Rocky Shore Recount

Learning Intentions for Science We are learning to understand that all living creatures have a life cycle. We are learning that living creatures have bodies that are designed to help them to live and survive.   We are learning that all living things are designed to live in a particular environment. We are learning to understand how food webs work. We are learning that in an ecosystem all living things and their environment are interconnected. We are learning to understand about the Rocky Shore and the impact, both positive and negative, we can have on this environment.

Literacy As part of our rocky shore unit we will also use our literacy skills to read and learn about the rocky shore and to write an information report on a rocky shore creature. Writing We are learning to write an information report about an animal. We are learning to use our writing skills across the curriculum.

The Learning Dip

This term we have learning about having a growth mindset. We have been working on a poster on the Learning dip. Here's my work that I did with Billie. 

My Marine Mammal Information Report

We have been learning how to write an information report. Here is my report on a New Zealand Marine Mammal. 

How To Look After Our Rocky Shore

We have been using our reading skills to learn about the rocky shore. Here is some work I did showing how we can look after our rocky shore.  

Rocky Shore Animal Work

We have been using our reading skills across the curriculum to learn about the rocky shore. Below is some work I did about a rocky shore creature that I was interested in. 

Smart Cookie News Natalie Rooney

Here is our smart cookie about Natalie Rooney.  Smart Cookie News is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos.  We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

Rio De Janeiro.  

Natalie Rooney wins silver at the Rio Olympics 2016, in Clay Bird Shooting.

Natallie is 28 years old and finished second overall in the Clay bird shooting semi finals.

Natalie sadly missed out getting into the New Zealand Olympic Team in 2012. However she then trained hard to get into the 2016 Olympics. She has been competing for ten years now.

There was a little bit of funding to help her. She said, “She's got a very supportive Dad that helps her  for funding and stuff like that.

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Smart Cookie News - Leisa Williams

Here is our smart cookie news Leisa Williams who is Billie's mum.  Smart Cookie News is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos.  We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

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Leisa Williams is my mother (I am Billie Williams) and is  married to Scott Williams.

Today she is 41 and has 5 kids including me. Her kids are  called Saxon, Billie, Poppy, Molly and Mac. Mac is the oldest and Saxon is the youngest.

Leisa Williams was a great swimmer and has gone all over New Zealand for championships. This was when she was younger. Leisa also plays  Hockey for West Coast and Gray Valley and is not famous .Leisa has won lots of medals and certificates for swimming. Leisa also swam for Canterbury Swim Team with her mum and Dad supporting her., Her mum is called Lynn and her Dad is called Kevin.   

Smart Cookie News - Trubridge

Here is our smart cookie news about William Trubridge.  Smart Cookie News is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos.  We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

Trubridge Breaks World Freedive  Record

William Trubridge is a New Zealander who does freediving.  Freediving is when you dive down to a certain mark with no diving gear and you have to do it on one breath.  This sport is very hard and you have to train lots.  William Trubridge has broken 18 world records that were set by him. William Trubridge held the world record but he set a new record with a 102m dive. He held  his breath for, four minutes and 15 seconds. His family and support team were waiting to see if the record had been achieved.The dive location was held in Bahamas at a spot called the blue hole. This is where he broke the world record in freediving.

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Smart Cookie News - Dusty Rhodes

Here is our smart cookie news about Grace's Grand father.  Smart Cookie News is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos.  We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

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Dusty Rhodes is my Great Grandad and  he was an artist(Grace). His paintings were very cool and hard to draw! My great Grandad survived World War One and he was fighting in France. He got wounded twice and went to hospital in England. Dusty Rhodes’s brother was fighting in France as well.. But Dusty Rhodes brother’s head got blown off by a German mortar and sadly died. Dusty Rhodes was then too old to go to World War Two. A couple of years after World War Two Dusty Rhodes died of old age.

Smart Cookie News - Introducing The Team

Here is our smart cookie news introducing ourselves.  Smart Cookie News is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos.  We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.  

My Sea Week Writing

For sea week we wrote about why the ocean is important.  Here is my writing work.  Please leave a kind, positive and thoughtful comment.  

My Chance And Probability Work

This term we have been learning about chance and probability in maths.  Here is my DLO ( digital learning object) about chance and probability. Please leave a kind, positive, and thoughtful comment.