What christmas means to me

To me Christmas means Jesus is born and it is a time to celebrate with my family. It also means a time to give gifts and have lunch at my Nana’s house. Then we always go and visit my cousins in Tauranga. Christmas means watching the happiness of my friends and family as they open up their presents.

Goal Setting Review

 We went back and edited our goal settings for 2020, and we wrote on the bottom what we achieved and was was nearly achieved. 

Making Ice Candles

We made ice candles yesterday. We made them for advent. First we cut the top off dairy free milk bottles. Then we slathered the sides with oil so that it wouldn't stick. Then we put long candle sticks in it and filled the rest with ice. After that we poured melted wax in it and let it sit. Today we went back and had a look at them and peeled the milk bottles of them. They were hard, just like candles!

November Student Reflection

 We made our November Reflections. It was easy to come up with the math problem.

Hokusaika

 We have been doing even more Art Colouring Book pieces. I did Hokusaika this time. It was quite tricky to find the right colours. 

Hokusaika

Me

Vincent Van Gogh

 We have started doing the summer learning journey. We did an art colouring book thing today. We had to do different pieces of art and try to get them to look as close as the original as we can. I found it tricky to get all the different details correct. It was easy to choose the colours. It was really fun to get to do art on my chromebook. Here's the link to Art Colouring Book: https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/art-coloring-book/1QGsh6vSfAQBgQ?hl=en

Vincent van Gogh

Me

Rat Island

This week my reading group have been reading the book Rat Island. We had to do a prediction sheet. It was hard for me to think of what to write. 

Camp Thank You Letter

 Last week we went away to a Year 5-6 Tui Ridge. We did a whole range of different activities. My favorite activity was Rock wall climbing. We have been writing letters to some of the people who helped with camp. I was writing to my mum, because she was my group leader. Hope you like my post!

Leyla F

40 Campion Rd

Gisborne

5 Nov 2020

Dear Mum,

I am writing to thank you for looking after the group and beelining in

every activity that needed one. I really felt special having you as my

group leader. Mum, you made my camp days a whole lot better, and

it was very comforting to have you say good night.

Thank you for encouraging me to climb higher on the rock wall when

I was feeling really sad after failing the high ropes. You walked beside

me and when I was feeling grumpy you put up with it.

You have been the best instructor and the best Mum at the same time!

Without you there I doubt I would have had as good of a time. I feel really

happy and special to have had you as my group leader. Thanks for making

the Year 5-6 Camp the best! 

Ngā mihi

Leyla F

Updated Camp Goals

Before we went away to camp we made camp goals. This week we had to update them and put what we were proud of.

Parihaka Feather

This week we have been creating feathers. They were split into different puzzle pieces. We had to find the different information about the different things on the pieces. It was pretty tricky to find all the information and facts. It was easy to colour it in. I found it fun working on it in a pair with my friend Ciara. 

October Reflection

 Today we were doing our October reflections. It was tricky to explain about the books I have been reading. It was easy to take the photo. 

Camp Goals

 Today we were writing our camp goals and my Social goal is to make new friends, my personal goal is to push myself to the limit. I'm really excited to go camp because I want to go on the new activities. 

Letter to the Editor

 Today my class and I were writing letters to the editor of the Gisborne Herald. We were writing them because the river by our school is covered with blackberry bushes and it's the council's job to clear it up and they haven't been doing it. My school has been emailing them, calling them, andusing the Fix It app. But they never reply. Down below is my letter: 

At my school, Saint Marys gisborne, we have Taruheru awa next to our school. We are a green-gold enviro school and we do lots of planting native trees on the awa banks. But there isn’t any more room to plant more native trees because the council has stopped mowing down at the river, and there are blackberry bushes stretching from the river  up the banks near the fence line. We would like the council to cut the blackberry out and start mowing down there again. Then we can plant more native New Zealand trees,to provide shade over the river to encourage more little fresh water crayfish and other tiny creatures to start living there. I believe planting native trees will increase the amount of animals like native birds, fish, and any other native animals so that they can make homes. The birds can make nests in the trees, and the fish and other water creatures can live in the river. We are writing to the new zealand herald because the council have not been replying to our many emails.

Collage Pop Art

 Today we had our cybersmart teacher in and we made pop out collages and used a sight called LunaPic. We made the collages with photos of ourselves. I found it fun choosing the filters. It was tricky to download it. The artist that inspired us was Andy Warhol.

The Crystal Crescent

Talofa. Today Fantastic Four (My reading group) were reading the back of the book Crystal Crescent, witch we will be reading a chapter of soon. This is what the back says: "We can't avoid the moon. We're inside it's atmosphere. We're going all the way down." The ozone layer has been destroyed and Earth is at risk. The only hope for humanity is to find the precious liquid telotion. When heated, telotion creates huge amounts of ozone.

