Chritsmas Word search

 This week in t2 we have been set 12 different christmas tasks to do. One of the tasks we had to complete was a word search saying Happy Christmas in heaps of different languages. Since we have 2 weeks of school left until the christmas holidays so thats why we are doing heaps of christmas tasks.

Frida Kahlo

For the rest of the term my class is doing art with Mrs Gully. For art with Mrs Gully every tuesday we go to her studio and do art with her. This week we were painting and last week we were drawing a picture of Frida Kahlo. She explained how to draw every part of the face. Frida Kahlo is a girl that is famous for drawing her self portraits. She likes to include animals in her drawings like a dead bird as the necklace. 

Gingerbread men for Granger house

 This week with Miss Panther we have been doing a thing called 20% day. For this we had to think of something kind to do for someone. My group decided to make gingerbread men for all the old people at Granger House. First we had to plan what we need to make these gingerbread men and when we were going to do it. Yesterday we made and delivered our gingerbread men to Granger House and all of the old people loved them. We also got some clear bags and made little cards to put in the bags so they look nicer.

Prep

Hello. For the past 2 weeks we have been doing prep. Prep is where you make groups with 3-6 people and you have to make products and sell them in 2 school markets. This year since prep was later in the year we had a theme of christmas meaning we had to make christmas products. My group decided to make stickers with heaps of different brands, Lucky dips wrapped with christmas paper, and some christmas present labels. The first week we had mini market. At mini market we didn't sell very much products but we still made $152 dollars. The next week was big market. At big market we sold around 200 stickers, 50 labels and 60 lucky dips, We wish we made more lucky dips since they sold really well. Lots of people bought the stickers to put on their chromebooks. 

Climate change.

 This week for literacy we have been learning about climate change. The first thing we did was read an article about climate change. In the article it had lots of imformation about what climate change is and what it's doing. After we had read the article we had to find some facts or imformation that we had learnt from the article and add it to a doc. After we had done that we had to make a slide explaining what climate change is doing, what we can do to prevent it and our personal opinion on climate change.

Chapter 4, See Ya Simon

 Hello, This term my class is reading a book called See Ya Simon. This book is about a kid in year 10 named Simon who has muscular dystrophy which is a sickness which causes your arms and legs to not work to the point where you die. We are up to chapter 4 and for each chapter we have to answer different questions about what happened in the chapter.  

Chapter Four
What is the name  of the role playing game Simon and his friends were playing?  The lair of the white wolf


What did Nathan say he looked like in photos?
Nathan said that he looked one of the identikit people from the crime watch tv program.

Why did Mrs Shaw think Simon had trouble walking when he was little? Because his mum used to smoke before he was born so she thought that caused him to have trouble walking.


How did Simon feel about his parents looking after him all the time? Simon felt like he was always with them and that was never private.


How would you feel if you were Simon? Why? If i was simon i would be a bit sad because i would know that i am weak and that i'm going to die soon. 



How often do Simon’s parents go out? Simon's parents go out every second Thursday evening.



Summary of Chapter Four:

In chapter 4 Simon was starting to get annoyed about always being at home with people and that he felt like he was always having to be watched and that he wanted his mum and dad to be able to have a life of their own without having to worry about simon, so his mum and dad got a babysitter and  going out every second Thursday evening. Simon and his friends always play this roleplaying game where they pretend to be different characters. Later in the chapter they were explaining how Simon has a shower and that he has to be sitting down and that he lays on the floor to get dressed and undressed. Simon had also said that he hates looking back at the photos from when he was younger and he refuses to look at them because he probably doesn’t want to see how much more frail and weak he has goten.

Grandparents day.

 Hello. Today is grandparents day so for this we had to make a grandparents poem to give to them for grandparents day. For this poem we had to write why we are thankful to have our grandparents and what we want to thank them for. Here is my grandparents day poem.

Life In lockdown

Hello, a few days ago we had to write a story about our lockdown. For this task we had to write our lockdown experience in paragraphs to make it more interesting. Here is my lockdown writing




Life in lockdown




As lockdown started I was so excited since there would be no school. I would wake up every morning dreading that I had to do online school and join calls all day. A few weeks into lockdown I started getting very bored so I decided to start baking things. I would make things like cookies and cupcakes. Since it was my brother's birthday during lockdown I decided I would make him a chocolate cake. His cake cake had blue icing and lots of sprinkles. I would also help my mum cook dinners and lunches. During the lockdown my dad decided to get a lot done in the garden and paddocks, since he didn't have to work. I would help him by helping paint and organise the garage and a shed, moving the cows and spreading the fertilizer.





