Rocky Shoe Recount

Learning Intentions for Science We are learning to understand that all living creatures have a life cycle. We are learning that living creatures have bodies that are designed to help them to live and survive.   We are learning that all living things are designed to live in a particular environment. We are learning to understand how food webs work. We are learning that in an ecosystem all living things and their environment are interconnected. We are learning to understand about the Rocky Shore and the impact, both positive and negative, we can have on this environment.

Literacy As part of our rocky shore unit we will also use our literacy skills to read and learn about the rocky shore and to write an information report on a rocky shore creature. Writing We are learning to write an information report about an animal. We are learning to use our writing skills across the curriculum.

The Learning Dip

This term we have been learning about having a growth mindset. We have been working on a poster about the learning dip. Here is my work. 

Carving-whakairo

For the past to weeks we have been learning about carving here is my 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 festival

Tomato Fight

In the annual tomato festival in the Mediterranean village of Bunol people are fighting with tomatoes. Bunol is a place near Valencia which is in Spain. While they're fighting with the tomatoes they are standing on tomato pulp. The people who are fighting with the tomatoes are wearing goggles to protect their eyes and they are covered in the sticky tomatoes. People will probably fall over into the pulp and get more covered in tomatoes.

Stormy Day

A Stormy Day

One day we had a paroro (storm) and it was crazy. The wind was like a tornado sucking up a house while I was down stairs and watching the tv. We then heard a bang so I went to the wini (window) and saw some lightning.

Spider Man

Spiderman

In New York there was a parade that had a Spiderman costume in it. There was confetti everywhere music and the smell of corn dogs and people talking.

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

The Bee Keeper

On a spring day the bee keeper went to the bee nest to collect the honey. The bees tried to sting the bee keeper like a wave of stingers. The bees were buzzing.

Robot Rampage

This term we have been doing Robot Rampage story writing. Here is my work.

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

Robert’s dad owns a robot factory which builds robots and guns. Robert’s job is to test the guns that his dad makes.  Robert is sick of doing this job repeatedly so he is going to make a robot to do the job for him.

Robert went to his Dad's factory and asked his dad if he had some spare parts. “I do have some parts you can use son”, said Roberts Dad so Robert went to gather some parts to build a keretao (robot). Then  he got some ammo for the keretao (robot) to use. Once he had finished building his keretao (robot) he put it in the shooting range.

The keretao (robot) was as fast as a formula 1 racing car. For a week Robert’s robot did its job of testing the guns really well.  However a week later, when it was doing its job it malfunctioned and used up all the amo. Robert realised that his robot was using up all the amo so he needed to get rid of it or else the guns wouldn’t be able to be tested properly.

Suddenly Robert had a idea. If he built some robots to destroy his first keretao (robot) then he could get the new robots to test the guns. When he finished building his new keretao (robots) he sent them to destroy the old keretao (robot). Once the new keretao (robots) had destroyed the old robot they did the old keretao’s (robot’s)  job and Robert made sure the new keretao (robots) did their job properly for a week.

After he made sure they did it properly Robert got to sit back and relax and play video games all day!   He never had to do his job again.

My Political Party

This term we have been learning about the elections so we had to create a political party poster.