Kiwi Sport | Tennis

LI: To learn how to hold a racket.

This term our kiwisport was tennis. Our coach was Peter, he taught us how to hold a racket depending on whether your right handed or left handed. We also learnt how to hit the tennis ball forehand and backhand.

We started off with a warmup, this warmup was to see how we react. We had to get into partners and one person would hold the ball up and the other person will put their hands out facing down and when the partner with the ball drops the ball they have to react by turning their hands and catching it.

Then we started with throwing and hitting. In our partners one person would under arm the ball over the net and the other person has to hit the ball depending on which side the ball is thrown on, the backhand side or forehand side.  The aim was to hit the ball and throw the ball where the cones were in front of us.

Next we had done some relays. It was hard because we were trying to keep the ball going from side to side. If you aim the racket facing one way then when you hit the ball it will go where the racket is facing. We had to try and hit the ball gently so the other person wouldn't need to keep on running back and forth.

Cybersmart | Illegal and Legal Images

LI: To learn what is Illegal and Legal images are.

This week for cubersmart we had started with Illegal and Legal images. We had to find out what they mean and give examples of them. We also used google slides to record down our research. We found 2 websites that have illegal and legal images shown. To know if an image is legal to use you would find an attribution link with a license. It is the opposite for an illegal image.

Maori

LI: to learn basic words in Te Reo Maori

This week for Maori we had to get back into our group from last week and we had to sit down with Whaia Ode, she told us new words and we learnt how to say how many younger, older brother or sisters we have in Maori. We also had to say the numbers of siblings we have. We then had a task to complete we had to find places in new Zealand and other countries and we had to find the Maori name for it so we had to translate the English name into Maori.
Tenia - Younger
Tuakara - Older
Tungane - Brother
Tuahine - Sister

Kiwi Can | Strengths and Weaknessess

LI: To learn your strengths and weaknesses and what makes us respectful.

This week we only had Mrs Mack. We have been talking about our strengths and weaknessess. Also how we show respect in public and in your home. Our activity was based on leadership and teamwork.

Recounts | Edited Recount

LI: to edit your practise recount.

This week for writing we had wrote another recount but has to be based on winning a sports competition. Mine was about our netball season in the afterschool netball comp. After our first recount we had learnt the marking criterias so we could try and improve on them. We had made an edited recount so we could see how we have improved. We had edited and added things that'll help our recounts get more points on the marking criterias.

Commenting | Peytons Blog

LI: To comment and give feedback on someones blog.

This week for commenting I have commented on Peytons blog. She had blogged about maori.

Companies | Bussiness

LI: To sort out different companies and label them.

This week for inquiry we have been continuing in businesses. We had gotten into groups of 8 and split our groups into groups of 4. We had gotten a deck full of paper  that had companies on them. In our groups of 4 we had to sort them out and label them. We had sorted it out into fashion brands, transports and banks, games, services, miscellaneous, digital companies, tech companies, sport companies, food companies, car brands, and emergency services.

Basic Facts Boxes | Up to 20

LI: To learn your basic facts.

This week I had done the up to 20 basic facts. I had done this in 5m and 24s. I had only gotten 3 incorrect answers.

Novel Study | Bookmarks

LI: to do a novel study on Roald Dahl books.

This week we have been doing novel studies on Roald Dahls books of our choice.

I had chose the book " Danny the champion of the world". It is about a boy who thinks his dad is the most marvellous dad a boy could wish for. His life is happy and peaceful in a gispy caravan. Danny's dad turns him into an engineer, danny loves fixing cars and doing engineer work.

We had to read up to chapters 1-4 or 5. I was the only person who chose danny the champion of the world.  I'm upto chapter 3 page 19. We had also made our own reading book marks.

Orchestra Trip!

LI: To watch and observe how a live orchestra plays.

This week certain people from panmure bridge had gotten the opportunity to watch a live performance orchestra. It was amazing! There were alot of people playing different instruments and there was a conducter, the music sounded fabulous! There were some people doing aerial dances to a story, it was amazing because I have never seen anything like it before. 

Kiwi Can | Respect

LI: To learn how to respect ourselves and find out what is unique about ourselves.

This week for kiwi can we have been continuing with respect and our topic unique. Our catchphrase was " R.E.S.P.E.C.T, find out what is means to me.".

Maori

LI: to learn about Te Reo Maori.

