3 Facts about Aotearoa

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Activity 1


   1   The land of New Zealand is where the Maori people first lived. The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa witch means the long white cloud.



2    There are amazing legends about Aotearoa and a demigod called Maui. 2 Legends about Maui are about how he slowed the sun and how Maui fished up Aotearoa. Maui had a lot of brothers.



3  The Maori people have lots of black maori patterns on their faces, arms and legs. The patterns are a tradition that they have.

Welcome

Camp Slide Show

Camp Thank You Letter

We wrote thank you letters to the parents that helped on camp. Here is my letter.

20 November 2018      

Dear Rowan

Thank you Rowan for your amazing help on our camp.

Three challenges for me were, going to sleep because the beds were uncomfortable.

Another challenge for me was not tripping over on the rocky parts of the hike.

The third Challenge for me was the river crossing because It felt like I was going to fall
over in the rocky current.

My three favorite parts of camp were: the Activities / Soccer Because that is when
I learnt how to nutmeg (Ball through the legs) people. The hike Because it wasn’t hard to
do except for the rocks and stones. The delicious food because it was extremely delicious.                     

Hope you enjoyed the camp.                                                       

Ngā mihi

Yours sincerely Korban Bellis

Multi Block model

This term with Mrs wylde we are learning how to draw 3D shapes and find all the different views.

 Here are a few images of the isometric drawing I did.

Abandoned Places

In our class we have been working on descriptive writing. We have been using pictures to give us ideas of what to write about. Here is a piece of writing I did.

Click here for link to original work.

Abandoned Cottage

The Abandoned Cottage

Have you ever wondered why there are some abandoned cottages out  there in the world. Because I can tell you about one interesting cottage that has been abandoned.

I was playing hide and seek in my creek until I got lost. I was running around and panicking But I fell over. When I got up I saw an Ancient old stone abandoned cottage. I went closer for a better look  and found a diary. I read it and it said.

Hi my name is Jonno. I live in a creaky old stone cottage out in the country with my mother and father. Because I live in a cottage 30 minutes drive from the nearest village I am homeschooled. I have no siblings but that didn’t matter because I like to go Fishing in an amazing creek nearby. Me and my family live by a cemetery  where my Grandad is buried in. One time when I was eleven two of my cousins came to stay for a week in the school holidays. During the first night the cousins stayed we all heard a weird noise coming from the cemetery that sounded like the sound of a bowling ball crashing into bowling pins. The cousins ask if that noise always happens. Me and my parents said no. Mum said it was nothing so we could go back to sleep.

In the morning when we woke up we heard clinking and clanking. The cousins asked what that was. We didn’t know so I said “I don’t know”. After breakfast me and the cousins went hunting for trout in a wide shallow clear water creek. One of the cousins found a trout so he yelled “ I FOUND A TROUT “. In the end we caught 4 trout but we didn’t want to go inside to mum and dad so we went beyond the creek to the old creepy cemetery.  I said to the cousins “ Scared ” but the cousins didn’t answer they were gone. The cousins showed up a minute later behind a huge mossy rock that had little bugs climbing around all over it. I let out a huge sigh of relief when I saw the cousins. The cousins were yelling “ WAIT UP”. they were very loud.

When we got to the cemetery we made a fire and cooked some trout to eat for lunch.
When we finished eating we heard a really loud groan and a rattling of bones.
We were really scared but before we could say run a dirty skeleton hand popped out  of a grave.
The cousins were yelling and screaming but I was staying still. A whole skeleton came out of the
ground and said “What is that good smell”. We didn’t answer. “What's in the basket”.
I said very quietly “Cooked trout”. The skeleton asked “Can I have a bit” I realized that
the skeleton wasn’t hurting us so I said confidently “Yes you can”. I opened the basket and
the skeleton eat one. Then he said in a grand old voice” you know I haven’t eaten in about
200 years. I said we would better get home know.  

When we were home and asleep at midnight we woke up to loud music.
A skeleton party was happening with a dozen skeletons Inside the house
. I saw the skeleton of my grandad and he said “Sorry kid but we have to eat all your food.
Firecrackers went off inside and the roof exploded. We are about to run away but I am leaving
this book here for you to read.

