Tuesday, 29 December 2020

Marvelous Maori words

 WALT: learn to speak Maori 

For the summer learning journey we are learning to say the forecast in Maori language, I found this task quite hard but it was fun, and I loved working through the slides, I did the two slides and put the sentences together and completed the activity. What is your favourite Maori word?


Sunday, 20 December 2020

My optical illusion

 WALT: do the summer learning journey

For the summer learning journey we had to make optical illusions, this was my first itempt to make one and I think it turned out pretty well, you could see it as a hole or a upside down pyramid! I really liked this task and would make a illusion happily again. My favourite part was designing one and looking at the end result. I did this on chrome canvas. Have you seen this illusion before and what can you see in it?



Saturday, 19 December 2020

The Summer learning journey Haiku

 WALT: write a haiku for the summer learning journey 

For the Summer learning journey we are creating a haiku! I personally really like this task and enjoy writing haiku. My favourite part of this task was thinking about the summer and writing the lines. I think that haiku's are simple but fun to do as a little project and are a good time waster. What is your favourite form of poetry and why?

A soft, tranquil breeze filled the air.                                                                                                                    The bellow of the seagulls filled my ears                                                                                                            Slip slop slap SPLASH! off we go!  

I got this image from Vicko Mozara on unsplash, Thanks!



Friday, 11 December 2020

The Jesse tree!

 WALT: identify the symbols on the Jesse tree 

At school we are looking at the symbols on the Jesse tree, I really liked it and loved drawing the pictures, I did this with Anna. The Jesse tree is the Family tree of Jesus and we are part of the Jesse tree to! isn´t that cool. My favourite part was making the symbols for the tree. What is your favourite person on the Jesse tree and why? 



 

A picture tells 1000 words

 WALT: write an 300 word story 

At school we got an image, this one is a image with a diving board. we had to write a story using 300 words, at the start I thought is was really hard but it was actually really interesting I did 560 words actually, it was amazing seeing how many words you actually write without noticing. Overall this task was really cool. What is your favourite image and why? 

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Start your writing here:

It was a hot day.  Boiling and frying the people that dare to go outside

, but our school chose this day to go to the pool, not just any old pool,

a non-heated pool and we were really excited for it.

When the time came for the bus to arrive we jumped on the bus and got ready for the road ahead…


The bus sped off leaving no sign of being present at the stopping bay at school.

In the rows of seats we were all so hot.

We couldn't wait till we got to the pool but the bus driver said we were 10 minutes

away and for some reason we got even hotter.

The excruciating long 10 minutes passed and we were there at last.

We raced off to the changing rooms like Sonic the hedgehog on the hunt for coins.

I put my bag on the hanger to call dibs on the space. Once I got changed I started to run to the pool, but the lifeguard stopped me and I slowed down. 


I took a look around the pool and saw there was a diving

board not like any other diving board but a huge diving board.

Bigger than any other at Jellie park. Actually 3 times as big as the biggest diving board there.

I was scared for my life, so I decided to swim in the main pool no matter how crowded it was.


As I hopped in, the diving board was on my mind, if I jump then I will be proud and if I don´t… My stomach was going around and around. My best friends Holly,Anna and Logan said ¨ are you going to go and jump off that massive diving board¨

I replied ¨only if you do it too.¨ and then Holly and Anna said 

¨ I don´t know about that Emily...¨ 

Anna looked terrified ¨ what if you get hurt¨ 

and Holly exclaimed ¨I don´t want you to get hurt!¨ Holly and Anna 

I said ¨ NO¨ sternly I'm gonna do it. I was determined but also out of my mind, 

This time I was doing it no ifs or buts.

As I walked over my head was spinning and I had no idea what to do.

I was only 1 meter away and really really scared.

I climbed up the stair leading to the 

higher and higher and my nerves were getting worser and worser when

I got up the top I leaned down to see

how far it was and it was really far but

I couldnt see properly so

I leaned a bit more forward and wasn't ready an-  SPLASH! I fell straight into the diving pool.

I forgot to block my nose and then water was irritating it and I came up just to find that my

goggles were missing…



There was a lot more to worry about though the pool was really deep and

I wasn't a confident swimmer then a orange floaty bobbed above my head,

I grabbed on and was hurtled back onto land and was glad I did it in the end.

Holly,Logan and Anna ended up facing the board too.



