My Holiday- December 2017

MY HOLIDAY

December

On The Way Up. 23.12.17

As Dad, Mum, Casey and I hopped on the plane at Christchurch Airport headed for Rotorua I knew this was going to be a long day.When we finally landed we walked inside and saw grandma standing there waiting. We grabbed our bags and headed to Whakatane. When the car pulled up at grandma’s house I walked inside to see my cousins (Chloe aged 9 and Josh aged 7).  Then we had dinner and went to bed.

Christmas Eve!!!24.12.17

We were super excited for tomorrow.  Today we stayed around the house and went to the park down the hill. We all just relaxed.

Christmas Day!!!!!! 25.12.17

On Christmas morning Casey, Chloe and I all woke up at 6:15 we got up and sat on the couch. ( The rules are that EVERYONE has to be up before you can open presents). At 6:30 everyone was up except Josh!! He was having a sleep in day on the wrong day!  At 7 0’clock we woke him up and then we started. Here's a picture of us on Christmas day.

Boxing Day 26.12.17

Today Chloe, Casey, Josh and I went with our cousins (Emily age 11 and Will age 7) to Rotorua. First we went to Bunny Mini Golf ( it's like normal mini golf but with bunny rabbits everywhere!!) Out of Emily, Chloe, Casey and I, Chloe and I tied with 57 points each, Emily with 58 and Casey with 60. Then went swimming in Blue lake. It was really warm!! Blue lake is a collapsed volcanic crater. You can also walk around blue lake.

The Next Day 27.12.17

Today Chloe, Casey, Josh and I went to  Otarawairere ( over the hill from Ohope) to go swimming and boogie boarding. Otarawairere is a Casey and I used our new wetsuits.  It was a really hot day so the water was nice and cool. There were lots of good waves and they were perfect for boogie boarding.

The Day After 28.12.17

Today  Chloe, Casey, Josh and I went to Rotoma ( a lake between Rotorua and Whakatane). Emily and Will have been camping there. It was a little bit rough but I still went for 2 rides on the biscuit. There was a platform just off the shore that we spent hours jumping off. Once everyone was out of the water we had a game of volleyball.

The Day After That 29.12.17

Today Dad, Mum, Casey and I walked to the Tarawera falls and back. The Tarawera falls is  35 metres high. We followed the river along the track then it disappeared and came out at a waterfall On the way it took us 1 hour and 17 minutes (downhill)  and on the way back it took 56 minutes (uphill). Mum and Dad said if on the way back we were under an hour we got and  real fruit ice cream from Blueberry Corner and we did!!!!

The Day Before New Years Eve! 30.12.17

Today Casey, Mum and I went out to Rotoma again ( to see Emily and Will). The water was colder than the other time . We swam for about an hour then got out and played Bananagrams. Then we all cooked sausages and went exploring in the bush. Then Mum, Casey and I went home to Grandma's house and had something to eat.Then Casey and I built her lego Ski field.

New Years Eve! 31.12.17  

Today  Dad, Mum, Casey and I took Lisa and Craig Mooney out to Ohope and walked along the beach and played at the park.It was Lisa’s first time going to Ohope.  Ohope beach is 11 kilometers long and was voted New Zealand's most loved beach in 2016. Then Casey and I ran through the water jumping the waves as we went. After we had finished at Ohope we went to Blueberry Corner to get an ice cream. The Ice creams were delicious! Then we went to the fishing club for dinner.  

GoodBye 2017. . .

Hello 2018😁

Carving - Whakairo

For the past to weeks we have been learning about caving. We had a go ourselves with soap. Here is our work.

Safety Tips For Camp

This week we are going to camp on Arthur's Pass. We had to get into groups to present our knowledge about safety tips about the bush and hypothermia. Here is our work.

Quick Writes Term 4

We have been working on Quick Writes.  This is where you are given something to write about (a writing prompt) and you only have 10 minutes to write as much as possible using this writing prompt.

For our writing prompts we will use either images or short videos.

1) Fireworks

As I walked through the streets I smelt the strong aroma of smoke. I stared in amazement as the building exploded with colour. There was so many different colours.  I felt as if I was lost in a heavy cloud. It was chaotic!  Everyone was shocked and screaming. I was blinded as the smoke surrounded me.  It was the most amazing and terrifying thing I had ever seen my life.  

2)Tomato Pulp

As the fight started everything went red! All I could smell was the sticky smell of tomatoes.  There was the squelching sound of tomatoes being squashed. Suddenly I was hit flat in the face with a tomato! I looked up, everyone around me was covered from upoko (head)  to toe in tomatoes. I was lucky I was wearing goggles because tomatoes sting when they get in your eyes!

