Rad Role Models

 Hi bloggers,

During the summer holidays, we have something called a learning slump if we don't do any work. So our teachers make us do the Summer Learning Journey to help stop the slump. For this activity, I had to choose someone I look up to and say why I look up to them. I chose to do it on my idol Harry Kane who is a football player. He is my favourite player and I have a signed poster of him above my bed.

I think I have done very well. Who is your role model? Please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Super-Duper Super Powers

Hi bloggers,

During the summer holidays, we have something called a learning slump if we don't do any work. So our teachers make us do the Summer Learning Journey to help stop the slump. For this task, I got to choose 3 superpowers and say what I would do if I had them. I chose flying, telekinesis.

I think I have done a good job. If you could choose to have 3 superpowers what would they be? Please answer in the comments below. I appreciate your feedback.

Dazzling Disco

 Hey bloggers,

This term we have been focusing on digital technology with the focus of "can we be creators not just users?". For the past 3 weeks, we have been making digital music using chrome music lab.  Before we started, we decided as a group that we make music for a pukeko (year1-2) disco. After a week of making these songs, we had some pukeko kids come into our classroom and give us some feedback. When we had the disco all the pukeko kids went crazy and started dancing. It was so much fun.

Have you ever made music? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

'Mazing Music

Hi Bloggers,

 This term we are focusing on technology. One of the things we are doing is digital music.  At the moment we are learning about how music is recorded. We have done lots of different tasks to learn about music. I will keep adding to this slide as it is my term's work

What is your favourite music? Please tell me in the comment below.

Brilliant Breathing

Hi bloggers,

This week we have been doing reading tasks on a video about why fish can't breathe on land. The video is from a Youtuber called Mystery Doug. To show my understanding I made a Wordsearch about it. 

Have you ever made a Wordsearch? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Curious Commenting

Hi Bloggers,

 As it is the holidays we are not doing school work. So that we can still learn Uru Manuka has set up the Winter Learning Journey. For this task in the Winter Learning Journey, I had to comment on the blogs of three people. I commented on my friend Cooper´s blog and my friends Hunter and Jackson who go to New Brighton Catholic and are on my football team.

Have you ever commented on the blogs of other people? If so please comment below.

Snuggly Snowman

Hi Bloggers,

 As it is the holidays we are not doing school work. So that we can still learn Uru Manuka has set up the Winter Learning Journey. For this task in the Winter Learning Journey, I had to make a guide to making a snowman. I think it is easy to understand and it looks great. On each image, there is a link to where I got it from.

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Have you ever made a snowman? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

50 Penguins

Hi Bloggers, As it is the holidays we are not doing school work. So that we can still learn Uru Manuka has set up the Winter Learning Journey. For this task in the winter learning journey, I had to think of 3 creative maths questions with an answer of 50 penguins. I think I have been really creative. On the picture, there is a link to where I got it from.

Do you like penguins? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Jazzy Jazan

Hi Bloggers,
As it is the winter holidays we are not learning. To make sure that we do learning over the holidays Uru Manuka have set a series of learning tasks to help with learning. For this task, I had to advertise somewhere warm. On the advertisement, I needed to include 3 places to go and a place to stay. I chose to do it on Janza in Saudi Arabia. On all the pictures there is a link to where I got them from.



Have you ever been to a really warm place? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Magnificent Matariki

As Matariki is happening at the moment we are doing tasks on Matariki. I had to answer 5 questions about Matariki. I spent lots of time on this. I think both the information and the presentation is great.

Do you celebrate Matariki? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Delightful Dragons

Hi Bloggers,
Lately in writing, we have been doing writing about dragons. I choose to an instruction manual of how to look after them as pets. I think I did great. Here it is:
Do you have any pets? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Super-Duper Sport

Today we have been doing tasks for The Winter Learning Journey. For this task, I had to list every winter sport I could think of. I spent quite a lot of time doing this. Here it is:

Have you ever done any of these sports? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Wicked Waitakiri

Hi Bloggers,

In Inquiry, this term one of the things we could do was to advertise a local business. I did this and chose to do it on Waitakiri Golf Club as I regularly play golf there. We had to say why you should go there and talk about it a bit. I think I have done a great job and it took a lot of time. I made it on Google Sites. Here is the link: https://sites.google.com/marshland.school.nz/qhwaitakirigolfclub/home

Have you ever played golf? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Superb Sports

Hi Bloggers,

For the last three weeks at school, we have been designing our own sports game. We are doing this in groups. I am with my friends Scott, Zac, Kaia and Kayla. We have done a twist on one of our favourite sports. I hope you like it :).
 
