Reading

In reading our class started a zoo project.  The zoo project is very similar to our passport tasks.  We have to complete 9 activities and they all revolve around animals.  When you choose a topic you have to find a book that you want to do the activity on. Our class can also get likes.  The better the activity the more likes. We also made title pages for this and here is mine:

Topic

In Room Five we started passport tasks for topic/inquiry.  I have started a diorama that looks like Mission Bay.  Passport task are really fun because I like crafting and drawing.  Their are different categories and amounts of money you can earn.  If you do really well you can get bonus but you have to earn at least 200 dollars. 
The passport looks like this:

Gratitude Journal

This week in our class we started writing in gratitude journals.  Our teacher bought us each a journal in different designs.  On the front of my book it says "the most important thing about dreams: having one."  Every afternoon we write three things about what we are grateful for.  I like doing this because it makes we appreciate more.  On the first day doing this I wrote, friends, pets, and waking up in the morning. My gratitude journal looks like this:

Reading

Yesterday my reading group learnt about a Tongan myth called Maka Feke.  Its about an octopus and a rat.  The rat was travelling by a wooden canoe when all of a sudden a strong storm broke his boat.  When he saw an octopus close to shore he asked if he could ride him to the forest promising to repay him.  The octopus agreed and swam him over.  The rat ran into the forest saying

"Hahaha I tricked you!"

This trap carries on today with a White Cowry Shell used as a rat.  The fisherman with lure an octopus over with this trap and will have enough time to catch its prey.  Here is a drawing on our activity sheet I did.

Maths

Today in maths we made 3D shapes.  You could choose out of a cone, cube, rectangle, rectangular prism, pyramid, square based pyramid and more.  I made a square based pyramid and a cone.  Here is what they look like.

Haiku Poem

In writing this term we are focusing on poems.  Today we had to write three haiku's.  I wrote one about summer, winter and a Range Rover.  This is my haiku about a Range Rover.

Range Rover

Riding on the road

Comfy seats inside the car

Luxurious white

Fair Stalls

This year we are having a fair and each classroom is going to have a stall.  Everyone in room five split into groups and is making something for their stall.  My group chose sherbet and we will be having lime, blueberry and raspberry flavours.  We also made logos. Our group's logo looks like this.

Sun Poem

This week in room five, we have been learning about sun poems.  Each of us wrote sentences about the sun.  The poems had to have six objects resembling the sun, verbs and adjectives. This is my poem. 


The sun is a lemon
shining in peoples eyes
Its a big block of gold
scorching in the sky

The sun is a fireball
blazing brightly
Its a yellow bouncy ball
bouncing around lightly

The sun is a light bulb,
lighting up the world
Its a gold coin
bright and glistening up above

God Title Page

In R.E we learnt about God.  Each of us made a God title page introducing Him.  We learnt about who He is, what He is like and did an acrostic poem about God.  Here is what my title page looks like.

Mary MacKillop Feast Day

Today was Mary MacKillop's Feast Day.  We had mass this morning and did some activities with Room Three.  Everyone buddied up and each made a Mary MacKillop craft and a Mary MacKillop poster.  This is what my craft looks like looks like.

Reading Posters

In reading we made Ocean posters about the different oceans.  The oceans we chose from were the Southern Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.  We made our posters on google draw and this is what mine looks like.

Writing

In writing we have been writing procedural pieces.  Procedural writing is where you write instructions for something like a recipe.  We had to write a crazy recipe and I chose a mashed potato cake.  This is my recipe

Ingredients:
Potatoes- 3
Water- 900 mL
Food colouring- any colour and one or two drops
Skittles- as many as you want
Caster sugar- ¼ of a cup
Butter, milk (optional) if you want butter and milk you will need 70 grams of butter and ½ a cup of milk

Utensils:
A pot that you can boil the potatoes in- (boiler)
Something to mash your potatoes with- masher
Something to mix your food colouring with- a spoon or whisk

Something to cut u
Potato peeler
A bowl to mash your potatoes in and mix your food colouring in
A plate to place the cake


Steps:
Step one: peel your potatoes and chop them into bits
Step two: put your pot on your stove and pour all your water in
Step three: turn your stove’s heat to 210 degrees celsius
Step three: put your potatoes into the water to boil them, put a timer on for 15 mins
Step four: while you wait, get your bowl out
Step five: once they are finished turn your stove off and put your potatoes in your bowl
Step six: Mash your potatoes and add your sugar in , if you would like to add butter and milk, now is the time
Step Seven: When you have finished mashing your potatoes mix your food colouring in
Step eight: get out your plate and spoon your mashed potato onto it.
Step nine: get your skittles and sprinkle them over your mashed potato cake
Step ten: now you are finished and you can eat it!

