Free Write

This week  for literacy/ free write me and my friend made a slide on some profiles from the black ferns.
we had to write down the weight, Height, Name, Age.

reflections

This term for literacy we are doing a really fun topic. It is a survivor topic, it is really fun. We Had to make teams of nine . In our team we have, Arli, Franklin, Me, Oli, Callum, Ruby, Elijah, Royal and Mia.Yesterday we had to make a stretcher out of old cloths,towls and rags. We made the stretcher for royal to lie in and we had to carry him from one end of the field to the other. We also had to pich a tent for Elijah to stay in and make a sling for mia out of old towls. I thought those activities were really fun.

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                 Worlds worst children 2

               By David Walliams 

The worlds worst children is a book about (You can tell what its about by the cover) the worlds worst children. It is a book made up of short story's. I really enjoyed this book I thought this book was a funny imaginative an exciting book that all kids will like.
RATING: *****/*****
RECOMMENDATION: I recommend this book for ages 8-11

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                Demon Dentist

                   By David Walliams 

Demon dentist is a book about a boy called Alfie he is 12 years old and lives with his dad, they are very poor. His dad (Mr Griffith) is in a wheel chair due to working in a mine. Alfie is so poor he can't even afford to buy enough food let alone his own toothbrush. Alfie hates going to the dentists, he has spent years and years of hiding his dentists check up forms and all is going well for Alfie until mysteriously the school dentist dies and has been replaced by a mysterious dentist miss Root!!! 
A funny mysterious cliff hanger that all children will love.
RATING:*****/*****

Week 6 term 3 Refletions

This week for numeracy we have been working on a problem solving slide. Our teacher set us some tasks and then we completed them through the week.

This week for literacy we have done our free write/quick write for 15 minutes every day. Throughout the week we have created a quick write slide on flags of the world.



For literacy we have also done the life cycle of a whitebait. Here is the life cycle.

Week 5 term 3 literacy Reaflection

This week for literacy I have been working on an Anticipation guide about what are the endangered animals. the example I have given is a cheetah they are endanged.

week 4 term 3 literacy and Numeracy Reflections

This week for literacy we did a KWVL chart for collecting knowledge and finding facts about whitebait. I found this activity quite fun because we got lots more knowledge about knowledge.

This week is maths week and we had a big westamaths competition througout Mamaku we came third and we got a snikers bar. Our team had 5 people, Me, Mia, Makia, Kyra and Morgan. Today we also had a numberathon where you get someone to sponsor you and then you raise money for maths aquiptment.

reflections term 2 week 9

This week for numeracy we are doing statistic investigation. we had to work out the chances of getting a now CD or a kickin CD. 

This week for literacy we had to plan our speech we had to write some strong words in a doc and then write their meanings we had to do this for word work.

Strong words Honor

free

Meaning:enjoying personal rights as a person who is not in slavery.

imagine

Meaning:to form a mental image of (something not actually present.

 Power

Meaning: ability to do or act.

Challenge

Meaning: A task to push yourself and to try

Skiing

Meaning: The act or sport of gliding on skis.

Scary

Meaning: Causing fright or alarm

Risky

Meaning: attending a risk.

Discover

Meaning:To see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out

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                     Boom 

By Mark Haddon

Boom is a book about two boys that are best friends (Jimbo and Charlie) who are just ordinary cheeky boys.  But when they find out from spying that two of their teachers (Mrs Pierce their history teacher and Mr Kidd their art teacher) have a secret language between them, their world becomes chaotic.  What is that language?  Why are they speaking it?  What does it mean?  Jimbo and Charlie set out to answer these questions in this original and imaginative book.  I really liked because I have never read anything like it.  My favourite character was Charlie because he takes great risks and is pretty funny. 

Rating: *****/*****

Recommendation: I recommend this book to ages 9-13

Literacy week 7 term2

This week for reading we had to do a summary on our group reading. Our group book was a book called Kick Start.

Literacy Art summary

This week we had an art work shop with Abi Gully and learnt still life drawings.

Art Summary

Monday: On monday we went to an Art workshop with Abi Gully for the chosen people it went for two days. On the first day we drew still life I found it quite hard but we did it lots so it got easier.

