final post for 2017 (school)

today is the last day we get to have our Chromebooks at school for 2017. I have had a awesome year this year. I was in Mr Goodwin's literacy and Mr Goodwin's maths. I will be able to post in the holidays but sometimes I will. 

My favorite thing this year was year 6 camps. I had other fun times but I think year 6 camp was the best. This year I was in 3D extension and extension

I fell kinda nervous to be a year 7 and wonder who my new teacher will be.

Im excited for next year to and wonder what the topic would be.

Year 6 camp 2017

On tuesday 21 2017 september at 7 am we were in the hall waiting to go on the bus. When it was time to get on the bus we went groups at an time and had to out our big bags on an compartment in the bus. When we where finished we went on a ferry to get to kawau island. I was in mansion the other team's where katz, kawau and bentzon.

They first day we went hiking up killer hill and go to the other side. Before we went to the other side we watched hopa put an rock on top of killer hill which is a thing we do everyone year 6 camp.. When we came back we didn't do much we went swimming then had lunch. that night we watched a movie call the prince's bride pt england year six camp have been watching for 14 years then we went to sleep.

On they first day we went on our daily run, when we got back we waited for breakfast then we started our activities. The first activity I did was kayaking with mr somerville, then I went raft building, than bivouacking which is making a hut then I went sailing. After each activities we had morning tea, afternoon tea, lunch than dinner. We played a game called spotlight in the night, the teachers had flash lights and had to find us before we got onto a deck, I won twice.  

On they third day we went on our daily run again and waited for breakfast. They first mansion b (my group) was doing was concourse short for confidence course after that we did they burma trail, we were blindfolded and had to get through a hill by holding a rope then we went orienteering we had an compass too find letters and decode than into 4 words. the last thing we did was abseiling, we had to climb a ladder than hold an rope and “walk” down a wall. Than we had dinner and did a performance that we practiced for 3 days. Mansion came 4th bentzon 3rd kawau 2nd and katz 1st.

I would like to thank the people that could makes year 6 2017 camp possible. I like too thanks they parents that came along and help us with the activities.

I enjoyed doing all of the water activities mostly kayaking. I learnt to go sailing in a sailboat and how to use a compass properly.

Task description: write what we did on day 1 2 and 3. Include pictures of what we did.

EXT term 4

Thank you

WALT: write with a specific audience in mind. 

Dear Helpers, thank you for helping us with athletics day. I hope you have didn't have much trouble setting it up than taking it down. I hope you have enjoyed your day.

 I had fun doing athletics day but they day went fast and only some where exciting. It was an hot day and got a short break (morning tea). Some of the activity’s were kinda hard to do but most where easy to do. Many people were doing athletics day and was kinda hard to find your activity sometimes.

My favorite part of athletics day was the relays. In the relays we had an ladder on the floor and had too jump in between the spaces, then we had to jump over 2 hurdles run around an pole, then tag the other person to go. Soon we had to skip twice with a skipping rope and do 2 push ups then run back. Than we had to under they hurdles.

 Next year I will try my best at the activities that I didn't do best at. Next year I will be better at cheering for my team or other people. Next year I hope we get an little more time doing the activities or add more activities.

I have learnt not too stand behind someone in dodge ball. I enjoyed playing dodge ball, relays and other things too.

Task description: Write about athletics day. write what we enjoyed and learnt. to thank the helpers for helping with athletics day.

term 4 animation

Descriptive writing

Walt: using descriptive language
task description: write three descriptions for photos. describe the two photos on each slide. (No offensive to Mr Goodwin and Mr Moran, I was told to do this as work). 

Limericks

Walt: write our own limericks.

Task description: making our owns limericks that rhyme. telling the reader what a limerick is. including a image on our limes ricks.

DIY harmonica

EXT planet animation

ext movie term 3 3rd from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Immersion assembly term 4

On Monday the first day of school we had a immersion assembly. Every in PT England

school went there to know the theme for this term. Have you ever been to an immersion assembly, what was your topic?

The school theme for term 4 is Musical madness. After learning what the topic was about we got to watch the other team's movies. Teams 1-3 where learning how too make instruments out of different materials the where also learning too make music.

