LOUD T-SHIRT DAY TOMORROW!

Loud t-shirt day, what does that mean? If it's loud t-shirt day you can donate money to the poor deaf children out there. If you donate money they go to the deaf children so it'll help them to listen and speak. That's why its called a loud t-shirt day, so make sure to help all around the world even if it's someone you don't know because if you show kindness, kindness you shall receive. Don't forget to wear a bright t-shirt this month to help the children who can't hear or speak! 

Our Wonderful Performances

My group and I have been learning a Niuean dance for the past few weeks to show the whole of Team 5 & 3. We did a Niuean dance because we thought that we should do something cultural for the Team.

Before we performed we obviously practiced and practiced until we thought that we’ve accomplished it. Our practices wasn’t easy at first but once we got into it, we knew all the moves off by heart. I would say that we got a 8/9 when we were practicing only because some parts we were kind of mucking around.

Our performance went better than I expected, meaning that it went way better than I thought it was gonna go. Everyone cheered and applauded as we danced to the music. I don’t know what rate that we got but I would give it a 10 because we smiled and enjoyed dancing with each other.

If I were to judge myself, I would say that I did pretty well and my group also did pretty good. The whole class was amazing today and I can’t wait until next time we do something similar. Every single one of us from Team 5 did a magnificent job and i’m sure that everyone had fun.

Task Description -

After our performance that we have been practicing for the past few weeks, we had to write about what happened. Just some things were that my group wore lava lava's, flower lei's, A's (which is like a flower crown) and we had our hair out.

EYELASHES THAT ARE 5CM LONG!!!

WALT: Self as a Reader - I know what genres I like reading, willingly explore new genres and recommend texts to other readers
RECALL -

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article - Muin Bachonaev

2. What was the key event from the news article - Muin’s eyelashes are 5cm long.

3. Where did this event take place - In Russia

4. When did this event take place - September 23, 2018

THINKING -

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article - ‘I live like everybody, there is no reason for me to take special care of my eyelashes’.

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article - Muin Bachonaev has the record of his eyelashes 5cm long.

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place - This event took place in Russia, Russia has 27 other languages.

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future - This took place somewhere in Russia and I think that Muin’s eyelashes are gonna grow longer when he grows up.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place - Only because it’s a world record and people like knowing stuff like this.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article - I can’t answer this question because I couldn’t find the dictionary.

Cross Country Day!

WALT: Writing for the audience of my peers and whanau

Body aching so much, don’t think I could heal from it….. CROSS COUNTRY IS OVER YAY!

Last week we had Cross Country and everyone was wearing different colours to support their house and people. Some wore costumes, ribbons, wigs, lei’s and other wacky things. Before we started everyone was nervous, everyone was shaking and when  Mr Burt said “On your marks, Get set, GO!” we were off.

When we were running it was muddy, it was tiring and we were all breathless. All girls were huffing and puffing to the end of the course but each one of us tried our best and kept going until we finished the entire race. I finished the race, calves stiff as stone, body aching so much and throat drying up in the hot sun, breathing heavily as I grab a water from the teachers and sit down to catch my breath.

I came in the top 15’s and i’m proud of myself, my goal wasn’t to come in the top 10’s or 5’s, but my goal was to finish the whole course by trying my best! My favourite part about cross country was people encouraging others who were struggling to run, they kept persuading them to keep going because they knew that they could make it to the end.

Task Description -

This week for writing we had to write about Cross Country but before we started that we had to brain storm. What we had to do was name things that happened in cross country and put them into groups, we had to use those words we came up with and use them to help us write about cross country.

The Great Kereru Hunt Begins!

RECALL -

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article - There is no people in this article but there is Kereru’s.

2. What was the key event from the news article - Scientists need information about Kereru’s.

3. Where did this event take place - This event took place in New Zealand.

4. When did this event take place - September 23, 2018

THINKING -

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article - There’s no quotes in this article.

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article - People around New Zealand have been asked to count Kereru’s if they see them.

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place - It took place in NZ, NZ is a country that has a lot of native animals dying.

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future - This event happened in New Zealand and I think that in the future Kereru’s might be extinct.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place - It took place because scientists need to know how many Kereru’s are still living in this world.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article - Where is the Dictionary because I can’t find it?

Marathon Record Broken

RECALL -

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article - Eliud Kipchoge, Dennis Kimetto & Gladys Cherono.

