Activity 3: The Midnight Zone summer learning journey

i think that there should only be adults and i worked it out by dividing 500 by 25 which equals 20.  There needs to be 20 adults to carry the big heavy squid. For the children it is 34 four because 500 kilograms divided by 15 comes to 33.3 (1dp).  You can't have a third of a child and expect it to be alive.

Activity 2: A Local Delicacy summer learning journey

Today my food is going to be baked beans with melted cheese on toast.

The first ingredients

1. is put bread in the toaster
2. put baked beans in a saucepan heat medium and add cheese 
3. Occasionally stir beans and cheese until the cheese is all melted
4. pour beans on the toast and eat it.
   

Activity 1: Night Owls summer learning journey

i am not an Night Owl i am not a early riser my step Brother is kind of the same as me he doesn't wake up early and he doesn't stay up late. My Sister is not a Night Owl but she usually wakes up before me but she doesn't wake up at 6:00 am or something earlier. My little Brother is the same as me he not a Night Owl he does not wake up early. My little step Brother is the same as me he not a Night Owl he does not wake up early. My Dad and my step Mum is not a Night Owl they do not wake up early.

Activity 2: Mighty Mangroves summer learning journey

My person that is strong and tough is my Dad. He is a full grown man of six foot tall. He looks after our family of four boys and one girl. He is strong because he is fit and cycles with all the family.

One day we all cycled to the dog park and  around the dog park (3 kms).

Activity 3: Stranger than Fiction summer learning journey

Differences

1. they live in different countries. Hydnellum peckii mainly found across North America and Europe.
2. Hydnellum peckii is a special type of fungi (like a mushroom) that produces blood
3. The blood like fluid is extremely bitter in taste.

Similarities

1. they' re both strange plants
2. they both have pink. Hydnellum peckii can have pink blood. 
3. i think like most plants Hydnellum peckii need water and warm temperature to survive

Hydnellum peckii is a special type of fungi that produce blood or juice like fluid on its surface. This plant is also known as ‘bleeding tooth fungus’. It is the Scarlet pigment causes blood like the color on the fluid of this plant. This strange plant mainly found across North America and Europe. It is edible, but the blood like fluid is extremely bitter in taste.

Differences

1.  Rafflesia arnoldii lives in forests of Sumatra
2. this plant produces an unpleasant irritating smell
3. Rafflesia arnoldii is the biggest individual flower in the world

Similarities

1. they're both strange plants
2. they both have pink. Rafflesia arnoldiiis a pink flower
3. i think like most plants Rafflesia arnoldii need water and warm temperature to survive

Rafflesia arnoldii is the biggest individual flower in the world. In fact, it is smaller than corpse flower by considering some elements. It is mainly found in forests of Sumatra. Rafflesia will grow up to a size of three feet. Like corpse flower, the plant produces an unpleasant irritating smell. Rafflesia arnoldii is unisexual, have both male and female reproduction system.

Activity 1: Weaving a Tall Tale summer learning journey

I would like to do flax weaving because it looks cool and I could make a basket and a bag all kinds of things it is really cool that is also how I am interesting to me. this is a link to a video of someone flax weaving

Activity 3: Something Smells Fishy summer learning journey

Fish Fact #1: The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish: True


Fish Fact #2: Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids: False

Fish Fact #3: Starfish are a type of fish:False

Fish Fact #4: Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sounds:False/true

Fish Fact #5: Fish usually swim together in groups called ‘classes: false

Activity 2: The Great Taupo Cycle Challenge summer learning journey

I would like to take my step brother and my other step brother and my sister. Because I want to have a race with them and it would be really cool if we went to a lake with then we could swim around it. We could have an experience

on get our bikes in the deep water and it is going to be wet.

Activity 1: Surfs Up! summer learning journey

My favourite subject is boogie boarding on the beach with my brother. It is fun when I do it we compete who can go the further-est. I win almost all of the competitions he has won against me because when I try catch a wave then my boogie board just go's down and the front hit the sand and he go's further.

Activity 3: Going, going….gone summer learning journey

these are picture of my holidays and a picture of my siblings i live with.

