art

this year we have been doing a lot of art. My favrite was self potraits. this is a picture:

Market day0

Tomorrow is Market Day and we've been making amazing things.

1. We chose them by looking at cute photos and voted on which ones we liked as a class.
We voted by having a bunch of jars and everyone had 6 jelly beans and we put the jelly beans in the cup we liked. The one's we liked the best were Candy Cane Reindeer, Flat packs and stick Christmas Trees.
2. We made them using wood, candy canes, pipe-cleaners, googly eyes, pom poms and paint and popsicle sticks! And we cant forget the help we got from Peyton's Dad Julian!
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Sport Start

In sport start we are learning to do gymnastics. Here are some pictures of us doing gymnastics.

 Here is a slideshow

Triangles

We have been learning about triangles. Here is a slideshow of what we think.

Photography

Lukas Grows Down

We read this book:

Time goes backwards in the story. We were interested in having a backwards day SO we made our own movie. I was baby Lucy - whaaa whaaa whaaaa!

I felt really good pretending to be a baby!

Check out our finished movie:

How to make a 3D Tree

 Design Brief
We want a decorative model that can be put on top of the shelves by the windows. The model needs to be:

• Made from cardboard
• A flat pack design
• Good enough to go in a shop

We had a go at following instructions to make a flat pack Christmas Tree. We used this concept to help us to create our own flat pack using the design process.

As part of the design process we created prototypes and reflected on what worked and what didn't.

How to make a 3D Tree

 Design Brief
We want a decorative model that can be put on top of the shelves by the windows. The model needs to be:

• Made from cardboard
• A flat pack design
• Good enough to go in a shop

We had a go at following instructions to make a flat pack Christmas Tree. We used this concept to help us to create our own flat pack using the design process.

As part of the design process we created prototypes and reflected on what worked and what didn't.

WALT use Te Reo Maori Phrases

I am definitely proud of this. We definitely worked together. Almost all of us had a go at each part.

WALT use our senses to describe a moment in time

DISCOVERY REFLECTION

My friend Bryah helped me make my pom-pom even though she was  very busy. She was showing Panekiretanga.



I feel very good about discovery time because we get know the children in Room 7. Discovery makes us feel like we are little kids again. It is fun!!!

 What is the point of discovery?

The point of discovery is to show excellence and make new friends. I think we are getting better at including others.

Before

After

Volume

WALT Measure mass using scales and estimate grams and kilograms.

Measurement - Weight and Mass

The Day the Crayons Quit Art

We read the story called "The Day the Crayons Quit". We each chose our favourite colour and created own crayons.

Kid president

We have been learning to say nice things to other people. Here is an example :

Learning more about shadows

This is what I thought shadows were at the start of the term:
 I inproved a lot!

Te Reo

At the moment we have been learning about Te Reo. Here is an example.

Kei te piko ia.

Te Reo

At the moment we have been learning about Te Reo. I made this movie with Flou7ish.

Maths (perimeter & area)

We have been learning about perimeter & area. This is the poster that I made.

Dance NZ made

Every tuesday we do dance NZ made with Dean we have so so so much fun

Chapter chat

This term we have been doing chapter chat. We have done a lot of ultra fun tasks!

World of Maths Roadshow

On thursday 16 of june the world of maths roadshow came to school. The hardest was down the mine & the most easiest was find the secret message & we found it in 1min

3D maths

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We have been doing  3D maths here is a photo of me and amile

Assembly

http://www.ustream.tv/embed/recorded/87412399?html5ui

http://www.ustream.tv/embed/recorded/87413272?html5ui

Click on these to watch our assembly video.  

How we got a moon

Once a thousand years ago when there was no moon, there lived four bunnies in their burrow. There was Big, Huge, Small and Tiny. Big hated bananas. Whenever he was given one he had a big HULLABALOO!

One day there was a special party where everyone had to eat bananas. Of course Big HATED it!   When someone shoved a banana into his mouth, he spat it out ppppwhafff...
and the banana became the moon and his spit became the stars!
Of course, the banana was a bit smooshed and they became it's craters.
The end
By Eva

The Banana Moon

Sport Start

This term our class has been using Sports Start. We are getting better at these skills:

• running
• catching
• passing
• throwing
• jumping
• fast reactions
• batting

Our class has been playing Diamond Ball which is like Baseball/Softball.

I have improved with running

I really enjoyed catching

I need to keep working on fast reactions

We don't like it, we love it!

PIanet fact

This is our slide show we made.We worked harder then a mouse on a cheese hunt!

Term 2 Learning...