3) Spiderman

As the confetti fell it reminded me of a āniwaniwa (rainbow). In the busy streets of New York City a huge sculpture of SpiderMan floated through the street. There was so much sound! Between the sound of the traffic and the talk of people I couldn’t hear a thing. Then I got a whiff of some food and followed the smell out of the crowd. I was glad to be out of the crowd!

4) Stormy Day

As I Lay in bed, I listened to the pounding of the rain on the roof. Then suddenly my

room lit up with rauuira (lighting) ! I listened for the whaitiri (thunder). Then I heard the

BOOM of the thunder. I lay still as the rain got heavier. I felt scared. My windows were shaking in the howling wind. Then I smelt the muddy smell of the grass outside. I just hugged my paraikete (blankets) trying to keep warm. Suddenly my light went out I knew there had been a power cut.

Quick Write-Beekeeper

Quick Write Number One - The Beekeeper

For the next two weeks we are going to work on ‘Quick Writes.’  This is where you are given something to write about (a writing prompt) and you only have 10mins to write as much as possible using this writing prompt.

For our writing prompts we will use either images or short videos.

The purpose of this is to practise writing fluently.

When we look at our writing prompt we will have about 10-15 mins to discuss it and brainstorm some ideas and vocabulary.   

Our learning goals are to:

-write a description, using powerful words and phrases

-include some Te Reo Māori

-carefully check that our sentences make sense and have correct punctuation and spelling.

When we are writing we need to think about…

1. What do I want my reader to see?

2) What do I want my reader to hear?

3) What do I want my reader to smell?

Tips:

-look closely at the picture or video

-think about the three key questions and the learning goals

-give yourself time to plan and write

Do your writing here

The bee hive

As I walked up to the hive I could smell the the sweet honey aroma. It was a cool koanga-spring  day.  The trees were swishing in the cool breeze.The bees were buzzing around me like mosquitoes.  I lifted the lid and got hit in the face with the strong, sweet smell of honey.  All I could see was my busy bees working away.  I loved the smell of the blossoms and the sweet honey.   

Robot Rampage Writing

This term we have been learning to write narratives. We used a video for inspiration. Here is my writing work. 

Narrative Writing Term 3 2017

Click on the link below to watch the story starter for this week.

http://success-for-boys.tki.org.nz/Teaching-learning-resources/Story-Starters/Runaway-Robot-Rampage

Story Starter = Runaway Robot Rampage

Your Name:SASHA

Story starter: Every weekend there was one Hemi job hated doing: Mowing the lawns. He’d much rather be building his latest robot invention in the shed. That was it! What if Hemi could Build a robot to mow the lawns.

WALT: write a narrative that entertains or tells a story about people,places or events.
S.C:
Our Story will...
-have a title that captures our reader's interest
-Have an orientation/beginning that has a hook and establishes the setting and characters.
-Have a complication/problem that needs to be solved
-Have a conclusion where the problem is solved.
-Use interesting language, words, adjectives, language features such as similes, onomatopoeia
-plan our story so we know what to write about
-proof-read and edit
-make sure our sentences make sense
-use a range of punctuation
-Use some Te Reo Māori words

Planning

Title:	Washing To Go
Orientation/Beginning/Hook Characters	Millie-cheeky, smart and adventurous. Mike-Mean, annoyed Everyday there was one job Millie hated doing: Doing the Washing. She’d much rather be building her latest robot invention in the shed. That was it! What if Millie could build a robot to do the washing.
Complication/Problem	The robot malfunctions and starts squirting washing soap and water everywhere and makes everyone in the town white.
Conclusion - How does the problem get solved?	Millie grabs all the towels she could find and creates a gigantic robot towel that wipes the town clean and captures the washing robot and was never to be seen again.
Language Simile (He was as tall as a giraffe/ She was like a wild, angry gorilla that had been released from its cage!) Onomatopoeia(sound words) Interesting Adjectives (describing words) Te Reo Māori.	The town was as white as snow. Squirt, squelch, poof, clutter, clamble, clank,bang Mā- white Māwhero-pink Swerved disappeared

Write Your Story Here

Washing To GO!

Everyday there was one job Millie hated doing: Doing the Washing. She’d much rather be building her latest robot invention in the shed. That was it! What if Millie could build a robot to do the washing.