Can you think of a name for this sport? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Rad Red Ball

Hi Bloggers,

In literacy this week we have been reading a book called The Red Book. In the book, there are two sisters called Ida and May. May is always better than May at everything despite being younger. One day when the principal announces May is going to the national athletics championships Ida got really angry. she starting wishing for her sister to disappear. One day a fairy came and told Ida that she could make May disappear. Ida said yes and May disappeared. When May disappeared Ida realised that she wanted May as her sister. she asked the fairy to make her come back. The fairy made 2 duplicates of May as well as the original and placed them in a line. She said "if you can guess which one May is without coming close then you two can go. If not then I keep her here forever". Ida knew that May would jump for a ball if she got one thrown at her so Ida threw it and May caught. Ida guessed the right one and they lived happily ever after.

We had to make a storyboard of them throughout different stages of their lives and what they would be doing at that point in their lives. I did it on a website called Storyboard That. Here it is:

Have you ever made a storyboard? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Crazy China

Hi Bloggers,

This week in reading we have been learning about the gold miners in Otago. To show our understanding we had to make a map of one of the key places. We had to include a key, a compass and co-ordinates. I chose to make a map of China because lots of the gold miners came from there. It was really fun to make this map and I learnt lots of new techniques on computers.


Have you ever tried making a map? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback

Crazy Coding

Hi bloggers, are you enjoying school at the moment?
Every Thursday the year 5´s do cybersafety. While they are doing cybersafety we are designing our own sport in groups. First, we had to go on Code.Org and use their design a sport section. I had lots of fun doing this and it was really fun to play. To play it click on this link.

Do you play a sport? What is your favourite sport? Please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Money, Money, Money

In literacy, we have been doing report writing. I have previously done two reports and this is my third. For this one, we could do it on anything but we had to do it with a partner. I did it with my friend Cooper. We think we did a great job and put lots of effort into it.
Do you like money? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Delightful Directions

During lockdown in Maths, we were learning about mapping. We had to take a screenshot on Google Maps and make an animation of the directions from one place on the map to the other. I chose to do it from Marshland School to Flax because they are two local places. I also included someone running to it. I made a cartoon of myself on Bitmoji.



Have you ever been to Flax? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Relaxing Rejuvenation

In the afternoons this week we have been learning about rejuvenation. Rejuvenation is where you make a person or place look young or beautiful again. We then had to make a presentation on it. We were allowed to use any type of presentation we wanted. I chose to make a poster on Google Drawings. I think I think I have done a great job.


Do you know any thing else about rejuvenation? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Amazing Metric Length

In maths, we are learning about metric length is the unit of measurement that includes millimetres, centimetres, metres and more. We had to make a Biteable to explain metric length. I finished early and I think I did a great job. Have you ever learnt about measurement? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Jolly Jimi

In writing, we are doing report writing. Report writing is non-fictional writing. For report writing, I chose to do mine on Jimi Hendrix who is my favourite guitarist. I put lots of time into and found it really interesting. I did not copy and paste and information and placed all the pictures individually on it. I think I did a good job.


Do you like Jimi Hendrix? If not who is your favourite guitarist? Please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Magnificent Minifigure

Hi, today I got all my Lego Minifigures and put them together in a case. I had lots and lots of them and it took a long time to do. My favourite Minifigure that I have is the giant hulk Minifigure in the picture. Some of the mini-figures are from movies or books and some are just random, made us people.  Do you like Lego? What is your favourite Lego Minifigure that you own? Please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Supreme Skittles

Yesterday for school I did a science experiment. Using skittles, a plate and boiled water I made the water turn rainbow. I placed the skittles around the side of the plate and poured the water in. I then waited and soon the water became rainbow. I found this really fun and if you some spare time you should try it too.

Do you enjoy doing science? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Exciting Enlargement

As we are currently at home we are doing school from home. In maths, we are learning about enlargements. Today we had to make a screencastify about how to enlarge a shape to scale. I think my explanation is very clear. 

Do you enjoy maths? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Brilliant Bullfrogs

This term we are doing report writing. This week we had to choose an animal and do a report on it. I chose to do mine on American Bullfrogs because I did not know anything about them. I think I have lots of great information, that the pictures are really interesting and that my special effects are really cool.



