Carving-Whakairo

For the past two weeks we have been learning about carving.Here is our work.

Safety Tips For Camp

This week we are going on camp to Arthur's Pass. We had to get into groups to present our knowledge about safety tips about the bush and Hypothermia. Here is our work. 

Quick Writes Term 4

we have been working on ‘Quick Writes.’  This is where you are given something to write about (a writing prompt) and you only have 10 minutes to write as much as possible using this writing prompt.

For our writing prompts we will use either images or short videos.

1 Tomato Fight

Tomato Fight

The tomato fight started and the town was turning into red.  Almost everybody wore goggles to protect themselves . The tomatoes were so sticky it got between my toes and it went everywhere around the town and it went on everyone.  The town folks turned the tomato into pulp, it was so fun. It was like I was walking in a pulp pool.

2 Spiderman

Spiderman in New York City

In the crowds of talking people I smelt petrol from the cars and the smell of food from the stands. As I looked at Spiderman I saw trains go past and a bus picking people up and dropping people off. As I looked at Spiderman again, I got covered in confetti. There is so much colours and rainbows it was so fun...

3 Stormy Day

As I was walking down the road I got sprayed by the rain and I could hear the booming thunder.  I walked faster until I got home. When I shut the door and walked to my room I could hear the rain getting heavier. I got into bed and then there was a power cut. I turned on my solar light and got out of bed and went to see my dad to get the power back on.

My Quick write

Quick Write Number One - The Beekeeper

For the next two weeks we are going to work on ‘Quick Writes.’  This is where you are given something to write about (a writing prompt) and you only have 10mins to write as much as possible using this writing prompt.

For our writing prompts we will use either images or short videos.

The purpose of this is to practise writing fluently.

When we look at our writing prompt we will have about 10-15 mins to discuss it and brainstorm some ideas and vocabulary.   

Our learning goals are to:

-write a description, using powerful words and phrases

-include some Te Reo Māori no

-carefully check that our sentences make sense and have correct punctuation and spelling.yes

When we are writing we need to think about…

1. What do I want my reader to see?

2) What do I want my reader to hear?

3) What do I want my reader to smell?

Tips:

-look closely at the picture or video

-think about the three key questions and the learning goals

-give yourself time to plan and write

Do your writing here

Bee keeper

On a cool clear spring day I approached the hive. I could hear the buzzing from the bees and the smell of the honey. It was so strong and sweet. I was silent and calm as I opened the frame. I could see bees and the sticky honey. Behind me it was so silent.

Robot Rampage

At school we have been learning how to do a piece of narrative writing. Here is my work.

Narrative Writing Term 3 2017

Click on the link below to watch the story starter for this week.

http://success-for-boys.tki.org.nz/Teaching-learning-resources/Story-Starters/Runaway-Robot-Rampage

Story Starter = reretao Rampage

Your Name:Eamon!!

Story starter: Every weekend there was one job Sans hated doing: mowing the lawns. He’d much rather be building his latest robot invention in the shed.That was it! What if Sans could build a robot to mow the lawns?

WALT: write a narrative that entertains or tells a story about people,places or events.
S.C:
Our Story will...
-have a title that captures our reader's interest
-Have an orientation/beginning that has a hook and establishes the setting and characters.
-Have a complication/problem that needs to be solved
-Have a conclusion where the problem is solved.
-Use interesting language, words, adjectives, language features such as similes, onomatopoeia
-plan our story so we know what to write about
-proof-read and edit
-make sure your sentences make sense
-use a range of punctuation
-Use some Te Reo Māori words

Planning

Title:	Robot rampage
Orientation/Beginning/Hook Characters	Every weekend there was one job Sans hated doing: mowing the lawns. He’d much rather be building his latest robot invention in the shed.That was it! What if Sans could build a robot to mow the lawns?
Complication/Problem	Pepe - robot Sans built a robot to mow the lawns.  He builds his robot out of computer, mouse and keyboard and lawn mower `parts. The robot malfunctions. It starts to suck things in instead of cutting the lawns. It sucks in anything that gets in its path!
Conclusion - How does the problem get solved?	Sans builds another robot that is a combat robot and it fights his lawn mower robot Pepe. Sans knew there was a weak point in Pepe. There is a wire on the back of PePe's head and if you break it Pepe will be disabled. The combat robot uses his weapon the ripper ( a tiny chainsaw dagger) and he slices the wires at the back of Pepe's head (Teacher help) The disaster was over. Sans keeps building more robots but now he knows what to do and he makes lawn mowers that are automatic.  His combat robot becomes his bodyguard.  Sans becomes very rich from building robots. Richer than the Queen.
Language Simile (He was as tall as a giraffe/ She was like a wild, angry gorilla that had been released from its cage!) Onomatopoeia(sound words) Interesting Adjectives (describing words) Te Reo Māori.	The combat robot was as strong as a blue whale. reretao

Write Your Story Here

Robot Rampage

Every weekend there was one job Sans hated doing: mowing the lawns. He’d much rather be building his latest keretao (robot) invention in the shed.That was it! What if Sans could build a robot to mow the lawns?

