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Thursday, December 7, 2017

Learning Journey 2016-2017 Summer

 
I created a google drawing about where I would like to go in the world and I choose Canada. I choose Canada because I have never been to Canada before and I really would like to go someday. 
THANK YOU SUMMER LEARNING JOURNEY

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Ocean Conservation

On Monday this week a woman came in to talk to us about rubbish in the ocean. Her name was Libby Bowles. She had been biking though New Zealand on a bamboo bike going to schools to promote what she is trying to do which is stopping the rubbish in the ocean. After Libby had left we had to create a google drawing about what she was talking to us about. We had to include images things we learnt and what we were going to do about the rubbish.

Monday, November 27, 2017

Kiwiana Christmas Art


Last week in Te Ngahere we made Kiwiana Christmas art for a competition. This competition was all around New Zealand. We had our pieces of paper split into quarters. In each box we had to draw something that represents what we do for Christmas. Once we had finished drawing all our items for our box on the paper we had to colour them in and out line them with a vivid or a Sharpe. I like my drawing that I created.

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

P&I Show Poster

A couple of weeks ago in Te Ngahere we made a digital poster for the P&I Show. We had to create a google drawing and include lots of pictures and information about the show like where, the time, the date and the events. I learnt a lot of things about the P&I Show when I was researching about it for my poster. Did you know that the P&I Show was celebrating its 175th year? I really enjoyed making my poster.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Creative Writing

Reduce Reuse Recycle
Focus: Metaphors Speech Marks
Alliteration
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Title: Reduce Reuse Recycle
Rubbish is everywhere now days down in an old town named Bean’O’Burg. Bean’O’Burg was fill of rubbish. Rubbish here rubbish there rubbish everywhere. The people of the town where all very unhappy because of the state of their town. Legends says that Bean’O’burg use to be a wonderful happy tidy place where everyone was happy and everyone always were outside. Well legends are actually like three months ago.

Bean’O’Burg was a dump but there was one person who really wanted to stop the rubbish and come up with a system to do it his name is… EVAN. Evan thought of ways to reduce reuse and recycle the rubbish in the town then it hit him a… HUGH MUNGUS TOWN CLEAN UP. Evan had trouble getting the word around but he finally did it after he designed a filer. Then he had to clear his front pouch to get out of his house. He had to find a stapler to use to put his filers up. Then he had to go around and find places to put up his files. Then he had to clear people front steps to give them filers because there don’t go outside so there can’t see the filers. Once Evan had finished he gathered the people of the town and started his speech to change this town.

Evans Speech:
As you all know I have put filers around our town to stop this rubbish. I have came up with a way to stop the rubbish in our town, we have a HUGH MUNGUS TOWN CLEAN UP. Do you want these town to be know as Trash’O’Burg
The crowd,No!
Evan said,Do you want to get this town back to the way it was!
The crowd,Yes!
Evan said, Well what are we waiting for mach my fellow town friends let’s do this!
The crowd,Let’s do this!

So everyone in the town of Bean’O’Burg got to work. There was people here people there people everywhere picking up rubbish. After hours and hours and hours it was finally done and the town was all happy again everyone was outside playing, swimming in the local river and people were having barbecues. Also families were building rafts for the raft race that was happening that weekend. And they were making them out of milk bottle and other materials they found when there were cleaning up.

Evan was a king and everyone lived happily ever after and never had problems with rubbish again thanks to their new system… REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE!!!

A couple of weeks ago Te Ngahere had to create a creative piece of writing. We had to include lots of detail to really show the reader what we were talking about. Our writing was based of reduce, reuse and recycle. I was learning to use metaphors, speech marks and alliteration. I think I used a good amount of alliteration and speech marks. Next time I think I need to work on putting more metaphors into my writing.




Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Should Plastic Bags be banned from supermarket

Should plastic bags be used in supermarkets?


In my opinion plastic bag should in deed be banned from supermarkets. Why do I think this well I will tell you all about in the next paragraph. What do you think about plastic bags being banned at supermarkets?


Plastic bags are a huge thing in this world. They are use at supermarkets some shopping centres. When you think about plastic bags kill marine animals like turtles dolphins and other marine animals. Did you know that turtles eat jellyfish and when plastic bags find themselves in the ocean there look a lot like jellyfish and the thing is turtles can’t tell the difference between a plastic bag and a jellyfish? How would you like it if you had plastic stuck in your mouth which could prevently lead to choking?