Had you heard of American Bullfrogs before you read my blog post? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Marvelous Marvels

As NZ is in lockdown we are doing schoolwork from home. Today I did a Marvel Escape Room online. The escape room was made by Redmond Hill Public Library in New York. In the escape room, you get posed with a hypothetical scenario and you had to use the superpowers of the superhero to do puzzles such as algebra, decoding morse code and much more to save the day. I would highly recommend it. Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXeCKJN6fBV-o25x_C1srOMfOqjzmmzSuhy5npJuHXnThcMA/viewform

The image was taken from a website called Captain Dash. Who is your favourite Marvel character? Please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Awesome ANZAC Biscuits

As ANZAC day is tomorrow we are doing school tasks on ANZAC day. Today I made ANZAC biscuits. We made our ANZAC biscuits dairy-free, nut-free, egg-free and seed free. We got the instructions off Australia Healthy Food. Here are the instructions:

You Will Need:

1 1/2 cups of rolled oats

1 1/4 cups of  flour

3/4 of a cup of coconut

3/4 of a cup of brown sugar

3 tablespoons of golden syrup

3/8 of a cup of rice bran oil

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

3 tablespoons of water

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a tray with baking paper
2. Put the oats, flours, coconut and brown sugar in a bowl
3. In a separate microwave-safe bowl add golden syrup, rice bran oil and water
4. Put the microwave-proof bowl in the microwave for 30 seconds
5. Take it out and whisk in the baking soda
6. Combine the two bowls
7. Roll the mixture onto the tray and put it in the oven for 10-15 minutes
8. Take out the biscuits and let them cool

I found this really fun and they tasted great. Do you like ANZAC biscuits? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Fabulous Frogs

Today in the afternoon at school I made an origami frog. I got the instructions off a Youtube channel called MP easy origami. If you push the back of the frog it flips. I think I did really well. I tried to make it green using single-sided origami paper but I accidentally folded on the wrong side so it came out on the white side.

Do you like origami? What is your favourite origami creation you have made? Please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Super Salt & Perfect Pepper

As NZ is currently in lockdown we are currently having to do school at home. Today I tried to do a science experiment. In the science experiment, you mix together salt and pepper and try to separate them. Here are the instructions:

 You Will Need:

1. A Comb
2. Salt
3. Pepper
4. A Plate

Steps:

1. Put a tablespoon of salt onto the plate
2. Put 1/2 a teaspoon of pepper on the plate
3. Shake the plate so that the salt & pepper are mixed together
4. Run the comb through your hair
5. Put the comb directly above the plate and the pepper should start to jump

Here are some images of me doing it:

I got this experiment off the Cool Science Experiment Headquarters Youtube page. I started to get the pepper onto the comb but I did not get it all on. Do you think you can do it? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Outstanding Obi Wan Kenobi

As Nz is currently in lockdown we are doing school from home. Today I went onto Youtube and went onto a channel called The Cartooning Club. I then found a video on how to draw Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars. He is one of my favourite characters.

Do you like Star Wars? Who is your favourite character? Please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Crazy Clouds

As Nz is currently in lockdown we are doing learning from home. Today I made clouds out of boiling water and hairspray. Here are the instructions:
You Will Need:
Boiling Water
Food Colouring 
Ice
Hairspray
A Jar With A Lid

Instructions

1. Boil the water and add food colouring of any colour.
2. Fill the jar up to halfway with the boiling water.
3. Spray the hairspray in and quickly close the lid.
4. Put ice on top of the lid and leave it for a few seconds.

This activity was really fun. You can find on the Cool Science Experiments page on Youtube. Have you ever done anything like this? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Wonderful Wordfind

As NZ is currently in lockdown we are having to do schoolwork from home. Today I did a word find on ANZAC day as it is coming up. I think I did really well.

Do you enjoy doing word finds? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Awesome ANZAC Lanterns

As NZ is currently in lockdown we are having to do schoolwork from home. Today I made a lantern about ANZAC day as it is soon. First I had to get half of a bottle. Then I had to print out pictures of things to do with ANZAC day and trace them on with a vivid Then I had to put a light in the middle. I think I have done a great job and that the pictures look really good.

Do you celebrate ANZAC day? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Likeable Lego

As Nz is currently in lockdown we are having to do our schoolwork from home. Today I colour sorted all my lego and made a graph of how many of each colour there was. I made the graph on NCES kids. I think I have done a great job. But it was tricky counting all the lego.

Do you like lego? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Daring Darrius Simmons

As Nz is currently in lockdown we are having to do schoolwork from home. Today I chose an activity on the Scholastic website. First I read an article about someone called Darrius Simmons. Darrius Simmons is a pianist from Ohio, America but he only has 1 finger on his left hand and 3 fingers on his left hand. He recently did a performance at Carnegie Hall with a Korean musician called Yurama. I think he is really inspiring. Then I had to pretend I had a messenger chat with someone else about him. I think I did a really good job.


