Healthy Lunchs

This term we have been learning about persuasive writing. This week for reading we read a text about healthy lunches then I made a poster on healthy lunches. Then I made a shopping list on the countdown website. Here is my Poster and Shopping list.

Healthy Lunches

My Shopping List

My Epic Gift

This term we are learning about persuasive writing. This week we wrote persuasive writing to make people get a stick. Here is my writing.

Reasons

Elaboration

Persuasive Vocab

My Epic Gift

Would you like the a fantastic gift to give someone? Do you want to be the envy of your friends? Do you need to get out of annoying situations? Then I offer you my 100% raw, natural stick and 100% more sticky that a normal friend. Did you know that they can help you,  help you win races and keep you company?

Did you know that sticks are good at helping you? Do you wake up most mornings and find that you just can’t get your hair the way you want? Well I have the solution for you. You can poke your stick through your hair or behind your ear to take others eyes to the stick instead of your hair. Also they can be lots of other different things. They can be a wand like Harry Potter’s, when you wave your wand you can go anywhere you want to be. If you have annoying siblings you can trick them into thinking that you have a piece of gold in the shape and colour of a stick but instead it’s your stick and that it will turn back into gold if they are quite. They are also stick-tastic pals.

Secondly they can help you win a race. Do you come second or third or fourth in every race you run in? Then bring your friendly stick! You can win by a bud! They are very fast and speedy. Discover the add speed of the stick with you. They also can help you win the race by encouraging you and sticking with you. You deserve a friend like that! Do you love friends like that? Your stick is that lovely friend.

Lastly your stick can keep you company. Did you know that if you have a pet dog or cat they will play together so you don’t have to worry that your little furry friends aren't missing out on fun? Your stick will also stick with you through thick and thin. They will stay where you put them so you don’t have to worry about them. Which is fanta-stick! They aren't pal-stick so you know they are really there for you. They are all original just like you! They are the ultimate friend. They are the one of a kind friend.

Therefore, I think you should get a stick because they can help you,  help you win races and keep you company. Run, don't walk to your nearest tree or bush to get your stick-tastic buddy, but remember don’t go picking them off trees or bushes because they are still growing with their brothers and sisters. Get one from the ground!

A Kiwi Christmas

Today the choir is away so we are having some fun. First I read a text called Kirihimete New Zealand Christmas Experience. It was about what makes a New Zealand christmas different from the rest of the world, then I made an infographic. Here is my infographic.

My Infographic 

Make A Flake

Today we are learning about Christmas. Here I have made a snowflake with make a fake which teaches you about symmetry. First you clicked on the left side of the triangle. Then you clicked on the inside of the triangle then back to the side. My snowflake has 6 lines of symmetry. Here is my snowflake.

Facebook For 10 Year Olds

This week we have been learning about persuasive writing. This week we read a text called Facebook For Ten Year Olds. It was about the dangers of having Facebook at a young age and why kids shouldn't have Facebook until they are old enough. Then we posters about it. Here is mine.

Facebook For 10 Year Olds

My Purrfect Cats for Miss McLeod

For the last two weeks we have been learning about persuasive pices of writing. We had to try to convince Miss McLeod to ether get a cat or a dog. I choose to persuade Miss McLeod to get a cat. This is my persuasive writing. I had to use persuasive words and phrases that were convincing. I learned that cat reduce chances of a heart attack by 30% (from a friend), and I enjoyed writing about cats.

Collaborative Success Criteria

• The correct structure of a persuasive text including an introduction, with a hook and your opinion, 3 body paragraphs and a conclusion.
• Persuasive vocabulary and phrases that convince people
• The reasons why with supporting ideas

Monday 17th October

Purrfect Cats For Miss McLeod

Did you know a cat’s purr is purrfectly soothing? I believe that after a busy day at school, there’s nothing better than coming home to a soothing cat purr. That’s why I think Miss McLeod should get a cat. Also because they don’t need lots of attention, no matter how far the go they always come back and they love it when you pat them.

One reason cats are great pets, because they don’t need much attention. They don’t need to walk them like dogs so you don’t need to get collars and leads. Also they will clean themselves. You can leave them for a long time so they are great if you work long hours. The only thing they will need is food. Did you know that if you have an outside fish pond they will drink from it?

