Christmas tree with Toroa buddies!

 Hey guys! Today Toroa came to Ruru to help us with shape geometry. We had to create a Christmas tree or a normal tree on a google drawing with them! My buddies were Koey and Armaahi. They helped me with what colours to pick and what to add. We decided to make a Christmas tree, a fireplace, a snowman. a house and snow! This was so much fun! Here it is :)

What do you like about it? This was so much fun to do with Koey and Armaahi. They helped a lot too! 

Thanks for reading this post :)

Have a good day

Karaitiana

Matthew´s writing!

 Hey readers. This week for buddy reading my buddy was Matthew. He had some amazing stories and the story he read to me wads about a greedy cat. I bet you guys have heard of the Greedy cat. Matthew´s story is so good I am very proud of him. Here it is!

Greedy cat went to the school for lunch.

I hope you enjoyed Matthews story. Comment what you liked about it! Also, Matthew wrote his story on my blog by himself!

Have a good day

Karaitiana and Matthew

Tammy´s writing!

Hey guys! This year Ruru and Kōtuku ( Year 2 ) have been doing buddy reading together. This week my buddy, Tammy, has written a story about her weekend. It sounds like she had a lot of fun. I wish I was there with her!! Here is her amazing and spectacular writing.

I went to the museum and I saw a big rock and then I went to go see an air plane, It was a great day in the museum.

What was you favourite thing about her writing? She would really like to know! 

Thanks for reading Tammy´s story and make sure to leave some feedback :)

Have a good day
Karaitiana

Camp moive!

 Hey guys! For the past 4 weeks, Ruru has been trying to make their own movie about camp. In OCTOBER! We had to add in heaps of photos and videos but our movie could be over 2 minutes. During this time, I learnt how to add text, transitions and photos/videos in Wevideo. I think I presented my movie in a good way because I think I added in a variety or people.  I found deleting premium clips the hardest because they were hard to find. The most interesting thing for me was seeing my final project. Lucky me! I have no questions about my learning. I think next time I could try work faster and add in more videos. Here is my movie!!

Shape Picture

 Hey guys! This week for maths we have focused on Geometry. Our first task was to create a shape picture with shapes. We had to use all of the shapes Mrs Lee gave us. But my picture didn't have them all :(.  Before we started gluing shapes onto our paper to create a picture, we had to plan. I decided to do a dog reindeer thing, a house and a tree for m picture. After we planned we started creating with colourful paper, scissors and pencils! At first this was fun but then is got harder because for me it was hard to get all of the shapes on my paper. I rate this math lesson a 4/5 :) Here is my work!

Plan:

Shape Picture:

Camp recount

Hey guys! Last week Ruru went to Living Springs for camp! This is my recount about it. It is kind of like a diary, hope you enjoy! 

October Wednesday 27 2021: 

I woke up at 7:00AM to get ready and to go to living springs for school camp! We had to be at school ready to go on the bus at 8:30AM in the morning. I had my daypack on my back and my bag with all my clothes on the bus, I was ready! The drive was about 45 or 40 minutes to get there. I kept looking out the window to see where we were. I was sitting next to my mum on the bus. When we arrived at Governors Bay, we had a quick morning tea and then… a 3 hour walk to living springs! My legs felt like noodles and they were aching. I was scared they were going to fall off. The worst thing was most of the walk was up hill :(. There was lamb poop everywhere and it really stunk. The smell filled my nostrils and I started to get frustrated. I almost stepped in some poop :/. The noise of the adults laughing made me even more angry, I just wanted to get this over and done with. When we arrived at camp we had to RACE up a hill, sadly my legs couldn't go any longer so I just sat down then walked up. As soon as I reached the top, me and my friends layed on the floor trying to relax. Stupidly, we decided to roll down the hill. Jaydah and I had a collision :D. The first activity we did was orienteering. After that we had afternoon tea which was so gooooood. After eating we had recreation games. The first thing I went on was the zipline. Then...I went on..the monorail! My favourite activity! The walk up was simply horrible :(. I sat down and buckled myself in. WHOOSH! I was off. It felt like I was going to fly off and at the end I almost went backwards. But luckily I was buckled in safely..unlike Devon :/. After the recreation games we had our very first camp auction :). I spent 1265 camp dollars to be a judge for the upcoming camp concert :/ :). I didn't get much because the teachers couldn't hear me and people were spending thousands of dollars on 3 lollies. What a waste. When the auction ended it was dinner time! When dinner was over the camp concert started. My group went first. We danced to the song ¨35 Ka Hao¨. Then after we were scored by the judges ( All 10 :) ) I sat down and judged everyone else. After the concert we had..SWIMMING! It was very fun because me and my friends created a splash tag game with some boys. When we got out of the pool we went to our bunks to get dressed. Then I went to my bunk with my friends and we went to bed.