Raki and Tando are on a mission to find a source of rare substance when they crash-land onto an unknown planet. What are the mysterious blue creatures they find on there?

And why have they taken over Tando's mind?

Raki will face the biggest challenge of his life in his quest to save them both. 

I think this book is about two boys who have to go on a mission to save the world, but one of them gets in trouble and the other has to save him. I'm excited to read it.

September Reflection

 Ni hao. Today we were making september reflections. Hope you like it.

Ad to get people to check their luggage

 Ni hao! My class and I have been making ads to get people to check their equipment before they leave a place so that they don't bring anything unwanted into the country's. Down below is mine. Hope you like it!

Netball commands in Maori

Ni hao. Me and my class have been creating Maori dictionaries. Mine is about netball commands in Maori. I did it on netball because I play netball and I have been in multiple inter school games with my team. Down below is the link to my book. Hope you like it.

https://read.bookcreator.com/SX190Ub0JQSqtzNAm6sUgIIxtrw1/znAzmMswQteJrZj8r9Ej-Q

My speech about Climate change

Malo e lelei. For two weeks my class and I have been writing our speeches. Mine is about climate change and how we can stop it. It was quite hard to find the information I needed for it. I found it really fun to write it when I had gotten the information and what I was going to write. Next time I would change the length of my first paragraph. I hope you like my screencastify that I made. 

August Reflection

 Today me and my class made our August Reflections. I found it kind of hard to think of what to write. I found it easy to take the photo. Next time I would change the background. I hope you like the blog post! 

Video Game

 On tuesday I went to an Arora Foundation. Me and my friend Kylah were chosen from our school to code a video game about a guy from a long time ago called Te Maro. We made a small video game to learn how to code before next week when we will be making the actual video game. It was at MindLab. It was hard for us to do the coding because we were get the codes wrong. Next time I think me and my friend Kylah would finish it and make it so that you die if you fall in the water or lava. And at the end we want to make it so that if you get to the chest at the end a message appears at on the screen and it says YOU WON! Please just play the game and don't change the code! To move you have to press the side arrow keys on your chromebook/computer. To go up or to climb you have to press the side arrow and the upwards arrow. I hope you like our video game!

https://arcade.makecode.com/60003-01871-33137-61124 

Tracey Tawhiao

This week me and my class were making newspaper paintings. It was pretty hard for me to find the patterns to use. Next time I think that I would find more italian patterns because I used them of them more than once. I liked making the colour for the paint. I hope you enjoy my post!

Sacraments of Initiation

Today and yesterday my class and I have been creating a slide on the sacraments of initiation. I thought it was pretty tricky writing the rituals. Next time I will change the background. I found it fun to find the photos.

Haast's Eagle

Haast’s Eagle

The Haast's Eagle classification is the Harpagornis moorei.

It’s bill got to 130 millimetres, and its body was 1.4 metres. Its wingspan is 3 metres, the size of a small house. The males were smaller than the females, and its call was very loud and quite high-pitched. It had black feathers tinged with green and yellow, with a bunch of red feathers on its head.

The Haast’s Eagle lived in grasslands, forests, shrublands, and mountains. It would perch on ledges and giant tree branches while it waited for its prey. When it’s prey came near enough, it would dive from the high tree top or ledge of rocks and plummet down to the animal it was hunting and attack it. It would hunt animals much larger than itself.

The Haast’s Eagle’s diet included Giant Moa, ducks, and other birds. The Giant Moa was much larger than the Haast’s Eagle, but the giant eagle would still swoop down and attack it. 

Maths Check Up Re-Do

 Konnichiwa! I've already done a Maths Check Up, but I did the wrong times tables. This time I did my four times tables, my two times tables, three times tables, and elevens. It was tricky because of the timer, and I didn't know all of them. I enjoyed answering the ones I did know, because it made me feel proud that I knew them. I didn't get most of them write, but I don't mind. I'm happy that I got at least some of them. Next time I hope that i know them better so that I get more right. Down below I will put my results. red means I got it wrong, green means I got it right, and orange means I didn't answer before the timer ran out. 

Ruru Art

My class and I have been doing some Ruru art. John Bevan Fords was the man who originally did it. It was supposed to be for the art we were going to be selling after the talent show, but it had to be postponed because of Covid 19. It was a bit hard for me to think of patterns. For me it was easy to do the dying. Next time I think I would change the colours of the Ruru. 

Times Tables Check Up

Konnichi wa! Me and my class were doing a Times Table Check Up. I got sixteen out of twenty five. We have been learning our times tables. For me it was pretty tricky, but then I figured out that you could change how long you were aloud to choose the answer, and it was a bit easier. I found it fun with some of the questions because i didn't know them, and it was nice to get a challenge. Next time I hope that I will know more and will be able to answer more correctly. Down bellow I will put my results.

