Matariki Fun Day.

Task Description:For this mornings task we are posting a short blog post telling what Matariki is all about and highlights from our Matariki fun day. We as a class are explaining why NZ should celebrate Matariki and why we should we keep celebrating it?.

Matariki 

Maori New Year

Last week on Friday Point England school got mixed up into different classes for Matariki, as we are celebrating a Maori New Year. We went into our classes and I was in cooking, the subjects are cooking, arts&crafts, movie making, and sports. I had lots of fun creating, making, and helping, because all these things is what my class had done together as a team and had a yummy lunch for a treat.

Celebrating what? 

Matariki is the named Maori in the middle of winter for a star constellation, it represents a great moment in the Maori New Year's. 

What do we see on the sky at the time? 

After sun set the constellations are visible in the middle of the night, while the  Matariki Festival is on  you can see seven stars-

1. Matariki

2. Tupu a nuku

3. Tupu a rangi

4. Waipunarangi

5. Waiti

6. Waita

7. Ururangi

Highlights? I was in cooking with Mrs Tele'a

1. My highlight is that me and my team won the competition of who was the best decorated eating table and that we all worked together to make origami stars and the first to do them too.

2. My second highlight is that we all had fun together as a cooking class to help each other out and have a yummy lunch together.

Should NZ celebrate this? Yes  Why?

Because this signals an important time in the  New Zealand calendar,  Matariki is a celebration of culture, culture, language and history. Matariki is part of New Zealand's history and starting a new year for Maori people.

Relationships Graphs.

WALT: Understand and create relationship graphs.

Task Description: For this maths task I had to answer down what t I think is right for the questions given. We are learning how to tell relationship graph and understand it too, so this is all about feelings and weather, but also for our create task was to make a graph using feelings about our favourite tv programme, sports, and book.

A Game Of Card - New Words.

Task Description: This Weeks reading we having done a vocabulary poster from a book called Game Of Card, and we had to copy down each word that our teacher has put down on the board. The words were some that our class didn't know so we had to find the meaning and the meaning of the little sentence in the bottom right corner, also there were places mentioned to we marked where in New Zealand was Rongopai and Waituhi.

5 Awesome Things About Living In My Bubble Chart.

Task Description: Here is a pie graph of what our class Room 3 has done during living in our bubble, 5 things form each of us and what we did and also what we enjoyed during lock down. This tells how many things we have done the same and things that we've done differently, but also knowing what fun things we have done during lock down.

Narrative- The Lucky Diamond.

Task Description: For this weeks writing task we have done another narrative and this time it had to a free image with a tree inside. We had to use the T.O.P.S structure and this stands for title, orientation, problem, and solution.

The Lucky Diamond

Names:Bryant, James

It was a lovely morning and Bryant woke up, he  grabbed his favourite thing in the world, Bryant loves adventures and he always likes to explore places. There was a little shiny diamond on his desk and he loved it. He thought it was real. He went down stairs and heard a doorbell, it was his friend James, 

“What should we do today?” said Bryant with excitement.

“I saw a allway near my house, and I think it’s a new one,” he said.

They were thinking of having an adventure and so they packed up and went off with no explanation.  When they got there they walked through the alleyway and spotted a lot of green trees,

“It’s a forest!” said Bryant

“WOW!” said James with his eyes wide.

As they walked they saw a path and so they followed, on the way they stopped for a snack and water. It was day time and so they thought they had to be back by afternoon. 

As they continued with their adventure Bryant slipped his hand in his pocket for his diamond, but then suddenly it was gone.

“Oh no where's my diamond!” said Bryant as he screamed.

“What! Oh no!” said James with a fright.

They looked everywhere and suddenly saw in front of them a cottage, they walked towards it and didn’t know what to do, but knocked. There was an old lady that opened the door and said 

“What are you doing here at this time of day?” she said with a growly voice.

James answered

“Sorry to bother you, but we're just trying to look for my friend's diamond”  with a scared voice.

The lady looked with great relief and she thought in her head if she could help the little boys and see if she can find them around the forest with some help.

When they got to the end of the path of the old lady's house they went up and down the path heaps of times. It was getting too late and the afternoon was passing by, but suddenly a man was walking past and peeked down below all the way at the front of the path. He saw something shiny and he could see a shiny flicker from all they where they were and so they ran up to the man, and the man turned around and said

“Is this your little boy” 

“Yes, thankyou sir for this,” Bryant said with relief.