This Week in Te reo we had learnt of different ways to greet whanau(Family). For the First activity, we had to watch two videos. In those videos they showed people talking to each other in Maori. The next thing that we had to do was write down the English sentences for the Maori sentences. For the next activity we had to do the same thing but it had to do with a family, for example: 'Ko wai te papa Lisa? The main words that would help us with it was  kuia(Grandmother/old lady), koro(Grandpa/old man), mama(mom), papa(dad)

SSR Selfie | Danny the champion of the world

 LI: To retell and summarise a text.

This week I have read a book called " Danny the champion of the world". It is about a boy and his dad, they don't have enough money to live in a proper house so they live in an old gipsy that is big enough just to fit the two of them.

Aerodynamics | Aircrafts

LI: to research. 

This week we had to complete an activity in order to find out our study topic for this terms maths. We did this in groups. The activity we had to do was to find the definition and the function of specific words that related to the topic. The words we had to find definitions and functions for were hints to our topic. Not all words had a function. We had to make a table and do some research on the words. Once we finished finding the definitions and functions, we had to put our prediction at the bottom the google doc and say what we thought the topic was going to be.

There were 21 words in total. We had to divide and conquer to complete the task within a certain time limit. After we discussed the answers we had to say our predictions and specifically state every answer we thought as well as the prediction. We are now studying aircrafts.

Commenting | Hoseas Blog

LI: To comment to give feedback on other peoples blogs.

This week I have commented on Hoseas blog. He had talked about his maths and rounding numbers.

Basic Facts

LI: To learn basic facts

This week I had done my basic facts up to 10. I had done the speed demon challenge. My time was 4 minutes. I enjoyed doing this activity.

SSR Selfie | Germany

LI: To summarise and retell a text.

This week I have read a book called "Fact Finders: Germany". It talks about some of the history of germany and what is some popular things they do. Did you know that that in germany parents give there children a big colorful cone made out of cardboard full of candies and school supplies on first graders first day of school.

Enterprise & Business | Inquiry

LI: To learn what enterprise and business means. 

This week we learned the definitions of Enterprise and Business. Our task was to (in groups of 3) make a slide and list as many companies including information like what that company sells/does, and the price range. My group decided to include extra information instead of having plain space. At first we needed to discuss about what we thought Business and Enterprise meant. On our slide, we included what we thought it meant and what it really means.




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Recounts | The day I became a Millionaire | Rubrics

LI: To revise the structure of a recount and reaffirm the marking criteria.

This week was the first session of writing for the term. We had first done a recap about a recount structure. We had some time to remember the marking criterias too for the test we are going to be next week. We had to write an imaginative recount like how we would on the test and it had to be about how we won the lotto and what we would do with the money. After that we had to mark our recounts based on the marking criterias.
The marking criterias are:

Ideas:

S&L:

Organisation:

Vocab:

Spelling:

Punctuation:

Sentence Structure:

I had gave myself 4 for every criteria which equaled up to 28.

Vocab Building | Rap Lyric vs Poetry

LI: To build knowledge of vocabulary, and links words create to the wider world.

This week for reading we have been talking about building vocabulary and linking words to the wider world. In our reading groups we created two google slides, one for vocab building and one for a rap lyric vs poetry verse game. For example a rap lyric or poetic verse, " Now matter how hard it gets, Stick your chest out, Keep your head up and handle it".

Maths | Scategories

LI: To recap the different maths strategies and methods.

This week was our first maths session of the term. We had started off with a game of scategories. Mr Wong would write down area and perimeter equations, adding and subtracting the time, fractions of sets, and adding and subtraction decimals.

We had used our maths books to record the answers. We used different kinds of strategies like:
Repeated addition/subtraction
Place Value
Basic Facts
Rounding and compensating
Written algorithmn
Tidy Numbers
Reversing

Maori | Kupu | Nga Atua

LI: to learn how to pronounce maori words.
This week was our first session for moari of the term, we had learnt how to pronounce and understand maori words.In our groups we had to search maori words and find images that relate to the word. If it was the same word, we would have to find the multiple meanings. Thenw e had done another doc that related to the Maori gods and we had to sort out what type of gods they were. 

Kiwi Can

LI: To learn how we can respect ourselves and each other in many different ways.

This was our first session for term 4. We had Mr Latu and new kiwi can leader, Mr Simanu. For this term our theme is going to be Respect. This week we are learning how to respect one another and mainly ourselves.

Tooty Fruity!
For our enegiser we did an activity based on our listening skills and how well we can listen. So Mr Simanu would say some fruits and we had to react to those fruits with the action that they are. Apple is jump forward, orange is jump backwards and banana is turn 80 degrees. We had a challenge. If you didn't do the right action or did it slow you we elimanated. At the end winners were Me, Charlize and Andrew.

