Kennings

In Room 5 we have been writing poems. One of the poems was a kenning. a kenning is a poem that most of the time describes an animal. Each verse has three lines, and two descriptive words per line. Here is a kenning I made about dogs:

Gratitude Journals

This week in Room 5, we have been writing in our new gratitude journals that Mrs Drummond bought for us. At the end of each day, we write three things we are most grateful for for the day. Doing this can help you appreciate small things more. Most of the journals have different designs. Here is the cover of my journal:

Shape Nets

Today in maths, we made 3D shapes with nets. I made a square-based pyramid and a triangular prism. We cut out the net and glued the folds to make the shapes. Here are the shapes I made:

Potato Haiku

Today we have been writing haikus. Haikus are poems with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line and five in the last line. I made a haiku about potatoes. Here is my haiku:

Sun Poem

This week in Room Five, we have been creating sun poems. We brainstormed ideas for our sun poems in our writing books and made a poem out of them. Here is my finished sun poem.

The sun is a light bulb shining
across the sky.
It is a soccer ball getting kicked
to the other side of the earth.

The sun is a gold coin glistering
on everything below.
It is a fireball glowing radiantly.

The sun is a face spying over
the earth.
It is a lemon squirting its juice in
peoples eyes.

The Indian Ocean

In Reading, we have been making posters about different oceans like the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, the southern ocean and the Indian ocean. I chose the Indian Ocean to research. We researched what countries they're next to, how big it is and more. This is my poster:

School Fair Stall

This term, in Good Shepherd, we are focusing on making products for us to sell at our school fair in November. In Room 5 we got split into groups for this project. In my group, we have Hannah, Lucy, Souen, Annika and me. Our group decided to make sherbert because it's easy to make and yummy! We made our group name Kandy Klash. Every group made a logo on google drawings. Here is what we made to use for our group logo.

Marae Trip

Yesterday, our school went to the marae at Unitec. When we hopped off the bus, Whaea Linda and Whaea Jess welcomed us onto the marae. When we got into the wharenui we took our shoes off and went inside. When we sat down we met Papa Hau and Matua Hare. Papa Hau told us all about legends and carvings on the maraes walls. After that, it was morning tea. We walked into the wharekai and had Milo, biscuits and scones. YUM. When we finished morning tea, and it was time to go back to school, the boys performed a haka. The marae trip was a lot of fun! Here are some pictures of our trip:

Maths Week

This week was maths week. We have learned games such as the maths chase. The maths chase is exactly like the gameshow the chase but with maths questions. We learnt it from a website called mathsweek.co.nz. Maths week has been a lot of fun!

God Title Page

In R.E we are focusing on God. We all decorated a page with things that symbolize God. Here is what my title page looks like:

Maori Art

In Room five we have been focusing on Peter Gossage and his art. Peter Gossage is a New Zealand born artist that writes and illustrates Books such as Maui and the Sun, The Fish of Maui and much more. We were inspired by his artwork to create artwork of our own. Here is my artwork:

Counting To Ten In Cook Island Maori

This week is Cook Island week. We are learning facts like their population, Cook Island myths, what language they speak and how to count in Cook Island Māori. This is how you count to ten in Cook Island Māori:

One = Ta'i
Two = Rua
Three = Toru
Four = 'Ā
Five = Rima
Six = Ono
Seven = 'Itu
Eight = Varu
Nine = Iva
Ten = Ta'i nga'uru

Ice Experiment

Today we did an experiment with ice, dye, and salt. Mrs Drummond froze water balloons and made ice balls to use in the experiment. We put a couple of ice balls in a bowl and dropped some food dye onto the ice. Then we put some salt onto the ice and watched it. It started to make little bumps when we added the salt. We learnt what happens when you add salt to ice. When you add salt to ice, it makes bumps. This is what it looked like:

Phoebe

In R.E in Room Five, we are learning about people in the early church. Me, Hannah and Lucy chose to do Phoebe. We made a slide to tell you who she was. Here is the slide:

Book Week

Last week in Good Shepherd School, it was Book Week. We did activities and competitions in our classes and on Friday we had a character parade where we all dress up as characters in books and in stories. My friends and I dressed up as the Three Little Pigs. This is what we looked like:

Descriptive Writing

 This week in Room five, we have been focusing on descriptive writing. We went on to the literacy shed website and picked a picture to describe. Here is my descriptive writing:

This morning I looked out of my bedroom window to see a beautiful golden sunrise, a sunny blue sky, and a fresh soft layer of white snow. The thick fog makes the field seem even more mystic.
I could hear the bluebirds softly tweet in the bare trees.
When I take each step gently strolling out the front door, I feel the snow crunch softly under my boots. I look back and see my footprints in the snow.
I tilt my head upward and try to spot animals in the fluffy clouds.
My hands feel warm inside my light blue woollen mittens.
I enjoy feeling the cool winter breeze blowing against my body.

