My book about the beach trip

 I made this with Amiria. 

check out the book on this link,

https://read.bookcreator.com/1edWkIodVVNkmtlLoC42Dh8HEVj2/_n45kSH1T8qzmYVimFeI9g

zorb ball

 A zorb ball is something that you can go into and you can roll down a hill or roll on water. You can only zip it from the outside though. It is best that you only stay in the zorb ball for 15 min.

 

Daisy

Daisy is a wanted person. If you find her take her to the principal and get the principal to make her scrub the floor. And clean the cafeteria.

But beware she is very strong.

Bruce mclaren.

 

Indigo's home learning.

 

Rob

 The Environmental Teacher. 

First, the person who inspires me was my teacher last year but that’s not the reason why I chose him. I have other reasons too. 

First of all he was the one who looked after the enviro projects. Such as the floating duck house. 

Which was basically a disaster. But it was pretty fun designing and making the floating duck house. The only part that I didn't like was when we had to lift it up the hill without any help from the adults!

We also looked after ducks. we had duck monitors that feed the ducks, but every day our class would walk up the hill to feed the ducks then we would talk about what the next change should be

Secondly he is playful because when we interrupt him he says mate stop it and he has playful arguments with the boys about who won in soccer!

My third reason is he taught us about pest control and every couple of weeks we would go down to the wetlands to reset the traps that we put in places at the start of the year, and once when we went down to the wetlands we brought rotten eggs with us and when we got there rob threw the rotten eggs around the traps so that the pests get attracted and then they get trapped!

My fourth reason is that he lets us figure things out like the floating duck house and the hawk scarer that we made.

guinea pig spelling bee

                          SPELLING BEE

A girl made a video about some guinea pigs called Whisper and Maddie doing a spelling competition. they had two big red button in front of them. When they had a food break and Whisper took the food off Maddie. Whisper got only one word wrong so Maddie won. Maddie got lots of grass for the prize.

Henderson Bay trip

 This morning Mum, Dad, Brielle, Arnya and I went to Henderson bay. We went up to the sand dunes and looked for kauri roots and gum. We didn’t find much kauri gum but we did find some kauri roots. We also had a swim. It was so much fun! The sand made a squeaky noise when you rubbed your feet on it. When we left we went and got fruit ice-cream. It was delicious!!

market day padlet

 

te reo maori week

 we had a maori week with whaea kenya these are some things that we did 

monday tapiri

tusday ika ika

wednesday whui

thursday  ngoi ngoi

friday poi

How to Play Net Ball.

 

You will need …                                       Rules

1. 12 or more players.                                              No running or stepping with the ball.

2. 1 ball.                                                                    Don’t snatch the ball off other players.

3. 2 nets.                                                                  If you catch the ball at the same time, its 

4. 1 court                                                                 a toss up between two players.

      Each player has a special position and there are
                                                                                        Places on the court that they can or
                                                                                      Cannot go.

Method

Players arrive and warm up together, then they do practices. 

Split up the players into two teams.

The game starts with a bell and the umpires whistle.

There will be only 6 players in each team.

You pass the ball to your team and try to get a goal. 

You throw the ball into the hoop.

After 10 minutes the whistle blows for a 2 minute break,

There is 4 quarters all together.

After the game you count up your scores, whichever team which has the most goals wins.

Enviromental and Sustainability award.

 We won the enviromental and sustainability award category and got $20,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These are some of the school projects that we did. we have school ducks that we feed and care for.

we do a lot of gardening and traping rats, stoats and other predators to native birds.

we make honey and bees wax wraps. we also do recycling.

My pet day art

 Pet day is always fun. 

I loved making the clay dog face and the veggie animal. 

The vase of flowers took a whole day to make! 

My scene on a tray was called the wild garden.

My veggie animal was a crab apple.

My clay dog's name is lyla.

Guess what! I got first at veggie animals.

How to catch a shark.

Materials

16 alive tropical fish.

1 row boat.

5 friends.

1 small fishing rod.

method

Go out in your row boat with your friends.

Row all the way to the pacific oceans while singing row row row your boat.

Get your small fishing rod and put 1 of the alive tropical fish on the fishing rod.

Put the hook in the water and wait.

Once you feel a gigantic pull then reel the line in.

See how big the shark is and then give it a name and let it go.

PS

Sharks are an essential part of our marine

ecosystem so catching sharks for fun is not a good idea!!

Also do NOT try catching a shark my way it won't work.

The Hidden Cities.