New Zealand is a beautiful place  it has beaches and forests and places to live my Nana has a big house on a mountain, you can see the ocean it has rocks and gardens, my mum has a big house on a little hill and you can see the ocean it also has beehives, my dad has a medium house in Auckland with electronics and a modern set up kitchen and a sitting room,

Activity 2: Living on the Edge summer learning journey

Dear  Bethan,

The Tundra is a cold and dry biome it is the coldest biome i have ever been to. it has got no trees it has heaps of snow it is really hard to breath there little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. 

Activity 1: Towering Timbers summer learning journey

I think that they should cut down trees but I also think that they shouldn't I think they should because New Zealanders need work to make money for New Zealand. I think we shouldn't because we need trees to breath and the other reason is it is damaging our nature.

Activity 3: Salt and Pepper summer learning journey

I wold build my house at Antarctica I build it out of glass because I would be able to see penguins in a house instead of out side of the house. It would be cool to stay warm and look outside through my whole house.

This is my glass hotel i drew

Activity 2: Pancakes and Maple Syrup summer learning journey

My favourite food is coleslaw these are the ingredients cabbage, onion, cheese, carrot, mayonnaise with vinegar and cayenne pepper and herbs and salt and pepper. You put those all in you mix it and leave it there for 15 minutes then taste test if alright then you can eat if not nice then leave it there for 5 mre minutes.

Activity 1: Scaling New Heights summer learning journey

my first question to ask Sir Edmund Hillary would be was it really hard for you to climb mount Everest?

How long  did it take you?

could you live there?

did it take  more than two days?

what food did you eat well you were climbing?

Activity 3: World Wildlife Fund Summer learning journey

freshwater seals are getting help from World Wildlife Fund by the people are building a snow bank for the baby seals.

making more of the animals by saving them the from predators.

link
this is a link that leads you to a video that talks about how the people save the seals.

Activity 2: The Secretive Skink summer learning journey

The good things are that you can do are you can see beautiful wildlife, some times you can see some animals, and I would like to adventure some times because you have the idea of making an basement there.

The bad things are you could accidentally kill the animals, you might not get along with the people that you are with, that you can not see your family.

I would like to be a doc ranger because you stay with animals.

Activity 1: Fantastic Beasts Summer learning journey

My beast is could Deadly Blood Sucker. He has red eyes and a long smelly noise. He has long poisonous spikes on his head for hair. He has spikes on his back for protection against other beast.He has bullet proof armour for skin so hunters can't kill him. he has three legs and a robotic hook for his fourth leg . He uses his robotic arm for spearing animals. He then cooks them with his heat temperature robotic arm and gobbles it up. he is a cousin to the armadillo.

Activity 3: Weird and Wonderful summer learning journey

In an normal year there are 365 days. If you water cacti 3 mls each day you will need. 365 days x by 3 mls of water so that it doesn't die.
 3 x 5 =15
3 x 60 = 180
3 x 300 = 900
900 + 180 + 1115 =1095
i checked this on my calculator and it was the same answer and i new it was right. in a leap year it has one day more. So it will be 1095 + 3 = 1098.

Activity 2: Fabulous Ferns Summer learning journey

my favourite is the black ferns because i watch them on tv.





the tall ferns are womens netball team for NZ









the black ferns are womens rugby team for NZ











The football ferns are the NZ soccer team

Activity 1 Day two:Forest Life summer learning journey

I want to go and visit Tane Mahuta and i can because i am on holiday in North land. But it is a two hour drive in the car and it maybe too far for my Mum to drive. my name is Kauri so I would be interested to go and see the biggest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Activity 3:Ice, Ice Baby Summer learning journey

every time you go online you leave a digital footprint. We need to be safe and respectful online I should only share personal information not private information.personal information is what i like and what i am interested in.I can have a positive digital footprint by making sure I don't tell anyone my full name,or where I live or my email address or phone number or my password or my age and birthday or where i go to school.
 

Activity two: North And South,Summer learning journey

I like the Kereru best here is a picture of it

My home town today is Helena Bay in the North Island.

There a many different beaches which I swim at.

We have New Zealand native bush here too.

We also have native birds that we can hear.

I can hear the native birds, Tui and Kereru,every day.

