SLJ ( Taika Waititi )

Yesterday we were doing Summer Learning Journey. We had to research on Taika Waititi and we have found some interesting facts like that he is a director, filmmaker, actor and comedian.

SLJ activity (pepeha)

Today we were working on a pepeha website where we can create our own pepeha  and today we have to find facts on Taika Waititi (Also known as Taika Cohen) And the facts we know already is that he was a movie director, filmmaker, actor and comedian. I know that he was boys dad on the movie "Boy" and he also play the rock man on "Thor Ragnarok"

I still wouldn't do the SLJ cause it just takes up to much of my holiday time, but I would  recommend it if you like doing work and if you want something to do.

SUMMER LEARNING JOURNEY (LORDE)

Today we have been doing a summer learning journey on Lorde. The reason why we have to find fact on Lorde is because this is giving us a taste of what the SLJ is like. In my mind I will never do this because it takes to long and takes up all of my holidays but I would do this to help with my learning like with my writing skills and reading and it might be fun for yous.

SUMMER LEARNING JOURNEY

LORDE:
FAV COLOR is green, Blue and Grey Marl
FAV FOOD is Sashimi tuna
FAV BAND is Arcade Fire
FAV SHOW is The Sopranos, Mad Men

Te Rau Pou Manawa O Kawakawa Kapa Haka Haerenga.

On Tuesday 31 tamariki traveled down to Tainui, Hamilton to go and support Te Rau Pou Manawa O Kawakawa. It took us all day to get down to the marae. The marae that we stayed at was Te Aratiatia marae at fair field college. As soon as we got to the marae we had the powhiri outside. Later on we went to the marae that Te Rau Pou Manawa O Kawakawa was staying at and had another powhiri and our dinner. Finally we were at our marae getting our beds ready to go to bed for the big day. On Wednesday all the tamariki got up and started to get ready into our school uniform. As we arrived at the venue I started to get butterfly's because I was nervous for them. Well we were getting seated whaea Toni started taking photos of us. 5-10 minutes later they finally started and so we had to wait until the first group finished because our school was on next. As our school stood on the stage me and Tuishaly yell out go Tamarah, go Betty! As they start the waiata I felt proud of our school up their representing our school. Later the roopu had finished and we got out of the seats and walked out well waiting for TRPM to come outside. Finally they arrived and our supporting group did a haka tautoko. But then we hade to wait longer cause we had to wait For Tamarah and Xavier to came out  and so then they did come out and TRPM and and all of us did another haka tautoko. Then about 10-20 minutes later we leave to go back to school. At school everyone was happy to be back and still to this day we think TRPM is still the best. 

Speech

This term we were learning to write our speech's for the speech competition. The hard part was thinking of a topic to write but in the end I ended up writing about fighting. The easy part was writing my 5 paragraphs on the topic. If I was to change something about my speech it would be to change some words to make the speech more interesting. The interesting part about my speech is how much people go to hospital each year. Why did I decide to write about fighting? I chose to write about fighting because women get : Hurt, abused or maybe even seriously injured. 

here is my speech:

Hangi prep

Last week my class and I learnt how to prep the hangi for our kaumatua and kuia day. When we did the hangi the boys wen't to chop down some wood and us girls preped the hangi like  chopped the potatoes and peel the onion. The easy part was blending the bread to make the stuffing. The hard part was to peel the onions because it made me and my friends cry. The challenging part was trying not to cut my hand, but I did. My next step will be to learn how to not cut my hand.
Here are some photos and videos:

Naming angels

Today we are learning how to name angles. I learnt that an angle is made when 2 lines meet and that if the angle is less than 90 degrees it is called an acute angle and if it is 90 but less than 180 degrees than it is called an Obtuse angle. I understood the learning and how to write in the names of the angles. The easy part was to draw the lines and figure it out on my own. The interesting part about the angles was the names and learning how to write a degree in my angle. My next step is to do the whole 360 degrees so I can master it before I go to high school. I used a protractor for my tool to help me so I can figure out the angles without a Chromebook. I would say that my learning is good but I know that I could do better than what I did.

The phobia

So for the past 1 week my class has been writing our narrative story's about s/he that has turned into and cat or a dog. On our orientation we have to introduce our charter and the scene. For my charters I have chosen a boy, a dog, a mum and a mum's friend. I chose the phobia for my title because someone in the story  has a break down and screams like a girl. The easy part about writing this piece was coming up with story lines like s/he screamed like a girl or I was awoken by big bright lights. The hard part was to make my story imaginary and come to life. The way I feel about my writing is hard to say, I like my writing but it isn't the best of my ability. My goal for next time is to use more higher level words than ( Wen't, Going, Get, The and all of the low level words. ) The way I can improve is to get a dictionary or a thesaurus and pull out some bigger, higher level words.

anyway here is a link to my writing.

The phobia

Cultural festival

2 weeks ago Tuishaly, Whaea Toni and I did a karanga for the cultural festival which was hosted at Kawakawa Primary school.  Tuishaly and I had a different roles after karanga and that was  stage hand, we only helped when the other stage hands  left. My experience wasn't the best because I could have done better in my karanga because it wasn't the best of my ability.  My favorite act was when Te Rau Pou Manawa o Kawakawa did the poi and the haka because they were so enthusiastic in what was happening.

