Going To The Park

This term in writing we are focusing on recounts. My recount is about when my two friends Ceejay and Archie came over in the holidays we had a very fun time, and we did lots of different things. It was really easy to copy and paste my writing from my google document to my google slide because I have lots of experience  using copy and paste. It was hard trying to fit in everything we did into the recount because of how many things we did that day. 

My Moment in the Spotlight

For the last four weeks we have been doing, creative writing about running the 100m sprints in the olympics. It was really fun because, I love sports and athletics and would like to be able to do that someday. My writing teacher Mr Barclay had created an example for us to look at so that made it easier. It was fun describing the hardships trials that I had to face.

 

Covid 19 Comic

This is a comic I made in lockdown about the fight against covid 19. It was really fun to make and be creative with the ideas and characteristics, me and my friend created the iron man in our own time and it took very long to create so I hope you like it. There are not a lot of slides but I think it should still cheer you up if lockdown hasn't been fun for you so enjoy.

My Olympic Value Medals

This term we have been focusing about the Olympic values which are excellence, friendship and respect. My friends and I have created a google drawing showing the Olympic values with medals. I found it easy to resize the word art to fit the medals and create the podium, It was difficult polylining a laurel wreath because you have to polyline the individual leafs. In the future I would like to add a background because I think it would look better. Do you think I could put more detail into my podium?  

Should We Be Prepared For A Natural Disaster

What did you learn I learnt what the structure is for our persuasive writing, and what words you use for different parts of your persuasive writing. I learnt how to note take the information you gather and how to summarise main

points.

What did you enjoy I enjoyed gathering the information because I found it really interesting and I struggled with

it a little bit. I enjoyed structuring my writing because of how complex it can be.

What was challenging It was challenging to find the right font to use in my publishing because I wanted my writing

to pop. I found it challenging to convert the writing off sites into my own words because I couldn't do it that well last year.

What was easy It was easy to find the right background and images to fit each paragraph because one of my friends taught me last year. It was easy to control c control v my writing over to my publishing because I am quite good at it.What will you do next time Next time I will add more factual information in my paragraphs.

Next time I will re check my writing more because I made mistakes that I could have spotted.

Ruaumoko Rages Book Review

 What did you learn? I learnt about the different types of volcanoes, and difference between extinct, dormant and active volcanoes. I learnt about Ruaumoko the youngest son of Papa and Rangi and what he controls.

What did you enjoy? I enjoyed Giving the rating and writing my opinion on the story which is Ruaumoko Rages.

What was challenging? Telling you why you should read Ruaumoko Rages because I don't know If you would like the book.

What was easy? telling you about my favorite part of the story because thought the book was great.

What will you do next time? I will go more in depth with my opinion.

UV and Me

 We were learning about Uv It is a pretty big topic so we narrowed it down a bit to make it a bit easier. We focused on uv rays and these cool things called uv beads that change colour when they get hit with a uv ray.

I found it easy to to add mote to my google slide because It wasn't that advanced all it does is read that sentence to you if you want to listen to the sentence.

I found it challenging to think of wonderings to answer for my research so I just write down what I wondered and went from there.

Next time I will make my mote more advanced by making it tell you more fact and information about the sentence.

Camp Kaitawa Activity sheet

 We were learning about making a google slide with mote we had to answer the questions on each slide with detailed sentences then do an animation at the end of our favorite highlight of camp. It was fun making the animation because it brought memories of what happened.

It was easy to make my polylined people and kayaks because the curve line tool makes it a lot easier. I used polyline to make the hair and swim trunks.

It was challenging to answer the question on slide six because it asked you what you would want to change for camp next year I couldn't think of anything so I put nothing.

Next time I will make my animation and mote more detailed because I think I could have done a better job.  

Sunflower Poem

 We were learning how to write an environmental piece of writing about a sunflower, that Mrs Bava brought to class from her garden at home. It needed to be detailed with emotive words and needed a rich word to hook the reader at the start of the story.

I found it easy to do the brainstorm because I can think of Ideas really quickly so then all I need to do is write it down.

I found it challenging to personify the sunflower so I asked a friend for a way to personify it, then I got the hang of it and did the rest on my own.

Next time I will challenge myself more and add mote to  my writing and make try to write faster so I can finish it in a reasonable amount of time.  

The Horouta Animation

 

• We were learning about the story of horouta, how the wake came. And around were they came from which was somewhere in the pacific triangle. The story explained that they landed at ohiwa and hit a sandbar paoa went off into the mountains to find a suitable timber to repair the waka.

• I found it easy to make the background because my cooperative group was pretty quiet and focused during there learning and were able to remind me how to do it.

