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: