Final post for 2017 (from school)

Today is the last day we get to have our Chromebook at school for 2017. I have had an amazing year with my friends and teachers. I was in Mr Goodwin's literacy class and also his maths class. My highlights were Camp Bentzon and more. I loved camp Bentzon because I had a lot of fun and I loved the activities. Another highlight throughout the year was going to Stardome because it was really educational and fun. Next year I am feeling excited because I can't wait to be a Year 7 and also to be in the senior block. I am also excited to go to Rainbow's End for the Year 7 trip.

Incy Wincy Spider Animation

Makayla Incy Wincy final from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Thank you!

Walt: using descriptive language

Dear Helpers and Organisers, I would like to say a huge thank you for helping our school organise this event. I really loved this event and it was really fun. I tried my best and it was amazing, Thank you so much.

Athletics day was so wonderful and full of joy. I had so much fun spending time with some friends and teachers. It was so hilarious watching others try their best and start laughing. It was such a great and fun day, I loved it so much.

My favorite part was when we watched the kids, teachers and parents have a race. It was so funny watching everyone run for their team and run their fastest. I was cheering my friend Santana’s mum and dad on, because they were apart of the parent team. Me and Santana are in the same house color so her mum and dad were racing for our house color.

Next year I am really excited for athletics, because I really love all the activities. I am also really excited to cheer on my friend’s and teachers. I am so excited for what’s going to happen at next year’s athletics.

I enjoyed watching others try their best and give it a try. I also enjoyed all the activities at this year’s athletics, it was amazing. I learnt that I could at least try do as much as cheering others on, and that I could try and encourage myself as well.

Task Description:

For this task I had to write a thank you writing to all the organisers and helpers that helped us on Athletics day. Once I had finished I had to post it on my blog with a Title, WALT, Task Description and Labels.

How to sprint like Usain Bolt

Task Description:
For this task I had to watch a quick slow mo video of Usain Bolt sprinting. The I had to explain what I noticed as he was running. Once I had done that slide I had to look for a video of our class sprinting, But I have to be in the video. Then I had to explain how I could improve for next time. Once I had finished this I had to post it on my blog with Title, Task Description and Labels.

Limericks

Walt: write our own limericks.

Task Description:
For this task I had to explain what a limerick is. Once I did that I had to write three of my own limericks. Once I had finished this I had to post it on my blog at a high standard. To do that I had to add a Title, WALT, Task Description and Labels.

The Tumpet Taken Prisoner

Walt: to practice comprehension skills
Task Description: For this task I had to read the texts on each slide. Then I had to answer the questions that was included next to or after the text. Once I had finished I had to post it on my blog with a Title, WALT, Task Description and Labels.

The Trumpet

Walt: to practice comprehension skills

Task Description:
For this task I had to read some paragraphs that were on each slide. Then once I had read the paragraphs I had to answer the questions next to it. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog with a Title, WALT, Task Description and Labels.

Ice-Cream Sundaes Maths

Task Description:For this task I had to answer some questions on this presentation. It was based on maths questions about ice cream sundae ingredients/materials, because our class will be making ice cream sundaes. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog with a Title, Task Description and Labels.

Makayla Term 3 EXTC Animation

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This is my animation for Extension class, It is about finding this planet named Magiculas. And I also have to show my astronaut living there, and also adapting to the different features. Feel free to come and visit this post, and please leave a comment if you can. Thanks for visiting.

Trm 4 Wk 1 Problem Solving

Walt: solve addition and subtraction problems

Task Description: For this task I had to complete my problem solving presentation. Then I had to post it on my blog with a Title, WALT, Task Description and Labels.

Term 4 Immersion Assembly Recount

Walt: use adjectives to improve our descriptive writing.

Have you ever seen your teachers sing like animals before? Yesterday Pt England had their term 4 Immersion Assembly. The assembly was about introducing the term’s topic to our school, which is called musical madness.

