Summer Learning Journey - Week 2 - Day 1 - Airport Language- Activity 1

Today I am here to write about if I went to a country and I never knew what language they were speaking so I had to write a poem about it. This is my poem.

I always felt it quite,

strange and scary,

that everyone is in a small world,

but in a big place,

like an airport,

and I wonder how I will fell,

 if I didn't know how to speak there language,

It would be the scariest thing in the whole world,

I will be confused,

sad,

and all those emotion,

but not happy or excited.

Summer Learning Journey - Day 5 - Week 1 - Activity 2 - More Books

I have to write about this read the following three reviews of books that are really popular right now in Canada. If you had to choose one for Curious Kiwi to read on the plane, which one would you choose? Post the name of the book that you would chose on your blog. Below the title explain why you would choose that book. The 3 reviews are:

Book 1: Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins

Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

Book 2: Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!

Book 3: Diary of a Wimpy Kid – The Ugly Truth

Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it’s cracked up to be? Greg suddenly finds himself dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older—all without his best friend, Rowley, at his side. Can Greg make it through on his own? Or will he have to face the “ugly truth.”

I deiced to choose Diary of a Wimpy Kid because I love there books. I always read this book when I was 7-9 years old but when I was seven my sister or parents will read it to me. It is about his personal life. I have even seen one of there movies, which was awesome.

Summer Learning Journey - Week 1 - Day 5 - Books - Activity 1

Activity 1

I am supposed to write about I am about to hop in a plane to a new country. But Curios Kiwi will keep me company with his books. But he got very worried that he will get bored on the long flight. He asked us if we can find him a book that he can read. I have to give him a book that I read this year and tell him to read the book I choose.

Tom Gates Everything's AMAZING ( sort of)

By: Liz Pichon

The book I recommend for Curios Kiwi is the book Tom Gates Everything's Amazing ( sort of).

This book is so cool because there is lot's of drawings and there is this boy called Marcus 

Mel drew and he is very annoying. Also I teacher named Mr Fuller man you has really big eyes.This is a really cool book.

Summer Learning Journey - Week 1 - Day 4- Weather in Canberra

Activity 1

Today I have to write about the weather in Canberra. I have to write the about how the weather will be in 5 days. For Example: On Friday it is going to ran. Something like that.

Here is an image of the weathers on Today, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday which is Christmas.

As you can see on the image today it is going to be super hot and sunny, so that is a great day to have a swim or go to the beach.  Then on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday it is going to be sunny and some clouds. But on Saturday there is going to be an thunderstorm on the afternoon. On Christmas day it is going to be mostly sunny which is awesome.

Activity 2

Today I have to write a list about what I would bring if I went to Australia. I am going to list 10 things. 

• *T - Shirt*
• *Shoes*
• *Shorts*
• *Jeans*
• Togs ( Just in case I swim)
• *Family*
• Sunscreen
• Umbrella
• Jacket/Jumper

If you guys are thinking what are those stars thing well I had to do that to list 5 important things.

Summer Learning Journey - Week 1 - Day 3 - Safety tips in an airplane

Activity 1

What I am learning today is that I have to list 3 safety things to do in an airplane. Here are my 3 safety things.

1. If you have a loose item anywhere put it in your locker or under neath the chair in front of you.

2. If a seat belt goes on, be sure to put it on and keep it on for the rest of the flight. If you need to get up just lift the leaver. Also the belts are on your hips like some cars.

3. If you need some air, an oxygen mask will fall down from above. Pull down the mask and place over your mouth and nose and adjust the elastic so it can fit you. 

Here are 2 links that have some more safety things to do in a plane. Click the two links if you want to watch it Safety in Hollywood and Men in Black.

Activity 2

What I have to do is design I logo if I was asked to own my very own airline. So I decided to draw a logo, did is my best drawing.

This is my logo and I called it Air Anna Plane because it goes on the air and it is  my name and then it is a plane. On the top it say NZ - Plane because I am from NZ. I got some stars on the bottom because on the  New Zealand flag it has blue and red stars. There's an under line on Air Anna Plane because I just wanted to be more decorative. Then the whole thing is a lite blue because I love that color. The background is pink because my sisters choose it.

Summer Learning Journey- Bonus Round- Day 2- Week 1

What I have to do is that I have to write if I had the opportunity to go to Wellington, and what would I do. 

Bonus Round - To get 8 points.

If I had the opportunity to go to Wellington I would like to go dinner at Quay Street because there are all sorts of food like MC Donald's and stuff like that, I also heard that it will be so crowed because people love to go to the restaurants. If I got the chance to go to the beehive or botanical gardens, I would choose botanical garden because I heard there is a lot of pretty and colorful flowers and plants. If someone gave me a ticket to go to Wellington well I will cry for like a week and say thank you to them every time I see them. 

