Global Event Homework - Fleur

In huia (my syndicate) we have to post a blog about a recent global event as home work so im blogging about the 6.3 magnatude earthquake in canterbury yesterday (22.2.11). it has affected lots of families from our school because most students and teachers have relatives down there.tomorrow we are having a mufti day to help get our storage levels back up because we are giving our storage emergency food to the cantabrians. we wish them all the luck finding people.

Fleur

Learning statements

In Room 4 we have been discussing about what our learning statement would be for 2011

here are some of our ideas

· Learning is a door, the more you learn…..
· Learning is like a swing you have your ups and downs but you’ll be fine.
· Learning is like surfing because it’s hard at the start but when you get better it’s worth it.
· The way to expand
· A key to life it unlocks any doors
· Like petrol for your car
· Your playground so have fun.
· Like a never ending ladder, it just keeps on going
· A shooting star
· Like a circle it never stops
· Like space it never ends
· Like a chest, you have to open it
· Like driving a car you go faster and faster but you need to slow down to turn corners
· Like Edward, it never stops talking
· Like a never ending water bottle, it just keeps giving you stuff
· Like fuel for your mind
· Like a board game going up ladders and down snakes.

By Fleur and Bailey

Using our blog 1

This year we will be using our blog a bit differently to how it was used before. It is going to become a virtual window into our classroom. This means that we will need to regularly update the blog with what we have been up to.

So what I want to find out is: What types of things do you think we should be putting on our blog?

Please use the comment button below this post to add your ideas, make sure you leave your name as well.

Welcome to room four's blog 2011 by Bailey, Ryan and Roshani

Hi!

We're Bailey, Ryan and Roshani, three students from room 4 2011. For the past few weeks we have been doing maths assesments, basic facts tests, group activities, art and P.E. Our main topic for this term is globalisation.


One of the random sorting activities we did was to line up in alphabetical order according to the future careers we would like to have. These are the future careers we choose:



Cassie- Dancer

Imogen- Hockey player

Antonia- Hair Dresser

Roshani- Runner & a sientist

Logan- Astronaut

William- Sound track designer

Nasan- Animator

Gavin- Pilot

Nathan- Graphic designer

Arthi- Actress

Skyla- Doctor

Fleur- A person who looks after animals(not a vet)

Gabi- Hair cutter

Ryan- Policeman

Edward- Rugby player

Josh- Musician

Camp 2010

I went around and asked how they liked it

at camp they said it was good

Miss Goldfinch said that it was "amazing and fun"

Fleer said that the ''activities were fun like ropes''

Flynn '' said it extreme and cool''

and Bailey said the weather was good

Damon said it was fun

Interviewed by Edward

Macdougull Award

Penguins - Fleur

They are like shooting stars they never
Stop trying,
As if they were invincible they still never stop trying,
Although they may lose family they still never stop trying,
If they fish and don’t catch anything they still never stop trying,
In blizzard might not be able to fight it but they still keep on trying,
They might not be warm but they still keep on trying

Penguins, they never give up !!!!!

in room 17 we have been writting poems and creative writing the topic that i have chossen is
te kaha my ideal holiday place. I love the beach, going diving .


amokura crane

Term Four Speeches

In term four we have been learning about speeches and we are going tell you about what everyone in room17 is doing it on and a little review.



Arthi:Cancer-What sorts of cancer there are eg. breast cancer, leukima cancer& how to help cancer people.

Skyla:Endangered Animals-What animals are getting excincted? .eg. sea otters, birds etc.

Patrick: Motor bikes- Facts about motor bikes.

Sanutep:Wind Power- Cool facts about wind power and different uses for wind.

Laura:Fiji- Interesting facts about Fiji's history and cultures.

Fleur:World Vision-About groups like the 40-hour famine and more about sponsoring children.

Amokura:New Zealand animals- Interesting facts about New Zealand animals.

Damon:War- Fascinating facts about war.

Edward: Monkeys-About monkeys should be free and treated like humans.

Bailey:Child Abuse- Stories, help & advice.

Sarah G.:Hockey- Information about hockey and how to play.

Pererika:Cars- Facts about different cars.

Maddison:World Hunger- People who are starving in the world with no money.

Ryan:War- About what happened in the war.

Kenzie:McDonalds- What you can get at Mconalds and information about their meals.

Callum:Dwarves- The history of dwarves.

Tiare:Poverty- People who are poor and not rich.

Rachel:Abandoned Children: Children whose family has left them.

William:Cars an Fuel- About interesting cars and petrol.

Michael:Rugby- Getting people to play rugby and enjoy rugby.

Jordan:Hobos- Facts and information about people who are hobos.

Danielle: Rubbish- People who litter and the consequences.

Jone:Rugby- Persuading people to play rugby.

Eli:Flag- Telling people to play flag and how to play.

Flynn:World Disasters- About events that happen to the world eg. Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Earthquakes and floods.

Sabina:Ice Cream- Interesting facts about ice cream.

Sarah T:Family Abuse- Abuse in families.

Jakob: NFL- About the NFL rugby team and information.

By Arthi & Sabina

Home work should be banned
I think home work should be banned because...1. A child could be stuck inside all day . You know your against it. They could go hyper and the parents would not be happy. That could make them Co-co!
2. They should be doing home work at school. It is set by school so DO it at school. Now that sounds fair.
3.Would you want your kid to have fun or be bored? Think about it!

I think home work should not be banned because...
1. It can teach a child to manage there own time. That can make them a good biasness man/woman.
2. They might not have time to do it in school. That might be because there working so hard at school they don’t have time to do it at school.
3. Would you want your kid acting like they own the house because they don’t do home work? I know you don’t and neither do I!

End of term 3 - Instructional writing

For the last 2 weeks of term we have been working instructional writing. We have been focussing on adding advanced features to our instructions. These include:

• Use of adverbial clauses (if, so, that, otherwise) to indicate reason and time (when, after) e.g. Line the tin with paper so that it doesn’t stick
• Use of varying levels of modality to make meanings stronger weaker e.g. could, should, might, like. " Should the cake burn, put heavy icing on it."
• Use of beginning clauses to focus attention e.g. “After an hour check on the cake, it should be golden brown. "
• The use of conditional forms to indicate potential choices. E.g. "To make the cake tastier add 75g of raisins."
• Adding reasons for actions e.g. "Put the cake mixture in a square tin as it is easier to share a square cake."
• Consider different ways of giving commands, e.g. As an offer or an order
• Adjectives add details relating to size e.g. "A cake tin with a diameter of 15cm"
• Present tense
• Imperative (action) verbs e..g take, mix, bake, get, melt, sit, stir, kneed, glue
• Vocab ranges from precise technical to everyday language.

Have a look at some of the delicious things we created and wrote instructions for.