Stop Motion Animation

This week we have been working on stop motion animation. I wanted to some thing to do with Chistmas, So I did santa flying across the sky. I hope you enjoy!




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Camp

This year we went to Arthur's Pass for camp. We did lots of activities / team challenges. Also a hike, I hope you enjoy our slide show!

Descriptive Writing

At the moment in class we have been working on descriptive writing. We have been useing pictures for idea for ou work. Here is a piece of writing I did.

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Miners Homestead

As I walk through the scary woods, I stand still. I sink. Down my feet go.
But where? Looking down, my feet have been swallowed by water logged moss.
Walk on, I think. The fresh smell of the blowing trees dance up my nose. But wait, there is a hut!
A abandoned hut with what looks like a young rich tree has smashed through the roof. Golden
Kākāiki leaves dance on the top of this cripple tree, creaking back and forth.

I stroke my hand up the bumpy walls.  The hut looks like someone has slapped
a whole clump mortar and rocks togher. Half a job, I think! Walking in, the smell,
it is horrendously gross. It smells like a goat has died in horrible pain. In my sight I
see a pack of filthy, disgusting, horrible rats. Their red eye’s tell me to go. Looking
around again, there are holes in the tree roots. Someone or something has been digging here.
Old gin bottles have smashed everywhere.Tawhirimatea(God of the wind) blew some wind;
it creeped me out. I walk back out and inspect the hut again.

I notice there is a sign. It faintly says,” Miners homestead.”This place has been raided. For What? For Who? Why? Questions spin in my head. “Walk on,” I say. I walk on. “ STOP, WALK BACK.” A small pīngao(Golden, Yellow) nugget, sits under a leave! Gold! “Click,” everything clicked in my head. This place has been raided for gold and has been abandoned and forgotten about. This hut’s heart has been broken.

Manu information report

Tui

Tui are endemic (witch mean are found nowhere else in the world) to

New Zealand . They are medium sized. From a distance Tui look

black but in a good light they have blue, green and bronze on its

body.. It has

what looks like a white pompom on its throat. The Tui has a

beautiful song

with a complicated mix of tunes and noises with coughs

and grunts.

The Tui is common and widespread in Forests, towns and cities.

They pair in groups and tend to nest in the same area each year.

In Hamilton they have recently started nesting in new areas

because habitat

has improved.

Tuis diet depends on which season it is for Nectar and fruits.

The normal diet is nectar and honey dew. Tui Will often shift to

better nectar, such as puriri, kowhai, fuchsia, rewarewa, flax, rata,

pohutukawa, gums and banksias. Sometimes if you are lucky enough

pigeons come along to where the tui are  either eating berries or nectar.

The Tui start to dive bomb

the pigeons, it is really funny.

Tui  lay their eggs from Maramaiwa(September) to Maramatahi

(January) . The nests are built by the female, it is a rough structure

of twigs and

sticks. A clutch( clutch Is the group of eggs produced by Birds) is 2-4

white pale pink eggs with reddish brown spots. Tui prefer to

feed their young

with fruit and instets.

Tui have been known to be attacked by magpies and

defend themselves against them. Some threats for the

Tui are: possums, feral cats, rats, stoats,ferrets, and destruction

of habitat. Chopping down tree ruins their habitat and they can be

killed by cars.

By Billie

Space

Weeks 8-10 Space Literacy  Tasks

Term 2 Weeks 9-10

Purpose of these reading activities is to:

increase our knowledge of space exploration

and understand how our knowledge and ideas about

space have changed over time (science). We are also learning

to read non-fiction texts and use our

writing skills to share our understanding of

this topic and our ideas (literacy).

Throughout this task we will need to use the skills of\

‘Thinking’ and using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’

Learning Intentions

I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.

I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.

I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.

(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)

I am learning to write well structured paragraphs.

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

-I have put my answers in chronological order.

-I have written two well structured paragraphs \

explaining how some of our ideas about space have changed

over time (introductory sentence, supporting detail, concluding sentence).

Read the three paper based reading activities given to

you about Stephen Hawking,  Galileo Galilei and The

Telescope. You will be put with a buddy to do this work.

We will mark and discuss our answers together as a class.

Link to Galileo reading.               

 Link to Stephen Hawking reading.

  

Link to The Telescope reading.

To add to our learning we will watch/

read and discuss these following videos or articles.