Another reason of mine is that plastic bags are not biodegradable. You’re probably thinking what is biodegradable well biodegradable means that it can break down and it fertilises the soil and water. Plastic bags are photodegradable which means it needs the sunlight to break down and this process take hundreds of years. The bad thing is that at land fills everything is just dumped and most plastic bags are piled under other rubbish which prevents the sunlight from reaching the plastic bags under all of the rubbish. When the plastic bags do break down to smaller pieces they can be carried in the wind polluting soil water and marine animals.


We need to stop plastic bags because plastic bags are helping our ozone layer create a big hole. The ozone layer protects us from the sun and once our ozone layer is broken the heat from the sun melts the icebergs and then water rises also there is a chance people could start to get skin cancer.


Hopefully you agree with my statements about plastic bags. If you want to help bring your own reusable bags to supermarkets.

Reflection:
In the first week of term 4 we had to write a persuasive piece of writing about should plastic bags be banned in supermarkets, at the top of our page we had to write at the top what we were learning. I was learning to use metaphors in my writing. In wrote my story on supermarkets should ban plastic bags. What do you think about plastic bags being ban from supermarkets? Next time I write a persuasive piece of writing I think I need to work on getting more metaphor in my writing.

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Visual Mihi


In week one of term 4 we were asked to make a visual mihi on a google drawing. We had to pick images that we thought would remind us about a part in the mihi we do in the morning. We also had to write a little summery under them why the image reminds us of parts of the mihi.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Reading

In week six my reading group read a story called The Bullet. The story was about a boy who found a bullet in the gutter. The boy thought he was really cool because he had a bullet and he started to get into fights and stuff. Well I made a google slideshow that answers some question about the story.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Ireland Report

Focus: Complex Sentences, Parentheses and Commas 
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Ireland Have you ever wanted to go to Ireland? Well this report is an informational report on Ireland. There has been many interesting facts included in this report. Did you know that in Ireland there are over 4.773 people and there are still babies being born everyday. Ireland is actually part of the British Empire but Ireland has it’s own parliament. Ireland was found and formed around the 14 century. Formed means it’s when people created houses and everything they need. In Ireland they speak Gaelic and English. The most common language spoken in Ireland is English. Did you know that Dublin is the capital of Ireland, just like our capital which is Wellington. Do you know who the Irish president is? The Irish president go's by the name Michael D. Higgins he is male and he is seventy six years old he was also born in 18 April 1941. So that is pretty much it hopefully you enjoyed and learnt something new about Ireland. If you would like to answer a little quiz I made around my story of Ireland go to this LINK.


A few weeks ago Te Ngahere were writing reports. We had to pick a country to write about. The country I picked was Ireland. I picked Ireland because Ireland interests me a lot. We had to write many reports about our country like sports, disasters, famous people, animals and lots more. When I was writing my report I was focusing on using commas, pronouns and parentheses. I managed to finish six reports but I choice to show you my first report I wrote.

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Common & Proper Nouns

In writing we have been learning about pronouns and common nouns. We had to make a google drawing on what person, place and thing is. Noah and I teamed up and made a google drawing together. We made the drawing together and included each other's ideas.

Friday, July 7, 2017

Student LED Conferences

For Student LED Conferences on Wednesday we had to create a google drawing to show our parents when they came in to collect my report. This year we had to tell and show our parents what we were learning and why we were learning it. In our google drawing we had to include reading, writing, maths, art and inquiry. We had to also link our evidence that we can do it. I think my Mum really liked my google drawing.  

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Matariki Day


Last week on Thursday it was Paihia Primary Schools Matariki celebration day. There were a lot of fun activities that were planned for us. There were a couple of games and we were also able to plant trees. Everyone in the school had to bring a celebration food. When I mean celebration food I mean the food you would eat when you have a celebration. Then when it was lunch everyone would bring out their food. The juniors would go up first then the seniors. The food was perfect it was so delicious. I really enjoyed that  day.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Waitangi Trip

Last week on Tuesday Paihia School went on a trip down to Waitangi Treaty Grounds. The Juniors left school in the morning and came back in the afternoon and the seniors left school at lunch and came back when school finished. While we were at the Treaty Grounds the people who worked there had planned us some activities. One of the activities was planting  trees we also got to make  kites out of flax and we played some maori games that children use to play when they were young. I was learning to weave a kite I found weaving very difficult.