The looked closely and thought that it might be actually real, so he told Bryant this

“Little boy I think this is most certainly real” said the man with a smiley face.

They all went to a store to check out if the diamond was real and so it was. Bryant and James' faces were with a huge smile on their face and they were filled with happiness and couldn't wait to tell their parents. 

It was a brand new day and they decided to use their money that they got from the man yesterday to go on a family vacation, along with James' family too.

They had so much and were happy of how that man was so kind and honest.

End

Taha Tinana - Fitness&Hygiene.

Task Description: Here is a Taha Tinana Task, we had to put down 5 things of what we do with our family to keep fit and make sure our hygiene is good, but also staying healthy and eating well.

Our physical bodies need to stay fit and clean. Our families and homes and where we learn the basic BUT important steps for this.

Here are 5 examples of what happens in my family-

1. We go for walks around the Panmure basin.

2. My family goes to the gym every morning and night.

3. My parents make sure that we have clean and good tooth brushes, also toothpaste.

4. We always make sure that we wash our body and hair properly so we smell nice and clean.

5. We always make sure that we have vegetables everyday and eat healthy food.

A special saying that me and my family say to each other to keep healthy and fit is 

'make sure you look after your body and eat more vegetables'

Grateful - Taha Hinengaro.

Task Description: This morning we have wrote a blog post about being grateful, and this is to with our taha hinengaro. What we had to do is write down a paragraph of what being grateful is and an example on what is means too, then we had to write 5 things of what we are grateful for today.

Being someone who is grateful is important. This means being appreciative for what you have and receive. But also thinking before you say: for example you wanted a pink lollie, but you get a purple one, then that's when you stop and think, and be grateful for what you get.

Here are 5 things that I am grateful for today:

- I am grateful for the lovely morning that god has given us.

- I am grateful for my family always being helpful and loving.

- I am grateful for nice breakfast that my mum has made.

- I am grateful for the things I get to help me with my school work.

- I am grateful for my awesome friends that I have.

Have an attitude of gratitude. 

Story Reflection: What we can learn from the #BlackLivesMatter Movement.

WALT: Be specific in what the story was about and reflecting back on it.

Task Description: Here is my reading task and I had to  read a story and reflect back on it and answer the questions given. But I also had to rate it so I highlighted all of the stars because I think it was a very good article.

Comparing Articles : Stand Up and Stands/w You.

Walt: Learning to compare articles and to learn more information.

Task Description: This is our reading task for the week and we had to do a ven diagram and compare 2 articles and write what they have in conman, like similarities. Also writing down what parts in the story that they can have in conman.

Taha Whanau.

WALT: Writing 3 things about what we did in the weekend.
Task Description: This is our Te Whare Tapa Wha task and we have done it about Taha Whanau, we had to write 3 things about what we did in the weekend with our family.

1.  We all helped each other clean up the house.
2. On Sunday we went to my Aunty's house and celebrated my cousins birthday.
3. Together me and my whole family came together and had a big dinner.

Wether it's hard work or a lot of fun, spending time with my whanau is important.

Land Biome.

Land Biomes

A large naturally occurring community.

Polar Regions.

-Arctic

-Antarctic

-Ice Caps

- Animal Find

-ALbetrouse

-Penguins, Albertross, Gulls

-Whales, Seals

-Polar Bears

-Very Cold

Tandra

- Cold - 7'

- 2 seasons

  - Long dark winter

  - Short Summer

-Close to north pole

-soil is frozen all year

-Plant life - grass

-Animals:

Forests.

-Forests grow where it's not too cold.

-Lots of nutrients and water

-Animals: Moose, deer, bears, wolves, rabbits, 

-Foxes, squirrels as well as plenty birds and reptiles.

'Believe In Yourslef' Joseph Parker.

On Fridays we Point England School always has an assembly and today was a bit different.

As we started off with our normal schedule for assembly something changed and it was a special guest and his name was Joseph Parker, also his sister Elizabeth Parker. Joseph is a New Zealand professional boxer of Samoan Heritage, his sister Elizabeth is like a boss for him because she helps him train and do more things to be the boxer that he is.

