This week I enjoyed making our solar powered oven because it was educational and fun at the same time, I particularly liked painting the oven and gluing it.
This week I learnt about the green house effect and how the atmosphere is made up of gases like Methane.
24.11.15
This week I enjoyed learning about how different colours absorb heat. We found this out by putting toffee pops in coloured pockets. The quickest melting toffee pop was the pocket that was coloured black as this colour is a conductor.
This week I learnt some new words for my writing like pyrotechnics and fluorescent.
30.10.15
This week I achieved perfecting my golf swing.
I enjoyed our golf lessons as I learnt how to play and we also did warm ups like soccer which was fun.
This week I learnt how to work out the formula for shapes in maths.
18.9.15
This week I learnt about remainders in maths. I learnt that if someone asks you a question like, 59 divided by 7, you look for the nearest number in the seven times table which would be 8 and 8 times 7 is 56 so the answer would be 8 remainder 3 as 56 plus 3 is 59.
Something I enjoyed this week was burying this years time capsule as Mrs T read a speech and acted like we were actually burying a person.
Something I found challenging was learning the second verse in a Maori song that we are performing.
10.9.15
This week I learnt about coordinates. I learnt that when you are telling someone your coordinates you mention the X axis which is across first and then the Y axis which is down.
Something I enjoyed this week was clay art with Mrs T. We were making a cat using a saucer as a mold and then we scratched into the clay with a skewer.
Something I found challenging this week was when we played a game when Mrs T would call out a direction and then we would have to turn in that direction as sometimes I confused my left from my right.
4.9.15
This week I learnt about schooling in the past. I learnt that they used quills, fountain pens and slate boards instead of ballpoint pens and pencils. I also learnt that if you did something wrong then you would get the strap on the hand or a cane on your backside.
Something I enjoyed this week was the trip to Motat. One of my favorite parts in the trip was the school house as the teacher acted like an old Victorian one and I got to have a taste of what school was like in the past. I also enjoyed writing with the quills and ink and the slate boards and chalk.
I achieved being able to write with a quill in cursive without smudging the ink or making the writing too fat.
28.8.15
This week I learnt about tessellations which are patterns of shapes that fit together.
Something I enjoyed this week was art with Mrs Taylor because I am nearly finished on one of the parts of my collage and its fun putting different pieces of ripped paper together.
I achieved getting picked to enter in a writing competition with a bunch of other children.
21.8.15
This week I learnt the rule 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.
Something I found challenging this week was cross country as we had to run through large paddocks that were very muddy as it had just rained.
I am proud of myself for having a go at cross country because I tried hard even though I came sixteenth.
14.8.15
This week I learnt quite a few things from Andy at healthy eating. She taught us how to read the nutrition information on the back of food packets. She also taught us things like vegans are people who can not eat anything from animals and salt helps people sweat and that coke has more sugar than V energy drinks.
Something that was challenging this week was counting the edges on shapes with lots of them
7.8.15 wiki reflection
I showed care when some one hit a moon jumper at my friends wrist and I took her to the sick bay to get an ice pack.
Something I enjoyed was making 3d shapes out of skewers and glue tack.
Something I found challenging was counting the faces and edges on the sphere, cone and and cylinder in geometry
I learnt how to use correct geometry language like vertices instead of points and edges instead of lines.
I am pleased with my writing about the squirrel and the eagle..... if you would like to read it look below.
Attack of the eagle
The twigs crunch underfoot as I stroll through the woods in Canada. Dry leaves flutter to the ground leaving a red gold and yellow sea blanketing the dirt. I hear a faint rustle of leaves and the furry head of a squirrel pops out of the ground it's black little nose twitching trying to detect food he turns and scurries up a big oak tree his little claws latch onto an uneven branch as he collects a nut. Little did the rodent know that looming ahead was a ferocious eagle.
