A Feeling

W.A.L.T: Use 'show not tell'

This week in writing we have been learning to use show not tell in our writing. We write to imply and read to infer. This week our task was to write a piece of writing abut a feeling that anyone could have and use show not tell to describe this feeling. This is my writing of show not tell, what did you infer from reading my writing? 

Something I enjoyed was coming up with a setting and a feeling, something I did well was and something I could do better next time would be to go into more detail.

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I stumbled across the finish line, I could barely move; my limbs were like jelly, my face was covered in sweat and my heart was pounding so fast it was shaking my whole body. As I slowly put one foot in front of the other I found a place to lie down and rest.

The Flight

W.A.L.T: Use appropriate language features for a pick a path story.

This week in writing we have been learning about pick a path stories and our task was to make up out own and this is mine. Something I enjoyed was creating the story, something I did well was coming up with the story and using the correct language features and something I could do better next time would be to add more paths for people to choose from.

Ngatu

This term out class is learning about Tonga, this week and last week we have had the task of write a piece of writing similar to an information report about the Ngatu. Something I enjoyed was Learning about the Ngatu, something I did well was the piece of writing and something I could do better next time would be to add more pictures. Here are some links to more information about Ngatu: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, here is a link to some more patterns that can be on Ngatu: Link 4

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Ngatu

Ngatu is the Tongan word for tapa cloth, it is originated from the Pacific Islands, it is a cloth made from different materials. Today you will be told a bit more about what is Ngatu, how is it made it and why it’s so important.

The Ngatu is really significant and special in many different ways, it is used for: ceremonies, birthdays, births, funerals, it can also be used for blankets, cloths, clothes and kites. It takes a lot of work to make Ngatu.

There are some very important steps to make Ngatu:

Step 1: Take off the skin from the tutu tree (mulberry tree)

Step 2: Soak the skin in water

Step 3: Beat the skin with a sick called ike, the long stick that they beat it on is called tatua

Step 4: Use the skin to make feta`aki

Step 5: Compile it and start beating again

Step 6: Glue the fabric and the feta`aki together (fabric on the bottom and feta`aki on the top)

Step 7: Or glue tapa on the bottom and tapa on the top) (traditional)

Step 8: Base colour and drawings (wiping paint from the cocoa tree)

Step 9: Kupesi (itched patterns that are built into the ngatu tables)

Step 10: The woman mark the lengths as they go according to the amount of kupesi divisions drawn (langanga)

Step 11: Roll the ngatu out so it can dry in the sun.

Step 12: Finally the woman will darken the kupesi patterns free handed.

As you can see there are a lot of steps to make the Ngatu, in fact this process can take anywhere from two hours to two days. Each person has a certain job so the process is faster, one of the most important jobs is at the end when they let the Ngatu dry a woman shouts out directions to make sure it is straight.

When it comes to designing the Ngatu there are many different designs you can do, there are more common ones such as: the lion, dove and the Tongan shield, different villages have different designs depending on what feels closer to them. This is my Ngatu design:

In conclusion Ngatu is a very a traditional and important piece of material, and it means a lot to people, it brings out their culture and is useful in all different ceremonies.

Here are some more images of patterns that can be used on Ngatu:

1. This is a Ngatu with traditional motifs from the Seventies,celebrating the harvest of the islands.

2. This is a pattern of a turtle which is a big part of the tongan culture

3. This is a flower incorporated fish that is very important to Tonga

Cell Phones Should Be Banned

W.A.L.T:  write a persuasive text.

For the last few weeks we had the task of writing a persuasive text about if cell phones should be banned or not, in my opinion they should be banned. Something I enjoyed was looking at facts, something I did well was writing lots of information in the paragraphs and something I could do better next time would be to add more facts to back up my information.

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Cell Phones Should Be Banned In Schools

In my opinion I strongly believe that cell phones should be banned in all schools. Although cell phones are fun there are many negatives for having cell phones in school. Do you think that cell phones should be banned in school?

My first reason is that cell phones should be banned is because it is addictive and distracting. It keeps you away from work and learning, cell phones also disturb others who are trying to work and concentrate in class. Studies have proven that kids spend at least six or more hours a day on their phones. Cell phones just shut down the outside world around you and that a bad thing.

My next reason is that cell some students use their phones to cheat on tests. If they are struggling in a test students can simply look the question up and get the answer. Then they will never learn or want to learn because they have the use of their cell phones. Studies have shown that 35% of teens have admitted that they have used the cell phones to cheat on tests.