By Kayano

Water Filters

This Week in Room Five for science, we have been focusing on water. We have done a lot of activities around the water cycle. Today We did an experiment with water filters. The goal of the experiment was to pour dirty water into a cup and get the cleanest water you can by filtering it. There was a selection of sand, bark, paper towels and cotton balls. Emelia and I chose to use cotton balls and paper towels. Here is what it looked like:

Basketball

Last week a team of eleven year fives and year sixes from our school went to a basketball competition at Unitec stadium. We had five games that we played. In the end, we came second to last in our pool but we still did our best. Here are some photos from the competition:

Jamaica

This week in room five, we have been researching different countries of our choice. I chose Jamaica because I didn't know much information about it. We all got a plain worksheet to fill out and decorate. On the sheet, we had to write down some important events, the things they celebrate, what sports they play, what they wear and more! This is my worksheet:

Division Poster

This week we have been working on maths poster.  Me and Hannah made a poster on strategies to use to solve a division problem. The question we used was 573 ÷ 5. We mainly used long division to work it out. Here is our poster:

Ronald McLean and Keith Hunter

This week in Room 5, we have been focusing on ANZAC day. Mrs Drummond our teacher has a box full of objects that each have the story about the person who owned it. Me and my partner Lucy made a brochure about a stained glass window. It is a story about two best friends who can't see each other because of the war. Here is the pamphlet we made:

Anzac Art

This week in room five, we have been focusing on ANZAC day.  We have done a number of things. One of them was when we made some art. First, we coloured a picture and cut it out. Secondly, we dyed a sheet of paper with the colours of our choice and stuck the picture on. Here is my art:

The Arctic Wolf

In the past few weeks, we have been researching information about an animal of our choice. I chose the Arctic wolf because I didn't know much about it. We searched up the animal's diet, their habitat, the animal's looks and their babies. Here is my poster:

Class Poems

This week our class have been working on 18-word poems.  The poems we make will be sent to another school in New Zealand.  They have an anagram at the top and the item we're describing at the bottom.  There are different items to choose from, including a fake spider, a miniature ship in a bottle, a gemstone and more!  Here is the poem I made describing a compass:

Growth mindset

This week we have been making a brain poster for our growth mindset. A growth mindset is a mindset saying that you can do anything. We all got a little square of paper, which was like a puzzle piece. We had to colour it in and write down ways you can achieve something by having a growth mindset. here is the whole poster:

Room Fives Favourite Flowers

This week, we have been making statistics posters. Lucy, Alana and I  made a poster about our classes favourite flowers. The choices were roses, hibiscus, poppies and daffodils. Eight people chose roses, two chose Hibiscus, Poppys got three and five people liked Daffodils. This is the poster we made:

Shine Day

This Friday is Shine day. Shine day is when we dress up in bright orange to support victims of domestic violence. This morning we all gathered on the field as Miss Down took a photo of the whole school dressed up in our snazzy orange clothes.  Here are some of the photos:

Shrove Tuesday

Today it's Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday is a celebration before ash Wednesday. This morning, the whole school and Father Bernard gathered under our canopy to burn the palms to use as ashes on Wednesday. Most people celebrate the day with pancakes because it is a good way to use up ingredients, such as flour, milk, eggs and butter. And that's exactly what we did. We went to room one and made pancakes with the juniors. They were delicious! Here are some photos:

Our Play

This week my reading group performed a short play about a family road trip.  The characters were Mum, Dad, Harry, Alice and Jackson.  Everyone in the family was absolutely addicted to their devices apart but not Alice. The play was about their Grandma texting some very strange things while the family was driving. Here is one of the photos of our play:

Mantras

This week in room five we've been making our Mantras. Mantras are quotes or slogans that help people look on the bright side of things, here is the Mantra I picked:

My Pepeha

Sun Smart Posters

This week in class we have been learning about skin cancer and being sun smart. We mostly learned about the hole in the ozone layer. We made posters to tell people to be sun smart, this is my groups poster.

Year six camp 2019

A couple weeks ago the year sixes of 2019 went to M.E.R.C ( Marine Education Recreational Center ) in long bay for camp. The very first thing we did there was go to our dorms and unpack, which wasn't hard at all. Then when we finished unpacking we had morning tea, which was delicious! For my groups first activity we did archery. Archery was so fun but was also very hot. After archery we headed back and had our lunch. And continued our activities when suddenly the smoke alarm went off, but luckily it was just a malfunction. My Favourite activity was stack'em, here is a photo of me stacking milk crates:



Some other activities were giant paddle boarding, kayaking, abseiling, orienteering, the giants ladder, rock climbing, and raft building.  Camp was the most fun experience ever!

Our First Week Back

Now it's 2019 and I'm in room five with Mrs Drummond. This week we made a class puzzle and we found out what leadership role we got. On the puzzle pieces we have our name, and pictures of things we like. On mine I have a tiger because they are my favourite animal, a slice of pizza , and a trampoline because I like tumbling. For my year six leadership role I got PE/PA ( Physical education / Physical activities ). We help teachers with sports equipment and P.E.