Christ Is Born

Christmas Silhouette Art

In Room 6 we had to create a Silhouette about Christmas.

What I enjoyed -  The best part for me was painting the background for my silhouette.

My next steps - I need to work on  making the background in my silhouette blend better.

What I found hard - It was challenging trying to cut out all my shapes.

John 1 : 14 

"the world became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only son, who came from the father ; full of grace and truth"

Trip to London

What I would Pack in a suitcase to England :

I am going to London,England and the weather is raining for the week. Here are the items I would pack in my suitcase according to the weather.
Beanie
Ugg boots
Cell Phone
Camera
Wallet
Money
Passport
7 pairs of Socks
2 Sweaters
8 Long sleeve shirts
Timberland boots

Weather in London

Safety Tips for flying

WALT - Create a blog post with your top 3 safety tips for flying

Amazing Advent

WALT : Describe what Advent means to Catholics and how we celebrate it.

WALT : Combine and Condense ideas and information from a range of texts to form and synthesis a new idea. In Room 6 we had to create a D.L.O about Advent, I enjoyed this project because I got to learn some new facts about Advent. I need to work on adding more detail and doing my work faster. 

The Long Journey

In room 6 we had to write our own picture books, when we wrote our picture books it was a long process. We had to use a week and a half for planning, the planning really helped me because I had all my ideas written down. When I did my story I wrote down the story then I did the pictures. I really enjoyed it.

akomanga- Classroom

In Room 6 we had to make a Maori classroom and use screencastify to present it. I really enjoyed drawing my own classroom with Alex and Naiema. I found challenging trying to pronounce the objects in the classroom in Maori.  Next time I will be more clear and present it better.

England

Show not tell

WALT : Use show not tell

In Room 6 we have been writing to infer for show not tell for the past two weeks of Term 4. I really enjoyed getting to pick a feeling for show not tell because we all got to choose a feeling because there all not the same. Next time I could add more descriptive words and some better language features. What feeling did you infer from my text?

My mind was full of panic, I was very stressed. I had my speech ready to say to the whole school at assembly, while the sweat on my palms and it was as if the seconds before my speech were like waiting hours.  When the Principal called my name, everyone could smell the sweat from my nerves. I stepped up to the stage in front of the whole school while shaking, because everyone could see the pain I was feeling while saying that speech. As I said my speech about how the school impacted in my life, although I was stuttering and you could barely hear a word I said.  After the speech I could feel my nerves fade away, even though the speech wasn’t good at least it was done with and over.

My Influences of Jesus Knowledge

WALT : Think about the individuals/groups that have influenced your knowledge and understanding Jesus.   This week in Room 6 we had to focus on the Church Strand, we had to create an image that displays influences in your learning of Jesus teachings.  I enjoyed getting to make a D.L.O to show my learning because I like to make my work stand out. I found it challenging trying to finish my work fast. Next time I will make my D.L.O look more eye catching. 

Adding Decimals

WALT : Use a range of multiplication strategies when operating on whole numbers and fractions. In Room 6 we have been learning about how to add decimals, our task was to learn how to add decimals from the resources from our class site. From our learning we had to then Create a D.L.O to show our learning. I enjoyed getting to create a D.L.O to show my learning. What I found challenging was doing the worksheet because it was a challenge for me to manage my time. Next time I could finish my work earlier and focus on adding more detail to my D.L.O.

Pick A Path Story

In Room 6 for writing we had to write a pick a path story about a story of our choice. I think that my pick a path story is not that good because I need to make it more clear and easier to do. But this time was my first time making a pick a path story.  WALT : Use appropriate language features for a pick a path story.

Ngatu - Tapa Cloth

In Room 6 we had to create a D.L.O about a Tapa Cloth about what is and how it represents it's Culture. I am still working on mine because I was not at school when the class was working on this. Along with this activity we had to create a Tapa Cloth of our own, I enjoyed making my own Tapa Cloth because I loved drawing the patterns.

