Summer learning journey day 1 activity 3

SPCA Charity,
The SPCA helps protect over 40,000 animals in New Zealand a year! SPCA stands for Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. They help animals that are sick, injured, abused, or abandoned. They help animals by finding them homes. They feed them to keep them healthy and the vet inspects them to check if they are alright and healthy.

Summer Learning journey activity 2

Today we are doing activity 2 from our summer learning journey. Today our activity 2 from the summer learning journey is about our culture so we have to write all about our culture / where our family comes from, what is most special to our family, and what language we speak. My Mum is about 85% Filipino and she is about 15% Spanish, my Dad is 100% British, and I was born in NewZealand. The things that are special to my family are visiting family every year because they all live on the other side of the world. I speak English, my mum speaks Tagalog, Bisaya, and English, and my dad speaks French, English, and a bit of welsh.

Summer Learning Journey Week one: Physical Limits

WALT do the Summer Learning Journey. Today our activity 1 is to write 10 food items that we would take on an ocean voyage that would last 3 weeks without an OVEN, FRIDGE OR A FREEZER!!!. First I would probably think of canned foods like...

Baked beans, Spaghetti, creamy rice, and corn.

Then I would think of something that makes me interested to eat like...

Cookies, lollies, strawberries, mango, mandarines, and water.

And that's what I would take on an ocean voyage.

Food for thought

This week we have been learning how to read labels on food products to see if they are okay to eat every day or if they are occasional foods. First, a lady named Brittany came into our class/school to teach us all about our bodies, how to read labels, what is healthy for us and what is not healthy for us. Then the next day/Friday we took a trip to New World/the supermarket to do some labeling work on a sheet. We had a sheet and there were 5 different categories of foods...
Breakfast cereals, Bread, Muesli bars, Snack foods, and Milk/dairy products. And what we had to do with them was choose two different things from each category, one of them had to be an everyday food and the other one had to be an occasional food. And how we worked that out was when we looked at the labels the sugar had to be less than 10g unless it had fruit in it, Energy could be anything, the fat total had to be less than 10g unless it had seeds and nuts it could be higher, the calcium we don't know, the sodium/salt had to be less than 400mg, and the dietary fibre had to be more than 5g.

Teaser week summer learning journey (Lorde)

WALT practice our summer learning journey by doing, summer learning journey teasers. This week we had 3 activities but I only had time to do one and that was a Lorde fact one. All we had to do was write facts about Lorde. I really enjoyed this because I got to learn about Lorde because I don't know much about Lorde. I found this challenging because I didn't know how to put everything on the google drawing.

Kiwi Kids News

This week we had to do a Kiwi Kids News and put what happened, where it happened, how it happened, why it happened, and who was involved. I really enjoyed this because I got to find out more about this event. What I found challenging was that it was hard to find all the facts.

Choose your own adventure story

WALT Plan and make a pick a path story. This week we have been working on making a pick a path story. We all started with making a plan but our plan was the same so we would have around about similar stories. I really enjoyed this because when it's finished it ends up really cool because you get to choose where you want to go and do. What I found challenging was that everything was confusing because you had to link the slides.

Key word hunt

WALT fill in a keyword hunt. Today for literacy we had to fill in a keyword hunt using the story Checkmate. Checkmate is a story about a kid named Liam that loves playing Chess but his family isn't a fan of chess and is a big fan of rugby and they all play it. I really enjoyed this because I got to read the story which was cool. What I found challenging was to figure out how to do this.

Blog Analysis

WALT make graphs about our blog posts. Today for maths we made a blog analysis using blogger to help us work out how many blog posts we have made in 2017 I made 1, In 2018 I made 32, in 2019 I made 54, And altogether I made 87 blog posts within all of those years. I really enjoyed this because I got to see how many blog posts I have done all of these years. What I found challenging was writing and making this because I have never done this before and I got confused about how to do it.

