Merry Christmas GIF

Walt: make our own GIF

Description: Today our task was to make a GIF in google drawing. We downloaded pictures and then went on to a site which made the pictures into a GIF.

Bees Reflection

                    Bees!!!

Hi i'm Omari and this is my reflection about Bees. This term extension has been learning about bees and how they are surviving and dying. We heard that Bees are so important to earth because of many things.

Today the 3rd of December a beekeeper had come in to talk to us about bees. Her name was Rosemary and she showed us beehives with bees in them and larvaes. She also showed and talked to us about Varroa mites, nectar, facts about bees and life and more.

I learnt about heaps of thing about bees this term. I learnt that bees help in a lot of things like food, billions of dollars being lost when bees die, flowers, hive and more. I hope next year we do more fun things like this and see more experts.

Kawau Island

Kawau Island

Recount

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Have you ever been to Kawau Island? Do you know how to get there? Well you have to take a bus then a ferry or a Helicopter? At Kawau island there is a camp called Camp Bentzon which has heaps of activities including an obstacles course.

My most favourite activity at Kawau island was kayaking. I loved kayaking because I always was with the teachers because I was fast and good. When I was kayaking I tried to look for stingrays at Stingray Bay but sadly I saw none.

My other favourite activity was sailing. I really enjoyed it and it was in the water and I love the water. My favourite part was pulling the rope and tiller to the sail. I was great and fast at sailing and I had a race which at the start I was losing but at the end I was winning.

I also went hiking. I enjoyed it because I kept slipping and when I went down the hill I was running down fast and couldn't stop which was so much fun. What I really loved about hiking was being with my friends and also being the fastest which meant we got more free time.

I can’t wait for the next camp. I won't be at Pt England school next year. I’m going to Howick Intermediate. I wish I could go to Kawau Island again for two weeks.
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Description: This week we have been writing a recount about Kawau Island/Camp Bentzon. We had to have a Intro, three body paragraphs and a conclusion. Our three body paragraphs were our two and one favourite activity's and story's.

Week 2 Math Problem Solving

Walt: find equivalent fractions  Walt: find a fraction of a number ________________________________________________________________________ Description: Today I had learnt more about equivalent fractions. I had solved my problems with divide by and multiplication in my Math Problem Solving presentation

Week 1 Math Problem Solving

Walt: find a fraction of a numberWalt: simplify fractions

____________________________________________________________________________________ Description: Today we learned about simplifying fractions. I had forgot about fractions because of the holidays and got taught how to simplify fractions again if you look at my problem solving presentation.

Week 3 Math Problem Solving term 4

Walt: solve a range of equations using fractions

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Description: Today I had learnt a little bit more about fractions. I learnt a little more because I forgot then got help which helped me learn a little more.

My School Design

In extension we had drew a design for what we think the school design should look like if we were to change it.

Adaptation

WALT: define adaptation
An adaptation is a mutation, or genetic change, that helps an organism, such as a plant or animal, survive in its environment. Due to the helpful nature of the mutation, it is passed down from one generation to the next.
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My own words of adaptations

I think adaptation means survival. Because animals and plant survive in the Antarctic, desert and more by adapting.

San Diego Zoo

Walt: think about my purpose and reader by planning my recount.

Today we went to the famous San Diego zoo. Nah just kidding we were actually on a virtual tour on a website, boring. It would of been such a great experience too actually goto the San Diego zoo, too bad but have you ever been to the San Diego zoo?

Description: Today we had to write our planning and introduction about the San Diego Zoo. In our introduction we had to have one short simple sentence and two complex sentences with one question.

Grasslands

WALT: summaries information into presentations.
Description: We had to write about the habitat that was chosen on a presentation. Mine was grasslands, we had to write most of the animals that lived on it or lives on it.

Fear Factor challenge

WALT:  think about my purpose and reader by planning my recount.

1. Introduction	Orientates and hooks
2. Body Paragraph 1	How we all saw the video of the one man and lady eating the worm chips and maggots with worms and blood feelings made me feel quite yuck.
3. Body Paragraph	When we heard who the 2 girls and 2 boys who were chosen.
4. Body Paragraph	How Mr Goodwin said the food was from the creek and it was yuck made us feel tricked and feel yuck.
5. Conclusion	What I think about the fear factor challenge

This morning we had watched a YouTube video called Fear Factor.  It was scary and disgusting because two people were eating blood worms with maggots and rat hair chips. Now it’s time for room 6 Fear factor. I can’t wait, I want to be the chosen one.

Description: Today we had to write a introduction and a planning of fear factor. In our introduction we needed to have heaps of detail and write about one main thing. My main thing was the food was disgusting which u can probably see in my introduction in the second sentence.

Bye fans

Hey fellow fans this is probably my last blog post for this term. My next blog post will be in two weeks. See you later alligators.

Egg friend race

On monday room 6 had an egg race. We buddied up with someone, and had an egg race with other  kids at the senior park. We were all excited and really competitive.

When we got our eggs we drew their faces and named them. Our egg was called Omariz Jr and he looked ruth and cool with a scratch on his face. We came up with the name Omariz Jr because we mixed our names Omari and Mubz so we thought of Omariz Jr. He was born on Monday the 21st of september 2015.

After we named our eggs and drew their faces we walked to the park. Well we were walking to the park we were excited and nervous because we didn't know where we were going. Some of us were really nervous because we had to hold onto the eggs but Omariz Jr stayed in my pocket.

When we arrived to the park everyone was pumped and excited because we found out we were having a egg race. The rules were we had one person on each side and we had to walk on the playground and get the egg to our buddy with a spoon and they had to do it back to the side I was on. Some people cracked their eggs luckily when I dropped it because I was speed walking it didn't smash only cracked.

When we finished our egg race and were heading back everyone was happy and crazy. Once we got to class we had to give our eggs back but the ones with cracks had to go in the bin because they would smell and rot. We were acting emotional and sad but we were just joking, next time I want to do a remote controlled helicopter test.

My Recount Rubric

Recount Writing
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Write for my reader	I've tried to think about my reader	My writing shows some awareness of reader because my writing is quite clear and I have tried to interest my reader.	My writing is easy to understand and I have tried to tell the reader what it was like to be there by giving details and my thoughts.	My writing really considers audience as reader because I have kept their interest and made them feel like they know exactly what it was like for me.
Purpose	I tried to meet the purpose	My text goes some way towards meeting the purpose	The message is clear in some parts of the recount.	My text fully meets the purpose. The message is clear all through the recount.
Introduction	My introduction /does not yet clearly orientate or hook in my reader.	My introduction gets some buy in from audience and they can understand what I am going to write about.	My introduction hooks in my reader and it is clear what I am writing about.	My introduction wows my reader!
Paragraph Topics	My paragraphs are confused and don't follow my plan.	I have tried to follow my plan. Most my paragraphs are about 1 big idea and I have added some detail.	My paragraphs have some complex as well as simple sentences. Post paragraphs give details about 1 big idea. I have followed the paragraph topic in my plan.	My paragraphs have complex and simple sentences. Paragraphs all give details about 1 big idea.