Kia ora, this week we got to do some fun! digital art. We looked at Gustav Klimt Christmas Tree art. We got a slideshow that would help us to make our own special unique art. We got to choose a background, a tree shape, tree branches and decorations. I really enjoyed making this so I hope you enjoy it to.
Kia ora, this week is the beginning of advent in the liturgical year. Advent is the lead up to Christmas the birth of Jesus, and part of the lead up is lighting a candle on the wreath every Sunday till Christmas day. there are 5 different candles and they are lit in this order Hope, Faith, Joy, Peace and Purity (Which is lit on Christmas day). After we did all this learning we got to make our very own digital wreath that we would lit every week. I hope you enjoy mine.
Kia ora, this week for reading we have been looking at Micheal Rosen Poems. Our Goal was visualise using all of the senses, and talk about how this enriches meaning. We looked and discussed about his poems and got to pick our favourite to make an art of. I choose to do Hot Food, so I made a poster with Hot Food on it, I hope you like it!
Question: Can you guess what vegetables are on my drawing?
Kia ora, this week we had a really fun writing create task. Our goal was Plan writing using a variety of ways. Use visual and written language features to engage the audience. Use language that is suitable to the topic, audience and purpose.. Use simple and compound sentences with a variety of beginnings, lengths and structures. Attempt more difficult punctuation. Write content relevant to the task. We have been looking at Michael Rosen, and his amazing funny poems like chocolate cake and hot food. For our create we got to make our own poem about a time we were in trouble, we got to exaggerate a lot to make our story better. I hope you enjoy mine!
Kia ora, This week my goal for maths was Calculate the area of rectangles and other similar shapes using different strategies. L3 Use linear scales and whole numbers of metric units for length. L3. We have been learning how to calculate the area of simple shapes. For our create we got to make a simple structure and calculate the area of every part. I decided to make a house I hope you enjoy!
Kia ora, this week for Te Reo our task was to make a weather report using as much Te Reo we knew. I worked with Stella, Ella, and Georgia. Together we wrote and script and acted it out. We are really proud of our work, and I hope you like it to!
Kia ora, this week for maths my goal was: show all possible outcomes of an event using tree diagrams and organised lists. - L3 Probability Determine the theoretical probability of simple events using percentages, fractions and decimals. - L3 Probability. We have been looking at probabilty. In our slideshow we had to included all our new learning about probability. I hope you enjoy.
Kia ora, this week for independent literacy we looked at lots of different science videos and articles. We got to make a poster about facts we had learnt about science. I really liked learning about fireworks, so I deiced to make my poster about fireworks. I hope you enjoy!
Kia ora, over October we have been learning about the Rosary, as it is the month of the Rosary. Our task was to make a video, so I deiced to make a slideshow and record me saying and explaining how to say and do the Rosary. Down below is my slideshow, I hope you enjoy and learn how to pray the Rosary.
Kia ora, this week my goal for writing was Support ideas with detail, write content relevant to the task., use reference sources to check meanings and find new words. We read and listened to articles about how to write a piece of expository writing. For our create we got the choice to make either a video or poster on how to write expository writing. I made a poster with steps to a good piece of expository writing. Have a look down below!
Kia ora, this week in RE we focused on Mark-10 35:45, in this story the main message was , anyone who wants to be important, needs to be a servant. We needed to create something that showed our new understanding of the gospel. I made a google drawing that included, the main message, an image and how I can put this gospel into action this week. Have a look down below!
Kia ora, this week my goal for reading was Draw on and articulate a variety of strategies to assist comprehension and ask higher level questions about the text, such as 'why' and 'how'. For our create we had to come up with 5 deeper thinking questions about sustainability. I have put my five questions on a google drawing. Have a look at my work down below.
Kia ora, this week our task for Maori was to make a pick-a-path about all our new learning we have done this term, somethings we have been learning is, counting to 100, new sentence, and new common used words. My pick-a-path has 10 awesome question for you to have a go at!