Sans built a robot to mow the lawns.  He builds his robot out of a computer, a computer mouse and keyboard and lawn mower `parts. Than just as he finished building the robot it malfunctions. It starts to suck things in instead of cutting the lawns. It sucked  in anything that gets in its path! Then Sans builds another robot that is a combat robot and Sans made the combat robot as strong as a blue whale!!!! It also fights his lawn mower robot Pepe. Sans knew there was a weak point in Pepe. There is a wire on the back of Pepe's head and if you break it Pepe will be disabled. The combat robot uses his weapon the ripper ( a tiny chainsaw dagger) and he slices the wires at the back of Pepe's head bang!

The disaster was over. Now  Sans knows what to do and he makes lawn mowers that are automatic. His combat robot becomes his bodyguard and Sans gets his new lawn mower robots to mow other people’s lawns for $10 or if it is really big $20. Now he doesn’t need his mum’s pocket money because he’s made so much robot’s and they are making him lots of money.

“Excellent!”  Sans was very happy.  

The End.

How did you go?I did good

What do you think you did well? I think I did well at imagining things.

What could you work on next time?more Māori words

Teacher Feedback:

Kia ora Eamon

I really enjoyed working with you on this story because this time you had a much clearer idea about how your story would work. You had a clear idea for the beginning, problem and how the problem would get solved.

I also liked some of the interesting language you used like, ‘ as strong as a blue whale!!!! ‘

I want you to keep working on making a clear plan for your story so that you know what to write about.

Well done. Ka pai tō mahi tuhituhi.

my Political Party

At school we have been learning to make our own election party. We made a party called "Fighting For NZ"

Maths Place Value

 Walt -recognise how many tens and hundreds are in numbers


here is my work 

Maui Legends

As part of Matariki we re-read the legends of Maui. We then retold a legend and created artwork. Below is my work.

How Maui, Alex, Eamon And Callan Slowed Down The Sun

           

Once upon a time there was Maui and his three brothers Alex, Eamon and Callan and a wise old man called Chi Fu. Maui and his brothers decided to go to the sun and slow it down because it was going too fast. Maui, his brothers and the wise old man Chi Fu went through the deepest darkest woods and the sandiest deserts with cracks in the ground which lead to the biggest deserts in New Zealand. They found  

the sun’s hiding place and they hid behind some rocks. Then after the sun came out of the hole they jumped out from behind the rocks and threw ropes at the sun and the ropes got stuck in the sun’s hair and Maui hit the sun with his magical jaw bone. After a lot of hitting the sun the sun finally agreed to slow down. The End

By Alex, Eamon and Callan

My Mihi 2017

Here is Mihi

Classroom Kupu

We have been learning how to say the names for classroom objects in Te Reo Māori. Here is the slideshow my learning.🙂

Science Term 2 2017

This term we have been doing science. We have been learning about the water cycle and states of matter.Here is some of my learning.

Persuasive Writing -Why we shouldn't have pets

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing about why we shouldn't have pets.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	It Is Not A Good Idea To Have Pets.
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I am against pets
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly, pets poo and pee all the time but the worst part is thay bark all day. and to back it up they can break stuff. They can chew your new furniture and shoes, especially when they are puppies.
	Secondly, Pets can cost a lot of money, they need a lot of food, you might hurt them,  there are expenses and there is vet fees, you could run out of money to feed yourself.
	Thirdly, they might go on someone's property and atlack their dogs or wreck some of their stuff. You can get into a lot of trouble if your dog bites somebody and dog can be put down if they hurt people.
	Finally Some dogs can give you diseases that make you sick.Lots of people are allergic to dog’s fur and can have a really bad reaction like a rash covering your body.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	Pets are not important in our lives, as they can destroy your life by making you sick, costing you money and make big messes. DO NOT GET A PET.

Persuasive Writing - Why we should fix our field

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing about why we should fix our field.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	Fix Our field!!!!!!!!!!!
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I definitely think we should fix the field so we can still have events like the gala. The field would give us more area to run around and there would not be as many injuries. It would be fun to be able to use the sports equipment on the field. We would have a better chance to do well at sporting events if we had the field to train on.
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly,I think we should fix our field because we have events, like our gala which brings in money for our school.
	Secondly, it is a large part of our school and it is  really crowded on the concrete. If the field is fixed it will reduce injuries and it will give all the children more space.
	Thirdly, it will make  use of all our sports equipment and we can do running races. There is a lot of sports equipment in the PE shed that we can’t use because the field is not in use.
	Finally, we can practise for tournaments and we can keep fit. Children need to keep fit and run around in the fresh air.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion we need to fix our field because we need the field for events, we don’t have enough room to play, we need our field for sports training and games,and need our field because it is  really crowded.It is vital that we have a good field at school.