Culture Club - Country Inquiry

Recently in my classroom we have done an inquiry about different countries around the world.
We got to choose our countries so my buddy Carys and I chose the country Argentina.

We included lots of information their national dish, national outfit and much more.
We dressed up in a really cool Argentinian outfits and even had a red flower in our hair.
We also brought a national dish. The dish we brought was kebabs with chimichurri sauce, it was delicious.


Here is our slideshow with our presentation that we made.



I loved this experience and have learnt so much about different countries.

Kapa Haka Festival!

Recently at our school we participated in a Kapa Haka festival.

This festival is for schools all around Gisborne, our school participates every second year.

It was so much fun and we had been practising for a very long time.

Some of the songs we sang in our bracket were Tu mai ra, Ti hei, Purea nei, E Minaka ana and He honore! I enjoyed this experience so much and wish I could do it again.

Here are some photos of us at our performance.. 

Here are all the front row girls that got to wear a special pui pui!
These are also the outfits that we performed in.

Here is us performing one of our songs on stage.
I am the third one along in the line.

CCA ~ VOCAB

In class we are reading a book called Mrs Frisby & The Rats Of Nimh.
We are reading it for Chapter Chat. Chapter Chat is a New Zealand based company. Many classes around the whole country have signed up to read a certain book every term. Every class has to read a certain amount of pages every week. After we have read the amount of pages assigned to our class we have to answer questions about the story. We also do activities relating to the story. This week I chose to do the vocabulary activity. The vocabulary activity takes words out of the story and we have to find the definition of the words. There are 6 words in total. After you have done your activity you can post it on twitter where everyone that does Chapter Chat can see it. Here is my vocabulary activity!

Graffiti, Art Or Vandalism?

In my reading group we have reading activities that we have to complete each week. This weeks activity was making 3 - 4 google slides present what we think about graffiti. Do we think graffiti is vandalism or art? Here are my slides!

Blog Post Review

In my class we have blogging buddies, my blogging buddy is Summer W.

Last week in class we did an activity in my classroom which was to review one of your blogging buddy's  
blog posts. We also have a blog post rubric in my class that we have to follow. Our teachers gave us a
challenge to take one of our blogging buddies blog post and rate it using the blog post rubric.
We had to add up all their points and then compared them. I did my presentation on a google slide.
Here is my presentation..

Summer W got an 11 out of 15!!

Speech

At my school we are doing speeches. Speeches is when each student picks a persuasive topic and has
to write a 2 - 3 minute speech. We stand up in front of our class and present our main points in our speech.
Then your class does a vote for whose speech they liked the best. It is based on how clear you spoke,
how interesting it was, how much humor there was, etc; My speech topic for this year is Why Gisborne
should stop discharging sewage into poverty bay. Everyone in my class has to do a planning worksheet,
we used the hamburger model. If you don’t know what the hamburger model is, it is a planning worksheet
that helps you see your ideas more clearly. Here is my filled out hamburger planner.

CCA - Vocabulary

In class we are reading a book called The Little House On The Prairie. We are reading it for Chapter Chat. Chapter Chat is a New Zealand based company. Many classes around the whole country have signed up to read a certain book every term. Every class has to read a certain amount of pages every week. After we have read the amount of pages assigned to our class we have to answer questions about the story. We also do activities relating to the story. This week I chose to do the vocabulary activity. The vocabulary activity takes words out of the story and we have to find the definition of the words. There are 11 words in total. After you have done your activity you can post it on twitter where everyone that does Chapter Chat can see it. Here is my vocabulary activity!

`

Marakai Results!

Hi recently at my school we had a cooking competition called Marakai! Marakai means garden food. The reason it's called Marakai is because we have to use 5 ingredients from our own school garden. The ingredients we use were kale, bok choy, spinach, lemongrass, and spring onion.
I did a dish with one of my friends named Bella you can look at her blog too! Here is the link http://wbsisabellas.blogspot.com/

We made Chicken And Bok Choy Gyozas With A Lemongrass Infused Dipping Sauce And A Side Of Nori Miso Soup. Here is us making the dish.

