Venus Fly Trap VS. Baseball Plant

This activity was very interesting because I never knew any of the 10 plants were real. They were all very weird. My favourite was the Venus Fly Trap because it looks vicious and I wonder if it can hurt a human if it bites you. Here is a Venn diagram I did with my Mum.

My 8th birthday cake

Hi Dani,

Here is my birthday cake this year.
I had a halloween party. My sister likes horses and I wanted scary halloween so mum made a joint cake.



 

Amazon River Fish Facts

This is my fish facts. I created a fish. My fish is called the Octojaw Shark. Because octo means 8 and my shark has 8 teeth in its jaw.

Facts about Octojaw Shark.
1. Octojaw shark has huge sharp jaws.
2. Octojaw shark eats big fish.
3. My shark has lots of deadly scratches.
4. My Octojaw eats quick snapper fish.
5. Octojaw lives under water in a deep dark cave.

Activity 1: Surfs Up!

My favourite thing to do in the summer time.

Activity 1: Fantastic Beasts

Hi,

Here is my beast from day 3. I took so long to post because I wanted  to do an animation.

My beast is an Indo-Rex. It has a spiky spine with large blood-red eyes. The pointy, narrow and jagged jaws eat through metal. It has rough light grey skin and a patch of dark grey armor to protect itself from its creators. In my animation you can see how it gets away from its creators.

I hope you like it.

By Tanner

Activity 1: Towering Timbers

Hi,

Yes I think logging should be allowed in NZ.
Reason 1 is because we need houses so people aren't homeless. We can use wood to make tables, chairs, couches, TV cabinets and lots of other furniture and even some boats.
Reason 2 is we need paper for lots of things like books, cards, drawing pads.

By Tanner

Activity 3: The WWF: World Wildlife Fund

Hi, I have chosen to do Snow Leopards. They are big cats. There are only 4000 to 6500 left in the wild. They live in the mountains in Asia.
WWF are working with people in Nepal to stop people killing the snow leopards.
WWF help the farmers by giving them money if their animals get killed and the farmers don't shot them as much now.

I did a lot of reading with mum to find out this information.
Mum had to help me understand.

By Tanner

Activity 1: Scaling New Heights

Hi Sir Edmund Hilary my name is Tanner. How are you? Would you like a drink before we start?

I have some questions I would like to ask you about your life and climbing mountains.

1. Was it cold when you climbed Mt Everest?

2. Where did you sleep on the mountain? Were there caves to sleep in?

3. Was it fun climbing these mountains? Did you have any friends with you?

4. Did you have a jacket when you were climbing Mt Everest?

5. What did you eat for breakfast, morning tea, lunch and dinner?

6. Do you have any kids?

7. When is your birthday?

8. Where do you live now? Do you have a big house?

Thank you for letting me interview you.

Weird and Wonderful

A cactus can survive in 3mls of water. In one year there is 365 days. But in a leap year there is 366 days.
Here is a photo of my working out.
For a normal year with 365 days it works out to be 1095mls and in a leap year it is 366 days the answer is 1098mls.

Fabulous Ferns

The three sports that have fern in their name are;

Black Ferns they are the woman's rugby team.
Black Ferns shirt

Silver Ferns they are a netball team
Silver Ferns Dress

One I didn't know but found out was the Football ferns they play soccer.
Football Ferns Uniform

I put links because of copyright.

I like the Black Ferns the best because they play my favourite sport. And we also had a Black Ferns player come to our school and to my rugby practise in Ohaeawai and we had races with her. Her name was Portia Woodman.

By Tanner

Day Two - Forest Life

Hi,

At school this year I studied Kauri die back. Kauri die back is a deadly disease for trees. Many trees have died from Kauri die back. We need to save the trees. Already DOC are making special brushes to clean your feet when you go in to see the Tane Mahuta. Here is a photo of me and my dad in front of Tane Mahuta when I was 3. I went there again last year but I can't find the photos.

SLJ - My Hometown

Hi,

My hometown is Kaikohe. I live on a big green property. Kaikohe has a big red warehouse and a Mc Donalds that I get a yummy cheeseburger from. I don't go to Kaikohe much but I live in the country and ride my fast, white and black motorbike and build huts out of trees and spiky branches.

By Tanner

SLJ - Day One - New Zealand fun facts

Hi, 
1. I found out that the Maori word Aotearoa means the land of the long white cloud. I'm not really sure what that means so I looked it up and it has some different stories but the one I liked was that the people that came to New Zealand a long time ago were guided in the daytime by a long white cloud and at night time there was a long bright cloud. 