Cell Phones Are Staying

In Room 6 we had to do a Persuasive Writing piece about if cell phones should be banned at school or not. WALT : Use our prior knowledge, along with information to the text to interpret abstract ideas, complex plots and sophisticated themes.

What I enjoyed : I enjoyed learning about the facts of cell phones.

What I need to work on : Adding more complex sentences.

What I have learnt : I learnt that cell phones motivates people to learn.

Cell Phones Should Not Be Banned In Schools

Dear Jacinda Ardern,

Do you think cell phones should be banned at school? In my opinion I think that cell phones should not be banned at school, to prove my point I will explain my ideas to you on why they should not be banned. Because in this day and age students in schools definitely need their cellphones at schools, cause every week something terrible has happened at a school on the news.

The reason why I think that cell phones should not be banned is because if there is an emergency, you will have to call your parents or your family members. Some people might say that your school could just call all your parents and inform your family, but what if your school is very large how are they going to call them all in time. Although if you have your cell phone you could inform your loved ones quick so that they could come pick you up, as soon as possible.

I strongly state that if you have cell phones at school, there might be cyber bullying. To prevent that you could lock down all social media such as Instagram, snap-chat, Facebook, and discord. So I think that schools should let you use your phones for only calling, taking notes for your work and for using apps that have nothing to do with social media. If you are somehow caught using social media there will be bad punishments like having to sweep the whole school.  During class time each class teacher can have a draw where they put all the students cell phone, because after school they can take them back home with them. If you think that someone might steal your cell phone they will not because there will be a lock on the, which the teacher will only know where the key is.

Also if you can’t remember your schedule you can write it on your cell phone, all you have do is write it on your notes or set off a reminder for each class. If you don’t have a computer for research for school purposes you can ask the teacher to use your phone to research and to do your work online. In fact using technology motivates students to learn.

To conclude it all up, I strongly believe that cell phones should be allowed in schools . Because in society today nearly everyday there is an emergency at schools. In New Zealand, we have a risk of an earthquake and what will happen when you can’t can’t inform your parents in time.

Posted Activities

In Room 6 every week we get an activity to do for our class serial story, we access our activities by going onto our class site.  I love the story that we are reading because it is interesting and unexpected, and I like to do activities around Posted the name of our serial story.  My favorite thing about doing the activities are getting to do my own drawings sometime. I need to work on adding more detail. My work will be updated every week and revised and edited.

How to Convert Between fractions, decimals, and percentages

In Math we had to create a D.L.O about how to How to Convert Between fractions, decimals, and percentages. We learnt about how to do it by using the recourse we got given on the class site about how to do it. We also had to do a worksheet about How to Convert Between fractions, decimals, and percentages. At first I found it really hard because I never knew how to do it, but then when I was exploring the websites we got given, I began to understand it.

What I did well : Finishing my math work faster than usual.

What I need to work on : More detail.

What I enjoyed : Getting to create a D.L.O

Country Study

Every week in Room 6 for literacy we get a new activity to add to our Country Study slideshow. The best thing about doing Country Study is that we get to pick our own Country to study, I choose Italy because wanted to find out more about Italy because one day I want to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Rome.

7 Sacrament Symbols

In Room 6 we had to create a D.L.O showing the 7 Sacraments symbols. I found it hard drawing the symbols. I enjoyed getting to present my work in a drawing and adding in some detail in my pictures. I need to work on adding in more information.

Pate Drum

In Room 6 we had to choose a Tongan instrument t and do a D.L.O about it. I choose the Pate Drum because I thought it was interesting.

I need to work on adding more detail. I enjoyed learning new facts about the Pate Drum. I found it hard trying to draw the Pate drum. 

How to order Decimals D.L.O

In Room 6 our task was to create a D.L.O to show our learning during math time about ordering decimals. For me it was pretty hard at first but then I just used resources to find out how to order decimals from the class site.  What I found hard was managing my time to finish my D.L.O. What I enjoyed was getting to be creative with presenting my work. Next time I will add more detail and explain how to order decimals better.

