Caving-whakairo

These past two weeks we have learnt about carving. Here is our work.

Hypothermia

This week we are going on camp to Arthur's Pass. We had to get into groups to present our knowledge about safety tips about the bush and Hypothermia. Here is our work. 

Quick Writes Term 4

We have been working on quick writes. This is where you are given something to write about ( a writing prompt) and you only have 10 minutes to write as much as possible using the writing prompt. For our writing prompts we use either pictures or short videos.

1) FIREWORKS


SMOKEY FIREWORKS

As I walked into the museum,  cloudy orange fireworks burst above my upoko(head). The heavy dense orange cloud of smoke was as thick as a raw cookie dough. I was lost and blinded straight away but I could hear the crowd shouting in amazement. The smell of the fireworks was burnt and smoky in the still warm raumati (summer) air. I tried to touch the smoke but it was like my hand was going through air! All I could taste was burnt air like a cake that a bad cook burnt.



2) TOMATO PULP

My First Tomato Fight

As I throw a heavy large tomato at a stranger someone else throws a small, squishy super ripe tomato straight at me. It hits me full in the face with a loud SPLAT! It feels like a water poihau (balloon) being dropped on me with great force. The red juice streams down my face and down my body. I am absolutely covered in it! All I can hear is the noise of hard and soft tomato’s hitting people and people screaming with fun. I think in my head “how long will I have to shower before the smell and redness comes off me?” I am having so much fun!


3) SPIDERMAN


THE SPIDER MAN PARADE


As I stand on the grey grotty street I see cars,  buses and trucks whizzing by. I am here for the spider man parade. It is said to be the best in the world so I am nei (here). I can smell petrol and the lovely smell of food. The smell is as mixed as a bowl of boiling soup. I think “how long will the parade go on for”. Suddenly spider man jumps into a pool of confetti and it goes every where. I can hear the shouting of the crowd egging spider man on. I am NOT a fan of spider man and only came here to see the colourful parade. I ended up loving it!


4) STORMY DAY

THE STORMIEST STORM IN THE WORLD!

As I walk outside the wind starts whistling and the rain comes smashing through the sky. It is as crazy as a raiona (lion) being woken up in the middle of its sleep. Kei te pupuhi tē hau ( the wind is blowing.) The waves crash wildly against the shore as I run down the muddy maku( wet) street to try and find shelter. Tāwhirimatea suddenly booms on his drum and the sky crashes with the ao (bright) stage lights! The howling wind wraps me in a cold hug that brings me to the Moana. I sit on the beach and listen to the waves pounding and breaking on the blowing sand. It is absolutely crazy and wild!

The Beekeeper Quick Write

Quick Write Number One - The Beekeeper

For the next two weeks we are going to work on ‘Quick Writes.’  This is where you are given something to write about (a writing prompt) and you only have 10mins to write as much as possible using this writing prompt.

For our writing prompts we will use either images or short videos.

The purpose of this is to practise writing fluently.

When we look at our writing prompt we will have about 10-15 mins to discuss it and brainstorm some ideas and vocabulary.   

Our learning goals are to:

-write a description, using powerful words and phrases

-include some Te Reo Māori

-carefully check that our sentences make sense and have correct punctuation and spelling.

When we are writing we need to think about…

1. What do I want my reader to see?

2) What do I want my reader to hear?

3) What do I want my reader to smell?

Tips:

-look closely at the picture or video

-think about the three key questions and the learning goals

-give yourself time to plan and write

Do your writing here        Beekeeper

As I walked through the cool fresh grass I could hear the buzzing of my bees in the crisp fresh air. The silkiness of the honey was as smooth as a yellow daffodil petal.  The smell of the sweet orchid flowers in the cool kōanga (spring) sun was strong and sweet. I can hear the cicadas buzzing in the fresh crisp karaihe (grass).

Robot Rampage

This term we have been focusing on narrative writing. We saw a video story starter and had to carry on the the story. Here is my work.

T.B.O.B.S

The business of babysitting

Every weekend there was one job Katipo hated doing : Babysitting her younger, cheeky brother and sister. They were twins and needed their nappies changed constantly. Now that she was 14 her parents had decided that she could babysit them.  She’d much rather be building her latest robot invention in the shed. That was it! What if Katipo could build a robot to babysit her brother and sister! That night she said goodnight to her mum and dad and hopped into bed. When she heard her mum and dad go to bed she snuck out into the shed and started building her robot…  When she was making the robot she decided it needed some hair. She chopped of some of her dark black hair and glued it to the robot to make it look more realistic. Her dark brown eyes were twinkling in excitement!

The next morning Katipo took her robot into the house. She hid it in her room. That night her mum and dad went out to dinner. Just when she was about to turn the robot on she realized it did not have a name. She thought hard for a moment then decided on the name Ahi (fire). She turned Ahi on. For a moment nothing happened. Then suddenly with a loud BANG the robot was on and in working order. She made sure the robot worked well. Katipo left the room and walked to her friends house.