2. New Zealand is part of the Pacific Rim and the active volcano is Mt Ruapehu. And I am going there in two years on a school trip.

3. New Zealanders are called  Kiwis because of our native flightless bird. The Kiwi. 

4. The Auckland city Sky Tower is 328 metres high and is the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. 

See you tomorrow for more SLJ.

Tanner

Sunshine and Swimming Togs

My favourite thing to do in summer is going to the water park and going to the beach.My favourite thing to do is go in a pool.

Fathers day

This week we have been learning how to write similes in our writing.

Fractions

We have been learning about fractions.I have made a google draw.

By Tanner

Coding

We have been learning how to code with Tania. I hope you like it.

Measurement

I have learnt about measurement. Here is my work I hope you like it.

Huarakau - Te Reo Maori Term 4

We have been learning the names of fruit in Maori. Here are some we have learnt.

Pirate coding

Today we have been learning how to code. First we coded a pirate to get to the treasure without getting bombed. Then we made up our own coding grid. Have a look at my slideshow to see my coding from today.

Term 4 Christmas/Summer Poems

This week we wrote a poem and made a google draw about Christmas. Here are my Haiku poems.

We also wrote acrostic poems. Here are my poems about Summer and Santa

Sun                                                               Sleigh

Under the shade                                          acorn

Milk                                                             nice

Meeting friends                                          taking presents

Eating cakes                             amazing

Rudolph the Reindeer

Reading

Here is a screencastify of me reading a poem. We need to read clearly with good pace , fluency and expression.

                                                           In reading I am good at reading
                                                          I need to work on more expression
                                                             
Here are the questions I answered about the poem. We need to answer in full sentences.

Term 4 telling the time

Team Awa was learning about telling the time using clocks we made clocks to help us tell the time.

Vaseline saucers term 4

This term we made Vaseline saucers for pet day.
what I liked about my saucer was  it was Symmetrical.

I used petals and I used yellow and orange ones.

I did well with my yellow petals.

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Christmas tree writing term 4

First we sketched our Christmas tree. Secondly we wrote words about Christmas. Finally we made a poem about Christmas.

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Art term 4

One was inspired by an artist named Kandinsky who used coloured circles in his work. We looked at the contrast between warm and cool colours and the black and white of the buildings.

Our second piece was using the Maori words we have learnt and using these to create a visual picture. The words become the shape of the picture.

Some things I did well were the straight lines on my tower.

Some things I could improve on are not having so much white in the background.

Greats and Grands Day

Last week we had our Greats and Grands day. We wrote poems for our grandparents. Here is my poem about why my grandparents are so special.

Te Huarere

Ma is white
whero is red
kakariki green
mangu is black
pango is too
A E I O U

Wera is hot
Maku is wet
Makariri cold
Ua is rain
mahana is warm\
A E I O U


Last term we learnt about the weather for Te Reo Maori. Here is a google draw I made to show my learning. 

Problem solving

I made a screencastify video for a maths strategy I have learnt.

 

Basic facts test term 3 2018

Here is my Basic facts test for term 3
I need to work on my subtraction
facts to 10.  I am good at adding tens to 100.
I got 37 out of 60

Te huarere

We have been learning how to talk about the weather in te reo Maori

How to make scrambled eggs writing

We have been learning how to make scrambled eggs on toast. This is a google draw I made to show the procedure.

Kauri Tree Art

Last week we made posters to save the Kauri Trees. First, we used white crayons to draw clouds. Second, we dyed the background with blue dye. Third, we finger painted the trunks and bottoms. Fourth, we painted paper with green paint then ripped it up to make the leaves. Last, we made slogans to tell people to save the Kauri trees.

Thinglink about the environment.

This is what I know about the rubbish in our environment. Here is my Thinglink to show my knowledge.

My Goals Term 3

I have made my goals to help me with my learning

Repeated addition

We have been learning how repeated addition is the same as multiplication.

Term 2      Multiplication  Repeated addition

Can you match the repeated addition equations with the multiplication equation.

Colour them the same colour.