Tuesday: On tuesday we had another one on tuesday we finished our big copy and we traced it and then we painted it I finished mine and then we did our other copy. We had to do warm colours and then we had to do cold colours I did my warm colours  and then I did my cold colours. After I had finished my cold colours I did my cold and warm colours. I really enjoyed the art workshop I am hoping to do it again.

literacy week 5 term 2

Word work 

This week for literacy we did word work and we had to do silly sentences for the sentences.

Art Refletions

                                                 Art 

This term for Art we had to look at some Robert Delaunay artworks and the make our own by steaing ideas from him to I really enjoyed doing it because I love painting and I think Robert Delaunays art is really cool.

we all did different techniques to design our Art I chose arows, shapes and lines.

The colours that we used were Red, Yellow, Blue, orange, light blue and light orange. 

• Step 1

• Get a A4 peice of paper 
• And draw a design thats based on Robert Delaunay art.

• Step 2

• Get a big page and copy the Design neatly.
• Then get ready to paint
• After you have got ready paint neatly in the lines.

Cross country persausive writing

Cross country

This week we had the cross country I came 1st and Addison came second. We had to write about it. So I chose to do a persuasive writing to persuade people to lik the cross country.

Cross country is a good opportunity for the people who like Running to stand out and be competitive. It is a real challenge for people and it keeps you wanting to be fit. I think that we should have cross country so we can also do well and go to competitions elsewhere like west coast and canterbury ext. So why don’t people like cross country?? Is it because you get puffed but everybody gets puffed. Great Runners need to take a challenge and set it as a goal. They need to have perseverance and stamina like Usain Bolt.  

                                    Usain Bolt

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       Diary of a super swimmer.

           Auther: Shaminni flint 

Diary of a super swimmer is about a boy named Marcus Akinson. Marcus is not good at sports thats for sure but unfortunately for marcus his dad thinks he is talented and has a giftfor sport. Marus has been through so many sports and just has not found the right one yet. So to make things worse for Marcus his dad has signed him up for smimming :(  Read it to find out how embarssing and bad sports can get!! 
RATING: ****/*****
RECOMENDATION: For ages 8-10.

literacy week 3 Term 2

This week for literacy we have rad a book about Harakeke (Flax), Then we had to create a google drawing showing the main parts of the story. Here is my work.

Our W.A.L.T's were to retell the main parts of the story.

Reflections week 3 term2

This week for literacy we have done a diamante on ANZAC here is my one.

A diamante poem uses interesting nouns, adjectives and verbs to describe the topic.

                                                         Guns

            

                          Deadly                            brutal                  

   

               

            Shooting                Running                   Killing

        Rifle                  weapon            beauty             Flower

    

         Swaying                  blowing                       bending

                    delicate                              beautiful

                                         Poppys

By Honor

We also did a book advertisment for a book that we have read so that we can try convince people to read it.

Our WALT: Create a poster to persuade others to read a book.

We had to include a catchy question or statement to grab the audience's attention. Here is my poster. What do you think?

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          Diary of a Rugby champ

                   Shaminni Flint

Diary of a rugby champ is a book about a boy called Marcus Atkinson. His dad has a dream of Marcus being a really good sportsman, but unfortunately for Marcus he is definitely not naturally sporty.  His Dad signs him up for the rugby team believing that Marcus needs a little practise to get better.  Marcus does not want to play.  This is disastrous and hilarious, which makes this book pretty enjoyable.  I especially enjoyed the pictures, but was a pretty easy read.  I rate this book ****/*****                                                                           

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                    Ratburger

            Author: David Walliams

Ratburger is about a girl (Zoe) with a love for animals. She has a dream of one day becoming world famous by teaching her pets amazing tricks. Zoe has a few obstacles though, namely her nasty step mum (Shelia) who hates rodents and all other kinds of animals. Zoe is an only child, who has had a really nice relationship with her Dad, until something unforeseen happens to change Zoe's life.  This is a story about how Zoe overcomes many obstacles to achieve her goals.  I really enjoyed this book because I thought it was very imaginative and original, with a good message.  

I recommend this book for 9-12 year olds who like books about imaginative characters with real life problems.  I rate this book ****/*****