Word Search "Merry Christmas" in different languages

 This week we have been set 12 tasks to complete around Christmas, one of the tasks we had to complete was making a word find full of different ways to say Merry Christmas. (In different languages.) We have two weeks of school left until the Christmas holidays, which is why we are doing Christmas activities. Here is how my word search turned out :

 

Christchurch Earthquakes

 This week we have been looking at disasters all around New Zealand, we were allowed to choose where and what we wanted to research. I decided to research the Christchurch earthquakes because I was very interested in seeing all the broken buildings. Sadly, 185 people lost their lives and over 2000 were horribly injured. Here are some facts and photos from the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in 2010.

gingerbread men

 This week me and a group of others have been making gingerbread men to take around to the Granger house, The Granger house is a place where old people who need the most help live. The reason why we made gingerbread men were because in class we have been doing 20% day. 20% day is where we do 80% of our work up until Thursday and get to make something special for others. Another reason was because it is nearly Christmas and we wanted to spread the Christmas joy. 

Here are some of the cookies we got inspiration from: 

Here are some of the labels we stuck to the bags!

prEP 2020

 For the past 2 weeks, the whole school has been doing prEP. For prEP I chose to be in a group with Ryah, Martin and Hannah to sell products. As a group we came up with the idea of making stickers and mystery envelopes. We made a big amount of stickers which sold really well at big market, along with the lucky dips. The lucky dips had Christmas marshmallows in then and a few mini candy canes. Here are some of the photos of our stickers:

Climate Change

 This week we have been set a task for our literacy all around climate change. We had a few tasks to complete, the main one was having to create a google slide for different categories around Climate Change. The categories were 'how it's affecting the world, what we can do to stop it from going further, what we are doing which is causing climate change and my personal thoughts/opinion on Climate Change.' The main question was "Is Climate Change really a problem or are we making it a big deal than what it actually is?" Down below is my google slide. What do you think about Climate Change?

Spix Macaw-Site

 This week we have been researching extinct animals, we had a choice of what animal we wanted to research and make a google site for. I chose to write/research about a spix macaw parrot. Here is what it looks like: (click the photo for a link to the site) enjoy!

https://sites.google.com/d/1cgBMA3MIZ-5ZtEqzgl5l3I3ve7HjgYi5/p/11bbUUy8d8imjfxoUH4P45xmHbgbMDraQ/edit

My Favourite Memory.

This week we had to write our favourite memory with our grandparents or someone we are close to, I don't have any memories with my grandparents that I remember as they passed when I was little. So I decided to write my favourite memory with my mum. Here is what my favourite memory with my mum is..

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Thank You Letter

 This week at school we have been doing some work around our grandparents or our loved ones. The reason why we have been doing work for that is because we had Grandparents day. Grandparents day is when your grandparents are allowed to come to the school and check out your work or just spend some one on one time together. I don't have any grandparents that live near me or are here anymore so I decided to write a thank you letter to my Aunty. I appreciate my Aunty a lot, here is my thank you letter:

Pluto Information Pamphlet

 

This week we have been doing lots of work around Pluto, We were set tasks to complete by the end of the week. One of the tasks we had to complete was an information pamphlet, lots of facts about Pluto. Enjoy!

What Is A Planet?

This week we have been learning all about planets/mainly Pluto, we had many tasks to complete about Pluto and planets, one of the tasks we had to complete was writing about what a planet is. Here are some of the facts I've found on what a planet is. Enjoy!

What is a planet?


A planet is a celestial body, it orbits around the sun and it has sufficient mass for itself-gravity to overcome rigid body forces, so that it assumes a hydro static equilibrium nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.

The names of all the planets:Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune.


Pluto is not under the list of all the planets.

What is Hydro static equilibrium? - In fluid mechanics, hydro static equilibrium or hydro static balance is the condition of a fluid or plastic solid when it is still/not moving. This occurs when external forces such as gravity are balanced by a pressure-gradient force and it is moving fast.

