Salt and Pepper ( Summer Learning Journey)

This is one of my rooms of my hotel

Pancakes and Maple Syrup?

Hamburgers Ingredient 

1. Grill hamburger buns for a few minutes
2. Place a cooked hamburger pattie on to the bottom half
3. Put some tomato sauce on top of pattie
4. Put a slice of cheese on top of sauce
5. Put two slices of beetroot on top of the cheese
6. Then put a slice of lettuce on top of the beetroot
7. Then cover the lettuce with the top half of the bun

Scaling New Heights (Summer Learning Journey)

5 Questions I would ask Sir Edmund Hillary About his life.

1. Would you ever climb Mt Everest again?
2. What made you decide to climb Mt Everest?
3. What food did you have climbing Mt Everest?
4. Was ever a time when you wanted to give up?
5. What was your favourite mountain you climbed?

The WWF: World Wildlife Fund

The WWF (World Wildlife Fund) are trying their best to save Freshwater Seals. To help save the Seals the WWF are building snow banks for the seals so that when the pup is born the snow banks can give the pup protection from predators, the cold and human disturbance. If pups are born in the open up to half of them could die.

The Secretive Skink

Pros and Cons about being a D.O.C worker.

Pros (good things)
1. You would get to help and save animals.
2.  You would get to be around animals a lot.
3.  You would get to learn about animals.

Cons (bad things)
1. Sometimes you would have to shoot animals.
2. You would have to be away from your family.
3. You would see animals dead.

I would like to be a Doc Ranger because you would get to
spend a lot of time with animals.

Awesome Animals (Summer Learning Journey)

ROYGBIV


The ROYGBIV is an extreme rare species of Unicorn.                                                                                             ROYGBIV have a magical horn, at night their horn glows rainbow and in the day their horn is black. Their body is grey. They eat green plants with light blue flowers and sometimes they eat daisies. They drink rainbow water and they have wings as white as a piece of paper. ROYGBIV like to go swimming in lakes and  sometimes they like to go swimming in creeks. To get to their home they have to get a rainbow to come pick them up.

Weird and Wonderful (Summer Learning Journey)

A cactus would need 1 Litre and 95 Millilitres

each year.

This is how I worked it out.

Problem Solve

365 x 3 = 1095

3 x 5 = 15

3 x 60 = 180

3 x 300 = 900

15 + 180 = 195

195 + 900 = 1095

Fabulous Ferns (Summer Learning Journey)

Fabulous Ferns


1. Silver Ferns (Netball)
2. Black Ferns (Rugby)
3. Tall Ferns ( Basketball)


My Favourite uniform is the
Black Ferns one because
I like the fern on it and 
I like the shape of it and 
that it is a t-shirt.

Ice Ice Baby ( Summer Learning Journey)

Tāne Mahuta ( Summer Learning Journey)

 One Reason I would like to visit Tāne Mahuta

One reason I that I would like to visit the Tāne Mahuta is because it is
 the longest living tree in New Zealand. Some people call it the Lord
Of The Forest. Oneday I would like to stand right next to it and look
up to see where it ends.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Activity 1

The Legend of New Zealand

In The Beginning

1. The Maori name of New Zealand is Aotearoa which means the land of the long white cloud.

6. Queen Elizabeth II is officially Queen of New Zealand, represented in the country by a Governor General.

13. The Auckland City Sky Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 meters high.

Stop Motion Animation

Welcome

Thank You Letter

20 November 2018      

Dear Scott,

Thank you for coming on camp with Room 7 in Arthur’s Pass.
I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you very much for carrying my bag.
Thank you for cooking and cleaning for us.

One thing that I really enjoyed was the tramp because
I really enjoyed walking with all of my friends and because
it was a really hot and a sunny day. I also enjoyed the small
creeks coming down from the snowy mountains because you
got to jump over all of them or you got to splash through the water.

Another thing I enjoyed was watching the sandstorms go past but
I did not like it when the sand got into my eyes. One thing I found
challenging was walking up the steep hills but I liked going down them.
The other thing I found challenging was when my foot got really sore.

The next thing that I really enjoyed was playing soccer with all
of my friends. I like playing soccer because it was really fun playing
with a big group. Phoebe, Milan and Wairini were goalies most of the time

Thank you again for coming with us to camp

and helping me.

Ngā mihi

Yours sincerely

Summer

Enlarging shapes

This term our class learnt how to enlarge shapes.

This is mine below.