During lockdown I would go on walks with my parents to fill in time. We always did this loop which took about an hour to walk. One evening I was walking with my mum and we came across this lost ginger, fluffy kitten. The kitten looked to be around 5 months old. We put a post on facebook asking if it belonged to anybody but nobody replied. We walked to every house down my road to see if it was their kitten but nobody claimed ‘her’. The next morning we took her into the vet to see if she was under anybody's name but she wasn’t so we decided to keep her.

Well at the time we thought it was a girl but once we took it to the vet I was disappointed to have been told it was a boy.





Although lockdown was a bit boring it was good to get away from school even though towards the end I missed school and my friends.

Narrative

  

It was a cold, misty morning, as I woke up I looked out my bedroom window thinking it would be a good day to go for a morning walk with some friends. slowly I put my hiking jacket and my boots on and started to walk outside to the forest. The forest wasn’t far from my house so I could just walk there. I got to the large forest, It was dark and gloomy. I could hear the leaves crunching and crackling underneath my feet as I walked. My friends sent me a message saying they aren’t far away. A few minutes passed and I started to get worried about where they were.

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Shmuels Diary entry

For the past few weeks we have been reading the boy in the striped pajamas. Since one of the characters is Shmuel we had to write a diary entry about his life so far at Out-with. Here is the diary entry I made for Shmuel.


Dear diary, I have been at outwith for a long time now, im beginning to hate it now. I always like to sit by the fence and look at the other side of my camp to get away for a while but if I get caught I would be in lots of trouble. I met this kid named Bruno who lives on the other side of the camp. He seems to know absolutely nothing about the camp. He just doesn’t understand what we have to go through. His dad is a commandant which he believes does nothing wrong but he is torturing us. I'm always scared that I'm going to get caught over here and be gassed. I just hope that Bruno won't tell his dad that I'm at the fence.

Venn Diagram

 This week since we have been reading the boy in the striped pajamas we had to make a venn diagram explaining what bruno has, Shmuel has and what they have in common. 

Kate sheppard

This week we have been researching Kate sheppard. For this task we had many questions to answer about her and list some facts that we had learnt.


Kate Sheppard




What are they famous for? What was their greatest achievement?

Kate Sheppard is famous for being recognized as the leader of the fight so women could have the right to vote in new zealand





Were they well known for any other achievements?

She is also on the $10 dollar note






Write a short biography for them: (Full name, date of birth and death, where they were born, family etc)

Cathrene Wilson Malcolm

10 march 1847- july 13 1934

She was born in Liverpool england and died in Christchurch








List 5 facts that you have learnt whilst reading the articles:





She is on the 10 dollar note


She wasn't born in new zealand


Her name isn't actually kate


She replaced queen elizabeth on the 10 dollar note


Her last name is Malcolm not sheppard

John walker

this week in t2 we have been researching John Walker. What we had to do was research him and what he is famous for. We also had to search about when he was younger.

here is some facts about him



Sir John Walker




What are they famous for? What was their greatest achievement?

John walker is famous for being a former middle distance runner from new zealand. He also won 1500m at the 1976 olympics. He was also the first person to run the mile in under 3.50






Were they well known for any other achievements?

He’s well known for being a former middle distance runner.

He was the first to run the mile in under 4 minutes







Write a short biography for them: (Full name, date of birth and death, where they were born, family etc)

Sir John George Walker

Born 12 January 1953 died in 2014

He has no siblings








List 5 facts that you have learnt whilst reading the articles:





His middle name is george


He was 66 when he died


He ran a mile in under 4 minutes


He is new zealand's most known athlete


He is an only child

Bruce Mclaren

This week and last week we have been researching famous people from New Zealand. For this we had to research 7 differnt famous people. For this we had to find out what they are famous for and some other facts about them. This one is Bruce McLaren and he was a race car driver who also designed cars.

