collage

This is a collage I did. There are six kiwis and one falcon.The hardest thing to make was the falcon and getting the textures, the easiest thing to do was to make the kiwi.

work

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Film 👏 Review👏

Film 👏 Review👏

On thursday the 14th of november 2019, year 5,6,7 and 8 went to the Toki Pounamu Film Festival in the Regent Theatre located in Greymouth, New Zealand. There were a few films but one of my favorites was the Paroa School song because it was cachay and There was some good footage with the drone.

The Paroa School song was made by Paroa School at Paroa School, it was a song about Paroa School they made for the Toki Pounamu Film Festival, they took the footage using a drone and a camera. The editing was just switching the scenes.

It was mostly filmed on the ground but some of the film was in the sky looking down at paroa. The sound quality was good. There was no story line and music was clear.

The selectors didn't choose all of them because some were not appropriate for all ages. Maybe there could be more action packed films next year by putting more categories.

Overall I think that the Toki Pounamu Film Festival should continue and that it was fun watching all the films.

Chatter Pix

Table Tennis

animation

Kei te oma ahau

Homai he pahikiteporo and Anei he pahikiteporo all in one

Food Chain work

Statistics Report

my Speech

the is the script of my speech

The Amazing Adventures of Super Stan

The Amazing Adventures of Super Stan

On Wednesday afternoon the 7th of August 2019 Term 3 The senior students of Karoro school were invited to Grey Main to go see a dress rehearsal of musical The Amazing Adventures Of Super Stan.

We went on the bus at 12:35 and we walked into the Gray Main hall and sat down on seats.

At the start of the play there was a scene where the Bogie man was fighting super Stan but is was just Stan daydreaming. Then DC came up and said “stop daydreaming” and then he stopped Stan stopped daydreaming.

The next scene was where the Candy King was at Proton Park. The Candy King seems okay but he is actually evil.  He gave people gobstoppers that hypnotised them (really dodgy) and Stan and his friends realised that the candy king is evil. 

Granny knows that Stan has super powers because his Grandma gave him one half when he was a baby so to get to his full potential. Stan hated injections but he gets injected with Formula 44 and gets the rest of his super powers. Granny gave Stan his Granddad's undies to fly.

Then Super Stan goes to the Candy King's palace and fights Curly and Wurly. After the fight Super Stan freezes Curly and Wurly and they get taken away. After that Super Stan fights the Candy King and he tells Super Stan that he is Super Stan’s granddad. Super Stan shrinks the Candy King and Granny takes the tiny Candy King away. 

I think that the play was good because there would be a pause and then they would change the scene and two people would go up on to the stage and say what place they are at so I rate it six out of ten. 

Jake Bailey

On Wednesday on the 31 of July 2019 Jake Bailey an ex-Christchurch Boys' High School senior monitor and cancer survivor came to karoro school and talked to us In the Karoro school library. He talked to us about life skills that he learnt after surviving cancer and He talked about how he got through cancer. 

he came to talk to us about what it is like to have cancer and what skills we need to get through the bad things. There was one part where he asked some people about who their role  role models where. I thought that it is really inspiring how stood up and he talked about how it was like when he got cancer and the things he learned, He also said the doctors have to do three tests. Some people didn't want to hear what he said about the tests

My leaders are mini Keanu Reeves, Vladimir Putin and Obama.

insect work

DRS ABCD

ski recount

Success Criteria: 

• I will discuss and demonstrate my understanding of the Skier’s Code of Conduct in pre-ski discussion and through my actions on the ski field… making responsible and appropriate choices throughout Ski Day.
• I will undertake ski/snowboard lessons suitable for my skill level, seeking to improve my technique and control.
•  I will be correctly equipped for my participation in Ski Day.
• I will create a response to the ski trip to share my new learning.
• We are learning to write recounts. Recounts can be presented in many ways , including visually. I have presented my recount through word art and photographs.
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Maths Transformation Using Grids

Equivalent Fractions

Fractions

Chatterpix For Te Reo Māori

made by chatter pix
We are learning to use simple te reo Māori phrases
Create a DLO that shows the use of ''. Post on to your blog.
“Tama Tū, tama ora.Tama noho, tama mate.”“Someone who is active (body and mind) is healthy. Someone who is inactive is unwell.”

Problem solving

Koia Kei a Koe

pyramids and prisms

Sign Language

Book Review 2019

The Kai Truck -TE RAU AROHA 

Author: Aunty Bea-Piatanihi     Illustrator:Jui Yateo

The Kai Truck -TE RAU AROHA takes place in

World War Two but the truck is made in New Zealand. France and New Zealand are the two places that are mentioned in the book. 

This book is about the adventures that the driver of the truck went on.
The truck has been shot by planes well it was driving

through the desert and it was captured by the Germans but the soldiers
they got the truck back. And eventually the truck got sent back to
New Zealand to visit all the Native Schools.