Kia ora, this week for our independent literacy task we did lots of research about athletics, as we have athletics on the second day of term 4. We also did heaps of research on NZ athletic legends. We then had to pick a NZ legend, I picked Marise Chamberlain. Down below is my research about her!
Kia ora, this week for writing our goal was Use visual language features to engage the audience. We are learning about stereotypes. We looked at lots of gender stereotypes, our group had some really good discussions about stereotypes, we talked out how people think that girls wear pink and boys wear blue. For our create we got to make a static image. Have a look at mine down below!
Kia ora , this week for reading our goal was Make predictions about the text, look for clues to confirm predictions & make connections between other texts and general knowledge to expand meaning and pose questions. We first read an article about Max and Alice, but before we read it we had to make a prediction about what we thought the book was about. For our create we had lots of options. I did a google drawing about how to be a good friend. Have a look at my awesome work.
Kia ora, This week we were learning about our Franciscan charism, we had to make a DLO, I made a google slide with what are values are, and how they are important to our school. The values that were important to St Francis were Integrity, respect, compassion and service. have a look down below at my slide.
Kia ora, this week for writing our goal was Vary sentence beginnings, structures and length. Write simple and compound sentences (by using conjunctions). Use some complex sentences. Use simple and compound sentences with a variety of beginnings, lengths and structures. Use some complex sentences to create pace, flow and interest. Use linking words and phrases to link some paragraphs. We needed to write a perseverance text including an amazing complex sentence, my topic was, should school days be shorter. Have a look at my writing.
In my opinion we should not, you may be thinking no way they should be shorter. But don’t you want your kid to be successful?
Firstly, in order for your kid to learn, they must have a long workshop. Because some kids need more time than others, because everyone is different. Their question could remain unsolved, since they did not have time to ask a teacher.
Secondly, almost everyone wants longer play times don’t they? You can’t have longer play with less time in the day, because remember we go to school to learn not to play. And if we had shorter days we would be playing for half the day.
Lastly, You will have way more time with your friends! Now don’t tell me you don’t want that. You can become more social, and so when you leave school you have friends and now how to make new ones.
So this is why I think that 6 hours at school is perfectly fine , because your kid can not only learn more, but become more social and they could also have more play time! So have a think about it.
Can you find my complex sentence?
Kia ora, this week for lock down our writing goal was, Vary sentence beginnings, structures and length. Write simple and compound sentences (by using conjunctions). Use some complex sentences. Use simple and compound sentences with a variety of beginnings, lengths and structures. Use some complex sentences to create pace, flow and interest. Use linking words and phrases to link some paragraphs. We are writing about persuasive writing, my topic was about. Children under 13 should not be left home alone.I have also included different types of sentences, have a look down below.
Hi, this is why I think children under 13 should not be allowed home alone. Would you want your kid to be all alone by themselves? This is why I think they should be with a 14 year old or older.
Firstly, your child is only young and has probably not had lessons on how to use a fire extinguisher, and what would happen if your house caught on fire your child would be all alone not knowing what to do.
Secondly, if your child is young and has someone younger with them, what if they had to perform CPR they probably have not had a first aid course yet, and so that could be the reason why your child dies, but a way to fix this is just to stay home with them.
Lastly, your kid could be really responsible, but what if they decided that they would do something dangerous. They might not know what could happen, but if you were there you could stop them and save spending your afternoon at the hospital.
So just remember. That your child should be home with someone at all times ( someone who is 14 or older) because what if there was fire, what if someone needed CPR and what if they did something dangerous.
Do you agree with me?
Kia ora, over lock down one of our create task for reading was to write a story about your hobbies. I have made a piece of writing about gymnastics, as I do gymnast as one of my hobbies, I have included things about gym, and about hobbies. Have a look down below.
Hi, I'm Beth, and I have basically dedicated my entire life to my hobby. My hobby is gymnastics, I have been doing gymnastics for many years. And now I do 16 hours of gymnastics a week.
I love my hobby, why? Because not only am I having fun doing gymnastics, I am doing a lot of fitness, which is good for my body, and I am making strong friendships outside of school. Some of my friends from gym include Ava, Aaliyah, Paige, Kyla, Ella, Grace and many more.