October Thursday 28 2021: 

Me and my friends woke up at 6:37AM to have a shower and clean our bunk rooms and obviously get dressed. At 7:30AM breakfast was served :). I had weetbix with peaches and also toast with jam. We walked into Don's shed, a place in living springs. We had 4 activities to do in our 4 tribes. The first thing ym tribe did was the bouldering wall which was my 3rd favourite. Then my tribe had to do bush ecology which was boring but cool so I placed it in 4th place. Then we had initiatives which I placed 2nd coming VERY close to 1st. The challenges were hard but also fun! I think I won with an amazing team. We got through quite a bit. 1st place for me was low ropes! Mostly because I had Vern in my group and he was like a clumsy acrobat, I couldn't stop laughing! He went against Mrs Lee in one of the challenges and her face had me on the floor cracking up. Vern was swinging through like Tarzan singing Let It Go. When we got back to camp we had free time for about 15 minutes. I just watched people play basketball and I also played on the tramps. After that we had another camp auction and I bought nothing. Then we had dinner and once again went swimming. This time the splash game expanded and I was having the time of my life. It was fun to splash people. One of the adults even joined my team! I was lucky and had goggles so when someone splashed me it didn't hurt my eyes. After swimming we had one more auction, but only for people who have brought nothing and then  a movie. We watched Sonic The Hedgehog. Before we went to bed my bunk wrote in our diaries and none of us couldn't stop laughing at Zoes jokes. Yawned

October Friday 29 2021: 

Jaydah woke me and my bunk mates up at 6:00 to shower and get ready for the day. :/ . I packed my bag with all my clothes making sure I leave nothing behind. My ears jumped when I heard the whistle blow. I ran to the cafeteria to eat. I picked a table close to the food for me and my friends. Our backs shot up when we saw the teachers coming. We were the first people to get breakfast :). For breakfast I had 2 toasts and a hot chocolate which was full of chocolate flavour. I didn't want to leave. My thoughts were confusing and nervous. I felt my heart slowly beating. My bunk room and I ran onto our balcony and went on our last bush walk around our cabin. The wind kept pushing us further and further till we got to the trampolines. Jaydah got on the tramp with some boys and I just watched, staring at the bus. Since I couldn't do much on the trampolines I didn't really go on them. My body was standing up slowly walking away to see if anyone noticed. No one did so I just walked to the basketball court to shoot some hoops so I could practice for netball. The whistle blew again. It was almost time to go :(. But luckily it was just lunch time! We had cheesy pasta with a healthy salad and a smoothie. I washed down our table when we were down. Ofa was the only one that helped me. I ran to my friends to play truth or dare on the playground. My legs were starting to ache again. I guess that walk still hasn't worn off. I saw everybody playing games and having heaps of fun. The whistle blew. It was time to go. The teachers gave a speech about making sure we have everything and then awards were given out to the parent helpers that came along. Time to get on the bus! I sat at the front with Miss Ferguson. We played I Spy and got through a lot. The bus driver even played! When we got back I went home straight away and had the biggest cuddles. 

THE END!

Camp reading!

