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Camp Thank You Letters

We went to Arthur's Pass for camp this year. This is my Camp thank you letter to my Mum.

20 November 2018      

Dear Mama Suz

Thank You for coming on camp and cooking food and doing a lot of other stuff.
Mmmmm yummy food. Did you enjoy the food? Did you like camp? I hope you did.
My favourite part was the hike to the Anti Crow Hut and rescuing Brian because it was a
good exercise and challenging you to work in a team. Did you enjoy the hike?

A challenge for me was the tyre activity because I didn’t understand what was going
on and got a bit annoyed. Something I found out about myself was that I was good at
search and rescue. Something I learned at camp was mapping and search and rescue.
The best food was probably the burgers. Other places I would like to go on camp is Lake
Kaniere or Lake Taupo!!!

In conclusion the camp was really fun and It wouldn’t happen without all the parents.
Thank you for doing everything you did. I really liked the food and games. Thank you for all
that you did.

Ngā mihi

Yours sincerely

Charles

Camp Photos 2018

Descriptive Writing

At the moment in class we have been working on descriptive writing. We have been using pictures to give us ideas of what to write about. Here is my work: 

The Big, Fat Dino                               

I looked into the bright and yellow eye of the statue of the big, fat Dino and it blinked! I was scared for my life and nearly fainted. I knew it was scary but its body was astonishing.

It went ROARRR!!! Its roar was as loud as tnt exploding in an old mine. The tail was wagging as if it liked me. When its long pointy tail wagged it nearly knocked me over. His ears were pointy and big. It was weird because its ears were too big for its head and its eyelids were too small for its eyes. His nose was as big as my hand although my hand wasn't really big at all. Its scales looked as hard as diamonds being forged underground. Its scales were a mixture of blue and brown. It was as big and long as the London Tower Bridge ( I’m surprised it fits in the museum). I looked away and the Dino ate me up and swallowed me whole without chewing. I’m writing this story from inside the Dinos body! I bet that’s got you thinking?

Here is the link to the original work.

Manu Information Report

THE LITTLE BLUE PENGUIN

WHAT IS IT?

The Little blue penguin is one of the smallest penguins
in the world.  The other names for the Little Blue Penguin is blue penguin, fairy
penguin, white-flippered penguin and kororā. In Australia it is called the Fairy Penguin.
 It weighs 1 kg. It is 40 - 45 cm tall. The Māori name for the Little Blue Penguin is Kororā.
The scientific name for the Little Blue Penguin is Eudyptula minor. They are also nocturnal.

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

They are medium blue to dark indigo-blue .
It has a blue back and a white stomach. It has little short feet and cannot fly.
They have sharp claws. They have 2 flippers and 2 feet.

HABITAT

They are found in a lot of different places like the North island, South island,
\Stewart island and Chatham islands. In Australia it is found in Western Australia along the
southern coast and up to New South Wales. They nest in burrows, caves, in between rock
crevices and sometimes they can be  found under bushes and trees.

FEEDING BEHAVIOR

They eat little fish especially sardines (pilchards).
They also feed on anchovies and also squid and usually crustaceans.

REPRODUCTION

The breeding season begins any time from late June to September.
Usually they lay 2 eggs 3 days apart and incubate for 33-37 days.
They nest in burrows, caves and sometimes under trees and bushes.

THREATS

The threats to the Little Blue Penguin is dogs, cats and ferrets. Little penguins
at sea are at risk of entanglement in set nets. They are disturbed by humans
coming into their nests and breeding areas.

By Charlie

Volume + Capacity DLO

Reducing our plastic waste!!!!!!!!!!!!

This term we have been learning about plastic and how we could reduce it. We came up with an idea to make 1 fabric bag each and 2 beeswax wraps each. The fabric bags were good to use instead of plastic bags. The beeswax wraps were good to use instead of glad wrap. To make the beeswax wraps you have to get some fabric and lay it down flat on baking paper and sprinkle grated beeswax over the fabric. Next you have to lay baking paper on the fabric and iron the baking paper with the fabric under it until it melts all the beeswax into the fabric (make sure you get the wax melted on the sides and corners). Then take the fabric out of the baking paper and leave it to dry for 2 mins. I really enjoyed making the fabric bags and beeswax wraps. We ARE trying to encourage ourselves and other people to have a plastic free lunch. Here is us with the fabric bags and beeswax wraps! 

Where To Next? Literacy Task!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and
the negative of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around
• the world to try and help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our
• own lives to help our environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways
• in which we can help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

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

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me
make inferences so I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic
formats, to gather and check the accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias,
websites, newspapers)  to gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and
topic-specific vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.

1. Why is recycling a good idea?

Because because we reuse and it doesn't pollute the environment.
But we don’t know where our rubbish/waste goes!!!   

2. How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year?

New Zealand sends round about 3 million tons of landfill every year.

3. When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce?  What environmental
4. problem does this contribute to?

Methane and CO2. This gas makes global warming.

4. Complete this sentence:  Everything we use is made from Earth's natural resources.  

5. Explain where these resources come from;

Wood:Trees, plants and Chemicals.

Metal: Chemicals and rock.

Plastic: Chemicals and oil.

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6) How does oil form? When dinosaurs died, the plants and dinosaurs were
covered by mud and sand. Over millions of years, the mud and sand built up in layers
and turned into rock. The heat and pressure from the rock turn the plant and dinosaur
matter into oil and gas.