Do you play an instrument like him? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Genius Gandhi

As Nz is currently in lockdown, we are having to do schoolwork from home and each day my school are saying to do a blog post. For this task, I had to read a Scholastic article about Mohandas Gandhi and then make a Facebook profile of him. I got the information from Wikipedia. I think I have put good information and have made it look really effective.

Do you know who Mohandas Gandhi is? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Radical Rock'n'Roll

As NZ is currently in lockdown we are doing our schoolwork from home. My school have said that each day we have to blog about what we did that day.  Today I read an article about the origin of rock'n'roll on the Scholastic website. I then had to copy and paste key lines or phrases from the article. Then I had to rearrange them to make a poem. The image is of Elvis Presley and belongs to The Feedback Society. I think I have made a really good poem and have made it look really good too.



Do you like rock'n'roll? What is your favourite genre of music? Please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Heroic Hobbit

As NZ is currently in lockdown we are doing our schoolwork from home. My school have said that each day we have to blog about what we did that day.  Today I made a word art about The Hobbit which I am currently reading. I made it on WordArt.com. I think it looks really effective. I put the names of all the main characters on it.

Have you read The Hobbit? Have you seen the movie? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Super Show Not Tell

As NZ is currently in lockdown we are doing our schoolwork from home. My school have said that each day we have to blog what we did that day.  Today I had to write a show not tell about giraffes. A show no tell is where you write about something but you do not actually state what you are writing about directly. If you read a show not tell you should be able to tell what it is. I think I have done a really descriptive job and it includes everything about a giraffe that I could think of.  The image belongs to Getty Images.



Do you use show not tell at your school? Do you like giraffes? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Precious Piskel

As New Zealand is currently in lockdown we are having to do schoolwork from home. My school says that we have to do a blog post a day. For one of my activities today  I had to make a Piskel of a house I would like to live in. I think I have

made it look really appealing and cosy.  Have you used Piskel before? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Super Stats

As New Zealand is currently in lockdown we are having to do schoolwork from home. My school says that we have to do a blog post a day. Today I made a graph of the different colours of clothing that were hanging out to dry. I made my graph on NCES Kids. I think I made it look really effective.

Do you like making graphs? What is your favourite type of graph? I appreciate your feedback.

Great Gaming

As New Zealand is currently in lockdown we are having to do schoolwork from home. My school says that we have to do a blog post a day. Today I read an article on Kiwi Kids News and wrote about it. The article I read is about the PS5. Here is the article:https://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/is-this-the-new-play-station-5/. I think I have done a very detailed description of the article. The image is from a website called BGR.com.
Do you have a gaming console? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Wonderful Word Art

As schools have been shut down for the meantime we are having to do schoolwork from home. My school have said to do a blog post of what we did today every single day. For my reading activity today I had to make a word cloud of a book I have read.  I chose to do it on To Kill A Mockingbird.  The website put random Latin words in so some did not make sense. I think it looks good.

Have you read To Kill A Mockingbird? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Breaking News

As schools have been shut down for the meantime we are having to do schoolwork from home. My school have said to do a blog post of what we did today every single day. For my writing activity, I had to watch a video of giraffes swimming and make a video about it. I think I have made a really realistic news report. The image belongs to The Literacy Shed.
Do you like giraffes? Have you ever fed them? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Poor Pigeons

As schools have been shut down for the meantime we are having to do schoolwork from home. My school have said to do a blog post of what we did today every single day. For my reading activity today I had to watch a video called Pigeon Impossible and write reasons why the pigeon is not guilty.  I did from the point of view of the pigeon. I think I have made it really funny and the picture adds some colour. The picture belongs to Pixabay. Here it is?


Have you ever had a pigeon swarm you because it wanted your food? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Scavenge, Scavenge, Scavenge

As schools have been shut down for the meantime we are having to do schoolwork from home. My school have said to do a blog post of what we did today every single day. The fun activity I did today was a scavenger hunt. Here are the instructions and the items I ended up with.