 Hey guys! Welcome back to Term 4 :) This week since we are going to camp  next week we have been focusing on camp stories and create tasks. 

Create tasks!

The first create task was to get a map sheet from your teacher and use coordinates to place drawings where they are meant to be. We had to draw on about 3 things and then use our smart brains to do the rest. 

The second create task was to create a bunk label for your bunk room at camp! Write your name in any font and colour it in! P.S Mrs Lee wrote my name which is why it is awesome. P.S again Jaydah drew on my name so its not as awesome :)

The last create task was to create a poster on Piktochart about anything native to NZ. We got to pick a topic. Animal, Plants, Habitat, Threats and more! Once we picked a topic we had to pick what we were going to read about ex. Pohutakawa would be in plants. 

Stories

This week for reading since we are going to camp next week we have been focusing on camp stories and maps! There were 3 stories we had to read. The first story was called danger man and was about these 4 kids that were very naughty. One night they sneaked out and found a flying fox over a lake. One of the kids went on it but it broke and the others had to go save him. They got to him an funnily enough the water was thigh high :D. So they all laughed but then were caught.

 The second story was called School Camp Fun. It was about a girl going on camp for the first time. Her dad came along to help. They did fun things like roasting marshmallows. Swimming and having hot chocolate. 

The third and final story was called Bush walk. It was about a group of kids on a hike at camp with their teacher. One kid was slowing the group down and his shoelaces kept coming undone! The teacher slipped and cut open his head...ouch. Luckily the slow boy knew where they were because he payed attention!

I hope you enjoyed my camp work and I will see you next week!

Have a good day

-Karaitiana

The deep dark hole...

Hey guys! This week for writing we have been focusing on our senses! We had to describe the picture down below.  I wont type in too much because I would love you to read my writing right now! Here it is :)

WALT: Use our senses to write a description.

The Deep Dark Hole

 

The scent of the flowers combined with the colourful petals clear my mind. I always come here when I'm stressed. As I walk closer to an unfamiliar part of the garden, the scent of the flowers change to the smell of burnt pieces of bark and the flower petals go grey. Suddenly the ground beneath me vanishes. The next thing I know, I´m falling down a dark hole. I open my mouth to scream but stale air fills my mouth. I feel books bashing my body as I fall faster and faster. Small noises of books opening and closing rush past my ears.

The force of me falling is so strong I can hear the whooshing of the wind. As I fall the things above me and on land get smaller. A beam of light from above shines on the dusty books. My hair is tangling around my face. Cold wind fills my nose. My mouth opens to scream again and as I yelp an icy breeze fills my lungs. Confusion fills my brain but curiosity is wandering around my head as well.

I start to fall faster.¨AHHH!¨ The echoes of my scream fill the dark rabbit hole. Water drops fill my eyes and as I cry they.. float to the top? The smell of rotting wood flies around the hole. I´m feeling so petrified I can taste my own fear. This will definitely traumatise me for the rest of my life.

Chinese language week reading!

 Hey guys! This week since it is Chinese language week our reading has been focusing on the Chinese language :). We didnt choose any books today but read about what the dragon symbolies in China, we read a book about a race between the animals to be first in the Chinese Zodiac calendar and we also read about the ledgend of the Chinese dragon. This was really fun to learn about and the tales are very interesting and cool! Thanks to this awesome week I learnt how the dragon was created and why. ( China tribes were fighting over their spirit which protected them. The kids were sick of it and together put body parts together to make a...DRAGON! ) . I learnt about the Chinese zodiacs and I also am learning how to spell my name in Chinese.

Create task 1:

Choose your fav scene from the race and make a 5 piece comic strip.

Vector Drawing Panda and Cow

 Hey guys! This week in Ruru we were trying a new art technique. This task was on our Chromebooks. The task is called.... a Vector drawing! This is when you trace over a picture but your trace over the different lighting and make it a different colour to the rest. This may sound very complicated...and it is! But once you have done it a couple of times, it gets easier. I chose to trace around a panda in normal colours, and a cow in purple. Here is my work!