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Fidget Spinner



Hello, a couple weeks ago Te Ngahere were writing persuasive story on  fidget spinner. The writing was about should we have fidget spinner at school and in the classroom. I wrote two sides I wrote we should be able to have them at school but not in class time, I was learning to use the correct persuasive structure. We also had a follow up activity for our fidget spinner writing. We were drawing and designing our own fidget spinner. We were learn to use crayon and dye while filling all the gaps. I enjoyed the art and I don’t like art in class so it was good I enjoyed it.   

Monday, June 26, 2017

Ice Cream


A couple of weeks ago on Friday Te Ngahere had to opportunity to make ice cream. We had to get a 100% record in our learning plan to make ice cream. We also had follow up activities that we had to do for reading and then we wrote a recount about making ice cream. In my reading I was learning to answer full questions. In my writing I was practicing using metaphors. I really enjoyed making ice cream.

Friday, June 23, 2017

Writing Goals



Last week we had to make a google drawing about our writing goals. We had to become very creative with our drawing. I think I did a good  job with my writing goals. It was a very fun and easy task. Hopefully you enjoy looking at my drawing. Thank you for your time.

Friday, May 19, 2017

Tim Tipene


Last week we had a special kiwi author visit our school. His name is Tim Tipene. Tim writes picture books for kids. Tim said to as that there are a warrior in each of us. I enjoyed it when he read his story Hinemoa Te Toa to us. The books I know that Tim Tipene has written is Hinemoa Te Toa, Maui Sun Catcher and Taming a Taniwha. I have never read any of his books but I have had people who have read the book to me.  

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Narrative

Narrative

Once upon a time there was a small cold soccer game on a Saturday morning.
There were parents in there big fluffy jackets getting their kids up early and ready for their soccer game. There was an angry big couch called Scotty. He was so hard on his team and he would never ever smile. He was as hard as a rock. He was very hard on his son Jacob. Jacob was the water boy.
Jacob just had to watch the game and sit on the sideline. His dad Scotty would never let him on to play. Scotty thought that he was too slow and weak.
A couple moments later one of Scotty’s best players was tripped over and could not run. Scotty didn’t know what to do because he had no subs and his best player couldn’t even run.

Scotty look over to his son and his son was begging on his knees to play and Scotty had no choice if he didn’t put Jacob on his team would be one person down.
There was ten seconds left and it was one all. Then the opposite team kicked the ball right to the goal...

Then Jacob ran up and kicked the ball and it went flying back into the other goal. Scotty was so proud of his son and Scotty’s tears came out and Jacob said to his dad, “Dad are you crying?”
Scotty said,
“No son I just have some grass in my eye.”
Jacob was on the field more and they lived happily ever after.


Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Narrative Animation



The whole class wrote a narrative piece of writing the whole class was working on different things. My goal was to get the correct structure of a narrative story. Then once we finished our narrative we got to make an animation about our story then screencastify it.

Friday, April 7, 2017

Surf Life Saving




Te Ngahere went down to the beach to learn about Surf Life Safety 3 lifeguard Sam Liam and Tubbs taught us about safety at the beach we did some fun activities with some of the life saving equipment. I really enjoyed the day it was great fun and the weather was amazing!

Monday, April 3, 2017

School Triathlon


On Friday the 24th of March our school had a triathlon. First we swam then we ran and last we had to bike. I came 1st out of my year (Year Six Boys). I really enjoyed the triathlon but I thought it was really short and easy. I had a great day.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Beach Clean Up




Last Friday the whole school went down to the Paihia beach and we had a big beach clean up. We all were given one glove each and then we had to pick up as much rubbish as we could find. We went down to the beach to clean up because there was too much rubbish lying around on the beach.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

The Tangelo

Tuesday 21st February
Tangelo
I remember holding the sticky juicy tangelo in my right hand.
As I peeled the skin off the shining orange tangelo I listened in closely and I heard a crispy kind of sound.
When I took my first bit warm sticky juice ran down my arm. Then I found a darkish grey pip, I rubbed my thumb over the pip.
It felt very smooth and calm.
As I finish the last segment I caught my eye on the bumpy skin, I took a slim small was very sourer and it didn't taste nice at all.

We had to write a descriptive piece of writing on a tangelo. I had to use all my five senses. I thought next time I could use some more similes and onomatopoeia.  





Friday, February 17, 2017

I Remember




In my writing I had to notice the structure.  We had to make a descriptive piece of writing to describe or summer by adding all kinds of interesting verbs, nouns and adjectives.  Then we had to edit and recraft. I think that I did well with the structure. In my story I thought that I didn’t really add many detail so next time I will try to add more detail.