The phobia

This week we have been learning to write an narrative orientation on a boy that turns into a dog for a day. In the writing you have to have an orientation and introduce the character to your story and then begin with an problem in the middle you want a problem arising  and at the end the way s/he solves the problem. The easy part was to think of the problem. The hard part was to make  it sound more interesting. My next step will  is to make it come to life.

Math eyes

Today we have been split up and one of the mahi we have to do is math eyes. Math eyes is when you look at a picture and try make math equations for the one picture. The easy part writing the  equations down. The hard part was finding the equations. Next time I will try and make more equations.

Assembly

This week we had assembly and I participated in 2 items my ANZAC haiku and my voyaging information. The easy part was to Speak clear and loud and  have a good stance and attitude. The hard part was to use eye contact because it's hard to read without looking at the Chromebooks. My next step is to learn how to use eye contact with my audience and the way i'm gonna do that is by practicing before hand.

Fractions

This week I have been doing fractions. But today we made a art fractions paper. The Fractions that I did was 1 whole, 1/2,  1/4,  1/ 8,  1/16,  1/32, 1/64,  1/128,  1/256,  1/512,  1/1024, 1/ 2048,  1/4096. when we had finished we had to glue them onto our paper. The easy part was  cutting and gluing the paper onto the whole. If I was to change anything in my work I would change the pattern.
                                                                                                       

Mood Haiku

Today I was writing a mood haiku for what I was feeling at the moment. In a haiku there are rules like you can only use three sentences and a amount of syllables. In the first sentence you only use 5 syllables the next line 7 and the last line 5.  Here is my haiku.

5 I am feeling now
7 is a lot of emotions
5 for my past nana

To Kenneth Ireland

To Kenneth Ireland the author of GHOST STORIES.

I would like to know what inspired you to write this book and why you chose to write this specific book. In my class we were making a new cover for our book and mine was Ghost Stories. I made it look pretty horror film looks.

here's a photo of my new cover:

Get Writing New Zealand 2019

Last week we have been learning to write a metaphor using the object we got. This week we have been writing the metaphors on the postcard that we have made up from the object. The object that I got was a ship in a bottle.  Here is my metaphor that I mad up from my object.

Reading skills

This week and last week we have been reading a book called catching a space duck. The skills that I have been doing is reading the book and then summing what happened in it. Sometimes I read the book and then I re-read  the book so I can understand whats going on.

Art

This week we have been doing art. The easy part was cutting the circles out of the paper. The hard part was couloring in the paper with pastels. the thing I will do next time will be the colour combinations.

Reading skills

This week and last week we have been reading a book called The Trial. The skills that I have been doing is reading the book and then summing what happened in it. Sometimes I read the book and then I re-read  the book so I can understand whats going on.

Dear bear

This week we have been learning about the solar system and how it works. My teacher showed us a movie about the astronomer sun and how the boys father turned into a comit. When the boy got older he went to this lab thing and turned himself into a comit so he can be with his dad. So our task was to wright a letter to the bear saying why he left and the instruction for operating the machine. 

link to movie

solar system

This week we have been learning about the solar system and how long it takes for the planets to orbit the sun.  The hard part was doing the math and how much times does it take to orbit the sun. The easy part was collaborating with my group and getting the mahi done. When all the mahi was done then we could do our role-play. The cool part about doing the role-play was keeping still because I was the sun.

Things we know:
1. Jupiter  is the biggest planet.
2. Neptune is the 8th planet in the solar system.
3. Pluto was in the solar system but got knocked out.
4. A way of remembering the order of the planets is by saying MY VERY  EARLY MORNING JOG STARTS UP NOW.

why the whales came

This week we have been learning about the book on why the whales came. This book is very interesting because you really can imagine whats going on and it's like a movie just reading a book. The hard part was the hard words on the book. The easy part was thinking about whats going on in the story. The authors name was called Michael Morpurgo and I recommend that you have to read it. 

The trial

This week in reading we have to do an activity on our book called the trial. The activity that I done today was an acrostic poem.
hope you like it.

The
Honour
Enough

Trial
Room
Individual
Aldrin
Lisa

My art work

Last week our teacher whaea Cara was reading us a story about theses kiwi's and so their were koru's in the background and that was our task to draw a koru of our family. The challenging part was finding a koru that has the right amount of spirals that represents my siblings and my parents. The part I enjoyed was coloring in the koru because I got to use an election of crayons. what  I learnt was how to draw of cool koru without putting the paper on the screen and  drawing over it. The thing I would change about my art would be the color choice because the colors were ugly and those colors were red, orange and yellow.

Worms

This week we have been working on Pangarau. We have been learning about worms. In this math game you need to draw a systematical table  to record your learning. Then you get a hundreds sheet and coulor   in 34,35,36,37,44,45,46,47,54,55,56,57,64,65,66,67 in any coulor. then you need to use 3 of the same coulored blocks and 1 different coulored block then you have to try and find different shapes for the worm but the trick is that you have to keep the head on the coulor numbers.  When you play this game you have to  add  the numbers that the worm is covering then when you  all of add them all up and the you get the total. my favourite part was working with my buddy. The hard part was trying to get as many shapes as possible. My next step is to learn more possible ways to add and takeaway.