It was all a dream, how did I face the diving board? And how did the diving board get so popular? 






Reflection: A twisted tale

 WALT: be grateful for things we receive 

At school we got duffy books, I really liked my duffy book. I got Reflection: A twisted tale. Thank you duffy for this book I am so grateful we get these books! this is really awesome. My favourite part is getting them and of course reading them. I took this image myself. Overall I really am happy with my book. Whats your favourite author and why? 




Thursday, 10 December 2020

Under the great wave of kanagawa

 WALT: try the first post of the Summer learning journey 

At school we are doing the summer learning journey, as a first post for SLJ. we used Art colouring book. I Really Liked this tool because it was a fun and creative way of painting (not real painting) digitally.  I really liked this tool and recommend it to anyone who is looking for something to do. I painted Under the great wave of Kanagawa the top one is mine and the bottom is the original

                                                   mine




                                                               original 


My dream holiday destination

WALT: edit yourself into your dream holiday destination 

At school we had to create a photo of you in your dream holiday destination. I really liked this task because it looks really cool and a little bit real. I shot myself in Japan next to a shinto shrine. I love japan because of the awesome culture. What is your favourite country? 


  

Friday, 4 December 2020

Greater than less than

 WALT: create a DLO that teaches how to do greater than less than

At school for math we are learning greater than less than, it is quite simple once you learn the rule and a little bit fun. My favourite part was drawing the crocodile. I enjoyed this drawing because it was quick and easy.  What is your favourite math strategy? and what could you do to improve it ?



Nyan Cat

 WALT: write about nyan cat 

I liked this task because not everyday we get to write about nyan cat, and it was really fun. I think some people may get annoyed by listening to the mews of nyan cat, personally I think it sound really cute. My favourite part was writing the whole thing!b I don´t really have a favourite part. What is your favourite version of nyan cat? 


Nyan cat, a rainbow cat that meows in space with a peanut butter and jelly, suddenly crashed into room 3, at first we thought it was a meteor but then it starting singing its mesmerising tune consisting of meow meow mew mew mew mew mew mew mew mew meow meow etc. it was like a spaceship crashing into another planet , its rainbow was flashing it gave a meoow and observed logan and then they went off to talk, while we had to deal  with the half-blown up room 3.

Amazing advent

 WALT: make a slide of advent 

Logan, Holly and I made a slide with advent week (Logan did most of it, we just put our comments in).  I like advent because it is the time we get excited for Christmas, and get together with family. My favourite art was doing slide 1 (hope). Next time I will try and reflect about the meanings more. What is your favourite thing about Christmas?


 


Friday, 27 November 2020

Fantastic Fatima

 WALT: learn about Fatima 

At school we learnt about fatima, I had never heard of it until we learnt about it, it is a place in France, that is holy and important place in the religion of the Catholics, My favourite part was finding facts because it was interesting. What is your favourite place in France?   






Strange Story

 WALT: Collaborate to create an interesting narrative

At school we had to write a narrative, with someone a different gender and a sentence each, This activity was really weird but it came together to make a interesting story, and what an interesting story it was. I did the narrative with Lochy. My favourite part was reading at the end. What do you like about this story?


Name

Sentence

Start

The door swung open revealing...

Lochy

The kid that wants bekfast.

Lochy

A kid's mum stormed towards him. What are you doing!!! said the mum.

The kid answered with bekfast. 

Emily

The parent looked at him blankly, Bekfast? 

Lochy

Now!! Said the kid alright ahhh screamed the mum she called the fbi.

Emily

The FBI said bekfast with a side of meme salad? 

Lochy 

The mum said my son has been kidnapped and replaced with a spy.

Emily

The FBI said oh that is really nice? Wait what? Well your kid is insane!!

Lochy

(crying sounds) why yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emily

I´m sorry but your son Has to go because of Bekfast 

lochy

The mother said okay fine come get him the fbi said well be there in five

Emily

Ok and bring bekfast! 

lochy

Then the mother waited for five minutes until finally the FBI came,

then started  kicking the door open,

fbi opened up they said.

emily

They took the kid in the white van and inside was an all you can eat buffet and some other stuff 

lochy

The kid said bekfast??? The FBI said yes bekfast 

lochy

The end. 





Numbers!

