Summer Learning Journey

The fist settlers to come to New Zealand must have brave! They had to leave their original homes and sail thousands of miles across the ocean on a special boat called a waka to reach New Zealand. To this day people of New Zealand still use waka's. Instead of using their waka to transport them from a place to another, they sometimes use waka's in special events like sports such as Waka Ama. Waka Ama is where boys and girls can compete in competition's.

Ocean Conservation

On Monday this week in Te Ngahere, we had Libby Bowles to our class. She talked about the animals she swims with, and how angry she was about the rubbish. So came up with an idea to ride a bike made out of bamboo. She showed us a video on how she made her bike. She rides her bike to other schools to teach them about rubbish.

My Kiwi Christmas Art

Last week in Te Ngahere, we made kiwi Christmas art. We made this art because there is a movie, called Kiwi Christmas, and if our art got in the top five out of other schools, we would get to watch the movie. We had to draw four different images in boxes. After all my hard work I got to complete it in the end.

P&I Show

A couple of weeks ago in Te Ngahere, we were learning about the P&I show. Our task was to find out some information about the show. Our second task was to make a google drawing to advertise their show. We needed to add lot’s information and pictures.

Should Plastic Bags Be Used At Supermarkets

18/10/17 - Lucy Walt Use Persuasive structure Should Plastic Bags be in Supermarkets? Plastic bags are an issue world wide, they are killing the creatures in our seas, and they and are killing the birds on land.

 If you think that paper bags are going to help well you're wrong. Over 14 million trees are being consumed a year. In terms of production, producing plastic bags take 4 times as much energy as paper bags. But over the duration of production paper products will create, oil in our seas and 70% more air pollution.

 Burning plastic bags are bad for the ozone layer. It is bad because it will make a whole in the ozone layer causing ultraviolet causing skin cancer and rise of water levels. Did you know that 80% of Americans choose plastic. Plastic bags are photodegradable. This means it takes for a very long time to break down the plastic. The effect of this is that plastic bags may get covered in other garbage causing it to not dissolve so it is stuck there forever.

 Imagine you're eating a plastic bag how would you feel? Well first you would not be able to breath, the plastic bag will get stuck in your lungs and you can’t get it out and then you will die. Sounds horrible, well that is what is happening to our sea creatures nearly everyday, if you don’t want that to happen then stop using plastic bags at the supermarket.

 Last week in Te Ngahere, we were learning to write a persuasive piece of writing. I think I did well with my ideas to persuade people. Next time I need to work on not putting capital letters in random places. I hope you enjoy my writing.

My Visual Mihi

Last week in Te Ngahere we were trying to learn our morning mihi. Then we got told to get some pictures on a google drawing about the mihi to help us to remember what to say with images. I chose the images I got because the images help me what to say when I do the mihi. The images help me by whenever I may get stuck I can look at my images and straight away know I need to say this next. The visual mihi helps me because my images are really clear and memorable and they are always there for me.

My Amazing Awesome Writing Goals

Last week in Te Ngahere, we created some writing goals on a google drawing. My goals were to add extra information, detail and facts to explain my thinking. I also have, make my ideas original so the reader can connect with them. I chose these goals because, I really need to learn these because when I saw these goals I knew I need to learn them. My own goal is to complete R5 and move up to R6 in the writing rubric.

Maths Goals

Last week in Te Ngahere we did some maths goals. We had to pick three goals for this term from the Ican sheet. After we had picked our goals we had to put them on a google drawing. I chose these maths goals because I want to be at stage 7 by the end of this term, and I feel like my maths goals I chose will help me the go to stage 7.

My William Pike

Last week in Te Ngahere we were learning about the man William Pike. We were learning about William Pike and how he relates to the story the rep. William pike was in our reading that week, because in the story it said the man in the poster changed Ricky's life.

The Great and Powerful Bullet

In week six my reading group read a book called The Bullet. It is about a boy who has a man pull up next to him in a car, and asks a question. The boy said no, then when the car left a bullet fell out, and boys in his class were fighting for it. The WALT was ask and answer a variety of questions.