But gymnasts make everything look easy, but really it’s not. You need a strong growth mindset to get through the hard days. In order to do well in a competition you must train super hard, do looks of conditioning and heaps of hours a week.
And this is why you have to enjoy your hobby. You can’t just do something because your friends are doing it, or because it is a popular hobby. You have to do what your heart desires to do. Even if your hobby is not popular and none of your friends are doing it, you do what makes you happy.
What are your hobbies?
Bonjour, this week our reading goal was Use knowledge from text to combine with new idea (own and others) to come up with new thinking. We had to create something digital, that showed our new learning about a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. I have made a google drawing with examples of a growth and fixed mindset. Have a look down below.
Aloha, This week our goal for maths was Use multiplication and division strategies to solve simple equivalent ratio and rate problems. We had to make something like a google slide that demonstrated our new learning about ratios. I have made a slide show, have a look down below.
Kia ora, Over lock down we have been having lots of google meets, and for writing our goal was Vary sentence beginnings, structures and length. Write simple and compound sentences (by using conjunctions). Use some complex sentences. Use simple and compound sentences with a variety of beginnings, lengths and structures. Use some complex sentences to create pace, flow and interest. Use linking words and phrases to link some paragraphs. Our task was to write a persuasive piece of writing, our topic was. Should all school be online? Take a look down below to understand why I disagree.
Hi, do you think kids should be online or at school? This is my reasoning on why I think schooling should not be all online. I understand that in these times online schooling is all we have, but I am looking into the future.
Firstly, When your child grows old and isn’t at school anymore what friends are they gonna have. Even though you could make friends on your google meets, you don’t get to say “ Hey I’m Beth wanna be friends” in the middle of your math class. So where I am heading on this is, if you want your kid to be social, then send them to in person school.
Secondly, Your child's eyesight can be hugely impacted by too much screen time. Doing online school you are on your computer almost all day, which can affect your eyesight. So how to fix this? You may be wondering, it’s easy, just send them to school in person.
Lastly, at school if you forget about a workshop, someone is always there to come and get you and bring you to your workshop. But at home your parents probably aren’t paying attention to where you're supposed to be 247, so your kid could easily miss an important workshop. Now again a way to fix this, just send them to in person school.
So these are just 3 reasons why you should send your kid to school in person, but truly there are many more. But remember what I have taught you today, about your kid being social, having good eyesight and not missing a workshop. I think that these reasons surely can convince you to send your kid to school in person.
Kia ora, this week for reading our goal was Think while reading, pick up new information, and come up with new ideas and thinking. We had to create something with any digital tool that showed our understanding of Grit and Perseverance, and three examples of when we showed Perseverance. I used google slides to create my work. Take a look down below.
Kia ora, This week for our independent task we did lots of research about DINOSAURS. We had to create something that demonstrated our new learning. I have created a google slide with 4 awesome facts about dinosaurs. Take a look down below.
Bonjour and welcome back to my blog this week we have been looking at Caritas. I have created and put my time into making this slideshow. I have included the six topics for each day. Pray, Give, Live, Do, Find, Create. I really hope you like my slideshow and it can help you live out your faith in God.
Kia ora, guys and welcome back to my blog. This week we have been learning some Maori and I would like to share with you my new learning I have put together a slideshow included 3 sentence and some pronouns. My three sentences were what is your mums name witch is Ko wai tō whaea and I also added what is your dads name witch is Ko wai tō matua? And my last sentence was what is your name witch is Ko wai tō ingoa?
Kia ora, This week our reading goal was use knowledge from text to combine with new idea (own and others) to come up with new thinking. We have been learning all about our happy brain chemicals Serotonin, Dopamine, Endorphins and Oxycontin. Our create was to make a book for the Kākano year 1 and 2 kids, for them to be able to learn all about there happy brain chemicals.
Bonjour, this week for our literacy task board our task was to design our own Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal, I created a gold medal. On my gold medal I wrote Tokyo 2020 and then I traced the Olympic Tokyo mascot. Then I put all my work on the medal template down below is my medal.
