Stop Motion

In class Nevey and I have been learning about stop motion animation on gaoogle slides. Here is our animation calllend JUST DON'T GET INTO A CANNON. Its about a boy that finds a cannon and hops into it, and is flung around the world!

Welcome

Camp Photos

Camp Letter

20 November 2018      

Dear Mum,

Thank you for coming on camp and dedicating your time! The thing I enjoyed the most was the
hike. It was fun because there were so many people around and a cool atmosphere.
My favorite meal was the burgers, because I haven't had them in a while.

My favourite activity was the Squawk Squad because we had to walk up steep stairs and
find morse codes to figure it out. I also enjoyed the river crossing. My biggest challenge
was the water activity because my fingers were getting cold and I was getting drenched.

My question for you is what was your favourite activity?

Thank you for coming and spending lots of time on cooking food, and helping with activities

Ngā mihi

Yours sincerely

Lily

multi-link model

Māori Phrases

WALT; Ask and answer questions

S.C; We will be successful when we can ask and answer a range of different questions.

‘’He aha tēnei?’’ What is this?’’

‘’He rakiraki tēnā. ‘’That is a duck.”

“He ngeru tēnā.”    “That is a cat.”

“He makimaki tēnā” “ That is a monkey.”

Tēnei means (this is by me). Tēnā means (that by you) terā means

(that over there)

WALT;count to 100

Be able to talk about numbers

Ask how many of something; ‘’E hia ngā kiore?’’ How many mice are there?

We will be successful when we can count to 100. Answer questions about

How many of something ‘’E rua ngā poaka?’’ There are two pigs.

My Mihi

Descriptive Writing

At the moment in class, we have been writing on descriptive writing. We have been using pictures to give us ideas of what to write about. Here is my work.

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Bring Your Pet To School Day!

Hi, my name is Apple, and today was bring your pet to school day. So I brought along Terry!
When I was walking to school with Terry, sadly I created traffic jams.
There was a lot of calling out and tooting of horns. Terry and I had to quicken our pace to ease the problem. When I got to school my teacher was quite alarmed, and all of the children crowed around Terry, as his footsteps thudded around the class!

Where was I going fit Terry amongst all of these other pets? How was I going to feed him?
He could eat any of these kids pets for morning tea! Even his footsteps created a shudder through class. But to my relief, Terrys best friend arrived at school just as the bell went to ring. Both of them filled half the playground!

When Terry and I started to walk to class from morning tea, the principle quicky paced her way up to us and said, “EXCUSE ME. A dinosaur is not an appropriate animal to bring to school or... Should I say, creature, to bring to school!” “No, you call him a creature you should call him Terry,” I replied. “Well then.. You must take him home this instant!”
She told me. So I walked Terry home and apologised to Terry for the rude words he had heard
the principal say.

Terry is my pet dinosaur, but the school obviously isn't ready for him!

My Bird Report

Introduction

The Kereru is a New Zealand bird also known as the New Zealand pigeon This bird is a really well-known bird.

What Does It Look Like

Kererū are big birds,  they are actually one of the largest pigeons in the world.
They weigh about 650g and are around 50 cm long. It has a multicolor greyish back,
with a white `singlet`. On its back, wing, head and tail feathers you can also see colors
such as purple, green and blue. Their feet and beak are a light brown and red color also
they have red eyes.

Where does it live

The Kereru lives mostly in the forests. The Kereru is a native animal which means it only lives
in New Zealand. They can also be found in parks and gardens.

What does it eat

In the winter it can fly up to 25 km an hour to gardens to feed, not just on fruit, but on flowers,
native trees, broom, willow, guava, and privet. In the forest the love to eat flowers leaves and
berries.

Breeding

In spring, Male kereru show off to the female kereru with amazing flying displays.
Kereru build a very flimsy nest of twigs for their one egg. At the bottom of the nest,
it is so weak you would be surprised it didn't fall through. Kereru care for their chicks a lot.
While the chick is small they feed it on milk they produce in their stomach,
then later on fruit pulp.