Summer Learning Journey- Day 2- Activity 1 & 2- Week 1

Activity 1

The name of the capital city is Canberra

1. The population of the capital city is 424,666
2. In January, the weather in the capital city is usually is Hot in the Summer?
3. The capital city is located in the city is located at the northern end of Australian Capital Territory. 280km south-west of Sydney. And 660 km north-east of Melbourne. (northern, southern, middle) part of the country.
4. The languages most commonly spoken in the capital city is English.

Activity 2

What I am learning today is that I have to write about if I want bull fighting to stop or should it keep on going and I have to say 2 reasons why.

I think that bull fighting should stop and keep on going. 

1.  The reason why I want it to stop is that instead of the bull dying you could also die in accident.

2. The second reason is that the bulls might be extincted which would be sad what if you were fighting a mummy bull and you killed it and it had babies inside it's stomach.

And now my two reasons that I want to make bull fighting keep on going.

1. My first reason is that some people might just be doing it for fun because they are probably bored to death everyday.

2. My second reason is that the bulls probably killed one of there family members while they were doing this event. They got angry and just wanted to kill bulls. ( And kids violence doesn't lead you to anything, so be good. You have a life for a reason which is being nice to everyone even animals)

So that was my reasons to this activity, hope you enjoy my reason. Please leave a comment on my blog to give me some feedback. Also tell me what you think about Bull Fighting.

Summer Learning Journey - Australia- Day 1 - Week 1

Australia

Activity 1

I would like to visit the country Australia because I really want to see animals I haven't seen like kangaroo's and koala's. Also I think it would be fun because all the hot beaches with the beautiful sea. Some of my family live in Australia so I would love to go and meet them. I might even see people from the pass like my old teachers and my old friends.

Activity 2

Australia is the 6th larges country in the earth

Australia has more reptiles than any other country, they have over 750 reptiles living in there area.

The worlds largest reef system is in the North-Eastern Coast of Australia and it is called the

Great Barrier Reef

Diamante poems about Christmas

WALT: Write diamante, acrostic and haiku poems around the theme.

I learnt about how to make diamante poems. I know that it has seven lines and it is a shape of a diamond. Also there is some adjectives, verb, and ing- word and so on.

The Egg In The Bottle Experiment

WALT: Hypothesis what do you think will happen in this experiment. Write a conclusion and say what it happened.

Verbs

WALT: Use verbs to add more detail to our writing.

I learnt about what verbs mean. A verb word to describe an action. For Example: Happen is a verb word.

My Animation

Anna Animation from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

My animation is about the 3 main states of matter, which is Solids, Liquids and Gases. A solid is something that can stay together and you can not break a solid, the solid I choose for my animation is a brick. Next Liquids, a liquid is something that can spread around but it is still together, the liquid I choose was water. Last but not least is Gas, a gas is something that can spread around and it is not together, It goes every where, the gas I choose is an oxygen bottle.

Homonyms

WALT: Understand the difference between the two words meanings. 


 A homonyms is two words that sound the same but it has diffrent meanings. I have learnt that there are two or three words that sound the same but has diffrent meanings

Alphabet Key

WALT: Think about inferences made within the text.

I learnt about things that start with the letters of the alphabet's. Also the things that you can recycle. For Example: For the letter A the thing you can recycle is an Apple Core. Everyone should try to recycle something instead of wasting it.

Alphabet Key

Make a copy and save it to your drive.  Use the letters from the alphabet and make a list uses for recycled paper.

Apple Core

Banana Peel

Crakers Packages

Dog Food Cans

Egg Cartons

Fruit Burst Wrappers

Grape Sticks

Honey Jars

Ice- Blocks Sticks

Jars

Kumera Skins

Lollie pop sticks

Milk Cartons

Noodle Wrappers

Orange Peels

Pear Skins

Quandong skins

Rice Packets

Skwers

Tins

Umbrella Fruit Skins

V Cans

Weet Bix Boxes

Yogurt Cartons

Zucchini Skins

Editing Paragraph

Walt: edit a paragraph so that it has the correct punctuation marks and makes sense

I learnt that if  we have mistakes on our writing we have to read it and fix it. As you have see you have to add a captial letter and a full stop at the end of the story.

Year 6 Camp Writing

Walt: Write a detailed recount about our experience to Kawau Island

Have you ever been to camp before? On Tuesday morning we all went to the hall to get ready to go to our camp. The year sixes, teacher and some parents went to camp at Kawau Island. We went to Kawau Island because the year sixes needed space from the year fives, we went on a bus then we went on a ferry.

We were finally at Camp Bentzon, when we finished putting the bags on the deck we all met on the prickly grass outside. Everyone kept on moaning and whining about the prickly grass. We met a woman and her husband and their names are: Peter and Erin, they were welcoming us and saying we should have a great week, which I was so excited about, they also told us about the stingrays and the orcas, which freaked us out.

