Invention reflection

Invention reflection

The last few weeks we have learning about inventions. First we looked at the buggy parts and we wrote an question are for the parents to tell us what they liked about our buggy. Then we started thinking about what we wanted to make. Next we made our invention and had to write a few paragraphs graphs about the

These are our 2 in 1 shoes

prices, how it works, and what it is. Finally every group in the class presented to by teacher and an teenager called Izzy and the 3 best went to the real dragon den and presented to 5 parents and 1 real lady from dragons den. A boy in by class called Daniel won.  

Here are some dragon den videos:

• The magic wand
• Magic whiteboard
• Cushin shade

My feelings:

By most enjoyable part was when we were writing the script together with my buddy because we worked together as a team.

The hardest part was when we had to work out the different prices for our 2 in 1 shoes because I am not very good at math and working out prices

If I was to do this again I would make the sneaker material water proof and come in different colors and patterns because then boys and girls like it and it doesn't get wet when it rains.

The messiest part was when the Velcro would not stick to the shoe and would stick to us because Velcro is not made to be stuck onto material.

The scariest moment was when we had to answer the dragons questions because some of the questions I didn't know the answer to.

When I was talking to the dragon I felt nervous but I also felt proud that I was talking in front of the whole class and the dragons because I am usually shy in front of a big audience.

The most embarrassing part was when I talked in front of the dragons because it felt like I was getting all the questions wrong.

This is the information for our invention:

My baking term 3 holidays

Term three school holiday

Term three school holiday

During the holidays I did lots of baking (Here is the link for the photo collage I did about my baking).The first week of the holidays had nice weather with only a few downpours of rain. Because of this nice weather we had a few trips to the beach and went on a big walk and a bike ride. We also went on an outing to Auckland art gallery and visited the new library in takapuna. On Saturday we went to the mall and watched the movie “Planes”. On Sunday we went to Coatesville market and had afternoon tea at a new cafe there.

The second week of the school holidays we did lots of activities. We went to the Observatory in the city with my dad. We watched a show about the changing of seasons and afterwards we made a craft dilemma about the seasons. On another day, I had a lesson about how to do embroider at Takapuna library. On Thursday, my brother and I went to an italian course and made christmas trees and decorations out of driftwood. On the last day of the holiday, we went to the Bruce Mason theater and watched “Sleeping beauty”. I had an awesome holiday.

Holiday facts

Holiday facts

• I did lots of baking in the holidays and I made pizza for dinner one night.
• Me and my family went to the art gallery  in the City and built buildings with lots of white blocks they had there.
• I went to the Bruce Mason theater and watched Sleeping beauty and made crowns with lots of jewels.  
• I went with my Grandad and my brother to the city and watched the show Buss boots.
• Me and my family went to my Grandparents house by mum made dinner and I made chocolate cake for dessert.
• I went with my dad and my brother to the Observatory and watched a show about the changing of seasons. Afterwards we made season dioramas.
• I went to Coatesville market with my family and had a sausage in a bun.
• Me and my family went to a new cafe in Coatesville and shared an hot chocolate with my brother.
• I went with my dad and my brother to watch Planes fire and rescue in albany.
• I went on a really long coastal walk to murrays bay beach with Katy’s family.
• I went to takapuna library for two days to do embroidery with my second cousin. I made an needle case and an christmas decoration shaped like a star.
• I went on a long coastal walk with my dad and on the way back we walked on the rocks.
• I had a ice cream and went on an big walk
• I went on a big bike ride in Orewa with by family.
• I went to the playground in browns bay with Katys family.

Ava and the pet parade (story bird).

My story bird
We wrote a story on story bird.
Mine is about Ava and the pet parade.
Click here to see it.

Book week

This week and last week we had book week. Every class had to decorate their door ways our class decorated it as burts van as we have been reading the book rat burger. We also had a book parade where everyone dressed up their favorite book character me and Ella got dressed up as kitty from puss in boots.