Another great reason Miss McLeod should get a cat is that no matter how far they go they will always came back home. Cats love their homes. They might be gone all night they will come back home in the morning. When they find a present they will come back put it outside the house. They know their way around and they seem to know what time of day it is because when you come home they will be there, not far away.

Lastly they love it when you pat them. If they love you enough they will headbutt you and your face. If they are let in, and you are still in bed they will come in purring loudly. They purr lots when you pat them. They also like it when you brush them.

Overall I think Miss McLeod should get a cat because they don’t need much attention, No matter how far they go they will always  come back home and they love it when you pat  them. Run, don’t walk, to the closest pet store now before your purrfect companion gone forever!
                             

Persuasive Posters

For the last two weeks we have been learning about persuasive writing. My first poster here is for my locker. I designed my own special locker for schools, then I made a poster about it. My second poster is about adopting a pet from the pound. Here are my posters I hope you like them.

My Locker Poster

Adopt A Pet From The Pound

My Wings

Every year we do Calendar art for the parents to buy. They can also buy diaries and cards. This year I did this. We could choose what sort of art to do, I choose to do wings art. For the wings art I had to decide and make a template of the wings, then make dabs of paint on one half then folded it in half. Then our teacher took our  photos of us individually and print them. Lastly we cut out the wings from the template, our self out and glue it all together. It was hard doing the painting because I couldn't get it even. Here is my calendar art for this year.

Squirt

Today in maths we are learning to discover the relationships of capacities of a,b and c. We played a game called Squirt. You have to use the taps and plugs to work out how many times a fits into b, b into c and c into a.  There are three levels, each has a, b and c but the bottles can be different shapes.

                                   Here is some screenshots of the game, and here is the link to the game.

Paddle Power

For Reading over the past two days we have been learning about questioning. Questioning is when we ask questioning about the text while we are reading Sometimes we can answer our questions if we read on. If we can't answer the questions we can try to use our prior knowledge to make a guess. If we can't use our prior knowledge we might need to do some research. I read the text Paddle Power. It was about Kayaks. While I was reading I was asking questions I wrote them on a post it note. These are some of my questions, what would you pack? What does sealing mean? What is a bilge pumps? What is a flare and what do they look like? Here are the rest of my questions.

S Milk

Yesterday we started creating a milk labels because we were going to trade it with the people of Smati's magical elixir that helps us remember our times tables and division. But their mesaring systems which is plops, dribbles and sloshes. We had to work out how much each one was. 8 plops is 2L, 12 Dribbles is 600ml and 1 slosh is 1.25L.We are learning about capacity.

S Milk

Website Creator

From the beginning of the term we have been learning about be the change for Digi Awards. If you read my post I did last year you will know what I'm talking about if not here is what it is. This year the whole syndicate had to enter the Digi Awards. There were different categories we could do. In the categories you had to show be the change. Then we had to write about it, it had to have 100 words in the blurb.

This year I choose Website Creator because I have never done it before and I wanted a challenge. I did it with Kristie. Our teacher Miss McLeod taught us how to make the website and how to make a new page. I taught Kristie some new camera angles.

Here Is A Link To Mine And Kristies Entry

Spirit in Motion The Paralympic Games

For Reading this week we have been learning about the Olympic games. Today is day 7 of the activities. The first activity I had to pick someone that I would like to compete with in a tandem cycling event. Activity 2 was worth 4 points. For the activity I had to think of ways to fund raise money for the Paralympic athletes to get to Rio. Activity 3 is worth 20 points. For the activity I had to event for the Paralympic games.

Entertaining the Crowd

For Reading this week we have been learning about the Olympics. Today is day 6 of the activities. The first activity is worth 4 points. For the activity I had to rate three uniforms form the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Activity 2 is worth 4 points. For this activity I had to imagination that there was going to be a Olympics and I was in the IOC and I had to pick a speaker out of a number of people that are New Zealanders some were Richie McCaw, Lorde and John Key. The last activity is worth 12 points. For the activity I had to finish the story.

Eddie the Eagle

For Reading this week we are learning about the Olympics. Today's is day 5 of the activities. The first activity is worth 4 points. For this activity I had to write a summary about the movie trailer. Activity 2 is worth 4 points. For the activity I had to think of questions to ask Marjorie Gestring (the youngest athlete to win an Olympic gold metal). Activity 3 is worth 10 points. For this activity I had to write about who inspires me.