National Pancake Day

n Te Ngahere we were working on Celebrations in inquiry. We got to choose three people to be in our group. My group was, Alexi, Thomas and I. we also had to pick a country and a celebration we picked Italy and National Pancake day. In the end we got to make homemade Italian pancakes

My Animals of Brazil

WALT: Complex sentences
08.08.17
Animals of Brazil Key: Simple sentences, Compound sentences and complex sentences

Brazil there are many native Animals, here are some you will learn about. In Brazil there are jaguars. Unlike many cats, jaguars do NOT avoid water. [In fact they are quite good swimmers.] Also the rivers hold their prey such as, fish, turtles and alligators like animals. Jaguars also eat large animals such as deer, tapir and much more bigger animals. Did you know that Brazil has a Finger Monkey? The Finger Monkey eats the most strangest thing, they eat butterflies they will eat any kind of butterfly it doesn’t matter [at least they get to eat]. Did you know that the Finger Monkey is the world's smallest monkey known to man? Finger Monkeys are not endangered but they are somewhat threatened. If you're a dog and a fox lover this is the dog for you. Brazil has a long legged dog with a fox head it might sound ugly but it is so beautiful. Wildlife experts has classified they are being near threatened species. Theses animals are not dangerous to humans, they have a skittish nature. In conclusion, what was your favorite animal is it the jaguar, or is it the Finger Monkey or was it the fog [AKA Fox Dog]? `

 For the last few weeks all of Te Ngahere has been working on report writing. We started by choosing one country we would write about. Then we had to choose three subtopics to go with it. Our Teachers set us up with some subtopics.

Common Nouns and Proper Nouns

Last Week in Te Ngahere we have been learning to use proper nouns and common nouns in our writing. We started by making a google drawing with a person, place or thing, and we got to get some pictures.

My Awesome Maori Quiz

My Awesome Maori Quiz

For the last few weeks in Te Ngahere, we have been working on a slide show for a Maori quiz. We were learning to ask and answer questions about classroom items. It works by clicking wich maori word you think is right, and then it will take you to a slide saying Ae [right], but if you get it wrong it will take you to Kahore [wrong.] we had to have partners mine was one of my best friends Brodi. It was fun.

My Awesome Amazing Reading Goals

Last week in Te Ngahere we had to set 3 reading goals to put on a google drawing. We were learning to identify our next reading goals in reading . We choose them on the reading progression the teacher had shared with us.

Maths Goals

Last week in Te Ngahere we had to choose three math goals from our Ican sheets, and put them on a google drawing we created. Our WALT was to Identify what we have achieved in maths and our next learning steps.

My Writing Goals

Last week, in Te Ngahere we made google drawings for our writing goals. We were learning to identify our next learning goals in writing. The first thing that we did was to copy what we had not learnt yet. I need to learn Adjectives, Ellipses, Similis, Adverbes, I am on R5 my Ideas are organised in a basic paragraph. I need to learn how to focus on one idea in a paragraph. I am on complex sentences too.

My ART

Last term Te Ngahere, parents and Te Maunga were doing Koru and Kowhaiwhai patterns. We were learning how to draw Koru and Kowhaiwhai patterns. The patterns represented our family I did a sun with Korus all around it. When we are all done with the art we will hang them in our Whare.

Student Led Conference

On Wednesday Te Ngahere had Student Led Conferences. If you don’t know what that means, well it means a parent meeting but the kids are telling their mums, dads and caregivers, what you have been learning and how you are getting on in the class. We had to make a google drawing to link our work for the meeting. My meeting was at 3.15pm my brothers was at 3.30pm. First Mrs Pou, one of my teachers, gave my mum my report to read while I was telling her about my learning. Driving home my mum was proud of me and how I’m getting on. Maybe your class should give it a go [it’s fun.]

Matariki Day at Paihia School

Last week on Thursday it was Matariki day. We had the choice to either go down to the beach and watch the stars at 6.00 am, Most kids did that but I didn’t. We had a man who came and did some games with us. Taunaha asked some kids to come do some planting, she said we could have buddies, my buddy was my best friend Alexis. The first plant we planted was a Manuka, I think the next plant we planted was Nikao. After we did a couple of hours of playing and planting we had a huge shared lunch. The whole school was so full, but my class was still eating, after lunch the inquiry groups that had to cook were cooking, and we got to eat them all [they were so yummy]. My group made pancakes, another group made waffles and a another group made donuts. Matariki day was so fun.