• I found it challenging to create a maori person so I had to use my ten percent of google images on it.

• Next time I will create a more detailed, complex animation with mote to explain parts of the story.

Triathlon

 We were learning about writing a rich descriptive recount about our fun and exciting school triathlon at churchill park.

I found it easy to recraft and edit my punctuation and sentences in my writing.

I found it challenging to think of ideas for my paragraphs.

Next time I will make my paragraphs more complex.

12 Days of Christmas kiwiana

 I learnt how to create a different version of the twelve days of christmas and the lots of kiwi things that they eat.

I enjoyed singing it with my group because it had a good tune and we have good voices.

It was challenging finding the right background and recreating the words in a kiwiana version.

It was easy cooperating with my group because they don't mess around and get the mahi done.

Next time I will try to change the words for a different country.

The Squirrel Chase

Today I learnt how to make a good descriptive paragraph in present tense.

I enjoyed watching creating the background because I added the squirrel in myself on the title page.

It was challenging writing the story because I am not that good at describing things.

It was easy creating the slide because I have done it many times before.

Next time I will try to write a little more because I think it could've made it more descriptive.

 

Christmas

I learnt how to crop images that were from the explore tool because I remembered how to do it with a normal shape then did the same thing.

I enjoyed doing the christmas table because of the food and sparkling grape juice.

It was challenging doing the sparkling grape juice and the cup because I had never tried before.

I found it easy getting pictures off of the explore tool because I have used the explore tool for a long time.

Next time I will put a picture of steam pudding on the table because my Dad makes the best steam pudding.

The Maori and English Names for Colors

 We were learning about Nga Tae which are the Te Reo names for colors.

I found it easy to do the backgrounds because I just had to search up a color for the background image.

I found it challenging to remember the Te Reo names for the colors

Next time I will do Te Reo shapes instead of Nga Tae.

Fake Phishing Postcard

 What did you learn about how to Identify a scam and what scams look like and what they can do if you fall for them.

What did you enjoy finding a background and creating my character. 

What was challenging finding a background and writing my postcard.

What was easy finding a good stamp and taking a photo of me.

What will you do next time chose a different character and take the photo from a different angle.

Reflection of New Learning from Bikes in Schools Program

we were recapping about how to write quality recounts so I chose the topic of bikes in schools. Bikes in schools is a program which teaches kids how to be safe and know the rules on how to use there bikes properly.

We were learning about bikes with the bikes in schools program they taught us a variety of things about bikes and helmets that some of us had not known about. Like to keep your bunny ears on your brakes by putting two fingers on the front and the back brake.

I found it easy to Ride the bikes because I was taught when I was five. the bike check was also easy because they put into some of the letters in the alphabet A for air pressure B for brakes c for chain d for direction and Q for quick release.

I found it challenging to pass people when they were going slow because there were lots of corners on the track. It was also challenging to go on the pump track because there was only allowed 3 people at a time and because it was hard to enter the pump track.

Next time I will try to get on the pump track more often because I was to scared to go on because it was diagonal. I will also try to get as much laps of the track in as I can.

10 Things We need in a Recount and our goal for the remainder of the year

 1.It needs to be in past tense.
 2.Use rich and describing words.                                                                                                                       3.It has to be recent.                                                                                                                                           4.It needs to have paragraphs.                                                                                                                           5.It needs to include touch taste feel and what you heard.                                                                                 6.punctuation in the right places.                                                                                                                       7.It needs to include alliteration, nouns, adverbs, verbs and adjectives.                                                           8.facts about what you did.                                                                                                                               9.has to be something that you did.                                                                                                                10.full sentences that make sense

Lucas and I are showing 10 things that make a good recount.

My goal for the remainder of the year is to give new things a go and change my perspective of things.

We were learning about the 10 things that make a good recount.

I found it easy to work with my buddy Lucas

I found it challenging to remember 10 things that make a good recount.

Next time I will watch the video again

   

Native Birds

 We have been learning about Native birds their habitat and their predators.

The digital learning object I've chosen to create is a google drawing because it makes polyline easier.

I enjoyed this learning because I got to learn what native birds are and facts about them.

One thing I would like to learn next about native birds is how much native birds are there.

A question I still have about native birds is why they like sugar water.

NZ Birds

We have been learning about Birds and how they came and got to different areas.

The digital learning object I've chosen to create is a google slide show because you can do multiple slides.

I enjoyed this learning because we were allowed to polyline a bird and add it to a slide.

One thing I would like to learn next about is why do birds need feathers

A question I still have about birds is what country has the most.