Team's 4 movie was about PT england music (an ad). The teachers were listening to different music and everyone time the music changed they teachers swapped seats, there were 3 teachers twice in the movie. The movie was funny but the movie couldn't go online because of copyright reasons.

I hope to be able to create our own music by using different sites (Like garage band)  I have created music before for the extension production and I hope we do another one. I hope we learn about how to make music by using different sounds. I want to learn about

I'm excited for this term's theme I hope we can create our own music from time to time. I wouldn't like having to play an instrument but the only one I would like to use are drums.

my maths test

Movie

I saw a movie at my mother's house which is in onehunga which is far away and my brother and sister lives there too. the movie was called baby driver and there wasn't a baby driving a car it was a criminal movie. there was a man called baby who drives robbers to banks (with mask) and then drives away from cops. baby also listens to music because his parents died in a car crash when he was a kid, he was also in the car. after a while he falls in love with a girl at a coffee which also works at the coffee shop to, he name was barbra.

space Quiz

Walt: make connections with what we read, and what we have read before.

Quiz

Task description: make a google form (A quiz) and make ten questions for people to answer. Make a quiz about a comet that looks like a duck and two probes. put a link to our quiz for people to answer (in my school and other people). I have made a quiz about a reading which is about catching a comet that looks like a duck and the questions could be about the comet or two probes

Reading Reading 2

Read the readings to know more answers

Kahoot game (plan)

Walt:making a kahoot game
 
Task description: Make our own kahoot game. write down a question 4 answers and put an image. make 10 slides with 1 questions and 4  answers on each slide.All images are not mine. 

EXT paidea seminar

I think that I have done good and spoke more then I have last time. I got to my goal which was to speak more and share what I though. I thought I did a good job with sharing my ideas for the topic. I think talking about our planet went good but the other planets said some good things about their planet.I think being civilised is good because there not many wars for land and the wars could be about jealousy. many people in the medieval age started wars for land and then when one kingdom wins they destroy the other kingdom they where battling but when they claimed land another kingdom would attack to claim the land but now wars are because of jelousy or something else. the topic for our seminar was is being civilised good? being civilased has its pros and cons (pros: good cons:bad). going back to when caveman lived we weren't civilased but now we are. do you think being civilased is a good thing or bad thing.  
 

Alien description

Walt: use describing words when writing character descriptions  
Task description: write a description explaining the aliens. write some things that describe them like there colors. 

Word find

Task description: Find the words in this work search and comment if your done. go here make a copy of of the word search to cross stuff out. find all the words from the word find and comment when your done

Image (not mine)

Task description: Upload a image that we can use. put image attribution to take it to the image. use an image and attribute it for cyber smart Monday.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Topaz_red.jpg

Star dome trip

Walt include a variety of sentence types in our writing

On thursday we were going on a trip to star dome it was three dollars to go, 2$ for the bus and 1$. We were in groups too. On the way me and my friend (we were in they same groups) and played games on the bus while waiting to get to star dome. When we got to star dome we sat down in our lines waiting to go in.  have you ever been in star dome before?

Our teacher said that we arrived 10 minutes early so we got to play on the park. They park had an flying fox an tire spinning thing ( I don't know the name of it) and an spider web there was more to the park. After we were finished we got back into our lines than we went inside. What park have you been too?   

Inside the building near the entry there was a rocket figure made of lego. In the building there were rocket figures made of lego. There were telescopes, rockets, screens (with info about space shuttles) and other stuff. After that where went too do an quiz with our groups then we went into a dome to watch an short movie. Have you done a quiz about space before?  

In the dome  we sat on some seats I sat with my friend and we looked up at the dome and watched what happened. Before they movie we say we're jupiter and saturn was at night. When we watched the movie it was about finding a new place to live. When the movie was done we went onto the bus and went back to school. Have you seen a movie about space before?

During our trip I have learnt that we should take of earth better so we don't need to move planets. I also learnt that when making rocket figures it's easier too use lego instead of using a lot of money. I have learnt about titan have methane rain and methane slush rivers.

Task description: write about our trip to star dome. write what we did there and what we learnt. ask question about some things we did.