2. What was the key event from the news article - The Marathon.

3. Where did this event take place - At the Olympics.

4. When did this event take place - September 18th, 2018

THINKING -

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article - There is no quote in this article.

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article - Eliud Kipchoge set a new record for a marathon run.

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place - This took place at the Olympics and the olympics is a place where people set records and do physical stuff.

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future - Well this happened on Olympics day and I think in the future someone will beat Kipchoge’s marathon record.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place - This event took place because people around the world challenge each other in sporty stuff and they get medals for winning.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article - There was no dictionary in this article.

Health & PE

My Mums Childhood Poem!

As I think about my childhood and how it use to be, with only one good memory of my siblings and me, Building forts in the forest with pretend guns and grenades, playing war games till dark those were my happy days, I dreaded all those times I had to say goodbye to them, and head back to the slums that I was living in, Crying almost every night hoping God would hear my preys, “Please lord can you hear me, I want to get away from here!” Unfortunately he didn’t hear me and I was all alone again, but still hoping that one my mum would save me from this pain, one day I will have children and maybe married too, he’ll help me raise them better then what I went through, but until that day comes this is how i’ll live my life, and look forward to a bright future minus the stress and strife.

Task Description - 

The homework that we had to do was to ask an adult that is way older than you and ask them about their childhood, you collect the information that they gave you and put it together to try and make a poem. This poem was made by my mum when she was about 20 or younger. Her childhood wasn't that great but she put that in the past so please enjoy this poem that my mum made!

Research about Paula Green

WALT: Writing poetry for the audience of my whanau

Task Description - 

Last week and this week we had to do research about Paula Green. Who is she you might ask? Well Paula Green is a lady who writes books for children and adults.

Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori!

Kia Ora! It's Maori language week. Today in assembly the Kapa Haka group sang for us and the boys did a Haka. They sang beautifully and softly, there was some harmony that you could hear and some melody's that you could hear. A new saying that Team 5 learnt was 'He Aroha Whakato, He Aroha Puta Mai' meaning 'If kindness is sown, then kindness you shall receive'. Why did we learn this saying? We learnt this saying so it can remind us to show kindness around the world and one day you will get it back, maybe not from the same person but from another..... maybe even God! 

Energy & Power

WALT: Comparing - I compare similarities, and differences in the ideas and information across range of texts/media
 

Task Description -

My literacy has been learning about energy and power. What makes power? What produces power? all those kind of questions have been answered by us. I would like to show you my learning that I got from my class and share yo you guys. I hope you guys enjoy! 

Paula Green

Paula Green is a lady who writes poetry books for children and adults. She has 2 daughters, 3 cats and 2 dogs. She was born in 1955. She lives in the country near Bethells Beach, she has a husband named Michael Hight which is an artist. 

Rhyming Poems

Task Description -

This week my class had been learning about poems and how to make the sentences go with the rhythm and the beat. Poems may seem easy but really it can be difficult for some people, for me it's kind of easy because I have a clear mind sometimes and I make a lot of poems at home.

Our Amazing World? I guess.....

Task Description -

On Tuesday's in maths class, we have Cyber Smart. This week we had to go on Google Earth and find out some things about our planet but simple things not big. We had to pick some things E.G a tower, and search it up on google earth. The places that I picked are pretty famous. Enjoy my learning from Cyber Smart!

Paying It Forward?

I think it’s good to pay it forward because it’s way to show an act of kindness around the world or the community. What does paying it forward mean? It’s a meaning of someone doing something nice for you and then that person does the same thing to other people and it carries on.

Paying it forward is a good thing for everyone because when you do something little, it could turn into something big. It’s just like the saying “Little can be huge”. If we all can do one thing at a time, we can change the world bit by bit.

I hope that you will take this advice and use it one day for someone in your family, community and world. Please make this world into a better place so we can all live and grow up to be happy and safe.

Tongan Dance For Tongan Language Week!

Today is Friday and we had our school assembly. This week is Tongan language week if you didn't know that, the Tongan group performed for our whole school and there were amazing. 

Some people kind of mucked up but they all still kept smiling and kept going with the moves. Firstly some Tongan girls and boys said speeches in Tongan and they started playing a song and the girls started dancing. Their dancing was beautiful, their hand movements was smooth and gentle.

After the girls had finished their dance, the boys got on the stage and did their performance. Tevita was the leader for the Tongan boys and he lead the boys as Faioso and Kosini did the drums. 

The Tongan groups performance was amazing and i'm hoping to see more next year. Hear is some photos from the assembly!