Reading

In our class we learnt about different oceans.  We each chose an ocean.  I chose the Southern Ocean but there was also the Indian Ocean, The pacific Ocean, The Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.  Then we made posters on google draw.  This is what mine looks like.

Cook Island Maori Week

This week is Cook Island Māori week.  We have done a lot of activities and learnt the sign of the cross in Cook Island Māori.  Some of the activities we did was myths, facts worksheets and more.  The myth that we learnt about was Ina and the shark. The Myth is about Ina and Tinirau. The myth is about why sharks have a bump on their head. This week has been great so far.  Here is what our Cook Island wall looks like.

Water Science

Today we did a water experiment with ice and salt.  We got balls of ice in a bowl and then our teacher came around the tables with dye to put on the ice.  After we got the dye she came around with salt and we got to sprinkle it on the ice.  When we sprinkled the salt on the ice it started to crack, the dye helped us see the cracks.  We waited a bit until we got to go outside to crack the ice.  After we got outside it was time to crack them.  Each team went at different times.  Our group was last.  When we went we threw the ice up into the air and let it smash to the ground.  The bigger ones smashed more as the weight is heavier.  Because of this there was more force as it was falling.  Here is a picture.

Maori Art

In art we started sketching and colouring drawings inspired by Peter Gossage.  Peter Gossage is a New Zealand artist.  He draws a lot of Maori pictures and illustrates Maori books.  I drew a picture of Maui.  This is my drawing.

 

Water Cycle Experiment

On Friday last week we did a water filtering experiment.  In our lesson we learnt about the water cycle and how water gets filtered.  We got told that it takes six hours to clean water!  After we learnt about this we each got into partners and it was time for the experiment.  For the experiment there was a bucket of dirty and non-filtered water.  With that water we used different ingredients to filter it and make it cleaner.  The ingredient we had to use were cotton balls, paper towels, bark and sand.  Not every ingredient filtered it properly though.  When my partner and I finished using the ingredients we chose our own amount of the ingredients we could use to make it as clean as we could.  Me and my partner chose cotton balls and paper towels and it worked!  Here is what ours looks like. 

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.

Country Study

This week we each studied a country.  My country was Japan.  We wrote some of their holidays, traditional clothes, popular sports, popular food and more.  This is what mine looks like

Anzac Brochure

Last week we made Anzac brochures for Anzac day.  We all chose a buddy and got an object about a soldier story.  My brochure is about Thomas Harry Kinder. Here is my brochure.

Anzac Day Art

For Anzac day we made Anzac art.  We dyed a piece of paper then coloured in our choice of colouring.  Once we were finished both, we stuck the colouring onto the piece of dyed paper.  This is an example of what we did.

New Zealand Opera

Last week on Thursday the New Zealand opera came to perform and our school.  In opera they only sing and don't talk at all.  The story is about a girl and her stepmum.  There is also a boy and a barber.  The boy wants the girl so the barber helps him but the stepmother does not want the boy to be her daughter's husband so she tries to stop her.  Will the stepmother get her way or not?  I really liked opera this year, it was great!

Growth Mindset

In growth mindset we made a big paper brain.  We each coloured in a square of the brain and answered a question on it about growth mindset.  The question was, I will work longer when I am trying to figure something out. I will not give up quickly.  what are some strategies or things I might do to help me reach my goal?  Here is a photo of the brain.

My Animal Poster

In reading we have made animal posters.  We each chose an animal and studied it to make a poster.  My animal was a reindeer.  Here is a photo of my poster.

My Goals

Last week we made goals for maths, writing and reading.  We put them on our goal wall and every time we complete a goal we take it down and make another one.  My reading goal is to understand the main purpose of the text. My writing goal is to use words in sentences in creative ways and my maths goal is to learn my 12 times tables. 

