Main Star - Shantytown Report

Shantytown

On the 29th of October a class of students from Grey Main School Mamaku 1 went on a day trip to Shantytown. There were many extremely excited children getting ready and putting suncream on outside the old site.

When they had gotten inside they went to the old church until they were told “You are going to the old school to get changed”. All the children were waiting in line to get their clothes and get changed into old fashioned boys and girls clothes.

Once they came out the boys learnt it was polite that if you ever walked past a lady or a girl you tip your hat so throughout the rest of the day the boys were tipping their hats.

A day out at Shantytown offers children a look into the past so they can experience how it was like in the old days, it is highly recommendable and enjoyable.

By Emil

Main Star - Plan

This my Main Star on what I'm going to do to keep my room tidy. I hope you like it!

Main Star - Basic Facts

Basic Facts

For this Main Star we had to practise basic facts using two different methods. I practised all the times tables up to 12x for two weeks.

Each day I looked at the questions and answered them using a few different methods on each of them.

Conclusion:

I now know a lot more times tables than I used to and I think this was an awesome Main Star to help with Basic Facts.

Survivor

Survivor

This week we have been doing challenges and activities to do with survival. 

Today our group (Kaha) did a challenge against another group. We had to take turns with going to a bucket with a cup, and filling up a container to the top. 

The first group to fill to the top won, our group won because the other team got disqualified.

Word Problems Numeracy Matthew And Emil

Word Problem

Main Star - Christmas Tree

Here's my art. The link in the picture obviously doesn't work so here is the real link. 

Main Star - Vegetables

Here is my Main Star on how we grew veges and made a smoothie. Hope you like it!

Participating And Contributing - Wet Day Monitor

Here is my plan of what I would have done If I was a Wet Day Monitor. Hope you like it!

Relating - Helping Decorating

This is my Main Star on me helping my friends Lorna and Tony. Hope you like it!

Main Star - Managing Self (Digital)

Shantytown

Shantytown

On the 29th of November the year 5's from M1 and M3 went on a trip to shantytown. Everyone had to wear old boys and girls clothes and we did lots of fun activities. The first thing we did was get changed into the clothes we had to wear, at the old school.

We then had a break and some food, then we learned about the incident that happened to George Dobson. We then went to a holographic theatre and learned more about it. Once we had learned about that we got a train ride to different stops and got to look around.   

                                                                                 

Main Star - Vinnies

Vinnies

For this Main Star we had to donate something to people in need. So I donated a bunch of my old clothes (that was still good to use) to an op shop named Vinnies.

A lot of our families old clothes has gone to Vinnies. Below you can see a photo of me outside the op shop holding a bag with my clothes in.  

You can also buy lots of cool second hand things there like books, clothes and stuffed animals.

Airplane Main Star

Te Aha Tenei

Fossils Crossword

Crossword

This is a crossword I made about fossils. 

Can you find my words?

Numeracy T4W3

Numeracy

For numeracy this week we have been doing a slide with geometry and shapes (It is work in progress)

Here it is.

 

Participating And Contributing - Ice Cream

Managing Self - Litter

Litter

Let’s keep our school litter free and show others how we care for our environment.

If you are not using plastic bags to take home for your supermarket shopping or your wet togs from swimming, YOU are doing the environment a huge favour! Wrap your sandwiches in a reusable sandwich wrap or any kind of reusable container then you won’t have rubbish to throw away!

Ways to help:

• Say no to the plastic bags at the supermarket or when you are shopping!
• Take your own recycled bags and use them again and again! (Just wash them once in awhile) 
• I recommend to watch this trailer about litter and rubbish. I'm going to watch the movie with my family>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw
• I would really like to hear your comments on your thoughts about the above linked video! 

Participating And Contributing - Letter To Editor

Letter To Editor

(Source Greymouth Star 21/09/2017)

Why do tourists think they can just come to Aotearoa New Zealand and take things that don’t belong to them and do stupid things like, cross a lake in an overloaded kayak without life jackets? That is putting their lives in danger and the person who might attempt to save their life in danger.

Issues:

• The tourists took the kayak without permission.
• Overloading the kayak and not wearing any safety gear.

This type of behaviour is unacceptable and makes me quite annoyed and angry. If any of this type of bad behaviour were to happen again, I think they should be heavily fined.

From Emil; Grey Main School

Relating - Treasure Hunt

1. Where do you go sometimes to get a drink?

2. I have 2 wheels and sometimes I come with you too school.

3. Some time ago you might have come here to have your teeth done.

4. Ring Ring Ring A Ding Ding!

5. You have fun in me and i'm quite sandy.

6. You might end up with me when you have done all your fitness.

7. The first letter of my name is E, I have brown hair and 1 sibling.

Conclusion: I think the hunt was really cool. Maybe next time I will put more clues into it and make them harder because, the clues I put in were quite easy and it only took them 5 mins. Overall I think it was quite fun and I would like to do it again.

