Hi everyone, last week on Friday we did Top Team, it is a program for schools to get through all the activities and in each activity there will be 2 teams you get a new team for each activities because each team gets a different rotation. And for each activity you will get points in the end the 3 teams with the most points gets the Top Team certificates. Here are some photos of Top Team 😅:
Kia Ora everyone, this week our reading group has been learning about penguins. Most of us knew the basics of penguins but a few of us knew a lot about them. We read journals about them and watched videos about them too. It was all really fun and I didn't really find anything that hard. After we read the journal and watched the videos we then made a D.L.O (digital learning object) 😉:
Hi everyone, in Inquiry I am in the compost group, we learn about composting and we focus on a lot of worm farms. And we made one, our inquiry group made a worm farm and we put worms in it today. There were adult and baby tiger worms. And when we were done we made a worm tea D.L.O. Here is mine 😇:
Kia Ora Tamariki ma, this week my reading group and I have been learning about sharks and today we made a D.L.O (digital learning object). I actually found sharks really fascinating, there are so many different breeds and shark pups know know how to take care of themselves when they are born. Anyways, here is my D.L.O (I didn't add everything I know in it though) 😋:
Hi everyone, in the past few weeks we have been working on a information report about an endangered animal. I chose the blue whale, they are amazing underwater mammals that you can know more about in my piece of writing. It took a bit of time to research all the things I needed to know about the information report turned out perfect (to me). Here it is 😉:
The Wonderful Blue Whales
Have you ever seen a whale? They are underwater mammals which are cousins of the hippopotamus and dolphin. Did you know that?
Blue whales look an amazing true blue underwater but on land they look a beautiful bluish grey. Blue whales are also the biggest animal in the world (now) and they are 90 or more feet in size and can weigh as much as 24 elephants (they weigh from 50,000 kg to 150,000 kg).
Blue whales usually eat large schools of fish and creatures like Octopus, zooplankton and small crabs.
Whales have a very amazing way to locate food underwater. They use echolocation to locate where their prey is. The blue whale’s call can reach 188 decibels but it isn’t the loudest animal on earth since the sperm whale can reach 230 decibels.
Whales make one of the longest migrations of any mammals and they travel about 10,000 miles each migration! The blue whale’s habitat is every aquatic habitat. Blue whales have been found in tropical, temperate, subtropical and arctic seas.
I think whales are super fascinating creatures and there are many things that we can learn about them. Whales are also one of the most intelligent aquatic animals and the sperm whale has the biggest brain of any animal in the world.
Kia Ora tamariki ma, this week we have been learning about possum's and the problems they cause. It was really fun reading and researching about them and it was my favorite part . Then, we made a D.L.O (digital learning object) and here is mine 😁:
Hi everyone, in the past few days my reading group has been learning about ocean zones. Some of us knew more than others, I knew nothing 😅. We learned that there were the sunlight zone, twilight zone, midnight zone, the abyss and the trench (if there is any error that you might find on this post, or any other, please comment down below 😊). Well here is the slide that I made, it is about which ocean zone animals live in (I am proud of myself😁):
Kia Ora tamariki ma, in Inquiry we have been learning about worm farms. It was really fun and I think soon we will be making one ourselves. The best thing about learning about worm farms is the researching. We watched a video about it and there were a few things we had to search up. After learning about worm farms we were told to make slides about it. We had to be in buddies, and my buddy was BaileeD. Here is our slide:
Kia Ora tamariki ma, An here, today I am going to tell you me and my reading group's experience making Lemon Sugar scrub. We had lots of fun, thanks to our teachers Miss McLeod and Miss Cornish. We got to choose our groups and my group had Sophie, Jordan and Jed in it. It was really fun, here is a slide:
Hi everyone. In technology, we have been making our own muesli-bars and muesli-bar boxes (we haven't started making the muesli-bars yet). The muesli bar boxes were really fun to make, if you are wondering why why we did not make a muesli-bar bag instead, well we just found it too complicated and it didn't seal well. We made our own design and label, we even made our own mascot (it's the winky-face -> 😉). And here is our product 😁 (it's not a real product though 😂):
Hi everyone, last week in maths (strand), we learned about measuring. We used cups and glasses and poured water into them. Then, we made a 3x5 chart and wrote the glass, estimate and answer (if you don't understand then see the slide below). So here is the slide 😁:
Hi everyone! This week This month, we have been making our calendar art. The theme for our calendar art this year is dot art. It is really fun and we got to do our own designs and dot them (we didn't get really creative though 😅). There were only two steps but it took a long time. So, the first step was making a design using pencil, then, we dotted our design using paint and cotton buds (we used nearly all our time doing drafts 😁, the real process took only 3 days). This is what my art looks like in the end 👻:
Kia Ora everyone, today at digital citizenship we made our own faces on a google drawing by using the curve tool. We put a picture at the back and went over it with the curve tool. It was a pretty easy, but long process 😀. Here is the finish product ✌:
Hi everyone, this week in reading I (and my reading group) made slideshows about why we should eat less meat (with a few facts as well 😊). It was a pretty easy process, I you enjoy the slide ✌:
Hi everyone, this week we did a describe a moment in time writing. Describe a moment in time writings are different and unique cause instead of just free-writing we have to have the writing in present tense and we must not say I or name the character cause you're not in the writing and you don't know the person in the writing. We have been doing these writings cause we are doing a writing test about describing a moment in time, so we have to get ready 😁. Anyway, here is my writing:
Kia Ora everyone, today at writing we learned about metaphors. We learned that metaphors are a figure of speech that describes an object. And, we also learned how to tell the difference between metaphors and similes. Similes are sentences that compare things with other things using 'as' and 'like', like: the sun is like a light-bulb in the sky. But metaphors are sentences that describe things using 'is', 'was', 'were', and 'are', like: Your room is a pigsty. Anyways, here is my work that I did today ✌.