Activity 1: In the Beginning. Summer learning journey

My first fun fact for New Zealand is based on 'God saved the Queen' is a national anthem for Britian and for New Zealand. There are two words that I didn't know what there meaning was, one of the word is reign i now know it means it means rule as King/Queen. The other word is knavish which means dishonest.

The sky tower is in New Zealand and it is 328 meters high it is a great view my great grand dad helped them to draw the sky tower for a better look, my great grand dad was an architect which means he draws buildings and helps them make it.

My last fun fact is a third of New Zealand is forest.

my art work for this term

Task description: this is my cave art symbol my one tells men were in a campsite and the snakes our coming they went out and trough the spears, And killed the snakes.

Task description:the terracotta pot is for my mum and it is like a pink wave coming in.

term 4 reflection

My favorite subject is inquiry research the thing that i don’t like the most is talking in front of other people. This term we also had secret santa and shared lunch it was very exciting for me. We did the paideia seminar i was a little bit shy to talk but i still talked. we also did paideia seminar three i was talking more in paideia seminar three. On term three we went to gravity we did all these flips it was so fun.

On term three we didn’t do the paideia seminar because we didn’t have enough time to do the paideia seminar. We also did 3d printing with 3d pens i tried making a ring that had a gem in it my most favorite present that i got was a minion car.

extension

Task description we had to research about jewelery.

Dmic

dmic

rock paper scissors

Task description: me and rae jae played this game could rock paper scissors but you have to do a number and you times the numbers.

Narritive writing plan

One morning there was this boy Kauri and he was walking then suddenly a floating island. He Said” that looks like an engineers palace” and then an engineer just walked out of the palace. The engineer was out there and then his slave just realised there was gold and the slave told the engineer. The engineer wanted to build a big strong machine the energy is melted gold. Kauri found out and he Keeped it a secret and then the island suddenly fell down. Then Kauri ran back to his house and had lunch well he was eating lunch the engineer was building. And he snuck in the building and he saw the power plug and pulled it out and the robot that was mining blew up. And the engineer got a fright and got a hard attack.

That really stinks Writing

Sam was in the toilet room with his sisters phone making fart noises like he was going toilet. then the monster came and took the phone. the monster went on a crocodile to its lair and the same with Sam. Sam entered the monsters lair to get his sisters phone and hid behind the rock then he throws some mud behind them they all look. then he grabs the phone and ran away.

Animation

Task description: i had to do my animation voice over and this is it

dmic

Task Description: Me, Jane and Eva did coordination and the message was move your body

Happy Helpful Holidays

The first week of the holidays i went to watch small foot. At the cinemas and it was awesome there were yetis and a mountain over steam that the yetis made. Then my sister and brother and me went up north to see our mum. We watch the house with the clock in it's wall it was so cool there were warlocks and witch's. then we went to the beach in the morning we did eight laps of going back and fourth.I got really tired and then we went back to are mums house and we had a shower.  then we got to play on the computers and Chromebooks.  Then i did a few jobs then i went outside to jump from rock to rock. also climbing from tree to tree and then we watched black panther and the Lego ninja-go movie.   We went to the the dairy and got some lollies and ice cream it was yum.Then we came back to Auckland and we played star wars battlefront two. Then we played outside and then we had dinner. Then we went to bed and woke up and had cereal and played xbox. Then we got off and played outside then we did are jobs and we had lunch played outside. after that we had dinner then went to sleep then we woke up and we had breakfast toast.Then i watched TV and then we played outside and did our jobs and then we had lunch it was a healthy sandwich. Then we played outside then we had dinner and went to bed and then we woke up  had breakfast. Our friend came over and she made origami she helped my sister make cupcakes. after they made the cupcakes we had lunch witch was cheese and red onions toasties and then we had cupcakes then our friend went back to her house and we had pizza.

sprint technique

Task description: today we had to finish our activities this is an athlete activity.
this is the task i had to follow

inquiry research

Animation writing voice over

here is the tasked i followed
Long ago, there was an ancient tribe from the country now known as south Africa. The tribe lived off the land and had to hunt for their food. In this land, the impressive mammoth was the ultimate prize because it provided food for the whole tribe. Only the most mighty and cunning warriors could hunt such an animal. This is the story of one such tribe, on an epic hunt to catch one of these mighty animals. The caveman were running after the mammoth bob and James throw their spears they both missed the mammoth. The mammoth charged and killed them then kevin trough his spear and hit him in the back. Then the mammoth jumped up on two legs because the mammoth got a fright. Then he got killed by Kevin because he was speared in the face and they brought him to the fire pit.