The toy with wheels was a baby rolly elephant which is next to the bear, the book with the first letter of my last name in it is What Katy Did, the pair of matching socks are the penguin socks next to the bear, the 4 things that are green are the stuffed Kermit the Frog, the green ball, my mum's green handbag and the hand sanitizer, the very soft thing is the green blanket, the toy smaller than my hand is the blue dragon figurine, the round thing is the baseball, the book with numbers in it is the maths dictionary which is the small red book next to the bear, the five legos are the car, the small lego bear in a cup, the Gryffindor quidditch stand,  the microphone and the robot, the photo of someone I love is a picture of me and my sister in Hanmer Springs, the item that makes me feel cozy is the sheepskin, the toy with three different colours is the rainbow box, the movie with "S" in the title is Sing and the snuggliest stuffed animal is my giant bear. I think I had a good range of different items. Have you ever down a scavenger hunt? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Lost

As schools have been shut down for the meantime we are having to do schoolwork from home. My school have said to do a blog post of what we did today every single day. In the writing activity I did today I got given a picture and a writing starter and had to write a short story about it. The writing starter is in red. I think I used lots of describing words and had a really good ending. The picture comes from Pobble365.


Have you ever used Pobble 365? Do you like writing? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Do You Want To Be A Millionaire

In maths our teacher Mr Bell made us make our own version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire which is a quiz show hosted by Jeremy Clarkson. The only difference was that we could only do maths questions. I think I did a really good job as I made the questions and had enough time to make all the lifelines work. To activate them you just need to push on them. All the images belong to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.




Do you watch Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Can you get all the questions right? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Marvellous Minions

In maths, we had to create board games based on probability in groups of 3 or 4. I made mine with my friends Cooper and Scott.  To play this game you roll the dice with coordinates and move to that place.  If you land on a space you need to follow the instructions on that space. The aim of the game is to take all the opponents pieces. We made a minions theme. We found making this game lots of fun. Have you ever made a board game before? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Two Truths And A Lie

In maths today we were doing a task called two truths and a lie. We had to make three tables with the digits in a table to correspond with a number of our choice. We also had to make one fake and try trick people on which one is not matching up. I think I made it really difficult.

Have you ever done an activity like this in maths? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Memorable Holidays Moments

As we only started school last week this going to be my first blog post of the year. We had to create a presentation of the top 5 things we did in the holidays. MIne were: seeing the Wellington Phoenix, going to Te Papa, Christmas, playing footgolf in wellington and going to Wellington Zoo. I think my presentation looks really good. I put a link under each picture as they do not belong to me.


Have you ever been to Wellington? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

To Kill A Mockingbird

As it is the school holidays my school are doing something called the summer learning challenge. As you can guess the summer learning challenge helps kids learn in the summer. For this activity, I had to design a catchy book cover for one of my favourite books. I did it on To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee which I am currently reading. I think the cover looks really good. The image is public domain but it belongs to someone called Bodiddy.

Have you read To Kill A Mockingbird? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

How Many Names?

As it is the school holidays my school are doing something called the summer learning journey. The summer learning journey is a series of activities designed to help kids with their learning over the holidays. For this activity, I had to find out how Kiwi brand Twenty-Seven Names got their names and then write about whether I like it. I think I have done a good job.


Do you like any of their clothing? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.

Wise Dr. Seuss

As it is the school holidays my school is doing something called the summer learning journey. The summer learning journey is a series of activities designed to stretch the mind of children during the holidays. for this task, I had to pick an inspirational quote and find an image to go with this. I got the image from a website called BornRealist. The quote I chose was this: “Why Fit In When You Were Born To Stand Out?”- Dr Suess.

I think this means that you should just be yourself and that everybody was born different. Some of the most famous people ever born did not fit in, such as Albert Einstein who had crazy hair.
I think I have made the text really easy to read and the overall picture look really effective. Do you stand out or fit in? Please comment below on what you think of this topic. I appreciate your feedback.

Cheesy Boy Band

As it is the school holidays my school are doing something called the summer learning journey. The summer learning journey is a series of learning tasks designed to help kids with their learning over the holidays.  For this activity, I had to watch a Youtube video of the Korean boy band BTS and describe the things I like or don't like about them. I think I have got good reasons. The picture belongs to a website called Scoop Whoop.



Are you interested in Boy Bands? If so please comment below. i appreciate your feedback.

Confusing Shakespearean

These school holidays my school are doing something called the summer learning journey. The summer learning journey is a series of tasks to help a kid in their learning over the holidays. For this task, I had to write a recount of my morning and then translate it into Shakespearean English. I think I made the cover look really good. The picture belongs to Wikipedia.

Are you interested in historical people like Shakespeare? If so please comment below. I  appreciate your feedback.

Tip Top Tunes

As it is the school holidays my school are doing something called the summer learning challenge. The summer learning challenge is a series of learning activities to help improve the knowledge of school kids over the holidays. For this activity, I had to list my 5 favourite songs and musicians. I think I have made the presentation look really good and the image was public domain.

Do you like similar music to me? If so please comment below. I appreciate your feedback.