Image attribution: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/34/100389179_a162ec82b1_z.jpg?zz=1

Stardome PMI

Task description: write a PMI chart about our trip to stardome. write about when we liked and what we didn't like. write what was interesting.

My astronaut

Walt: make connections with what we read, and what we have read before.
Task description: Fill in an image on pixlr editor to make our character. write what his name is, how old he is, whats his country, what is his languages and his skills. write a reason for him to join the mars one project.

Mars One Project

Walt: make connections with what we read, and what we have read before.
Task description: put images on our slides with attribution. Write when there going to mars who goes what they will do on mars and more. research about the mars one project so we can write down our facts.

2017 cross country

On Friday last week we had our cross country race. All the teams where sitting from year one to year 8. The girls and boys were separated in different lines. Once we got into our lines Mr Burt told us what was going to happened. Teachers were going through the lines giving kids some sun cream.

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Task description: write about what we did in cross country. Put a Link to our full story if we want. put a picture that has something to do with our story.

Mars Fact

Task Description: research and find facts about mars. on a presentation write down the facts we found about mars.

Mars postcard

Walt: think critically about what we read.
Task description: write a letter to someone like our friend or celebrate. pretending that were on mars and what its like to be on it. put there blog address name who its from and a picture.

EXT Production reflection

I can improve my planning research by researching more about sounds and planning more things. I could improve my collaboration by talking more with my group and to other people and share my ideas. I can improve my performance by timing things better learning more lines better. I can improve by making better sound effects and make more music. I could talk more in seminars and talk about what I think about things and talk about my ideas more. I should collab more in seminars and piggyback more on other people's ideas. I could comment on people's ideas more.

I wrote how I could improve things in ext.

Fishing technology

This animation is about how fishing technology has changed over time. we got 2 choices how fishing has changed or how sailing has changed.

Deavays advice blog

Walt: make connections with what we already know.
Task Description: write some advice for someone and say who its from. Make the detail better then white and take a picture of us.

Problem solving

Walt: solve decimal problems
task description: figuring the answer in our book then taking a snapshot. explaining how we got it in a sentence.

Lines

 Perpendicular

V

<intersecting

parallel >

Intersecting always make a V (or an x) perpendicular meet at 90 degrees with makes a rectangle or a square and parallel never meet (which means they dont touch each other).

problem solving

Walt: solve decimal problems
Task description: solving the problem in our books then taking a picture. writing in a sentence to explain how we got the answer.

Satellite

Walt: understand information collected from multiple sources.
Task description: draw a satellite and say what we would do with it. get pictures of satellites and explain what it is.

Foot

task description: getting  the height of our partner (justice). measure our partner with our feet.

7 planets 7 men

7 men in 7 rockets ready to blast off into space to explore the 7 other planets and see which one is good to live on. The 7 men got into their rockets suited up and got in there seats and waited go.

All the rockets were big and small to get to certain planets. 10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...BLAST OFF!. 7 men blasting off into space in different directions going to different planets, all the men have found their location and stopped to stand on them

bob stood on mercury with his water bottle staring at the gray rocky ground picking up some rocks throwing them in a sack ‘living on this planet is impossible it's to close too they sun, we can't live here’ said bob throwing the sack in his rocket. Now he's blasting off again.

Donny got out his rocket standing on venus staring at the rock and dust, sweating off his hair cooling himself down in his rocket. ‘It's way to hot here it burned my lunch welp I got what I wanted, Man they second planet is way too hot’ said Donny Blasting off again and away he

The planet near the earth the third planet from the sun mars is the one, the forth from the sun, small and red can be seen at night. Mar colors is rust people say it red. ‘Mars is to cold it even froze my water we can't live here we will all be turned to ice ’ said damon getting into his rocket. Now he's blasting off again and away he went.

Jupiter the fifth from the sun, it's also a gas giant the biggest one to. It has lots of moons and their all big. Kooper landed on one of jupiter's moons and threw a can at jupiter. the can fell threw jupiter and got crushed. ‘We can't live on here we all will get crushed and the storms here are dangerous’ said kooper, now he's blasting off again and away he went

A rocket flew around uranus circling it while throwing things into it. ‘Nope not living here it's too cold we can't stand on everything and they sun looks like an little white dot, wel time to go back. Said damion. Now he's blasting off again, and away he went.