Faith GIF

My class and I were making Faith GIFs. For me it was hard to choose the words and how I put them. For me I enjoyed choosing the colour of the words and the crosses at the end. I think that if I did it again I would change how big the words were and make the crosses bigger. I hope you like my GIF. I did it on google slides, and then I put it on Tall Tweets. Tall Tweets is a site that you can make GIFs on. Here is the link: https://talltweets.com/. From this I learnt how to make a GIF, and how to put it on my blog. 

July Reflection

Today we created our June Reflections. I found it easy to take the selfie. I found it tricky to write in the books I have been reading because I have been reading a lot of different books. I found it fun to explain about what books I was reading. Next time I would change the background of the Reflection.

David Walliams Fact File

This week we were creating David Walliams fact files. I found it tricky to make the shadow of the boy holding the books. I found it easy to search up the information about him. I enjoyed making the fact file. Next time I would change the background. My digital learning object shows that I know how to create a compact fact file about famous people. 

Faith Poster

This week we were designing Faith posters for a challenge that the whole school was doing. It was where we created a poster that included the word Faith as a title and had another word for faith and a quote from the bible about faith. I found it tricky to choose the colours of the background. I found it easy to find the bible quote. Next time I would change the bible quote.

Learning how to recraft reports

This week we were learning how to recraft reports. We had to get a partner and then we got a cut up report on lions and had to put it together how we thought made sense in different paragraphs. Each paragraph was based on a different subject, like one was their habitat, one was their special features, the other was a dynamic fact, and another one was their classification. 

Canva Photo Collage

This week we were creating photo collages on canva. My digital learning object shows that I know how to make a collage. I found it tricky to find the pictures. I found it easy to choose the way I put my photos. Next time I would change the photos I have done. 

Matariki Stars

This week we were doing Matariki stars. I originally had nine but then two of them disappeared. I found it tricky to choose what stars to do and what to write. I found it easy to colour it in. Next time I would change what I wrote about. 

Matariki Breakfast

This morning we had a shared breakfast to celebrate Matariki.
It was fun and delicious because we got to choose what we ate and I was happy because everyone liked my mini pancakes. I enjoyed comparing my pancakes with Kylah's.

June Reflection

This week we were doing our June reflections. I found it easy to write in the text boxes. I found it tricky to choose who to share it with so they could do the compliment. Next time I would change the books that I was reading because I finished them and I'm reading a different book now. 

Decimals

This month we were learning about decimals. I was in the decimal group that got picked out to do them.

Pattern Ball P.E

We are learning to communicate and work as a team.

You start off with a netball and Stand in a circle with five or six players and work out a pattern so everyone gets a turn with ball and it goes back to the starter. Then when you have sorted out a pattern you get a soccer ball and bounce it in that same pattern, but starting from someone else. Then after you have the pattern you get a rugby ball and do rugby passes in the same pattern again but starting somewhere else.

We found it hard to video it and get everyone in the screen.
We found it easy to figure out the pattern.

Matariki

This week we were creating Matariki FlipGrid videos about why we thought Matariki should be a holiday. I found it tricky to record myself. I found easy decorating the video. Next time I would change the colours.

Matariki

Matariki

Matariki is the name of a cluster of stars which is visible in our night sky at a specific time of the year. In June/July Matariki will reappear in the dawn sky - signalling the start of the maori year. 

It is a time to celebrate new life and remember those who have passed and to plan for the future. And it is a time to spend with family and friends - to share food and songs and games. 

Maori ancestors would look to Matariki for help with their harvesting. When Matariki disappeared in April/May, it was a time to preserve crops for the winter season. When it reappeared in June/July, the ancestors would read the stars to predict the coming season - clear and bright stars predicted a warm and abundant winter while hazy stars warned of a bleak winter. 

Matariki has nine visible stars, according to leading maori astronomer, Dr Rangi Matamua, who’s been researching the Matariki for over 30 years. As part of his research Dr Rangi Matamua his ancestors were able to see nine stars. The nine visible stars include: Matariki, Tupuārangi, Waipuna-ā-Rangi, Waitī, Tupuānuku, Ururangi, Waitā, Pōhutukawa and Hiwa-i-te-Rangi.

Times Tables

We are learning our times tables. This week I am learning 7 x 4 and 8 x 4.
I found it easy to find out which ones I could and couldn't do. I found it tricky to take the photo.
Next time I would change the multiplications that I chose for this week.

Helps and Hinders

This week we were learning to combine sources of information. I found it fun to decorate the slides. I found it hard to think of the helps and hinders for refugees. Next time I would change the colours of the slides.
  