Multi Link Block Shapes

This term we have been learning
how to draw 3D shapes with Miss Wylde.
Here is some photos of my work below.

Camp Photos

Origami Dragon Eye

Last Thursday we made origami a dragon eye. This is my dragon eye.

Next time I will work on drawing my eye in the middle.

Descriptive Writing

At the moment in class we have been working on descriptive writing. we have been using pictures to give us ideas of what to write about. Here is a piece of writing I did.
      
Click here for a link of the original work.
My Journey Back In Time

I am in a small room standing next to a big blue time machine. “Oh No!”
I screech. I have just fallen into the time machine. The time machine took
me millions of years back in time. “Splash.” I had just landed in a huge lake
that was sapphire blue with the clearest water I had ever seen with no ripples at all.
Underneath the water I spotted many colourful fish. The Journey back in time took
me to the most beautiful place I had ever seen. Then I looked up and turn around in one circle and instantly I see a Brachiosaurus, Barapasaurus and Pterosaurs! There were only plant eating dinosaurs in this area.

I spot lots of tree around with silver mist surrounding them. “Wow!” I said to myself outloud. There were huge rock mountains as taller then towers right in front of me. Suddenly I hear a sniffing noise right behind me I do not know if I should turn around, But instantly I turn around and see baby sauropod. The little dinosaur has greeny yellow eyes with a green body and a long neck. Then it walled away from me and starts to eat tree branches.

I keep walking and then I see a T-rex! Suddenly it sees me too and I run as fast as I can. As I jump over a log I feel like I can fly. I slip over in the mud and I smell so bad. I can see the tree swaying like dancers saying to me “Hide over here.” I run over to the trees and hide amongst them. The T-rex looks around for me but he can not see me. I walk into the lake so I can clean my clothes. The clear water starts to go a muddy brown colour. Then I spot a hole in the ground I walk over into it and it takes me back to my town.

Manu Information Report

  

The Morepork is New Zealand's most widespread owl species. Ruru are active at night.
Moreporks are small. When they are noticed by little birds Moreporks are often mobbed
as the birds, chattering in alarm, try to frighten them off. At dusk Moreporks emerge to begin hunting.

What it looks like?

Moreporks have all different types of brown and white on them. They have big kowhai
(yellow) eyes so they can see in the dark. The females Moreporks are bigger than the males.
They can turn their heads 270°. Moreporks have lots of feathers to keep themselves warm in
the winter. Moreporks have very short tails. Head to tail the Morepork measures around 29cm
and the average weight is about 175 g.

Where does it live?

Moreporks are relatively common throughout much of New Zealand but they are not common
through the eastern South Island. They are found only in open habitats in the South Island.
Moreporks are heard in the forests at dusk and throughout the night. They are only found in
New Zealand. They are not usually visible during the day. Ruru are endemic (which means they
are only found in one country) to New Zealand.

Feeding Behavior?

Ruru mainly eat beetles, weta, moths and spiders. They will also eat small birds, rats,
mice and lizards. Ruru fly silently because they have soft fringes on the edges of the wing
feathers. They catch their prey using their large sharp beaks. Moreporks fly silently so when
they go to catch their prey they will not hear them.

Reproduction?

In their nests, the Ruru have wood dust and pine needles. For nesting sites,
Moreporks normally choose dry hollows in trees, clumps of astelia and in the
forks of pine trees. Moreporks breed in summer and spring. Chicks develop their
wing feathers when they are about 7 weeks old. Both adults feed the young. The Male
brings food to the Female then she holds the prey in one talon, tearing of pieces that
she gently feeds to the chicks.

What are their natural threats?

Their threats are cats, possums, rats, stoats, pigs and hedgehogs. They protect
themselves by using their sharp beaks and talons. They often fly into windows of houses.
People are chopping down trees which is taking away their homes.

By Summer

Volume and Compacity DLO

Reducing Our Plastic Waste

This Term we have been learning about the environment. We have been sewing fabric bags instead of using plastic bags. We have also made our own beeswax wrap to use instead of glad-wrap.  
I have enjoyed using my beeswax wrap for covering my food and my bag for carrying stuff. 

How to make beeswax wrap
First you need some fabric, some beeswax, an iron and baking paper. 
Then you put your fabric on top of a piece of baking paper. After you have done that you spread beeswax over top of the fabric then put a piece of baking paper on top of the fabric. Then you get the iron and put it over the baking paper and melt the beeswax into the fabric. After you are done hang the cloth onto something to dry.  