Neb went to neptune circled around it's for an while be decided to throw some old junk in it taking an picture too. Neb didn't bother to say anything he just started shivering and now he's blasting off again. Off he goes back to earth.

All the 7 astronauts in their rockets going back too earth the all landed getting out. They all realized that earth

was the perfect planet for them and they didn't need to leave.

Be Kind

Mr  Burt told us to be kind to each other and to the teachers because some of the teachers wasn't happy when they got home. we had to make a poster on google draw and it had to have KIND on it with other stuff. we could also do a song about space if we wanted to but I didnt.

Mars Postcard

Walt: understand information collected from multiple sources.  
Task description: writ a post card to a friend or a with there blog url. write who its from and who its to with a stamp. write to them things about a planet

ALIEN

Name: Blu barry

problem solving

Walt: solve decimal problems
Task description: writing the answer on our books. writing the answer in sentence form. figuring out the answer on paper take a snap shot write how we got out answer in a scentence.

Solar system

Walt: making our own solar system

Task description: we had to make our own solar system by using google draw I used tinker cad. We could of made a planet or the sun or the solar system. we could make it any size we wanted if there were only one planet or sun.

Gorgon

Walt: understand information collected from multiple sources.

 
Task description: writing what he should do when he trying to do something. putting images of a planet for each slide. writing what planet would be good for hiding and crops.

Seminar review

The extension crew had a paideia seminar there were groups of 2 and my buddy was Justice. We could choose a perspective me and justice chose scientist. Me and justice wrote what we would say. Justice said most thing but not about us.We sat where we wanted to and a plate with chocolate marshmallow a lollipop and mini mentos.Everytime we spoke we got to take one of the lollies and eat it. We got a tick besides our name when we spoke or commented on someone else. We could talk about what perspective we chose or talk about what someone else is talking about. in the seminar I learnt that people are jerks to plants and want money. I also learnt scientist where the people who came up with the idea to burn coal to make power but didn't think about the air getting polluted BUT they could fix its in different ways. I learnt that people started to kill the earth and they didn't know they were.Next time Im gonna try to talk more and comment on peoples idea more. I could piggy back on peoples idea and I could challenge people more and ask them different questions. me and justice can challenge other groups and look threw different perspectives.

solar system

Walt: understand information collected from multiple sources.

Task Description: making a solar system with the correct order of the planets. get planet images and label them. putting the planets in the sizes they should be. 

Astronaut training

We did training that astronauts do to prepare for going in space and their were 4 teams I was in the red team they other teams where blue, green and yellow. First we had to run to a cone, go around it and zig zag around other cones to another cone behind the line and run to a cone that was near the first cone we ran past first. The second challenge was we had to do the bear crawl and the crab walk the winner got 20 points. The last challenge was we had to jump on a mini trampoline and land with the most style. The winner of the training was green.

Space Food

We learned a about what astronauts ate for lunch, dessert and for a sandwich.

Finding a new planet

Walt: structure a narrative piece of writing. 
At year 4017 the earth is dying and everyone is panicking! Two people volunteered to go out into space to find a new Planet... and they also brought a pig. NASA brought the two men Called Deavay and Justice... Justice brought the pig. The Rocket was huge, and NASA explained how to work the rocket. They said it was hard but they thought they could do it.

Justice and Deavay went off into space, on the way they put on autopilot, “Man I wonder were gonna fi-” Deavay said while walking into a room. “Justice” Deavay said Justice went to him and found all the animals he brought. “I thought you said you were only bringing a PIG not a cow, fish, chicken, And an SHEE-” Deavays words were cut off when an meteor hit the ship and knocked it's off course. ‘What was that’ Justice said as the where about to crash into a planet.

The ship was heading to a planet made of Rocks But when the ship almost hit the planet it got pushed back. They Looked at the Planet through an telescope and saw alien looking things with cannons that pushed them back, Justice and Deavay decided to return the attack.They went to the armory to the weapons to counterattack, Me and Justice grabbed some melee and ranged weapons but what they didn't know is that the ship had weapons of it's own. When Me and Justice were about to return fire we didn't see the enemy but when we came close too they planet we were pushed back again and saw the aliens but they disappeared again.

