Day 1. Setting sail

Today we are writing a letter to a friend Telling them about your trip to New Zealand , here is mine .

Dear Reuben

I have now arrived in New Zealand it is a really beautiful country. So far I have explored most of the south island , my favourite place is Christchurch they have beautiful beaches and parks .

While I was on the Waka the weather was crazy ,there was rain storms and even hail. It took 6 months for me and my group to arrive in New Zealand.

I was very nervous when the bad weather came about , but when it was calm I was happy and exited but sad to move away from my friends and family.

But now that I have arrived in New Zealand I am very happy to be here and I hope you come here on the next Waka that comes about.


Truly your best friend , Aliyah .

Day 1 - The first settlers

Maui is very cool he has done a lot of things according to legends . I learnt a lot of facts about him some of them are really cool some some not so much here are a few of my favourite myths and legends.

Fact 1 . Maui has tattoos all over his body to show his achievements he has made .

Fact 2. Maui is a demigod which means that he is greatly admired .

Fact 3. he lassoed the sun to make it slow down so peoples days were longer .

The flying cat

This week in literacy we were doing a information report but I finished my information report so I wrote a story about a flying cat . I found it easy and simple to write the story but I found it challenging and hard to make the pictures .

Summer learning journey prize

This summer the Uru Manuka cluster are doing the Summer Learning Journey along with other clusters. The Summer Learning Journey is about helping kids stay at the level they were at in Reading, Writing and maths as well it gives kids a fun opportunity to learn over the holidays. this year out theme is the world around us , in the theme there is one topic for each week land, air, sea and sustainability. The summer learning journey takes about 4 weeks with 3 activitys every day .

For a prize I would like
1 .The worlds worst children 3 book
2 . Twilight and New moon
3. phase ten or monopoly deal
4 . skittles

Nobody hates me

This week in literacy we have been changing lyrics to the song nobody likes me to make it positive . I found it challenging and hard to write the the lyrics but I found it easy to work with my friends .                                                                                                                                                                     

  

Information report

For literacy our focus is working on different styles of writing. For our information report we had a choice between the pyramids of Egypt or the extreme weather. The most challenging thing for me was finding the facts. The easiest thing was writing it down .

Kenning poem

In writing with Mrs Mcguinnity we learnt about kenning poems . They are an old Nordic style poem they have 8 lines and always end with er .first we brain stormed a spider poem next we wrote the spider poem.Then Mrs Mcguinnity told us to write some other poems. I found it challenging to find words with er on the end but I found it easy to write how the move , act and what they eat .

Spider

A web maker

A creepy crawler

A weird jumper

A scary killer

A sneaky crawler

A fast thinker

A corner hider

A insect eater

Cat

A cute cuddler

A vicious hunter

A silly sleeper

A fast runner

A water hater

A crazy climber

A fluffy dreamer

A mouse catcher

Dog

A playful pouncer

A tail chaser

A fast sprinter

A water lover

A funny sleeper

A silly jumper

A trick learner

A treat chewer

Snake

A sneaky slitherer

A vicious hunter

A mouse eater

A fast mover

A stealth catcher

A crazy killer

A egg cracker

A rattle shaker

Wanted

For literacy we have been making wanted posters to reward the people who show our people powers .I found it easy to write why I wanted to make them wanted but I found it challenging to make the picture .

How To Brush Your Teeth

For Health the Senior Learning Community have been learning about personal hygiene . This week we are making an animation on how to brush your teeth properly , to explain to 3 ,4 and 5 year old kids how to brush your teeth. I found it easy to make the characters but I found it challenging to make the whole animation .

 Me and my friend Hannah are making a series so please visit this blog
http://shshannahj.blogspot.com/

Wanted

This week for literacy we have been told to make a wanted poster . I have made one about my teacher Mrs Jack I found it hard to make the photo but I found it easy to write how she makes my day .