If you were to design a medal what would you put on it?
Kia ora, last Friday house of bricks Lego came to our school for the years 5-8 to do 3 rotations to work on our grit and perseverance for our PBL. What does perseverance mean? perseverance means keep pushing even when you think you are not good enough you just have to have some grit and determination. for the 3 rotations we did the following, building a car, a tower, and doing a mosaic and pass the brick read my writing to understand more about the rotations.
My favourite Lego activity was the mosaic up in Tumu because I loved being able to work by myself and use my own ideas for my own work, I also loved being able to use my imagination to create a piece of art.
My least favourite Lego activity was passing the bricks because it was hard seeing my house that I worked on turn into something completely different to what I had in mind.
The activity that tested my perseverance the most was building the cars because I had to figure out what was going to be the best and fastest way to build a car that would stay together and go the longest.
The most challenging activity was building the tower because it was hard having only 10 ish minutes to complete a very tall tower that would win the competition.
I enjoyed working collaboratively with others because I liked having more than 1 brain to figure out a smart way to build the Lego. I also liked being able to share my ideas with others to help them out.
Do you show perseverance?
Kia ora, this week we watched a short movie about a girl and her mum donating some toys to an orphanage but then all of a sudden the girls yellow umbrella was gone, this is a story about showing empathy. Empathy is all about putting yourself in someone else shoes. Down below is my story.
Early one gloomy morning as the sun rose, the old wooden creaky door to Miss Elem’s Home For Children slowly swung open. The young miserable girl with the eye-catching popping yellow umbrella anxiously tiptoed into the orphanage before finding a great safe place for her umbrella. Staring at the yellow umbrella not wanting to be seen, Boris quickly swung his head back around the door frame so that he was out of anyone's view. Standing off to the side, the girl observed the exciting scene as the children peered into the box for fabulous hidden treasures. The girl smiled as she watched the little boy zooming around the room like a race car at full speed. Her Smile straight away faded as she looked back at the umbrella stand and all she saw were wet sloppy puddles, her beloved umbrella had vanished into thin air.
Do you show empathy in your life?
Kia ora, This week we are learning about graphs our learning goals were: display data using a stem and leaf graph, choose an appropriate data, display using more than one variable, interpret information from graphs plan an investigation.
We needed to show 2 different types of graphs that showed the Tumu teams birthday population. First we gathered the data on what month everyone's birthday was. Then using that data we used google sheets to create 2 graphs. After we created our graphs we put our graphs on a google drawing then wrote 2 statements on each graph. Down below I have a google drawing with my 2 graphs and 4 statements on it displaying my data.
Kia ora on the 20th of May me and my hub went into the city with my hub for our PBL. This is a recount about what happened. First me and my group went to Victoria square. We saw some really cool things like statues, water fountains and we also saw a big beautiful pou. Our task was to draw a little bit of the pou it was quite a challenge with all the little details. Next we went to Margret Mahy playground, when we got there we went on a scavenger hunt to look for a few things. After we had a look at all the art on the ground there were some amazing things that I had not noticed before. Our task was to tras over some of the art with crayons and paper. Soon after we went to look at some mats that were placed in the city after the 2011 earthquakes. We were not able to look at all 13 mats but we did look at number 11, 12 and 13 Just after looking at the mats we went to feed the Tuna which are eels, I fed a big one. I think it was female because females are bigger than the males. I learnt a lot about tuna, like how Tunas do not find out their gender until they are 10-12 years old ,And they can only travel up to 1km per hour.# Then we went on this huge Waka which is a canoe. It was such a cool experience being able to be on a real waka with lots of people. We learnt how to use the aors . We went up and down a part of the Avon river. It was very tiring on my arms but still really fun. Some of my favourite parts of the trip was tracing over some art in Margeret Mahy and feeding the Tuna. It was so exciting. Something I learnt was That the Margaret Mahy playground used to have a pool on its grounds named after one of Margret Mahy's friends Elsie Locke. The thing I found the most interesting was learning the story behind all of the mats around the city. This trip has helped me with my PBL because I have so many ideas like, to have some mats around our school in front of each of the hubs to welcome people into our Hubs, and along with the mats we can have some maps to find more mats around our school just like the ones in the city.