Justice found an machine on they ground and saw that it's was making a force field and alien holograms, so Justice destroyed it and they force field was gone. When they ship landed Justice stuck a machine in the ground to see if this planet is good for us and was to check for water if anything lives here or if theres even oxygen. There was a atmosphere which meant their was air and it's was clear, there were plants and water but no life forms. Me and Justice went back to earth too tell everyone that we found an Planet and it's was safe.

We would take all they resources on earth and take them to the new planet and then build houses to live in for now, than we will find other resources like metal or make concrete to make buildings and hotels. And than we will build more advanced buildings and then when this planet dies we will find another planet to live on… and we will also make a farm… with pigs… and cows… and other animals.

Task Description: write about the earth dying in 4017 and Me and my friend Justice went to find a planet. we had to write a problem I wrote 2, one of them was a meteor the second one is a force field bouncing us back.

Term 2 review

HAcky sack

Walt: write a set of instructions 
 
Task description writing how to make a hacky sack. put videos of hacky sack tricks for beginners. write about the things we need for a hacky sack.

Y5 & Y6 EXT mini production

I really liked doing the production because I was in the past and future and I had 2 different roles to play. For they future I was an robot and my costume was an vampire cape a clone trooper helmet and other things. I was able to have a lightsaber but I didn't want it. In the 60s (which was the past) I was an person called chubby checker  that was an singer that did Let's twist again.

What I could do better is have every have an mic so we wouldn't need to pass it an mic around. Next time we do this I want their to be more scenes. There were 6 scenes, scene 1 was the living room, scene 2 was outside, scene 3 was Samoa, scene 3 was the 60s, scene 5 was future and they last scene was outside again.

Kayaking dangers

Walt:write about warning for kayaking
Task description: write a warning for people that are going kayaking. writing 4+ warnings and 4+ precaution.

Spear fishing

Walt:writing about spear fishing
Task Description: writing about spear fishing and what they should use. writing why they should use and use an image with the price and link. write what we use why we would use it with an image

News

walt: writing a newspaper
 
Task description: reading a story and write what happened on the news paper. writing the date making a link and using an image.

Who side

Walt: writing who's side were on.
Task Description: Writing who's side were on and what our Opinions. writing examples for what our answer is. writing what we chose and why we chose.

Jingle

Deavay kayaking

Walt: making connections with what we already know with what we read.

I chose they descente K1 design  with 2 white stripes and white triangles at the front and is the colors black. They bottom part of the boat they are 6 white stars and is still black.I think this kayak would be liked by some people because it would break through water easily because they sharp bit. They

design

Task description: designing our own kayak top and bottom. explaining we it has on it what we used and what color it is. writing who this would be for and who would buy it.

My Waka

Walt: make connections

Food review

               Minty surprise/turkish delight

If I could I would eat cadbury chocolate every day in the afternoon.

Everybody got cadbury chocolate but there were four different flavours I got turkish delight. I thought it was raspberry or strawberry because of they smell.

The minty surprise chocolate smelt like strawberry with an scent of raspberry. It's looked like there is caramel inside the chocolate. On they bottom of the chocolate it's was smooth and a little bumpy on the sides. They insides felt like jello and looked like jello and there was 4 little holes near the corners.

I think they could use an different chocolate with the minty surprise like minty surprise with white chocolate. They could add more of the mint or make it's more yum.

{L\I would recommend this because it's delicious and It cost 3.99. with scent of raspberry and strawberry

2 Kids comparison

Walt:Writing a comparison about two kids.

Task description: Writing how long the travel will likely take. writing what we would do during the travel.tell the reader what were using to travel . comparing how different the two kids are.  

Dear Diary

Walt: write in a diary in different times.
Task Description: Writing what traveling in different time eras would be like. writing what we would or did do while traveling. telling the reader what it would be like traveling on a boat and plane.

Fishing lures

Walt: Think critically about we read.
Task Description: designing Fishing Lures of the colors the fishes like. Explaining whats the difference about Fishing lures and Fishing Hooks. Explaining what Hooks and lures are for.

