😑 Matariki Poem 😑

👀 Graphics Expectations 👀

👏 New Zealands Got This! 👏

New Zealands Got This!

👸 Shy 👸

Characters Princess Emily, Princess Aria, Ms Hegde

Setting Castle

Problem Bullied, Shy

Resolution Talked more, Ask friendly questions

A long long time ago Princess Emily lived in a castle in a faraway country. She was a mysterious, weird girl always in her room. She didn't have friends and she was always bullied by her sister Princess Aria. She was bullied because she was different and didn’t talk as much. She was shy.

Princess Emily did not want to be shy and she didn’t like being bullied so she visited Ms Hegde. Ms Hegde was a good witch helping anyone with anything and then Princess Emily shows up. “ Hello Princess Emily.

What do you need?” said Ms Hegde.

“I need your help, I don’t want to be shy any more and I hate being bullied so I need to get more confident.”

“So you need potions and a magic wand?” asked Ms Hegde.

“Of course.”

“Well here you go but there are other things you can

do. Make new friends, Speak up more and ask friendly questions but the most important thing is to be happy and smile more.”

Princess Emily was pleased. She made new friends and became happier. She became closer with Princess Aria and played more with her sister which made them two best friends forever.

Puns

We did puns and I choose this one.

 Mrs showed us one of her puns and it was brainwashing.

Matific

Our school has joined the matific games where New Zealand and Australia win prizes well playing. This is a educating fun website that we play on. We began last week where we practised all these games. You get to one thousand and then you will receive a golden card where you collected monsters and then put them into your monster book. My favorite was the flying colours.

Sewing Technology

We made a tote bag in sewing. I made my one blue and white because I thought 

it would look good and it did. I did measurements to make it fit my netbook and other little things. The width of the bag is 15 in millimeters and the length of it is 16 in millimeters. I made this by myself with the help of the teacher so thank you for that.

My Newspaper Art

Materials

Newspaper

Paint: White,Black

Thin paint brush

Pencil

1. Think of sport pose of possession.
2. Look for newspaper.
3. Sketch outline.
4. Paint white or yellow inside the outline.
5. Paint one side light and the other dark.
6. Let it dry.
7. Do black outline with marker or black paint.
8. Let it dry.
9. Tear newspaper with rough edges.
10. Stick the newspaper to coloured paper.
11. Let it dry.
12. Look at the amazing artwork that you have done.

Ballon Volleyball - POP POP POP

Last week Friday room 8 girls and room 7 boys and girls played balloon volleyball.  I partnered with Jolie we had alot of fun and then mrs called for a competition. We only got up to 6 but it was okay. After that I took the turquoise balloon home. Yay.

Mr Hendricks simple machine

Mr Hendricks made a simple machine out of wood and a weight. He said that he was going to lift the biggest person which was Sive. He used is thumb to pick him up and he weighed 84kg. Mr even trained his thumb. Mr your strong okay.

My simple machine. Vroom Vroom!

I made a wheel and axle simple machine. I made this in 30 minutes. Wow. I made it with cardboard, straw, tape and a balloon. Seems easy, well it took awhile but I did some things here and there. The unfortunate thing is it dosen't move.

Fire Drill

Walht: Write and explanation

Why is there a need for a fire drill/safety?

Why do we have a fire drill? If there is a real fire people need to know what to do to save their lives. You only know this if you practise regularly. You and your classmates could be in danger so knowing what to do can help you stay calm.

When the fire alarm goes everyone has to know not to take anything with them. You have to know where the best exit is because you need to get out quickly and it’s important not to all use the same exit. Running through people can cause accidents and it can be really dangerous. Practice helps you to follow the teachers without screaming, running and freaking out.

Schools and homes should always have an assembly point. Teachers check if everyone is safely out of the building. If there is a fire alarm at home parents can check on their family. Everyone should know to ring 111 but make sure first to get out of the house and somewhere safe. Practising regularly can help remember these things. It’s really important not to get too dramatic because it can scare everyone.

Having a fire drill is also a chance to check that all the equipment is working. It’s important to check the bells to see if the batteries are working and that no one has vandalised them.

At home it’s a chance to check space heaters, candles and fire from the fireplace. When having a practice you can hear, touch and see things that are not working like the alarms and the hose.

Fires are really dangerous and people can die. Practising fire drills regularly reminds people how to behave and to check the equipment is working. Practice makes perfect!

The Bubblegum Machine

Activity 1 Discuss the choice of character names chosen by the author. Ms Goo - I think it goes with her she loves the gobbledy goo machine that oozed and made gum. Lucy - I think that lucy is a okay name but I would like something like Emma or maybe even Olivia. Mr Chew - This is a  good name also because he also works at the bubble gum shop. Ms Blewitt - I don’t know if it really goes with style and everything else I would call her Emily.

Activity 4 The figurative language from the text is in green on the vocab slide. Choose 1 to draw a picture to explain the literal meaning. Use the words in a sentences or explain the figurative meaning.

Today I have chose these two activities because I could make my own decision on the names and see what went with the character the most. I want to learn about sayings just like bite of more than I can chew things like that I can improve my vocab which leads to acceleration.

E Te Ariki

Today we learnt a Maori song called E Te Ariki. The boys had a part and the girls had apart but most of the girls helped the boys. I actually learned this song from last year. We are going to be learning more Maori things I hope.

Moving logs

The boys today were moving logs because Mr Hendricks is making a volleyball court because the ground is to wet to play on. Sixteen boys went and moved 5 logs one by one until they got them to the other side. We can now practice were we won't get dirty.

Pizza for Room 8

Today Ms Collins shouted room 8 pizza because of 3 out of 4 people doing the winter blogging program. I did not do this because of sports, babysitting and doing family needs. I did not eat pizza as the others enjoyed it. But thank you Mrs Collins for the pizza.

Comparing Fractions

This week we used inequality signs <, > and = to compare fractions.

On Monday we used materials. This was confusing for me because I was confused with using the signs and we learned that by comparing fractions by putting one over another to see which one’s bigger.

Photo

On Tuesday we used a fraction chart. This was easy for me because I could fiscally see the fractions on the chart by using my two fingers to see which one was a bigger size.

Photo of fraction chart

On Wednesday  we worked without the above.  We learnt a strategy which was to make the denominators the same. The knowledge required to solve to problems this way is to know your times table.

This was easy for me because I had done it before and that way I could understand it

Football Skills

Coach Steve showed us these skills and we got straight onto it. Here are the skills I picked up on.

1. Place your body in between the ball and the opponent.
2. Use your lace, outer foot, inner foot and the bottom of your shoe
3. Pass to your player when you're stuck
4. Get free so you can get the ball
5. Don’t kick higher than the hip
6. Dribble the ball

The skills that I used were simple control of the ball. I controlled the ball and passed to my teammates. I kept the ball somewhere that I can control it. But practice makes perfect so learning new skill really helps.

That sport that I play is touch. It’s the sport that runs in my family's blood so I’ve watched and played for years but football came into my sisters hobby list and know I’ve became use to it. Football and touch are a different sport but there are things that are in common. Here are the differences from touch and football.

1. In touch you can use your hands in football you can’t
2. In football you can tackle (football style) but in touch you can’t
3. In touch you can’t kick the ball but in football you can

It was a fun sport to play and I will love to have another go at football.

A true friend is a real friend