Is Pluto a Planet?

This week our reading tasks are all about planets but mainly Pluto. We had to write our opinion on 'Should Pluto be a planet?' Here is my opinion. I think it should be! What do you think? Enjoy.

Bruno's Diary Entry

 

For the past few weeks we have been reading a novel in the whole class called "The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas." We had a lot of tasks to complete, individually. The tasks were easy and fun to do. One of the tasks we had to do was write a diary entry from the main character 'Bruno's Perspective. Here is mine :

 

Dear Dairy, I really badly want to move back to Berlin. I don’t like it here! There is no one to hang out with, no fruit or vegetable stalls, I am so bored! Yesterday, I was so bored I decided to make a swing out of a tyre and tighten the rope around the tree. It didn’t really work out as I was ‘swinging too high.’ And I fell off. I cut my knee and got grazes on my arms. 

And now that I’ve moved I have to start school! Me and my annoying sister Gretal are having a teacher over to do lessons in the Mornings and afternoons. I don’t see the point as there’s only two students.

I read these books about exploring, they are really entertaining and they have left me wanting to go exploring for myself!
But overall I feel very bored here!
Yours sincerely, Bruno.

The Boy In The Pyjamas, BookMark.

Another one of the tasks we had to complete was creating your very own bookmark, this task was easy to do and fun to create anything you wanted. This bookmark doesn't look like much but it was actually difficult to line the barb wires up to the edges. Enjoy!

Gretal's Diary - The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.

For the past few weeks we have been reading a novel in the whole class called " The boy in the striped Pyjamas." We had to complete tasks around this book, One of the tasks we had to complete around the book was writing a Diary Entry for Gretal. Gretal was Bruno's older sister. If you haven't read the book or seen the movie, I highly recommend you do so! Here is my Diary Entry from Gretal's Perspective. Enjoy!

Dear Diary, Since we’ve moved to Out-with, I’ve been a little bit bored that everyday I arrange my dolls just to fill in time. I wish I had friends to hangout with, although there is someone that I do have in mind that I do like to talk to a lot. Lieutenant Kotler. He is such a handsome man, I have mixed feelings for him but even though I do have a little crush on him, The other night at dinner Pavel, our waiter/chef, looked very pale and weak and he accidentally slipped the bottle out of his hand and spilled it all over Kotler’s lap. Kotler stood up and beat him up. Bruno ended up crying and I was in shock that my face went pale.


Later that week, Bruno was reading a book on his bed. I came in and asked him a few questions about how he was feeling, he is bored as well. The funniest thing happened the next minute! He started rambling on about how he has an imaginary friend. I couldn’t stop laughing! He even believed I had an imaginary friend as well!

But that’s a secret I’ll never tell. Anyways bye for now.

Yours Sincerely, -Gretal.

Kate Sheppard

 Another person we had to research was 'Kate Sheppard.' Kate Sheppard is on the $10 dollar note. Next time you have a $10 dollar note you will notice this lady on the front. Here are some facts I have researched about Kate Sheppard. Enjoy! :)

Kate Sheppard


What are they famous for? What was their greatest achievement?

Kate Sheppard is famous for being recognised as the leader of the fight, so women have the right to vote in New Zealand.

Her greatest achievement was that she got the women to have a right to vote.


Were they well known for any other achievements?


She is also on the $10 Note In New Zealand.


Write a short biography for them: (Full name, date of birth and death, where they were born, family etc)

Her name is actually Catherine Wilson Malcom, born 10,1847, March, in Liverpool, England. Died July 13th, 1934, Christchurch, New Zealand. Researched and it doesn’t say cause of death- Assumed it was old age. (86)


List 5 facts that you have learnt whilst reading the articles:



All her family died before her.


She is on the $10 dollar note.


She replaced Queen Elizabeth ll on the $10 dollar note in 1991.