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into?

Countertops, flooring, tile landscaping stones and bricks.

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into?

Cardboard is used to make chipboard like cereal boxes, paperboard,
paper towels, tissues and printing or writing paper.

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into?

Number 1 plastics are PET, or polyethylene terephthalate, and they can be
turned into soft drink bottles, pillow and sleeping bag fillings, carpet and clothing.

10)  Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1 plastics can be turned
into clothing.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them?

The most common types of microfibers are made from polyesters,
polyamides (e.g., nylon, Kevlar, Nomex, trogamide), or a conjugation of
polyester, polyamide, and polypropylene. Microfibers are part of a larger
problem with microplastics, or small plastic fragments from any source.
New research shows that 70% of microplastics pollutants are microfibres.

12) What is Earth Overshoot day? Its how many resources do we use a year.

Glossary - Write what these words mean

Atoms: Smallest particle.

Carded: Related to fibres aligned in the same direction.

Global Warming: An increase in the Earth's average temperature
due to increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.  

Malt: Barley or other grain that has been used for brewing beer.

Natural resources: Materials found in nature like water,gas and plants.

Synthetic: Something made by people by combining different chemicals.

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish
and what we can do to help reduce this problem.  

Video Links

NZ Recycling Crises

Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic

The Pacific Garbage Patch

Reducing Waste

Infographic

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our environment.

Literacy

Task: Create an infographic showing people how they can reduce their waste in their lunchbox.   

Our co-constructed success criteria:

-Have a strong title/hook

-Use convincing language and images

-Have simple things people can do

-Use images (free to use)

-Use bullet points/ short sharp information

-Use correct punctuation and spelling.

Attach a link here to your infographic and make sure you share your learning on your blog.

Space Writing

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.

Click Here For My Slideshow

Cooking

This week we got to choose what we got to make for cooking. Me and my group chose nachos!!!!!!!!!!
Here is some photos:)

Taonga Puoro

This week we learnt about Maori instruments!
Here is my work:

Space Timeline Reading Task!!!

This Term we have been learning all about space. We had to do a space timeline reading task!
Here is my work:

Space timeline Reading tasks.

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this reading activity 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)

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.

Focus

We are looking at using non-fiction text to increase our knowledge in our science topic;
SPACE. Your aim is to read and understand the timeline reading and use this knowledge to complete
the reading activity below.

First, Read the timeline cards. Click here for the space timeline pdf

Second, We will discuss what you have read. This will be a good time to ask questions about
anything
you are unsure of.

Third, do your reading tasks.

Fourth, complete your reading activity. Remember to proofread, check spelling and
punctuation. Then do a self assessment and a peer assessment. Check it with a teacher.

Reading Activity

View and read the space timeline on the classroom walls.
Think about how how our theories/ideas and understandings about the
universe and Earth’s place in it has changed over time.

Answer the following questions.

Your answers need to be full sentences.

After you have answered all the questions please put them in
chronological order (time order, oldest first)

1) What are two things that Galileo discovered?

Jupiter's moons and phases of Venus (1610).

2) Who discovered the first asteroid?

Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first asteroid (1801).

3) What was Sputnik 1?

The first ever satellite made (1957).

4) In what year was NASA founded? And what does NASA mean?

1958. NASA stands for National Aeronautics Space Administration.

5)Where did Mariner 4 fly past?

Mariner 4 flew past Mars (1965).

6) Who was the first woman in space? And where was she from?
Russian cosmonaut Valentina

Tereshkova became the first

Woman in space (1963).

7) In what year did Apollo 11 land on the moon?

Apollo 11 landed on the Moon in 1969.

8) What country launched Voyager probes 1 and 2 into deep space?

America launched Voyager probes 1 and 2 (1977).

9) What happened that led to all space shuttles being grounded for 3 years?

Space shuttle Challenger exploded after launch killing 7 people
on board (1986).

10)How long did it take for the Cassini probe to arrive at Saturn?

It took nearly 7 years (2004).

11) When was the international space station completed?

Engineers started building the international space station 1986 but
finished it in 2010.   

12) What was extremely interesting about New Horizons information about
Pluto?

Pluto is 50 miles larger than we first thought (2015)!!!!!!

YOUR OPINION

After reading this information...

1. Who do you think made the biggest contribution to our understanding of
2. space? Why? (summarising key ideas)

I think Isaac Newton made the biggest contribution to space because he
outlined his three laws of motion and described the motion of the sun and
planets.

    2) What do you think was the most important machine or invention in
helping us investigate space? Why? (summarising key ideas)

I think that the most important machine in space is satellites because they
help us see what's new in space and what is in space!

    3) What would you like to investigate about space? Why?

I would like to learn about what is in other galaxies because there might be
another planet out there with life on it!!!

Self and Peer Assessment.

Self and Peer Assessment

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.

Success criteria 1: I have have scanned text to find key ideas (I have been able to answer the questions).

        

                          Achieved well      Achieved some Achieved little     Not achieved

Me	Me
My partner	Nathan.K

Success criteria 2: -I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

      

                          Achieved well      Achieved some Achieved little     Not achieved

Me	Me
My partner	Nathan.K

Success criteria 3: I have put my answers in correct chronological order.

        

                          Achieved well      Achieved some Achieved little     Not achieved

Me	Me
My partner	Nathan.K

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