Stephen Hawking Big Ideas Made Simple

NASA Video Explaining Black Holes For Kids.

What is the Big Bang Theory (Science Learning Hub).

Video about Galileo Galilei

Science Learning Hub Article: Light and Telescopes

Science Learning Hub Article: Our Solar System - Revolutionary Ideas.

After we have completed these reading activities

and viewing and discussing the above materials your

task is to write at least two well structured paragraphs
explaining how our ideas about space have changed over time.

Example of a good paragraph.

Write your paragraphs here.

How Our Knowledge About Space Has Changed Over Time!

Over time people have created instruments that have caused
different ideas about space. Firstly, a Dutchman called Hans
Lippershey invented the first refracting telescope which allowed him
to look into our solar system. But the quality of his telescope was poor.
The following year Galileo Galilei built the first astronomical telescope
to look into the night sky. Galileo discovered, when looking at Jupiter,
he saw four objects orbiting the planet. He decided they were moons orbiting
Jupiter.  When Galileo announced his ideas people didn’t believe him and thought
the four objects were stars. Galileo also argued the the earth went around the
sun rather than the sun going around earth.The local church disagreed with
that and they put him under  house arrest. Later scientists over time proved
Galileo was correct. Over time people have been improving everyone designs
on the telescope, like Niccolo Zucchi (1616), Sir Isaac Newton( late 1600s) and
throughout the 1800s, telescopes( instrument ) grew in size. Over time the
technology has improved and that has allowed our thinking about space to
improve.

Over thousand of years our ideas have changed about
our position in our solar system. Firstly, people used to
believe we were the centre of the universe because they believed we
were gods creatures and therefore we were the centre.
In the second century a man named Ptolemy discovered that earth
was the centre of the Universe (this is what he thought at that time).
He thought that the sun/ Rā and all the planets were in a circular
orbit around Papatūānuku(earth). Then Nicolas Copernicus
(1473– 1543) reconstructed Ptolemy’s model of our Universe.
He discovered that the sun was the centre of our solar system and
all the  other planets orbit it. Later on scientist like Galileo have proved
we move around the sun. This shows that over time the the ideas about
our position in space have changed.

Self assessment

I have an introductory sentence for each paragraph:

I have at least three sentences giving supporting detail:

I have a concluding sentence:

Pear And Apple Crumble

This week for the technology challenge we got to  choose what we made.
We made apple and pear crumble. We had to decide who was bringing what for
Friday. I worked with Nevey, Summer and Wairini but Wairini was away.
This is our recipe!

Apple Crumble Recipe

2 Cups Of Sliced Apples/Tin.

¼ Cup Of Water.

Crumble

1 Cup Of Flour.

½ Teaspoon Of Baking Powder.

½ Cup Of Brown Sugar.

50g Of Butter.

Sift flour and baking powder, add sugar, rub ( grate ) butter Spread
over apples. Bake for about 30 minutes at 190’c ( 375’F )

Billie : Cups, Bowl , Base. Tin Apples.

Nevey: Plain flour and baking powder.

Summer: Butter and plain ice cream.

Best Part Of Me

Learning Intentions

I am learning to use language features to make my writing interesting and engaging for the reader.

I am learning to think carefully about the words I use so that my writing is descriptive and engaging for the reader.

I am learning to add an appropriate visual to my work

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have used some language features to make my writing interesting and engaging (smile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme)

-I have carefully chosen some interesting words to include in my writing

-I have some descriptive words in my writing (adjectives)

-I have added a photo to my writing

MY EYES

I like my eyes because they help me to pull my cheeks up when I smile. They are often full of joy. They help me to look and see. They cry and show emotion and smile with relief. They allow me to look ahead and see what's coming and look behind to see the past. My eyes are like centipedes as it's legs are my eyelashes. My eyes are happy but sometimes sad. They have a sharp shine and shimmer in the sun. My sky kikorangi eyes are full of surprise. When I’m mad my eyes flash with rage! When I’m feeling sassy I roll my eyes when I don’t agree to challenge one another.

My Mihi

Statistical Investiation

Swim Safe Achivement Levels

WALT: Achirve our swimming goals and be safe in tha water. Highlighed green are the Swimming goals we have Achirved. I have done all my Swimming goals so I was peer-tutor.

Yellow Foot Paua

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.