We had to go in our groups. The groups names were Katz, Bentzon, Mansion and Kawau, Katz represented the ferry, Bentzon represented Camp Bentzon, Mansion represented the house near Kawau Island, Kawau represented Kawau Island. My group was Bentzon and my team leaders are Samoa and David, for every group there is a group A & B and I was in Bentzon A and for Bentzon B the team leaders was Sabrina and Kyron, for every group there was a parent helper and my parent helper was Miss Adams which is Kadens mum. Also for Bentzon B the parent helper for there team was Miss Timmi which is Jade and Collin’s mum.

We went for a walk up the Killer Hiller. There was a lot of up hills which hurted my calves. I kept on whining and saying to Miss Parrant “ Miss, can we stop now? My legs hurt so bad” “ NO, we just started” replied Miss Parrant. We walked so long I had to hold on to Bryana. She was running and that’s how my legs almost worked. Then we stopped where there was a rock hill and I was a grateful and thankful for rock hill. You have to climb it and say what you are grateful for and thankful. Leatham said what he was thankful for.

The year sixes stopped at a park next to the beach and we ate our morning tea. I kept on complaining to Mr Somerville and saying “ Can we go back to the camp now?” Mr Somerville didn’t even reply to me which was so rude of him. We walked back to the camp and got our cabins ready.

I was in a cabin with four girls there names are: Kerstein, Nyree, Sheales and Paige they told me I could be on the top bunk, which I wanted to be on. The time was very fast I looked up the sky and the sun was already down.

At night we watched a movie called The Princess Bride. It was a great movie. After that it was bedtime. It was so late that my eyes started closing when Mr Somerville was talking. The girls in my cabin kept on talking and almost all the teachers came in and told us to stop talking. Then my cabin woke up very early and we started getting ready to go for our run. Then the buguel went on everyone ran outside and Mr Somerville and Mr Jacobsen was standing outside waiting for us, off we went to our run. It was a little bit short.

We came back the bugeul went on again and it was telling us to meet outside on the deck to get ready for breakfast.  Kerstein and I were in the same group so we lined up and we were the first ones to eat our breakfast. We ate cereal and hot foods and at the end we had the best hot chocolate in the world. Mr Goodwin always asked “Does anyone want seconds?.” I never go for seconds because the hot chocolate always makes my stomach full.I t is so delicious.

My favourite activity is: Sailing because we were the first ones to do sailing and my partner was with Kerstein, we decided that I will steer first and she would work on the sail. When we first went on the sail we were scared because we thought we would tip over and because the stingrays and Orcars. We hopped on and Peter pushed us when I was steering we were actually going no here. Then finally the wind came up, the wind was blowing so hard. Peter told us to go to the red roof house we always go to Mr Goodwin and back to Miss Adams then again and again, when Mr Goodwin tells us to go back to Miss Adams he always says “TILLER TO THE SAIL” which means you have to turn the tiller to the sail and then the sail will change the other way.

I loved all the activities that we did at Kawau Island. Thanks to the teachers and parents for taking your time to go to the camp with nearly all the year sixes. Mostly thank you to Peter and Erin for letting us go to the camp at Kawau Island, Thanks to everyone who supported the year sixes for the best day of my life.

Survey

WALT: Work out fractions number

Yesterday at school we were learning about how to make a survey from google doc and we put it in our blog log and so our maths class can answer it and you can check who answered it and what they picked. For Example: Did you like Camp? And 3 people answer yes and 1 person said Maybe that's mean that the answer yes is better than Maybe. My class wanted to know how people felt about camp. 

Camping Chart

WALT: Work out fractions of numbers

Potato chips

WALT: Understand what pseudoscience mean. Research to prove or bust theories based on findings.

Holiday highlight

On October 10th 2016, we had an immersion assembly Mr Burt was talking about what he did and welcoming us. It was so exciting to be at school on the first day of the last term, and to meet my friends and teachers.

On October 10th, It was the first day of term 4, it was so exciting. I ran to my classroom and saw my beautiful teachers, and my friends. When we first saw eachother we ran to each other and hugged so tight. Then my home room walked to the hall (Room 7.) Then we saw Mr Burt and Mrs Nua making something.

Our whole school came and sat down, Then Mr Burt was welcoming us and saying stuff like “ I missed you guys so much and It felt like forever.” It acutally felt like it was like 5 years. Once Mr Burt said Explosions.

There was a huge “BOOM!!” and it was Mr Jacobsen and Mrs Garden doing an experiment but everytime Mr Burt says explosion Mr Jacobsen always says “OHH I love explosions” Then he always does a witch laugh which is weird.