This book has a lot of paragraphs because it is a true story so it needs
to be long. There is an English version and a Māori version because
this story has a Māori version because it talks about a Māori batallion.  

The Kai Truck -TE RAU AROHA used direct speech, alliteration e.g.
“rough, rocky” and imagery.

Te Rau Aroha is about a truck and although a truck usually doesn't
have traits, the book says,“Our truck is a YMCA fighting vehicle,
truly a treasure, he is a fighter, he is ours...”
The Kai Truck -TE RAU AROHA also talks about
the soldier warriors, it says “our strong, handsome
and clever warriors...” 

No one in my group but me has a book about something
that actually happened. I think the book is exciting because
when something happens it makes me want to keep reading.
The Kai Truck is about war and I like stuff about war.
I recommend this book for Years 6 to 8 students because
the book is about war.

Cuboid Hunt

Area and Perimeter

We are learning to find the area and perimeter of shapes

Analogies DLO

The Umbels

Hypothermia is a real threat it should not go unnoticed there are five signs

The grumbles: When they could get angry
for no reason they could be doing unkind things to people.

The stumbles: When they have trouble moving
or they trip a lot.

💬💬The mumbles: When people can’t talk properly
they mix up words or have trouble speaking.

✊The fumbles:They might be unable to do easy things.

book unit

moa

NOHO MARAE

NOHO MARAE

On Tuesday the 5th of March Room One and Room Eight  went to Arahura Marae
for an overnight trip.
When we got to the marae we did a powhiri. The powhiri process is when you
are welcomed onto a sacred area/ Marae.
I have never been to the marae before. After the powhiri process we went
to the wharekai to have morning tea.
A wharekai is a place where you eat. After everyone had eaten
we all went back into the wharenui. In the wharenui
everyone stood up and shared their mihi.  After everyone
had shared their mihi, they went down to
the river to look for pounamu.
A few people found some.

After a few minutes of searching we all went down to the beach to do a sculpture
building contest.
The sculpture had to be something with the legend of Poutini and Waitaiki.
 My group made a sand sculpture of Waitaiki and after we did that we
went back but my group
smelled bad because of the wet sand.
When we went back into the wharenui we listened to the stories about the pou.

We split into three groups and each group got to choose a pou
and listen to its story. When we had finished listening to the stories
of the pou then we did some activities and after that we went to be
bed it was 10pm.

When we got up in the morning we packed up our mattresses and
then had breakfast. When everyone had breakfast and everything
had been cleaned up we got in the parents cars and drove to Lake
Mahinapua and did a walk. When we got to the lake we talked about
the war that had happened there there a long time ago. We walked
from the start of the track to
the edge of Lake Mahinapua. It was a bit misty
and there were some sandflies. Before wegot to
the cars we had

morning tea. After everyone had eaten we walked back to the cars
and drove back to school.

I think that the marae trip was good.

Callaghan's Ridge

On the 11th of April 2019 Rooms 1 and 8, Mrs Truman, Ms Kemp and 9 other
adults walked Callaghan's Ridge and we did a scavenger hunt. Here is some of the
things my group found: a sand fly, a blue mushroom, a tomtit and bracket fungi. When
we started the track it rained for a bit which was annoying. When we got to the lunch
spot we got into our afternoon groups. I was with Lily and Sasha and we built a bivouac
to eat our lunch under.

To make our bivouac we hung the tarp on a leaning tree then tied our rope to four other
trees. After everyone had finished eating we packed up the bivouacs and kept walking.
The track was muddy in a lot of places, it was really slippery.

We had to watch where we stepped so we did not fall over. A lot of people were covered
in mud and some people were throwing mud at each other but overall it was fun. What
I liked about going to Callaghan's Ridge is that we got a day off school doing something
I enjoy.

Beach Cookout

About the beach cookout: on a sunny day on the third of april 2019 room 1 and 8 went to
Karoro Beach by the Tasman sea beach for a cookout two people in my group didn't go
so we had a smaller budget it was 15$ other groups then the people that had everyone in
there group my group had three people in it also we made burgers and smores they were
really good. Mrs Mclean, teachers and peoples parents in my group we had me, Lily and
Sasha we left school at 11am and got back to school at one pm we built a pyramid shaped fire.

We got a few rock and we put them in a circle we put gorse,
kindling and lots of dry wood and sticks. After we made the burgers
we took the hot plate off the campfire that Sasha  brought and roasted the
marshmallows on the embers we put the marshmallow in two chocolate biscuits
after we ate it we put water on the fire from watson creek then we covered it with sand
after that we got a photo of us and then left. - Eamon

mā te wā

Celebrating Being Us

Kea Patrol

Kea Patrol
I strongly believe that Kea patrol should stay in the afternoon just not in the morning. Kea crossing should be in the afternoon since Karoro School is next to the Main road and the road is a busy place in the afternoon because some people will be going home from work and they could be tired and could not see people going across the road which would make the road more dangerous.