Comic Strip: Ahmet's Journey

This week we were making comics to explain about Ahmet's journey. Ahmet is a character in The Boy At The Back Of The Class. I found it enjoyable to explain about his journey. i found it tricky to find the right photos. Next time I would change to comic-like characters, rather than the real life people. Ahmetis a boy who came from syria and ran away from the war. He came to live in London with his foster mum and made some friends. He made friends with Josie, Tom, Micheal, and the narrator.

Transubstantiation and Corpus Christi

Today we were learning what Corpus Christi and transubstantiation means.

Transubstantiation means the conversion of the substance of the Eucharistic elements into the body and blood of Jesus Christ at consecration, only the appearance of the bread and wine still remaining.

Corpus Christi means the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

Gravity

What happens when you throw a ball in the air? It falls back down again. But why doesn’t the ball just float off into space? That’s gravity.

Gravity is the force that pulls things towards earth. 

What is force? A force is the push or pull that acts against an object.

Boinks. Boinks are a flexible toy you put pressure on and it will fly up into the air. But obviously it will come down again, thanks to gravity. Dropper Popper. If you invert and drop dome-down with a ping-pong ball it will shoot up and then come down. Again, that’s gravity. So what we learned was that no matter where or in which direction, the ball’s coming down.

The holy Trininty

Today we were learning about the holy Trinity. The trinity is like an apple. The skin is like god. He protects us like the skin protects the flesh. The flesh is like Jesus, because he nourishes us. The seeds are like the Holy Spirit, planting the fruits of the Spirit.

May reflection

Today we were doing the May reflection. I found it hard to think of the trivia questions. I enjoyed writing about my favorite author. Next time I would change the book that I wrote about.

Blinging up my Blog

Today we we were changing our blogs. Wwe changed our backgrounds and headings. I found it hard to take the photo for the background. Next time I would change the background. I enjoyed making the heading. 

Before:

After: 

There, their, and they're

WALT recognise homophones.

The words their, there, and they're are so often confused. 

There means a place or a position.

Their means it is belonging to someone. 

They're means that they are. 

For example:

They're going to a party this weekend.

That is their toy.

They are over there. 

Penticost

This week we were learning about Pentecost. Down below is my flame-dove. If you flip it sideways it becomes a dove. if it is down than it is a flame. I found it hard to make the dove-flame. I found it fun to trace the flame-dove. Next time I would change the order of the colours.

Dolphin Slides

This week we were learning about dolphins. I found it hard to design the T-shirt. I found it fun to learn about dolphins. Next time I would change the style of the shirt.

Hail Mary - Sign Language

This week we were learning the Hail Mary in sign language. I found it tricky to make the screencastify. I found it fun to learn it. Next time I would change the place of the recording. 

EastWood Hills Recount

27-5-2020

EastWood Hills

Mountains of leaves crunched under foot as we trudged along the muddy path, sucking at our boots. Ducks called to one another, flying high above our heads. Dew dropped from leaves, sprinkling along the mossy forest floor. Puddles sloshed as we walked through them, crossing a small bridge over a small swamp. Fumes of stinking smells floated up to greet us as we crossed. Tiny fantails chattered like little old ladies as they swooped around our footprints, yanking tiny bugs from the ground. 

Tramping to the clearing exhausted us and we stopped to eat lunch on top of some boulders. 

Suddenly a million baas filled the clearing as a large flock of sheep came from around the corner. Tucking up our legs they tried to steal our sandwiches. 

Biting into our lunches was the best feeling ever as the honey glazed ham, cheese, and lettuce warmed our mouths. 

Finally, after arriving in the circle of pines, a strange aroma wafted towards us, making us wonder what it was, and if it was safe. It turned out to be thousands of mushrooms. We cautiously stepped into the circle and sniffed. Boy, were those mushrooms strong smelling! We followed a stone wall to the exit and piled into the car, and finished the lunch we didn’t eat.

Henri Matisse

We were learning about Henri Matisse. He was eighty four when he died on the third of November 1957 from a heart attack. He made 1008 pieces of artwork with paint. We had to use primary colours plus white or black to make the colours we wanted. We had to blend in white to show light direction. Then we used black pastel to add details. Henri Matisse was French and was greatly adored for his art which he called "Still Life". He was good friends with Pablo Picasso and ran a small art school named Academie Matisse in Paris between 1908 and 1911. Some of his paintings were sold for over twenty million dollars. He was born in 1869, December thirty first.
Down below is my Henri Matisse painting that I created.

Jesus Ascending Into Heaven

Today we were learning about how Jesus ascended into heaven. I found it fun to make jesus on the cloud. I found it hard to find the disciples. Next time I would change the background.