Summer Learning Journey - Day one!

Hey bloggers, Shabeera here! This is the first day of the Summer Learning Journey! I'm really excited. For activity 1, we visited the The Tourism NZ Website and had to find out one of the top 3 facts about New Zealand. Here are my facts!

1.  New Zealand was once governed as part of the territory of New South Wales and later a part of Australia.
2. New Zealand was once governed as part of the territory of New South Wales and later a part of Australia.
3. The Auckland City Sky Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 meters high.

Here are some extra facts that were that are interesting!

• 30% of the country is forest.
• There are no snakes in the country!
• When in New Zealand, you must drive on the left side of the road
• New Zealand is one of the world’s least populated countries with over 4 million populations

Were the facts cool? Some of the facts from the website I didn't even know about. Feel free to leave a PTH (Positive, helpful and thoughtful) comment.

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Christmas Dress up day

Aloha bloggers!

 Last week we had a Christmas dress. All of us dressed up in something Christmas! We all had to bring a gold coin donation for our Christmas hampers. We also put paint on our faces. The jump jam team performed 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town' in our Friday assembly. Also our school was decorated with Christmas trees, sign and lights. 

Here are some photos of the day!

One thing that was awesome was how we donated money for the school hampers. Also it was really fun painting faces and doing Jump jam. The assembly was pretty cool too. There was also lots of amazing clothes that people wore that day. My favourite part was probably Jump jam in assembly.

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Tri Star Gymnastics!

Hey bloggers! For the past few weeks we have been doing gymnastics at school and at Tri Star! We had one 45 minute session at Tri star and then another which was 1 hour long. Before we went to Tri Star, we had sessions on other days in our school hall.There were obstacles like trampolines, foam pit, beam and more that I don't the name for. We also did rotations with the coaches.  We walked down to Tri Star Gymnastics since it was pretty close to our school. We went on a Wednesday and a Monday.
Here are some pictures!

I think that Gymnastics this year was really fun and enjoyable. I liked every part of gymnastics except for walking to and from school to Tri Star. Jumping on the trampoline was really fun too. Do you do gymnastics at your school? Here is the the link to there website. Click here for the link! Feel free to leave a positive helpful and thoughtful comment.

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End Of The Year Is Nearly Here!

Kia Ora bloggers! The 6 years that I have been at this school has been awesome. I started this school in 2012 and this year, 2018 I'm leaving. I am going to be honest and that its been way too long. It's sad that its already the end of the year and I'm moving to an Intermediate. Here are some of my big memories.

Production!

Tiritiri Matangi

Swimming sports

This year had been amazing. I thought when this year started, It would be boring. Well it was the complete opposite of that. I have had a spectacular teacher. We have also been on incredible trips. This is not my last last blog because I will be doing the Summer Learning Journey. Feel free to leave a positive comment. Blog you later!

Summer Learning Journey - Practise

Hey bloggers! Today we are going to be practising the Summer Learning Journey for the holidays coming up soon. Megan (Someone who runs it I think) came in to tell us everything about it. We had to pick 1 country out of 10. The first activity we had to put in why you would visit. I picked Japan

 Here are some of the reasons why.

• The first reason I picked Japan was because I want to see a sumo wrestling match in real life. 
• The second reason I want to visit Japan is because I want by one of those square
• Another reason I want to go to Japan is that there is an island full of rabbits that I want to visit
• There is also 70 different flavour of Fanta in Japan and there's one flavour that's called the 'hip hop' flavour that I want to try
• There's a bird named 'The Red Crowned Crane

And if I visit Japan, there is a hotel that's staffed by robots that I'm would stay the night in.

The Red Crowned Crane

For the second activity we have to write  facts about our country. Here are some facts about Japan.

• The population of Japan is 127.1 million
• The main cities of Japan is Tokyo (The Capital), Kyoto, Sendai, Osaka.

