Kiwiana Christmas Art competition.

Last week in Te Ngahere on Wednesday we got to be apart of the Kiwiana Christmas Art competition. Many schools in New Zealand participated and the winner gets a free class viewing of a upcoming Kiwi Christmas movie. WALT for this is to use  a variety of kiwiana Christmas designs to create a four frame piece of artwork representing what Christmas means to you in NZ. I had a lot of fun drawing my piece of art but I didn't finish it so it didn’t get entered.

Should Plastic Bags be Used in Supermarket?

19.10.17

WALT: Use the correct structure in a persuasive text.

Should Plastic Bags be Used in Supermarket?

Plastic bags are a really big problem and I’m sure everyone has a different opinion, some people think they're good things to have, other people think not, like me I think they are bad, keep reading to hear why I think that.

Our wonderful and gorgeous marine and bird life misunderstand plastic bags that have floated away. They will think that it is yummy food to eat. For example turtles misunderstand plastic bags that have flown away to be jellyfish, they think this because they cannot tell the difference like we can so they simply try to eat the plastic bags and choke while trying to swallow a piece. You may be thinking but they don't always choke, that is true but would you even want to risk it?

Also when plastic bags finally break down they release a toxic gas that can cause the OZone layer to have a hole in it, it can also cause cancer and raise water levels.

That is why I think we should not use plastic bags in supermarkets.

At the start of term 4 in Te Ngahere we did a piece of persuasive writing the title was should we use plastic bags in supermarkets.

Our WALT: Use the correct structure in a persuasive text. I think my writing is good because I used the correct structure but I also think that I should write more

William Pike

Last week in Te Ngahere everyone was learning about William Pike ( I was away ). Everyone learned about William Pike amazing story and then created a google drawing answering questions about him. Here's my google drawing!

Check Out My Groups Amazing 4 Shot Plan...

In Te Ngahere for the past few weeks we have been learning about filmmaking, ( WALT: tell a story in 4 shots ). We have been making a 4 shot plan. In this  plan we wrote the 4 shots that we chose and also wrote where we are going to use them. We wrote what subject we chose, my group chose Kapa Haka.

Here is our plan!

My Informational Report!!!

For the last five weeks in Te Ngahere we have been learning to write informational reports ( WALT: Write an informational report).  Our first report was about a country and my country was Zimbabwe. When we were writing our report each of our paragraphs had to have a different topic. I chose three subtopics and they were my countries national animal, their languages and lastly their climate.

Here is my report!!!

Common And Proper Nouns

Last week in Te Ngahere we were learning what the difference is between a Common and a Proper noun, so we could know when to use them in our informational report. We then had to make a google drawing, on one side we had to put Common nouns and on the other we put Proper nouns. We were allowed buddies so Cheyenne and I paired up.WALT know how to use common and Proper nouns in our writing.

Math Goals

Last week, in Te Ngahere we had to choose three maths goals from the math IKAN sheet. that we needed to learn,  ( WALT: Identify what we have achieved in maths and our next learning steps. ) We had to add these to our term 3 learning goals, we then made our goals red and if our goals were checked and if they were green we got to create a google drawing. On this google drawing we put our chosen math goals, for my maths goals I had to add an equation for subtraction, division and multiplication. Finally we got to decorate our google drawing however we would like, ( it had to have school related things though).

Here are my maths goals.

Koru And Kowhaiwhai

Last term Te Ngahere and Te Maunga created Koru and Kowhaiwhai patterns. We were learning to draw Koru and Kowhaiwhai patterns. We started on paper and used crayon to make a Koru pattern. After you had drew a Koru pattern with crayon, you got to get a piece of paper and with a pencil on your paper you had to draw Koru and Kowhaiwhai patterns. After that you got a smaller paper and you had to lightly draw your family Koru and Kowhaiwhai version. After this you showed the teacher and she would allow you to paint it, we waited overnight for the paint to dry then outlined it all with vivad. Here is my art!!!

Student Led Conferences

On Wednesday Te Ngahere ( my class, ) had SLC (  Student Led Conferences. )  We had to create a google drawing and link evidence to our reading, writing, maths, inquiry and art. We linked these so that we could show our parents what we have been doing and learning. I  liked this because us ( the students ) actually got to present our learning to our parents. I am pretty sure my mum enjoyed this aswell because we got to talk to each other about my learning.

Here is the drawing I presented to my mum.

Maromaku

Last week on Friday we had Maromaku. Some kids from Paihia School attended this fun event and played either rugby or netball to represent our school. I attended this event and played rugby. Some people bought money because there was a sausage sizzle and many other yummy foods that you could buy. This was a very fun and action packed event.

Waitangi Walk

Last week on Tuesday Paihia School walked to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.  We walked to the Treaty Grounds because Matariki was coming up. We played some very fun games made some cool Manu Aute and even planted some plants. During one of the games you had to have a rope and one of the helpers would say Maui ( right, ) Matau ( left ) and Ki waenganui ( middle, ) and that’s where you had to jump, (that was my favorite activity.) I had heaps of fun!!!

Fidget Spinner Art

Last week we made some really cool Fidget Spinner art. We got to design what it looked like, we used A3 paper to draw our Fidget Spinners and had to use all the space.  Te Maunga had also come into our class to design their own Fidgets Spinners as well.  After we drew our Fidget Spinner with pencil we got to color with crayon and then dye it. We then let them dry and we were done. It was so much fun!!!

Ice Cream

On Friday ( week 7, ) Te Ngahere got to make Ice Cream!!! The teachers of Te Ngahere said that if all the students finished their learning plans they could make Ice cream, and we all finished. Before we made Ice cream we read two stories and answered questions. We had to have buddies, my buddy was Cheyenne. Ater we were done mixing everything Brodi and Alexis ( they were the helpers, ) took the Ice cream into the freezer to freeze. We had to wait a little while but then we got to eat our yummy class made Ice Cream ( it was delicious. )  Making Ice Cream was SO cool!!!

Xtramath

In my class we use a tab called Xtramath it tests us of what we know and need to know in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It asks you questions and if you answer then in less than three seconds you get it correct, and if you don’t get it within that time then they will ask you it more and more until you get it.

Here is a picture of my Xtramath evidence.

Two weeks ago we went down to the beach to do something called surf life saving there were three instructors Sam, Toobs and Liam. We did some really fun games/activities. Come to the end of the day we got boogie boards and red tubes to play with in the water. I really enjoyed that day and would love to do it again.

Beach Clean Up

On Friday the whole school went on a beach clean, there was much more rubbish than I expected ( well not that I expected there to be nothing.)  I learnt that people will just walk and drop their rubbish, say they have finished a cigarette they will just drop it or throw it, say on the ground, in a hole or on the beach. Also some rubbish such  as plastic bags and drink bottles will kill our sea life.