Team four’s topic is about creating our own music and sounds. The Team 4 movie was like a ad about Pt England music. It was incredible and crazy, the teachers were singing so funny and their actions were hilarious. I thought that the movie was so funny to watch.

I want to learn how people can edit songs so good. This is because I love the way people edit songs because then it gets released as a great song. But I hope that we learn to create our own music track and video.  I would love to make my own music track and video because it looks really fun.

I think that the Term 4 topic is so great and fun. I can’t wait to find out what we’re learning about, I’m so excited. I hope that we learn about music and different techniques.

Task Description:
For this task I had to write my recount about our school Immersion Assembly. Then once I had finished this recount I had to post it on my blog. I had to post it on my blog, but at a high quality. And that included the content, a WALT, Task Description and Labels.

My Maths Test

Holiday Update 7 | Going Bowling with my auntie

Today I went to the city with my auntie, we went to go bowling at "The Lanes". When we were at bowling we bought a drink and some fries. And after bowling we went and got some McDonalds and ate by the waterfront. Once we had finished eating we went to Te Papa. We saw a lot of of exhibitions like Gallipoli: The scale of our war. We also went inside the earthquake house, we saw the collosal squid and more. After that we went to Frank Kitts park, and after that we waited for our bus and went home.

 

Holiday Update 6 | Going to the movies

Today I went to the movies with my auntie, the cinema that we went to was Reading Cinema. Reading Cinema is located in Courtenay Place, Wellington. We went and watched the movie "The Ninjago movie", it was about a man telling a story to a little boy about a ninja story. In this story the ninja's name was Lloyd and his friends. So first we caught a bus to Pak N save to get some snacks for the movie, then we caught another bus to go to the city. After we got off the bus we walked across the road to Reading Cinema. After the movie we went and got some Butter Chicken, and then we walked to the waterfront. After I ate me and my auntie went and walked to the bus stop, but on the way there was a park so we went and I played on the park. After that we kept on walking to the bus stop, then we got on our bus and went home. I had so much fun today and I really loved the movies.

Here are some photo's from today.

Holiday Update 5 | Going to Victoria university with my auntie

Today I went to Victoria University with my auntie Moesha. Victoria University is located Kelburn Parade, Wellington. So today I went to Victoria University, I saw a lot of students walking around the campus. I went to a room called the bubble, my auntie said it's a place for uni students to come and take a break and relax. 

Holiday Update 4 | Lazy day

So today me and my family just had a lazy day. So first I woke up and cleaned myself up, then I came back to my bed and played on my chrome book. Once I got hungry I went to the kitchen and made me some coco pops as my breakfast. After my breakfast I went into the lounge and went on the power fit machine with my grandma. After that I got off the power fit and played on my grandma's Ipad. After that I went to my bed and had a nap. So yeah that's what I did today.

Holiday Update 3 | Going out for my mums last day

So today we will be going out somewhere for my mum's last day in Wellington. I think that we are going shopping in Porirua or something like that. I also think that we are going to a market, so I'm really excited. So we will be out until 3:30pm because then we're going to go drop my mum off to the airport so that she can fly back to Auckland.

At my nana and papa's house.

Holiday Update 2 | In Wellington Yayy!!!

So I'm now in Wellington and I'm at my grandpa and grandma's house. I can't wait to do and remember some cool experiences. I also can't wait to spend time with my family. I really want to check out Te Papa and see what exhibitions they have. I also really want to come back to Auckland but it's ok I get to spend time with my family and have fun.

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Holiday Update | On the bus to go to Wellington

So I'm on the bus now and I'm heading to Wellington. I am going to Wellington with my mum and my cousin. Me and my cousin are going down to Wellington for the holidays but my mum is coming back for work. We are going on the Mana bus, it is nice and comfortable and the chairs are leather. There are also table in between the chairs so that you can put you laptop on the table etc.

I can't wait to get down to Wellington because then I get to see a lot of my family down there, I also get to see some of my friends that are down in Wellington so I'm really excited. I also can't wait to get to do some stuff in Wellington because my aunt planned some things for us to do down there. But then I am so sad to leave my friends because they are like my other family and it is like we're splitting apart.