Dick Frizzell Art

WALT recreate Dick Frizzell's art. This week we have been working on recreating Dick Frizzell's art. I really enjoyed this because I love art and because it is fun to make artwork that can be displayed anywhere. What I found challenging was drawing the picture and painting the background, this is my artwork.

Adding and subtracting decimals

WALT add and subtract decimals. Today for Maths we had to do a slide and show our working on the slide. I really enjoyed this because it's really fun to work out. What I found difficult about this was that the questions were a bit hard and challenging.

Adventure Stories

WALT write an adventure story. Today for writing we had to fill in a google drawing and say what makes a good adventure story, why people like to read them, what makes them adventurous, What adventure stories we know, and what good writers might do. I enjoyed this because it was just fun to write. What I found hard was trying to figure out what to write down.

My Family Te Reo Maori

Today we wrote our family in Te Reo Maori for Te Reo Maori. What I enjoyed about this activity is that we got to do a video with it as well as writing our family's names. What I found challenging was to put the video on the slide.

Number of the week, Term 4 Week 5

This week we had to do the number of the week like every other week. What I enjoyed about our number of the week is that it had interesting questions and it was a little bit challenging. What I didn't like about it was that I had to get the right amount of money because it took a long time.

Film Festival

Last term every school that is part of Toki Pounamu got to participate in an event called Film Festival. Film Festival is a short little film under 5 minutes. Some schools only did a few films but our school / Paroa school in the senior bit got to go in little groups and each class had a subject on what it had to be about. My group was connected. Sadly my group did not make it in. All the lead teachers had to decide what top 20 films got to make it in. This is my group's film...
My group is Taj, Quaid, Kohen and I.

Kirimete Wish list

WALT say what we wan in Te Reo. Today for Te Reo Maori we had to write what we wanted for Christmas but in Maori. I enjoyed this activity because I actually got to write what I wanted for Christmas because I haven't done it yet. This is what I want for Christmas, try to find out what these all mean.

Cinquain Poems Part 3

WALT write Cinquain poems. Today for poem writing we had to write Cinquain poems. Cinquain poems are poems where there are five lines and they have to have a syllable pattern the pattern is: First line: 2 syllables
second line: 4 syllables
third line: 6 syllables
the fourth line: 8 syllables
the fifth line: 2 syllables
 These are my two Cinquain poems...

                 Lollies
           Lollies are yum
       there are so many sorts
make sure you brush your teeth after
                  or else

              Scrunchies
             all different
     They are multi-colored
warm, fuzzy, smooth, and so many
                the end

               Classrooms
         Classrooms are rooms
        Look there is a teacher!
Classrooms are places to learn things
               Classrooms

                   All hats
       They keep you safe
  They protect you from sun
There are lot of different hats

Cinquain Poems part 2

WALT write Cinquain poems. Today for poem writing we had to write Cinquain poems. Cinquain poems are poems where there are five lines and they have to have a syllable pattern the pattern is: First line: 2 syllables
second line: 4 syllables
third line: 6 syllables
the fourth line: 8 syllables
the fifth line: 2 syllables 
These are my two Cinquain poems...

                 Toilets
           Toilets are cool
    How would I do without?
Sometimes they stink a little bit
                Toilets

           Soft hair
         everything fair
soft, cool, smooth and fuzzy
you can style it in any way
              cool hair

Cinquain poems

WALT write Cinquain poems. Today for poem writing we had to write Cinquain poems. Cinquain poems are poems where there are five lines and they have to have a syllable pattern the pattern is: First line: 2 syllables
second line: 4 syllables
third line: 6 syllables
the fourth line: 8 syllables
the fifth line: 2 syllables
 These are my two Cinquain poems...

               Cool socks
          warm fuzzy socks
      slipping my feet in socks
now my feet are warm and so soft
                  my socks

                      Water
              It helps you live
           drinking all the water
my throat is now clean and refreshed
                        water

He aha tēnei?

