Onomatopoeia

Walt: We are learning to use onomatopoeia to help create interest in our writing 

Wham!!!!!!! the car smashed into the pole.

An Interview with a scientist and a Gardener

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This is an interview that our reading group wrote and filmed about the article called Gardening With Science.

Bungy Jumpers

WALT: follow the instructions, and complete tasks to a high standard.

My group and I were learning about Bungy Jumping. Our task was to create a presentation about bungy jumping. We had to use a white background, and no themes.

Christmas Alphabet Key

Here is my Christmas Alphabet Key. We were looking for words that relates to Christmas.

Kate bakes cupcakes

Can you solve this equation? If you know then tell your teacher this equation and solve it out.

Achoo!

We are learning to find and use relevant parts of text to answer questions accurately. Here is some information about sneezing.

Auckland Art Gallery Trip

Have you been to the Auckland Art Gallery before? Last Week at Friday class 9, class 10 and some of the year 5’s in Mrs Jacobson's class went to the Auckland Art Gallery. We went to the Art Gallery by bus and when we were nearly there I saw big buildings and other ones.  

The bus was at the art gallery so we have to wait then we entered. There was

a lady and other ones that introduced us. Her name was Mandy. When we entered we had to break up in groups. I was in Miss Lavakula’s group and other parent helpers.

My group was the first one to go in. The first room we had to go to was the studio. When I went in I saw water paint, pencils, markers and colours. After that we had to sit down in a chair because we are going to tell a story using pictures. We had to draw a picture that we went to in the weekends. So I drew a wedding dress and then Mandy came around and guessed my drawing she said I went to the wedding.

After that we went out of the studio then we had morning tea. When we finished our morning tea my group went up stairs to the lego. I sat down and made a wall. It was soo cool that  I wondered who did the heart one and the names. It was 12.30 so we went and had our lunch outside. I had shared lunch with my friends. Lunch was finished so we moved onto our next activity.

I felt happy that we went to the Auckland Art gallery because it was my second time there. I had the most happiest day in my life.

The Auckland Art Gallery Quiz

Have you been to the Auckland Art Gallery before? Here is a quiz for you, can you answer them?

Solar Energy: The Power of the Sun

We are learning to use relevant parts of the text to accurately answer the questions.

How is it possible to use solar energy from solar panels at night? So it can stay light.

Personification

As I was sleeping I could hear the alarm clock screaming at me.

When I woke up in the morning the alarm clock was shouting at me.

In the night I could hear the thunder rumbling.

The thunder was roaring and crackling in the sky.

Guy Fawkes

Do you know what Guy Fawkes is? Guy Fawkes is fireworks when each houses gets bombs and other stuff. Guy Fawkes is also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while he was fighting Spanish people in the low countries. He was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder plot of 1605.

Fawkes was born and educated in York. His father died when he was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant catholic. Fawkes later converted to Catholicism and left for the continent, where he fought in the Eighty Years War on the side of catholic Spain against Protestant Dutch reformers.

Guy Fawkes Night is annually held on November 5. It is sometimes known as Bonfire Night and marks the anniversary of the discovery of a plot organized by Catholic conspirators to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London in 1605. Many people light bonfires and set off fireworks.

Mosaics

We are learning to skim and scan to find relevant information from the text. Here is a mosaic that I made using paper.

1. Why is practising important to do first? because if you do the real mosaics you will know what to do.

2. List the steps in making a mosaic with tiles

1. get big tiles

2. get a towel and put the tiles in

3. fold it up and smash it with a hammer ( make sure you smash very hard)  

3. Explain what grout is and why it is important when making mosaics with tiles grout is a substance used to fill gaps between the tiles .

4. Define ‘mosaics’  A picture or a art that is broken into small pieces of tiles.

Camouflaged Creatures

We are learning to find and use relevant parts of the text to help us answer questions accurately. Here is some information about ‘Camouflaged Creatures’.

How to be a Successful Point England Student

Do you know how to be a successful Point Englander student? I am going to explain to you why and how to be a successful Point England student. Being a successful student is important to people. It is good to use it wherever you are.

Trying your best- Trying your best means when there is something you can’t handle or can’t do you just have to try your best. For example if the teacher says go and work on your maths and the person thinks they can’t do it he thinks again that he could try his best. Trying your best also means giving 100 percent in everything you do and not giving up.

Using your manners- At school people always use their manners when they are with the teacher or some where else. For example if someone needs a rubber they can just ask like this, May I please use your rubber for a minute.   

Ignoring- Ignore means when somebody says something mean to you, you just ignore it or talk about it. For example if you walk past someone and they swear to you just ignore or tell the teacher on duty. It is important to ignore because if you don’t it will might start a fight.

Conclusion: Strive to succeed

Our school has a song called strive to succeed and I will write it but a little bit. The world is waiting for us to show the seed thats in our soul success is growing deep within our faith has made us bold. That song was written by Mr Jacobson but he is a tall man.

Use my brain, use my heart, I'm going to be cybersmart

Use my Brain, Use my Heart, I’m going to be cyber smart.  Have you ever heard of these special words before? Those special  words are one of our school korero words. I’m going to explain to you what this means in our school.

Use my brain: Use my brain helps me to think about what I say and do to others first. It means thinking ahead. Here is a good example if you have a chain email or a doggy mail screenshot it and send it to the teacher.

Use my heart: When I think about using my heart that means I should do my best at everything that I do.I need to give 100 percent on what I do

This is my presentation about shading fractions.

Time in a Week

This week we have been learning about time. We had to work out how much time (minutes) we spent brushing our teeth, at school and watching t.v. Here is my pie graph that shows you how much time I spend on each activity.

Edgar Degas

My Artist’s name is Edgar Degas. Edgar Degas was born in July 19 1834 in Paris, France. He died in September 27 1917. Edgar Degas grew up in france where his mother was a opera singer and his father was a french banker. Edgar’s parents had money and he was able to go to good schools growing up. His mother died when he was thirteen years old.

This graph is showing how much time we spent doing these activities. We used examples from children in our class. We used multiplication and addition to work out how many minutes we spent doing each activity. Here is our class example.

Term 4 Holidays - Punctuating a Paragraph

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Here is my paragraph. Look and see where I have put the correct punctuation marks.

“Oh man I don't want to go back to school”. The term holidays flew by so quickly and just when I was having fun. The first week was spent sleeping in, cleaning and doing chores. But the best part was going to Rainbows End for night rides!