          

Where to next ?

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative
of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to
• and help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own
• lives to help our environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways
• in which we can help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

-I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me
make inferences so I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather
and check the accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers)
 to gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific
vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following
activities.

1. Why is recycling a good idea?

Recycling is a good idea because it gets reused and we do not have to throw it out.

2. How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year?
3. New Zealanders send 2.5 million tons of rubbish to landfills every year.

3. When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce?
4.  What environmental problem does this contribute to? It produces C02. It contributes to global warming.

4. Complete this sentence:  Everything we use is made from
5.  Earths__________ Natural_________     Resources__________

5. Explain where these resources come from;

Wood: wood comes from trees or plants.

Metal: Metal comes to rocks that have been mined underground.

Plastic: Plastic comes from oil.

6) How does oil form? Oil comes from plants and animals that lived
millions of years ago.

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into? More bottles,
Windows, Vases, Glasses

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into? Books
, paper and more cardboard.

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into?
CDs, Carpet and containers

10)  Attach a google drawing here that explains how number
1 plastics can be turned into clothing.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them? They
are poisoning our underwater sea life and wrecking the food chain. Explain
what microfibres are. They are tiny fibres from our clothing.

12) What is Earth Overshoot day? Earth overshoot day is when we reach
the limit of resources we should have used over that year.

  

Glossary - Write what these words mean

Atoms: Are the smallest particle of a substance that can exist by itself.

Carded: Aligned in the same direction

Global Warming: Global warming is when the planet gets to hot and
ice melts and we get more water.

Malt: Malt is a grain you can use for brewing beer.

Natural resources: Materials that can be found in nature

Synthetic: Something that is made by people

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish
and what we can do to help reduce this problem.  

Video Links

NZ Recycling Crises

Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic

The Pacific Garbage Patch

Reducing Plastic Waste

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative
of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our
• environment.

Literacy

Task: Create an infographic showing people how they can
reduce their waste in their lunchbox.   

Our co-constructed success criteria:

-Have a strong title/hook

-Use convincing language and images

-Have simple things people can do

-Use images (free to use)

-Use bullet points/ short sharp information

-Use correct punctuation and spelling.

Keeping ourselves safe

At School we have been learning how to keep ourselves safe. Constable Jos and Terri have been helping us with this learning. Here are some of the things I have learnt.

Jack And The Beanstalk

Play Summary - Term 3 Weeks 1-2

For the next two weeks you are working in groups to practise and
perform a play. This is using our oral language and reading skills in literacy.
Our key competency focus is participating and contributing.

For writing your task is to summarise the main events in your play
in three paragraphs. You must plan your writing first but it is up to you
how you do your planning.  You must also write a fourth paragraph about
your experience of practising and performing your play.

Yr 6

I am learning to organise my text into paragraphs which begin
with a main idea and contain supporting information/detail.

I am learning to make links across paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately.

I am learning to use dialogue punctuation accurately.

Yr 7

I am learning to use a range of different planning styles.

I am learning to plan my writing to suit the purpose of my writing.

I am learning to organise my ideas into paragraphs where the ideas are
clearly related and where there are links within and between paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately in my writing.

I am learning to use complex punctuation to enhance my writing e.g. colons
: and semi-colons ; , and parentheses ().

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can/have

-summarised the play in three paragraphs

-made links across my paragraphs

-used some basic and complex punctuation correctly (speech marks).

Once you have finished your writing highlight these success criteria green
if you have met them and can show them in your work. Highlight green in your
work where you have met these success criteria.

Jack And The Beanstalk

In the first scene of the play, Jack and his mother are
standing in the garden outside their small cottage. Jack's
mother tells him to go to the market and sell the cow.

In the second scene of the play, Jack is on the way
to the market Jack bumps into an old man who wants
to buy a cow. Jack sells the cow to the old man, but instead
of paying him money he paid magic beans. When he came back
home his mother was furious with him so Jack`s mother chucked
the beans out the window.

In the last scene of the play, Jack and his mother look
out the window and see a huge beanstalk. Jack goes
outside and decides to climb it. When he gets to the top he
hears a huge giant, Jack also saw a hen that lays golden eggs
and he steals it and his mother chops the beanstalk down so
that the giant can't catch them and they never see him ever again.

My team worked very well in our play. My team also participated
very well but next time they need to focus a bit more. Next time we
need to work on focusing  a bit more. People participated by
making props and practising.