Joseph's speech was about two important things that he has used to be a boxer throughout his whole career:

Believe in yourself: This is important because sometimes you need to focus on believing and not listening to what other people say about you.

Nothing beats hard work: This means always having hard work before everything you do and because without it somethings can be possible but sometimes you can achieve in whatever you do.

My question if I was to ask Joseph Parker is,
What was the best thing about being a professional boxer?.

My Message of thanks to Joseph Parker:
Thank you Joseph for coming to our school and to the teachers who has made it possible, you're two special things you’ve said that you used throughout your career was very cool and inspiring because all the negativity out there is wrong and you have said to always Believe In Yourself and that’s a very important thing to remember. The other one you have said was Nothing Beats Hard Work, everything that we do in life to try and achieve is to always do hard work and without it something may not be possible in life, so a very big thanks and god bless.

Marine Biomes.

Task Description: For today's home class work we have learnt about 1 particular biome and it was the Marine Biome. We had to find a definition of what biome is and then we watched a video just up the Marine Biome part, then learnt  different types of biomes that are in the Marine Biome. After that we listed some things down from the video and then made a poster of what is inside the Marine Biome and what inside of all that.

Definition: 

A biome is a community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in. They can be found over a range of continents. Biomes are distinct biological communities that have formed in response to a shared physical climate.

Here is the definition from (Wikipedia) about biomes. 

Marine Biome: (Largest Biome)

- 70% - Salt water is covered around the earths surface.

- There are  over 230,000 animals living in the marine biome.

- Like fish, octupus, turtles, sea horses, seals, the blue whale, and much much more.

-All live in grow in the ocean

- Polips make the coral reef graduate bigger, (after polips die then next generation comes).

Fresh Water Biome:

(Filled with water that has a low of salt water.)

-Sea creature can not survive in the fresh water but in the salt water.

- Ponds, lakes, rivers are all in the fresh water biome.

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Narrative Writing Test: My New Friends.

Task Description: Here is our writing test for the term and and we had to proof read it and post it on our blog. What we had to do is pick a picture and choose 1 out of 4, then we had to plan for 5 minutes then start writing for 45 minutes straight, I hope you enjoy my narrative writing.

My New Friends

A girl named Anna was a really joyful girl, she was at a wonderful school in Sydney, Australia. Anna loved all her friends and how great she was at her learning, every Saturday she and her parents go out and buy ice-cream. But Anna was the only child, so it was hard sometimes for her not talking to any but her parents. One day Anna’s parents told her some good and bad news, they were moving to a city called Madrid in Spain, but Anna was feeling sad because she didn't want to leave all her friends. Her father got a new job there, and so they had to move to Spain for the new job, Anna was down and wasn’t feeling too excited.

On the 29th of May a beautiful warming morning appeared and they arrived in Spain, then they caught a taxi to the city Midrid. They were living in an apartment up in a high building and mother couldn't wait to put Anna into a new school, so Anna could have lots of friends and start fresh. Anna’s birthday was in two days mum just remembered and said,  

“How awesome Anna, we're going to celebrate your 9th birthday here in Madrid.” she said with excitement.

As the day went past and the sun went down, Anna was finished packing her stuff in her new room, Anna was still a bit miserable but soon found a way to just be grateful,  and it was to play some board games with her family.

The next day arrived and it was Anna’s first day at Rivera Primary School, father was off to his new job and mother was getting ready, as Anna was having breakfast. Anna hopped of the chair and went to grab her backpack in her room, mother called out,

“Come on Anna you're gonna be late!.”

“Ok Mother!.” Anna yelled

They both raced to the car and drove off to school. A few moments later Anna was put into a class with a lot of kids and her class name was Tahi, which means 1. When Anna was sitting at a table everyone around her were all colouring a picture of School and writing what is amazing about school. She had received a paper and started her picture at school, soon the bell rang and that was morning tea break. She got her lunch out and ate outside on the bench, when she was playing no one wanted to play with her and that was a bit of a problem. But then it was time to go home and mum picked her up at the school gates.

As they got home mum asked,

“How was your first day at school Anna.” she said happily.

“Bad.” said Anna

“Know one didn’t want to play with me.” Anna said as well with great sadness

Mum went over and cheered her up with a snack. 

It was the next day and 1 more day till Anna turned 9, while Anna was at school again she still played on the slide by herself. But then three girls came up to her and said

“Hi my name is Galah,” Said the girl with curly hair.