Next we talked about what makes us unique and some unique things about ourself. Everybody is different, we have different fingerprints, looks, etc.

1 Lie, 1 Truth
For the activity we had to come up with 1 lie and 1 truth about ourselves. Someone will stand up and say 1 truth and 1 lie about themselves. First it was Mr Simanu, his 1 truth and lie was that he's been bunjy jumping and he was a contemporary/ballet dancer. We had to go to either side of the room and Mr Simanu will choose the group that was right. After Mr Simanu was Mr Ogilvie, his was he can eat a 6 inch long subway in under 30s and he can eat a cheesburger in one bite. The correct answer was he can eat a 6 inch long subway in under 30s. Then Mr Latu chose 3 people from the class to do it.

Tenpin Bowling | Holiday Blogging

LI: To blog about what you have been doing in the holidays.

On Saturday the 5th of October me and my family went to do tenpin bowling in Manukau. My aunt Melefau and my two older cousins Tevita and Vake had just come from Australia to spend the holidays in NZ along with my other aunt, Hepi and her two children Kolianita and Sarah. There also was my sister Fui and my older cousin Pelenaise. My aunty Melefau and her two sons ( Tevita and Vake ) are very competitive so they like to make things as a competition.

Tenpin Bowling Competition!! -
For the tenpin bowling we had competed against each other. The teams were separated into youngest vs oldest. There were two rounds. I was completely lost because I haven't played bowling in a very long time.

We chose our bowling balls that are the right size and weight for us. Than we started the competition, the team with the most points wins. The first round the younger children won but the older kids were saying " that was just a warm up" and " we were just playing around " and stuff like that.

The second round the losers had to massage one the people from the other teams feet for how long they like. Me and my other cousins really didn't want to massage the other teams feet, we tried our best but at the end we lost at 289 points against  356 points. Luckily after we had bought some food everybody was tired and we never massaged their feet.

Hansans Restaurant | Part 3

LI: To blog about what you have been doing in the holidays.

After the virtual reality thing we had left to go out for dinner at Hansans Restaurant in Panmure/Ellerslie. We had went with my aunty Ana and her children Atu and Unaloto. The food was great, we all ate HEAPS and HEAPS of food and ordered HEAPS and HEAPS of food. My favorite food was the Noodle Soup with some chicken pieces on the side. Its was so soupy and delicious. I would definitely go back there some time.

Holiday Blogging | Virtual Reality | Part 2

LI: to blog about the things I've done in the holidays.

After the movies we chose to go to VR Voom in Sylvia Park ( Virtual Reality ). The experience was amazing! There we 2 seats on each side. If two people were watching the same disk than they sat on the 2 seats on one side.

Me and my cousin Kolianita watched the same disk. We chose to do something with heights and a bit like a roller coaster. We chose "The Tower". It was super scary but not terrifying. It was like we were high up in the air in a roller coaster going round and round of a tower and going up and down steep  rails. I felt like I was going to fall and die but I knew it wasn't real.

My mum and my sister Fui had done this sea life disk that was a bit scary, it was with a kraken trying to eat them. My little sister Micaela had chose to do an adventure one with fairies and unicorns and more.

Then we headed back home.

Holiday Blogs | Movies | Part 1

LI: To blog about the things I've done in the holidays.

On Wednesday the 2nd of October, Me, my Mum, my two Sisters and my Cousin went out for the day and spent it at Sylvia Park Shopping Centre . There we went to the Hoyts Cinemas to go and watch "Dora and the Lost City of gold". 

SNACKS!! - 

When we had arrived at the cinemas we found out the showing times of the movie we were watching. Then we chose a time that was suitable for us and bought some snacks from Pak'n'save. We only bought a few things then the rest of the stuff we bought from the cinema - 2 bags of MnM's - 1 Pack of pod snickers - 1 packet of RJ's Fabulicious Raspberry Twisters - 1 packet of strawberries and chocolate dipping - Jalapeno flavoured Corn Chips. After that we headed to the cinema to get the popcorn and drinks. 

MOVIE TIME!! - 

The Hoyts cinemas at Sylvia Park was packed with a lot of people waiting in line and getting snacks. The ques were very long so we thought we wouldn't make it in time for our movie. Luckily we had entered the cinema at the right time. The cinema was full with almost every seat taken. We enjoyed the movie and especially the snacks.