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.