Bike Safety

Bike Safety

Today we had a bike safety day, a police man and a two more people came and taught us how to cycle safely. There was an obstacle course  it helped you with the hand signal corners and when you turn off and carry. I learned:

1 The signals left, right and stop.

2 To ride and signal at the same time. 

3 To check my helmet properly

World War 1

ANZAC 

For a few days Aylah, Emma and I (and the rest of the class have been making slide shows too,) have been collecting ANZAC facts and placing it in a slide show, I have learned:

1# 16 million animals that went to war that includes donkeys, horses,monkeys, cats, dogs and much more!

2# Did you know that a homing pigeon from France sent a message that saved 194 lives!

3# Caesar the dog was a hero because he saved 120 lives (as a redcross dog) he was also a little girls pet she was heartbroken when she heard the Caesar had died.

4# 100,000 New Zealanders went to war and approximately 1.1 million men came back!

5# 550 nurses from New Zealand went to the Great War and 12 died, 538 nurses came back from war.

The most interesting thing I have learned from someone else's slide is Coronal Malones trained the soldiers, he was a big boss and extremely srict. He died in 1916. His statue is in Strafford NZ.

I learned how to pronounce numbers properly like millions we did it with place value. We used place value to add the guns in World War One.

1 hundred years ago
Most men go "let's go"
This is going to be easy
But soldiers get a bit messy.

4 years past and the war died down
Some soldiers came home
But some were left alone
Poppies grew as we did too

Lest we forget.

By Isabel

Term 1 Evaluation

Term 1 Evaluation

The two things this term I have enjoyed is camp because the activities were incredible and challenging and I completed one of my goals 'walk across the catwalk without falling off.' The other thing I enjoyed was Beach ED because I like hanging around on the beach and splashing around in the water.

The thing I have least enjoyed this term is Athletics because sprinting is not really my thing and it's tiring. It was like an oven it was boiling!!

The thing I learnt this term is to not give up and to work as a team. I learnt how to do 8's 7's and 4 times tables.

Next term I would like to learn is why do cats get angry so quickly? I want to learn this because I love animals!

Marae

                                                                      Marae

As we arrived a man called Greg greeted us as we were strolling to the gate, he told us to be quiet, so a hush fell over us. I wonder how they carve the statues? Finally we were karangaed on, we slowly shuffled through the door we had to do something called a hongi* 

Through the day we learnt about Maori culture, also we split into groups for activities such as flax weaving and learning legends. 

This is what I had learnt:

1. Maori don't pronounce the 'h'

2. Moari only have 16 letters in the alphabet

3. Whakahururangi (the Marae) is the first Marae between Mt Taranaki and Mt Tongario!

I had an enjoyable and incredible day.

* A hongi is a Maori way to welcome visitors.

Athletics Day

Learning Itention:

To write about a meaningful event to me.

*4 sentences

*4 sentence startes

 *No banned words

Athletics Day

High jump.

"Ready when you are" Mrs Stark told me I started scurrying and then leap, over I go, could I do it, could I? Just as I landed on the spongy blue mat my foot knocked the pole!!Oh No but Mrs Stark told me to go again and that time I hurtled myself over. After about three rounds the chairs were taken for 1st 2nd and 3rd, I had come fourth I'm so so so proud of my self (I had a huge smile on my face.)

Emma: Next time you should use some more punctuation and exiting words. 

I like the way you used the way scurrying instead of running and "I landed on the spongy blue mat". GREAT JOD:)

Aylah: Next time you could add a bit about what high jump is because some people may not know what it is. I like how you put scurrying and I like how you put how you were feeling.

good job Isabel

Courtney: I liked the way you used punctuation. Next time you should re read it.

I like the way you hooked the reader in.

  

My Mihi

My Mihi

Tena Koutou

Ko Taranaki take maunga 

Ko Patea taku awa

Ko Aotea taku waka

Ko Ngati Pakeha taku iwi

Ko Hooker the whanau

Ko Isabel taku ingua 

Planting Beautiful Marigolds

Arriving at Pukeiti* was a beautiful sight, bushes and trees decorated with flowers. All I could hear is the the chirps of the birds and the chattering of the people around me as we strolled through the bush of Harakeke, ferns and native trees for our last activity. I was in a group named Ranganui. I could just spot a clearing it was really bright because in the bush the trees are blocking out the sun. As we strolled out into the clearing and I saw what looked like a hut.

"Hello and welcome everyone" a lady said "does anyone know what this seed is?" It was a Marigold.
She told us to come to a table to fold a pot each out of toilet rolls  then filled it with soil. She handed us the seeds and we planted them. After we had planted our Marigolds she told us how to look after it, water it every couple of days.

                     Facts:

1. Marigolds close when it's going to rain.
2. Marigolds close when it's dark and opened at day.
3. You can eat the flowers straight from the plant!

If we wanted we could try an eatable seed, to me it tasted like lemon. There was also a bean you could eat but I didn't want it. She showed us how to fold the top like an envelope. That was my favourite thing about the day.

*Pukeiti Gardens is a small sort of forest on the mountain. We had gone there last year. Its latest upgrade is a garden it still needs the plants. It is a beautiful place filled with bush and amazing nature.



Emma: Next time you should add some punctuation. I like how you hooked the reader in at the beginning, I also like how you said how the seed tasted.

Aylah: Next time you should more exciting words. I like how you put arriving at pukeiti it was a beautiful sight and fact's about marigold.

Great job Isabel

Pascoe: I like how you started your story, next time you should use some more punctuation, I like how you put some facts.

Yay