This term the value we are focusing on is Responsibility(Kawenga). I will take responsibility for my learning and deliberately enter the 'learning pit'.
The Learning Pit from Kenilworth Learning on Vimeo.
I will use my initiative, as well as, take responsibility for myself and my belongings. I don't want to get 'stuck on the escalator'!

Starlab

Shadow Fun

This term we are studying ‘Planet Earth and Beyond’. Part of this Inquiry includes looking at how we get shadows, as well as day and night. Over the term we will be doing different investigations to better our understanding. Below is a sample of my current thinking.

Cake photos

Wow! Look at max's cake! That is amazing for a seven year old!

 

Simpson and his Donkey

Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick was born in 1892 at South Shields in the north east of England. He came from a large family, being one of eight children. As a child during his summer holidays he used to work as a donkey-lad on the sands of South Shields. He had a great affinity with animals, in particular donkeys. Later he deserted ship in Australia when he heard of the war with Germany. Fearing that a deserter might not be accepted into the Australian Army, he dropped Kirkpatrick from his name and enlisted simply as John Simpson. He was to become Australia’s most famous, and best-loved military hero.

In Perth on 23rd August 1914, Jack was accepted and chosen as a field ambulance stretcher bearer. This job was only given to strong men so it seems that his work as a stoker in the Merchant Marine had prepared him well for his exceptional place in history. He joined the 3rd Field Ambulance at Blackboy Hill camp, 35 km east of Perth on the same day. On the 25th April 1915 he, along with the rest of the Australian and New Zealand contingent landed at the wrong beach on a piece of wild, impossible and savage terrain now known as Anzac Cove. Attack and counter attack began. During the morning hours of April 26th , along with his fellows, Jack was carrying casualties back to the beach over his shoulder – it was then that he saw the donkey. Jack knew what he had to do. From then on he became a part of the scene at Gallipoli walking along next to his donkey, forever singing and whistling as he held on to his wounded passengers, seemingly completely fatalistic and scornful of the extreme danger. He led a charmed life from 25th April 1915 until he was hit by a machine gun bullet in his back on 19th May 1915. In these amazing 24 days he was to rescue over 300 men down the notorious Monash Valley. His prodigious, heroic feat was accomplished under constant and ferocious attack from artillery, field guns and sniper fire. Quoted from some of his officers: "Almost every digger knew about him. The question was often asked: "Has the bloke with the donk stopped one yet?" "he was the most respected and admired of all the heroes at Anzac." Captain C. Longmore, in 1933, remembered how the soldiers "watched him spellbound from the trenches... it was one of the most inspiring sights of those early Gallipoli days." Colonel John Monash wrote "Private Simpson and his little beast earned the admiration of everyone at the upper end of the valley. They worked all day and night throughout the whole period since the landing, and the help rendered to the wounded was invaluable. Simpson knew no fear and moved unconcernedly amid shrapnel and rifle fire, steadily carrying out his self imposed task day by day, and he frequently earned the applause of the personnel for his many fearless rescues of wounded men from areas subject to rifle and shrapnel fire." Jack was recommended for the Victoria Cross, officially, through his unit, on June 3rd 1915. He was also recommended for the highest military honours by Colonel (later General Sir John) Monash, Australia’s greatest commander of the First World War. Monash, commander of the 4th Brigade at the time (where Jack was operating) was an eye-witness to his activities and sent in a lengthy submission to Divisional Headquarters on May 20th. Unfortunately, the senior medical officer at Anzac, Colonel Howse VC, had given faulty instructions to the junior officer preparing Simpson’s citation. He was recommended under the wrong category of heroism and consequently his VC request was denied. In July 1967 Australian leaders tried to correct this tragic error by sending a petition to the British War Office, signed by Prime Minister Holt, the Governor General, the Chief of the General Staff, and other leaders on behalf of the Australian people, requesting that a posthumous Victoria Cross be awarded to Private John Simpson Kirkpartrick. The request was denied, on the grounds that it would be setting a dangerous precedent. This  was incorrect. The precedent had already been set. In 1907 two British officers, Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill were posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions in South Africa, twenty-eight years previously. It is now 33 years since this petition was tendered by Australia’s leading citizens. The denial of the request by a handful of people in Whitehall, England was an unacceptable slight on Australia’s Political and Military leaders and of the people they represented.  It begs the question: " Why is an award from another country more important than any honour we may bestow on our own heroes?" Let us redress the injustice imposed on the memory of Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick. Please read on: The Victoria Cross for Australia   This medal was established in 1991 and is the pre-eminent Australian decoration and the highest award of all Gallantry decorations. It replaced the Imperial Victoria Cross - 96 of which have been awarded to Australians. Because of the nature of the award, it can be conferred on an individual posthumously. No Victoria Cross for Australia has ever been awarded. Next question : Why have successive Australian Governments since 1991 chosen not to confer on Simpson his rightful honours with the Victoria Cross for Australia? In reponse to a bid by M/s Jill Hall, Federal member for Shortland to have Simpson given his rightful due, Senator Heffernan, acting for Prime Minister Howard responded: "Despite the admiration and affection that Australians have for Simpson, it is no longer possible to support further recognition as you have proposed. There were so many Australians who served heroically during World War One, many making the ultimate sacrifice. To now single out one brave soldier of this period would not be appropriate. The judgements of the commanding officers of the time on how Simpson's service was recognized should be respected and their decisions allowed to stand." Exactly, Senator. The judgement of Colonel (later General Sir John) Monash was that Jack Simpson should be awarded the Victoria Cross. His judgement along with other senior officer's recommendations have never been recognized. Prime Minister Holt supported a bid in 1967 to have these recommendations accepted. Denied! Why would it be "inappropriate" in the year 2006 to adopt the recommendations of Simpson's senior officers and award him the Victoria Cross for Australia?    This would not constitute 'further recognition", it would be the payment of a debt of honour so long, long overdue, Your Government Senator,  has the ability to honour this debt. It requires only the will to do so. A comprehensive biography of Jack Simpson is provided by Dean at Anzac House in Gallipoli. read it HERE. Top