Movie trailer by New Trailer Buzz.

Be the Inspiration

For Reading this week we are learning about the Olympics. Today's day 4 of the activities. Activity 1 is worth 4 points. I had to find an athlete on this site. Then we had to write a little bit about them. Activity 2 is worth 4 points. We had to choose one out of these three athletes we would meet Lauren Boyle, Stuart Faquhar and Andrea Kilday. Activity 3 is worth 10 points. (Description down below)

For Activity 3 we had to evaluate this video. Video by NZ Olympics.

Imaginaion Poem

This week for reading we are learning about the Olympic games. Today we are learning about the sports that are in the Olympics. For this activity we had to imagine we worked for TVNZ and we were paid to travel to Rio de Janeiro to attend the Olympic Games. Here is my poem.

The fear ran through me like a lightning bolt.

My sweaty hands grasped the airline tickets

The enormity brought me to a halt

I felt the power of the Olympic spirit

My idols awaited me

I roamed around the stadiums with Glee

Reporting the high and lows made me feel mixed emotions

Bringing medals back home over the ocean

Taekwondo Photo

This week for reading we are learning about the Olympic games. Today we are learning about the sports that are in the Olympics. For this activity we had to take a photo of ourselves doing one of the sports. I choose taekwondo because I do something similar outside of school (I do karate) and I think if I had to compete in it I would go great. In the picture I am doing a high kick aiming for the head.

Water Polo

This week for reading we are learning about the Olympic games. Today we are learning about the sports that are in the Olympics. Water Polo is a water sport in the summer Olympics. The first time water polo was in the Olympics was in the Paris 1900 and the first time women were allowed to play was the Sydney 2000 games. The aim of the game is that there are two teams of seven players compete against each other. To win your team has to score a goal by throwing a ball into a goal. When you are throwing or catching the ball must be done with one hand. You can't sash water into someone face.

Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics Logo

For this activity I had to try and design a logo for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. I used the site Design Mantic to find an image that represents the Olympics. Here is a link to the site. 
Why I have chosen the torch is to represent the Olympic torch.

Famous Land Marks

For this activity we had to find some famous landmarks in New Zealand. Here are three landmarks (1) the Hobbit Movie Set is famous because there was a movie there it has cool old looking buildings there. The Hobbit Movie Set is in the North island. (2) Te Papa Museum in Wellington is one of the coolest places, it is the Museum of New Zealand. (3) Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in Christchurch is the best place to visit as a family with feed animals and (sometimes) get close with deer.

Here is a link to maps where the landmarks are.

Tom and Vinicius

This week we are learning about the Olympics. One of today's activity is about the Rio mascots their names are Tom and Vinicius. In this video they are looking for a place to sleep. Vinicius tries a hollow log but there are centipedes inside it. Tom finds a hole in a tree but there was an owl in there that scares him away. They disagree on where to set up. They finally agree on a spot and build a house each, but when they try to sleep they find they can't. Vinicius hangs upside down on a branch and Tom finds a lilypad to sleep on.

Video by Joao Marcos Cunha Filho

Olympic Activitys Day 1

Today for reading we had are learning about the Olympic games. Here is today's work.

My Blog's 1st Birthday

Today is my blog's 1st birthday. My first post I published was pretty much the same time and day as last year when I posted about the Flag Debate. For a gift for my blog can you comment on any post on my blog please.

Goals Setting

Today at power time we are leaning about goals and setting them. Power time is where we learn about our school values. First we watched a video about what SMART goals are and what they mean. Then we watched another video which explained making goals and how to achieve them. Then we wrote some different types of goals.

Goals are important because it helps you complete things easier.

S-Specific

M-Measureable

A-Achievable

R-Realistic

T-Timely

Social Goal	To make a new friend.
Learning Goal	To put similes and metaphors in my writing.
Sport Goal	To score a goal at practice or at Kyle park.