WALT ask what is this? In Te Reo.
Today we had to find the Maori word for and object and put it into a sentence. We had to describe it.
I enjoyed it because I got to learn what Rainbow and Drink bottle meant in Te Reo Maori. What I found difficult was to get macarons on some of the letters and typing in the Maori words.

Number of the week

This week for maths medals we had to do the number of the week, it basically helps you with your maths and you have to answer the questions about the number of the week so you get better at the basics.

Summarising

WALT summarise

Today we had to write eight things about our selves then we went around the room and wrote something about what they're good at.
I really enjoyed this because I got to know what other people think I'm good at.

Poetry writing

WALT write poems with onomatopoeia

Walking into the start of school
birds splashing in the pool
children chattering with happy glee
stones hitting and slapping the sea
skipping ropes skimming the ground
oh, what a weird sound.

Today in class we learnt how to use onomatopoeia in poetry. First, we got handed a sheet that had five poems, and the poems had lots of onomatopoeia words in them and an explanation about what onomatopoeia was. So then we had to underline the onomatopoeia words. After we had done that we had to write a poem that had onomatopoeia in it.

If I could go back in time to one event

If I could go back in time I would go back to Room 4 because it was the funniest year of my school life and it was the craziest. Also, I made A LOT of mistakes so then I can fix them and never think anything of them ever again!                       


                                                                      BYE

Week 1 Reflection

What I have learned this week: To order fractions into a whole number
What I have enjoyed: Maths / Fractions, space, and music because it interests me
What I have found challenging: To order fractions into a whole number because I'm not that good at it
What I want to work on next week: Is to get onto extended abstract on space because then I'll know a lot about space

Clara's Cowpat

WALT do coordinates. This week for maths we did a maths activity. We had to work out who got it right on the question. After we had written down everyone's answers we had to write down in the box what was the right answer, the name of the kid that got the right answer and we had write who was a square away from the write answer. I really enjoyed this because I learnt a new thing. I didn't enjoy this because this was confusing.

Reflection Week 8

What I have enjoyed this week is making fruit kebabs because I love fruit.

What I have learnt this week is what my nanna's name is.

What I have found difficult this week is making self-portraits of my family.

What I need to work on next week is to get better at understanding Māori.

Kepapa Huarākau - Fruit Kebabs

For Te Wiki o te Māori, we read (pānui) the pukapuka Kepapa Huarakāu. We then made our own kepapa Huarakāu using the instructions from the pukapuka. 

This is how we made them...
First, we washed the grapes
Then we peeled the apples, peeled the kiwifruit, cut the bananas, cut the oranges, took the grapes apart
After we finished that we put all the fruit into bowls and the marshmallows
Then we got our barbeque sticks and put the fruit and marshmallows on it.

This is how we made them in Māori...
Reka ngā kepapa huarākau.
 Anei ngā tohutohu.
Tuatahi horoia ngā kerepe.
Tuarua, tihoretia ngā āporo, ngā huakiwi...
... ngā panana me ngā āarani.
Tuatoru, tapahia ngā huarākau kia iti.
Tuawhā, werohia ngā huarākau me ngā rare kōpungapunga.

 
 
 

Visualising

WALT visualize. This week for literacy we had to do a Senses chart which is a chart and we have to write down what the person in the book is seeing, tasting, smelling, feeling and hearing. I really enjoyed this because we got to imagine what the person in the book is seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling and tasting. I disliked this because it was hard to think of interesting things to write down.

Reflection Week 6

One thing I've learned this week is to draw a horizon line drawing.

One thing I have found hard this week is the last question on our maths slide because the instructions didn't explain what I was supposed to do and I just didn't get it.

Something I have enjoyed is doing art because I like art.

One thing to work on next week is to get better at doing horizon line drawing because I want to get better so it will be perfect for calendar art.

Reflection

What I have learnt this week: I have learnt how to edit on wevideo.

One thing I've found hard this week is my maths because it was new to me and we had to do a slide show showing how we solve questions using standard written form.

Something I have enjoyed this week is film festival because I really liked editing the videos together and it was fun to video.

