Origami reindeer

today we made origami reindeer with a couple of squares, diamonds and triangles. First the teachers handed us a sheet of paper with squares triangles and diamonds on it and a picture of what it is supposed to look like here is mine

Christmas round the world

We have been learning about how other people celebrate Christmas around the world. Today I learned how so many make so many ways to celebrate Christmas. Some of the ways to say "happy christmas"

are quite easy like Sweden (God yul) but some are extremely hard like Hungarian 

(kellemes karacsonyi unncpeker) 

We also learned about what people eat in other places in the world in norway they eat ginger bread houses 

mountains mountains mountains!

today im about to read a story about sacred mountains here are three questions that i would like answers

1.what is so special about them?
2. how tall are they?
3.what are the mountains called?

after reading the story I found out the names Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and tongariro, I also learned that the mountains were once warriors and gods who fought for a woman called pihanga which is also what makes them so special.

Battle of the mountains:

It was also similar because they both talked about mountains that were warriors who fought hard to win love but battle of the mountains had more ajectives than the first story, sacred mountains
3 things I learned

1.the mountains were once gods and warriors
2.mountains have feelings
3. that mountains actually have genders
4. mountains can move
5. one of the mountains peaks got cut off in battle
my questions:

why did the mountains fight they could have made an agreement?
how much damage did the war make?
why couldn't they all just find other mountain partners?

The MT tongariro eruption

On August 6 MT tongariro erupted after 100 years. There was also a feild trip on the day it erupted there were 90 kids six parents and four teachers. the eruption lasted five minutes

DEJA VU!

Today we played around with google forms to make a pick a path story. first we created a new form then we inserted an image and wrote a short story for our pick a path. After that we wrote down the options on what path to choose. then we created what the ending was and what the best ending was then we posted it on our blog

Alarm call

For this week we wrote about a picture of a green goblin thing and a cute white cat. First the teachers gathered us together to brainstorm some good describing words for the goblin and the cat. Then we wrote a hook for our story and we also write a paragraph. and lastly we wrote the other paragraph. here is my writing

Minecraft skin

Today we played around with google sheets and created mine craft skins! I wasn't here at school when we did this but i'll try So mr maddren told us that google sheets can help with hard times table and impossible maths sums. Then he showed us that we could make mine craft skins if we make the squares smaller then he told us to search up a skin and try and make them. here is mine craft skin

ROBOTICS!!!!!!

Today we were told to make a blog post about robotics. If you dont know what robotics is its a LEGO thing with a brain and you need a computer to run it. Mrs Mcguinnety had a challenge board set up with 3 challenges 1: a straight course with tape to mark where your robot must stop Then challenge no.2 a straight then a turn right then left and straight then the hardest a small straight with a right turn
then left another straight then left and right then straight to the finish. The most challenging thing was the last one and the easiest one was the straight foward one. Here are some photos.

Te Manu Tukutuku poem

Today we wrote a feelings/senses poem about our new school. It had to be four sentences long and involved feel, hear, see smell, touch and overall feelings. First we started by brainstorming all of the feeling words as a group. Then we were set off to start our poem. Here is what I wrote.

17/10/17 Tuesday

Te Manu Tukutuku poem

Hear, see, smell, touch

I feel speechless at how big the new school is.

I hear the sound of children getting excited over the new school.

I see new and updated furniture as I walk in.

I smell that new building smell.

I touch the soft carpet like walls as if they were sheep.

Overall I am overwhelmed at how the new school is so different.

#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