Maths Co-ordinates

For maths this week, we have been learning to do co-ordinates.  The two pictures I did was a flossing panda and a car.  This is what my co-ordinates look like.

Book Week

This week was Book Week.  On Monday a New Zealand writer named Stu Duval came to visit our school.  Then on Wednesday another New Zealand author came.  His name is James Russell.  Today was the book parade and we all dressed up as a book character.  My friend and I dressed up in a group. I was Greg Heffley and my friend was up as Rowley Jefferson. We are from The Diary of a Wimpy Kid.  After morning tea was a literacy treasure hunt. It was really fun. These are some photos of our costumes.  

Cross Country

Last week on Thursday we did cross country.  In the morning the juniors ran and we went outside  to cheer for them.  After morning tea it was time for the seniors to run.  First was the year fours and next was the year fives.  Eventually it was the year sixes.  I was scared and excited at the same time but I'm happy I finished the race.

All About Samoa

Because last week was Samoan Language Week we made posters about Samoa.  On our posters we have different activities and facts.  There are also writing prompts and how to count to ten. Another thing we did was an activity about a myth.  The myth we did was the Turtle and the Shark.  The Turtle and the Shark is about a women and her daughter.  Then there was a great famine all over where they lived, so they turned into a turtle and a shark to look for food on another island.  When they found food they decided to dance and entertain the people that were kind and gave them food.  This is what my poster looks like.  

Mandarin

On Wednesdays this year we have started doing Mandarin.  Mandarin is a type of Chinese language.  In Mandarin we have learnt to do speeches about ourselves with seven sentences. This is my speech

Art

In our class we have been drawing and sketching different pieces of art from Peter Gossage.  Peter Gossage is a New Zealand artist.  He illustrates a lot of Maori books.  This is one of my sketches. 

Science in a Van

On Friday last week Science in a Van came to visit our school.  They taught us about the periodic table and showed us some experiments. My favourite was the cloud in a bottle experiment because it was cool to see the cloud come out of the bottle. Here are some photos.