We had a lot of fun making Reindeer Cookies and Christmas decorations this week.
07.12.21
Dear Sir,
Thank you for letting us go to Waiari last week.
I loved everything we did during our EOTC days. I enjoyed walking through the forest to Lake Ngatu. We went the wrong way but Alaris’s mum knew the way to go. We had loads of fun in the forest at the lake and at waiari.I enjoyed swimming at Lake Ngatu and eating the ice blocks.
My favorite day was at Waiari. I liked kayaking, snorkeling and swimming. Me, Jackson and Whaea Deb saw four snapper when we were snorkeling. When I got out of the water I was like an ice block, I was a lot warmer when I put dry clothes on. I really enjoyed the delicious burgers.
Thank you again for everything you did to help us on our EOTC days.
From Ryan
30/11/21
WALT respond to different types of poems. We are going to use different poems to help us practice our reading strategies
Rhyming words are words that sound the same at the ending like...
1. drain/rain
2. sea/tea
3. bees/fleas
4. moan/groan
Alliteration
Alliteration means words that stars the same.
1.bees buzzing
2. spider spin
We are learning about electricity and how to build a simple circuit.
Last Friday me and my class made simple circuits when me and Jaxon were making the cirtcuit we were confused how to make the led glow. We rolled the play dough then split it in two then we got the led light and stuck it in the middle then we hocked the wires up and the light glowed.
Teacher Note - ‘UNASSISTED’ ASTTLE WRITING
The children write for a total of 40 minutes. Within that timeframe they have to plan their writing (a brainstorm) write, edit and re-craft their work. They are not allowed to use dictionaries or word cards. The students completed their writing on paper but have typed it out for their blogs.
24/11/21
WALT write a creative narrative story!
Once upon a time there was a witch at school the witch was learning a lot then suddenly she heard a whisper but no one there she looked out the window the playground had vanished. She thought it was a ghost but it wasn't she turned around and a knight was there the witch closed her eyes then opened them the knight had vanished now a class room was missing. Then the witch looked out the window the knight had a wand. He was making everything vanish but the witch still heard the whisper it was in class it was a ghost. The witch picked up her wand and put a spell on the class so everything on the ground will turn invisible . But everything in the air will turn visible the witch found the ghost she put a spell on the ghost and the knight. The spell made them learn and clean up the mess they made.
We are using water to help us understand different scientific concepts.
Two weeks ago my class and te tinana were working on water and gravity. First we got cups then we filled them up with water then we had these ice cream lids cut up into little squares . W put the the ice cream lid on top of the cup then we heald our hands on the ice cream lids and we fliped the cups over and the lid stuck on.
WALT read, write and say māori words and sentences.
Te Reo
28/10/21
We have been learning our kupu o te ra which is a Maori word each day. For example;
Peke kura - school bag
Pene rakau - pencil
Papa takaro - playground
Pahi - school bus
Poro - ball
We were also learning how to play wharewhare kemu to learn māori words for fruit.
Aporo - apple
Ropae - strawberry
Panana - banana
Karoti - carrot
Painaporo - pineapple
We have made some pukapuka and wrote the name of our fruit and veges and where they came from. Ko wai ahau ko aproro ahau. No hea au No rakau ahau. We also made wheku masks when it was Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori week.
Ko te whiringa-a -nuku tenei marama means the month is October.
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WALT share details about our ‘Lockdown Bubble’
Learning from home covid 19. Here is my lockdown bubble writing.
WALT skim and scan information to answer questions about the Olympics.
The Olympics began over two thousand seven hundred years ago.
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WALT solve addition equations using a place value stratgies
I need to work on place value Addition strategies I need to work on my 3,6 times tables.
28.5.21
We are writing about our experience at the Mahuika Show.
Yesterday we left school to go to a excellent show.
In the beginning there were two sisters called Kahu and Sissy. They were out in the garden doing jobs with Nan. Kahu was complaining that sissy wasn't doing jobs. Kahu and sissy found a magic kete and the last buring finger nail of mahuika came out of the kete potiki turned Nan to coal kahu and sissy had to save Nan. They followed potiki to the under would to mahuika on the way pukeko kidnapped potiki and took potiki to mahuika because mahuika put a curse on pukekos beak because pukeko was being bad.
Next steps
WALT to write a description of our mum using precise words to create an image in our readers minds.
I’m going to introduce my Mum Brenda, she has sparkling blue eyes and likes to wear dresses. She is tallish. We go walking on the farm She absolutely loves coffee. I help her do gardening. I help her clean the house. Mum likes to read to me. We bake delicious banana chocolate chip muffins. Mum takes us to swimming and soccer training. We like to go to McDonalds together.
Mum likes to watch Country Calendar and aXe Men. Mum likes to come home after a busy day at work She cooks delicious dinners that I enjoy. Mum takes me to nans house for afternoon tea .Then we go home. she lights the fire and we sit by the fire and watch Outback Truckers and The chaser. mum screams in delight when the chaser wins. She gets a little mad when me and Cameron fight but I still love my Mum even when she is mad.
WALT explore the various stories about why the iwi is named Ngāti Kuri
I learnt the five tribes of muriwhenua they are Ngati kuri Te Aupouri Ngaita koto Te Rarawa
I learnt want tutted means tutted is like rolling eyes and making a noise in disagreement
Sacrifice means giving something up for some one else.
Mana pride respected proud greatness.
Mokopuna means grandchild.
Pa means village..
We have leaning to WALT ask a question for data collection, create a survey to carry out a simple investigation, make a tally chart and create a bar graph.
we learnt to create and understand tally charts
we know to make four marks then cross the lines horizontal or diagonal to make the 5th mark.
A bar graph needs a title and a labels.