  The  Hidden  Cities

On one rainy day it was very boring at lunch time. Their teacher had insisted that they should stay inside and study because it was raining. Then Daisy heard her best friend Anabell whisper “Hey Daisy what are you doing? “ so Daisy replied “I’m daydreaming.” Then the teacher heard them whispering. They got sent to detention.

Du   Dun, Dun, Dun!

…

 It was very boring in detention. There was nothing else to do except examine herself critically in the mirror; she never really bothered to look In the bathroom mirror at their house.

 Now she noticed how different she was to all the other kids in her class. As she looked closer in the mirror, she noticed many faded freckles. She had brown eyes and silky blond hair. She hadn't had  her hair trimmed since she was five, so it was quite long. When she looked over at Anabell and saw so much difference. Anabell had inky black hair, piercing blue eyes and skin as white as snow. Then Daisy felt something strange on the table but it was strange not like she ever felt before. It was straight then down and crooked then she pushed it together and it rumbled and went down into the floor

...

Out of nowhere a ladder popped on the opening then Daisy Tapped Anabell  and said follow me her voice was barely a whisper. She was so excited she looked around. The principal wasn't back yet so she creeped down the ladder with Anabell right behind her. Then she reached the bottom, it was damp and cooled down there.  she rummaged in her pocket to find matches. She found some and she took them out of her pocket. Then she realised the tunnel was Quite old. She saw lamps like the old ones that you would see in movies like Beauty and the Beast. So she lit one of them to light the pathway. 

...

She heard Anabell whisper. “ don't you think something feels wrong in this place?” Daisy agred. She did feel something creepy deep down in her stomach. Then she saw a figure looming at the edge of a faint light. “Who are you?” she called out. Then with a sweeping step the figure disappeared into the shadows. She felt a hand on her shoulder and she jumped but realised it was only Anabell. The figure appeared again but this time it was closer. “Who are you?” the figure took a step closer and that step took the figure into the light

 The face looked strangely familiar. The figure beckoned for Daisy and Anabell to come closer Daisy was terrified she tried to run away but she couldn't because her legs wouldn't work for her. she tried to scream but it was like Daisy was petrified. She decided that the only way to escape being frozen was to go forward. She took one step after another and each step felt like a step closer to an unsteady bridge.

…

Daisy wasn't keeping track of the time, it seemed like an hour. After only about 5 minutes the figure broke into a run. They soon came to the entrance of the tunnel,  Daisy was relieved to finally breathe fresh air. 

...

 Once they got over the fresh air they realised their Surroundings, it was beautiful. They saw beautiful fruit trees scattered around in a big meadow on the outskirts of the meadow was a big forest. Wild Horses were eating apples and playing with each other. Then they saw a crystal clear pond with a waterfall near the forest where the wild horses were drinking water. “ Wow, “ said daisy.  “Hi, what's your name ,”Anabell said to the figure “Khan.” said the figure “ What's yours?” “I’m Daisy and this is Anabell,” said Daisy.  “We'd better get going,” said khan. “Why?” asked Anabell. But khan didn't answer until they were in the safety of the forest. “ Now can you tell us what you were going to say?” asked daisy.   Khan explained that he and his tribe were in danger from evil spirits with black magic. “Oh WOW look at the time Anabell.” Daisy said. “We should get going,” said  Aanabel. 

…

Anabel and Daisy were standing at the entrance looking at Khan. But Anabell wanted him to come with them too. But Kyan said “no.”  Then the Principle came to check on Anabel and Daisy. “ Hi Girls. It's lunch time now so you are allowed out of detention. ``said the principal. ``Ok.” Said Anabel. Anabel and Daisy walked out of the Principles office and into the playground where they saw a new girl being bullied by the cool guys and one of them was Daisy's friend,  and his name was karl. “ hey karl, IN COMING!!” Then Daisy punched Karl in the face. “ Hey, boys, do you want a punch in the face as well?” Said Daisy . “ N N NOO?'' said the boys. Then they ran away, But the teacher was watching!! “ GIRLS. COME HERE!!!!” The Principle yelled. “ We're busted.” Said Anabell. 

…

They were in detention Again. “ Thanks for helping me,” said the new girl. “My name is Ashley by the way.” “ Hi.” Said  Daisy and Anabell at the same time. “ My name is Anabel and this is Daisy.” “ Um, hi.” said ashley. “ Hey, do you want to know a secret?” said daisy. “ YEAH.” shouted ashley. “ well.” said daisy. “There is a hidden city at the end of a tunnel but you can't tell anyone! Promise?” “ Promise. '' Said Ashley. Then Daisy pressed a button under the table. Then before you could say what are you doing? A trap door appeared . “What the heck. That was so creepy and weird at the same time,.” said ashley...