My Many Coloured Days Poem

On Thursday a few weeks ago Mr Maderin came in and taught us about thinglink. He showed us how to make a  rainbow and upload it to thinglink, then he showed us how to put tags on it. If you hover your mouse over the rainbow a sentence from my poem called 'My Many Coloured Days' will appear. The poem is about how colours are feelings. Here is my poem (on the rainbow).
Here is a link to thinglink

Kahoot It

On Tuesday we had two Kahoots, Kahoot is a great learning tool for what you need to know. You get given a question then you have to answer the question and if you get it right you get points. The faster you are the more points you get. The Kahoots we did where about time and measurement.

Just Desserts

This week for Hilton Ayrey we read a story about a boy that goes to the mall with his family. When he is left alone he brought a sundae but some bullies come and are mean to him by taking his sundae. Here are the activities I did.

Tree House Sketching

On Monday last week we had to sketch what we wanted our tree house to look like. We also needed to think of descriptive words to describe our tree house for the writing part of this activity. My tree house has two doors one is the front door and the other goes to a bar that you can swing on for fun. Here is my drawing.

Gobstopper Experiment Writing

On Wednesday last week we had to eat and describe eating gobstoppers. Here is mine.

As the bag of colorful sphere came around I felt more and more scared. Mostly because the bag was full of gobstoppers. I have never had a gobstopper in my life and my mum has never let me have one because she says that it will make my teeth rot and I don’t want that to happen. I picked one up it was the colour of a lemon. It smelt of smarties and chewing gum.  I looked at the penny sized ball in my hand. It felt as hard as a diamond and smooth like a page in a book. Then Miss Mcleod told us to put it in our mouths. I didn’t want to eat it but my friend Lauren was saying it was ok to put it in my mouth so I did it. My mouth exploded with a taste of fruity mentos and smarties. After what seemed like 4 hours I took my gobstopper out now it was as small as a pea and was a different colour.  I took one last look at it then dropped it into a bin. “Bye bye little gobstopper” I thought to myself.

I.F.G Awards Night

Yesterday was I.F.G awards night. I.F.G stands for icons for girls. At I.F.G we work towards badges and then at the end of a team we collected the badges we earn. The badges I earnt are Community, Wheelz and safety. For the Community badge we learnt about 0800 Hungry and a knitting place where people come and knit things for others. For Wheelz we learnt how to take the tube off a bike wheel and that a clean bike is a happy bike. For the safety badge we learnt about fire and first aid. Here the badges.

Tree House Padlet Planinng

For the last three weeks (in groups) we have been planning our ultimate tree house. The first two days we looked at other tree houses on the internet and decided what it could look like and what it might have. Some groups did it in a doc others put it in a Padlet. My group did it in a Padlet here it is.

Bingo Night

On Friday at 6 o'clock our school held a bingo night at the Honby Working Mens Club. There were spot prizes and a silent auction. How to get a bingo is you have to dot all of the numbers in a square. The numbers where in lines going down . There was a game for kids and adults so if a kid got a bingo an adult will win as well. Here is one of my bingo tickets. Our table didn't win any bingo's but I won a spot price it was a drink bottle.

Winter Sports

In the winter year 5 and 6 play winter sport. You can chose from soccer, hockey, netball and rugby. We play at Kyle park or in the grounds in Hornby High. I play soccer the team I'm in is called South Hornby School (or SHS) Phoenix the other team is named United. Yesterday my team won 5-0, our second win. We have lost all the other matches. We where playing against Hornby Primary the team was all girls which was amazing because I have never seen an all girls team in my two term of playing soccer.

Awhina Badges

Yesterday we had assembly and the awhina leader and deputy badges were handed out. I got a awhina deputy badge. The school is divided into 5 Awhina houses and I am in Shand which is green some of the groups are Kid, Amy, Rakaka and Shands. How I became a deputy was a few weeks ago the school spit in to our awhina groups. We could chose if we wanted to have a go at being a leader or deputy of the group and I wanted to have a go. Then we had to say why we would be a good leader, I thought I would be a great leader because I have a younger sibling.

24 Hour Footprint

For the last two weeks we have been learning about thing link. Today we are doing our 24 hour footprint. First we found a picture of a clock then we download it off the internet and inserted it in to thinglink. Next we looked at our history and put links to the websites we went on.  To find your history on google you can click the three dots in the top right corner (for some people it might be three lines in the top right corner). Then click history or if you like short cuts press Ctrl H or command H on a mac book. (This is to find your history on google.)