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

The Creation of Night and Day....

 WALT: Analyse and evaluate the actions and story lines of Maori myths and ledgends

Hey guys! This week and last week, to celebrate Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori, for reading we have been focusing on Maori myths and legends. I chose the book, The creation of night and day.This book was about how the Maori think the world was created. Papatuanuku and Ranginui were lying on top of each other bringing darkness upon the world/them. Tāne Mahuta pushed them apart with his legs and brought light into the world. It was really interesting and was fun to learn about. I hope you enjoy my Maori work!

Create task 1:

Analyse your story. Who are the characters? Where was it set? What is the problem? What are some of the actions in your story? How did it end? How were the characters feeling?

Create task 2:

How do you feel about the decisions your character/s made? Give 3 reasons why you agree or disagree about this statement.

Create task 3:

Create a glossary for the Maori words in your book. Once you have done that, turn it into a animation and publish to your blog.

Lockdown maths pt 2! ? ( Subtraction standard form )

Hey guys! This week for maths, Ruru is focusing on subtraction using standard form with and without regrouping. In week 5 ( last week ) we focused on addition using standard form with and without regrouping. So  far I have just done my subtraction without regrouping and I did it on paper :). This was really fun and exciting to do. I got the hang of this in a couple of minutes then boom! It was easy! I hope you enjoy this and learn something new :D. I will add in the subtraction using regrouping when I am finished. Here it is...:

WALT: Use standard form to solve subtraction problems with no regrouping

Could you figure out the problems before you read the answers? If you did comment down below! I would love some feedback about anything on my work please! Thanks for reading my work :)

- Karaitiana

Lockdown poetry pt 2!

 Hey guys! Welcome back to my blog. This week for writing we got to do 2 more poems! The poems were, a Countdown poem and a Sound poem! This weeks writing was really fun and hard, but in a good way :). I hope you enjoy! Here it is:

Slides 4 and 5!

Thanks for checking out my work :D. Do you have any feedback for me?

- Karaitiana

Lockdown Maths!

 Hey guys! On the last day of school for maths we were focusing on standard form and regrouping. Now that we are in lockdown, for ,maths we just continued on our standard form but this time on our Chromebooks. Standard form is one of my favourite math strategies. We had to watch 2 videos explaining regrouping standard form. I hope you enjoy my work, and if you can, before you see my answers, can you answer the question yourself?

Do you like to use standard form? If you do, why do you like using standard form.

I would love any type of feedback or just correcting my wrong answered questions, but I think their all right.

- Karaitiana

My Lockdown poetry and Anthology

 Hey guys! As you all know, NZ is know in a lockdown because of Covid-19! Before we went into lockdown, for writing we were focusing on poetry and anthology. So now that we are in lockdown we are continuing with our poetry, BUT the theme for all of our poems can be based around either Covid or how we are doing and how our family is in lockdown. For a start we got to choose from a Haiku, ( a 3 lined poem, in the first line there are 5 syllables, 2nd line has 7 syllables and the last line has 5 ) or a tongue twister ( a poem with as much words starting with the same letter in your poem as possible, ex. She sells sea shells by the sea shore ).

I chose to start off with a Haiku, then I did my tongue twister. After I completed them I created a countdown poem! I will be adding in more poems as I finish my other tasks. I hope you enjoy my work!

How are you feeling about lockdown?

I would love feedback about anything on my work :)

- Karaitiana

Olympic's

 Hey guys! This week for reading we have been focusing on the Olympics. As usual we get to choose book and we get some create tasks. I chose a book called, The Cindy Limpics. The book was about a girl named Cindy, her school was having their own Olympics but Cindy being her clumsy self, she breaks her leg. Luckily, the teacher creates a new type of Olympics, the Cindy Limpics, everybody had to life up one foot and limp to the finish line. Cindy won! In total I give this book a 3/5. I hope you enjoy my work and learn something new! Enjoy!