Bruce McLaren

Bedroom design

 Hello, today we have been designing our dream rooms. We had to pick what room we want. We got to choose from any rooms we wanted or an outside area. I decided to design my dream bedroom here is what it looks like.

Fractions of an amount

This week in maths we have been learning about fractions of an amount. We had to do a workbook about fractions of an amount. I found this task easy to do because my maths group has already done it a few weeks ago. 

Edmund Hillary

 This week we have been researching famous people from New Zealand. After we researched a lot of people we had to make a slide explaining everything about them. I chose Edmund Hillary.

The fires in Wellington

 Today my class was doing a quiz where we got asked questions and we had to answer them. One of the questions were where was the fire in new zealand and when we were marking it was in wellington. After we did the quiz we had to pick one of the questions and write about it. 

Concentration camps

 This term my class has been reading The boy in the striped pajamas. The book is all about world war 2 and the concentration camps. A concentration camp is where they would send everyone and they would have to work until they either die or escape. If they didnt do what they asked they were either bombed or shot. 

Static Electricity Experiment

For the past few weeks we have been doing Interchange classes. We went to 3 different interchange classes and in Miss Powers interchange we were doing science experiments. One of the weeks we did Static Electricity. 

Narrative

Hello for the past few weeks we have been doing narrative writing. First we watched a video clip then we followed on the video by writing a narrative. Our narrative could only be 200 words long.

The mountain dirt road

“Breaking news: 20 people found dead on Cliff Road in the past 2 days. One of the officers on the case has been on the case for a few hours tracking fingerprints”  The officer reports a man in a red mask, goggles, and a black suit walking around. 

Peter walked up to the man and flashed his badge. "I have a few questions for you," the officer said.  The officer asked Riley the questions and he went to his car to write it down. As he is writing it down in the car Riley starts running to the nearest gas station

  Riley gets to the gas station but acts naturally. Karen thinks Riley looks suspicious so she calls him up to see what he's doing because he has been in there for almost an hour just wandering around. Riley takes off his red mask and Karen asks many questions which annoys Riley so he shoots her and runs outside.

  Then Riley ran out and started running to the cake shop. When he got into the cake shop he put on his red mask. Mark looks at him suspiciously because he saw on the news that someone in a red mask has been on the scene of the crashes. He looks at the pictures of his newspaper and it looks like him. Mark also sees that there has been a report of Karen dead in the newspaper. Mark decides that Riley is the person who killed Karen and the people off Cliff Road so Mark shoots Riley.

The End

Compass directions

Hello this week we have been working on compass directions. We were set a task to make a map for other people to complete using compass directions. Here is how mine turned out

4 truths 1 lie

 Hello today in class we have been doing 4 truths and a lie here is mine 

4 truths 1 lie

- I have been to Australia 

- My birthday is in January

- I have broken 3 bones

- I have 2 cats and a brother

- My favourite colour is white

Enlargements

This week in maths we have been doing enlargements. Enlargements are where you have a small image and you make it bigger. First we had to pick what we want to enlarge. Then we worked out a grid on how big your squares are and how many you need. For my first enlargement I chose to draw Piglet. Once I finished my first one I had to colour it in then I chose to do another one which I chose to do Elmo.  To draw the enlargements we had to draw go square by square so everything is in the right place. I enlarged Elmo by 4 and Piglet by 8. This was a fun task but it took a while to complete.

Explanation writing

This week we have been working on explanatory sentences. Explantory sentences are where you explain something. First we had to pick a topic I chose what causes earthquakes. We had to write 3 paragraphs an introduction and conclusion. Before we did this we had to pick some household appliances so we know how to write them.

What causes Earthquakes 

  -Introduction

An earthquake is a violent shaking of the ground that causes damage or for structures to fall down. Earthquakes are mainly caused by the tectonic plates underground moving or even crashing together. Earthquakes are also caused by the geologic faults or even movement of magma in volcanic areas.

-How earthquakes start.

Earthquakes are caused by the tectonic plates moving in different directions, different speeds or sometimes even crashing together. When this happens it usually means it's an earthquake. Radioactive processes within earth's interior mostly causes the tectonic plates to move

-Magnitude

Magnitude is what measurement is used to determine how strong an earthquake is. Earthquakes are usually around 2-8 magnitude. If your earthquake is 8 magnitude it would be very strong and cause heavy damage. If your earthquake is 2 magnitude it would be barely felt and minor damage. 

-How long they last

An earthquake typically only occurs for around 10-30 seconds although the longest earthquake has been around 8-10 minutes. The world's longest earthquake was on the 22nd of May 1960. The earthquake was 9.5 magnitude which is also one of the worlds strongest earthquake. This earthquake was in Valdivia, Chile. The earthquake had caused a tsunami which altogether killed an estimated 5,700 people. The biggest earthquake in New Zeland was in Wairarapa it was in 1855 and it was 8.2 magnitude. The second biggest magnitude earthquake in New Zeland was 7.8 they were recorded in Dusky Sound, Murchison, and Hawkes Bay and Kaikoura.

-Conclusion 

In conclusion an earthquake starts by the tectonic plates moving underground. Earthquakes usually occur for around 10-30 seconds but in 1960 an earthquake lasted for 8-10 which killed 5,700 people. Earthquakes can happen in any kind of weather but if it's raining and your near water there will likely be a tsunami.

3D shapes

This week for maths we have been focusing on 3D shapes. We had a maths workbook to complete on 3D shapes. On the workbook we had to find out how many sides, edges and vertices on each shape. First we had a worksheet asking the same questions then we did our workbook. On some of the slides we had to find the nets so you can fold them into the 3D shapes.

Matariki

This week we have been doing a lot of work around Matriki. Matariki is a cluster of 7 stars. The stars are named Matariki Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi, Waipunarangi, Waitī and Waitā, and Ururangi. We had 6 different slides full of different Matariki tasks. We got to pick which task from every slide that we had to do. Here are some Matariki facts. 

Perserverance

For the next 2 weeks in whanau time we are looking at the word "Perserverance". First we had to find out what Perserverance means. Perserverance means Learning something new or not giving up. We had to make a poster on Perserverance using Canva.  What's something you have used Perserverance for?

Mars Research

For the last 2 weeks we have been researching planets. The first thing we needed to do is pick a plannet I chose Mars. We had to research the plannet and present it on a slide. I enjoyed doing this because I found out alot of facts that I didn't already know.

Polar bear report

This week we have been doing animal reports. We had to pick an animal that we want to do a report on I chose a polar bear.  We had to find interesting facts for their habitat,diet and your choice. For your choice I decided to do how long they live for.  I enjoyed researching polar bears because I found out alot of things that I didn't already know. 

Something I am proud of.

Something I'm proud of...

The thing that I am proud of is on camp this year in Mistletoe bay I learnt to ride a  paddleboard and a kayak. I am proud of this because I had never done it before and it was fun and easy. I am proud that I did this because I was scared to do it but it was fun. 

Zoo report

Yesterday we had to do some research on Pandas,Lions and Kangaroos for our report writing. We had to find some facts and put them into 5 sentances or more for each paragraph. First we had to reasearch then find an interesting way to put the facts into the sentances.  I enjoyed researching the pandas the most because I found out alot of facts that I didn't already know

Purple

For our daily blog post challenge we had to pick a slide on what we wanted to do. I chose the favourite colour task. I chose purple as my favourite colour. We had to write why we think its our favourite colour and what it reminds us of. 

Matchstick Pyrmid

Last week totara hubs topic was Egypt. In groups of 2 or 3  we had to use matchsticks and hot glue to build a pyrmid.  The first thing my group did was build squares for the base. Next we started doing some triangles to put up on the sides as the walls. This was hard to build because we had to stick each matchstick together with hot glue and hold it up at the same time.

Egypt

This morning each table in the class were given an envelope and we had to open it and solve the puzzles inside we didnt know what the topic was. Once we solved the 3 puzzles which were an ancient key, A boat and a hippo we had to guess what the topic was. Once we figured out what the puzzles were we had to unscramble 8 words.  Once we had unsrambled them we had to find them in the word search. After that we got given a bunch of differnt maths questions and when we were revealed letters once we got the correct answer.  Near the end we figured out that the topic was Egypt. We had to find Egypt on the map.

A Special Person

This week  we have been writing about alot of different categories!. One of them were A special person.  We had to write about someone or a pet that we think is special and why. I chose my Cat.