Have you ever been to the Christchurch city?
Aloha, this week we needed to write any style of poem about matariki, I choose to do a haiku poem. A haiku poem is a poem made up of three sentences the first and third sentence has 5 syllables and the second sentence has 7 syllables. Take a look at my haiku poem down below.
Kia ora, this week we got to pick our reading create, we needed to make something that was matariki themed. I did A-Z matariki, it took a lot of hard work to think of words that related to matariki. I have placed all the words on a google drawing take a look down below.
Hi, this week for maori we needed to write a few senctence about our favourite matariki star my favourite star is Tupuārangi this star stands for fruits, berries and birds. Take a look down below.
Kia ora, this week for reading we needed to make something that included 5 questions and why you support that next year on the 24th of June there will be a public holiday for matariki.
I hope you like my slideshow.
Kia ora, this week we are learning about Matiriki and I have made a screencastify answering three question What is Matiriki, why do we celebrate Matriki and when is Matiriki. Have a look at my screencastify down below!
Aloha, this week for maths my learning goal was: use multiplication and division strategies to find rates and ratios. Level 3 I needed to make a google drawing to show our understanding between ratios and rates. take a look at my work below.
Kia ora, one of my maths creates this week was to create a pick-a-path about times table, this is how to play a pick-a-path start by flicking to first question and then click on the answer you think it is it will either take you to a slide that says Yay! you are correct or it will take you to a slide that says whoops, try again, no matter what is says there will be a text box that says next question click on it and it will take you to the next question! Have fun learning your times table!
Kia ora, this week we did some learning about winter traditions. I have created a pick-a-path about some traditions and a bonus question at the end. How to play my pick-a-path start by flicking to first question and then click on the answer you think it is it will either take you to a slide that says Yay! you are correct or it will take you to a slide that says whoops, try again, no matter what is says there will be a text box that says next question click on it and it will take you to the next question! Have fun!
Kia ora, one of our independent tasks this week was to read about a myth and then recap the story on a doc or google drawing. I have done a recap on a doc about a myth called Ka tarai waka a Rangi. Have a read of my recap down below.
Aloha this week for Re we had some question to answer about the trinity. We needed to create a google drawing with the questions and then make a screencastify on how to say the sign of the cross in English and Maori. Have a look at my video down below.
Bonjour, this week my reading learning goal was Draw on and articulate a variety of strategies to assist comprehension and use knowledge from text to combine with new idea (own and others) to come up with new thinking. We needed to create a poster using google drawing with six + Facts about Tuna/Eels. Take a look down below to see my poster.
Kia ora, I was learning a little bit about Tūranga, Tūranga is a library in the town of wonderful Christchurch it has 5 floors and is so amazing there is to big of a list to say how much there is in the Library. It is one of the biggest library's ever. Here are some photos.
Kia ora, On our Literacy task board we needed to learn a little bit about Margret Mahy because we are going on a trip there next week I am very excited. I watched a video and made this google drawing with a few photos take a look😀
Kia ora, This week our whakataukī's were He aroha whakatō, he aroha puta mai.If kindness is sown then kindness you shall receive. He waka eke noa We are all in this together. We needed to make 2 posters including what the quote means to us, theses are my 2 posters I have created.
Bonjour, This week for RE we needed to make a poster about LOVE💕 I have created a google drawing with three examples and a quote from the bible. The quote I used was, Love is Patient ,Love is Kind, it always protects, it always trusts, always hopes, always preserves, Love never fails.1 Corinthians 13:4.7-8 I hope you like my poster!
Kia ora, This week our create was to create a google drawing with one whakataukī for this poster I picked Kia kaha, kia māia, kia manawanui Be strong, be brave, be steadfast. This is what I have created. Take a look down below.
