My Awesome Novel Study

Hello blogging world,

In the past few weeks we have been working on a book review. We go to choose a book out of 2. My options were Cool Nukes and Sunken Forest both by Des Hunt. I chose Sunken Forest because I it looked really interesting. It took me a while to read the whole book but I got there. The story was about a boy named Matt. He moves to his Nana's house because his Farther is in prison. Along the way he meets heaps of problems. Find out how it ends in the book...

Have a look at my book review down below!

This is my 3rd book review that I have completed so I got the hang of it easily. I was able to finish all the activities in the slides. It was kind of hard completing all the activities in time. It was easy finding the time to finish of since I take my chromebook home. Feel free to comment down below and have a look at the rest of my learning. 
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Novel Study

Hello Blogging world,

for the past 2 weeks we have been working on a Book Review / Novel Study. I had to read the book Sunken Forest by Des Hunt. We were asked to do a slide and complete all the activities on it. I haven't finished the book yet but I'm nearly there. I haven't completed all the activities yet but here is on of the activities from a slide. Further below is a picture of the book if you were wondering. 

I really like this book so far and I definitely think that you should read it. This book is for people who love adventure. It was kind of hard finding the time to read it but I'm almost there. It was easy doing the activities because I was really into the book and I enjoyed it too. Comment down below if you have read this book or if you are interested and don't forget to check out the rest of my learning below. 

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Music And Dance

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for the past few weeks we have been working extremely hard on dance and music. We first got into groups of 4 to 8. I had a group of 8. These people were in my group: Abby, Sky, Nethya, Hilary, Sam, Amie and Darlene. You can check out their blogs too. On Wednesday we had to perform it in front of Te Waka Ako. I am really proud of the dance we made up together. There were 14 groups and only 3 groups get to perform it in assembly. Here is a video of my dance below. 

It was hard coming up with the dance but it turned out great. I was nervous when we had to perform it but fine when it was over. Feel free to comment down below and check out the rest of my learning!

The Crazy Science Show

Kia Ora blogging world,

Today our school had one bizarre scientists named Richard and one spectacular girl DJ named Robin. They came to our school to do a crazy science show. The show was based on chemicals. They started with simple magic tricks to warm us up like: red pom poms coming out of his mouth.

He then started the show with the old connecting rings trick and then some amazing rocket work. After that trick, he showed us how baby nappies work. He took out some powder from a baby nappy and mixed it with yellow water (pee). It then turned into a solid straight away. 

My favourite part of the show was when he made a massive bubble. Some of his tricks were dangerous. I loved the science show! I was surprised that a ping pong ball can float in the air with a hair drying and won't fall if the hair dryer moves around. I'm definitely going to try some at home. I learnt that wheat can't be lit up with fire. I wonder what the size is of the biggest bubble in the world. I now want to find out more about science. 

Here are some videos below!⬇⬇

My Camp Booklet

Hi bloggers, last week the most of the year 5's and 6's went on an exciting camp to Mt Ruapehu. We had a choice of snowboarding and skiing. I chose snowboarding. We had so much fun. We stayed at a hotel 30 minutes away from the mountain. We stayed there for 4 days and 3 nights. We also had other stops like the aquatic centre, Hamilton gardens and other fun activities. Along the way we had some challenges. One of my challenges were trying not to lose my things because I am a very messy person. Check out my slide underneath.

At camp on Wednesday it was also my 11th birthday. I felt overwhelmed by the cake and mini party my friends threw for me. During camp I felt nervous because I haven't snowboarded before and it looked hard. Once I got the hang of it I was having the time of my life. I'm really happy I went and I hope that someday I can go again.Feel free to comment!

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.