Create task 1:

Choose a Olympian and write a Olympian fact file on your chosen Olympian. Create this on a google drawing

I chose Simone Biles because I have seen her at quite a few Olympic games and I use to do gymnastics at the age of 6 just like her! I also wanted to learn more about her.

Create task 2:

Create a slideshow with 20 facts on a country that participated in the Olympics.

Can you solve my puzzle?

 Hey guys! This week for maths we have been focusing on patterns and algebra. We had 4 sheets to complete. Each sheet had numbers and blank boxes. The sheet gave us about 2 or 3 numbers to look at, then we had to fill in the blanks with the next pattern. For example: 14, 18, 22, __, __, __,. The answer would be: 14,18,22,26,30,34. Then once we figured out the pattern, we wrote down the rule, the rule for the example pattern was, Rule: Add 4. When we finished the 3 sheets, for the 4th we could create our own pattern. It could increase or decrease as much as you want. I made a pattern with 3 blank spaces. Do you think you can solve my pattern? If you do, give it a go, if you dont, still try! Then comment down below what you think the  answer is and the rule. Hope you enjoy my work and solve me pattern.

0.454, 0.577, _.___, 0.832, _.___, 1.069, 1.192, _.___

Did you solve my pattern? 

The hardest part was probably finishing everything in time with quality.

Olympic reading

 Hey guys! This week for reading we have been focusing on the Olympics. I have been watching the women and men 7's. For reading I chose a book called, Our First Olympians. It was about NZ's first Olympians. The book had information about who won and what medals they won. In total I give this book a 4/5. I hope you enjoy my work and learn something new!

Create task 1:

Here is my work:

Create task 2:

Here is my work:

Numicon Sequence

 Hey guys! Welcome back to Term 3!!! On Monday for maths, we were given instructions to fill out the number rod track with a sequence! A sequence is like a pattern. For example:

4,8,12 etc. 

The first sequence was increasing and the numbers were:

  4, 8, 12, _,  _, 24, 28, 32, _ and _. 

The second sequence is decreasing and the numbers were:

  54, 48, _, _, 30, 24, _, _, and 6. 

The harder one in my opinion is the decreasing sequence! If you want to figure these out you must use a rule. In mathematical language, a rule is something that repeats itself. 

For example, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. You could also skip count or find the number in between 2 of your answers. Hope you enjoy my blog post and learn some sequencing!

WALT: Make a sequence of multiples. 

Do you know if there are any other strategies I could of used? If you do comment them down below! I would love if you left me some feedback after you have seen my work. I hope you guys enjoyed and had a fun holiday.

Anne Frank!

WALT: Locate and summarise important information from a range of related texts.

 Hey guys! We have been focusing on inspirational people. This week we were given the same book choices as last week. This week I chose to read about Anne Frank. I really enjoyed learning about Anne Frank and how she is informational. I think Anne  Frank was very brave for what she did. She was Jewish and was alive during World War ll. You may know about Adolf Hitler and how he pretty much started World War ll. Anne Frank and her family were scared and fled the country to hide in Holland. She lived in a house, went to school and had friends! But then Hitler came to Holland. Anne Frank hid in a attic with the help of other people. She wrote in a diary about her feelings. NOW! Before I get carried away, my 1st create task explains the whole story. I give this book a 5/5! This was one of the most interesting journal I have ever read. How would you feel if you were there for World War ll?'

Create Task 1: How do your 3 texts link together? Fill in all 3 columns with your 3 texts. How do your other 2 texts help you connect with your main story?

I have highlighted what I think connects my 2 texts with my main story.

Create task 2: Create a fact file on the person you are reading about. How is your main character a inspiration? Choose 5 inspirational things about your person and present it on a DLO.

Create task 3: Come up with your own Inspirational definition and how you can be a inspiration. Then come up and create your own inspirational poster.

How would you feel if you were in WWII? I would feel TERRIFIED! I hope you enjoyed this post and learnt something new :)

Have a nice day

Karaitiana