I can't wait to get down to Wellington. I will post a blog about my trip there and how it was, so stay tuned. :)

I went to Waiwera pools

Information:
In this task I wrote a story about how I went to Waiwera pools in the weekend. I posted this because I wanted to write about how cool Waiwera pools was and what it is like there. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog with a Title and Labels. I hope you enjoy and don't forget to leave a comment on my blog.

Pokemon Adventure writing

Walt: use adjectives to improve our descriptive writing.

Task Description:
For this task I had to write a narrative about either Pokemon or Star Wars. I picked Pokemon because I really like pokemon. Once I had finished writing I decorated my presentation to make it look appealing. After that I had to post it on my blog with a Title, WALT, Task Description and labels.

Cybersmart Monday Ad Warning

Today for cyber smart Monday we learnt to beware of ads on websites that we go on. They can try and get our information, so don't click on the ads

Term 3 Animation

Makayla Term 3 Animation from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

3rd Paideia Seminar Reflection

The Year 5 & 6 Extension group had their Paideia seminar on Tuesday. I think that I did good but I didn't do great, I think this because I didn't talk that much but I talked enough. I think that I could've done better by linking onto other peoples idea's but I didn't. I think that our extension group great and they deserve a award for it. The topic that we were talking about was "Is being civilized such a good thing.

Alien Descriptions

Walt: use describing words when writing character descriptions

Task Description:
For this task I had to describe what the aliens on each slide look like. Then I had to decorate it and make it look nice. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog with a Title, WALT, Task Description and Labels.

Star Dome Word Find

Task Description:
For this task I had to Create my own word find. To do this word find you must click this link to go to the word find. Then you must go and get a line object and insert it on the word that you found. Once you find a word your must highlight the word so you can move on to the next word. Once you have finished the word find comment on this post and tell me what was the hardest word. After I finished this task I had to post it on my blog with a Title, Task Description and labels.

Star Dome trip

Walt include a variety of sentence types in our writing

On Friday last week Team 4 went to Stardome. We were split into 3 groups, and went at different times. Have you ever been to Star dome before?

Once it was our turn we went inside the Observatory and went into a room and listened to a guy talk about the solar system. We already knew a lot about the solar system but he taught us even more, at first I was like “what are you talking about”. But then he started to talk even more and then he taught us a lot more about the solar system. After that he told us that we were going to do a quiz about what we just learnt. Then we had to go back to our groups and get ready for the quiz.

Once it was time to do our quiz we got into our groups and started. But our group was split in half, so the girls in our group went in one group and the boys in our group went in another group. Our group leader for our group was Tenei, she leaded our group and told us what we had to do. So to do our quiz we had to look for the pictures and read the articles to find our answer. There were a lot of questions and once we had finished we had to hand it to the lady.

After the quiz we went into this room, where we watched a movie about the solar system. The movie was cool but it made me feel motion sick. While I was watching the movie my friend Santana felt sick, she told me that she felt like she was going to faint. Then I started to freak out and told her to look at the chair. Then I started to watch the movie again, and then I looked at Santana and then she fainted. Then I had to tell a teacher and I felt sorry for Santana.

At Star dome I learnt that the sun is more than five thousand km. I also learnt more about the planet in our solar system. I would love to go back to Star dome again and learn even more about space.
 
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Learning to attribute a image

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Task Description:
For this task we had to look for a photo on google and add it onto a blog post. Then I had to add an attribution of where I found the picture from. Once I had finished this I had to post it on my blog with a Title, Task Description and labels.

Stardome PMI

Task Description:
For this task I had to write a PMI about Stardome. Then I had to Decorate it to make it look nice and pretty. Then I had to post it on my lbog with a Title, Task Dscription and Labels.

Mars One Project Astronaut Profile

Walt: make connections with what we read, and what we have read before.