Hi everyone, today in reading we were discussing if we should eat less meat. And we got 2 different sides from this.
Kia Ora everyone, today our class learned about similes. If you don't know what similes are, then they are like describing something using a different word, and, it is only a simile if it has like or as in it. An example is lie: As fast as lightning. Today we also did a google doc sheet to fill in. Here it is 👇:
Hi everyone, our class has been reading a book called wonder written by R.J Palacio and it is an amazing book (though we haven't reached the end yet 😂). So we found this site where you can make your own wonder profile. And it is so much fun, so make sure you check it out 👍.
Kia Ora, in reading with miss McLeod we have been learning about author's purpose. Author's purpose is when you read the sentence or the writing and see which thing the writing is about: To inform, persuade or entertain. Today we did a quiz to see our opinions about each sentence (inform, persuade or entertain). Do you think these are the right answers 😋?
Hi everyone, today in reading our group did an activity about eating less meat. The activity is to write a piece of writing explaining why we all should eat less meat. It was a pretty easy thing to write about cause I was quite familiar with the subject already. Anyways, here is my piece of writing 😋:
Kia Ora everyone, today is a Tuesday which means in writing we will get taught by the wonderful Miss.H. In writing we did an activity called show don't tell. Show don't tell is about showing how a person/character is feeling in a story rather than telling the reader the exact feeling. I found 2 feelings kinda hard, they were shy and annoyed. But in the end I finished the whole thing 😁.
Kia Ora Koutou, today in Te Reo maori we learned about greetings. We had to all choose a buddy and my buddy is Sophie (🠜 Make sure you check out her blog 😉). We made a video to model how to pronounce the greetings (the sound is a little bit muffled, we couldn't find somewhere quiet enough😅). But anyways, make sure to check out our video (in the slide) down here 🠟:
Yesterday in reading with Miss McLeod. We filled in a document about For or Against Wearing School Uniforms (like you can see in the title). It was a pretty hard process, and it took around 15 minutes. And that was because I didn't know a reason for wearing school uniform. Though it was a pretty hard process, I still enjoyed it cause I learned a few new things 😊.
Hi everyone. For a week now, in Miss Mcleod's writing class we have been working on persuading writing. We each chose a topic to write about, mine (as you see on the title) is that Drones DO have a place in our future. I found paragraph 2 kinda hard cause I didn't know that much about the military😊. Some of you may disagree with this but your mind might change when you read my writing. 😉
Drones DO have a place in our future
Do you think drones DO have a place in our planet’s future? Well I certainly do.
Drones can help with many things like: searches for people, the military and they
can help the planet.
Firstly, drones are GREAT for searches. Mainly, they are good for searches for people. Keving Weldon had invented a rescue drone. It has a camera which can zoom in on things. These rescue drones are big enough to carry an adult, which means they can rescue you and easily carry you back to a safe place.
Secondly, drones can help in the military. Military drones are normally
known as UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) or RPAS (Remotely Piloted
Aerial Systems). In the military drones can be used to drop bombs or
grenades, this is because if a soldier did this he might have a chance of
being injured (or die). Some drones have guns attached to them which
means that you can control them to shoot whilst in the air, this could
help with sneaking on an opponent and aiming. So, don’t you think drones
should help in the military?
Finally, drones can help with the planet. And when I say ‘drones can
help with the planet’ I mean that they can help grow trees. A group
of British engineers has designed drones that can grow trees. You
just fill them with seeds and they will ‘drop’ them into the ground,
then, the trees will grow up by themselves in the wild. These drones
are way faster than us humans, in fact, they are 6 times faster
than us ! ! ! Isn’t that amazing?
In conclusion, I think that drones will have a great place in our future. This is because they can help with the military, searches for people and they can help with our planet. So don’t you now think that drones do have a place in our future?
Cell Phones History
Introduction
Cell Phones were invented back in the 1984’s by Martin Cooper. And after that, people started to upgrade Cell Phones from their looks to their use.
Body Paragraph 1: Appearance
Cell Phones throughout the years have changed their appearance A LOT. Martin Cooper’s first cell phone looked like a walkie-talkie. Then, people upgraded it to flip phones. After that, phones with screens and keys. Then phones that look like the phones now, they have screens and you could do WAY more things with them.
Body Paragraph 2: Use
Cell Phones now have many different uses. Long ago when cellphones were only just invented they could only call. Then, people upgraded cell phones so that they could call and text. But now, cell phones can do MANY more things like: play games on, draw on, download apps on, take notes on and they still can call and text on.
Body Paragraph 3: History
Cell phones date back to 1973. The first cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper, Donald Cox, W.Rae Young, and Eric Tigerstedt. And the first automated cellular cell phone network (1G) was made in Japan by the Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Conclusion
Cell phones are great machines that can help you a lot. And maybe in 10 more years cellphones could have a whole new appearance.