Narrative

Task Description: today we did a narrative plan about this picture.
this is the task we had to follow

Dmic

Task Descrption: today i and my group did our dmic.

Back to the Drawing Board

Task Description: we had to find out what an optical illusion was one of them was when there is to lines and it keeps on going then it looks like it comes together.
the task we had to follow

dmic

subtraction

earliest memory

One day in the evening, I went to the zoo when I was two. I went with my mum my dad my sister and myself we were going around the zoo. Then I got a banana and it was so big and yellow and I ate it well I was watching the zebra and giraffes. That banana took me a long time to eat. When I finished i went to the other animals my favourite was the hippo it was fun.

DMIC T4W1

Addition

scary time

The first term, at school i did fia fia and I was in choir I was nervous and excited. We did fia fia because it is sometimes showing your culture. you also learn new things at fia fia and I played the drum. I felt proud of myself after we performed I was tired.




There were three songs the first one was easy and the second one was a little bit harder. But the third one was hard and i also had to drum it was so hard.

To be continue... 

cave drawing Animation

Te wa toi

Hello welcome back to my blog we are going to be using cool different colours. Also crayons, vivid s, paint we went to immersion assembly. I was excited for the new topic witch is te wa toi it is based on art and i love art. I am good at drawing and animating things we went to immersion assembly and Mr Burt was just in black cloths. So Mr Jacobson and Mrs nua put him in a cool Maui suit.






Drawing will help me do something better with this inquiry topic because i am good at drawing and i like drawing. Working alone is hard for me because i get distracted.

dmic

Animation script

Move your body. Objects need trust to .move forward. Soccer is a game with a ball. You can only kick the ball and there are four squads. The first squad is the goalie the second is midfielder. The third is defender and the last is striker. It shows people shooting the ball in the goals and having fun.

sheep point of view

I was like, “What is that two legged creature?”. I think that the two legged creature will hurt my lamb. So I am going to run to save my lamb. I am going to bleat so it echoes across the padic. So someone can help me. also to scare the creature away.

writing

The mother sheep followed me along the path picking up her pace. She realised I was in the touching distance of her lamb. She let out a loud bleat which echoed across the padic. The sleeping lamb lifted it’s head and turned towards us. But for slowly returning to its sleep. As the sheep got- closer and closer I thought that I should turn and run. I began to panic was she going to attack me holding my breath I froze. I sighed as the sheep dogged me and ran protectively to its lamb phew that was a close call.  

dmic

we did dmic and we didn't get it right but we still tried.

DMIC P1W6T3

reading task

Task description: We had to do are reading task.

writing

Once upon a time there was a kid could Kahurangi and he had heaps of food in his house. He had black hair and brown eyes and he eats a lot. And there was a monster it was tall, smart and fast. Then there was this person could Kauri and he was hungry so he followed the monster. The monster had a picture of Kahurangi‘s friend.

To be continued…

Task description: i worked with rae jae and i helped him with his word his word was supposed to put in slime but he put in smile.

Reading task

Task description: we had to do are work we had to talk about which of the cells make up. Then what they carry like lungs have to breath in oxygen.

reading task

Task description: we had to do this task about this girl who had diabetes.

narrative writing

Task Description: we had to do our plan for writing

Map of run

we had to do a task that we had to calculate how long are run was.

Hauora writing

Hauora is a Maori word it describes in person over our health in well being. The four dimensions of Hauora are often displayed as the four wall of the whare with provide stability and strength. The four dimensions are: Taha Tinana (physical well-being or health ), ,Taha Hinengaro (mental and emotional well being or self confidence) ,Taha whanau (social well being or self esteem) and Taha wairua( spiritual well being or personal beliefs).The first area of hauora is physical well being. I eat healthy things like,  lettuce and ham and tomato sandwiches. And i play soccer and rugby, i do races , i swim, i am fast at swimming. I eat fruit, veggies ,  i eat treats a little bit (at school). i also play basketball (at school). I also ate weet-bix for breakfast.