This week my number is...

Walt: choosing a 3 by 3 number 
Task Description: choosing a 3 by 3 or 4 by 4 number.

Deavay emersion assemply term two 2017

Walt: Using exciting language

On they first day of term 2 on monday we had an immersion assembly. At they hall there was a table that had a pc and different kinds of laptops/chromebooks. All the team's had a short movie to show what they were doing and what the will be learning about..

This terms topic is Now That's Thinking. Team 1/3s movie was about kites. Team ones movie was about 4 kites for matariki and four female teachers. Team threes movie was about the stars and how the got there. Team two's movie was making kites like team ones movie. Team fives movie was about fixing and they were building a garden for their class.

Team four was learning about what technology the maori people used in the before they pakeha people came. One of mr goodwin's Ideas (In the movie) was learning about a flux capacitor for a time machine. In team fours movie all the teachers in team 4 discussed what they were going to teach the kids.

I want to learn about technology and how it's works and what kind of technology we used in the past. I want to learn how planes and cars worked in the past. I also want to learn what kind of weapons maori people used in the past. I want to learn how maori people lived and what they did to entertain themselves.

I'm like the topic for term 2 but I thought it's was about drawing because there were drawings of car, people, helicopters and more. I wonder what next term's topic will be and they next thing we're gonna do.

Task description: writing a recount from the first day of term 2 on 2017. explaining what had happen and what was there. explain things the happened in the team movies and what happened in the movies .

Conservationist DLO movie

This is a Movie we created in extension. I have been researching about alternative power sources. Im in the Conservationist group with Justice Toby marika and me. all of extension have been learning about pollution.

Conservationist DLO from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Eating insects

Walt: writing a recount

On Thursday I thought it's was gonna be a normal day but no. Mrs Stickland was our teacher and she said we were eating insects and they were real! But they were dead. We all got into groups and Mrs Stickland gave us a napkins and put crickets on it with mud.

The kids in my group are Lepa, Justice, Arthur, Hopa and Awathan. All of the kids in the group had a cricket but me. I wanted to try the mud and it was disgusting and then I tried a cricket leg and it was crunchy but I spat it out than I had another one and spat it out again. I really didn't like bugs or insects so I didn't eat a full crickets.

In the end I felt sick and Mrs Stickland took the napkins with the crickets and told us we had to write a recount. This was a fun and yuck experience and I never want to eat a bug or touch it. It also tasted like burnt toast. That was a one in a lifetime, I hope!

Task description: we had to write about the experience about eating crickets. adding detail so the reader knows when, what and who ate bugs. writing a recount about eat crickets with mud. explaining what had happen and how we felt about doing this

Food Web

Walt: Making a food web

Task description: if you dont know what  food web is its like a food chain but different. a food web is about different animals or bugs that eat the same thing. The last two weeks we made our own insect and last week we made a spider. later story about them having a fight or something else like saving each other. the arrows you see are to show what eats what or what eats it. we had to add pour made up insect and spider and put in what it eats or what eats it.

Links to 

Insect vs spider

Deavays maui and the sun

Blurb: this is about the Maori legend called maui and the sun

Insect vs spider

Walt: writing about our spider and insect

BURIEL vs BLUE BACK SPIDER

In the middle of the forest, up in an tree the burial is enjoying eating bugs but out of the corner of it's eye it can see an spider just staring at the buriel without moving. The blue back spider backs away only to jump back at the buriel trying to grab it but the buriel gets out of it's way. The buriel charges at the blue black spider and rams it with his horn knocking each other off the tree.

Both of them fall to the ground but the spider grabbed on to something and the buriel just fell to the ground horn first. The buriel struggles to get it's horn free while the spider falls and rushes towards it's. The spider knocks it off it's horn allowing the burial to smash it's horn on the spider.

The buriel smashes it's horn into the spider making the spider weak than the burial stings it too kill it. The buriel started eating the spider. all that's left of the blue back is the blue blood on the ground. The buriel climbs up the tree only to be eaten by a bird.

Task description: writing a battle about insects vs a spider we made up. we had to write a problem and an ending and who won and how the problem started. last thing we had to do is add our picture of our insect and spider