Tokyo

• There are over 50,000 people who are over 100 over years in Japan.
• Late-night dancing in Japan was illegal until 2015
• Japan suffers of 1,500 earthquakes a year

I'm really happy that I chose Japan. Its looks really cool and the facts about Japan are mind-blowing. Are you doing the Summer learning journey! Feel free to leave a positive comment. Here is the link to the summer learning  journey Blog you later!

Athletics day!

Hey Bloggers! I'm back. A few weeks ago was our Athletics day held at our school on the 2nd of November. There were a range of different sports and rotations (that the teachers ran)  in our age groups. There were 12 events and 6 actual rotations because some groups didn't have time to do both activities within the rotation. I was in the 10/11 year old girls. Some sports that were in the rotation were; long jump, high jump, 400 metre run, sprints, shotput and at the end of the day we had relays with the whole school. We had to be dressed up in house colours (Tui = Yellow Pukeko = Green Kea = Red Ruru = Blue) and it had to be appropriate for running.
 Here are some photos of the day.

How were the photos? I think that Athletics day is a great way to have fun and learn. At each rotation, every teach marked us on behaviour/attitude, sportsmanship and how we moved between the stations. Whoever got the highest marks in age categories got ice blocks. Also,  does your school do an Athletics day? Feel free to leave positive, helpful and thoughtful comment.
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Pasifika Peter Pan Production - Thinking Hats!

Aloha Bloggers, Shabeera here. Last week we had our School Production named Pasifika Peter Pan. Pasifika Peter Pan is like Peter Pan but with a Pasifika Twist. The twist was going to different places in the Pacific in Neverland. This was held at Waikowhai Intermediate's Hall. Every single person in the school was part of the Production, but the years 5/6 were playing as the main characters. (The other classes were in an item). There were 2 evening performances on Wednesday and Thursday. There was also Matinee performance on Friday. After the Production was finished, we made a copy of a slideshow that had all the thinking hats and we had to fill them in and work on it.

Here is my Thinking hats work and some of the photos of our production.

How did you think of the photos and my slideshow? My favourite part of our Production was all the Pirate scenes, the Mermaid dance and the end dance that we always do. What would you think would be your favourite part of our Production? I think next time people should turn up to the rehearsals and . Feel free to leave a positive, helpful and thoughtful comment.

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Ako Hiko Film Festival 2018 - Term 3

Hey Bloggers! Last Term in Term 3 was our Film Festival for the Ako Hiko Cluster. Everyone in the Senior Syndicate had to have contributed some way in the Movie which had to be exactly 3 minutes. The Teachers in the seniors had to pick one movie from each class to be picked for the film festival. Our movies had to be around the word 'Change'. Before creating the movie and story line, we had to learn to film all the different shots. The shots were up, down, close up and long. Also we filmed short movies to get used to filming. One of the short movies for our warm up were filming a knock knock joke. After all the practising and warm ups, we finally could get into groups of 4, plan the storyboard and film.

Here is our Movie

 Hope you enjoyed our Movie.

In my opinion, I think that our movie wasn't the best. When we were filming, it was all over the place and we had last minute to finish a few more clips that were messy. The movie wasn't edited and filmed properly too. I think we could had a different story line and defiantly have different people in our group. Feel free to leave a positive, helpful and thought comment. 

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Writing Tumble W1 T4

Hey bloggers, I'm back with my learning! How was your two week holiday? My one was amazing. For the first week of Term 4, we started a Writing tumble. Basically what a Writing tumble is, its when you write in present tense about a picture. You don't only right about one piece of writing, there are around 5 pictures you write about in 4 days. You have to have around 3 written and finished by the end of the week. I managed all three and have started on another! 

Here is my slideshow.

I hope you enjoyed reading my writing. I think that the pictures were a little hard to write about because they aren't something I would like. My favourite picture I wrote about was the 'Haunted House'. Maybe you could make your own Writing tumble for your friends or family. Feel free to leave a positive comment. 

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Waikowhai Intermediate Production!