A special place

Today we have been doing more online school. My class and I have been doing alot of differnt tasks today and one of them was a poem/story on a place that we think is special. I chose my bedroom. I enjoyed this task because we could write about anything we wanted. Enjoy and stay safe!

Spotlight

Last week in writing we had to write a poem/storytime of a game like hide and seek or spotlight. I decided to do spotlight because we had played it on camp. We describe where we were or the thoughts that we had.  We also had to describe what sounds we hear, see ,and feel. 

Perimeter

Last week in maths we were doing permimeter. If you don't know what perimeter is its basicly where you need to find how much fencing or something that you will need. If its a square or a rectangle shape first you will need to figure out how many metres,centermetres or kilometers it is. For an examle the sides are 4cm you would need to go 4+4+4+4 and that equals 12 so the answer would be 12.  I found this activity easy because I have done permieter before.

Camp Activity review!

Last week we went on camp to Mistletoe bay. One of the tasks that we got given when we got back is to write a review on one of the activities that we done on camp. I chose the walk to Lochmara Bay. I chose to do it on the walk to Lochmara because it was one of my favourite activitys. Does your class go on camp?

acrostic poem

A few weeks ago we were doing doing acrostic poems on our name. We had to make it more than one word eg it had to be a small sentence.  I found this hard because my name has 2 of every letter. 

Memory Poem

Today we have been doing memory poems. We had to do our memory poem on a season. I chose summer. I chose summer because it is easy to write about. This poem was fun to make because you have to think of things you remember about your season.  What's your favourite season? Have you ever made a Memory Poem?

Pie Graph

On Thursday in maths we were focusing on pie graphs. First we had to think of a question to survery our class. My question was "Whats your favourite fast food"  I gave 5 options which were Kfc, Mcdonalds,  Subway, Dominos or other. Then we had to put our data into a google sheet and then we had to make a pie graph.  After that we had to think of questions to compare our data.

Limerik poem

Today we have been writing Limerik poems. First we learnt what a Limerik poem is and how to write one. Then we went and made our own.  This poem was hard to write because the middle 2 lines have to rhyme and it was hard to find words that rhyme with eachother. Have you ever wrote a Limerik poem? 

Bestfriend Cinquain

Today we have been doing Cinquain poems. We had to do one on a person and one on a place or object. For my person I chose  Bailee. I found this poem easy to write because I know alot about Bailee. Cinquain poems have 5 lines.  Line 1: Title (noun) - 1 word  Line 2: Description (adjective) - 2 words  Line 3: Action (verb) - 3 words  Line 4: Feeling (phrase) - 4 words  line 5 Title (synonym for the title) - 1 word.

Tree Diagrams

This week in maths we have been exploring probablity and all possible outcomes. For this we have been using tree diagram worksheets where you have to list at the possible outcomes into the tree diagram. After the first day it gets very easy to do. 

Green Poem

This week my class and I got given a task to complete two poems. One of the colours I chose was Green I chose Green because I love alot of things that are green. My favourite thing about the activity was adding photos to my Google Drawing! In my opinion this task was very easy and fun to write. Do you write any poems at your school?

White Poem

This week my class and I got given a task to complete two poems.  One of the colours I chose was white. I chose white because I love alot of things that are white. My favourite thing about the activity was adding photos to my Google Drawing! In my opinion this task was very easy and fun to write. Do you write any poems at your school?

I know just about everything poem

this week we have been doing poems. First we had to think of 10 things that we like/enjoy doing. then we had to turn it into a poem. Then we had to put some pictures in that relate to the poem.

Maths/ Stem and Leaf Graphs

Today in maths we are learning about Stem and Leaf Graphs. We have done a worksheet about stem and leaf graphs. In the worksheet we had some data and we had to put it in a stem and leaf graph. Then we had a question and we had to figure out how many kids are in the class. The way I figured this out was I counted up how much data there is and there was 17 so that means there are 17 kids in the class. Then we had to work out the shortest call and the longest call. The longest call was 59 minutes and the shortest was 20 minutes. Now i feel confident with stem and leaf graphs

Identity poem

This week we have been working on poems about ourselfs. We had to put 4 adjectives about ourselves, 3 things we enjoy doing, what we feel happy doing, what we are afraid of and what we want to see. We had to add some pictures that relate to the poem.