Our Visiting Poet:Judi Billcliff

About 3 weeks ago a famous poet came to our school for a visit. Her name is Judi Billcliff. She read us some of her best selling books and did some plays with us. Judi came because it was book week at our school and we were looking at poetry. We also had a poetry competition. Some people volunteered to join a play. Judi Billcliff is a really funny poet. Below are some photos of us having fun and bonding with Judi.

We had heaps of fun with Judi. We learnt heaps about her and her background. If you would like you can visit one of her websites at http://www.rainbowpoetry.co.nz/ . Please feel free to comment and check out the rest of my learning blog! 

Mountain Subjects

On Thursday the for inquiry Senior Syndicate paired up and made a padlet. We wrote down a list of things we thought we wanted to research. Our suggestions had to be relevant to mountains. Take a look the padlet we made. 

Since we were in groups, we came up with lots of ideas. My topic is skiing and snowboarding. I chose this because were going camp in a few weeks and we are going to be snowboarding. So I want to learn about it and be prepared. Feel free to comment and check out the rest of my learning. 

Building a Tent Model

Hi bloggers,

yesterday for maths we had to build a tent model out of tooth picks and modelling clay. Our task was to build a small tent model with shapes. I used a rectangle, squares and trapezoids. I also built a little camp fire. 

During the making of this I had problems. One of the problems was that my model kept on falling down because the modelling clay wasn't holding the tooth picks together in place. I  found out that after a while the model collapsed because of the modelling clay. 

This is my model!

I found it hard trying to make it stable so it doesn't fall. I think my shape was really good and strong. You also needed to be very focused and patient. Overall I think I did really well and I had great shapes. I would love it if you left a comment and checked out the rest of my learning blog!

Cybersmart Comic Strip

Hi bloggers, last week in Cybersmart we were learning how to be safe and sensible online. First we had to get into groups of 2 or 3. Next we had to create a comic strip showing what not to do and showing how to fix it. We also had to organise our email uses. The categories were : appropriate for school account, appropriate for own account and inappropriate. After that we wrote a statement saying why we should or shouldn't have our emails. Have a look and feel free to comment!

My Pick A Path Story

My Pick A Path Story

Last week I  made this pick a path story. We based it on a character that we made up. My character was called Wild Flyer. When you read you have to make a choice of where you want to go. My story is called Lost because she gets lost in the deepest and darkest part of the woods and you have to help her escape. 

I learnt how to make a pick a path story using google slides. Next time I think about choosing the right background for the colour of my text.  Feel free to comment and check out the rest of learning by scrolling down!

In Cybersmart we had to make a thinglink about us. First we used this website called BeFunky. We changed how we look and saved it. Next we went onto thinglink and added facts about us. Have a look at my thinglink.

This was easy because I already know how to use BeFunky and Thinglink. I chose these videos because I like both of them. Feel free to comment and check out the rest of my learning. 

De Bono thinking hats

Hello blogging world,

today I am going to be talking about our new classrooms also know as the ILE ( innovative learning environment). Our WALT : Use De Bono thinking hats to show an understanding. Our buildings are called Te Waka Ako which means the canoe of learning. We had a huge opening ceremony. We had the Kapa Haka group come up and do a dance and we had Mr Wood officially open our new building.  We were asked to fill in six thinking hats about our new building. Check out my hats. 

Ms Sands did an awesome job on the sign. In the 6 thinking hats I learnt how I actually felt about the classrooms which is overwhelmed and excited. I never really thought about the privilege that I get to be in the new classrooms. One of my challenges are taking off my shoes because I wear sport shoes and it's really annoying. I think that we work together a lot now and I really like it because I like working as a syndicate. Feel free to check out the rest of my learning and leave a comment. 

Blog you later Bloggers!