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.