Christmas 2021

 We had a lot of fun making Reindeer Cookies and Christmas decorations this week.

We used arrowroot biscuits, nutella, M&Ms and pretzels to make our delicious reindeer cookies. It was a lovely treat!

Our Christmas decorations had a 'Xmas Tree' theme. We made a finger print xmas tree card, a glittery xmas tree with a candy cane and then a xmas tree ornament for our trees. What a great way to end the year.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!

EOTC Days

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 

Poetry

 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 

Music with Matua Jade

WALT explore different musical instruments and we are learning to give different types of music a go.

On Monday two weeks we had our second lesson with Matua Jade. We used microphones then we sang some of the end of year songs like bang and cover me in sunshine. Then for the last song me,Daniel,Kieran and Levi sang this is the best day of my life at first  me and Daniel were so nervous but the more we sang the more confident we began to feel. 

Science - Simple Circuits

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. 

Asttle Narrative Writing - Witches at School

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.

Water - An Amazing Substance

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.    

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

 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.

Thank-you Whaea Seroya

 

My Speech - Children Should Not be Allowed to Go to Bed Whenever they Want

Bugbix for Breakfast

WALT identify persuasive language features.

 

My persuasive writing plan

 WALT plan our persuasive writing on a jam board.

Cats - Who needs them?

 WALT identify persuasive language features.

My Lockdown Bubble

 WALT share details about our ‘Lockdown Bubble’

Learning from home covid 19. Here is my lockdown bubble writing.

Chapter one buying the land

7/6/21

Once upon a time in 1985 there was two people that owned 70 hectares of land.  There was an abandoned farm that I was thinking about buying. The land was $29,000 dollars and I have $79,000 dollars.  Guess what? I bought it.  

I opened a big shed and found  everything I needed.  In the shed there was fencing gear, a John Deere 8970, a Ford 4100, 399 Massey Fergason. 

 

The Olympic Games

 
WALT skim and scan information to answer questions about the Olympics.

The Olympics began over two thousand seven hundred years ago. 

The Greeks took part in the Olympic games to celebrate the greek gods. The Olympics take place every four years . The Olympic touch was lit to let people know about the Olympic games. Only men and boys were allowed to take part. The five rings represent the five continents. The Paralympic games take place after the Olympic games. If an athlete came second they would get a silver medal.    

 

    

Our Place, Our Stories

We have been learning about the taonga in our school and community. We have also been learning our pepeha.

A pepeha is a way to introduce yourself and where you're from. A pepeha tells people about our waka, our awa, our moana, hapu, our iwi marae, maunga.

Rahi and the Patupaiarehe

 WALT explore the legend behind the game kī-o-rahi.

LEGENDS ASSEMBLY

We are learning to use descriptive language in our writing.

2-3-digit Addition Strategies

 WALT solve addition equations using a place value strategy.

2-3-digit Addition Strategies

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.