I found my way home and told my family everything I read.

The End

Manu Information Report

We are learning about NZ Manu (birds) 

What Is It

The little blue penguin is the smallest species of penguin in the world. They have a dark blue back and have a white tummy with the tiniest bit of silver and dark white feet. They can grow up to 33 cm in height.  They can weigh 1 kg. They are nocturnal on land.

Different types of names

Their different names are the little blue penguin, blue penguin, fairy penguin, white-flippered penguin, and kororā.

Habitat

They live by beaches because beaches are their home  and where they get there food. They can be found in the North Island, South Island, Stewart Island and Chatham Islands. They can also be found in Australia.  

Predators

Their predators are dogs, cats and ferrets. Many  Adult blue penguins sometimes get hit by cars.

Diet

They eat little fish, squid and crustacean species.  When they go out to sea they always stay close to the coast.

Breeding

Their breeding season is July-February and their egg laying season is July-November. The nest in burrows caves rock crevices and sometimes under bushes and trees. Usually they lay two eggs and they sit on their eggs for 33-37 days. The parents look after the chicks for 20 -30 days.

By Korban

Volume & Capacity DLO

Fabric Bag And Beeswax Wrap Making

This term we have been learning how to reduce the amount of plastic we use. Here are some ways you can reduce using plastic.   Beeswax Wrap  
We made beeswax wrap. What we needed to do was place down an ironing table then lay some baking paper down. Then put a bit of fabric on the baking paper and then put some grated beeswax on the fabric. Then put more baking paper over it. After that Put the iron over the baking paper and the beeswax will start to melt. Once it has melted take the top layer of baking paper off and then you have beeswax wrap.  You can use this instead of plastic wrap
Fabric Bag  First we cut up a big bit of fabric then sewed it together and then we had the main part ready. Then we cut out the straps. Then we sewed the straps and the main bag part together. Then our bags were finished.

 

Where to next

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative
of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world
• to try and help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives
• to help our environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some
• ways in which we can help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

-I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me make
inferences so I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gathe
r and check the accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers)
 to gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.

1. Why is recycling a good idea? It is a good idea because you can reuse it.

2. How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year?
3.     Every year New Zealanders send 2.5 Million tons of rubbish to landfills.  

3. When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce?  What environmental
4. problem does this contribute to? It causes Methane and Global warming.

4. Complete this sentence:  Everything we use is made from  

Earth's         Natural Resources

5. Explain where these resources come from;

Wood: Trees and Plants.

Metal: Metal comes from rocks that are mined from the ground

Plastic: oil

6) How does oil form? Oil forms when animals and plants that died and fell to the
bottom of the sea. They got covered by mud and started to change into rock as the
temperature and pressure increased.

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into?      Roads.

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into?  Tiles for the roof.

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into?  More bottles

10)  Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1 plastics can be turned into
clothing. Drawing here

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them?  Microfibres are poisoning
the life in the ocean.

12) What is Earth Overshoot day?  Earths overshoot day is when people use as much
resources as the earth can reduce.

Glossary - Write what these words mean

Atoms: smallest particle

Global Warming: an increase in the earth's average temperature due to increased
levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Natural resources: the things that grow on earth

Synthetic: Something made by people by combining different chemicals.

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish and what we
can do to help reduce this problem.  

Video Links

NZ Recycling Crises

Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic

The Pacific Garbage Patch

A Plastic Free Lunch

Our class has been trying hard to have a plastic free lunch. 

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of
positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our environment.
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Task: Create an infographic showing people how they can reduce their waste in their lunchbox.   

Our co-constructed success criteria:

-Have a strong title/hook

-Use convincing language and images

-Have simple things people can do

-Use images (free to use)

-Use bullet points/ short sharp information

-Use correct punctuation and spelling.

How Maui Slowed The Sun

Play Summary - Term 3 Weeks 1-2

For the next two weeks you are working in groups to practise and
perform a play. This is using our oral language and reading skills in
literacy. Our key competency focus is participating and contributing.

For writing your task is to summarise the main events in your play in
three paragraphs. You must plan your writing first but it is up to you
how you do your planning.  You must also write a fourth paragraph
about your experience of practising and performing your play.

