Week 7 Term 3 Driftwood Art

Driftwood Art

This is what my word looks like

My class, Room12 did some driftwood art for the art exhibition. We were inspired by Jack Marsden Mayer. He makes animal art out of driftwood. So we made our own driftwood names. The day we were going to do it Mrs Miller said that you needed to think of a name for your driftwood art. Mine was Livy so I collected all the driftwood that I needed. So then I sat down and started to make my name. But It didn't turn out right so I thought of sky.I found this super cool S and Y already made. The S was made out of bamboo tree. The Y was just normal driftwood. For the K I just had to find 3 pieces of driftwood, one long and two short ones. Once I had made my word I showed Mrs Miller and she took a photo of it. Then it was time to glue my word together. Then a few day's later we had to tie a string onto our driftwood.


Jack Mardsen Mayer

His name is Jack Mardsen Mayer, he's from Manchester, England but he lives in New Zealand. He attended Gordonstoun International School where he studied sculpture. He has been working with driftwood since he arrived in New Zealand 2008!

My Trip To Auckland!!!

  

The Start

Yay, I yelled we are going to Auckland. Last Thursday and Friday I went to Auckland for an important thing. I was kind of sad because Room 12 had an assembly item to do and I wanted to do it to. We went to Auckland to see our guru that we believe in, he is a god to us. He has special words and he gives them to people, he gave them to my mum and dad. My mum and dad are not allowed to eat meat and they are not allowed to swear. They have to say those words when they go to sleep or when they wake up. You have to be 25 or over to get those special words. I can't tell you more because its private.

The Morning

We had to wake up at 6:00 clock in the morning, I had washed my hair the night before so I just had to have a shower and it did not take me long. So when everybody was ready we locked the house and we set off to Auckland. I was so sleepy that I just slept in the car, when I woke up we were in Taupo. The trip was really tiring when we finally reached Auckland.

The Hotel

I was excited to see the hotel, we were in a 2 story house, I have actually never seen a 2 story hotel so it was from the living room and then you we went upstairs, there were 3 doors. In the middle door is the shower, the left door is the kitchen and the right door was of course the bedroom.

The day

Finally it was the day to go meet our guru, I was full of excitement and as well nervous.  I had to sit in the child's room, my sister and brother were allowed to go where all the adults sit.  I sat with one of our family friends she could not go in because had to take care of her baby so mum told me to stay with her. Finally our guru came, he gave us his blessings, it was really good, we got to ask him questions, I did not because I was shy.

Coming back to Hastings

On Sunday morning we had to pack up and leave because we were coming back to Hastings. We shopped on Friday and Saturday. I had a fun week in Auckland. 

The End

Term 3 Week 5 Persuasive Writing

WALT persuade other students to agree with our opinion.  This the purpose for my writing.

Success Criteria:

1. I plan for a writing task
2. I write a variety of sentence lengths with different sentence starters
3. Give reasons with detail - use specific words
4. I write most topic and high frequency words correctly.
5. I use capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks correctly.
6. Use persuasive language

Cats are better than dogs!

I strongly believe that cats are better than dogs!

In my opinion, I think that cats are better than dogs because cats are cute at all times!  Dogs are not cute because they always have their tongue sticking out, which is also quite annoying!!! When a kitten is born and if you walk anywhere it will just keep following behind you and it is super cute!!

Another reason, is they are really good company, when I feel lonely or have no one to play with, my cat will always want to play. Dogs always are mostly outside so they might be muddy.  Cats are also really cute when they do rolypolys. Some cats are so clever that they can do forward rolls too!

Furthermore, if you have just watched a horror movie  and you are really scared your cat will come and sleep with you. As I already said dogs are too big to sleep with you.They can also keep you really warm especially in the winter because cats if they lay on a spot they lay on it for ages and that's why it makes your bed so warm.

To support my argument that cats are better than dogs here are some things: Cats are more cleaner, they don’t smell and also don’t make a big mess. Generally a lot quieter, having a dog you have to get up early and take your dog for a walk, but I don’t have to walk my cat.  

I strongly believe that cats are better than dogs!

Term 3 Week 4: Pets Should Not Be Allowed At School!!

WALT persuade other students to agree with our opinion.  This is the purpose for my writing.

Success Criteria:

1. I plan for a writing task
2. I write a variety of sentence lengths with different sentence starters
3. Give reasons with detail - use specific words
4. I write most topic and high frequency words correctly.
5. I use capital letters, fullstops, question marks and exclamation marks correctly.
6. Use persuasive language

We Should Not Allow Pets In Our School!!

In my opinion I think no school should allow pets!

I strongly believe that your pets could get lost if you are playing with your friends and then you realise that your pet has run away from you!! Another point is you would also be wasting your learning time, if your class and you are looking for your pet.  Another reason is that your pet can jump through any classroom window while you might be talking to your friends. You might not even know what classroom your pet may be in or the classroom may be locked!

Some of the kids might be allergic to pets and they could get really sick and the parents would not like their child to go to the hospital! If the kid might be allergic to pets they could also get really itchy and have really bad rashes. For example  they may be learning and they could get so itchy that they could bleed?

Also kids sometimes can get distracted really fast if they like the thing that would distract them like pets. Instead of learning they could be playing with the pet the whole time or just may be  looking at the pet the whole time. Finally when their teacher gives them a learning sheet to do they won’t know what to do?

You should agree with me that pets should not be allowed at school.

Term Three Week 2: Skimming Reading Strategy

Skimming

WALT skim an unknown text so that we can quickly get an understanding of it. I can decide if a book has a useful imfomation I need, or whether I want to read it for pleasure. 

These are the things that I can do to skim read

1. Find Keywords
2. Read Blurb
3. Read index
4. Find Detail
5. See what page I like

Term 2 Reflection.

This is a Term 2 Reflection about Rippa Rugby!!

I enjoyed Rippa Rugby this year so much because it was my first time playing it and I really enjoyed it. I chose to play Rippa Rugby because I always play Rippa Rugby with my brother and sister. The good thing was that this game had no tackling so you were not allowed to tackle anyone or you would be disqualified. I think I would love to play Rippa Rugby next year. I think the exciting thing that happened was that my group won the semi final. 

Week 11: Things That I Enjoy Doing!!

I like to do lots of stuff that I enjoy so I will be telling you all the things that I enjoy doing. I have told you 6 things that I enjoy doing. Number 5 and Number 2 are my most favorite things that I enjoy.

1. I love to read books, I will tell you some of my favorite books I like to read - Roald Dahl, The Twits, Harry Potter and Wonder.
2. I also like girly things so I am really good at painting nails, I can paint both of my hands but I actually am a righty, I also love to learn new hairstyles -the braids that I know how to do are, French Braid, Chinese Braid, Ponytail, Plait and Fishtail.
3. I love to go outside in my back yard and do some tricks on my monkey bars or swing set, even the slide. But I always end up getting hurt no matter what. 
4. I enjoy spending time with my family in winter and watching a movie. Also my favorite season of the year is actually winter. 
5. Since the holidays are coming, dad said that my family and I will go and play with the snow. I enjoy playing in snow.
6. I also enjoy having a pillow fight with my siblings. My brother is the oldest, and then it is my sister so I am the little one. But I am still tough and I always end up having an argument.

So these were the 6 things that I enjoy doing. Thank you if you comment:)