More Soon!

Written by Leah and Indigo!!!

Seahorses.

 A male seahorse is pregnant. It has a gap in it’s stomach where the fry (Baby seahorses) were to come out. Then suddenly you could see a tiny little yellow fry. At first the fry came out slow but then the adult male seahorse started pushing. Soon the fry were coming out in spurts. Once the fry were out in the water they would wriggle and squirm then the fry would float up to the surface of the water. The fry were everywhere. There was a chain next to the male adult seahorse. Then the amount of fry coming out slowly decreased.

My goals.

 

Indigo's Tree-house

 This is my dream tree-house.

what does ingenuity mean? it means to be clever, original, and inventive

What is the scientific reason behind adults not being as inventive as kids? as we grow older we lose our ability for divergent thinking, stifling our creativity.

Why do you think people are more creative during lockdown? beacause we dont want to just sit around all day and be bored.

The turtle and fish

 There is a turtle named Urtle. There is a fish named Fred. They lived in shallows of the pacific ocean. The turtle is grumpy and the fish likes to tease. The fish and the turtle are friends against the odds. They liked to play hide and go seek with the local pyjama shark. And when the pyjama shark got hungry, Fred the fish would come out of his hiding place and say… “come and eat me come and eat me.” Then Fred would swim away to the safety of the shallow waters Urtle would have to race after Fred before the pajama shark got him. Every time this happened Urtle told Fred off. “Your going to get us in big trouble one day.” he said just as an orca came and ate the pyjama shark whole.” “Ohh now I'm going to have to tease you.” laughed Fred.

Peter Blake VR

On Wednesday our class went to kauri where two ladies were waiting for us to talk to us about healthy and unhealthy oceans on the tables were V-R Headsets. The ladies told us what we would see in the V-R Headsets. Then we finally put on the headsets the ladies told us that we would see a school of kingys.THen the ladies put on one of the videos, she asked us if this video was a healthy or unhealthy sea. We said it was healthy. Then she showed us another video and she asked us the same again, we said it was unhealthy. Then she showed us a few more videos and asked us a few questions about how we could stop over fishing. Then the ladies showed us some bonus videos. 

    how can we stop over-fishing   here are some of our classes ideas.

Only take what you need. 

Change fishing limits.

More rahui.

Stop selling fish.

Write a letter to the prime minister to limit commercial fishing. 

Tokyo Olympics

 

Yes Day

On Friday my family had a ✔ day. we played 🏰 tag. 🏰 tag came from an 💡that I had. we also played some 🎴 games. Then we tided up the 🏘. After that we went down to the 🏖. but while we were getting out of the 🏘 I jammed my 🖑 so I ran 🥶 🚰 on my 🖑. Then we went ⏬ to the 🏖 were we did gymnastics and made fried 🥚s from 🐚s. Then we went 🏘 and my sisters and I nearly put our self's to 🛏.

How To Make Hot Choclate.

Ingredients                                                             Equipment

1. Milo or hot chocolate                                                           Cup.
2. Water                                                                                    Jug.
3. Milk                                                                                     Spoon
4. Marshmallows

 Method

Boil the water in the jug.

Put two heaped spoons of milo into the cup.

production.

we were waiting for ms bates to welcome the crowed then only then would we know that the show had started.

MY OCTOPUS TEACHER.

 

The first time Craig Foster saw the octopus she looked like a pile of shells. even the fish were confused. 

He soon made a relationship in which  he got to see what she did in her life and some of the time she looked like a lady in a colorful  dress, but then he lost her. He started tracking her. After a week he found her again.

Once he found her he started researching about octopuses he found out that octopuses have 2000 sucers and also over two thirds of their brain is in their tentacles. craig foster also found out that octopuses are nocturnal

Then he realised that  she never hunted in the day so he left the house at night and found her in the shallow waters catching fish and eating them. Then one day a shark attacked her. She lost an arm but it grew back. But one time he found her in her den with a boy octopus and he knew that it was the end.                                      BY INDIGO

Buddy reading with Kowhai

 

 Questions for my teina  Hailie

1.  How old are you? Five

2.  What is your favourite colour? Pink

3. What is your favourite dessert? Cake

4. What is your favourite thing to do at school? Play

5. What is your favourite book? Elsa

6. What do you want to be when you grow up? Adult

   
   
   

Spelling test.

 In term one

Basic facts test.

 

Indigo's octopus slide

 

Papatuanuku reading group.

 Today our reading group read a story called "Das Piano" by Bernard Becke

We had to read carefully, stopping at the full stops and pausing at the commas.  