When she came back later that night she almost fainted with what she saw. The room was a total mess,  chairs were strewn across the room and paper was everywhere. In the middle of the mess was the two babies that were crying there heads off! Katipo ran over to them and tried to stop them crying. After she had got them to bed she went into her room. Can you guess what was lying in her bed fast asleep? Yep, Ahi. She went downstairs to tidy up the mess,  it took for ever!

The next night when her parents were away Katipo decided to get the robot out one more time, but this time she would hide in the kitchen and watch what Ahi did. She had a strange feeling that there was something weird going on here……

She turned Ahi on and snuck into the kitchen. She saw the robot and at first thought nothing was happening. But then she saw the robot pick up Jess and sat on her. Than all she heard was a series of: pop, purp, poof. Jess was patero( farting) with the weight of the robot on her! The baby farted like a balloon bursting out of it’s space. Next the robot picked up and sat on Jesse.The robot was as Whakataumaha-heavy as a blue whale! The robot must have thought that it was supposed to Baby-SIT! Katipo then saw the robot go upstairs into her room. For the next half hour the babies got lots of things out and messed up the room lots. They took the playdough out and stuck it in the carpet, spilled milk all over the carpet, pulled all the paper out of the shelfs and dumped it everywhere and they also put baby powder all over themselves! The weight of the robot did not seem to have hurt the babies at all! It was too much to see! Katipo then burst into the room and started cleaning up. She put the babies to bed and went upstairs. That night she went to the shed with Ahi. She then destructed it and turned it off.

From now on Katipo always babysits and actually likes it! There is never much mess when SHE babysits!

My Political Party

At school we have been learning about the elections . As a fun activity our class got to get into groups and make our own political parties. He is my poster. 

Free Choice writing - Animals

Sometimes when we have finished our writing work we get to do free choice writing. Free choice writing is were we get to chose a topic to write about. This week Sasha and I wrote about animals. Here is our work. You can click on the video link to listen to us read it. Please leave a kind, thoughtful and helpful comment.

My dream Action Plan

We have been working on thinking about dreams we have that we would like to achieve. We wrote up a 'dream plan'. Here is my plan for my dream.

My Dream Action Plan

This action plan is to help me achieve:

My Dream for myself: Is to run an ultramarathon.  

My Dream for New Zealand: Is to help New Zealand get greener and fresher.

Why is this dream important to me? It is important because I love running.

Who within my family, friends or community can I ask for support or advice to achieve my dream?  Uncle Jesse, Mum, Hannah,

In order to achieve my dream I will need the following skills and knowledge

1. Mind over matter

2. Resilience

3. Train really hard

4.Talk to people for advice

5.Exercise

When do I want to achieve my dream by?

Before my forties.

What are some things that might go wrong and how will I fix them? I could easily injure myself. I would fix it by waiting till I am better.

The first five steps I need to take to turn my dream into reality are:

1. Practise

2) Stay Healthy

3) Keep fit

4. Train

5.Train

Maths Place Value

We are learning to....

-Recognise how many tens and hundreds are in numbers.
Here is my work

Maui Legends

As part of Matariki we re-read the legends of Maui. We then retold a legend and created artwork. Below is my work.

Maui And The Secret Of Ahi- By The Hawaiians

One day Maui and his brothers were in the waka coming back from fishing when they saw smoke in the air. Maui said to his brothers, “I will go and check it out.” When Maui returned he said to his brothers, “The ahi was out”. Some bananas had been cooked. Only the banana peels, some dry hau sticks, a pointed stick of wood and some coconut skin was left. The mud hens are the ones that made the ahi and I saw them fly away.

The next day when maui and his brothers were out fishing they saw smoke again. Maui went to the clearing, the ahi was out and the mud hens were gone. Only sweet potato peels and coconut husk were left. Maui and his brothers were really angry that the mud hens were able to make ahi and humans did not know how!

The next day Maui saw smoke and hid in a bush near the clearing. But the mud hens noticed that only toru of the brothers were in the waka! So the mud hens flew away. Maui told his brothers that night that he was going to make a fake person and put it in his place so the mud hens thought that he was on the waka. Maui made the fake head out of a tapa cloth and rolled up two more pieces of tapa cloth and said, “ These are my arms.”

The next day Maui’s brothers went paddling to get some fish. Maui was hiding in a kawakawa tree next to the clearing. Before the mud hens started an ahi they watched the boat go out and made sure that there were four heads. They counted whā. They had fallen for Maui’s trick! The mud hens went to start the ahi. Maui crept forward. In his excitement a stone rolled forward and made a noise that startled the mud hens.  A mud hen cried out, “I can hear something. Maui must be about!” All the mud hens scattered. Only the leader was left putting out the fire. Maui lept from his hiding place and grabbed the leader mud hen. He said, “Tell me the secret of fire.” “No, I will not tell you,” replied the mud hen. Maui held the mud hen under his arm. The mud hen said,  “Rub the taro leaf stalk against that hard pointed stick.” Maui did that and it didn’t work. Only a stream of juice ran from the stalk. “This is not the right way!” Said the annoyed Maui.

