Kapa Haka

 I was part of the kapa haka group this year.

Here is our final performance.

We performed outside because of covid-19 

SLJ taster

Here is my Art Colouring Book 

A rocket cannot escape Earth’s gravity and make it into space unless it’s travelling at least 7 miles per second.

Te Whare Tapa Wha

This year we have been learning about Te Whare Tapa Wha and how it helps us. We made a slide to show the things we do to help us for each part. We need to keep all parts of our whare strong to be happy, healthy and safe.

Term 4 Basic Facts

 We enjoy practising our Basic Facts each day using Prototec.  We also try and beat the clock on paper throughout the year.  Here is my Term 4 results.  I am proud of doing my best on Stage 5 in 3 minutes.

Pet Day - Learn Create Share.

Last week we had Pet Day at school.  As part of our reading and writing  we got to get creative to show  what we know about looking after animals.  Here is the work I created.  I worked with Bella Nikita and neail.  I enjoyed making the move.  I think what I created will be useful for people with animals because the move has some iformation .

Caving and Glow worms work

We learned lots when we were on our camp and wanted to share these with Team Maunga before they go on their trip.  For reading and writing we have been busy creating things to help Team Maunga.  Here is my work on glow worms and caving.  

I worked with where Nerali Nakita Bella. The best part was working to together. I hope you enjoy.

Caving and Glow worms work

We learned lots when we were on our camp and wanted to Share these with Team Maunga before they go on their trip.  For reading and writing we have been busy creating things to help Team Maunga.  Here is my work on glow worms.  

The best part was going to the glow worms.

I hope you enjoy.

Thank you Letter

A few weeks ago, instead of our camp to Coopers Beach, we went on a day trip to KawaKawa and had a sleepover at school. Our awesome parent helpers came along to supervise us. Here is a letter I wrote to say thank you.  

Vaseline Saucer

For pet day 2021 we created Vaseline Saucers.  We made a design and thought about symmetry and patterns.  Then on Pet day we used our designs to help us with creating our work.  Here is my DLO for my Vaseline Saucer.

Multiplication and Division

 

This week we have been working on showing our thinking for multiplication and division sums. Here is my work.

Life Educatio

Last week we visited the Life Education Caravan.  We were learning about Te Whare Tapa Wha and Resilience.  Here is a google draw we made up to help us think and remember what resilience is.

Using a Writing Rubric.

This week in writing we have been looking at recounts and how we can improve our writing.  We started looking at our writing rubrics and understanding how to find what level pieces of writing are.

Greats and Grands

Today was meant to be Greats and Grands day at our school.  This has been cancelled for this year due to COVID-19.  We wanted to still share some writing about our amazing grandparents.  Here is my work.

Handwriting Term 3

 Here is my handwriting sample for Term 3.

I am good at forming my letters correctly.

I need to work on making my letters the correct height.

Ngā āhua - Shapes

We have been learning to describe and name shapes in Maths using their Te reo names and asking questions in Te reo Māori. Here is some of my work.

 

scatch

 

Reading Comparison Chart

In T-Shaped literacy we have been reading stories and comparing ideas we read about.  Here is my comparison chart.  I read lost in the bush and wētā went walking for my chart.

Wētā Writing

         We are learning about conservation at the moment and this week we have done lots of reading and writing about Wētā.  Here is some writing I want to share.

Outdoor Classroom Day

In lockdown we had at outdoor Crossing day.

It was a wet and wild thing day.

Here is a recount I wrote about it.

Kei Te Pehea Koe

 This week is Te Reo Wiki o te Reo Maori. We made a google draw to show our feelings. Kei te pehea koe?

when I'm wild I ...

 This week we are focused on the story where the wild things are.

Here is some writing I did this week.

my word search

 here is a word search that Nakita and I made. 

prototec Maths

 Over lockdown one of our maths tasks  each day was to practise prototec, just like we do every day at school.

Here is my best work.

Monday writing

 We did a News report. I then recorded it.

Team Awa Mini Olympic Games.

 In Team Awa we have been learning about the Olympic Games and using this in our maths.  In class we had our own mini olympic games to help us explore measurement.   Here is a recount I wrote about this.