Threats.

Loss of habitat because they don't have enough forest/trees to live in. Their eggs and nestlings are at risk of dying because of stoats, black rats, possums, and feral cats because they eat the chicks and eggs.                                                       By Lily

How To Reduce Plastic Waste

The last two weeks we have been learning about plastic. On our rubbish topic we also thought it would be cool to make beeswax wraps and fabric bags. We made our beeswax wrap so that we could replace glad wrap in our lunchbox. Our fabric bags are good for the environment, you can use them in supermarkets or any where else. 

I enjoyed making both of theses things because I use them a lot. 

How to make beeswax wrap: Put baking paper down then put cotton down on the baking paper now grate beeswax, and sprinkle it on the cotton, then put another piece of baking paper down on the cotton. The last part is to get an iron and melt all the beeswax; after the beeswax is all melted you put it on a rack and let it dry for a minute. 

Where To Next?

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of positive
impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to try
• and help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our
• environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways in which we can help
• to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

-I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me make inferences so
I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather and check the
accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers)  to
gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.

1. Why is recycling a good idea?

Recycling is a good idea because, it reduces  the amount of waste that is put into the
environment so that you can use your materles again.

2. How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year? More than 2.5
3. million tons which is more than a ton per household.

3. When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce?  What environmental problem
4. does this contribute to?

Methane gas contributes to global warming

4. Complete this sentence:  Everything we use is made
5. from  Earths__      Natural____________    Resources_____________

5. Explain where these resources come from.

Wood:  Wood comes from trees or plants

Metal: metal comes from rocks that are mined

Plastic:  plastic is made from oil’

6) How does oil form?

OIl is formed from the remains  of plant and animals that lived millions of years ago. The dead
plants and animals were covered by mud and sand and over millions of years the mud and sand
built up in layers and hardened and turned into rocks. The heat and pressure from the rocks
turned the dead plant and animal matter into oil

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into?

Glass can be turned into jars and bottles some glass can be turned into glass creet and glass
felt to be used to make roads

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into

Cardboard can be recycled into newsprint,toilet paper,writing paper and egg cartons.

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into?

Number one can be recycled into carpet,clothing,sleeping bags and soft drink bottles

10)  Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1 plastics can be turned into
clothing.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them?

Microfibers are tiny fibers that come off our clothes and are going down the drain.
The problem with microfibers  is that they poisonous and sea life can eat them.

12) What is Earth Overshoot day?

Earth overshoot day is a day when people  have used all the earth's natural resources.

Glossary - Write what these words mean

Atoms: the smallest particle of a substance that can exist by itself orbe combined with
other atoms

Carded: aligned in the same direction

Global Warming:

A gradual increases in earth's average temperature due to increased levels of greenhouse
gasses in atmosphere

Malt:

Natural resources:materials found in nature  that can be used by people,such as air,water,
plants,animals and rocks

Synthetic: something that is made by people and is the result if combining different chemical

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish and what we can do
to help reduce this problem.  

Video Links

NZ Recycling Crises

Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic

The Pacific Garbage Patch

Reduce Waste

In class we have been learning about how much rubbish  is in our oceans and how we could reduce the waste in our lunch boxes. 

Task: Create an infographic showing people how they can reduce their waste in their lunchbox.   

Our co-constructed success criteria:

-Have a strong title/hook

-Use convincing language and images

-Have simple things people can do

-Use images (free to use)

-Use bullet points/ short sharp information

-Use correct punctuation and spelling.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

At school we have been learning how to keep ourselves safe. constable Jos and Terri came around to help us with our learning. Here are some of the things we learnt.

Play Summary

Play Summary - Term 3 Weeks 1-2

For the next two weeks you are working in groups to practise and perform a
play. This is using our oral language and reading skills in literacy.
Our key competency focus is participating and contributing.