One thing I need to work on next week is to stop being clumsy because I keep dropping things, forgetting things and I dropped a plant on the ground.

Double Entry Journal

For literacy medals, we had to do a Double Entry Journal. We had to make connections with the story and the world or ourselves. I really enjoyed this because it was interesting and it didn't make me bored.

WALT solve problems using standard written form

WALT solve problems using standard written form. This week we learnt how to solve equations using standard written form. I really enjoyed this because it wasn't really hard to do and it was fun to work with our teacher. We use this to solve hard questions.

Angles

WALT do our angles for our Film Festival. We edited this video on We video. I really liked doing this because the editing was fun to do and it turned out really well. The character in the film is Kohen that is in our group there is Kohen, Quaid, Taj and I that made this.

I wonder

 Today for literacy Medals we had to do an I wonder activity. We would read one page of the book then write an I wonder about the page then we would do the same thing but with the next page.

Direction, Oriantation and Angles

Today we did Direction, Orientation, and Angles for maths. My friend Yazmin and I did it together.

Summarise events

WALT summarise events Today for Literacy we did these questions.

Beeswax wrap

Today we made beeswax wrap. It was soooooooo fun. We all got ours done in one day, we did it in the staff room. It was hard to grate the beeswax but it was really fun to make and I'm going to use it all the time now.....

This is how we made them!
We got a block of beeswax, then we grated it with a grater but then for ou second batch we used a potato peeler because it was easier. Then we got our material and put it on a tray, then we put the little grated bits of beeswax on the material. Then we put it in the oven until it was melted. Then we let it dry.

Measuring items in our classroom and Measurement Conversions

This is our measuring for maths. Curtis and I did this together with a meter ruler and we had to answer it in cm and mm.              

Our own character shapes

This is my character. Today we had to make shapes out of our character. Triangles means your character likes to move a lot and lots of triangles basically means your character is evil. Circles means kind and friendly and squares means sturdy.

How to wash and take care of your beeswax wrap.

When your beeswax wrap needs to get washed always use cold water and mild soap (eco-friendly is best).  Rinse your wrap in cold water and dish soap or sponge off with a dishcloth.  Air dry on a dish rack or use a tea towel to dry off. 

1. Get your beeswax wrap and put the cold water on.

2. Then rinse the wrap in the cold water for a short amount of time. Use some eco - friendly or just mild soap with it, sponge off with a dishcloth.

3.  After that air dry the wrap or dap it and leave it in a dry dishcloth until it is dry.

And that's how you wash your beeswax wrap :)

How to make beeswax wrap

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees or the lowest setting. ( Pinking shears will help prevent your swatches from fraying).

2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the fabric on top. If the pattern is one sided place pattern faced down.

3. Evenly distribute a liberal amount of beeswax all over the fabric. ( grate the beeswax ). Make sure you spread the beeswax all over the fabric.

4. Place it in the oven for about 4-8 minutes. When the beeswax melts completely, take the tray out and use a paintbrush to spread the beeswax evenly over the fabric.

5. Hang the beeswax up on a clothes hanger and let dry.

Then you are done with your homemade beeswax wrap!

Monster Measure

 This is one thing we did for our maths today, we used a ruler to measure.

Maths week 8

Today our class had to measure our school to the swimming pool and Shantytown. It was hard because it kept failing and I had to keep redoing it over and over, but my favourite bit was finishing it because it was making me really mad.

We are Story tellers

Today we looked at our characters. We are slowly developing our characters

WALT solve whole unknown problems

WALT solve whole unknown problems. This is what we had to to this week for maths medals.

We are Story Tellers

WALT write our own stories. Today we made our own characters, this is mine :) His name is Blakey the kid / my baby goat. What I thought was challenging was to make the goat on google drawing with polyline. One thing I like about it is the goat I made. Next time I would make it more colorful. :)

Zero waste

Today we had to make a life cycle about Insect life cycle, plant life cycle, Bio-fuels or decomposition/Growth. I enjoyed making it but it was hard because we couldn't get pictures from the internet.

