Tiritiri Matangi

Hello bloggers. 3 weeks ago for inquiry we were learning about animals and pollution, so we decided to go to Tiritiri Matangi which is a wildlife sanctuary that people can visit. We had to go to school at 7.30 in the morning because the bus came at 7.50. The bus stopped at the city and we had to walk to the ferry that went to Tiritiri Matangi. In the ferry we ate morning tea and if we had money we could buy stuff in the ferry. When we arrived on Tiritiri Matangi we had to put 2 groups into 1 group and each group had a guide. After our guide introduced herself we went on this 1 hour walk and during the walk we saw these rare New Zealand native birds like the Saddleback, Stitchbird and the Kereru. After the walk we went to the visitors centre and we ate lunch there. After we ate lunch and we had to do a scavenger hunt. We had to go back to the Wharf and we had to wait for the ferry. When we got in the ferry, the ferry took off to go to the city. When we arrived at the city we got in the bus to go back to school.

                                                            Here are some photos     

The ferry

The Kereru

Des Hunt Visits Waikowhai Primary

Hello bloggers. Today Des Hunt came to visit our school, Des Hunt is a famous New Zealand author who writes books for kids. So in the morning it was the year 3s and 4s who came to see Des Hunt first, when the year 3s and 4s were finished it was the year 5s and 6s to come and see Des Hunt. When we came to the hall to see Des Hunt, the first thing he showed us was his backstory. Next he talked about the first book he wrote which was the last Tuatara. Then he talked about how he liked chemicals. At the end he showed all the different books he wrote.

My favourite part was when he made a explosion by spraying peppermint on a small container and attached it to a fire gun for lighting stuff like candles and he pulled the trigger on the fire gun and the small container came flying in the hall. It was my favourite part because I think is was really cool. He did two small explosions with the fire gun, then he did the same trick that he did with the fire gun but with something bigger and there was a even bigger explosion. 

Now I have seen this presentation I might read more of Des Hunt books, because I think it will really help me with my reading. I also think he makes really good adventure, action and science books for kids to read.                                     
                                                            Here are 2 videos   

Te Reo Maori

Hello Blogging world. Last week in Te Reo Maori we did the whole April calendar in Maori. So we had to write 1 to 30 numbers in Maori and we had to write one number in each day following the month of April. We also had to add the Maori word for April. What I learnt is basically numbers in Maori and how to say April in Maori. I think I did really well, but I think I need to decorate it more. I think this fits well with my goals because my key competency goal was communicate effectively with others and my writing goal was sentence structure.


                                                                     Here is the work   

Inquiry as Te Waka Ako (Thursday)

Hello blogging world. This Thursday for inquiry the whole Te Waka Ako (Hauraki, Waitemata and Manukau) came together as the whole syndicate. The whole syndicate got split into random groups of 6 or 7 and there were these stations of different species of animals. So we went around all the different stations and we had to present to the whole syndicate the station we started with. The one my group started with was crustacean and we had to decide if we want to present it by a play, skit, song or a report. My group decided to do a song. The song is not complete but I think its pretty good. Here are the lyrics we came up with.

crustacean crustacean

they all live in the sea

they all have shells

not like you and me

there are crabs

there are shrimp

there are lobsters too

but non of them moo

  

If The Ocean Had a Voice

Hi bloggers. This week for reading we had to read this book called giving the ocean a voice, it was a about a person named Teone Sciascia and people were interviewing him. Teone was talking about going around the pacific ocean in a waka with 6 other people. While he was going around the pacific ocean he saw lots of sea animals dead because there were lots of rubbish. So so I did a google drawing with my friend Bilal and we added pictures of sea animals, we also added some text and we did the background as the ocean.


                                                               Here are is the work

 

Show not tell, setting writing

Hello bloggers. This week we are working on using descriptive language by sharing our writing straight onto our blog.  The challenge we have is to describe a place using only six sentences. After reading the description you need to guess the place that has been described. It would really help if you say what clues helped you come to this conclusion.

1)Located in a continent where all mysteries lie

2)It's a place were there are triangular shaped buildings everywhere

3)The temperature out there could melt your eyes

4)The whole ground is covered with a material that people hate

5)The sun above you is making you die for water

6)You just wish that you could find the perfect shelter

Write a comment of what you think this place is.

All About Me 2018

Hi Bloggers. Two weeks ago the whole Te Waka Ako created another All About Me for this year. First our teacher gave use a template that we had to decorate and there are questions like what's your favourite subject and what you did in the holidays. We had to change the background, change the font and we also had to add a photo of our self. 

                                               Here is the work