James and The Giant Peach Character Description

This week we wrote a character description about James and his aunts, Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge. Here is my writing.

In the book James and The Giant Peach lies a spellbinding adventure that you will never forget.

(If you haven't read it or listened to it yet!).

James is a small, kind and caring boy because he was raised by kind parents for the first four years. Unfortunately the happiness did not last for poor James they passed away one day. He is lonely and sad because his aunts don’t let him see anyone or don’t let him leave the hill. James is very frightened of his aunts because they are mean to him.

Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge have very different appearances but they still have the same characteristics. Aunt Spiker is thin like the silk from a spider's web with thin lips but Aunt Sponge is as wide as outer space. The aunts are mean because they have beaten poor James up from the beginning. They are lazy and make James do all the work while they sit around all day. They are very beastly and horrid looking but they think they are beautiful. They are selfish and don’t care for anyone but themselves. The aunts never call James by his real name but call things like him you miserable creature.

Overall James and his aunts are very different in looks, attitudes and behavior. James is small and kind, his aunts are ugly and greedy.  The only things they have in common are, they live together and they are family.

The Perfect Gift Hilton Ayrey

This week we read a story called the perfect Gift it was about a cat and a man. The cat wants to give the man a gift because she is moving house for the summer. Here are my activities I did.

Multipcation and Division Facts I Know

We have been learning our multiplication facts. We went on a game that tests our knowledge, it then shows us what we know. The green dots are the ones I got right. The questions went very fast, I felt like I only had five seconds to anwser each and push enter.
Here is the link  http://www2.nzmaths.co.nz/LearningObjects/BF/MultiplicationBF.htm

Star Explosion Writing

For the last two weeks we have been writing about a star explosion and what happens. Here is my writing

When a star explodes it means it has died. The star takes four stages to explode completely. I find them very interesting.

First it starts to fizz around its lavery edges as it heats up.  It’s midde starts to turn a deep red colour. But it’s getting hotter as the explosion continues. I think  this is because the star cannot hold all the heat. This makes me wonder how long do stars live for in space?

Suddenly white and blue flames burst from the star. It sprouts from different places at different times.The fame is blue and white because that is the hottest part. I think this is because the core is pushing out too much heat. This makes me wonder why do star explosions start with mini explosions?

Next suddenly there is a bright white flash like a camera flash. It’s so bright it looks like it could blind you. All you can see is it ghostly faint outline. I think it is like that because, the white is the hottest part of a flame and it's getting hotter and hotter. This makes me wonder why does it flash so bright?

Lastly it turns blue and the star starts to grow every second. It grows so large you can barely see around it. It’s like a balloon being blown up. I think it is because it is exploding. This makes me wonder will it make a black hole or is this part a black hole

Here is the video we watched video.

By NASA's Ames Research Center.

Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn Poem

This week we have been writing autumn poems called goodbye summer hello autumn.
Here is mine

Goodbye colourful summer dresses and flowy skirts, hello warm jumpers and jackets

Goodbye frosty ice, ice blocks and ice-cream, hello tropical creamy pumpkin soup

Goodbye swimming in the cool outside pools, hello delightful inside games

Goodbye annoying flies and bits, hello amazing bit free days and nights

Goodbye helpful and divine sun hats, hello beautiful gumboots

Goodbye splashy water fights, hello leafy leaf fights

Goodbye bare feet inside, hello warm slippers

Goodbye green leafs, hello brown leafs

Goodbye summer, hello autumn.

Bio Poem

We have been learning about each other by doing all about me activities. Room 5's activity was bio poems. Bio poems are poems that tell people about you. First I planed about it I had to think very deeply about myself. 

The first line is your name and the second line is three additives, third line is who enjoys then what you enjoy. The fourth is what you are able to do. The Fifth line is what you feel and when, the sixth line is what you wonder, the seventh line is what you fear. The eighth line is what you care about and the last line is what you dream about.

Tia

Kind, loyal, creative.

Who enjoys reading, cats and spending time with friends and family.

Who is able to knit.

Who feels happy when reading books.

Who wonders what walked the earth and swam in the ocean millions of years ago.

Who fears of the dark and spiders.

Who cares about animals, her friends and family and cat toffee.

Who dreams of exploring the world and finding out about the animals there in the countries.