She was the reason why women can now vote.


Her name is Catherine Wilson Malcom.

Bedroom Design

 Today we have been designing our dream room in our house, we were allowed to choose any room in the house we wanted or an outside area. I chose to design my dream bedroom. Here is what it looks like :
 

I have chosen to add a nice bed, a vanity, some draws, an en suite, and a walk in wardrobe. What's your dream home/bedroom? enjoy!

John Walker

This week I have been researching about John Walker. John walker was a famous runner. As you can tell in this photo. Down below you would have noticed some facts I have researched about him. Enjoy! 

Sir John Walker


What are they famous for? What was their greatest achievement?

Sir John Walker was famous for being a former middle-distance runner from New Zealand and he also won the 1500-m event at the 1976 olympics. He was also the first ever person to run the mile in under 3:50.


Were they well known for any other achievements?


He was well known for being a former middle-distance runner.


John Walker was also the person who invented the match stick!


Write a short biography for them: (Full name, date of birth and death, where they were born, family etc)


Sir John George Walker.


Born on the 12th of January 1952. He was born in Papakura,Auckland.


John Walker died on the 7th May 2011, at the age of 67. He died in Los Angeles, California, United States.


Cause Of Death: He died from Liver Cancer.


List 5 facts that you have learnt whilst reading the articles:



He was famous for being a former middle-distance runner, in the olympics.


He went to the olympics.


He was the first person to run the mile in under 3:50.


He sadly passed away after a 6 month battle for liver cancer.


He was also an inventor, He was the first person to make the match stick.

Week-10 Finding Fractions Of an Amount.

 This week we had to complete a workbook, Finding Fractions of an Amount. Here is my workbook from this week. I had to work out all the answers in my maths book and write them into this google slide. Enjoy!

Bruce Mclaren-New Zealander

Bruce McLaren


What are they famous for? What was their greatest achievement?

Bruce McLaren was a New Zealand-born automobile racing driver, he was the youngest to win an international Grand Prix contest for Formula I cars. Which is the U.S. race in 1959, when he was 22.


Were they well known for any other achievements?
- He was also noted as a designer for race cars.


He was a driver, designer, engineer and inventor.


Write a short biography for them: (Full name, date of birth and death, where they were born, family etc)

For the past few weeks we have been researching famous New Zealanders, one of the New Zealanders we had to research was 'Bruce McLaren' Here are a few facts I have found about him. Enjoy!

Bruce Leslie McLaren, Born on the 30th of August 1937-and died on the 2nd Of June 1970. Meaning he died when he was 33. He was born in Auckland. Died in Good wood Motor Circuit, United Kingdom. He died in a crash whilst testing an experimental car of his own design.


List 5 facts that you have learnt whilst reading the articles:

He was famous for automobile race car driving.


He was a designer,driver,engineer and an inventor.


He was the youngest person ever to win an international Grand Prix contest.


He is well known for being an expert at designing cars.


He died from a car crash.

Jean Batten- Further Research

For the past few weeks we have been researching about famous people from New Zealand, After we researched some people, we were allowed to chose one famous person from New Zealand or around the world. I chose to research more about Jean Batten because I was curious and wanted to look further into her achievements and life.

 Here is my google slide, facts about Jean Batten. Enjoy.

The Gloomy Forest

 

 I pushed the tip of my toes into my hiking shoes, squeezing them in and forcing them to fit, knowing they were too small for me as I got ready to explore the forest. I couldn’t tell mum that my shoes were too small or she wouldn’t let me go to the forest at all. I couldn’t even tell her where I was going, she told me to never go in the ‘gloomy forest’ as she would call it. Apparently, there are ‘bad things in there that are dangerous for young girls my age’. I agreed that the forest was bad and I knew it was out of bounds at all times with no exceptions.

But it didn't end there...

- Gloomy Forest - Click here for the rest of the story.

