Basic Facts

Everyday we do basic facts.  This term we are using maths prototec. I like doing basic facts everyday because it gets me much better at recalling them. I do Stage 0 to 10 which is Times and Division.  My high score on basic facts now is 68%. Most of the time when I do basic facts my percentage is around in the 60's but some day now I hope I get a better high score than 68%. By the end of the year I want to get 100%.

Pests

In reading we were learning about Pests in New Zealand.  We had to read the clues and work out what the pest was.  Here is my slide.

Wishtree Novel Study

This term we have been reading a book called the Wishtree.  I liked this book because it was about how mean people can be to each other about their culture.  You should read it.  Here is my poem about Wishtrees.

Quentin Pongia - my hero

Next term I am doing My speech I am doing My speech on My cousin Quentin Pongia. Quentin Pongia Was NRL rugby League He Was A Really Great League player The teams that he Played for were Canberra raiders, new Zealand kiwis, St George Illawarra Dragons, and Sydney Roosters and Auckland Warriors and The Wigan Warriors. Sadly he died of a horrible disease on 18 May 2019.  
I would like to grow up to be just like him because he was an awesome person and league player.

Blog commenting Tuakana

Today we have have been teaching Mamaku 3 how to comment on other people blogs. Me and someone named Deklan taught this year 5 named Sami. We taught her to write in the text box.  We got her to say what she liked about the person's post and what she learnt about it and give them some helpful feedback for next time.  I enjoyed helping teach a younger student

Book Character Day 2019

Last week we had our annual book week.  We have a book character dress up day.  I was Barry Crump.  Barry Crump was a New Zealand author. He wrote books about hunting. Barry Crump always loved going out and hunting. Here is a picture of me in my costume. 

   

Getting To Hanmer Camp

Next week we will be going on camp and this is how we will get there. we went on google my maps and but a marker to were go from and were we stop and then at hanmer springs. 

Anzac art

last term we did our Anzac art first I started off painting our backgrounds grey and  black and then we waited until it dried and then next we would start drawing the poppy's with red and green pastel and then that will be our art finished      

Brunner Mine Site Visit

On Monday the 18th of March 2019 we went on a school trip to  the Brunnertown Mine.

When we got to the mine we did some activities where we split up into groups. For one activity we had to take photos like what happened in the book "The Mine's Afire" which we are reading in class.  When we went with the other teacher we went for a walk on the track around the mine site. We noticed some of the mine entrances, the coke ovens, the memorial for the Brunner Mine Disaster and the brickworks.  

Here is a photo of us at the mine site.

 

 The book

Visual Art

This week we have been doing our art. For art we designed our own avatar that looks like us. We then drew it on a big piece of paper.  After we drew it on the paper we covered the pencil in vivid. Then we rubbed the pencil out. Finally we painted it. I like my art because I think I did a good job of it here is my art.

What's in the News this Week...

                 

The New Zealand police are spending 20.7 million on new body armour.  It is lighter and more comfortable.  It is able to stop rifle bullets.

I think they should wear the new  body amour because I say that it is better and stronger and not like the old ones.  They have a dangerous job and need to keep safe.