The feathered hunter is scanning the treetops when it’s head jerks noticing movement his eyesight zooms in and the predator recognises the squirrel as dinner. With eyes gleaming murderously, he sets off through the woods his wings unfold and stretch out and with two beats of his majestic feathers, he is lifted off the ground and soaring through the air ready to catch his prey. Meanwhile, the small rodent is storing several nuts for winter when he sees a faint silhouette of a sharp taloned bird. The little squirrel dashes across a branch…. the determined eagle is gaining. He leaps to the branch on another tree, there is a gap between them this does not slow the terrified furry creature.. he glides through the air wind rushing at his tiny face. The eagle makes a dive for him narrowly missing. he killer eventually gives up and flies away
Writing evaluation The Eagle and the Squirrel
I have used lots of sentences with AAAWWUBBIS/ FANBOYS word
I have used some sentences with AAAWWUBBIS/ FANBOYS word
I have used not sentences with AAAWW UBBIS/ FANBOYS word
I have used lots of describing words
I have used some describing words
I have used few/no describing words
I have used paragraphs when there is a change in time, event or person
I have tried to use paragraphs
I have not used paragraphs
I have used lots of rich language- precise words, good action words
I have used some rich language- precise words, good action words
I have used no rich language- precise words, good action words
I have used a range of words for squirrel and eagle
I have used some different words for Squirrel and eagle
I have repeated these words throughout
How I feel about this piece of writing I liked the rich language she used.eg the leaves crunched underfoot.
What could I do to make it even better you could use a bit more describing words I think.
30.7.15 wiki reflection
Something I achieved this week was learning how to reply to someone in Maori.
I enjoyed art with Mrs Taylor we are making sunset collages with magazine paper.
Something I learnt this week were my 7 times tables.
I found the sky tower run challenging as I kept getting a stitch,a tight chest and I felt tired, thirsty and slightly sick afterwards.
19.6.15 wiki reflection
Something I enjoyed this week was being with Mrs Vaughn because she taught us how to use Canva which is a app where you can create posters online.
Something I achieved this week was how to tell the time on an analogue clock.
Something I learnt this week was in Mr Houston's speech like, to make a bridge earthquake was that people that build the bridge needed to use reinforced steel which is steel bars that are drilled into the concrete.
12.6.15 Wiki reflection
Something I enjoyed this week was P.E I chose to do Dutch Long ball.
Something I achieved this week was finishing my Koru art with Mrs Taylor.
Something I learnt this week was a new strategy in my maths for subtraction and addition in cross grouping with Mrs.T.
Something I enjoyed this week was learning new strategies in my maths.
Something I achieved this week was learning my 3 times table off by heart.
I need to work on managing my time.
22.5.15 Wiki reflection
I achieved getting second place in the speech finals.
Something I found interesting this week was my koru art as it was amazing to see what it
looked like when two different shades of the same colour were put together.
Something I learnt this week was area and perimeter.
I need to work on making sure I write enough in my writing.
To watch my speech click on the video below
12.5.15 wiki reflection
Speech
For my speech I did well in adding humour, and I had real facts and statistics.
I need to work on making sure my voice sounds natural. School reflection
This week I achieved getting into speech finals.
I think I need to work on learning all my basic facts as it will make it easier to understand maths question.
I learned to switch subtraction equations into addition equations in cross grouping. 1.5.15 Reflection
This week I acheived... moving up to stage six for maths when I did my basic facts test.
My next steps are learning all my times tables so next time I do a stage six test I will get them all right and finish the whole test.
20.3.15 Camp reflection
Something I am looking forward to is making new friends and trying different day to day activities.
Something that I think will be challenging for me is going to bed later then I usually do and getting up early.
my 2 goals for camp are trying to win the 'Chosen valleys got talent' quest by trying to keep up with my friend.
13.3.15 Reflection
Something I learnt this week was how to find how many ones, tens, and hundreds are in a number with Mrs Vaughn. I found learning about the Treaty of Waitangi challenging because some of the people were talking in Maori and the words in the captions below were in old fashioned English.I achieved getting into New south Wales testing for English,writing,and spelling.
Preview of your graph
6.2.15
writing
Next steps
I need to use all my senses and maybe add more detail.
This week I achieved drawing a portrait of my face with lots of detail in my writing.
Something I found challenging was getting the hang of the 'mean and the mode'
something I learnt was using a pie chart.
27.2.15 Reflection
I have learned how to do a stem and leaf graph which I thought would be a bit hard but was quite easy. I have also enjoyed art with Mrs Taylor which was drawing the other half of your face.
Refletion Week 3 Term 1.
