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 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 mins to write as much as possible using this writing prompt. For our writing prompts we will use either images or short videos.

1) TOMATO PULP 

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As I walked into the city I immediately smell the sticky smell of tomatoes.

I looked up and I could see everyone covered in tomatoes. Imagine the sticky feeling of the tomatoes sticking between your toes and the seeds all over you and even in your hair. I could see everyone wearing goggles to protect their eyes.

2) STORMY DAY!!#

As I looked out my matapihi immediately I could see the lightning lighting the whole city like it was day. I could hear the loud BANG and Clash of the horu thunder.  I could smell the electricity. I could feel the wairehu of the ocean as it crashed against the rocks. I could feel the whistling of the wind  rushing straight past me. I could hear the rain crashing down on my roof.

3) SPIDERMAN

The sound of the pop of confetti going everywhere. The aroma of the smoke rushing past my nose. As I turned my head I could see spider-man in the confetti, he was covered with all the colours of the rainbow. I could hear the rattling of the train going past me.

The Beekeeper

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

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

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

As I walked through the long orchard, I could hear the sound of my bee’s humming. In the cool and clear karanga spring day I could see the flowers blooming out. The sweet aroma of honey had hit my nose. As I opened the frame a swarm of bees flew out into the distance.

My Political Party Poster

This term our class was learning about elections . Here is my work. Please leave a kind, positive and thoughtful comment.

My Robot Rampage writing

This term we have been learning how to write a narrative piece of writing. This is my Robot Rampage writing. Please leave a thoughtful, positive and kind comment.

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Every weekend there was one job Mark hated doing: cleaning his room. He’d Much rather be building his latest robot invention in the shed. That was it! What if Mark could build a robot to clean his room?

As soon as Mark had that idea to build a robot he spent all night trying to make it. The first attempt did not work and he tried again and ended up finishing at 4:00am in the morning. When the sun came out Mark went up to his room to test his robot.

He had just pressed the on button and it started to clean his room. Mark was so happy and relaxed that he ended up falling asleep. The robot was as fast as a cheetah. Then suddenly Mark woke up to the sound of a crowd ROARING! (horu) . There was no sign of the robot and Mark noticed the whole neighbourhood was standing all around Marks robot. Mark ran up to them and asked “Is my robot being a nuisance?” “No” said the crowd. Then next the crowd started throwing money on the ground for Mark’s robot. Then every weekend the neighbourhood hired Mark’s robot to clean their house and that’s how Mark became rich.

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. 

Jennae: How Maui Slowed The Sun

Maui and his four brothers had no time to do their crops or to do their garden, or even when they have done their hard work they didn’t even have time to play. Maui wanted to do something about it because the sun was just going too fast. Maui and his four brothers made a plan to try and slow down the sun. Maui and his brothers decided to make magical platted ropes to capture the sun and make it slow down. Maui and his brothers had set off to find the sun at night, paddling for miles. When they got to where the sun was  it  was coming out of its hiding place. When it had arose more out of his hiding place Maui and his four brothers threw the ropes over the sun and pulled it down. Maui had caught  the sun and slowed the sun down. The sun had agreed with Maui to slow down.

Retold by Jennae   

My Mihi 2017

Here is my mihi video.