Kia ora, Welcome back to my blog today for Gospel reflection. We learnt about the gospel through a group discussion. we needed to create a vine with six ways we can be like Jesus. I have created my vine with google drawing, I picked an image of a vine off explore then traced it with the tool on google drawing. Take a look down below!
Aloha, I hope you had a very holy Easter and spent lots of time with your loved ones. We had a lesson on the staions of the cross our tasks was to created any digital tool and write all of the staions down with a pargraph to explain them so that is what I have done. Have a look down below!
Aloha, This week my learning goal was use a broad range of strategies to solve multiplication and division problems with whole numbers. I have created a google drawing including 6 division questions and 3 multiplication questions. I really hope you enjoy my presentation!
Kia ora, This week for reading are learning goal was Articulate a variety of strategies to help comprehension and use knowledge from text to combine with new idea (own and others) to come up with new thinking. we have been looking into native plants to New Zealand. The 4 plants we learnt about were Rātā, Mānia, Korokio and Kohia. We had a fun create tasks to do. We got to created images/mascots of the plants. I had so much fun creating theses images and I really hope you like them to!
Kia ora, This week we are trying to create a Mihi this is my doc with my mihi set out. We have been learning about how to say lots of sentences in Maori like what is your Mums name and you family name. Have a look down below.
Bonjour, this week for reading our learning goal was Articulate a variety of strategies to help comprehension and make connections between other texts and general knowledge to expand meaning and pose questions. We had to create a venn digram so that is what I have done on google drawing. I have have done it on a Rata tree and a pohutukawa.
Aloha, this week my learning goal for maths was use a broad range of strategies to solve multiplication and division problems with whole numbers. I have created a google drawing included 3 rounding and compensating examples and 5 doubling and halving examples. Take a look down below!
Aloha, This week for Maths we did something tricky our learning goal was use a broad range of strategies to solve multiplication and division problems with whole numbers. I have created a google drawing including 3 Multiplication questions and 2 Division questions This was one of my examples on multiplication. 670x3=1,821 600x3=1,800 7x3=21 1,800+21=1,821. I found It tricky at first but with perseverance I got the answers right.
Kia ora, and welcome back to my blog. This week for maths my learning goal was ordering numbers to 1000000. Use a broad range of mental strategies to solve problems rounding and compensating. I have created a google drawing explaining how to do tidy numbers along with some examples. One of my examples was 822-344=478
822-2=820
344-2=342
820-342=478.
Bonjour, and welcome to my blog. This week for Re we lent about the famous Archbishop Oscar Romero. We watch lots of videos learning about him and I have decided to create a google slide show about Oscar Romero. I have included 5 facts, 2 Venn diagrams and 5 ways I could be like him.
Kia ora and welcome back to my blog. This week for maths my learning goal was Use a broad range of mental strategies to solve problems rounding and compensating. I have created a google drawing including 7 examples of tidy numbers. One my first example I have explained how to do tidy numbers to make it easier for you.
Kia ora, my name is Beth and welcome back to my blog. This week my learning goal was:
L3 identify at least one important idea and justify why it is important. use knowledge from text to combine with new idea (own and others) to come up with new thinking.
We were learning to do a quality blog post and comment. I have created a slideshow including some key tips to improve your blog post and comment. Some of my tips were, catchy title,Interesting topic, add a label, add an image or a google drawing doc slideshow, etc my last tip for a quality blog post was go into preview. We also needed to add in or presentation was some tips for a quality comment. Some of my tips were, add something positive to your comment, something thoughtful and something helpful. And at the end of your comment add a question to keep up a conversation with the writer.
Hi this week we are learning Maori and have put together a slide show. We had to include 2 sentences. How to say what is your name Ko wai tō ingoa? and where you are from Nō hea koe? We also needed to add as many Kupu o te wiki ( Words of the week) as we could. I have created a slide show with 2 people introducing themselves to each other and explaining what they like to do Nō hea koe (Where they are from) and Ko wai tō ingoa (what is there name).
Question: Do you know how to respond to these new sentence I have learnt?
