Writing

In Te Ngahere at Paihia School we have been doing writing,
we are learning to use story beats. We are using story beats to
plan our writing because it gives us the main structure of our
writing.  Story beats looks like this: 

Once upon a time
everyday
Until one day
Because of that
Because of that
Because of that
Until finally
And ever since then...
The moral of the story.

We have also been writing goals on our writing and seeing what
rubrik we are. A rubrik is levels to see how good we are doing for
writing. We have got different types of rubrics. There is
vocabulary, sentence structure, punctuation, ideas, organisation
and spelling. I think that I  am rubric 5 for sentence structure
because my ideas are organised into basic paragraphs. 

Author Visit

On Thursday the 21st of May there was an author named Adell Broadbent, she came to our school and talked to us about what we could be or what we could do when we are older. She said that when she was young there was a house and all of the curtains were down and there was a shed at the end of the long driveway she told that to us because it was in the first book she wrote and she wants us to have more experience so that we can put all of that experience into our writing. She also said that her and her friends dared each other to run up the driveway and touch the shed but no one did. When she got older she became a librarian then she started to create some books for kids and adults. She has been making books for 15 or so years she said, I think that she is really busy because she was a librarian and then she wrote some books, I also think that Adell Broadbent is really helpful. We were learning about books and what books are the best to use for older people. She also made a website called what book next.com. I think that I could ask some questions about her like why did you want to be an author.

The Kiwi and the Ferret

When Stella from Bay Bush Action came to Paihia School she talked

to us about what was happening to the Kiwi and all the eggs that the

Kiwi are laying. All the pests in the forest are killing and eating the Kiwi

and Kiwi eggs. Everyone in Te Ngahere has been creating an animation

about what they think is happening to the Kiwi and Kiwi eggs.

My animation was called the Kiwi and the Ferret. It is about the

Ferret eating the Kiwi and then getting stuck in a Ferret trap.

I think that I did really well with my animation. We were learning

about the stoats, ferrets, rats and weasels these are some of the

pests that are killing our animals

My Animation:

 

Waitangi Treaty Grounds

On Thursday and Friday last week we went to the Treaty Grounds. At the Treaty Grounds I learnt to use Sculpt gl, Paint 3D, and the Vr (virtual reality), Green screen, stop motion, coding robot and Tinkercad. While we were at the Treaty Grounds we went for a walk down to the waka. While we were down by the waka we were looking at all the designs on the waka. My favorite thing that we did was going on the walk and playing with the VR (VIRTUAL REALITY) When we went on the walk we were looking at all the photos and reading all the things next to the real weapons that the Maori and British people used. Also while we were at the Treaty Grounds we had to do mahi, mahi and more mahi (Work) we went to see this man who does all the carving. I liked the carving hanging up next to the window it was my favorite. At the end of the day the people that were there they were going to come to the our school to show us how to learn more things. That is why I liked going to the Treaty Grounds. We are also going to make a waka and we will be making the four hoe to but on Tinkercad. It was so fun at the Treaty Grounds.

Sea Cleaners

On Tuesday the Sea Cleaners came to our School and told us about the sea creatures and what is happening to them. They told us if we see some rubbish we had to pick it up, so that it does not go into the ocean and then the sea creatures won’t get hurt. The lady told us that they found a dead turtle with so much plastic in side of it, I thought that was sad for the turtle. The lady and the man showed us a video, the video was called Shag Force it was about why not to put plastic or any rubbish in the water or, into lakes because lakes end up going to the ocean when it rains. You should not litter because it is bad for the environment, in the future there will be no more fish or turtles or anything living creatures in the ocean or in lakes.

Nuke's

At our School we had three men from Auckland come to our School and show us how they play the ukulele. One of the men plays the drums and the ukulele while the other men play only the ukulele. Also some of the people from Russell School come to our school to play the ukulele as well. The three men played some songs for us one of the songs was bootstrap and carrots and peas my favourite song they did was bootstrap. After a while we all got up and some people showed us some dance move and we had to copy them. It was so much fun. I really appreciate those men for coming to our school all the way from Auckland.

