Beach Day - Similes

WALT: use similes to make our writing interesting.

The waves were like thunder that was crashing on a stormy day.
The sun was as bright as a lamp that shines in your eyes.
The waves were as long as a bus that is filled with noisy children.

Acrostic Poem - Amber

WALT: Use adjectives to describe our personility.

First we had to take a picture and remove the background on remove.bg. I then put the picture on Google Drawings. Then I looked for funky letters for my name. I used a thesaurus to find adjectives that start with the letters in my name.




Reflection: I enjoyed removing the background and choosing a snowy setting. It was easy finding funky letters! It was tricky finding an adjective that starts with "B". Net time, I'd make my sentences a little bigger.

Have you ever made an acrostic poem?

Coopers Beach - EOTC Reflection

On Thursday we went to Coopers Beach for EOTC. First we had to gather at school and then started walking to the beach. It took us about 35 minutes to get there. After arriving at the beach, we had our morning tea. We then got into 4 groups (about 11 children in a group) and went to various activities.
The different activities were, photography, beach cricket, kayaking, paddle boarding and a nature walk up Rangikaptiki. After two rotations we had lunch, then had the other two. After a long day in the sun, we had to walk back to school.





Reflection: My favourite part was.... because..... . Next time I would like to .....

Question: Is your school close to a beach?

Brendon's Holiday - Using Remove.bg

A Post from Brendon: 

 WALT: We used remove.bg to change a photo to a PNG image.

Reflection: It was hard to remember what we did in Whangarei. I wish I could write down more about my holiday.( There's no more)


 

Paige's Brochure about the Grand Canyon - The Amazing Race

A post from Paige: 

 WALT: Design a Brochure and and Summarise important facts.

We had to create a Brochure on Google slides. We had to gather and research information.

REFLECTION: We got information put a title and pictures because every Brochure has pictures and we also put it on our blogs so you could see it.


QUESTION: Have you ever made a Brochure?

Writing a paragraph about our organs

WALT: We learnt how to write a paragraph using the TEXT format.

We paired up with a friend and had to research about a specific organ. My friend and I chose the heart. We first made a mind map. Then we followed the TEXT to write our paragraph.

This is our paragraph:

The heart is one of the most important organs in your body. Your heart pumps blood all around your body. Your rib cage protects your heart.  The heart is made of four different chambers. The heart is important because it pumps blood around your body, delivering oxygen and nutrients to your cells and removing waste products. ... There are valves between the atria and ventricles that make sure blood flows in one direction through your heart. Your heart is sort of like a pump, or two pumps in one. The right side of your heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs.

Reflection: I found it easy to research about the organs. I had difficulty with working with a partner. Next time I would like to add more details more details in my writing.

What do you think the most important organ in your body is?

Done by Fern and Cody

Film Making

We have been working hard on improving our film making skills. We have can now write our own scripts, film different 'shots' and even use iMovie to edit them!

Here are two of our very first movies...

Movie 1


Movie 2