WALT: use number in different forms 
At school we got a number, mine was 92 and we worked through some slides to do with the number at hand, and completing the activity. My favourite part was doing everything really, preferably slide  8 the one I have on this blog. What is your favourite number?


 

A blast with NZ maps

 WALT: mark places on the NZ map 

At school we did a word find of NZ, it had places all over the country, some are missing though. My favourite part was marking them and finding them, it was a word find in itself! This activity was nice and a bit challenging, what is your favourite place in NZ?


  

Friday, 20 November 2020

Math games on scratch!

 WALT: create a math game on scratch 

At school we are creating simple math games on scratch, mine was a bit rushed but I will improve it in the future. I enjoyed writing the speach bubbles though, and creating the questions. What is your favourite game to play, it could be anything like video game or board game?



RUIN writing

 WALT: describe the ruin city

At school we saw a video called RUIN by Wes ball it was an animation about a person who seemed to be in an abandoned city covered it nature and crazy robots, he seemed to be the only one on the planet, it ended on a cliff hanger so we had to described the city. My favourite part was writing about it and getting into the zone. What is your favourite movie?

A city covered in vines,what lies in this city of secrets?

Towers of nature taking back its territory, years of plants growing.

It seems people have died-off or hiding somewhere secret. 







Thursday, 19 November 2020

Dairy of a lamb: Barrging in to class

 WALT: write a story from another perspective 

On Thursday Mr Gray brought the lambs to school they where really cute, my favourite part was when we got to look at them barring and sleeping. What is your favourite Animal and why?

Dear diary,


It was a relaxing morning at the farm, I was out in the field when suddenly I sensed something was wrong, I could tell because the family looking after me was talking around me, then disaster struck when two enormous hands picked me up and I struggled and struggled hoping I would be set free but the hands only gripped me tighter. Then I was put in a large metal object, A vacuum cleaner? A rubbish bin? A robot? What was it?. Suddenly I was taken to a prison? A camp? So many things I am unsure about.



When I entered there were a few children and then a number started growing, where to step, where to eat, where to sleep, so many new senses. Suddenly the noise took a hike it was so loud, but it calmed down after a while and then a few girls that the farmer man called ´Charlee´ and  ´Scarlett’ took me out for a walk, They went out into the grassy paddock with me but I didn't like it so I started to lye down because I was certain I didn't want to go in. 

Man this is gonna be a long day…


 

Monday, 9 November 2020

Ridiculous recount

WALT: write a recount on the trip into town my favourite part about this was recounting the trip.

I like recounting things because it makes you think back to that time, what was your favourite field trip? 


On Thursday, with school we went for a field trip in town. The trip was spellbinding! First we went to Margaret Mahy and had some morning tea, then went off to play, I went to the big climbing net and then Anna, Holly and I went on the mini trampolines, they were embedded into the ground, I personally found it quite frightening. 


It was boiling hot by the time we were walking over to the library, we were all being fried. When we got to the Turanga (the library in town) we dumped our bags on the first floor and all went off into different directions. First I went to the lookout tower, there was a room underneath it that was full of fake grass, soon my friends and I were goofing around in the little room, I also went to the Manga section and got a few shoujo manga´s out (girl power anime books). 

Then we left for the gardens and did a few detours, for a pic opportunity. When we stopped at the gardens we had lunch. Here's a pic of me, Holly and Anna eating (I´m at the end on the left.)
Then we played on the climbing tree, it was really fun, here's a photo of Anna on the tree like a caterpillar!,
By this time in the day it was SOOO hot. When we entered the museum we put our bags in the locker and headed to the Moon exhibit. We had a look around then a lady came and we went to the máori area and played some máori games. 
Then, we went to the staff room. We played some games, some were board games and some traditional games. 

Finally we went on the bus and then back to school. It was a really good trip! I am thankful.

Friday, 30 October 2020

Amazing all saints

 WALT: learn about our saint we chose

At our school we dressed as our favourite saint, me and my best friends dressed as Gertrude of nivelles. She is the patron saint of cats and gardeners. We chose her because we love cats and she will be an interesting saint to dress up as. My favourite part was finding out her major shrine. What is your favourite saint and why? 



Place of Birth:

Landen, Belgium 

All About 

Saint 

Gertrude patron saint of cats

5 Character Traits to describe

Example of character traits: thoughtful, kind, generous, calm, brave, independant.