We have to do things which are on this list:

Book Study * Complete activities from one box	Author Study * Create a quiz about David Walliams. Research and create a presentation	Billionaire Boy Write a birthday wish list if you were the billionaire boy	Raj Create a drawing document advertising the silly deal of the day from Raj’s shop.	Ratburger Armitage  isn’t a normal pet. Write a haiku poem about an unusual pet.
Cube Creator * Click here to create your own cube about one of David Walliam’s books	Who Am I? * Write a brief description of a character and ask another person to guess who it is.  Click here to add to the class presentation	Television News Item Put yourself in a neutral position and report on an event that happened in the book. Create a video using an ipad OR imovie	Caption Mural Create a scene from a book on A3 paper. Create characters, speech bubbles, a journey to retell the original story, be innovated!!	Quilt * Make a quilt sheet to create a visual representation of a book character (see Mrs Kilkolly for the sheet)
Machine activity Rat burger machine
Accordion Book * Create a little treasure book of your own about YOUR favourite book! (not a Walliam’s book) see Mrs Kilkolly for this format	Quoting a Quote * Quotes from the book Click here for different quotes. Work out what books they are from. THEN create your own	Character Costumes In pairs create a costume. See Mrs Kilkolly for making instructions. You will need a bottle before starting!	Book Trailers Click here to view what other students have done. Use book creator ...	Create a Wordsearch Click here
Trading Cards Click here	Dust Cover  * Competition continue	Venn Diagram Compare two characters from one book	Board Game Create a board game about a chosen book. See examples click here	Music Create a piece of music to show a part of a story. Use incredibox OR here !

1. Here is the who am I about David Walliams.

2. Here is the billionare boy birthday list.

3. Here is the haiku poem about an unusual pet.

Maths

We have been learning how to use cordinets

                                                                                                                                                        

Describe the locations:

The school is situated in the corner of Alexander ave and deep creek road.

The local park is situated on deep creek road.

The dairy is situated at the round an out in torbay shop on Totara st.

Torbay kindy is on Deep creek road facing killarnery ave.

By house is on Tiri view Pl which is off beach road.

Then we had to measure these distances with a peice of string and a ruler:

Torbay School to Torbay Kindergarten -7 km

Torbay School to Waiake Beach - 3 km 1 km 2 km =6km

Story bird: Ava and the pet parade

Ialt: Write a narrative perfectly
We have been writing a story on a site called Story bird. It is a site which you can choose your pictures and then write a story of poem next to them. Click HERE to read my picture book. 

spelling games.

If you were looking for a good spelling site HERE is one.

It does not only have spelling games it has lots of different games as well like dress up, cooking and racing and lots more. It is called Awesome spelling games or gamesgames.com.

Reflection on year 5 and 6 dance unit

We have been doing dance at school. 

• Walt: Perform dances from a variety of cultures.
• Walt: Use dance vocabulary to describe dance.
• Walt: Create simple dances  using a variety of movements from different cultures and present our group dances to others.

What did you learn about how to compose a dance?
That you need a sequence of steps, that it is good to use hand jesters and it is easier to keep it simple.

What did you learn about performing a dance?
That you have to learn it by heart and you have to do it in sequence.

What dance or dances did you enjoy most and why? (e.g. Zorba /Greek, Sasa /Samoan, Scottish highlandfling, my own group dances).
I lilked the highland fling because we worked in groups and we were the best ones.  

Rate you experience. 1 poor  2 ok  3 good  4 very good  5 excellence.
I rate it 4 good because I was not here on the first lesson 

New Inventions can help and harm

We have been reading new ideas can help and harm

New ideas can help and harm

Do you use a car every day? Do you think cars are an great invention? You are wrong cars are not an amazing invention they are the things ruining our splendid earth and killing all the nature and wildlife.

Cars release gases and fuel the gasses make the air very dirty. We call this pollution. One of the gasses called carbon dioxide is creating an big blanket around the earth. The gasses are also ruining our ozone layer which makes the sun stronger and also easier to get sun burnt.

Cars also use petrol and inside the petrol is fossil fuels.Fossil fuels are a non renewable resource. Very soon we will have no petrol left because we use way too much. Also in the car engine is a gas called carbon monoxide it is poisonous and  can make you very sick.

So, if you thought cars are an great invention think again they are not an great invention they are enemies to the earth!

Speaches

We have been writing speeches to share with the class:
Here is mine:

That we should walk to school and not drive

Vroom, vroom, beep, beep, oh not again!..

Have you ever been stuck in a traffic jam, and arrived late for school? Well that would not have happened if you had walked to school.

Firstly walking instead of driving makes you healthier because it gets your heart pumping and gives you more energy. You also feel more alert and you can concentrate better at class time. When I wake up in the morning I feel half asleep but after I have  done some handstands and exercises, I feel more awake! Walking gives you stronger muscles and makes you fitter which allows you to perform better at sports and in school.