Matariki T-shaped

 I worked with Bella, Nakita and Nerali. For our Matariki T-Shaped Literacy we have been learning about Matariki and language features.  We also got to retell a Matariki story.  Here is my work.  

It was easy to record because the iPad was on the stand.

It was hard to find different spots.

I liked using the puppets.

Outdoor classroom -Movie

 On outdoor classroom day we went out the back to make movies about hut making.  

We learned about making huts and movies. I learned that making a movie is just like writing a story

It was easy to record the shots.

It was hard to make sore that the iPad was not wobbling.

I liked it because i went around the back to make my movie

Photo Challenge

I have been learning about taking photos on an iPad.  We were learning about the rule of thirds.  The rule of thirds is to put the subject on the side. It makes the photo look more interesting.  We also got to look at different photos and see how different angles create different stories for the same subject (what we are taking a picture of).

I liked taking pictures of the slide and taking photos from different angles.  The picture I liked best is the

wide shot because you can see the whole thing.

Digital Artwork

This term we have been learning some new techniques for creating digital art pieces. Here is my artwork from this term. 

I like my pop art because they are all birds.

I like my kiwi texture because Now I know what texture is.

I learnt what texture is and how to use bight colours for pop art.

 

Bling Bling Toi Marama

 

Hut Movie Making

In Team Awa we had an outdoor learning day. We got to go outside and make huts around the back. We were learning about how movie making is like writing a story that we needed to tack different types of movie shots. Here's some examples of what I learned.

Transformations

We have been learning about transformations. We learnt how to show reflection, rotation and translation.  

Goodbye Mrs C

Yesterday we said farewell to Mrs C, our librarian. Here is a card I made to say goodbye.

Cyber Challenge 13

This week our cyber challenge was to think about our digital footprint. Our digital footprint is about the trails of information we leave behind when we are online.

Autumn leaves

We found a leaf outside, we draw it and wrote juicy words to help us write a descriptive piece of writing.

Statistics

 This week my maths statistics work. How many bugs did kiwi find?

Cyber Smart Challenge 12

 Our challenge to day was to think about public and private information.

The One and Only Ivan

 Here is my slide for The One and Only Ivan.

Cyber Challenge 10

 
We did cyber challenge 10. We were learning about our blogs

Bailey Outdoor Classroom Day

 We had a fun Outdoor Classroom Day last week. Here is a recount I wrote about the day.

Maths Money Learning

 This week we have been learning  about Maths money. This is my example

ANZAC Reading

Here is my Anzac Reading slide.

ANZAC Day

We wrote stories to tell people about what we think of when we think of ANZAC  Day.

Mother's Day

 Here is my card that I made for Mother's Day.

Blake V.R

This week we had Alice and Anika from The Blake Foundation come to teach us about healthy and unhealthy marine environments.

Here is some of our work.

Anzac Diamante Poem

 We Wrote an ANZAC poem.

Here is my poem.

Pepeha

 As part of our TeReo learning this term we have been making a Drawing to help us learn and share our Pepeha.  Here is my Pepeha Learning.

Make a Compass

As part of t-shaped literacy this week we read a journal article called Make a Compass. We followed the instructions and recorded the steps.

 

Sailing The Pacific

 This week our focus for Reading has been sailing. Here is a reading follow-up I completed for the article/story sailing the Pacific.

Bailey America's Cup Questions

We have been learning the difference between statements and questions. We wrote our own questions based on the America’s Cup.

Sphero Racing

 Here is our sphero racing writing.

Awa Sphero Cup

 On Friday we had fun racing our Sphero's.  Here is some of our learning.

Numbers as Shapes

We have been having fun with the problem Numbers as Shapes.  

Here are some of my noticings.

Map Making

 We have been learning about maps and the language we use to describe a location.

Can you find 13 fish?

How can you go from (6,a) cow to (1,d) pond?

Bailey Kawa of Care

We have been learning about the Kawa of care, how to look after our Chromebook.

I made a google drawing to show the nine elements.

Self Portrait Art

 

Sort the Street

 

Bailey Chromebook recount

 We have been learning to add hooks into our writing to make our stories interesting.  We can use a hook to start our paragraphs which hooks in our reader.

Trading Post Maths

 We have been learning to different find ways to solve problems.  This problem was tricky as we needed to work it out in two parts.