Date Canonized:

feast day declared in 1677 by Pope Clement XII


Image…

1: kind 



2: thoughtful



3: generous



4:dedicated



5:hardworking




Feast Day:

17th of march

Major Shrine:

Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium

Patronage:

Cats and gardeners

 

Friday, 23 October 2020

Cool Calendar art

 WALT: do calendar art 

For calendar art we had to do totem poles, because for cultural evening we are looking at Canada and Japan, totem poles are a Canadian thing, I really like calendar art because you can express your art and creativeness. My favourite thing about this was making the totem pole. What is your favourite type of art?




Monday, 19 October 2020

Ridiculous recount

 WALT: write a recount on the holidays 

At school today we wrote a recount, I wrote one on the sleepover I had with Logan, it was very fun, we use a plan form by writing it in little steps and then putting them all together to make our fabulous recount, I found it really successful, and fun. My favourite part was to write it using the plan because it worked really well. What was your favourite thing you did in the holidays?



My successful sleepover

Have you ever done VR?

On Sunday Mum got a text that asked if I could go to Logan's

house for a sleepover, that

got me really hyped, so I packed, and left for Logans.

My stomach had butterflies and was

overflowing with happiness. When we got there Logan welcomed me in and then we went to her room,

and talked for a little while.  


When Logan and I got settled we ran outside and talked

on the trampoline for an hour or so,

as we jumped we recounted what we did and how we

were going.

After that we played

Zelda breath of the wild,

I played on my switch and she played on hers,

then we saved our game and walked

to the park we hid in the bushes

and practiced being hiding masters and testing

our hiding spots in the playground,

then talked in the bushes for a little while,

Then we came in and had some dinner,

we had sausages and curly fries


Then while Logan's brothers and sisters

were going to bed we played some more Zelda and some VR.

My favourite game was a game where you had to defend all

the toys in the bedroom, by defeating

these evil block monsters.

And you had to use your fists or your laser gun,

to punch or hit the bad guys and save the bedroom,

and the toys! 


This was an amazing way to wrap up the holidays, back to school already?

Friday, 16 October 2020

Mavelous Math

 WALT: Finish a math slide

At school for math we have been working through slides, and I think it was really fun doing the slide, my favourite part is to answer them , I really enjoyed this, what is your favourite kind of math?


Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Having a ball

 WALT: have a go catching the ball on the dive mat 

At school for P.E we had people from New Zealand Cricket, and we did stations involving cricket, once we finished our first station we did our next station, I thought it was really fun, especially on the dive mat. My favourite part was catching the ball, and jumping.The other station was playing cricket that was also really good, I like fielding more than batting. I think overall this was a good change from playing games even thought they are fun too.                                                                                                                                Have you every played cricket and did you enjoy it or not and why? 


 

Friday, 9 October 2020

Cool cartoon music

 WALT: do the spring learning journey

For the spring learning journey we had to create some music that sounded like it was from a cartoon, I found this task tricky because it was hard to make it sound like it. I think it sounds a little similar to a theme, but I think it might need a little more adjusting. My favourite part of this was doing the song, What do you think could improve it a little? 

Thursday, 8 October 2020

Cartoon interviews

 WALT: do the spring learning journey 

For the spring learning journey we had to ask a family member, in this case it was my Mum what their favourite cartoon was, and who the main characters were and some other questions, lets see what answers we got:

- What was your favourite cartoon growing up? Scooby Doo

-Who are the main characters?  Scooby the dog, scrappy his nephew, shaggy his best friend and Velma Daphne and Fred.

-what was the main theme? they would accidentally get involved solving mystery's, usually monster and ghosts.



  

Cool cartoon facts

 WALT: do the spring learning journey

For the spring learning journey we had to do some facts about cartoons, this job was really fun, I learned some cool facts about cartoons and found it enjoyable. My favourite part was reading them and looking through the sites to see all of them. What is your favourite fact or what is the most recent fact you have heard?



MY Colossal cartoon perfrences

 WALT: do the spring learning journey

For the spring learning journey we had to do our preferences for making cartoons, I like using pixton because you have the free dome to create and it mainly does everything for you. Though I don´t like having to pay, because I have already used all my comics up, I give pixton 4 out of 5 stars.  My favourite part was to rate it and share my preferences too. Pixton