My third reason I am going to be talking about is stress. Stress can be caused by cell phones because if students don't finish their work in time the work will just keep piling up or their cell phone might get stolen or lost, this can also cause sleep loss and if kids don’t get the right amount of sleep they won’t be able to concentrate and work properly. It is a fact that people get really stressed because they can't balance time between phones and school.

My last and final reason is that cell phones can lead to cyberbullying. Some kids text and post rumours and mean things about other students and that is totally unfair towards others. Along with bullying students can also get peer pressured into doing something they don’t want to do that is because of cell phones.

Overall I strongly believe that cell phones should be banned from all schools. It can be harmful towards students and keep them away from school work. It is better for children to see the outside world and play, not be stuck on their phones.

Posted Activities

This term our class novel we have been reading is Posted. every week we all have activities to complete, This is a working progress and I will be adding to this every week. Something I am enjoying is the book and activities, something I am doing well is completing the activities every week and something I am working on is adding more detail to the activities.

Converting Between Fractions, Decimals And Percentages.

Last week and this week our class has been learning about converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, we had the task of making a D.L.O about what we have learnt and this is mine. Something I enjoyed was learning more about converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, something I  did well was giving examples and something I could do better next time would be to explain more and go more in depth so people can get a better understanding.

Country Study

This term we have been working on country study, we got to choose a country and I chose France, Every week I will be adding one or more activities for this term, What I have been enjoying is finding more about France, what I am doing well is putting detail into this slideshow and what I am working on is making it interesting for the people who see this post.

 

Ordering Decimals

This week was have been learning about ordering decimals and we had the tack of making a D.L.O about what we have learnt about and this is mine. Something I enjoyed was making the D.L.O, something I did well was making explaining how to add decimals and something I could do better next time would be to add more question in the quiz.

The Sacraments

Last week our class had the task of explain the meaning of the sacraments and draw the symbols of the sacraments and this is mine. Something I enjoyed was drawing the symbols, something I did well was finding the symbols of the sacraments and something I could do better next time would be to explain the meaning of the sacraments more.

The Celtic Harp

W.A.L.T: Explore how different cultures produce music

Last week we had a task of finding a music instrument and finding information about it and I chose the Celtic Harp. Something I enjoyed was exploring about the harp , something I did well was linking the music notes to you tube clips about the Celtic Harp and something I could do better next time would be to add more information. 

Here are some links to the Celtic Harp being played: Link 1, link 2, link 3, link 4 Here is a website on how to make the Celtic Harp: Link

The Extraordinary Key

This week in writing we had the task of drawing a key and writing a story about what the key unlocks and this is mine. What I enjoyed was having the freedom of writing of what I want, something I did well was introducing the story and something I could do better next time would be to add some great language features so it can hook the reader in.

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The Extraordinary Key

I was cleaning my bedroom yesterday before the dinner lady came in and I found a key, it reminded me of all the
adventures my two friends and I used to have. One in particular, this story went back a long time ago in 1942 when
I was about 12 years old.

It all started when I have an obsession with pigs I loved pigs so much that I have a pig myself. I was feeding my pig
when something strange started to glow in the corner of my eye behind all the green overgrown grass, it was a key
with sparkly and shimmery glitter all over it. When I picked it up strangely there was a force that started pulling me
I needed help so I called my two best friends they were sure to help me with this mystery.

In about ten minutes they were ready at my house, When I showed them the key they were astonished at what they
had seen, all they wanted to do were find where the key led us to. So we packed all our gear and away we were
on the hunt for something that the key unlocked. It took us all day and all night, it was sunrise when I suddenly
realised that there was a picture of a pig that was holding the two gates together I ran to the gate and the key was
pulling towards so we thought that this key must unlock this gate. When we looked through the gate I couldn’t
really see much except for a dark gloomy house that sat lop sided on a tiny hill. This just made me really excited
so I tried the key to see if it would unlock the gate and it worked! I slowly pushed the gate forward the creaking
noises that were coming from the rusty old gate gave me chills that ran up my spine.

I suggested in a whispering voice“ should we come back tomorrow and check this place out?” I was having
second thoughts about this place. But my friends replied with “ No we want to investigate this place it seems
interesting.” So off we went into the dark shadowy area. Being cautious of our surroundings, accepting that
things could happen at any time, wondering what things could be lurking around here and looking out of mysteries
that could be solved.

