The last few weeks we have been reading New Zealand At War. This story is based on World War 1 It tells us all the imported dates from the war. After we read the story we had to fill out these slides. This story is based on World War 1. It tells us all the imported dates from the war. I found this story really interesting.
Have you read about World War 1? Do you know anything about the war?
This term we have been learning about history in New Zealand. Last week we were learning about the discovery of the Moa (aka the largest bird to ever live). Of coarse the Maori already knew about the Moa, but it took the rest of the world years to discover; the Moa was already extinct.
In this recount we had to pretend we were Richard Owens; Richard Owens was the person to discover the Moa.
Have you learnt about the discover of the Moa before? Did you know the Moa was the largest bird to ever exist?
For Ag day we are making over night weetbix for our food item. I did a beach theme for it. It was really fun to make, I would not recommend eating it. Sadly I didn’t come a place, but it’s okay because I got places in other categories. I made my recipe design on Canva.
Does your school do Ag day? Have you tried overnight weetbix before?
Lately we have been learning about history events in New Zealand, this week we have been focusing on the protesting. Yesterday we had to make a billboard to highlight one of New Zealand’s biggest protesting in history. I picked the woman’s suffrage. I also made this on Canva.
Have you heard about the woman’s suffrage? Have you learnt about the protesting or events in NZ’s history?
Last week we were writing a recount about a time in the best trip you have ever been on!! I picked the time I went to Fiji in 2022. I wrote about the time I went to Fiji’s Biggest Water Park.
What was your favourite trip? Have you wrote a recount before?
Today for basic facts I did the greatest Common factor. The last few weeks we have been doing these math equations that my teacher has been giving us on drive. We have to answer the question, but if we get it wrong it would go red and you would have to try again. If we got it right it would turn green and would show us a cheesy dad joke!
Have you done something like this before?
The last few weeks we have been looking to see if fairy tale villains and seeing if they are really that bad. I chose to write about Maleficent from sleeping beauty and tried to prove her not guilty.
Do you think Maleficent is guilty?
The last few weeks we have been doing super hero writing. Miss Lock gave us a story starter that we could alter and make our own story’s with. My characters are Violet, Thea, Tamati, Abby (Me) and Maia.
Have you ever used a story starter before? Do you like super heros?
This week and last week we had to write a narrative. I chose to write one about a character I made up called Savanna. My story is about when Savanna went to school and none of her friends were there, she went looking for her friends but couldn’t find them. When the school bell rang to start the day her teacher Mr Hoola told her to go to the school car park. But on the way she ran to her old teacher Mrs Hoop. Mrs Hoop spoiled the surprise: her friends are on holiday without her. Not long after she finds the actual surprise.
Do you have any fed back for me? Have you ever wrote a narrative before?
This week we are reading The Red Ball. It’s about two sisters that are as close an age as sisters can be without being twins! You may think this would mean they’d be really close, but you’re wrong. Ida is the oldest she is quite, shy and clumsy. May is the youngest she is loud, smart and never never misses a catch. When they would climb a tree Ida would get stuck and May would have to climb up to get her.
One day at school May got picked for a regional athletics championship and was the only yr 5 that got picked. May was over the moon with excitement. Ida was so envious that May got this scholarship.
After school Ida and May went to the park. Ida was so angry at May that she said some hurtful things to May and threw her red ball away. When May ran of crying to get her red ball, this green eyed fairy appeared next to Ida. Ida started to play the fairy’s game and May and the green eyed fairy disappeared. Then Ida went looking for May…
We could either make a wanted poster for a character in the book or a missing poster. I picked to make a wanted poster for May.
Have you made a wanted or a missing poster before? Do you have any feedback for me?