#Day 7 (Last day) New Zealand road trip

Today we did the last day of the New Zealand road trip, we went to taupo and rotorua. First we went to a lake that was poluted with rubbish. our activity was to use our imagination to make up three ways to clean up rubbish. then we went to a spa pool that was heated by the earth. the activity was to write about something that you find relaxing. Then we had the BONUS were we had to reflect on our past journey. Here is the last of #day 7 New Zealand road trip.

ANZAC

A couple of mouths ago we have been learning about Anzac and why we remember The people who risk their lives for our freedom and our way of life.

We read stories like Silas the stretcher bearer,das piano,the Maori battalion and more.
We had a special visitor named Mavis who came in to the class room and talked about the war she talked about the soldiers penny. also known as the death plaque We watched some videos about the ottoman army or now called turkey and we watched about 5 videos.
some of the activity's are making a poppy and making a poppy mural,making ww1 dog tag,Anzac button necklace and a Anzac dawn parade timeline



                                             

That was summer poem

A couple of mounths ago in writing we wrote a summer poem that had lots of wow words, adjectives and similes in it. the process of this work was we brainstormed some wow words to help us when we wrote our story. then we started to write and once we finished we had to go back over the poem and put in more details.

Doodiling on Designapp.io

I have been learning to draw on an app called Designapp.io. I made different shapes and colors.
Today we doodled on Designapp.io and I made a Kiwi. First I put in a massive circle and copied it so i could use another circle as the head then I put in a moon and stretched it out to make it look like a beak. Then lastly I made feet with squares and different colors. Here is my Kiwi

Coding

For this term we have been learning about coding on scratch. scratch is a website were people can make things like mazes and songs. First we had to make the characters move with codes heres a link to scratch if you want to try. The most challenging part was trying to make my live counter go down. Then the easiest part was making the character Heres a slide show with a link to scratch

#Day 6 New Zealand road trip

Today in literacy we did our sixth part of the New Zealand road trip. We went to shag point, visited the Matariki festival and listed 3 Hakas from meh to best. First we visited shag point and write a poem about what it would be like being one of the first people to arrive on New Zealand. Next we visited the Matariki Festival and chose three thing that I would want to take part in and about it. then we had the BONUS, we had to list three Hakas from meh to best here is #day 5

#Day 5 New Zealand road trip

In this activity we got lost in a forest, we researched about famous New Zealand people and deciding to do the Otago central rail trail. In the first activity we went to a forest and I spotted an interesting tree but when I turned around and my group was gone we had to write about what happened next. then we had to write about a famous new Zealander and two facts about them. Then we had the BONUS activity were we had to decide whether or not we do the Otago central rail trail and why. Here is day 5

#Day 4 New Zealand road trip

Today we did our fourth New Zealand road trip this time we went to Nelson to help beached whales, watch a movie and explain why we should ban fishermen from fishing at farewell split. First activity we had to write some reasons on how locals helped beached whales to live. Then we had activity two that didnt work as we couldnt watch the videos. Then theres the BONUS activity were we had to explain why we should stop fishermen fishing in the farewell split as every year Hector dolphins get caught in fishermen nets. Here is my #day 4 of New Zealand road trip.

#Day three New Zealand road trip

Today in literacy we had out third Day of the New Zealand road trip. This time we visited the Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park for our first activity. the activity was to adopt an endangered critter as it was called and explain why I chose a Morepork. Then for activity two we went to Napier and found a tree that was damaged by a possum, we had to decide if we should kill all pest and why or not kill all pests and why, I chose not to kill the pests. Then we had a BONUS activity. In this we had to draw a picture of a moa or a part of it and then post it on a website called wild eyes but we had to sign in so we were told to post it on our blog. Here is #Day Three

New Zealand Road trip #Day 2

Today at literacy We did day 2 of our New Zealand we went to Dargaville To explore the beaches and interview a person and interview a friend. Our first activity was, out of three places to choose which one was the best and why, Then if we had the chance to meet Laura Dekker, to write 5 questions that you would ask her. then the BONUS activity where we had to interview a friend on their favorite things. I interviewed Jasmine

SHS New zealand road trip #Day 1

WALT- completing the learning journey and learning about New zealand
Today all of the literacy classes got told that their is a competition. This competition  is about who can get the most points from the activitys. The first and second activity is worth 2 points each and the bonus is worth 8 points. We had the whole of literacy time to complete it and the deadline is 4.30 in the afternoon here Is Day 1.

Calendar art

In this past week we have been making our calendar art. We had a choice between a Koru, a grid with hearts in each grid or a city scape with a grid and different shades of a colour and that's what I chose. So first I planned a grid. Then we drew a grid or the proper bit of paper and painted in the grids here is mine

Do,s and dont,s of nettiquitte

Last week we were learning about "nettiquitte" First we watched a video about how to be safe online.

Then we had to do a video not.es to get key notes about the video. Then we had to Put the key notes into a do and don't of online thing here is what I made.

Here is the video we were told to watch

Last week we improved on our dos and donts of etiquette. we were told to add because to the dos and donts of why you shouldn't do or dont do it here it is

.be careful what you say online
.some people lose control
.some people also try to start flame wars
.flame wars
.treat other peps the way you want 2 be treated
.dont write all caps
.humor isnt obvious on the internet
.re read before you send it
.ask for permission
.internet is NOT a private place

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Logo designs

For the last week we have been learning about logos. First we talked about what a logo is, Then we started planning on what we like. For me I like orange, Xbox and scootering so that is what I wrote in my book. then we prototyped our designs I made a scooter wheel that was orange, had an Xbox logo on it and my name. Here is what I made

Making a complex sentence

Today at literacy we learned about complex sentences. A complex sentence is two simple sentences joined together to make a bigger one but their is a thing called a conjunction that joined the two sentences together to make it a complex sentence. But you also need two verbs (doing word) in the two sentences here is the photo that I used for my complex sentences.