Lock down Writing

This week we have been writing stories about what happened in your own lock down, and what your family did. Here is my writing about my lock down. How did your lock down turn out? enjoy.

Life During Lock down - Bailee

Lock down was a very well… How could I put this nicely, ‘exciting adventure with my family’. During the start of lock down, I was extremely excited to hear we didn’t have to go to school for a while. I couldn’t stop thinking about everything I could do in these few weeks away from school. Around the first week of not being at school, I loved being able to sleep in, although that didn’t last long. I enjoyed baking sweet treats for the family, I say for the family but really, I was the one that ate most of them.


I’d always get asked by my parents about where all the baking went, I’d have the same response every time, making something up along the lines of blaming it on my older brother. I would bake all sorts of things like cookies, cakes, cupcakes, and more. My little brother was always in the kitchen looking over my shoulder, licking the icing bowls and slobbering all over the spoons, even when I still needed them, He would classify this as ‘helping.’


I got sick of the idea of baking all the time so I knew I had to find some other ways to entertain myself, at this point I started to miss my friends, and funny enough I even started to miss school. Two weeks into lock down, we were starting to get sent work tasks that we had to complete by the end of the week. I regret telling my mum about work that needed to be finished, she ended up waking me up early in the morning and making sure it was finished by 3 PM.


Every day past 3 PM, I would scroll through Netflix hoping to find a decent movie. I found this series called “YOU.” It had two seasons and I finished that in about a week. When I was up to the last episode of the last season I straight away began to be bored. I was disappointed that it was finished, but also because the next season wasn’t coming out till 2021.


Although lock down was a bit boring, I still enjoyed some of the things I had done. It was good to get away from school for a bit but i'm glad to be back.

Eva Braun Research.

 

For the past few weeks we have been reading a novel called " The boy in the striped pyjamas." We had a few tasks around this book to complete, one of the tasks being : Research about Eva Braun. If you don't know who Eva Braun is, she was Adolf Hitlers wife. Here is some facts about Eva Braun.

The Fires In Wellington.

Today we did a quiz all about what's happening in the world. For one of the questions we had to see what city had a fire in a building which was causing smoke to be all over. We answered this question correctly, choosing Wellington. Here are some facts about what we have researched. ( The Fire .) - Enjoy.

Concentration camps

For the past few weeks we have been working on, all about Concentration Camps from the world war 2. For this task we had to find facts about the camps. Enjoy.

Static Electricity Experiment

Static Electricity Experiment

A few weeks ago we were working on Static Electricity Experiments. For this task we had to blow up a balloon, tie a string to the bottom of it, and rub it on someones hair. At the end of this task, we rubbed it onto Shakeira's head and put it up against the water. The results were, that the water bent once the balloon went up against it.

Narrative Writing

 

For the past few weeks we have been working on narrative writing, we had to watch a short film and then we had to add on to the video we watched. Here is what I made up for my story. Enjoy!

4 Truths 1 Lie

 4 Truths and 1 Lie.

- I have 3 siblings

-  I've been to Auckland

- I broke my arm

- I like maths

- My dogs are both girls

In class today my teachers were doing 4 truth and 1 lie, here is mine, figure out which one is the lie! Enjoy.

Map Making

 This week we have been working on compass directions, we were set a task to make a map for other people to complete, using compass directions. For this task we were told to make a map with 6 different locations or places for the people to come across. Here is how mine turned out: 

Give my map a go and see where you end up at the end! Enjoy.

Maths Enlarging. Goofy, Mickey Mouse.