Yr 6

I am learning to organise my text into paragraphs which begin with a main idea
and contain supporting information/detail.

I am learning to make links across paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately.

I am learning to use dialogue punctuation accurately.

Yr 7

I am learning to use a range of different planning styles.

I am learning to plan my writing to suit the purpose of my writing.

I am learning to organise my ideas into paragraphs where the ideas are clearly
related and where there are links within and between paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately in my writing.

I am learning to use complex punctuation to enhance my writing e.g. colons
: and semi-colons ; , and parentheses ().

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can/have

-summarised the play in three paragraphs

-made links across my paragraphs

-used some basic and complex punctuation correctly (speech marks).

Once you have finished your writing highlight these success criteria green if you
have met them and can show them in your work. Highlight green in your work where
you have met these success criteria.

How Māui Slowed The Sun

Back When Aotearoa was still young Māui his brothers and the villagers were
complaining that the sun was moving Too fast. The sun would make the days faster
and faster and they had no time to do their chores. That means that they had no time
to go fishing or hunting so they were starving. One night Māui and his brothers were
sitting by a campfire talking about how they thought the sun was going too quickly
across the sky. Suddenly Māui stood up and said, “I Māui can slow the sun”.
His brothers laughed. Then Māui argued, “You have seen me fish up land nothing
is impossible”. Māui’s brothers agreed and they said they would help Māui slow the sun.

The villagers wished them luck when they set off. After a while exhaustingly they
arrived at the hole the sun comes out of. Luckily they arrived in time to gather
harakeke (Flax) so they weaved the harakeke into strong ropes and made them into
a GIANT net. Suddenly they saw sunlight rising from the hole. “Get ready brothers,“  
said Māui.

“He’s starting to rise”. When the suns huge eyes slowly lifted out of the hole he said
,“So I now meet you Māui”. “Come on brothers throw the net on”, said Māui. “Allright,”
said the brothers.

Quickly the brothers threw the net on. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME,” said the sun.
Māui hit the sun with the magic jawbone of his ancestors then the sun yelled out,
“WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME”. “You fly too quickly across the sky,”Māui said.
“We have no time to do our chores or go hunting or fishing”. The sun gave up
he made a promise that he would give them enough daytime to do what they needed.

  

K.O.S

At school we have been learning how to keep ourselves safe. Constable Jos and Terri have been helping us with this learning. Here are some of the things I have learnt.

Solar System And Telescopes

Weeks 8-10 Space Literacy  Tasks

Term 2 Weeks 8-10

Purpose of these reading activities is to: increase our knowledge
of space exploration and understand how our knowledge and ideas
about space have changed over time (science). We are also learning
to read non-fiction texts and use our writing skills to share our understanding
of this topic and our ideas (literacy). Throughout this task we will need
to use the skills of ‘Thinking’ and using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’

Learning Intentions

I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.

I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.

I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.

(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)

I am learning to write well structured paragraphs.

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

-I have put my answers in chronological order.

-I have written two well structured paragraphs explaining how some of our ideas
about space have changed over time (introductory sentence, supporting detail, concluding sentence).

Read the three paper based reading activities given to you about Stephen Hawking,  
Galileo Galilei and The Telescope. You will be put with a buddy to do this work. We will mark and discuss our answers together as a class.

Link to Galileo reading.                Link to Stephen Hawking reading.

  

Link to The Telescope reading.

To add to our learning we will watch/ read and discuss these following videos or articles.

Stephen Hawking Big Ideas Made Simple

NASA Video Explaining Black Holes For Kids.

What is the Big Bang Theory (Science Learning Hub).

Video about Galileo Galilei

Science Learning Hub Article: Light and Telescopes

Science Learning Hub Article: Our Solar System - Revolutionary Ideas.

After we have completed these reading activities and viewing and discussing the
above materials your task is to write at least two well structured paragraphs explaining
how our ideas about space have changed over time.

Example of a good paragraph.

Write your paragraphs here.

Self assessment

I have an introductory sentence for each paragraph:

I have at least three sentences giving supporting detail:

I have a concluding sentence: \