As the three of us stepped into the house they had a funny feeling that they had never felt before.
WOOF, MEOW, SQUAWK, HOOT, we heard all the noises from the house but outside there was no sounds
whatsoever, scary things started to happen like: flickering lights, slamming doors, we started to get worried we
didn’t know what to do. Out of the blue we heard “HELP HELP.” We thought we’d better help. we followed
the echo, we all gasped as we saw this old aged man tucked up in a ball down in a big hole crying
“ someone comfort me and get some help” “ are you okay help is one the way.” We helped him up and carried
him to the hospital. It was a very long walk for us to carry this man that we had never seen before.

We visited him in hospital once he was stable and asked him a few questions “How are you and what happened?”
He replied “ yeah i’m fine I fell in a big hole in my house.” All us girls looked at each other with disbelief
“What? Was that your house?” “Yeah i've been living there for years.” he answered. We asked him if we wanted
us to upgrade his house so it is more modern and suitable for him, He was very pleased with that. So we did, once
he was all better he moved back into his house The old man asked “is this my house?” “It is, do you like it?”We
responded. “Yes I love it so much thank you, I really appreciate it.” SO that was the story from 1942 and here I am
now in 2018 in an retirement village and I have never forgotten that story.

Myths And Legends From Ancient Greece About Their Cluster Of Stars

The last couple of week was have had two tasks to complete including this one. We had a range of countries to choose from and I picked Ancient Greece, we had to find some myths and legends about the country we chose and their cluster of stars. Something I enjoyed was researching, something I did well was finding some Myths and legends because it was hard and something I could do better next time would be to add some pictures to get people hooked into my presentation.

Probability Tree

For the last couple of weeks we have been working on probability trees. We had the task of completing a D.L.O about what we have learnt about in Math and this is mine. Something I enjoyed was learning about Probability trees, something I did well was showing the tree diagram and something I could do better next time would be to add more detail to my slides.

Matariki

This week for reading we have been looking at Matariki, our task was to create a D.L.O about Matariki and this is mine. Something I enjoyed was making a game, what I did well was adding lots of information and what I could do better next time would be to make the game a bit more exciting for the people who are playing the game.

Respect

In class our task was to make a D.L.O about respect and how we show respect with our hands, mouth and thoughts and this is mine. We had to do this task because some people in our class are not showing respect to each other. Something I enjoyed was was thinking of what to put, something I did well was finishing this task in the time limit we had and something I could do better next time would be to add more information and pictures to inform people who read this.

Virtue

In class for R.E we have been learning about virtues and we had a task of making a D.L.O around what we have learnt and this is mine. Something I enjoyed was making my presentation in prezi, something I did well was giving examples of the qualities of virtuous and something I could do better next time would be to add more information and more slides about virtue so other people can get a better understanding of a virtue.

Ballad Poem

In Room 6 we have been learning about ballad poems. After our learning we had the task to create our own ballad poem with our own rhythm of rhyme my rhythm is A A B B C C. Something I enjoyed was making my ballad about Netball and running, something I did well was creating my rhythm and something I could do better next time would be to make my rhythm a bit more challenging.

Sports

I love to play sport

I play on the court.

My position is centre

And I want to be better,

the game is netball

And my name is Siobhan.

I like to be active in everything I do

and I wear my special netball shoes.

I step in the circle waiting for the whistle

drip drip drip it’s starting to drizzle.

I duck and I dive and I’m here and I’m there

being careful not to slip and put in a wheelchair.

Within seconds I had caught the ball

Tick tick tick the time goes on,

I look around and nobody’s free

He he he now there are three.

I run as fast as a panther

oh look over there it’s Samantha.

Another Sport I do is running

I love it because it’s really stunning.

I know to go at my own pace

and I try my best to win the race.

Distance is my thing

and I don’t really like to sing

Sport is really fun

Especially in the sun,

I’ve met new people

And thats so gleeful

so have a go

you never know.

Refugee Activities

Our class novel for this term is called Refugee and we have some activities to complete every week and this is mine. Here is my slideshow with all of the activities so far, I will keep adding to this slideshow every week.