Narrative writing

There was a teacher and two students the teachers name was Mr. Gandalf well he was working with someone. Bilbo was using chat with Frodo they both have black hair and they both have blue eyes. They were talking about their work they then got into telling each other jokes to each other.





To be continued…

dmic

Strength of roots video

Task Description: We had to do our work and we made a video about a boy and his reactions.

writing plan

Task Description: today i had to finish my writing plan for my writing.

Dmic 2

Task Description: we had to post are Dmic on are blog.

immersion assembly planning

Task description: we had to post are immersion assembly planning.

writing plan

task description: we had to do are plan for are writing

immersion assembly

We went to immersion assembly we watch videos that subscribe what there topic is, are theme is move your body . We are doing fitness and dancing. We had to go to immersion assembly because we had to see what everybody was working on for this term. Are movie was about how fitness can be fun.

Forces of Flight Animation

reasearch

Talanoa project planning

Script & Planning:
Kauri, Austin & Toby:
Story:A warrior was banished to an island because he had broken the tribes rules. Living on an island in the South Pacific alone. Stranded on island cause waka is broken.Cutting wood for his fire. Uses a sharp rock with sharp pointed edges. Drops tool on the sand by accident. Hits something solid on the ground in the sand. Thinking it’s just another rock, he checks it over and discovers that its actually a golden nugget. Takes it home and decides what to do with it. Fixes his waka. Makes a distraction for deadly monsters and travels safely to the next island that is populated. Gifts it to the Chief in exchange for his freedom. A thousand years later, the golden nugget is showcased at the Auckland Museum.The End Voiceover: Toby: A warrior named Wiremu was banished from his tribe for breaking all the tribe’s rules, and because of this he was sent to the next island where the Taniwha and the tentacled monster lurked with their terrifying gaze. Kauri: This is where he lived for the past 2 years, here is Wiremu and this is his home! So one day he went out to cut the wood for his night fire, using a sharp rock with some sharp pointed bits and then he Accidentally dropped the rock and clang, he grabbed his hammer and banged the hammer then he saw something, glowing in the shadow he did it again just to make sure then he couldn't believe his eyes, a golden nugget. Toby: Then he went inside his house and decides what to do with it, after a few hours staring at the legendary thing, he finally decided what to do with it. Kauri: He fixes his Waka, stored some resources for the journey, and gets going! Toby: Once he had landed on the safe water he began his journey, but oh no he just remembered the tentacled monster and the… Taniwha! Kauri: He had a plan, it was to poke the tentacled monster in the face and shine his light beacon that he had crafted. Toby: After scaring and killing the beasts he had finally returned to his homeland, gifting the gold for his freedom! Kauri: The chief replied and said yes. 2456 years later it is in the Auckland museum as an Artifact. Kauri & Toby: The End Thanks For Watching! task description:we needed to finish off our work and this is our plan for the Talanoa project

Glider Design

today we had to finish are glider design.

Matariki writing

matariki day was fun i was in room 9 and room 10 i had year 1 to year 8 in my class. We had to get a buddy that was a lower year then us so i got jamane. And we had to draw a background on the hyperstudio so we can put us on. The way we are going to put are body on our background is take a picture of us in the blue screen area. and cut out all the blue and put it in the background and make us look at the stars.

describing the movement of the bike

fia fia writing

Our school was having fia fia the opening performance was senior kapa haka group. They had their outfit on the boys had some white plastic sticks and the girls had some poe poe. And they did two songs and a haka. And i was in choir and and my sister is in bollywood. and roman was in jump jam and toran was in little kapa haka and justice is in rock band. And the closing group was senior samoan group.

immersion assembly

p1

The theme for this term is i like to move it!!  we were doing are own theme so there was team 1, team 2, team 3, team 4 and team 5 so the first theme was team 1. team 1 teachers were doing their work and they finished at last. so they wanted to go to the beach so they were driving to the beach but on their way their there was a boulder.  so mrs lal was thinking of crashing into the boulder but miss hockley thought that it was a bad idea. So miss hockley was thinking of pushing the boulder so all off the teachers were pushing the boulder.

