paying it forward

if I went back to the 9030 I would bring emenems and moro bars pavlovas ice cream and a ps4 clen clos book and a smile.

Huarakau - Te Reo Maori Term 4

We have been learning the names of fruit in Maori. Here are some we have learnt.

reading

Here is a screencastify of me reading the poem. We need to read clearly ,with good pace, fluency and expression.

Pirate Code

First we coded a Pirate to the treasure chest with out getting bombed. Then I made my one by myself.

telling the time

This week Team Awa learnt how to tell the time on a clock.

Vaseline Saucers

This term Team Awa made Vaseline saucers for pet day. We made both sides  the same . I used yellow and purple on my Vaseline Saucers.

Christmas tree

 Today Team Awa were making Christmas poems. We sketched a Christmas tree then we put some words about Christmas. Then we made a poem . I hope you like it.

term 4 art

One was inspired by an artist named Kadinsky who used coloured circles in his work. We looked at the contrast between warm and cool colours and the black and white of the buildings.

Our second piece was using the Maori words we have learnt and using these to create a visual picture. The words become the shape of the picture.

One thing I did well was background and the building.

One thing I could improve on is writing neater.

Handwriting Term 4

We have been learning to form our letters correctly and to use capital letters in the correct place.

I am good at writing on the line.

I need to get better at writing neatly.

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Greats and Grands day

Last week we had our Greats and Grands day. We wrote poems for our grandparents. Here is my poem about why my grandparents are so special.

Here is a photo of my mum and I on Greats and Grands Day.

Strategy problem solving

 This is my screencastify that I made using an strategy in subtraction

basic facts Term 3.

Here is my basic facts test for Term 3. I got 36 out of 60. I am good at Hundred adding to 1000.
I need to work on groupings within 100.

Te Huarere

I have made a google draw about the weather in te reo maori

maori

How to make a paper plane

Last week we did procedural writing.  I made a google draw of how to make a paper plane.

                            we have been learning about coding with Tania. We made a gingerbread 

                                                    crack the code. This is what I made.   

tiki art

we have been leaning how to make a tiki

How to make a milo

We have been learning procedural writing. Here is my google draw to show how to make a Milo.

Measurement

We have been learning about perimeter and area. Here is a google draw I made to show my learning. 

Movie - Newshub Live at 6

We have been learning about looking after the environment and helping to save sea creatures. We have made this  movie to show people what they should be doing.

Father's day

This is a poem that I wrote about my dad for Father's day.

What I know about Fractions

We have been learning about fractions. I have made a Google drawing about what I know about fractions.

ART

Garden to Table

Each week at Garden to Table we would either cook in the kitchen or work in the garden doing weeding, watering or planting.

Multiplication and Division

We have been working on understanding multiplication and division. We are learning to read word
problems and answer them by showing our working and the answer we got.

Here is a google draw of some problems I solved.

Handwriting Term 2

We have been learning to form our letters correctly and to use capital letters in the correct place.

I am good at putting my letters on the line .

I need to get better at getting my letters the right way around.

Basic Facts Term 2

We have been working on answering basic facts questions quickly and instantly.

I am at Stage 4.

Animal Town

This week we have used another picture as motivation for our writing. We had a story starter
and then we had to carry on the story.

What I like about my writing is week was that I could write about the animal I was. .

I need to improve on getting spelling correct.

Here is my writing about Animal Town.

In Animal town I am the King of all the animals because I am a lion and lions
are king. I tell everyone what to do and every animal is under my command.

I am rich and I have more gold than everyone. I get furious if an animal     
doesn't do as I say. They’ll get kicked out of animal town. My big strong
animals guard my castle so that no one comes into my castle.

Golf

We have been learning to hit the ball on the target

I liked hitting the ball.

I am good at hitting the ball

I need to work on getting the ball off the ground.

My hot air balloon

This week we have used a picture as motivation for our writing. We had a story starter and then we had
to carry on the story. What I like about my writing is the description.

I need to improve on my spelling. We also made a google draw showing the things that we would take
with us in on the balloon.

I have packed a sleeping bag. I am excited to go in a hot air balloon. I am going
around the world. I am racing to get $ 1,000,000 .I can't wait to get to the finish
Line and win $1,000,000.  I will buy a monster truck and then a jeep to go out
hunting with my dad. I hope I don't get Cloud Sick. I can’t wait to go to some
countries. I hope I go to Australia. I brought a map so I know where I am going.

In Australia, snakes bit our basket and scratched it with their fangs. Woohoo!
I can see the finish line. Yay! My crew won and we got $1,000,000. We were
full of joy and we held the $1,000,000 up in the air.

The Pou

As part of our writing programme we have been doing environmental writing. We had to sketch an object and as we were sketching we wrote down thoughts that we had. Then we wrote our thoughts down  as a poem. We cut out the sketch and added this to our writing.

Mother's day

This week in Writing we wrote about how special our mums are. Here is my published writing about my wonderful mum. Happy Mother’s Day!

ANZAC writing

This week we have been learning about ANZAC day. We have to write a poem and a postcard . Here is my postcard.

ANZAC DAY

Dear Mum

I had to travel to a different country on a boat .It was big and white. You have to fight with guns  and it is dangerous. Many people have died. I am scared and worried about the bullets flying about me.I wish I was not here. Love Andrew

Art Sample

We have been working on using different art techniques to draw our faces. We have used sketching pencils to sketch our faces, making sure we made our facial features an accurate shape, size and putting them in the correct places.

We learnt about Picasso’s style and made our own funky Picasso portraits.

Swimming

We have been working towards becoming a confident swimmer by learning how to be a safe swimmer. We learnt that we should always swim with an adult and to always wear a life jacket when we are on a boat. At our swimming lessons we have learnt how to float, kick, glide and use rainbow arms and we are still learning to breathe correctly.

Handwriting

We have been learning to form our letters correctly and to use capital letters in the correct place.

I am good at copying the letters .I need to get better at sitting my letters on the line and making them neater.

Garden to Table

I like Garden to Table because plant vegetables and get to eat them when they grow up

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