Someone could try to cross the road and get run over or if you run you could trip over and get killed If we did not have kea patrol there would probably be more deaths and crashes That would make the road an even more dangerous place to cross.

Some Risky parents park across the road so they won’t have to take longer to get there. At the end of school some children can be tied and not focus on the road.There can sometimes be trucks and the drivers can’t see little kids if they run out onto the main road also outside Karoro School there has been car crashes and people getting hit by cars.
I strongly agree that kea crossing would stay in the afternoon and should not be in the morning. Some parents walk with their kids to the main road and then help them across the road so Kea patrol is not necessary.

Mana-The Spirit Of Polynesia

Mana-The Spirit Of Polynesia

On Friday Bernard Mangakahia better known as
Mana-the Spirit of Polynesia came to Karoro School and
performed cultural dances.

He told us stories about his kids like when one of his kid
was young he breakdance on the street and he got money
for it and he wanted to do it more and they got lots of money
over a year. He did breathtaking dances like the hoop dance.
 He put hoops on his arms and made it like he was an eagle.
It took him 10 years to learn the dance without falling over and
some native American Indians can do about 40 hoops. At
some point he did the moonwalk and he talked about the moko
and explained what the symbols meant.

Bernard did something with the poi and he called up a
group of people to do what he did. He said for two of the ugliest
peopleto come up and do the haka with him. He also
did sign language while a song was playing. Some words in the
song were, “Keep going forward, work hard, show resistance.”

I liked the hoop dances and I would like Bernard to return with
a new show.

comic strip

Learning Intentions: We are learning to represent a Te Reo message through visual language.

Success Citera:
Create a comic strip character who will be used to carry your understanding of each phrase of each week

the taniwha of the creek

The Taniwha of the Creek.

Along time ago when there used to be lots of tiny Taniwha they didn't all look the same until
the humans came
along and made them go into hiding. The leader of all of them all is called Groovy.

One day while walking along my creek I found a Taniwha on it’s back, resting and going with the
flow of the water.
Just before it hit it’s head on a rock I scooped it up with a big net I was carrying. When I did the
Taniwha screamed,
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING? PUT ME down!”

I did what it said and as I did, it grabbed a rock and dropped it on my foot. I fell over into mud.

The Taniwhas wings sprang out and it flew back into the pipe.
When it went in I moved the rock off my foot and with my foot still hurting
I jumped over and looked inside. I lay my eyes on a bright, flashing green xbox symbol.
I looked around to see if there were any of those Taniwhas there.

I went inside, needing to crawl. I made my way in and went through the winding pipes until
I found a place to stand and I saw a hovering symbol.

As I was going to touch it I got a blast of wind that sent me into the wall. I fell onto the floor.
 My back still hurting, I charged at it and launched myself onto it and grabbed it. I felt like
I was standing but when I looked down I freaked out because I was hovering.  Then I heard
footsteps. I looked at the entrance.

I got struck in the head, knocking me out. When I woke up I was face to face with a
Taniwha but this one had an xbox logo on its head.

“DO YOU LIKE XBOX OR PLAYSTATION!!!?” shouted the Taniwha.

I said, “Xbox!” and pulled out a necklace with a gnome on the end.

The Taniwha jumped back. “How did you get that?” the Taniwha asked.

I sprinted to the entrance and slid out. I got into the open. I ran as fast as
I could and got into a car and drove away. As I was driving down the track I lost control,
sending the car off the spiky, gravel road into a creek. This creek was far away from where
the symbol was.

Snap! Crackle! went the branches as the car went down into the creek. It hits a massive
rock and the airbag went off in my face. With sweat on my face I scrambled to take off the
seatbelt.

I opened the door and fell into the water. There I saw a fin and it started moving towards me.
It popped up and it turned out to be a watermelon shark! I moved my arm sideways and
I touched something and when I pushed down, it teleported me to the xbox symbol.  

All the Taniwhas were looking at me and the one with the xbox symbol on their head said, “
My name is Groovy, what is yours?”  

“My name is Poot,” I said.  

Groovy said nothing and pointed to the teleporter.  “Please go on the teleporter,” he said.
As I walked on the teleporter I got turned in to a Taniwha and I found myself standing at the
main server room at sony headquarters.

I have a USB and in the blink of an eye the teleporter is gone and in its place is Groovy with
a USB.

“This is a USB killer so put it in the main server, the one that has a label that says playstation
network and playstation plus,” said Groovy. I did what he said. Just as I did I heard a lot of
people saying, “Oh no!” and other things.  

It started to explode and then we teleported back and everyone was cheering. When it al
l died down Groovy said,  “Now we need to hibernate till another console is made.”  We
got sent into a secret room behind a stone wall with cryopods and I hopped in and went to
sleep until another console goes viral.  

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