For writing your task is to summarise the main events in your play in
three paragraphs. You must plan your writing first but it is up to you how you
do your planning.  You must also write a fourth paragraph about your
experience of practising and performing your play.

Yr 6

I am learning to organise my text into paragraphs which begin with a main idea and contain
supporting information/detail.

I am learning to make links across paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately.

I am learning to use dialogue punctuation accurately.

Yr 7

I am learning to use a range of different planning styles.

I am learning to plan my writing to suit the purpose of my writing.

I am learning to organise my ideas into paragraphs where the ideas are clearly related
and where there are links within and between paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately in my writing.

I am learning to use complex punctuation to enhance my writing e.g. colons : and
semi-colons ; , and parentheses ().

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can/have

-summarised the play in three paragraphs

-made links across my paragraphs

-used some basic and complex punctuation correctly (speech marks).

Once you have finished your writing highlight these success criteria green if you have
met them and can show them in your work. Highlight green in your work where you have met
these success criteria.

In the first part of the story, Jack and his Mother are poor and they have a pet
cow. Jack's mother said, “Jack we need to sell our cow for some money.”
Jack said, “Ok I take him to town and sell him.”

In the second part of the story, Jack walked to the market; and and man said to
him, “Are you coming to town to sell that cow?” and Jack said, “Yes I am.” So
the old man said, “I'll give you some magic beans for the cow.” “Ok.” said Jack.

Jack went home and told his mother, and she was very angry and threw the
beans on the dirt and told him, “GO TO YOUR ROOM!” Jack went to his room
and fell asleep.

At the end of this story, the next morning Jack's mother ran into his room and
yelled in excitement, “LOOK OUTSIDE.” Jack got up and looked out his window
and saw a giant beanstalk.

He ran outside and climbed the beanstalk. When he got up there he stole
golden eggs and a golden hen from the gaint. Then when he was about to
climb down he heard a loud noise he looked up and saw  the giant, his mother
from down below grabbed a axe and chopped down the beanstalk and Jack
got down safely. Jack and his mother were rich because they had the hen.

Our teamwork was good because we worked well together and let each
other speak, and we all participated well and worked well to make props.
We brought in what we needed for the props and practiced well.

How Our Ideas About Space Has Changed Over Time

Weeks 8-10 Space Literacy  Tasks

Term 2 Weeks 9-10

Purpose of these reading activities is to: increase our knowledge of space exploration and understand how our knowledge and ideas about space have changed over time (science). We are also learning to read non-fiction texts and use our writing skills to share our understanding of this topic and our ideas (literacy). Throughout this task we will need to use the skills of ‘Thinking’ and using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’

Learning Intentions

I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.

I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.

I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.

(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)

I am learning to write well structured paragraphs.

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

-I have put my answers in chronological order.

-I have written two well structured paragraphs explaining how some of our ideas about space have changed over time (introductory sentence, supporting detail, concluding sentence).

Read the three paper based reading activities given to you about Stephen Hawking,  Galileo Galilei and The Telescope. You will be put with a buddy to do this work. We will mark and discuss our answers together as a class.

Link to Galileo reading.                Link to Stephen Hawking reading.

  

Link to The Telescope reading.

To add to our learning we will watch/ read and discuss these following videos or articles.

Stephen Hawking Big Ideas Made Simple

NASA Video Explaining Black Holes For Kids.

What is the Big Bang Theory (Science Learning Hub).

Video about Galileo Galilei

Science Learning Hub Article: Light and Telescopes

After we have completed these reading activities and viewing and discussing the above materials your task is to write at least two well structured paragraphs explaining how our ideas about space have changed over time.

Example of a good paragraph.

Write your paragraphs here.

Self assessment

I have an introductory sentence for each paragraph:

I have at least three sentences giving supporting detail:

I have a concluding sentence: