Tuhituhi (Writing)

For Writing in Te Ngahere last week we were learning to write about what is special about the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. What we had to do was write three or more reasons why we think it is special but we had to put the reasons into paragraphs and into our own words. We also had to make sure that the writing had passive voice,cause and effect words, present tense and more. What I thought was frustrating was trying to put the reasons into my own words because we weren’t allowed to copy and paste. What I thought was easy was finding the reasons because we can find the reasons on the website but we still  to put in our own words. What I think I could maybe do better next time is to make sure that I use more cause and effect words. What I learnt was the different kind of words there is like cause and effect and present tense.

Movie animations

For the past couple of weeks our class have been doing animations for our movies. Our animation had be what our movie would be because we ran out of time. When we were finished we had to  screencastify it. What I thought was frustrating about making the animations was trying to finish it because we did not have enough time for it apart from home and self managing time. What I thought was easy was making the video because we only had to say the beginning and the characters and not what the characters are saying. What I think we could do better is to not frustrate my groups member when we are recording the video because we were mucking around. I learnt not to muck around or else you won’t finish your work.

Writing

For Writing in Te Ngahere we are writing about what is special about our school Pump track. We had to use passive voice, a rhetorical question, present tense, cause and effect words and more. We also had write three reasons why but all those three reasons would have a paragraph. What I thought was really hard and frustrating was turning these three reasons into a paragraph. What I thought was easy was writing why those three reasons are why the pump track is so special. What I learnt was that if you make a mistake you can always go back and look at it and fix it.

STEAM Challenge

In Te Ngahere, in the afternoon for our first day of school we did a STEAM challenge. Steam stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Our STEAM challenge was to build the tallest freestanding tower out of two pieces of newspaper and a 30cm tape in 20 minutes and when the timer was up we would see which tower was the tallest. What I thought was frustrating  was building our tower because we weren't helping each other that much. What I thought was very easy and worked well was our communication because we were coming up with new ideas as we were making our tower. What I think my group could do better is helping each other because our group was just talking. What I learnt was to never give up and always help each other.

My brothers graduation

On September the 24th of 2019 my brother graduated from the University of Auckland. In university my brother studied a Bachelor of Music majoring in Composition. When we got in Auckland it took about an a hour to find a parking space because  the city was busy and there was a lot of traffic. When we finally found a park we went down some stairs because the elevator was taking a long time to open the door and it took about 20 minutes to walk from the parking area to the Aotea centre in the city. When we got to the Aotea center there was so many people that we were getting bumped into all the time but then we realised that my brother wasn’t there yet. So we went outside to wait and when they got there my sister and I went on a lime scooter which is a scooter but you hold a button down to go forward and it was fun. When we were finished with the scooter we went to my nan, nana, grandpa who had tickets to go inside and me, my sister, my mum and my brothers girlfriend went upstairs to watch the other ceremonies on the tvs.  When it was time for my brothers ceremony we got seats that were like beds and made a family bed and watched it until my brother got his degree. When he got his degree we went downstairs to see his degree and him and then we took some photos. Here are two photos

Road trip to Auckland

On the 22nd of September, my family and I  went on a road trip to Auckland because my older brother is graduating from The University of Auckland. In university my brother studied a Bachelor of music majoring in composition. The graduation is going to be happening on the 24th of September 2019 at 7pm. First, we  packed our belongings and filled our truck boot. Then off we went, from Waitangi to Auckland. It took about 3-4 hours and I slept through the whole ride except for when we stopped in Wellsford for some food. While my parents were still eating, my other siblings and I went to play games in the arcade. The games we played were racing and shooting games. After awhile we went back on our trip to Auckland. We arrived in Auckland after an hours drive and were greeted by my brother. As we were on the road trip I felt so excited because I would get to see my brother for the first time for ages and to be in Auckland again. I am proud because my brother is gonna be one of the first people to graduate in my immediate family and not many people in my family have a degree.

Oral hygiene DLOs

On Wednesday we had a dentist come in to teach our class about why it is important to brush our teeth and oral hygiene.  After that we had to make dental posters or DLOS. For our posters we had to put in what they talked to us about like when we should brush our teeth which is every morning and night, how long we should brush our teeth which is 2 minutes and only put a little bit of toothpaste on your toothbrush. I have learnt that DLOS and posters can help other peoples learning and make them understand more about what we have been learning or what has been happening.

Oral Hygiene

On Wednesday a dentist from oral hygiene came to Te ngahere to talk to us about why it is important to brush our teeth and why we should look after them. She also talked to us about bacteria like that some of them could be bad and good, when and how long we should brush our teeth which is 2 minutes each time and every morning and night is when we should brush our teeth.  The different kind of things you could use instead of a toothbrush are a piece of string to floss your teeth and a small toothbrush to brush between your teeth, only spit out the toothpaste and don’t drink water after and more. When it was done she went and painted two peoples teeth from our class with something blue to see if they have been brushing their teeth. When they showed us their teeth you could see that they haven’t been brushing around their gums and the top of their teeth. I have learnt to brush my teeth every morning and night and  to only brush my teeth for 2 minutes.

Writing

In Te ngahere for writing we are learning to use story beats to make stories. Story beats are the main parts of the story or events that keep the stories that we write in order and make it  very interesting and marvelous. For example we would use something called a story spine to jumpstart a story and get a rough outlines of events because it is a simple tool and the sentences would always start with Once upon a time,everyday,until one day,because of that and it goes on until the end which starts with the moral of the story is. Story spine is used as a tool to create well-structured stories and it is a series of sentence fragments that prompt the narrative elements of a story.In writing I have learnt that story beats is helping me with my writing because it makes the stories that I write fantastic and extraordinary.

Panui

In Te ngahere for panui we have been using story beats to tell the story that we’ve read. If you don't know what story beats are they are the main parts of the story or plots events that keep the stories that we write very overwhelming and marvelous. I have learnt that story beats helps me with my writing because it helps me to make my stories more interesting and outstanding and I also enjoy writing the stories that we’ve read because reading the story makes it much easier to write every sentence.For example Finding nemo like Once upon a time there was a fish named marlin who loved his son nemo more tan anything.Every day he marlin tried to proctect nemo until one day nemo was taken away from a scuba diver.

Cross country

For the past few weeks we have been doing cross country training. Last friday our school went to the football club in Haruru falls to do cross country. We would do our work and then we would play and have morning tea. When the bell rang we had to get our bag and wait for all the parents to transport children. Once that was done all the people that didn't get called out would go onto the bus. 5 year olds were on the bus and they were noisey .After we got to the place we had to wait until it was our turn running. Then the last people would be the 11, 12 and 13 year olds. We  had to run around the Football field and then go over the fence then up the driveway. We had to go to our teachers and then up the hill to our 2nd teacher and then back down to the hill then back to the field.I learnt that it doesn't matter if you win or not and to always try your best and also never give up even if you hate it or not.

Sceince fair

In Te Ngahere we have been doing science fair. We would make a science planning doc so that we would be ready before we would do our science fair project. We had to identify the variables that we would explore. My group project was called growing bullets and we were exploring to see if we can make biodegradable bullets that is made out of paper mache and seeds and then we would shoot it and measure how far it went. While we were making the bullets we realised that nerf recommended not to put anything else inside their gun but their proper nerf bullets and we also didn’t want to break a perfectly good nerf gun. So we decided to use a black pipe and a finger of a glove to launch it but when we did our test the bullets kept getting stuck into our pipe so we change the pipe to a slingshot. When we were finished doing our science experiment we had to make a Science fair presentation about our project like what our hypothesis was, what our aim was or what equipment we used for our science fair project. Once we were finished with our presentation we  had to get it printed out and we put it on to our board all in order.

Magic show

On the 27th of february the Year 6’s went to a magic show.The Magician came to our school to teach about to eat the right food, always be strong and Be Bright but he also came here to show us his cool tricks. we also learnt about to always eat healthy food like fruit and vegetables and No junk food  like Chocolate and candies.The first magic trick he did was A fire trick and set his arm on fire but his shirt wasn’t burnt at all..I was surprised,confused and amazed that he did a trick like that.He also did another trick that i liked.The trick was where he and an empty glass case and he was swinging it around and he covered it with a cloth and then he took the cloth away and there was money when i watched the tricked  i was kinda shocked and amazed because he did that.

Waitangi treaty grounds

On Thursday and Friday The Year 6’s from Paihia School went on a trip to the Waitangi  treaty grounds. When we got there we met two people that worked there.There names were Whaea Kerry and Whaea Monica.We went to the learning center. We had to Split into two groups.My group got to do the fun activities.We did  interesting stuff like SculptGL, Paint 3D, VR (Virtual Reality) Stop Motion, DashBots and Green Screen. My Favorite was the VR because i because it was my first time using it..When we Finished having a tutu with all the stuff it was our turn to go for a heikoie We  got SmartPhones so we can take photos of the stuff in the museum. We first looked at a wall and we talked what was important about it.Then we went into the museum and saw pictures of the sailboats that people came in and the European people that came to New Zealand. Monica started telling us why Abel Tasman Wasn't able to stay and the sailboats and other interesting stuff as walked around the whole musuem.

Our Identity

On Monday Whaea Kerry and Whaea Monika Came to Our School with there cool devices. We were learning how to make Virtual trees and Animals. We were also learning about our Identity and how our ancestors came on a waka to New Zealand. When we were at treaty grounds we made people on paint 3D and they put the people we made and put it on there VR World and showed our people on a waka and they also put our forest while we were at lunch time. We used Two apps to make the trees and animals. The apps are TinkerCad and Paint 3D. On TinkerCad my buddy and I made a fern, trees, log and other cool stuff. When we finished the forest and stuff we made our identity on SculptGL by putting a design that explains our identity onto 3D shapes.

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