Relating-Rata Lunch Games

Managing Self-Improve Your Fitness

Fitness

For this main star I had to improve my fitness over a 4 week period and I chose biking. Each day I had to bike a certain amount around our block and our block is approximately ½ a kilometre. I started by biking around the block twice so I was biking approximately 1 kilometre. Also every week I would improve my distance by 2 blocks which is approximately 2 kilometres, so in the end I would be biking 8 blocks a day. Below is the graph

At the moment I am also doing pull ups over a 4 week period, and each week I have to improve my amount by 5 pull ups. I am doing these pull ups to improve my upper body strength for swimming. Also I am starting on 10 pull ups a day, that means I will end with doing 25 pull ups a day.

Language, symbols and text-Rap

Thinking-Thor

Thor

Thor is a viking god and there has been made lots of magical myths about him. Fun Fact#1 Did you know Thor's hammer was named Mjollnir? Thor represents thunder and lightning, some people say there is thunder and lightning when he is zooming around the sky.

Above you can see what Thor's hammer Mjollnir looked like. Fun Fact#2 There have been made lots of different types of Thor's hammer but the one

above, is the shape of what is believed to be the original hammer.

PrEP Personal Challenge Poster

Thinking-PrEP Challenge

T3W5 Literacy Reflection

Literacy

This week for literacy we have been looking at whitebait where they live, their threats and what they eat. Here is a picture of the work I've done.

T3W5 Numeracy Reflection

Numeracy

For numeracy this week we have been working on fractions and simplifying them. Here is a slide showing you about them.

Teaching Blog Comments (Main Star#10)

Teaching Blog Comments

Things I do in my comments and suggest to other people:

• Start with a greeting
• Give some positive, thoughtful and respectful feedback
• Ask a question
• Suggest something they can do next
• End your comment by thanking the person for sharing

The people that comment on my blog:

• Mum
• Dad
• Friends and people that are in my class
• People from other schools
• Teacher's

One of Mum's comments is below:

One of Dad's comments is below:

One of Billie-Jeans comments is below:

One of my teachers commented on my blog below:

Speech Poster (Main Star#9)

Below are just some pictures to show you what swimming I do.

To the right is a photo of all the people that were at school swimming.

To the right is a photo of some of the people that won a trophy or got a certificate in swim club.

I am the one at the bottom right left. With 1 trophy and 2 certificates.

To the left is a photo of me and my sister after 1 of the swim meets with my ribbons. I got 2 1st ribbons.

Random Act Of Kindness (Main Star#7)

Random Act Of Kindness

For My Random Act Of Kindness I gave my sister a phone holder, a phone charger and a random act of kindness note. You can see below.

Lunchbox (Key Com#6)

Easter (Key Com#5)

Join A Club (Key Com#4)

Numeracy Reflection T2W8

Numeracy

This week for numeracy I've been doing maths action plan DLO's and i'm working on division by 4. I've also been doing prototec maths and maths buddy.

T2W8 Word Work

Audience: You have a great audience. An audience is people that sit and watch what you could be doing. Middle English, Middle French and Latin.

Particularly: Particularly this one! Particularly means especially.

Middle English.  

Ignorance: Stop being so ignorant. Ignorance means you are rude and careless about issues or people. Ignorant also means lack of knowledge. Middle English and Latin.     

Artificial: This is artificial. Artificial means made by human hand. Middle English and Latin.

Odyssey: That’s an epic odyssey. An epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Greek.

Phantom: I have phantom pain. Phantom means it’s not actually there but people think it is, Like an optical illusion. Old French Middle English and Latin.

Mystique: Since the book was banned from the library, it has acquired a certain mystique that has made it quite popular. A Mystique is a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning. French.

Weird: That’s a weird door for a house. Weird means strange or different. Middle English and Old English.

Science: I love science. Science is a thing scientists do to figure something out. Middle English, Middle French and Latin.

Convenience: It was quite convenient. Convenience means suitable for the job or timing when something must be done. Middle English and Latin.

Absence: You are absent. Absence means not there. Middle French, Middle English and Latin.

Pohutukawa: That is a beautiful pohutukawa. A pohutukawa is a New Zealand tree, also known as the New Zealand Christmas tree because it has red flowers around Christmas time. Maori.

Accompaniment: You could be of accompaniment. Accompaniment means to be company to be with someone. Middle English.

Aesthetic: The colour of the room was nor very aesthetic. Aesthetic means relating to the philosophy of aesthetics concerned with notions such as the beautiful and the ugly. Greek.

Optimistic: I’m optimistic this will happen. Optimistic means you think it will happen. English.

Why Do Poppies Represent ANZAC Day? (Key Com#3)

Why Are Poppies Important?

/ANZAC Day\

Why Are Poppies So Important To ANZAC Day: Worn on remembrance day (25th of April) each Year the red poppies were one of the first to flower in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium in the First World War.  A lot of people also wear the poppy on ANZAC day (25th April.)

To the Left is a picture of the type of poppie we wear on remembrance day (25th of April.)

Canadian Colonel John McCrae first described the Red Poppy, the Flanders’ poppy, as the flower of remembrance.