1	2 + 2 + 2 =	4 x 10 =	3 + 3 + 3 =	3 x 2 =
2	2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 =	2 x 2 =	5 + 5 + 5 + 5 =	6 x 5 =
3	2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 =	4 x 2=	10 + 10 + 10  =	2 x 5 =
4	5 + 5 =	3 x 10	2 + 2 + 2 + 2 =	5 x 5 =
5	5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 =	4 x 5 =	2 + 2 =	6 x 2 =
6	5 + 5+ 5+ 5+ 5 + 5 =	3 x 3 =	10 + 10 + 10 + 10 =	5 x 2 =

I need to work on saying the times tables quicker

Write in the missing 2 and 10 x’s tables

1 x 2=2	2x2=4	3x2=6	4x2=8	5x2=10	6x2=12
7x2=14	8x2=16	9x2=18	10x2=20	11x2=22	12 x 2=24

I know my 2 times tables     👍

1 x 10= 10	2x10=20	3x10=30	4x10=40	5x10=50	6x10=60
7x10=70	8x10=80	9x10=90	10x10=100	11x10=110	12 x 10=120

I know my 10 times tables      👍

Garden to table

Ever  Friday at garden to table  we are either in  the kitchen cooking food or in garden weeding.I like to  pile weeds out.



Ever  Friday at garden to table  we are ether in  the kitchen cooking food or in garden weeding.I like to  pile weeds out.

Basic facts

We have been working on answering basic facts questions quickly and instantly.

I am at Stage 4.

Handwriting Term 2

We have been learning to form our letters correctly and to use capital letters in the correct place.

I am good at sitting my letters on the line.

I need to get better at adding more detail.

Animal Town writing

This week we have used another picture as motivation for our writing. We had a story starter and then we had to carry on the story.

What I like about my writing is I have good fullstops.

I need to improve on more detail.

Here is my writing about Animal Town.

Animal town

I am going to be an animal in animal town. My  animal is a black panther. I can jump over cars and animals. I have sharp claws and sharp teeth. I can scratch the cars and the fluffy bears and trees. I can run really fast. I can splash through muddy puddles and mud. I can roar really loud. I have black stripes on me. I can scratch other animals. I have brown eyes. I can fight other animals. The zebra was too slow so I pushed it out of the way. I have a scratch on my eye. I can kill animals that get in my way. I am really strong and tough. I have a bit of brown on me.

ASB getwise

This writing about ASB Get wise

Golf

We have been learning how to play golf.

Mr Golf came on Thursday and taught us about golf.

He taught us about hitting the ball high.

I liked the finals.

I am good at at hitting the ball really far.

I need to work on hitting the ball high.

Hot Air Balloon

This week we have used a picture as motivation for our writing. We had a story starter and then we had to carry on the story. What I like about my writing is my captain.

I need to improve on spelling. We also made a google draw showing the things that we would take with us in on the balloon.

By Tanner

Balloon.

I can see cars and bridges! I am so excited that I am on a hot air balloon. I only take 3 people on board. With the money, I would buy a jet-ski and a monster truck that has horns on it. I was so excited I was waiting for a long time for this race. If I win I might be rich and famous. The race was so fun that I wanted to do it again.

The Pou

As part of our writing programme we have been doing environmental writing. We had to sketch an object and as we were sketching we wrote down thoughts that we had. Then we wrote our thoughts down  as a poem. We cut out the sketch and added this to our writing.

Handwriting sample

We have been learning to form our letters correctly and to use capital letters in the correct place.I am good at keeping my letters on the line .I need to get better at making my some of my letters hang under the line.

 

Swimming

We have been working towards becoming a confident swimmer by learning how to be a safe swimmer. We learnt that we should always swim with an adult and to always wear a life jacket when we are on a boat. At our swimming lessons we have learnt how to float, kick, glide and use rainbow arms and we are still learning to breathe correctly.

Garden to table

I like garden to table because I get to pull weeds out.

The flying car

Activity 2: Flying Cars

If I had to pick a car I would pick this flying car because it can fly and it is my favourite colour.
If I had this flying car it could take me anywhere.

My birthday cake

Hi Dani, 

This is my 7th birthday cake. It was delicious. It had caramel and white chocolate. 

Farming

Activity 2: Country Calender

The most challenging thing for a farmer is driving a tractor.
When I grow up I would like to be a farmer because tractors are cool and they get really muddy.
and also farmers feed cows and I like cows.

Did you know my Great Grandad Jack did an episode on Country Calender?

Auckland fun

Hi,

Last week I went to Auckland with my Aunty Hayley and Nana Candy and Aunty Di. They took me to Rainbows End. I was tall enough to go on the roller coaster. I was so excited. Me and Aunty Di went on it. It was really really exciting and I wasn't that scared. 

Tanner 

Celebrating special events

Week 4: Day 1: Turn of the Century (2000-2010)

How do we celebrate special events.

In my family when we have our birthday we get to choose what we want to do and what cake we get.

For my 8th birthday in November I want to go camping and have a cookies and cream cheesecake.