Cross Country

 Yesterday we did Cross country. Here is a photo and a piece of writing.

Addition and Subtraction Problems

 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. 

Kiwi Information Report

 We have been learning to write information reports. Here is mine. 

Kiwis

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.

   

How Kiwi Saved The Forest

 We read the book How Kiwi Saved The Forest. Here is my Kiwi before and after he lost his wings .

Maunga Art And Writing

 

Persuasive Writing

We listened to the story and gave our reasons for or against letting the pigeon drive the bus.

My Speech

 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

Persuasive Writing

Today we listened to a story called Rufus goes to school. We had to decide if the principal should let Rufus come to school with Reasons.

 

Maths Subtraction