work will help

you get more things done. Loyalty and kindness will help you make

friends.

I hope you learnt more about Hufflepuff.

STEAM project

This term we have been working on STEAM (science technology engineering art and maths) I made a bridge. My project was based on E for engineering. I worked with Charlotte here is a link to her blog make sure to check it out. 

Maths T2 W9

Last week for maths we did lots of work to do with fractions my favourite task was task 1 because I really like word problems. I worked with Emily and here is a link to her blog make sure to check it out.

Reading T2 W8

This week for reading we learnt a lot about Matariki like how they celebrate and what they do. I enjoyed Thursdays tasks because it was to do with design.

Information Report On Rabbits

This week for writing we wrote about an animal of our choosing. I choose Rabbits because they're one of my favourite animals. I hope you learn something from my information report.

Pasifika Art

For our Art rotation we made Pasifika art they are inspired by Pasifika art. Maybe you could try make your own Pasifika art 

Maths Tasks Term 2 Week 5

This week for maths we did geometry (Maths with shapes) My favourite thing we did was the different views you can see that on slide 3 and 4. 

Learning pit drawing

 Today we have been learning about the learning pit and making a google drawing of one. The learning pit is basically a pit that's based on learning, you can get out by learning new things.

Hiwi The Kiwi

You may want to go fishing soon, right? Well I will be telling you about safety on water, how to look after our seabirds, catching fish and fun facts about fishing.

Fishing for the future is about looking after our sea. We need to fish for the future so in the future people can enjoy fishing like we do. 

It is easy to keep safe on the water once you know how to. Firstly, you need to always wear a life jacket when on a boat, kayak or canoe so if it gets into trouble you will just start to bob up and down in the water. It is very important to teach students how to swim, so that when they go on a boat and it happens to tip over they can swim to safety.

No one wants to catch a seabird, right? Always bring a bucket of water on your boat if you’re going fishing to throw at the seabirds to scare them away, because seabirds like the smell of bait, If they happen to swop down into the water and eat the bait without knowing it has a hook inside they will die sadly. Make sure not to drop plastic in the water because birds think it is food and if they eat it they won’t be able to eat anything else. Share the message SOS save our seabirds.

When you going fishing don’t forget these things. Bring a ruler to measure the fish to make sure they are not too big or too small, for example snapper must be 30cms, you let go of small fish because they are babies and if you take them you are stopping them growing so they can’t reproduce and have babies, and you don’t take big ones because they might have eggs in their tummy, if you take the big fish you could be taking lots of babies too! You need to measure them from the middle of the tail to the nose. Also bring some ice on the boat so they can stay cold, make sure to remember if they are saltwater fish put them in salt ice so they don’t go off. When you catch a fish pick it up with a wet towel so you don’t rub of it’s scales. 

You might be thinking how and why do we keep our seas clean. Make sure not to throw rubbish in the water or any where for that matter. Also please don’t feed seabirds because they could fly over the water and drop the food you gave them into the water causing it to pollute the water so the fish die. You do all these things to make sure that the fish don’t die.

Do you want to know some more fun facts about fish and fishing? Although jellyfish and crayfish have the word ‘fish’ in their name, they aren’t actually fish. Kaimoana is the Maori word for seafood. Did you know there are more than 3000 types of fish.

I hope you do all these things when you go fishing to keep the seabirds and fish safe.

Maths term 2 week 3

Over this week we have been making paper triangles, to build into towers. It is also part of our topic balance. I worked with my friend Emily here is a link to her blog  I think you should check her's out.

How to feel calm writing

How To Feel Calm

Are you ever mad or overwhelmed? Well I can help with that. Listen up as I tell you how

to feel calm.

First, how to know when you are overwhelmed. When everything is a bit much for you.

You feel like you’re about to break down and start yelling at people for no reason.

Also you need time to think and calm down.

Next, you go to kit kat. You might be wondering what you should do in kit kat,

you probably need to think about what’s wrong and why you are feeling

overwhelmed. Take deep breaths to calm you down.  Look outside at the

birds flying and hopping around, maybe look at the trees

(it is really nice in autumn)

You could think about a happy place, for example, bright and colourful scenery.

Full of candy and animals, you could even put unicorns and dragons in it

because you make it up. Also it might have a lot of nature if that’s your

thing like big beautiful trees to climb and play on.

You also may be thinking, how do I know when I feel calm. A sign of being

calm is smiling and feeling happy. That you start to focus on the positive

and not negative. It could also be when you don’t want to scream and

shout at other people.

I hope you learnt how to calm yourself down and to realise when you

are feeling overwhelmed.

Maths Tasks Term 2 week 2

 
This week maths was quite fun, I loved learning all the new strategies. I hope you like reading about my maths.

Balloon Experiment

Today in class we did an experiment with balloons, we had to try blow the balloon up into the air to make it float.

What went well? That the straw was easy to use
Were you able to balance the balloon in the air? Kind of it did go up in the air for about 2-5 seconds, in my mind it is more a success

Mother's Day Bookmark

Hi all, since it is nearly Mother's day in class we made our Mum's bookmarks.

I made it green and yellow because those are her favourite colours.

Swing tags

For our t-shirts we made swing tags, so if someone were to buy it they would know how to take care of it. On mine I put that my t-shirt was hand painted and hand drawn, also that is not machine washable. So here is my swing tag

Reading term 1 week 10

This is my reading, this week we read a few articles and watch a few videos to. 

Maths term 1 week 10

This week we did a lot of division, it was challenging but fun. I hope you like it!

T-shirt Design Inquiry

This term we have been designing t-shirts for our topic communication. I really like how mine turned out apart from a few things.

Reading term 1 week 9!

This is my reading for the week, I hope you like it I put a lot of work into it. This week we did a bit of what we thought the author meant.

Maths task term 1 week 9

Here is my maths for the week this week we did a lot of division. 

Read term 1 week 8!

This is my reading for this week. I enjoyed reading the text then explaining what I thought it meant.

MATHS TERM 1 WEEK 8!!!!!

This week I had lots of fun! Doing my maths, especially the speed test (multiplication) Anyway I hope you like it :)

Sharpie\vivid technique (t-shirt design)

Do I think I will use this technique? Why\why not? I probably won’t because it is hard the see from far away.

What did I notice about this technique? I noticed that it is hard to see your design from far away, but it is easy to make more detailed designs.  

Maths task term 1 week 7

This is my maths for this week. We did multiplication it was lots of fun I hope you learn something.

Maths week 5&6

This week we were doing times tables so here mine is.

Reading week 5&6

This week we were looking at songs and how they communicate messages here a the songs my group did.

Communication through movement

In class we were learning about Communication through movement. So I made a dance here it is!

Time Management

This week our LCS was about time management and how it helps us in everyday life. Also how to do it. So here is my learning.

Maths tasks week 3!

This week we were focusing on place value, my group was doing it with decimals. Hope you like my                                                                 learning.

The Dance Studio Was Usual Enough

This week for writing we wrote about our special place and I chose my dance studio, we followed the                                           modal 'The Town Was Usual Enough'

Reading Week 3!

This week for reading we read a book called 'Home' it was about people who left their country to come to New Zealand. 

Summer Learning Journey 2018/19