Science Day

At Paihia School on Friday we had some people come to our School and their names were Taiyo, Kaitlyn, Nina and Juan. What they did with us was they made toothpaste that was for elephants. They also made some fire and then put it out with a metal bowl. They made roses turn into a frozen rose and smashed it onto the table and gave them to the boys. They also put a balloon into the container and the balloon nearly turned into ice and then they pulled it out and it came out as a normal balloon then they hit into the children. It was so fun.

Pet Day

In Te Maunga we have been doing things for the A&P show like posters so that it can go to the competition. At the pet show Cj’s cat won a ribbon for the fattest cat. Also at the pet show Cj’s other cat won a ribbon for the hairiest cat. My favorite part of the day was eating my cookies that I made.

WATER SAFETY

In Te Maunga we have been doing water safety and we learnt how to stay safe around water. I learnt  that if you go on a boat you have to tell someone where you are going and what time you will be back. I also learnt that you are not to go swimming with a teenager because they will be too busy looking at their phones or talking or their girl or boy friend. You should always go with an adult.

Procedural Writing

In Te Maunga we have been doing procedural writing text we are also trying to make our writing better than before. Procedural writing is my favorite writing. We were doing our procedural writing about our Game, Beeswax wraps, pikelets, Bird ball… my favorite procedural writing was the pikelets because we goto make them and even eat them.

Flubber

In Te Maunga we have been making flubber. Flubber is like slime but in a different way. To make the flubber we needed borax, water, food coloring, one cup of water, 4 cups of pva glue and four tps of borax. When we tried making the flubber it did not work because we put to much water.

Term 3 Writing

In Te Maunga we made some writing goals on our chromebooks on a google drawing. Some of our goals are from term 1 or 2. The ones from last term that we have not done.

Fitness

At Paihia School all the classes do fitness and when we do fitness there are different sorts of activities. There are hurdles, jump jam, races, skipping and the last one is like a work out. My favorite activity is the hurdles. You do fitness to get fit. Fitness is also good for your health. The hardest activity for me was the jump jam. If you run around your heart will start to beep.

Term 2 writing goals

At the begging term two our whole class made writing goals and we had to pick the goals we did not achieve last term. We did it on a google drawing. I chose those goals because I did not achieve those goals in term one. The hardest goal for me is the suffixes/prefix.

Thank You Wayne

Argument Gala

Argument Gala

Oh yeah! I definitely think we should have galas because it is as cool as a speedy panther.

Firstly, Galas are also cool because you can play games and you can win all kinds of prizes. You can also buy bouncy castles or mitt be able to win one. At a gala you can make new friends.

Secondly, You can also buy bouncy castles or mitt be able to win one. At a gala you can make new friends you don’t know.

Thirdly, When you are at a gala you are learning how to play other games you haven't played before. Some of the games you might like or might not like.

Conclusion, Yippee we earned a lot of money now we can go on a trip to Coopers Beach. At Coopers each we can have a party.

How to Make a Snowflake

Snowflake

Equipment:

1. One piece of A4 paper
2. Scicers

Steps:

1. Fold the A4 paper in half
2. Fold the right corner down diagonally towards the bottom left corner
3. Fold the top left corner towards the bottom right to make a triangle
4. Cut off the bottom edge in the shape of an ark
5. Fold the half from left to right
6. Cut out shape from all sides
7. Unfold
8. Then have fun with it

Conclusion:

The easy bit was when you have to cut out the shapes. The other easy part was when you had to fold it in half. The hard part was when you have to fold the left corner down to the right corner and the right corner down over the left corner.

Amazing Alliteration with Voice

Today we had the opportunity to add our voices to our slide show using screen castify. It will be a handy skill to be able to use in the future. We will be able to create a wide variety of amazing creations to share especially with younger students who cannot read yet.

Alliteration Critters

W.A.L.T. write an alliteration describing a relationship between two creatures. We used a shared Google Doc to write our alliteration. In a shared Google Slide we had to add a background then inserted png images of the critters.

Haiku