My Family

 We have been making family trees. This includes most people in our family. We had to introduce our family in Te Reo. I think I was the one that did really well. Especially with Brenda because when I did it by myself my computer was really mean! It took FOREVER to save!
 

My Maths Learning

We are learning to use repeated addition to solve multiplication problems. Using the animal strips makes it easier to skip count using the number line.

My Reflection:I think we very very well.And it was SO fun!

Music

In music with Jenny we are learning to play in a band. We are all learning different instruments and we are working on our rhythm. Check out our videos:

My Reflection:I Think we did very good,but we still think we need a little more practise!

Active Listening

We are learning about different types of listening. There are 3 main types of listening that we learnt about. Busy Listening - When the person listening is busy doing something. They are too busy to concentrate on what is being said. Me Too Listening - When the person listening has a story that they feel is more important than the person talking so they interrupt and share their story instead of listening. Active Listening - When the person listening looks at the person talking, concentrates, gives non-verbal feedback (e.g. nodding) and asks questions about the story. To learn about the different types of listening, we watched this video:

 

 As a class we created our own video to help us understand the different types.
After practising each type of listening, we realised…

• Busy listening makes us feel like you’re not listening to us. We found it really hard to keep talking. 
• Me too listening makes us feel frustrated and sad that you think your story is more important. 
• Active listening makes us feel valued. We know you are listening because you are looking, nodding, asking questions. 

 As a class we are all trying to get better at being active listeners.

My Learning Goals

Description:

Today we looked through our reports from last year. We identified a next step (goal) for reading, writing and maths. Here are my goals:

Maths:taking risks in my learning and having a go when I am unsure.

To achieve this goal I will: I will just give it a try!

Reading:my next step expand my vocabulary by tuning into interesting words.

To achieve this goal I will: Write down new words I learn so I can use them in my writing.

Writing:My next goal is to use my writing plan to help structure my writing and group ideas in order.

To achieve this goal I will: Make a plan & check it as I write. I can make a movie in my head to check that I have recorded my ideas in order.

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We also looked at our STAR results.

• Word recognition I got 10 out of 10.
• Sentence comprehension I got 10 out of 10.
• Paragraph comprehension I got 15 out of 15.
• Vocabulary I got 8 out of 10.

I then got re-tested on a Year 5 & 6 STAR test! I thought it was really easy.

Here are my results:

• Word recognition I got 7 out of 10.
• Sentence comprehension I got 3 out of 10.
• Paragraph comprehension I got 16 out of 20.
• Vocabulary I got 6 out of 10.

I am going to focus on: Sentence comprehension

To improve in this area I will: Use the links on our class blog.

My Swiming Goal

I am proud of my straight legs and straight arms with the flutter bord,but I think I still need to practis the arms without the flutter bord.I like this video very much and think Brenda did very very very well filming it,but I wish I did not stop halfway.      

EOCT

Swimming sports

I did not do well at swimming sports, instead I came last in all three races,but when it came to the last one I swam the whole way without stoping!

Van Gogh Styled Art

We are learning to paint like Van Gogh. We have read lots of books and watched some tutorials. We've experimented with painting our portraits and now we have had a go at painting sunflowers.

Our paintings needs to have

• short brush strokes
• bright colours
• positive & negative images (Main object with a complementing background)

 I am proud that I followed the instructions
 The most challenging part was doing the work
If I were to do it again I would get it done more quickly

My Special Person Poem