Virtues

In class we were learning about all the Virtues we did lot's of activities all around the Virtues. After we had done all the activities we had to do a D.L.O about our learning about Virtues. Next time I will try on doing something other than a slideshow because I have been doing lot's of slideshows to present my work. I did a good job of adding detail this time. I enjoyed learning about the Virtues because before we did this work I knew nothing really about the Virtues. 

Greek Mythology The Seven Sisters

In reading we had to make a D.L.O about a country of our choice and research information about it. I choose Ancient Greece Greek Mythology because I thought it would be interesting and for me I thought it was very interesting to learn about the Seven Sisters. 

What I did well : Adding more information than I usually do.

What I enjoyed : Learning about  Ancient Greece Greek Mythology.

What I need to work on : More pictures and to have more eye catching work.

Matariki

In Room 6 for reading we had to do a D.L.O about how Matariki is celebrated in New Zealand, also we had to explain what Matariki is. Maybe next time I could try and use something different from a slideshow. I really enjoyed learning new information about Matariki and how people used to celebrate it.

How you should be showing respect

In Room 6 we all had to do a D.L.O about showing respect. We did this D.L.O because in class lately we have not been showing much respect. I hope I followed the task correctly.

What I did well : Clear text and a clear background.
What I need to work on : Adding more detail.

Ballad Back to Reality

In Room 6 we had to read a ballad about Ben Hall, and the following day we had to do a padlet about ballads. After that our task was to write a ballad of our own, it could of been about anything we wanted. First we had to do some planning for our ballad. For me it was really hard to decide what I was going to do my ballad about. I had so many ideas but I kept on changing my topic. Finally I chose one, I hope I did a good job, and did not go off track. For my rhythm mine was AABBCC we had pick a rhythm because its a ballad.

Back to Reality

Blake was a normal kid, who never slept and was always awake,

He felt an ache,

He was playing cricket

When he found a ticket,

Blake wished he would win all lot,

And go to his favourite shop,

Later that day he realised he had won he flew up in the sky, with happiness he shaked,

To celebrate he had a chocolate cake,

His life was as sweet as a biscuit,

Blake felt proud because everyone said he would never have any money and make it,

The leaves dances in the wind as he screamed “I hit the jackpot” !

Straight away he bought a robot,

All the money he bought a prodigious 10 million dollar house and everyone was amazed,

But then Blake felt a strong headache,

It was as fast as a cheetah running for its pray because in less than a minute,

He felt sad because he had no money, he missed it,

Blake thought of his good old simple life as he walked through the parking lot,

He did not even like all of his fancy coats,

It felt funny the Earth started to shake it was an Earthquake,

But then Blake realised he was in his bed, when he heard his mum yell out “Blake”

There was no more happy spirit,

But at least Blake still had his favourite sport and his special trumpet,

Blake was thankful because he still had his bed his special spot,

Also his cute pet Goat,

Blake went to the lounge and smelled buttermilk pancakes,

Then it all came back to him he felt the same good old Blake,

He was overjoyed because all he needed was his family, and he didn't miss a thing,

He was back to reality and the alarm clock started to ring,

So he rested in and turned off the clock,

As he lay down he thought my dream had an awesome plot,

Angles D.L.O

In Room 6, lately we have been learning about angles in maths, what they are, how to measure them, and the types of angles. Our task was to watch videos about angles, do 4 worksheets about measuring angles, read through a slideshow about angles, and then show our learning by making a D.L.O. We were meant to finish it in 2 weeks but we had to  extend the time limit.

What I enjoyed : Showing my learning in a D.L.O.

What I need to work on : Having more information about angles.

What I did well : Creativity.