Last week on Tuesday Paihia School went down to Waitangi to do stuff with Matariki. It was so fun, my two favourite games were, the one with the the shell and you had to shake the shell with a bell in it, I also liked the game called matou maui. We got to plant trees and make manu aute made out of nikau . I loved that day it was much more better then doing work.

On Friday Te Ngahere made some nice icy cold ice cream, we made ice cream because the whole of Te Ngahere got 100% in our learning plans. We had to have buddies, my buddy was Sharnee we made vanilla ice cream everyone else did too. The next week after making ice cream we had to write a recount about making ice cream my learning intention was Metaphors. Is was a fun day much more better than doing reading, writing and so on.

Tim Tipene Came to Our School

Last week an author came to our school, his name was Tim Tipene. He read us some stories, like Hinemoa Te Toa and Taming The Taniwha they were my favorites. He also told us his life and how he felt safe at school but not at home. He was so funny I hope he come back soon.

Trouble in Space

Trouble in space Once upon a time there were three minions called Bob, Stuart and Kevin, which were off on a mission to get a sample of a star. Bob, Stuart and Kevin were lucky because they had their very own private spaceship, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 BLAST OFF. Bob, Stuart and Kevin’s line snapped, so the little minions were floating, floating out to space, while running out of air. But Bob, Stuart and Kevin were lucky because there was also people trying to get a sample of a star, and they saw the minions so they bounced into action. They grabbed the minions and gave them CPR. But these people were not ordinary people because, there was a spider and tiny tiny troll they were the hero’s. But in the end Bob, Stuart and Kevin all survived and got their star sample. The End When they got there, there was an amazing site the minions saw stars the milky way and colours, lots of colours. Then they found it ... they had found a perfect star. So Bob, Stuart and Kevin went out on a line to get a sample of the star. THEN DANGER FELL!!!!!!!
I created a fiction character my fiction caracter is a spider he is called D.J spider. I was learning how to write a descriptive piece of writing and put it into an animation. I did learn how to write a descriptive piece of writing and it was pretty good.

Swim Life Saver

On Wednesday years 6,7 and 8 went to the beach instead of doing reading writing and maths, We spent the day with 3 lifeguards their names were Liam, Toobs and Sam. Most of the day they telling us about what life guards do. THEN THE FUN BEGAN . . . Liam told us we were gonna go for a swim. We got to be lifeguards with a red tube. We had four lines with four people in it, two of us had to be lifeguards and the other two had be drowning. Brodi my friend and I was the lifeguard first. When we left I was super duper itchy.

Best School Beach Clean Up

Hi my name is Lucy and I go to Paihia School. My school did a beach clean up, I found heaps of rubbish some girls in my class found 381 smokes on the ground that is a lot and there were 5-8 bottle lids stuck in the ground we had to dig them out it was very hard. We were doing this so all the birds and sea creatures won’t eat all your yuck rubbish and get sick. In my opinion make sure you don’t leave your rubbish on the ground for other people like us to pick them up

Paihia School's Amazing Tryathlon

Hi my name is Lucy and I go to Paihia School. My school decided to do a school tryathlon. There was swimming, running and biking. My favorite was the swimming because the water was warm.  At the end we got  a bar that had chocolate at the bottom and nuts and the top. Maybe your school should do a tryathlon.

Awesome Powtoon

I Remember

I was learning to notice and use someone else's  piece of writing as an exemplar.

Success criteria what you were doing, something that was happening, something you did, why you did it, finish with that was summer or something similar make your writing descriptive- interesting words, verbs and adjectives.

I think I did well on my direction and maybe I could work on putting  similes and alliteration in my story.

Tuesday 7th February

I Remember . . .

Seeing the glistening water,

Making awesome sandcastles,

Seeing people sunbathing in the hot hot sun,

I slither into my togs,  

I dive in the water, it was freezing, “dd rrrrrrrr”  

I was eating yummy sweet refreshing jam sandwiches, “yum yum”.

Going boogie boarding with my daddy,

it was a relief after I cooled down.

I was freaking out that Crabs were going to snip my toes off,

I love my toes.

That was my Summer.