I have really enjoyed the last few weeks of school in my new classroom.
I love all my subjects at school but the one thing I enjoy the most this year is my maths.now, normally I dislike maths but my teacher for this year is very good at teaching maths and on the first day back I learned how to read and say numbers in the millions!
Word cloud made with WordItOut
4.12.15
This week I enjoyed making our solar powered oven because it was educational and fun at the same time, I particularly liked painting the oven and gluing it.
This week I learnt about the green house effect and how the atmosphere is made up of gases like Methane.
24.11.15
This week I enjoyed learning about how different colours absorb heat. We found this out by putting toffee pops in coloured pockets. The quickest melting toffee pop was the pocket that was coloured black as this colour is a conductor.
This week I learnt some new words for my writing like pyrotechnics and fluorescent.
30.10.15
This week I achieved perfecting my golf swing.
I enjoyed our golf lessons as I learnt how to play and we also did warm ups like soccer which was fun.
This week I learnt how to work out the formula for shapes in maths.
18.9.15
This week I learnt about remainders in maths. I learnt that if someone asks you a question like, 59 divided by 7, you look for the nearest number in the seven times table which would be 8 and 8 times 7 is 56 so the answer would be 8 remainder 3 as 56 plus 3 is 59.
Something I enjoyed this week was burying this years time capsule as Mrs T read a speech and acted like we were actually burying a person.
Something I found challenging was learning the second verse in a Maori song that we are performing.
10.9.15
This week I learnt about coordinates. I learnt that when you are telling someone your coordinates you mention the X axis which is across first and then the Y axis which is down.
Something I enjoyed this week was clay art with Mrs T. We were making a cat using a saucer as a mold and then we scratched into the clay with a skewer.
Something I found challenging this week was when we played a game when Mrs T would call out a direction and then we would have to turn in that direction as sometimes I confused my left from my right.
4.9.15
This week I learnt about schooling in the past. I learnt that they used quills, fountain pens and slate boards instead of ballpoint pens and pencils. I also learnt that if you did something wrong then you would get the strap on the hand or a cane on your backside.
Something I enjoyed this week was the trip to Motat. One of my favorite parts in the trip was the school house as the teacher acted like an old Victorian one and I got to have a taste of what school was like in the past. I also enjoyed writing with the quills and ink and the slate boards and chalk.
I achieved being able to write with a quill in cursive without smudging the ink or making the writing too fat.
28.8.15
This week I learnt about tessellations which are patterns of shapes that fit together.
Something I enjoyed this week was art with Mrs Taylor because I am nearly finished on one of the parts of my collage and its fun putting different pieces of ripped paper together.
I achieved getting picked to enter in a writing competition with a bunch of other children.
21.8.15
This week I learnt the rule 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.
Something I found challenging this week was cross country as we had to run through large paddocks that were very muddy as it had just rained.
I am proud of myself for having a go at cross country because I tried hard even though I came sixteenth.
14.8.15
This week I learnt quite a few things from Andy at healthy eating. She taught us how to read the nutrition information on the back of food packets. She also taught us things like vegans are people who can not eat anything from animals and salt helps people sweat and that coke has more sugar than V energy drinks.
Something that was challenging this week was counting the edges on shapes with lots of them
7.8.15
wiki reflection
I showed care when some one hit a moon jumper at my friends wrist and I took her to the sick bay to get an ice pack.
Something I enjoyed was making 3d shapes out of skewers and glue tack.
Something I found challenging was counting the faces and edges on the sphere, cone and and cylinder in geometry
I learnt how to use correct geometry language like vertices instead of points and edges instead of lines.
I am pleased with my writing about the squirrel and the eagle..... if you would like to read it look below.
Attack of the eagle
The twigs crunch underfoot as I stroll through the woods in Canada. Dry leaves flutter to the ground leaving a red gold and yellow sea blanketing the dirt. I hear a faint rustle of leaves and the furry head of a squirrel pops out of the ground it's black little nose twitching trying to detect food he turns and scurries up a big oak tree his little claws latch onto an uneven branch as he collects a nut. Little did the rodent know that looming ahead was a ferocious eagle.