Maui tried to get the mud hen to tell him the right two more times until finally the mud hen said, “I will tell you the secret of fire!” Rub that hard pointed stick against that dry hau stick.” Maui rubbed and as he rubbed he made a groove in the hau stick. Maui smelled smoke but could not see it. , “Keep rubbing, this is the right way to make fire. You must rub it harder and faster.” Finally Maui saw smoke and then suddenly there was fire! Maui new the secret of fire! He touched the mud hen on the head with the hot stick. From now on the mud hens always have a red mark on their heads.

Retold by Mackenzie and Dakota

This is Mackenzie’s artwork

This is Dakota’s artwork

My Mihi 2017

Here is my mihi video.

Classroom Kupu

We have been learning how to say names for classrooms objects in Te Reo Maori. Here is my slideshow I did to show my learning.

Science Term 2 2017

This term we have been doing science. We have been learning about the water cycle and states of matter. Here is some of my learning

Te Reo Māori Word For Clothing/Kākahu

In He Kākano we have been learning how to say the words for clothing/ Kākahu in Te Reo Maori. Watch my slideshow and video to so that you can learn too.

Traditional Māori Clothing/ Kākahu

On Friday mornings I am in the He Kākano class which is a senior Te Reo Māori extension class. We learn about Māori language and culture. This term we have been learning about traditional Māori clothing and we had a go at creating our own garments. Here is our work. Please leave a, positive, helpful and thoughtful comment.

My Marine Mammal Information Report

We have been learning how to write a information report. Here is my report about a New Zealand Marine Mammal.

How To Look After Our Rocky Shore

We have been using our reading skills to learn about the rocky shores. Here is some work I did showing how we can look after our rocky shore.

Rocky Shore Animal Work

We have been using our reading skills across the curriculum to learn about the rocky shore. Below is some work I did about a rocky shore creature that I was interested in.

Smart Cookie News- Natalie Rooney

Here is our smart cookie news about Natalie Rooney. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

Rio De Janeiro.  

Natalie Rooney wins silver at the Rio Olympics 2016, in Clay Bird Shooting.

Natallie is 28 years old and finished second overall in the Clay bird shooting semi finals.

Natalie sadly missed out getting into the New Zealand Olympic Team in 2012. However she then trained hard to get into the 2016 Olympics. She has been competing for ten years now.

There was a little bit of funding to help her. She said, “She's got a very supportive Dad that helps her  for funding and stuff like that.

Click here for Rooney News Update

Smart Cookie News- Leisa Williams

Here is our smart cookie news about Leisa Williams who is Billie's Mum. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

Click here for our news report.

Leisa Williams is my mother (I am Billie Williams) and is  married to Scott Williams.

Today she is 41 and has 5 kids including me. Her kids are  called Saxon, Billie, Poppy, Molly and Mac. Mac is the oldest and Saxon is the youngest.

Leisa Williams was a great swimmer and has gone all over New Zealand for championships. This was when she was younger. Leisa also plays  Hockey for West Coast and Gray Valley and is not famous .Leisa has won lots of medals and certificates for swimming. Leisa also swam for Canterbury Swim Team with her mum and Dad supporting her., Her mum is called Lynn and her Dad is called Kevin.   

Smart Cookie News- Trubridge

Here is our smart cookie news about William Trubridge. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

Trubridge Breaks World Freedive  Record

William Trubridge is a New Zealander who does freediving.  Freediving is when you dive down to a certain mark with no diving gear and you have to do it on one breath.  This sport is very hard and you have to train lots.  William Trubridge has broken 18 world records that were set by him. William Trubridge held the world record but he set a new record with a 102m dive. He held  his breath for, four minutes and 15 seconds. His family and support team were waiting to see if the record had been achieved.The dive location was held in Bahamas at a spot called the blue hole. This is where he broke the world record in freediving.

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Smart Cookie News-Dusty Rhodes

Here is our smart cookie news Grace's grandfather. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

Click here for a news clip.

Dusty Rhodes is my Great Grandad and  he was an artist(Grace). His paintings were very cool and hard to draw! My great Grandad survived World War One and he was fighting in France. He got wounded twice and went to hospital in England. Dusty Rhodes’s brother was fighting in France as well.. But Dusty Rhodes brother’s head got blown off by a German mortar and sadly died. Dusty Rhodes was then too old to go to World War Two. A couple of years after World War Two Dusty Rhodes died of old age.