This week we have been working on enlarging objects. For this task we had to print out a cartoon character of our own choice, we had to make a grid around the image of the character we have chosen and then make the grid on a bigger piece of paper. The character that I chose was 'Goofy off Mickey Mouse.' We had to draw the character you chose on a big piece of paper and make sure all the right bits of the body were in the same squares as the smaller piece of paper. Here is how it turned out :

Maths Art, Enlarging

This week we have been working on enlarging objects. For this task we had to print out a cartoon character of our own choice, we had to make a grid around the image of the character we have chosen and then make the grid on a bigger piece of paper. The character that I chose was 'Itchy off the Simpsons.' We had to draw the character you chose on a big piece of paper and make sure all the right bits of the body were in the same squares as the smaller piece of paper. Here is how it turned out :

Matariki the seven stars! ✰

This week we have been working on all sorts of activities around Matariki. One of the activities we had to complete was naming the seven stars. The names of the seven stars are down below.

Do you celebrate Matariki?
Enjoy!

  

Matariki

This week we have been doing a lot of work and activities around Matariki. We were given lots of activities to do around Matariki, One of the activities I chose to do was facts all around Matariki, for this task we had to make a poster and add information about what Matariki is. Here is what my poster looks like. 

Have you been doing anything special for Matariki? Enjoy!

Independance

For the next two weeks we will be looking at the word "Perseverance."
This week I chose to do this task, we had to chose a word or anything about perseverance, I chose to do Independence, I have made a little poster all about Independence.
What's something you do that's independent? Enjoy!

Snow Leopards - Report

Neptune

This week we have been working on things all around space. One of the activities we had to complete was researching a planet. I decided to research all about Neptune. Here's some facts and photos that I have researched. Whats your favourite planet? Enjoy 

            

I am proud of...

I am proud of...

The thing I am most proud of is getting 67/67 on a spelling test.

I am proud of getting 100% on my spelling test because I have been working on spelling for a long time, trying to memorise all of the words. 100% means you have a spelling age of 15 years. I'm proud of getting 15 years as my spelling age. What are you most proud of and why? 
Enjoy!

 

 

Zoo Report.

This week we have been working on a report about animals, in the wild or in zoos. For this task we had to research some facts about three animals. 

The animals we had to research were Lions, kangaroos, and pandas. Some of the things I found out about these animals were where they come from, how much they weigh, what their diets are, their height, and how long they can live for. My favourite paragraph was the lions because I enjoyed finding out things I didn't know. Here is my report. What's your favourite animal? Enjoy!

Blue

This week we have been given a task to do any blog post idea we wanted to do. I chose to write about my favourite colour. My favourite colour is blue. Here's the reasons why. What's your favourite colour? 

Mummification Process

For the past few weeks the whole Totara hub has been working on a lot of things around Egypt. One of the tasks we had to complete was the Mummification Process. Here is some facts that Hannah and I have been working on for the past few days. We have added some photos at the bottom to show you what some of the Mummies look like. Make sure to check out Hannah's blog to see some awesome facts about Mummies! Enjoy!

Famous person : Inventor. Fact File

This week we have been doing a lot of work around inventors. We were allowed to choose what ever inventor we wanted to talk about or one that was in the article that we read. I chose to do Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison, is an American inventor. He was the person who made the light bulb. Here is some interesting facts about his old life, birth, death and inventions. Enjoy!

pyramid stick building

For the past two weeks the whole Totara hub have been learning alot of things around Egypt. One of the tasks we had to do was make a pyramid out of match sticks and hot glue. I ended up making an egypt pyramid with my friends : Adison, Ryah and Hannah. Here is what it turned out to look like :

You should try making one! It's a little bit hard but you will get the hang of it! Enjoy!

Ancient Egypt

This morning we were given an envelope by the teacher, inside it was pictures of things we are going to learn about this term. In the end we finished completing 3 pictures of a weird wood block with a hole, an old boat, and a hippo. The next task we got given words to unscramble and find them in a word search.  The second to last activity we went up to the teacher and got given lots of questions around maths. In the end we had to find out where about's Egypt is on the world map.

enjoy!

Tuesday Morning

For the past few days I have been working on a piece of writing to share to my blog, the piece of writing I have completed is about a morning on a school day. I chose to do Tuesday because I felt like many people would chose Monday or Friday! Here is my writing! Enjoy. 