The feathered hunter is scanning the treetops when it’s head jerks noticing movement his eyesight zooms in and the predator recognises the squirrel as dinner. With eyes gleaming murderously, he sets off through the woods his wings unfold and stretch out and with two beats of his majestic feathers, he is lifted off the ground and soaring through the air ready to catch his prey. Meanwhile, the small rodent is storing several nuts for winter when he sees a faint silhouette of a sharp taloned bird. The little squirrel dashes across a branch…. the determined eagle is gaining. He leaps to the branch on another tree, there is a gap between them this does not slow the terrified furry creature.. he glides through the air wind rushing at his tiny face. The eagle makes a dive for him narrowly missing. he killer eventually gives up and flies away
Writing evaluation The Eagle and the Squirrel
words for Squirrel and eagle
I liked the rich language she used.eg the leaves crunched underfoot.
you could use a bit more describing words I think.
30.7.15
wiki reflection
Something I achieved this week was learning how to reply to someone in Maori.
I enjoyed art with Mrs Taylor we are making sunset collages with magazine paper.
Something I learnt this week were my 7 times tables.
I found the sky tower run challenging as I kept getting a stitch,a tight chest and I felt tired, thirsty and slightly sick afterwards.
19.6.15
wiki reflection
Something I enjoyed this week was being with Mrs Vaughn because she taught us how to use Canva which is a app where you can create posters online.
Something I achieved this week was how to tell the time on an analogue clock.
Something I learnt this week was in Mr Houston's speech like, to make a bridge earthquake was that people that build the bridge needed to use reinforced steel which is steel bars that are drilled into the concrete.
12.6.15
Wiki reflection
Something I enjoyed this week was P.E I chose to do Dutch Long ball.
Something I achieved this week was finishing my Koru art with Mrs Taylor.
Something I learnt this week was a new strategy in my maths for subtraction and addition in cross grouping with Mrs.T.
To view my writing click on the links below.
my piclitMy Awesome writing
29.6.15
Wiki reflection
Something I enjoyed this week was learning new strategies in my maths.
Something I achieved this week was learning my 3 times table off by heart.
I need to work on managing my time.
22.5.15
Wiki reflection
I achieved getting second place in the speech finals.
Something I found interesting this week was my koru art as it was amazing to see what it
looked like when two different shades of the same colour were put together.
Something I learnt this week was area and perimeter.
I need to work on making sure I write enough in my writing.
To watch my speech click on the video below
12.5.15
wiki reflection
Speech
For my speech I did well in adding humour, and I had real facts and statistics.
I need to work on making sure my voice sounds natural.
School reflection
This week I achieved getting into speech finals.
I think I need to work on learning all my basic facts as it will make it easier to understand maths question.
I learned to switch subtraction equations into addition equations in cross grouping.
1.5.15
Reflection
This week I acheived... moving up to stage six for maths when I did my basic facts test.
My next steps are learning all my times tables so next time I do a stage six test I will get them all right and finish the whole test.
20.3.15
Camp reflection
Something I am looking forward to is making new friends and trying different day to day activities.
Something that I think will be challenging for me is going to bed later then I usually do and getting up early.
my 2 goals for camp are trying to win the 'Chosen valleys got talent' quest by trying to keep up with my friend.
13.3.15
Reflection
Something I learnt this week was how to find how many ones, tens, and hundreds are in a number with Mrs Vaughn. I found learning about the Treaty of Waitangi challenging because some of the people were talking in Maori and the words in the captions below were in old fashioned English.I achieved getting into New south Wales testing for English,writing,and spelling.
6.2.15
writing
Next steps
I need to use all my senses and maybe add more detail.
This week I achieved drawing a portrait of my face with lots of detail in my writing.
Something I found challenging was getting the hang of the 'mean and the mode'
something I learnt was using a pie chart.
27.2.15
Reflection
I have learned how to do a stem and leaf graph which I thought would be a bit hard but was quite easy. I have also enjoyed art with Mrs Taylor which was drawing the other half of your face.
Refletion
Week 3 Term 1.
I have really enjoyed the last few weeks of school in my new classroom.
I love all my subjects at school but the one thing I enjoy the most this year is my maths.now, normally I dislike maths but my teacher for this year is very good at teaching maths and on the first day back I learned how to read and say numbers in the millions!