Drama

This year we started drama.  Every Friday we do a different drama game.  One game we have played this year was King of the Jungle. In King of the Jungle there are different animals that each person acts and sounds as.  The first animal is a lion they make a certain sound and then so on. At the end of this term we will be performing our own plays we made either about sun smart safety, growth mindset or bulling.  My group decided to chose bullying. I love drama and I hope we can continue it throughout the year. 

Tabloid Sports

On Wednesday last week we did tabloid sports.  We do tabloid sports to celebrate St Joseph's feast day. Some of the games that we played were Stuck in the Mud, Shark Attack, Cowboys and Indians and more.  My favourite game was Four Corners.  Four Corners is a game where there are four chairs and each chair has a card symbol on it.  The caller pulls a random card out and if it says diamonds it means that everyone at the diamonds chair is out.  I also like the skipping rope obstacle course.  I had so much fun at tabloid sports this year!

My Poem

Last week we started making poems to send to a different school in New Zealand.  Everyone chose an object to base our poems on. All of the objects were miniature.  Some of the items we could choose from were a rock,  a teddy bear, a gem and a ship in a bottle.  I chose the rock.  Here is my poem.

Maths

In maths last week we were learning about graphs.  We also made bar graph posters about our chosen topics.  My group chose favourite foods.  We chose jelly, spaghetti, sushi, pie and doughnuts. Here's a photo of our poster.

Lent

 Last week Lent started.  I made a promise to not get frustrated and keep a smile.  In R.E we made hearts with our promises on it.  Here's mine.

Shine Week- Light it Orange

Today is Shine Week- light it orange.  Shine Week is the week we raise money for those in families with domestic violence. Domestic violence doesn't always have to be physical, it can be anything that hurts someone by words or physically.  We wear orange on Friday.  We wear orange on Friday to support the victims of violence in family homes.  These are some photos of our orange costumes/ clothes.

Our Reading Plays

In reading we have started doing plays.   My group did a play about a car ride.  In the car ride they are supposed to go to mini golf but ended up going to a plant barn!  I love doing plays so I hope we continue doing it throughout the year.  Here's a few photos.

Shrove Tuesday

Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday so we made pancakes with the juniors. We make pancakes because in Jesus' time before lent they used to give up ingredients like flour, eggs and milk so that they wouldn't rot over the 40 days of lent.  In the morning we had the burning of the palms.  The reason why we burn the palms is so on ash Wednesday the ashes get put in a cross on our head.  When we made the batter it was very lumpy and creamy and gooey but in the end the pancakes tasted great!  Here are some photos of the pancakes.

My Mantra

Last week we started making mantras.  A mantra is an inspiring quote.  Here is that mantra I made.

When you feel like 

QUITTING

Think about why you

STARTED

I chose this quote because it inspires me and motivates me to finish something that I started.

My Pepeha

Last week we all made our own Pepeha.  A Pepeha is Maori and it is about you.  It tells you what your mountain is, what your sea or river is and it also tells you your parents names and your name as well. Here is my Pepeha.

Ko Ōwairaka tōku maungna
Ko Te Moana-nui-a-kiwa tōku moana
Ko Samoan, European tōku iwi
Nō Tāmaki Makau-rau ahau
Ko Te Hepara Pai tōku kura
Ko Malia DeLacey tōku mama
Ko Aaron DeLacey tōku papa
Ko Annika DeLacey tōku ingoa

Our Class Websites

Last week we started a few websites. One was for maths it was called prodigy. Our other two were for reading and they were called freckle and epic.  I like prodigy the best because you can battle people and learn lots while doing it!

Sun Smart Poster

Last week our class made sun smart posters. We displayed what was sun smart and what wasn't. Always remember to put sunblock on even if you don't think you need it. Here is a photo my poster.

Camp 2019

On Monday the 28th of January all the year sixes went to M.E.R.C camp for the week. At camp we did really fun activities such as surfing, kayak surfing, sailing, giant ladder, rock climbing, abseiling, mountain biking, raft building, dingy games, giant paddle boarding, stack em and orienteering.  Camp was so much  fun.  One night we had a talent quest.  Here is a photo of a dance we did.

My Start of the Year

This week I started school.  So far it has been great. We have done lots of activities and had a leadership assembly on Friday. some of the activities we have done are puzzles pieces, all about me posters and Lunar New Year masks and lanterns. Our class also went swimming. At the leadership assembly I got my special character badge here are some photos.