“Hi my name is Emma.” Said the girl with a great big smile.

“Hi my name is Jayla.” Said the girl with a pink outfit.

Jayla went up closely and said with a happy voice,

“Would you like to come and play with us on the swings.”

Anna looked up with a huge smiley face,

“Sure I’d love to come and play,” she said.

Then they were on their way playing all around and having fun with each other. Anna felt happy and joyful to have new friends playing with her so she became their best friend and they became hers.

Finally it was Anna’s 9th birthday and she was so excited to go back to school, early in the morning mother surprised her with a pancake cake with a candle and father was even there singing Happy Birthday to her. 

Anna was at school and she and her mother decided to have a birthday party as soon as Anna came back from school, but Anna wanted to invite all of her friends from school, and she told Galah, Emma, and Jaylah to come to her birthday party. Mum was so happy that she had made friends and would be very fine with some friends coming over.

It was after school and her friends and she went to her house and had lots of fun, playing games, painting nails and baking cookies. But there was one more thing, the cake, everyone gathered and sang happy birthday to Anna and she blew her candles out and opened presents. Anna really wanted to go out for ice-cream, so her mum found a place around the corner from the building and they all had some ice-cream together.

The End

Samoan Independence.

Task Description: For this weeks reading task we have learnt about the Samoan Independence and have experienced and  watched a video telling their story about being an independent country and how the days where back them. But also knowing how hard it was and what they had to go through back in 1962.

 

Enjoy Being Your Age.

'Enjoy being your age' this is one of our Team 5 korero's.

Zdravo! I am 12 years old. 

There are many things I enjoy about being this age.

*I am able to play different sports.

*I am with the same students everyday.

*I get to know my teachers well.

*We get to learn about our changing bodies.

*We get to be the student leaders of our school.

*We get to trial for rep sports teams.

*We get to dream about what college we'll go to.

* I can walk to school everyday

*I enjoy spending time with my parents and my family.

Going through life is hard, but if you just enjoy being your age then you won't have to act like big people, so everyone at different ages don't rush your life and just enjoy being your age. 

Pt England's First Assembly.

Task Description: Today we Pt England School has had our first Assembly back at school from lock down and so far being back here at school has changed but has been still fun. We have acknowledged our wonderful principal Mr Burt for receiving a Order of Merit Award from the Queen over in England. Down below is writing on what we did and a thank you paragraph for his hard work.

Mr Burt’s New Zealand Order of Merit Award

Today is Friday the 12th of May and also the day we have had our first assembly for Term 2. Pt England School has acknowledged our wonderful principal Mr Burt, and he has got an award for New Zealand Order of Merit from the Queen. So in our assembly we have done a special scene for him and sag waiata (song) and a himene, just for him and everyone in the school to sing together. Then we ended off with a haka and all gave a round of applause for our great principal Mr Burt.

Congratulations Mr Burt,

Thank you for being who you are and always being a loving and caring principal. I’d like to say what wonderful and outstanding things you’ve done for this community and school. You will always be in our hearts and even though some of our family's couldn’t afford things, like money for Chromebooks or camps, you helped them and made sure that they had a good and fun time at Pt England School. 

Wk 8: Which Graph.

Task Description: This weeks maths task is all about graphs, which graph?, we needed to read the graph about Favourite Family Holidays and answer some true/false questions. As we need to always look back at the graph to help and tell the percentages for  each statement given.

Which Graph?                                                               Name: Paige.S

WALT- Analyse data in graphs to answer questions

Using the graphs above to help you answer these statements below. 

Statement	True or False or Can’t Tell	Clearly shown on Bar Graph, Pie Graph, Both or Neither
40% said their favourite activity is going on holiday with their family.	True	Bar Graph
Going to holiday programmes was a more popular choice than playing with friends.	False	Both
A quarter said their favourite activity is playing with friends.	True	Both
People like to take their friends on family holidays.	True	Both
10% more said their favourite activity is playing with friends than said playing with computers.	True	Bar Graph
Together being on holiday with family and playing with friends makes by more than half the votes.	False	Both
The most popular activity was going on holiday with family.	True	Both
A third said their favourite activity is going to holiday programmes.	False	Bar Graph
Twice as many people picked going on holiday with their family than picked going to holiday programmes.	True	Bar Graph