Albert

Last Term In Room 6 every day we read a book called Fish In a Tree. Our task was to choose a character from the book and make a character description about them. I choose the character Albert because he is funny but smart at the same time, also because he is a very loyal person to his friends.

What I need to work on: Making my drawings look more detailed.
What I enjoyed : Drawing Albert.
What I did well : Having lot's of information.

Ben Hall Wanted Poster

In Room 6 in writing we read a Ballard poem about Ben Hall on the run from police who were trying to hunt him because he committed an armed robbery. Our task was to read the poem, draw a story map in our books, and then make a wanted poster.

What I enjoyed : I enjoyed learning about Ben Hall.
What I need to work on : I need to work on adding more information.
What I did well : I made a unique poster.

Refugee Activities

In Room 6 everyday we read our class serial story called Refugee, the book Refugee is a book about 3 people called Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud, all live in different countries and different years when terrible things happen. They all try to escape their Countries to become Refugees. Every week all of us add to our own slideshow of activities linked to the book. 

Family Fun

In Room 6 our instructions were to write a recount about our Holidays, and have some interesting vocabulary. I hope that I have followed the task, and have the correct structure.
What I did well : I think I did well by using some interesting vocabulary in my recount.
What I need to work on : I need to work on having a more original title which hooks you in.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed learning some new words.

Family Fun

In the Easter Holidays all I did was lay in bed until like 11am in the morning, watch TV, play games and eat food, I did not do anything fun or interesting until Friday in the second week, when I went to spend my money at Riccarton mall.

On the first week of the holidays I watched a lot of Netflix shows and I did some extra housework to get $50 dollars. My chores I had to do were very hard but it was all worth it at the end.

In the second week of the Holidays I went to Riccarton Mall  with my mum to spend my money at about 10am. When I arrived the mall was really full and extremely clamorous, I sometimes hate shopping because it always an aggravation. When I was at Kmart the line was so long it took us about 10 minutes for it to be finally our turn to be at the front of the line. All I bought was art supplies, I only spent $20 dollars because I wanted to put the rest in my savings. Even tho I’m not great at drawing I want to learn to be a better drawer. Then after I shopped we sprinted out the shop as fast as a Cheetah running in the wild. Straight when I got home the first thing I did was practice some drawing.

Later that day at about 4.30pm me and my family went to Hoyts Riccarton to watch a movie, my mum picked the movie which was Peter Rabbit, I wanted to watch another movie at first but the movie turned out great and really interesting. For food we just bought popcorn and drinks.

To describe my Holiday in one word it would be enjoyable, because I spent most of the Holidays relaxing. One day working very hard, and shopping. I really appreciate spending  time with my loved ones. I will defiantly remember this amazing experience.

St Maximilian Kolbe

In Room 6 we did a slide show about St Maximilian Kolbe's life, overall I found out that he was an amazing guy, and a great role model to anyone. I learnt some very interesting facts about his life.

What I did well : I did well at putting in some of St Maximilian Kolbe.

What I enjoyed : I really enjoyed learning about what a great person St Maximilian Kolbe was and how he lived his life.

What I need to work on : I need to work on having some more information about St Maximilian Kolbe.

Maria Folau

In Room 6 we are doing activities on the Commonwealth Games, and one of them was to write about an athlete that will be competing in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. I choose Maria Folau, because she is an amazing netball player, and I really wanted to learn more about her and her life growing up and how she became a netball player.

What I did well : I did well by adding information in about her family life.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed finding out about Maria's life.
What I need to work on : I need to work on adding in some photos.

Maria Folau

Maria Folau was born in Tokoroa, on the 18th of February 1987, she is from New Zealand. Maria plays netball she can play GA (goal attack) as well as GS (goal shooter), she is in the New Zealand team Silver Ferns.

Her parents names are  Niukini Tutaia, Fuisami Tutaia, and she has 6 siblings, Rosa Tutaia, Tyson Tutaia, Masalosalo Tutaia, Salo Tutaia, Viona Tutaia, Loterina Tutaia. Maria grew up in New Zealand with her family.