We won the school competition and moved on to regionals! At regionals we cooked the same dish except there were a lot more people there. Here is our dish that we made!

We won two certificates! The first one was the best main dish and the second one was the most independent workers! We also won a $10 voucher for our school to bunnings! Here is us holding our prizes!

 Here is the recipe if you would like to try it for yourself!

Hana and Bella’s Marakai Recipe-

Chicken and bok choy gyozas with lemongrass infused dipping sauce

1x Chicken breast

1 cup mixed greens [parsley,spinach,bok choy, kale]

3 cloves garlic

1 tablespoon grated ginger

Half spring onion

Half teaspoon salt

20 dumpling wrappers

2 tablespoon soy sauce

2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce

1 stalk lemongrass

Place chicken, garlic, spring onion and ginger in a food

processor. Pulse until coarsely chopped, add mixed vegetables and salt, pulse till mixed.

Place big teaspoons of the mixture into the wrappers and seal together with water.

Dipping sauce:

Using only the root half of the lemon grass bash with a wooden spoon until bruised.

Using the lemongrass shake together the soy sauce and sweet chilli.

To cook gyoza.

Bring one cup of water and one tablespoon of soy sauce to boil in frypan. Place dumplings carefully in with a lid for five minutes.

Zoological Writing Comp

In my writing group we entered a writing competition. Our writing competition had to be about animals and the animals still had to have the same traits. Recently I have gotten a new puppy! I decided it would be a perfect topic for my story. Here is my story.

THE STORY OF MY NEW PUPPY

As the Eastern light rose above the shore line and the daylight was captured within the creases of the land, subtle chirping woke everyone in the neighbourhood. This morning a  young puppy was in for a surprise.

As I wandered through the sand dunes of Wainui beach, I found myself being drawn towards a long driveway. The harsh Autumn breeze rushed through my disheveled fur causing shivers to run down my spine. While I made my way swiftly up the winding driveway I found my hind legs slowly getting tired. After a steep climb, I was at the entrance to a house. Anxiously, I let out a desperate growl to indicate that I was there.

I heard a small squeal, “puppy!” A young girl came rushing outside, clearly expressing her excitement. Afraid, I rushed around the corner. Flashbacks were running through my head, my previous experience with people wasn’t so good. “Where are you?” The young girl was eager to find me. Heavily breathing I quickly looked around for an exit, but it was too late. She had me in her firm grip and was taking me inside.

Anxiousness was quickly replaced with a sense of comfort and relief as the warmth of the house permeated through me, thawing the coldness from by body. Moving past the entryway into the interior of the house, the young girl presented me to her unsuspecting parents. “Look what I found.” At first the faces of her parents seemed to express confusion, but this was quickly followed by welcoming smiles. Her mother suggested she introduce me to the other two puppies who were curiously peering through the window.

The young girl opened the door leading down into the hallway and the two puppies rushed towards me. As my paws met the ground, our heads clashed together and our noses touched. Their breath smelt unfamiliar, a combination of foreign spices mixed with poor dental hygiene. While I was intrigued by the new encounter, I rushed past them both, to find the source of the spicey scent. Guided by my nose, I scoured the area and found a shiny steel bowl, isolated in the corner of the kitchen. Exhilarated at finding the source of the scent, I impatiently lept toward the bowl, burying my nose inside. My tongue overtook my nose as I devoured a lonely remnant.

My mouth salivated, as the flavour of the dish exploded within my mouth. Every taste bud tingled. As the food absorbed into my system, a fiery sensation rose from within the walls of my snout.

Overcome by pain I questioned my actions. Whimpering, I looked upward trying to identify a remedy to this foreign sensation. Hopelessness ambued my mind until I felt the young girls grip around my body. She picked me up and cradled me in her arms despite the discomfort, I now knew that I was safe.   

