Christmas Create

This week we have been completing a Christmas Create choice board. Here are the activities I completed. I made a card and a slide.

Te Whare Tapa Wha

This year we have been learning about Te Whare Tapa Wha and how it helps us. We made a slide to show the things we do to help us for each part. We need to keep all parts of our whare strong to be happy, healthy and safe.

Life Education

Last week we visited the Life Education Caravan.  We were learning about Te Whare Tapa Wha and Resilience.  Here is a google draw we made up to help us think and remember what resilience is.

Using a Writing Rubric.

 This week in writing we have been looking at recounts and how we can improve our writing.  We started looking at our writing rubrics and understanding how to find what level pieces of writing are.

Greats and Grands

 Today was meant to be Greats and Grands day at our school.  This has been cancelled for this year due to COVID-19.  We wanted to still share some writing about our amazing grandparents.  Here is my work.

Wild Thing Outdoor Classroom Day

 in lockdown had an outdoor classroom day. It was a wet and wild day. Here is a recount I wrote about it.

Wētā Writing

 Wētā Writing

We are learning about conservation at the moment and this week we have done lots of reading and writing about Wētā.  Here is some writing I want to share.

When I'm Wild I...

 This week we have focused on the story Where the wild thing Are. Here is some Writing I did this week.

Mini Olympics Recount

In team Awa we have been learning about the Olympic Games and using this in our maths.  In class we had our own mini olympic games to help us explore measurement.   Here is a recount I wrote about this.

Autumn Leaf writing

 We found a leaf outside. We drew it and wrote juicy words to help us write a descriptive piece. 

Outdoor Classroom Day

We had a fun Outdoor Classroom Day last week. Here is a recount I wrote about the day. 

ANZAC day

We wrote stories to tell people about what we think of when we think of ANZAC day.

 

Anzac Diamante Poem

We wrote an Anzac poem. Here is my poem.  

Make a Compass

As part of t-shaped literacy this week we read a journal article called Make a Compass. We followed the instructions and recorded the steps. 

 

America's Cup Questions

  

We have been learning the difference between statements and questions. We wrote our own questions based on the America’s Cup. 

Kawa of Care

We have been learning about our Kawa of care in class. Here is a draw to show what I have learned.

Writing with hooks

 We have been learning to add hooks into our writing to make our stories interesting.  We can use a hook to start our paragraphs which hooks in our reader.