Marai first started in the under 21 netball team that got the Miami Youth Cup in 2005, that year was the year she got called into the Silver Ferns team.

Now in 2018 all her hard work of playing netball and never giving up payed off because now she plays in the 2018 Silver Ferns at the Commonwealth Games.

Netball

In Literacy we have been doing a series of activities about the 2018 Commonwealth games. For this particular activity we had to choose a sport that will be played at the Commonwealth Games, I choose netball because it is my favourite sport, we had to write the rules, possessions, and add in some photos. 

What I did well : I did well by researching the rules.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed learning about the rules of netball.
What I need to work on : I need to work on making my work more interesting.

4 Core Values of the Commonwealth Games

In literacy we had to describe the 4 core values of the Commonwealth Games.

What I did well : I did well by summering my information.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed learning about the Values.
What I need to work on : I need to work on adding pictures.

Timeline of the Commonwealth Games

What I did well : I did well by adding in lots of information.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed learning about the first Games.
What I need to work on : I need to add more photos to make more interesting.

The Queens Baton

What I did well : I did well by adding in a thinglink of the Queens Baton.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed drawing the Queens Baton.
What I need to work on : I need to add more detail and more information about the Queens Baton.

My thinglink of the Queen's Baton diagram

Queen’s Baton Relay

Queen Elizabeth Baton Relay is a game tradition that celebrates the Commonwealth Games. This inspires community

pride and excites people about the world class festival of sports and cultures to come. In this event the Queen Batons carries a

special message all over the world, that calls all athletes come together in peace. This year in 2018 Gold Coast this will be the longest relay.

Borobi The Blue Koala

What I did well : I did well by drawing Borobi the mascot myself.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed learning about the Commonwealth Games mascot for 2018.
What I need to work on : I need to work on getting my work done faster.

Medals of the Commonwealth Games

What I did well : I think I did well by putting in some images.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed learning about the medals at the Commonwealth Games.
What I need to work on : I need to work on having more information.

Facts About The Commonwealth Games

What I did well : I think I did well by making my text clear and easy to read.

What I need to work on : I need to work on having more detail in my work.

What I enjoyed : I enjoyed learning lot's of interesting facts.

Transformation

What I did well : I did well by making my own pictures.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed doing some transitions with my objects.
What I need to work on : I need to work on adding more detail.

Anzac Day Diamante Poem

What I did well : I think I did well at describing how the Anzac Veterans felt, and what they were fighting for.
What I need to work on : I need to work on adding more photos.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed drawing the poppies and using words to describe the Anzac Veterans.

The service of light

What I did well: I think I did well at describing what was going on in the slides.
What I enjoyed : I enjoyed drawing on paper and computer.
What I need to work on : I think I need to work on making my drawings look more detailed.

Winter Olympics

Walt : Choose an appropriate app to show your research about the Winter Olympics.

What I did well : I think I did well by summarising all my information.

What I enjoyed : I enjoyed making my front page look like winter.

What I need to work on : I need to work on answering more of the questions and adding more detail. 

Shrove Tuesday

WALT : Read information to gather facts about what you learned

What I did good : I did good by summarising all of my information and making my own images. Maybe next time I could add more detail

What I enjoyed :  I enjoyed drawing my own pictures.

Onomatopoeia Poem

WALT To use onomatopoeia in poetry

In this poem I think I have done good because I put in some good describing words. Maybe next time I could try and make it rhyme.

Onomatopoeia Poem

Bam, pop, kapow, Bam pop kapow,

I see the sparkly fireworks go bursting in the night sky.

Fizz, whoosh, bang, Fizz whoosh bang,

I hear the loud fireworks go up into the sky.

Bang, sizzle, crackle, Bang sizzle, crackle,

I see lots of people looking up at the beautiful fireworks.
But as I look up there gone away.