Walking can turn you into a more sustainable person. When you drive you are polluting the earth because the fumes from the car float up into the atmosphere and ruin our ozone layer. The ozone layer is a thin blanket over the earth that makes the sun not as strong and there is less risk of getting sun burnt. The fumes and exhaustion from the car is actually poison and this can leak into the drains where it makes its way into the sea and it pollutes and kills sea life and fish. Next time you go fishing near the waters edge be careful not to catch fish close to the drains because they might be poisoned!

When you are walking you notice things that you might not have seen when you are zooming past in the car. You might notice things like the changing of seasons or maybe just a little daisy sitting alone in the corner of an old weedy street. When I walk to school there is always an old man standing in front of a big house he smiles brightly and I smile back.  

Also, when you drive there is more of a risk of you getting hurt by crashing your car and needing to go to the hospital. Cars cost a lot of money to buy and to keep working properly and not even counting the cost of petrol. What if  the police catch you speeding or going too slow you would have to pay an humaugus fine and sometimes even go to jail!

If more of us walk, there will be less cars on the road which will make it safer and easier for everyone to travel to school and work. Less cars also means that we are using up less oil and the earths natural resources. Once the earth has no oil left we will have no petrol left to run cars so we will have to walk!

Now I know that you understand why you should walk to school and will try to do it as much as you can!

By Stella Clausen

Story mountain for ava and the pet parade

A J Hackett

We have been reading about A J Hackett

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Andrew Hall

We have been learning about Andrew hall
Here are a few facts:

Andrew Halls Art

• Andrew Hall  was born in England in 1960.
• He first came to New Zealand in 1966.
• Right now he is living in West Auckland!  
• He likes to spend  most of  his time collecting, inventing and making creatures.
• Andrew hall is self taught.
• Andrew Halls art work has achieved many awards and is known all over the world.
• He likes to collect recyclable things to make his art.
• He likes making creatures out of recyclable materials.

Corban's Art Center

We are learning about Andrew hall
Here is a link to a website about corban art estate.
On Thursday 4 of September Room 2 and Room 3 went to Corban's Art Center in Henderson. We made things out of recycled material like Old toys, Phones, Wood and lots lots more. We got inspired by Andrew Hall a great artist  that makes things out recycled materials. I made a picture frame by gluing 2 puzzles back to back as the base and pieces of wood around the out side. Then I added little wooden characters and things sticking out to hang necklaces. I enjoyed having my mum as a parent help because she gave me ideas and making the creation out of recyclable materials!
It was challenging to think of an idea of what to make because I didn't want to make a robot.
If I was to do this again I would make my frame bigger because I have quite a big photo to put in it.


  

NZ man walks on water.

Today on kiwi kids news we read about NZ man walks on water.

We had to do an I wonder chart

Here is the link to the kiwi kids news:

Maths Grid

My journal recount.

Boom! went the old door as it slammed shut, the whole house shook violently.
It was one late evening in the crumbling house by the sea, the waves crashed hard against the side of

Rap unzel

Today all the school watched a show called Rapunzel. First they showed it to the year 0-3 then to the year 4-6. It was a musical  with lots of singing and raping. 
The story:
It is about a girl called Rupunzel who won the land far away x-factor idol. The girl doesn't want to have the money because there is lots of conditions. The judge (Simon cow) is unhappy so he locks her up in the tower and takes her voice.Then a raping prince comes and helps her get out of the tower. THE END!    
The actors names were Ben, Jack and Jane.
It was quite funny and they involved the audience alot!

The actors looked like this:

Kids news article Reading

We read a news article on Iceland issues volcano alert
Click HERE to see the news report.
We had to answer some questions which we found at the bottom of the page.

Use the article above to answer the following questions. Write both the questions and answers down in your book.

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?

This means that there is the potential of eruption.

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.

That people in Iceland think that one of the biggest volcanoes Bardarbunga, is might erupt.If it erupts there might be flooding and lots of smoke. Last week in the area around Bardarbunga has the biggest and strongest earthquake in 18 years.

3.Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.

• This volcano might be erupting in Iceland.
• Ice land is a place in Europe.
• The volcano is called Bardarbunga.
• That this volcano is very big.

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.

It happened in Iceland and the article was written on Monday 25 of august 2014. In the future this volcano might erupt and there might be flooding and lots of ash.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.

It took place because the volcano was awake and it is going to erupt. The scientists know because of the big earthquake that happened a week ago

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.

1.Potential

2.Effect

3. Produced