 

Angles

W.A.L.T: Identify and construct right, acute and obtuse angles, know the degree value of angles that are simple fractions of a whole turn and know that the angle at a point is 360.
 For a couple of weeks in mathematics we have been learning about angles and after we have done all our learning we had to make an interactive D.L.O and this is mine. Something I enjoyed was linking my slides in my slideshow, something I did well was explaining the different types of angles and something I could do better next time would be to do a more interesting D.L.O instead of a slideshow.

St. Maximilian Kolbe

With a buddy we had to make some sort of D.L.O and answer some questions about a saint and my buddy and I chose St. Maximilian Kolbe.

Something I enjoyed was working with my buddy, something I did well was answer the questions and something I could do better next time would be to add more information about St. Maximilian Kolbe.

The Queen's Baton Relay

For quite some time we have been learning about The Commonwealth Games and we have a range of activities that we have to complete. This one is some information about The Queens Baton Relay.

Something I enjoyed was learning about The Queen's Baton Relay, something I did well was adding information and something I could do better next time would be to add more slides that have even more information so other people learn more about the Queen's Baton Relay.

Timeline About The History Of The Commonwealth Games

For quite some time we have been learning about The Commonwealth Games and we have a range of activities that we have to complete. 

This is one of my activities that I have completed, it is a timeline of the countries who have held The Commonwealth Games.

Something I enjoyed was learning about the countries that have held The Commonwealth Games, something I did well was the detail and something I could do better next time would be to add something else to make it more interesting.

Borobi

For quite some time we have been learning about The Commonwealth Games and we have a range of activities that we have to complete. 

This is one of my activities that I have completed.

Something I enjoyed was learning about Borobi, something I did well was drawing him and something I could do better next time would be to add more information about him.

Interesting Places To Visit When You Are In The Gold Coast

For quite some time we have been learning about The Commonwealth Games since they have started now. There are a lot of activities that we can choose from and this is one of the activities I have finished this activity is some places you can visit when you are in the Gold Coast, since The Commonwealth games are held in the Gold Coast.

Something I enjoyed was thinking back to all the places we had gone to when my family and I went to the Gold Coast for a holiday, something I did well was drawing the pictures and something I could do better next time would be to add some pictures to the information for the Wet n Wild and Dream World.

The Queen's Baton

For about seven weeks we have been learning about The Commonwealth Games since they have started now. There are a lot of activities that we can choose from and this is one of the activities I have finished this activity is What the Queen's Baton looks like and about the different parts of it.
Something I enjoyed was making the Queen's Baton, something I did well was add lots of detail to the picture and something I could do better next time would be to add more information about the different parts of the Queen's Baton. 

Where The Queen's Baton Has Traveled

For about seven weeks we have been learning about The Commonwealth Games since they have started now. There are a range of activities that we can choose from and this is one of the activities I have finished, it is where the Queen's baton has traveled.

Something I enjoyed was learning about all the countries that are involved in The Commonwealth Games, something I did well was making a slide for every country that the Queen's Baton has traveled and something I could do better next time would be to add more information.

Transformation

W.A.L.T: Describe transformations of shapes.
These last couple of weeks our class have had the task of creating a D.L.O about transformation ( rotation, reflection, translation and enlargement)

What I enjoyed was making the D.L.O more interesting, what I did well was animating the slideshow and what I could do better next time would be to add more information.

ANZAC Diamante Poem

This week in writing we have been learning about ANZAC day. We had to make a diamante poem about ANZAC using adjectives, nouns and verbs. Something I enjoyed was making the pictures, something I did well was thinking of the words and something I could do better next time would be to make more pictures.

Onomatopoeia Poem

W.A.L.T: Use onomatopoeia in poetry.

In class for writing we wrote an  onomatopoeia poem about fireworks and this is mine. Something I enjoyed was writing the poem, something I did well was describing the fireworks and something I could do better next time would be to make the sentences rhyme.

Boom, bang, pop! Boom, bang pop!

Goes the fireworks flying high in the night sky

Pow, woosh, sizzle! Pow, woosh, sizzle!

I can see them glistening in the sky

Pew, crackle, fizz! Pew, crackle, fizz!

I can smell the fireworks burning in the air

Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day

W.A.L.T: Summarising information it into my own words

This week in class for reading we have been given a task about Shrove Tuesday and we had to get information and put it into our own words. Something I enjoyed was creating this slideshow about Shrove Tuesday, what I did well was Putting the information into my own words and something I could do better next time would be to create a different presentation for Shrove Tuesday.