p2

And it didn't work so they were thinking of using a rope and pulling the boulder away but that did not work. So they thought of of getting a log and they put the log under the boulder and over the rock. And they all jumped on the log and the boulder flung off so they went to the beach. Than it was team two theme was when miss gaston was working on her work. and the other team 2 teachers were playing with the school race cart and than miss gaston told the teachers to do something else.

p3

So mrs moran got in a trolley and mis tumahai pushed mrs moran and then miss         gaston told them to do something else so mrs moran got a skateboard and fell when she went on it. And now it’s time for team three mr moran,  miss parent, miss king and miss eadie. and they went to the playground they were playing and dancing and they were having fun. and mr moran went on the slide and slide down his tummy. And it was really funny.

P4

And now it is time for team 4. team 4 was about redbull and of people making their own planes. And my teachers decided to make there own plane. They got a box a bear and some cardboard and some paper. And a plane flag and they put it all together.

p5

And now it is time for team 5.  Team 5s them is about Mr Moran and Miss Moran and other teachers were having a tug of war and Mr Moran’s team won. And then mr moran’s team had to wear scientist's glove’s. and the other team had grip gloves on and mr moran team lost. And then mr moran team had to have slippery stuff on there hands and mr moran and mr moran;s team lost.

Task Description
we had to finish are immersion assembly writing. and it was funny.

the mechanics of movement

today we have finished this task and there was question at the back of the book.

Talanoa Project

voice over writing

We have been learning about forces and flight. thrust lift drag and gravity are the four forces of flight. Thrust is something that makes stuff move forward. lift is something that makes stuff go up. drag is something that pulls it back. and gravity is something that makes stuff go down.The plane is leaving the Auckland airport the plane had left. And now the plane is going over the grass and flowers. And now the plane is flying over the water and then over the more grass. And and now the plane going over the grass and flowers again. And now the plane was going to the U.K.

extension

Today we posted our DLO on our blog and we were interviewing two people.

water bucket narrative

Today we had to show what we can write when we have 40 minutes to write without talking to others we were able to work quietly to complete the task

P1
Once upon a time there was a big water bucket and there were some animals thirsty. There were bees,birds,(one) rabbit,(one) donkey,rosters and a bull. They were all thirsty and the bees saw the water bucket. They were flying and they were really tired so they can’t fly fast. and everyone else saw the water bucket to so they were going there to but they were also tired so they walk slow. but they are faster than the bees.

P2
They were walking the rabbit is faster than all of them because it hops. and the bees landed on the bull and the bull was speeding up. but the rabbit was in front of everybody the bees were getting a little bit more of the energy. And now they fly faster than all of them and they are in front of the rabbit. and the birds are speeding up and the birds are now at the rabbit. and they are slowing down the birds have now past the rabbit.

P3
The bees are really speeding up and the birds are really fast so are the bees. and the bull is at the back they are all moving fast they are so fast. they are almost there the bees are there and drinking.

scientific Question

we were finding out how we can solve how a small ball and a big ball hit the same time.

the mystery of tunguska

 this book is a book i read and these are my answers to the question.

Vocabulary task

I had to wright five words to describe movement on a bike. and these are my words lift ride charge flying takes off

sentences types

On wednesday we started year 5 & 6 camp. Miss Nua and  Miss Squire were putting up the tents. I am a year five i was sleeping with hunter and caleb they are both a year sixs. Mr somerville and mr goodwin set up marquee. The marquee is where we eat breakfast, lunch and dinner.

We had to wear mufti to camp and We had to wear are pyjamas at bedtime. We have to brush are teeth after breakfast and desert. One of the nights it was a movie night we were watching captain underpants. The movie was really funny.

today we were finding simple sentences and compound sentences.

2018 Presentation about me

respect writing

hello i am going to show you what respect means. It that you do the right thing. like helping people. Respect means being nice and picking up rubbish. And helping people with their work if they need help. And if people are sad we could help them feel better and make them happy.

blog posting

this was me doing blog post the blog post had to be positive thoughtful helpful. this is my picture of my comment and korowai.