Gymnastics | Kiwi Sport

L.I - To develop body movements of balance,rotation and strength

We first started off by playing Tag to warm up. We then did some stretches. We did L - shape,Seal,Butterfly and Straddle.


Rotation 1:
There was a bean to walk forwards on then stretch your legs to the front and back. We also had to cart wheel across the blue foam beam. Lastly there was another beam we had to do a forward roll on. We then had to do a 360 jump. We then had to do bunny hops side to side on a beam.



Rotation 2:
There was a trampoline to jump on and do a dive roll. We then had to do a backwards roll. After we had to do a full handstand and a cart wheel. Lastly jump of board and do a 180 spin in the air and land in our landing shape. 


Rotation 3:
We had to do a handstand on the wall on the bars. We then went on barson the bars held ourselves on it. Next there were the parallel bars and we had to hold ourselves touching the bottoms then swinging. There was a beam and we had to do a Front,Back and Side support rotation. Lastly there was bars we had to push ourselves up up.

Basic Facts Boxes

L.I - To get better at basic facts boxes.
This week for my basic fact boxes I did addition facts. It took me 5 mins to do this activity.

Making Connections | Synthesis | Reading

L.I - To build vocabulary
L.I - To make connections
L.I - To skim and scan

Making connections is a strategy for reading to understand a text. Synthesis is also a reading strategy that is also used for the same thing as making connections. We had to make 3 DLO's about vege cars and how vegetable oil is used for petrol. My work is in process because my teacher is doing something

Introduction | Summary | Writing

L.I - To write an introduction and conclusion for an information report.

An introduction is something that helps the reader understand what is happening.A summary is a short sentence about someone or something. 

How I learnt?I learnt by listening to the teacher and getting feedback.

What I learnt?  I learnt what introduction and summary means. 

Cybersmart | Drive

L.I - To organise your drive

We were organizing our Google Drives to save our work. We did this because during the year we could put more stuff in our Drives and so we don't wasn't time when we are doing our work.

Decimals Numbers | Maths

L.I - To add and subtract decimals by place value and check using the written algorithm

Decimals are number higher than zero but lower than solid  number. In our maths groups we were adding and subtracting decimals number. To add and subtract number you need to add the lowest numbers first.

How to trust people | Kiwi Can

L.I - To use trust and reliability 

What we learnt?
Kiwi can today was about how to trust other people.


Our activity was trust fall how this game works is one partner will need to fell back onto the other partners palm of their hand,the aim of this game is to trust your partner when you fall back.



Our energizer was 123 jump how to play this game the teacher will have to call out jump or other words that rhyme with jump,whoever jumps when the teacher says lump they would be out. 


Topic - Reliability

Theme - Integrity

SSR Selfie

 L.I - To summarise and retell a text

Today we had to finish off our SSR selfie. My book was called How to be clever. I had to describe and retell what my book was about. My book was about how to be clever and how you have relationships with others in need.

African drumming

L.I - To learn African drumming


Johnny from Rhythm Interaction taught us four rhythms on the djembes.

Johnny taught us by singing and clapping the rhythms for us to copy. One of the call and return tunes was "I like chocolate cake", "so do I".

Johnny teaches a message to children. That message is that "together we can make a change".

What I learnt?  - What I learnt was to do African drumming.


What I enjoyed?   -  I enjoyed playing on the drums and clapping to the beats.

Identifying Decimals

L.I - To identity and count tenths,hundreds and thousands.

This week for maths we have been learning about decimals. Decimals are showing the tenths,hundreds and thousands. My DLO is shown above.

Making Connections - Reading

L.I - To build vocabulary and make connections.

Making connections is a reading strategy that we use to connect to a text. Synthesis is also a reading strategy we use for the new information and understanding. We had to make three DLO's. Mr Ogilvie wasn't here for 2 days so my work is in progress (WIP). There is ghere igoing thee i

Cats - Writing

L.I - To make a information report about cats
This week for writing we were learning about different cats. We had to make an information report about cats. We also learnt the structure of a information report TIMES

T - Title

I - Introduction

M - Meaningful Information

E - Explain visually

S - Summary

The DLO I made is shown above and the information report.

Hiwi the Kiwi fishing for the future

L.I. To be responsible in the sea and when fishing.


What we learnt? Today Hiwi the Kiwi came to talk to us. We learnt about fishing for the future. We also learnt about life jackets and how they keep us safe while been on a boat. When you are in the ocean without a life jacket something will be able to go wrong. 



 We also learnt about some fishes sizes like a Snapper has to be 30 centimeters long. If you catch a small fish it should be letting go because it is too young. If you catch a big fish it is a mum or a dad so you will have to let those go too because they are breeding babies. Our sea animals are dying because of  the amount of plastic that is been throwing around,when they see that rubbish they think it is food to eat.



  

Plastic in the pacific ocean

L.I - To identity the structure of an information report
L.I - Using our knowledge we have learnt about scanning,summarising,inferring

We had to do a slide about Plastic in the pacific ocean and we have to write a paragraph that is also shown in the slide. Here is the link to my poster Pacifica Ocean

Maori Seasons

L.I - To learn the seasons in Te Reo Maori.

The words for seasons in Maori is tau. Spring,summer,autumn and winter also have their own words. We used the Te Ara website to learn these words.

Reading

L.I -To record facts in your own words.

I was gathering information to understand the main points of the story about army ants. We had to fill in this slide shown above after we had finished we had to show the teacher then blog the slide. My question for the slide was does the queen kill the ants if they don't obey

Maths

L.I - To relate fractions with division
 We were learning about division. We used coloured paper for the fractions. Our task was a slide. We had to rip papers into fractions or show division equations with beans. In our task we had to to answer questions such as: what is a fraction

Attributing images

Photo by artist Wanderlass                                                 License

Photo by artist Csmy00                                             Licence

Photo by artist  4144132                                                                 Licence

Today for cybersmart we were learning how to attribute photos that will be shown above.

We also had to write the steps on how we did the attributing that is shown above.

 

Kiwi Can - Responsibility

L.I - Follow through with what we say....

Topic: Responsibility

Energiser: Count to 21

Activity: Goal setting

Three things we can strive to complete by the end of the term. ( List them ) 

1) 2) 3)

To follow through with what we say is to do. We can show this by listening and following through at school,hoe and the most important place is EVERYWHERE

Catchphrase: Kiwi says responsible is what I am and that's the way of kiwi can 

Maori

L.I- To learn the emotion in maori
 Today we begun to learn about Matariki by reading a book called Stories of the night sky. Matariki is the Maori new year. The stars disappeared at the beginning of April and reappear in June. This marks the time to start planting so that the harvest is reading for spring.

Kiwi Can

 L.I - follow through with what we say

Topic: Responsibility

Energiser: Count to 21

Activity: Goal setting

Three things we can strive to achieve by the end of the term. To follow through with what we say is actually doing what you said you would do. We can show this by being responsible at home and school,the most important place is everywhere.

 

Materials

 L.I - Identify where materials are and the reason they are used.
How to write procedural text of your own.
This week for writing we were talking about materials for our work we had to finish on an slide our teacher made the slide for us.