To the left is Colonel John McCrae.

Here is a poem John McCrae Wrote about Poppies:

Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

T2W7 Word Work

Yacht: You have a yacht! A yacht is a type of boat. Early Dutch.

Mayonnaise: Mayonnaise is delicious. Mayonnaise is a type of topping sauce. French.

Minuscule: That is minuscule! Minuscule is very small. Latin.

Ancestor: I have an ancestor. An ancestor is the person that started your family. Old French, Middle English and Latin.

Foreign: Your foreign. Foreign means you come from another country. Old French, Middle English and Latin.  

Mischievous: You are very mischievous. Mischievous means naughty or evil. Middle English and Anglo-French.

Practise: I practise A lot to win the Olympics. Practise is when you do a lot of something maybe to achieve a goal. Late Middle English, Middle french, Medieval Latin and Greek.

Acquainted: I am acquainted with the town librarian. You have met that person and are familiar with them. Middle English.

Millimetre: You’re a millimetre away! A millimetre is a very small amount. French.

Occasionally: You occasionally go to the disco. Occasionally means not much. English.

Millionaire: I am a millionaire. A Millionaire is a person that owns at least 1 million dollars. French.

Licence: I just earned my driver’s license. A license is something you earn or get to have permission to do something once you have learned to do it. Middle English, Middle French and Medieval Latin.

Vacuum: I created a vacuum. A vacuum is something you make that sucks in a lot and takes all the air and space out of that area. Latin.

Millilitre: I only had a millilitre to drink. A millilitre is a very small amount of liquid. French.

Atmosphere: A UFO has entered the earth's atmosphere. The earth’s atmosphere is the air surrounding the earth. Latin.

Just Disgusting 40BC

Just Disgusting 40BC

Author: Andy Griffiths 

Character's: Rubber Duck, Andy, Jen, Mum, Dad and Sooty.

The Disgusting Test:

Do you do any of the following-or all-of the following:

Pick your nose, talk in burps or wee in swimming?

Do you ever wear the same two (or more) Days in row?

Do you wish you knew the most disgusting word in the world?

Do you think brussel sprouts are a delicious mouth watering treat?

Do you like stories about disgusting things like dead flies, giant slugs and mysterious brown blobs?

 Score: One point for each 'each' answer.

3-5    You are completely and utterly disgusting. You will love this book.

1-2    You are fairly disgusting you will love this book.

0    You are a disgusting liar. You will love this book.

To the left is a picture of the book

   

Own Creation (Key Com #2)

Homemade Stress Balls.

                                                              

To the Left is a picture of the stress ball I made. 

     

What you need to make it is:

4 Balloons

A bunch of flower

A bottle

A funnel

A pair of scissors

Optional: Glue, More balloons. 

How to Make the stress ball  

1. Start by putting the funnel in the bottle and putting flour into the funnel so it goes into the bottle.
2. Fill the bottle up about a 6th of the way depending on the size of the bottle, to the left is a picture of the bottle I was using it's a 1 litre bottle.
3. Put the balloon over the neck of the bottle and put all the flour into the balloon.
4. Now cut the neck of the balloon completely off and cut the neck off of another balloon and wrap it around the balloon with the flour in it. Wrap one more balloon around it and now we make the cool outside of the stress ball.
5. Get your last balloon and cut the neck off of it now cut more holes in it by folding it and cutting a semi circle, then open it up and you have a full hole. once you have at least six holes in the balloon then wrap it around your stress ball and there you have it. The finished stress ball.

I picked this project because I like making things you can use, for example you can use the stress ball to help you relax. 
                      

T2W6 Word Work

Representative: I am the representative of swim club. A representative is a person that represents something. Middle English and Medieval Latin.

Direction: That is a good direction. Direction is a way to go. Late Middle English, Middle French and Latin.

Principal: The principal of this school is very skinny. Principal means to be head chief or to be the boss of something. Middle English and Latin.

Principle: He was a man of principle and good to his word. An accepted or professed rule of action or conduct. Middle French and Latin

Community: Our community is a big one. Community is where you could live like New York is a vast community. Latin.

Extension: That's a really good extension on your bike. Extension could mean to make it better or bigger. Middle English and Latin.

Imitation: You're gonna get told off for doing that imitation. Imitation means to copy something. Middle English and Latin.

Opportunity: I will take this opportunity. Opportunity to do something like maybe you only have one shot at doing it. Middle English, Middle French and Latin.

Optimistic: I think we should have a lot of customers today. Optimistic means to guess. English.

Indispensable: This is indispensable. Indispensable means absolutely necessary. Medieval Latin.

Elastic: That is a very elastic material. Elastic means stretchy and flexible. English.

Confident: You seem very Confident. Confident means to think maybe you can do something like Defeat The Dragon! Latin.

Gigantic: That is gigantic. Gigantic means very big, gigantic was found from the word giant. Latin.

Convert: You can convert that. Convert means to change something. Middle English and Latin.

Instantly: You did that instantly. Instantly means to do it straight away. Late Middle English.