Millie had long brown hair and deep brown eyes. She is amazingly tall for her age and is as fast as lightning. Millie has dark olive skin and is kind to everyone.  At dinner Millie’s elder brother kept saying that her robot will fail and be a disaster. Millie was up all night “I’ll show you Mike, I can build a robot to do the washing,” she kept muttering to herself.  At the first sign of light through  the sheds window she raced out of the shed with her robot and  added the finishing touches of her robot in her bedroom. To make her robot she had found an old computer, granny’s wooden kokotoha (spoon), a fan that broke down a few years ago, a sheet off her bed, a couple of plastic squirter guns, a ginormous pākete (bucket), mums hair dryer, a ball of wool and a two arms of a doll.  

Millie carried it into the laundry room and switched on the on switch and the Robot sprang into life. It was buzzing around and there was the clinking and clanking of the kokotoha (spoon) and the arms in the pākete (bucket). There was a squelch and squirt from the water guns.  She left the robot on all day and went back to her shed to work on another robot.  A couple of hours later when Millie came back to grab some lunch she wandered past the laundry and saw her robot working away on the washing. After she had finished making her sandwich she peeped in and saw her robot was vibrating and was clunking and clanking. Millie ran in and turned off the robot but the switch was stuck. Suddenly the computer went whero (red) and it started going crazy! As quick as a flash of lightning it flew out the matapihi (window).

Millie ran out the front door with her sandwich still in her hand.  When she got outside, the town looked as if it had snowed overnight the residents of the town were opening their doors and getting squirted in the face with washing soap. Millie ran down the street (or tried to at least, the foam was so thick it was hard too) Millie caught up with the robot and didn’t know what to do. Suddenly she saw her sandwich in her hand and raced back home. When she got home she ran into the kitchen and grabbed all the towels she could find and ran to her shed. Millie sewed them together and scattered bread crumbs on the huge towel. If there was one thing the robot hated it was dirty towels….

She got the huge towel and draped it over her shoulders and jumped on her sled. Her  hair looked like a horse mane, she was going sooo fast and it was sooo windy  she couldn’t see where she was going.   When Millie reached her robot the town ahead was as white as snow the grabbed the towel off her shoulders and waved it in  the air. “Look here robot I have a dirty towel for you,” she screamed.  The robot suddenly jerked around to look at Millie and glanced at the crumb covered towel. It zoomed down to Millie at a tremendous speed. When the robot was only a few meters away she flung the towel over her robot and tied the corners together with a rubber band. Now her robot was finally caught, but there was one thing to do….

CLEAN UP!!!

After a week of cleaning up Millie set off to home to do something: DO THE WASHING!

How did you go?

What do you think you did well?  I did well in putting in interesting language and making the story interesting.

What could you work on next time?I need to work on putting in more similes.

Teacher Feedback:

Kia ora Sasha

I really enjoyed reading your story about the not so successful robot invention. It was good to see that your story had a clear beginning, problem and resolution. It was also great to see that you had used lots of interesting language and punctuation.

Your next step is to make sure you have clearly described everything in your story. For example you could have explained more about why the robot malfunctioned and what it was doing to the town. I also felt you could have explained how Millie turned her robot off once it was caught.

I also really enjoyed the humour in your story and the way it ended with Millie learning a bit of a lesson : )

Ka pai tō mahi tuhituhi.

  

Elections Poster 2017

We have been learning about the elections. For an activity we had to make our own political party. Here is my parties poster. 

Free Choice Writing - Animals

Sometimes when we have finished our writing work we get to do free choice writing. Free choice writing is where we get to choose a topic to write about. This week Dakota and I wrote about animals. Here is our work. You can click on the video link to listen to us read our work. Please leave a kind, thoughtful and helpful comment. 

Maths-Place Value

We are learning to...

-Recognise how many tens and hundreds are in numbers.

Here is my work. 

Maui Legends

As part of Matariki we re-read the legends of Maui. We then retold a legend and created artwork. Below is mine and Billie's artwork.