Math slide

This week for Maths Medals my math group and I had to solve part unknown problems, questions that our teacher made us.

Self Portrait

This is My Self Portrait I made on google drawing, with a polyline.

Tips for a non plastic lunchbox

WALT help our families to use and buy less rubbish.Today we made a Google drawing about tips for a non - rubbish lunch box. Our School / Paroa School is aiming to get the Enviro's School bronze medal. I can't wait to try the Bees wax wrap! I really enjoyed designing this Tips Slide. I found it challenging to Tell my buddy that we have to make the sentences into boxes because I had to comment on the Google drawing and to fins some of the tips.
Clara

WALT divide in parts

Obstacle Writng

 For writing, we are learning how to be real storytellers. Today we looked at obstacles and how it changes the image!

School Map

This is what we made today, we had to make a view of our school on paper or on google drawings. Before we made the maps we went into groups and had a piece of paper that had categories of rubbish and our teachers picked a spot around the whole school to find all the rubbish we can find in that area and then we telly marked it on the paper.
C = compost bin
Orange spheres = compost bins
Green spheres = recycling bins
Yellow spheres = recycling bin

Anzac silhouette

Here is my ANZAC silhouette!
These are all the steps for making it!
1. Get red-orange and yellow and blend them together to make a sunset.
2. Make a silhouette out of paper and cut out.
3. Get black pant and paint it all over the page but leaving the silhouette shape in the middle.
4. once the black paint has half dried peel of the silhouette carefully
5. once everything has dried get a very thin paintbrush and the same black paint and make two three or one cross on the ground and a soldier looking at them or it!

ANZAC poem

Australia and New Zealand fight for Britan.

New year another war.

Zooming soldiers to their trenches.

Amazing soldiers fighting for their countries.

Countries fighting against each other.


Dying soldiers in the war.

Anzac day is on the 25th of April.

Young men fight for NewZealand and their countries.


We wrote an ANZAC poem about all the people in the war. The poem is called an acrostic poem. ANZAC day represents world war 1 that happened from 1914 to 1918. Lots of the New Zealand soldiers died before it happened because they were going to land in Turkey and block the Turkey people but they landed in the wrong place so some of the Turkey people killed them and the were busted!

Where in the world is my lunch box

This is what we did yesterday. We did the world in our lunch box. Then we had to draw a lunch
box that is nutritious, local and healthy this is mine.

Dear Humans

Dear Humans,

My name is Timmy the Turtle I am letting you know that I have gone through some tough times but that may be because of rubbish, people littering. I think all humans should stop using rubbish often because people/scientists say that in 2050 each minute 4 truckloads of rubbish would be going in to the ocean and that’s alooooot. Now it’s time to get angry! How could you litter in the ocean! You need all the things you are killing! MY WHOLE FAMILY DIED BECAUSE OF YOU! NOW I AM STUCK SWIMMING IN A TODDLERS TOILET SEAT!

Before After

This is disgraceful!!!!

From Timmy the Turtle!!!!

Pepeha

Ko Aoraki te maunga
Ko Mawhera te awa
Ko Justin Toku papa
KoJudy toku mama
Ko Clara toku ingoa

In Class, we made an artwork creation of our Pepeha!
We drew our mountain, river and our parents name and our selves

Blog profile

The Saimaa ringed seals and the Tigers

The name of the animals that the WWF is trying to save is the Saimaa Ringed Seal.
What the WWF is trying to do to save the Saimaa Ringed Seals is to make snow banks so that the pups can be protected from cold predators and any human disturbance.
The WWF didn't say they had any success.
 Clara

Awesome animals

On our blog, we have to create a made-up animal/beast.

I made up a jumper-corn is a jumping unicorn!

Feels like a soft fluffy rug made from white Possum fur.

Looks like a white fluffy polar bear as clean as snow.

Sounds like a baby horse neighing softly.

Smells like a big cloud of strawberry cotton candy!