Category: Ako | Learn

Districts Athletics

Yesterday me and about 28 people went to WHS for districts/athletics. There were five different schools there.We arrived about 9:20 and at 9:30 we had first it was 800m I came first and tara came second, then we had a bye,after that dicus, then we had high jump, next a a bye,then shot put and second last 60m,and last 80m.  Me and my friend Tara are going to go to west cost, I am going there for 800m, long jump, 80m and 60m, Tara got in for 800m, high jump, shot put and dicus.

What place would you think you would come in all of the activites?

Inside Outside Poem

This week we have been making some poems. They are  about inside and outside,and this is my one hope you like it.

Inside, my tummy feels like jelly.

Inside, I wonder if I’m going to win.

Inside, I feel nervous, like there are butterflies in my stomach.

Inside, I am cold, and I don’t want to do it.

 

Outside, I feel rain falling, making the track all muddy.

Outside, I hear people getting called to the starting line.

Outside, I feel I will lose my mind,

Outside, I hear Mrs King calling me up to the starting line.

 

Inside, I breath slowly,

Inside,  my legs feel wobbly, 

Inside, I remember what my friend said “ You can do this.”

The Lighthouse

This week Tara and me have been doing our reading activity. For our reading activity we are building a lighthouse, just a small one. This is our reading instructions so far.

Introduction

Hi,Our names are Meia and Tara, we are making a mini Lighthouse for our reading activity. The book that we are reading is called Pencarrow: New Zealand’s first Lighthouse. It’s about the first lighthouse in New Zealand,the first owners were George Bennet and his wife Mary Jane Bennet. Mary Jane Bennet took over in 1855 because George Bennet Drowned, so Mary Jane Bennet became the main keeper for the Pencarrow lighthouse. Mary Jane Bennet was the first Woman to be a lighthouse keeper in New Zealand.

Reasoning

We should do this because not many people know about the first lighthouse in New Zealand. Also to warn ships of danger and guide them safely on their way. The world should spread awareness about lighthouses because they save many ships from wreckage. Some of New Zealand’s coastline is dangerous for ships and boats because there are big rocks near the shore.

Facts about lighthouses 

  • Lighthouses can be square, round, conical, rectangular, and even octagonal. 

  • Some are painted with identifying stripes, spirals, or diamond patterns. 

  • Some have twin and, in one case, triple towers.

  •  Most lighthouses range in height from 10 m.

  • They serve to warn mariners of dangerous shallows and perilous rocky coasts, and they help guide vessels safely into and out of harbors. 

  • The first lighthouse was built in ancient Egypt. 

  • Lighthouses use different types of light sources.

  •  The tallest lighthouse in the world is the Jeddah Light in Saudi Arabia

  •  The first lighthouses used fire beacons by burning coal or wood

  • The original pencarrow lighthouse was made of cast iron 

Equipment

  • What you need for this craft

  • A lamp at the top*

  • Wire for the frame*

  • Cardboard for Structure

  • String for connecting the cardboard and wire together

  • Plastic cups ( see through ones) for the windows*

  • Popsicle sticks for the ring on the outside of the lighthouse* 

Instructions For The Lighthouse

  • 1. Curve the wire into a circular shape

  • 2.  Wrap the cardboard around the wire

  •  3. Tie the wire and cardboard together with the String

  • 4. Cut the popsicle sticks in half and strike them together with glue 

  • 5. 

Summary

Our names are Meia and Tara. We are making a mini Lighthouse for our reading activity.The book is about Pencorrow lighthouse, New Zealand’s First Lighthouse. Not many people know the importance of lighthouses. Lighthouses help to tell ships where the shallow or dangerous places on the coastlines are. 

How would you build a mini lighthouse?

 

Jump Jam

On Monday we taut the little kids jump jam. We forgot some actions but they didn’t know when we made an mistake because they didn’t know the actions so it was good. This week we aren’t practicing any new songs because the television is broken. Me, Tara and Sophie were doing it and we were a bit nervous but then it was fine and started laughing. If you were doing it in front of heaps of people would you be nervous? Remembering the six bangers from Jump Jam: Volume One | The Spinoff

Quick Write

Today we have been doing a quick write. We had to write about climbing a tall tree.

You climb to the top of the tallest tree in your neighbourhood. What can you see that you couldn’t see from down below? And hear is my writing.

I climbed to the top of the tree and I saw ……  five blocks away there was a man looking for his pants. 3 blocks away there was a dog on someone’s swing, ten blocks away there was an donkey eating people’s clothes off there washing line. Six blocks away there were people playing with pigs in a pen getting all muddy, thirty miles away there was an rocket blasting off. At the Hokitika bridge there was a man jumping off head first off. There was a person having a drink at the play ground but the water splashed his face and he was soaking wet, and that’s was I saw from my tree.

The end.

Do you think I would see all of them things?

jobs

This year I got five job at school cause I am an year five. My first job I got was Student Council, then Lirbrarian, after that it was junior council and last was peermedatior. I like the student council I’m in the assembly part of the crew. This year I am also in Ms Langs class and it has been really fun. School this year I have been going to swimming and we had heap of time to do stuff. If you have to write a job application what would job would you like to go for?

Summer Learning Journey Bookmark

Today I did an Summer Learning Journey and I made a bookmark. It is made out of water colours, it says summer is here. I enjoyed doing the bookmark because it was fun making the colours blend in, also because I don’t have a proper bookmark. I learnt how to blend colours so now I can blend colours anywhere. If you made a bookmark what would you put on it?

Summer Learning Journey

Today I have been doing a summer learning journing. I went on groove pizza, groove pizza is a music thing where you can make music.I like it because you can create different noises by changing it by one dot.If you made a song what would you cool it and why? I call mine drum blast.

THE ALIENS ARE COMING!

This week on Monday we were learning about the Northwest Pacific Tree Octopus. The Northwest Pacific Tree Octopus was a fake and were doing a slide about it still. Afer that we were writing a fake news slide and this is what I wrote.

                   

That is what I wrote for yesterday and today for fake news. What would you write in to days for a fake news story?