Once, a long time ago lived a man called Māui and he had 5 brothers. They were all tūpuhi (skinny)and hiakai (hungry) but were very generous. Māui and his brothers worked hard all day and night for the village people but the problem was that there were really short days so there was no time to do anything. The brothers and Māui didn’t look after themselves they looked after the village people. The village people were very demanding. Māui and his brothers were out every day hunting because crops weren't growing. The crops needed the ra (sun) to grow. One day a  woman entered the village, she called herself Wahine o te Moana. Wahine o te Moana was caring but told her opinion. Wahine o te Moana made the village people help Māui and his brother. Now Māui and his brothers can sleep and eat but they still weren't happy. Māui wasn’t happy because there wasn’t enough time in the day to do things. The next morning Wahine o te Moana had to leave. She gave Māui a special jaw bone from a whale. When Wahine o te Moana gave Māui that jaw bone she said, “Do something that needs to be done with this jaw bone Māui”! That morning Māui decided to slow the ra (sun) down, so he started to prepare. When Māui told the village people what was going to do they all laughed. But that didn’t stop Māui. Māui started plaiting strong flax rope with his brothers. They were up all night and day. Then they finally went to slow the ra (sun) down. As they started walking to where the ra (sun) set and rises the ground was as hot as fire. Māui and his brothers hid behind a small rock wall that they had made. When the ra (sun) started to rise Māui and his brothers threw the ropes over the ra (sun's) fiery hair, Māui said, “Hold on and don’t let go”! Then Māui got his jaw bone and smacked the ra (sun) over the nose. Māui yelled in anger, “You will slow down and make our days longer!’’ “Okay,”  said the ra(sun),  “but don’t kill me”! The brothers let the ropes go and the ra (sun) was in pain but he held his promise .When Māui and his brothers got back to the village everyone was hari koa (happy) at last, and all sang around the fire. That's how Māui slowed the ra (sun).

Retold by Sasha and Billie

Here is our artwork

My Mihi 2017

Here is my mihi video.

Classroom Kupu

We have been learning to say the names for classroom objects in Te Reo Māori. Here is the slideshow I did to show my learning.

Science Term 2 2017

This term we have been doing science. We have been learning about the water cycle and states of matter. Here is some of my learning.

Persuasive Writing - Why We Should Have Pets

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing on why it is a good idea to have pets. 

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	Pets Are Great
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe that having pets is a really great thing!
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly, Pets are extremely great for people with disabilities!   For example, guide dogs help their owner (who is blind ) to walk around places by leading them around. Guide dogs (or  hearing dogs) also help people that are deaf or find it hard to hear. Hearing dogs are specially trained to alert their owner if there is an emergency or an everyday sound such as a doorbell. The dog will nudge their owner and lead them to the source or to safety.
	Secondly, Pets are extremely helpful  for people that are lonely or have depression! People that are lonely normally have a pet to keep them company.  For example, if you have depression your pet will cheer you up.
	Thirdly,  pets are great for doing jobs. Dogs work in the police force to find things and to find people. For example, dogs pick up a scent of a person and go to find them. At the airport dogs sniff bags for anything bad.  For example, when I went to the international airport a dog came up to us and sniffed our bags. Finally, pets are good for warning people about medical conditions. Pets can detect if you have cancer or if you are about to have an epileptic fit. if you are about to have a stroke or if you have diabetes and you are high in sugar. Experts train dogs to sniff diseases  or medical conditions.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion, I think that people should have pets because they are extremely great for blind and deaf people,  pets are really helpful for people that are depressed.  Pets are great for doing jobs and are extremely good for sniffing out medical conditions.  It is extremely important for people to have pets. By Sasha

Persuasive Writing - Why We Should Fix Our Field

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing why we should fix our field. 

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great hākinakina (sport))’	Fix Our Field
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe that we need fix our whira (field) NOW! My reasons are that the whira (field) is constantly muddy, the court and playground are getting too crowded, without the whira (field) we can’t train for hākinakina (sporting) events and we can’t hold special events. These are the reasons our whira (field) needs to be fixed NOW!
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly, we need to fix the whira (field) because the whira (field) is constantly muddy. When the whira (field) is muddy no one can go on it and if you do your shoe gets stuck!  There are also a lot of mud holes so you have to watch where you step. For example,  when you are having a running race you sometimes will trip up.
	Secondly, the court and the playground are  getting far too crowded! Everyone is crowded in the playground and on the court. For example,   people are getting injuries from falling over on the concrete and getting hit with P.E equipment.
	Thirdly, without a whira (field) we can’t train for hākinakina  (sports) events! No one can train for hākinakina (sport) events such as: cross country, soccer, rugby and more. At karoro wharekura (school) we like hākinakina (sport)s and we have to go somewhere else to train. For example,  the rippa rugby team has to train on the court instead of the whira (field)!
	Finally, we can’t hold special events. Now we can’t hold the gala, have a hangi or have a family fun night! The gala helps us fundraise money for the wharekura (school).  Now there won’t be as much money for shows, busses and other things.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion we need to fix our whira (field) because the whira (field) is too muddy, the playground and court is too crowded, we can’t train for hākinakina (sports) events and we can’t hold special events. It is important  to have a good whira (field) at wharekura (school)!   BY SASHA.