Task Description:

For this task I had to draw my own person. Then next I had to put that person on this google draw template, then I had to fill in the boxes with her information. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog with a Title, WALT, Task Description and labels.

Mars One Project

Walt: make connections with what we read, and what we have read before.

Task Description:
For this task I had to give information about what the Mars one project is about. Also we had to give information about other stuff too, like who is going to Mars and more. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog with a Title, WALT, Task Description and labels.

Problem solving Term 3 Week 4

Walt: solve addition and subtraction problems

Task Description:
For this task I had to answer the problem's on this presentation. I also had to show my working and explain what I did to get my answer. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog with Title, WALT, Task Description and labels.

Cross country recount

Walt: structure a recount

On Friday last week we had our school cross country run. It was so tiring and muddy at the same time, and It was really hard and exhausting. Have you ever participated in a cross country run before?

As I was sitting on the hot hard court I was waiting for my turn to run. As the other kids ran I watched them to see who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd, I was so hot just sitting on the court it felt like I was burning. I really wanted a water so I went for a water, and it felt so nice and cold. I was sitting with a lot of my mates and so we just sang some songs and played some hand games. Then suddenly Mrs Nua called up the year 6 girls to come and get ready to run.

Once we stood at the starting line Mr Burt gave us a pep talk. Once he gave us a pep talk we got ready, then BANG!!! goes the clapper and we all started our cross country run. During the run I got so muddy and tired. I was so hot while I was running and I got a stitch. I was running with my friend Venice, we ran every time we weren’t tired then when we got tired we took a deep long rest. So then I started jogging in the end straight after I had got to the finish line. I had finally finished the race with a big great sprint.

Once I had finished the race I went and got a water because I was huffing and puffing. Then after that I went and saw my aunt's with my other cousins and had a little rest. After I visited my aunt’s I went and sat down with my friends, we sat there and talked about the race until we had to go back to class. After my long and exhausting race I was so tired, and when we got to class we went to our home classes and rested until the bell. Then once the bell went we all went  home and then I got the rest of my life.

Cross country was so hard, I tried my best and I did well. I learnt that when you do cross country that you will get tired. But I also learnt that if you get tired it doesn’t affect your running, you can still run but you just need a little rest and once that rest is over you can start running again. Next time what I’ll do is I’ll jog at the beginning and sprint at the end for a good finish.

Task Description:
For this task I had to write a recount about cross country. I had to write a recount about the cross country that was held at our school, we had to explain what happened on that day. Once I had finished this I had to post it on my blog with a title, WALT, Task Description and labels.

About Mars

Task Description:
For this Task I had to make a presentation about Mars, that includes facts and information about Mars. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog as a high standard. But to top it off we had to include these things in our blog post and they were, a Title, WALT, Task Description and Labels.

Term 2 Animation

Makayla Term 2 Animation from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.
This is my Term 2 Animation. It is about the past and present technology of sailing.

Mars Post Card

Walt: think critically about what we read.
Task Description:
For this task I had to make a post card on google slides. I had to send my post card to somebody while I am on Mars. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog with Title, WALT, Task Description and labels. Feel free to leave a comment on my blog, thank you for visiting my blog.

My Term 2 Rubric Reflection

My rubric score for term 2 was a great score. I think that it was not too bad and not too high and I am really proud about it. Part of my score was going to 4.5 out of 5 as I had a high level of contribution towards the production, and had a very good performance on stage. I also got a score which was 3 for some contribution towards group discussion.

Luckily I know for next time to contribute more in our group discussions/forum in the Paideia seminar. This is where I scored my lowest mark. My goal for our next Paideia seminar is to contribute more and give out more information.

What Are Satellites?

Walt: understand information collected from multiple

Task Description: For this task I had to answer/complete the tasks in this presentation. But this presentation is about satellites. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog with a Title, WALT, Task Description and Labels.

Poster for remembering the planets

Walt: understand information collected from multiple sources.