Hey Bloggers! This week, all the Senior Syndicate went to Waikowhai Intermediate on a bus to watch their production named, 'This Is Me'. The production was really funny and was filled with dance, singing, monologues, and much more. The production was also made up except for some of the songs that were played. We left school at around 11:40 am and arrived 11:45. The production started at 12:00 pm and ended at 1:55 pm. There was an intermission in the middle of the production for everyone and also everyone sang This Is Me and the end. There were contemporary dancers, hip hop girls and boys,  Kapa Haka, 19th Harmony (Singing group), Pasifika mix dance group, choir and much more. Also, when we came back, we used the De Bono thinking hats to reflect on the show. Here is a photo of us watching the show and my De Bono thinking hats work.

The Waikowhai Intermediate production was amazing. Considering it was there first time performing in front of a big audience was impressive. The show was actually about showing your true self, not being someone that you aren't and not changing because of people. Feel free to leave a positive, helpful and thoughtful comment. Blog you later

Literacy Tumble For W8

Hey bloggers! This weeks we started a new Literacy Tumble. If you don't know what the literacy tumble is, its filled with reading and writing. But every 25 minutes, some people switch over to there writing or reading group. There are 'must dos', 'should dos', and 'could dos'. The 'must dos' that you had to do by Friday included, writing follow up, reading follow up and blog comment. One of the 'should dos' included creative writing.

 Here is my slide show!

This week, I completed all my 'must dos' but didn't finish the whole slideshow. I think next week when we start a new literacy tumble, I could finish most of it. Maybe you could create your own  literacy tumble for your friends. Please feel free to comment something positive, helpful and and thoughtful.

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Literacy Tumble!

Hey Blogger!

Welcome back! For the past week, we have been doing a literacy tumble. If you don't know what a literacy tumble is, its when you get given activities to work on. There's the must do's that you have to do by Friday, the should do's and the could dos . I have finished all my musts, should's and nearly all my could's. Our must's included:

Our reading follow up

Blog comment

Our spelling / punctuation activity
Writing follow up
Here is my slideshow!

The must's were easy and only took around 2 days to finish. I think next time I could finish the whole slideshow. Maybe you could create your own literacy tumble. My favourite part was writing a blog comment because you can find out what other schools are doing and connect with them. Feel free to leave a positive, helpful and thought comment.
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The NED Show!

Hey Bloggers!

I'm back! A few weeks ago we had a very fun show named The NED Show in our school hall! A man showed us lots of cool tricks with yo-yo's and kindly gave us some to sell to the students. The show was funny and helpful. NED Stands for: Never give up, Encourage others and Do your best. The show was not only about doing yo-yo tricks, but it was about never giving up on anything you do. 

Here are some photos of  the day!

My favourite part of the show was when he did tricks like around the world with the yo-yo and when he made all of us laugh. Something that I learnt is how to use a yo-yo and to never give up. Maybe The NED Show will come to your school to perform. Feel free to leave a positive, helpful and thoughtful comment.

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Interland DLO!

Hey bloggers! Today for cyber smart, we were told to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about  game, Interland. On our DLO, it had to say what it was about and you had to explain the stages in it. If you don't know what Interland is, its a game where it helps you become cyber smart on the internet. There are different stages named Mindful mountain, Reality river, Kind Kingdom, Tower of treasure.

 Here is my DLO!

The DLO was a little easy but took a pretty long time to make. My favourite part was playing the game for the screencastify. I have a question, have you guys played Interland, and if you have, what is your favourite stage? My favourite stage is Reality river, If you would like to play the game, here is the link . Feel free to leave a, positive, helpful, and thoughtful comment. 

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Cross Country!!!

Hey Bloggers! I'm back. A few weeks ago on Monday, it was our annual Cross Country day! All of us had a blast. All the year sixes had to lead small games while a year group is running. If you don't know what Cross Country day is, its when a year level group runs around the school.The people who place in the top 5 from year 4 onwards,  goes to Cross Country Zones. Here are some photos of the day!

This day was really fun but at the the same time tiring. Out of the year 6 girls, I came 3rd place so that means i'll be going to zones. I have a question to ask, does your school have a Cross Country day, and if your school does, what place did you come this year? Feel free to leave a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment.
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