Isolation Appreciation

 

This week we have been doing some work around isolation. One of the activities we had to complete was ' Isolation Appreciation.' We had an option to do this so I chose to because I thought this task would be fun to write and think of some things to do. I enjoyed doing this task because It was fast and easy! What are you appreciative for during isolation? Enjoy!

Summer

This week we had lots of work set for us to complete, Because I have already finished it all I decided to write about my favourite season. My favourite season is summer. Down below I explain why. 

What's your favourite season, and why? 

Enjoy.

Anzac Poem

Because it is very close to Anzac day we have been working on a few poems for Anzac Day. We are in lockdown which means we have to be doing work online so we got this task set for us as we can't celebrate Anzac Day at school! Here is my poem about Anzac Day below. Have you written a poem for Anzac before? 

There's even an Anzac biscuit recipe so you should try it out if you are bored! Enjoy! :)

Character Description!

This week we have been doing a lot of task on all different types of categories. One of the activities we had to complete was a Character Description. A character description is something where you write all about a person. They could be someone you know, love, trust or someone who makes you happy!? It could be anyone!

For this task I chose to write it about my younger brother. Find out his name at the end of the story! Enjoy my blog post and remember to stay safe and warm! 

Key com Certificate.

Last week on Friday I got a Key Com Certificate. Here is why.

Special Place

This week we had to do more online work so my class and I have been working on a whole bunch of activities about different things. One of the tasks we had to complete was writing about a special place that is special to you. Here is my special place, - I decided to do it back in time so when my brothers birthday was. Enjoy and stay safe ! 

Paul Joseph Goebbels

As you can see above, there is a Diarist Fact File about a man from the World War Two. His name is ' Paul Joseph Goebbels.' For this task we had to complete one of these google drawings about what they are famous for, what they wrote, and all different types of things about him. I hope you enjoy my blog post and you are safe at home during this Level four lockdown! :-)  Bye for now! 

Spotlight writing

This week we are all on level 4 lock down which means we have been doing online school all on our chrome books. We got given a few tasks to do this week, one being writing about hide and seek or spotlight. I chose to write my 'spotlight' story about when we were on our class camp. Here is my spotlight writing below. 

Have you ever written a story like mine? If not you need to as it was a fun and easy task. Enjoy!

Personal Inquiry

 For this task we had to chose a place we visited at camp and re search about it and some things like the animals. Here is my personal inquiry to show you some facts and photos about the Lochmara Lodge. I decided to write about the Lochmara Lodge because I really enjoyed being in the touch tank and touching all the starfish and seeing the little seahorse. Have you ever held a starfish before? I have! It suctioned onto my hand after a while of holding it! Enjoy!

Queen Charlotte Track

This week we have been finding re search all about what we did on camp and where we went. One of the places we went was Queen Charlotte Track, which is a track for walking or biking. My class walked this track and ended up at Lochmara Lodge. For this task we had to find facts on the place we chose. As you can see I chose Queen Charlotte Track. There is some photos and some facts, also a few a little review by me. Have you ever been to the Queen Charlotte Track? Enjoy!

Google My Map

GreyMouth-Mistletoe Bay.

For this task we had to google map where our school is and to Mistletoe Bay, see how long it takes to get there and where we stopped. It takes 5 hours and 8 minutes to get from Greymouth to Mistletoe Bay. I travelled in the school van with: Hunter,Mitchell,Rowan,Declan,Thomas,Saamiya,Neisha,Hannah and myself. I really enjoyed camp and would love to go again. - Enjoy!

seahorse-diamante poem

This week I have been finishing all of my activities around Mistletoe Bay off. One of the activities I finished was a diamante poem about seahorse. We could chose any poem structure and any sea creature we saw on camp so down below is what I chose. 

Have you ever seen a seahorse before? If yes then what colour? I saw a dark orange one. Enjoy my blog post!