Task Description: For this task I had to make a acronym to remember the 8 planets in our solar system. My acronym is My Very Elegant Monkey Just Sent Us Nothing. Once I had finished this task I had to post it on my blog with a Title, WALT, Task Description and Labels.

Picture book Narrative

Once on a normal day Makayla and her seven minions were called into the NASA space HQ. Their boss Mr Sommerville told them they had to go to space to check the 8 planets in our solar system. “Ok let’s get ready then” said Makayla. So Makayla and her seven minions got ready to go to space.

“This is the rocket you are flying on. It is the fastest rocket for our space station. Here you go get in and fly out of here” said Mr Sommerville. So Makayla and the minions got into the rocket, and got ready to blast off. Countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!

“Well here's Mercury the teeny weeny planet of all. Let’s go check on it” Said Makayla. “Wow this place is very small. I need to sit down, OUCH my bum is hot. You dumb bum” said Makayla. “I don’t like this planet it’s way too hot” said a minion. “Let’s go to Venus instead” Said Makayla. So Makayla and the minions got into the rocket, and got ready to blast off. Countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!

“Ok here’s Venus the second planet from the sun. I kinda like it” Said Makayla, “ok then let’s go check this baby out” said a minion. “Hey did you know that this is the hottest planet in our solar system” Said Makayla. “Wow this is really boring it is really hot and tiring I need to lie down, OWWWWWWW” Said a minion, “LET’S go I don’t like this stupid planet” Said a  minion. So Makayla and the minions got into the rocket, and got ready to blast off. Countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!

“Oh Earth We don’t need to check it” Said Makayla. So Makayla and the minions got into the rocket, and got ready to blast off. Countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!

“Wow Mars is so Red, no wonder why it’s called the Red planet because in the sky it appears as a red star” Said a minion. “This planet’s great I really like it” Said Makayla. “Ulala Somebody has a crush” said a minion, “Shut up you dummy” Makayla replied. “Oh well let’s go and check on big mama Jupiter” Said a minion. So Makayla and the minions got into the rocket, and got ready to blast off. Countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!

So Makayla and her seven minions went in their rocket to the next plent which was Jupiter. “Ok here’s Jupiter let’s check this big mama out” Said a minion. “Wow Jupiter is so big” Said Makayla. I wonder how big this storm is, It must be really bad” Said a minion. “Well I guess we can go to the next planet” Said a minion. So Makayla and the minions got into the rocket, and got ready to blast off. Countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!

“So apparently our next trip is to Saturn, let’s check it out” said Makayla. So Makayla and the minions went to check on Saturn. “Oooh I like it’s rings they're really pretty” Said a minion. “Well we can’t go on it because if we stand on it we will fall all the way into the planet, suffering higher temperatures and pressures until you get crushed inside the planet” Said a minion. So Makayla and the minions got into the rocket, and got ready to blast off. Countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!

“Yay we’re going to my favorite planet, Uranus” shouted Makayla. So Makayla and the minions went to check on Uranus. “We can’t go on it though because if we land our spacecraft on Uranus then we will fall all the way into the liquid icy center” said Makayla. “So I guess it’s looks normal and great, let’s go to the next planet” Shouted a minion. So Makayla and the minions got into the rocket, and got ready to blast off. Countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!

“Ok to be honest I can’t wait to visit Neptune it is a great and beautiful planet I really love the color” said a minion. So Makayla and the minions went to visit Neptune. “Wow it is really beautiful” said Makayla, “But that’s stink that we can’t stand on it, it’s so pretty” said a minion. “Ok then let’s go home we checked out the other planets it’s time to go back home my friends” said Makayla. So Makayla and the minions got into the rocket, and got ready to blast off. Countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!

“Look there’s Earth we’re nearly home guys” said a minion. “I can’t wait to go and tell Mr Sommerville that we checked on all the planets and they were great” said Makayla. So Makayla and the minions waited for the rocket to land back on Earth so they could see their family and friends and tell them how their trip was. After this day Makayla and the minions told their friends and family and they were so amazed.

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