Today I did a task. That task was to make a sculpture. Our inspiration was Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Giuseppe Arcimboldo is an artist known to make human heads out of vegetables, flowers and fruit. Here is one of his pieces of art work. Here is my sculpture. Hope you like it.
For the last 7 days we were in Nelson. Sadly we left on Tuesday. We had awesome time there. Here are some of the things we did there. My favourite one was going to Te Waikoropupu springs.
Today I did a task. That task was to show a kind comment that someone else has commented on your blog and show your reply.
Today I did another task. That task was to make an outfit for Hana Koko. Hana koko is a Maori name for santa. But when Hana Koko arrives in NZ he doesn't come in a sleigh. He comes in waka ama. Here is my outfit for Hana Koko.
Today I made a xylophones. I used paper tubes and water in glass cups to make my xylophones. I made two videos.
Today I did another task and that task was to create an haiku summer poem. A haiku summer poem is when there are three lines and the first line has 5 syllables the middle line has 7 syllables and the last line has 5 syllables. Here is mine. I hope you like it.
Kia Ora, I did another task and that task was to create an kowhaiwhai. Kowhaiwhai is a pattern used with korus. You normally see them on the roof on a marae. Here mine is.
Kia ora, Today one of my tasks were to make an Optical illusion. I made my DLO on a Google draw.This is how I made my Optical illusions. I used for my 1st Optical illusion. I used a rectangle and put squares inside of the rectangle. I used black & white for my colours. For my 2nd one I used triangles and drew lines inside of them and I kept adding and adding until there was no room left. I hope you like it.
Today one of the tasks were to create your own comic strip. I made my comic strip on this app. I hope you like it.
Today I did one of my SLJ tasks. My task was to create a Catapult with things around the house. This is how i made it. First i put the three tubes together using rubber bands. Secondly with masking tape, I connected it to a box and then stacked two boxes underneath it. Thirdly I connected the spoon to the tubes with string and masking tape. I connected string and rubber bands as a rope connecting to a bucket filled with cans. That is how I made my Catapult. Here it is I hope you like it.
Today I did one of my first tasks. My first task was to comment a positive, helpful or thoughtful on somebodies blog. I commented on https://osriahs.blogspot.com/. Go check hers out. Here is my comment.
Today I registered for the Summer learning journey. I did my first task. We had to change one part of the colouring in. I choose a different colour for the table. Here is mine and the original.
Mine
We have been learning about cultures of the world. I chose Thailand to find out about its culture. Here is my slide presentation.
Here is my Handwriting sample for term 4.
I am good at keeping my handwriting tidy.
I need to work on keeping my letters on the line.
This week we have been learning how to write narratives. We retold Saynday and the sun.
Kia ora, We have been learning about patterns in maths this week. I have made a pattern using 4 different vegetables to help me figure out what the 8th, 12th and the 28th vegetable will be.
We have been learning to use descriptive language in our writing. We wrote about our grandparents for Greats and Grands Day.
This week, to end our procedure writing topic, we have been creating our own games. I made a board game. My theme was jungle.
For maths we have been working on our basic facts. Everyday we do a maths grid of Basic Facts.
We have been learning how to write a procedure. I know a procedure has to have a Title, Goal, Materials and steps. My steps have to be in order and make sense.
We have been learning to solve addition and subtraction problems using place value. We had to complete these problems using this strategy. I feel confident using this strategy.
We have been learning to write information reports. Here is mine.
Kiwis are a bird that are native to New Zealand. There are 5 species of kiwi. There is the brown kiwi, great spotted, little spotted, Rowi and Tokoeka
Appearance
Kiwi are small, brown feathered, flightless birds. Kiwi can’t fly because their wings are 5 cm long so it doesn’t help them fly. Kiwi weigh about 3kg but the female kiwi weighs a bit more than the male kiwi. Kiwi have feathers like hair. They have a long beak with 2 nostrils at the end of the beak.
Diet
Kiwi are omnivores. They like to eat slugs, snails, berries, insects, seeds and spiders.
Habitat
Kiwi are nocturnal. They live in forests, borrow, logs, hollows and underground.
Breading
A female kiwi lays one egg per year. An egg takes 80 days to hatch. The male kiwi looks after the egg.
Threats
Kiwi are endangered birds because of stoats, weasels, rats, possums and cats. There used to be 5 million kiwi but today there are only about sixty thousand.
You can only find kiwi in New Zealand. Kiwi can live for up to 50 years. Only 5% of the kiwi that hatch survive to an adult. Kiwi have a very poor vision but they have a very good sense of smell.
We read the book How Kiwi Saved The Forest. Here is my Kiwi before and after he lost his wings .
My speech topic is Why Bullying Is Not Okay!
I chose this topic because I want people to stop bullying. When I presented my speech I felt nervous and excited. What I did well was eye contact. What I could work on is slowing down.
My Speech:
Have you ever wondered why bullying is not okay? Bullying is when there is a person or even a group of people that pick on somebody younger or they think they are weaker than them. People can get bullied in different types of ways like verbally, Physically and socially. Here are my three reasons why bullying is not OK.
My first reason why bullying is not OK is that bullying makes children upset and hurts their feelings. When they get bullied they don’t want to come to school because they may feel unsafe or they are scared they are going to get teased and made fun of. They get teased because of their clothes, shoes or even the way they look. They may have old clothes as some parents may not have the money to buy new clothes for their children. When they get teased it is called verbal bullying. Verbal bullying is when you call people names and make fun of them or their belongings. Another example is not letting somebody sit with you or play with you. Telling them they don’t want to be their friend anymore or they don’t want to become friends with someone.
My second reason why bullying is not OK is that it can hurt and harm people. Physical bullying is the most obvious type of bullying. It happens when children use physical actions to have control over the people they are bullying. Physical bullying can include hitting, punching, kicking and shoving which can leave marks to make it more obvious than other types of bullying. It can get out of hand with some children getting seriously hurt or even ending up in hospital.
My final reason why bullying is not OK is that it can happen from a distance. Social bullying can be performed in many different ways and can happen anytime. Online bullying can happen by text message or by posting nasty comments on someone's social media by strangers or someone they know.
It doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside it matters what you are on the inside. Bullying is not OK . So if you see anybody getting bullied, stick up for them or go to an adult for help. Remember never judge a book by its cover.
By Laylah