After we read the story we had to create a padlet about what happened.  Check out my padlet on my blog...

Das piano.

 

Author visit

 Today Liz van laarse came to visit our class. 

She told a bit  about her self and then answered our questions these are some of them: 

Levi Griffin - Did you make up the characters names or are they real people? She made up the characters.

Liam - Is it going to be a movie? They try'd but it probably won't 

Indy - Who is the artist who illustrated the book cover? One of the publishers.

Why did you chose to write ‘Cuz’? Cooper. W  She was inspired / yes

How long did it take to write? A couple of years because she got sick.

How old were you when you Started writing? Bella About 50 years old.

our trip to puketi forest.

yesterday we went to puketi forest walk. First we had morning tea. The place were ate morning tea was  surrounded

 

Trip to waitangi.

 

Indigo's speech.

 

Paper vs device.

Most people would  think that devices are better than books and paper . But I think the opposite and I’ll tell you why. 

My first reason is that devices can hurt your brain and your eyes. This has happened to a friend of my mums. But it was only her eyes so she needed blue light glasses. Has this ever happened to you?  I found out that  Scientists have been researching the effects of Blue Light for almost 50 years. Crazy right? The most recent evidence is that only extreme and sustained exposure to blue light may cause damage to your eyes.

Here is my second reason: devices have spell check which means you rely on the device you are using in school and you don't learn anything. For example if you had done something wrong the device would tell you.

My third reason is if you drop your device or spill water on it, that is the end and you will have to buy another one wasting a lot of money. Where as if you drop paper it wouldn't necessarily rip. Also once your device is broken if you have work on it then your work is gone and you will have to restart it. 

 My fourth reason is that devices need the internet but  pen and paper don’t. Which means that you can take a pencil and paper anywhere you want and  still work on it. For example my grandparents house does not have internet, so I like to draw and write letters at their place.  Even if you have data it still will cost money but a packet of 500 pieces of paper can cost $6.99 and 1 month of data would cost you $80.  

My fifth reason is that science has proven that we absorb more information when we are writing notes by hand. Do you know why? The reason is that we are paying more attention  because we have to write stuff down. 

The next reason is that devices are made to keep people addicted and suck you in creepy right? The people who make devices change them basically every year to make devices better and better so that you go on them more than you usually would. It is called algorithms when the device follows your patterns so it gives you things that you might like.

My seventh point is red light. Do you know what that is? I’ll tell you it is when you watch a device too late at night so it messes up your sleeping pattern so you  don't get as much sleep as you usually do. This is because the device that you are using fires up your brain so your brain can’t rest. 

My fifth reason is that devices can have problems or you might forget the password and sometimes they can start glitching which can be very annoying when you're trying to read something on your device. A Lot of things can happen to a device that you wouldn't want to happen. But paper doesn't need a lock unless it’s your diary and also paper is solid with no wires in it.

So now you know my reasons why I think pencil and paper are better than devices and I hope you understand me. I am going to leave you know with this question to consider…..Which one is better: pencil and paper or device?

How To Play Ki-o-rahi.

 Ki-o-rahi is a sports game. It is a mix of Netball, rugby, softball and ripper. 

we were learning to play with Whaea Gina.

This is the field set up

The baby hare's.

The female hare was collecting grass for a nest she was pregnant, her name is fog. 

It was very hard to collect grass for one were fog lived there was a farmer who hated hares, and two the

grass were fog lived didn't grow very much. 

So fog had to search very far. 

finally fog was ready.

Soon there were little flu

 

The mountain of delight.

A mountain of delicious foamy cream as white as snow. 

The jam beneath was as dark as ebony, melting into the scone below. 

The scone tasted like sweetened bread so creamy and spongy. 

 

INGREDIENTS

• ​3 cups Edmonds standard flour

• 6 tsp Edmonds baking powder             

• ¼ tsp salt                                            

• extra Meadow Fresh milk

• 75g butter

• 1 to 1½ cups Meadow Fresh milk, approximately

METHOD

1. ​Preheat the oven to 220ºC. Grease or flour a baking tray.
   
   

2. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
   
   

3. Add the milk and quickly mix with a round-bladed table knife to a soft dough. For light and tender scones the mixture should be quite soft and a little sticky. Scrape the dough onto the floured baking tray and flour the top.
   
   

4. Working quickly, pat the dough out to 2cm thickness and with a floured knife cut it into 12 even-sized pieces, then separate the scones to allow 2cm space between them. Brush the tops with milk.
   
   

5. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool, wrapped in a clean tea towel to keep them soft.

The Navy helicopter visit