 

The Story Of Matariki Slide Show

Last week I presented a google slideshow to my reading group about the story of Matariki.

If you don't know what Matariki is it's a cluster of stars that represent the new maori year. There are many legends about Matariki, Here is one of them!

Matariki Star

In class lately we have been learning about Matariki. Matariki is a cluster of stars and the stars are a symbol of the new Maori year. An art challenge we had in Moana 2 was to make one of the seven stars of Matariki. My group chose to make Matariki. This is our art work. 

Smart Surfing Poster

In school we have a program called Manaiakalani that teaches us things about staying safe on the internet and how to be cyber smart! Recently we have been learning about smart surfing. Smart surfing is finding exactly what you need in one search. In my class we had to make a poster giving some tips about smart surfing. Here are some of my tips.
My first tip is to use keywords while searching, in order to find more accurate results.
My second tip is to make sure to be specific to the topic to find better results.
My third tip is when using information off the internet make sure to check three other websites to make sure the information is correct.
Those are all my tips my tips!

Story Bird Poem

Today in class we got given a picture and 100 words to make a poem. I found it challenging because there were lots of words that weren't there that I wanted to use. I had to choose the words very carefully and a helpful word to keep in mind was succint. Overall I really liked this activity.

Attributing Images

Lately in class we have been learning how to attribute images, which means to use only copyright free images and give credit to the original owner of of the picture. Here is my example!

Kawa Of Care

Charlie, Mahia and I created a poster talking about The Kawa Of Care. The Kawa Of Care main idea is a poster talking about how to be cyber smart and cyber safe. It also tells you how to care for your chromebook or any type of laptop carefully. You won't get into any trouble online if you follow the steps on the kawa of care poster. It is important that you are responsible on the internet when your younger because when your older and looking for a job people could search you, and find something silly you did when you were younger. That is called a BAD digital footprint. A GOOD digital footprint example would be if somebody searched

your name and saw a really good quality report on why we should keep the earth healthy. That is just one example of a GOOD digital footprint there are many other examples.
If You want to stay really safe you can follow these great steps on how to make a good comment.
1. Start with a greeting "Hi."
2. Compliment the author on their work "I Like.."
3. Does the blog post remind me of something similar? Make a connection.
4. Add more information.
5. Ask a question.
6. Re-read for sense - does my comment make sense?
7.Check for spelling and punctuation
8. Check with the teacher
9. PUBLISH

How I Plan My Week

Hi, this is how I plan my week. I plan my week through a digital timetable. It is pretty easy to fill in once you have filled it in a couple of times. Let's start.

Step one: First you get sent an email from your teacher, I usually get an email from Matua Fergus. The email is telling you what options you have to select for your groups, writing, maths, reading, te reo, and physical education. the email is an link that leads you to a google form.

Step two: This step is pretty basic! Once you have clicked on the link that leads you to the google form, you select which group suits you the best. everyone has to select at least one group for each activity. Once you have finished that, you check it so you are happy with your answers. Then you submit your form.

Step Three: Next you go onto the Moana Learning Hub. The Moana Learning Hub is our class website. We get updates and all of the information that is needed for our learning. If you go onto Moana Learning Hub website, and scroll down on the homepage you will find a clock image. That image is a link to our class timetable. When you click on the image, it will lead you to the class time table.

Step Four: Once you are on the shared timetable you find your name. Then there will be a line of boxes under your name. Next to your name you will have all the times of the day. Some will be blocked because your teachers want you to do a certain thing. Blocked means you can not change that box. Once you have found your name you can start writing what your week is going to be like! For example, if I had a maths workshop at 11:30, then I would write in the 11:30 box, "Maths workshop." It is very important that you also put what teacher you will have for that workshop. Just using the initials of your teachers name is a good way to save space.

Step Five: So once you have filled in all of your timetable with workshops, you will notice that there will be gaps in your timetable. So, to fill the gaps, go back to the Moana Learning Hub, and just under the clock image there will be a purple slide named, "Links To Learning Activities." On that slide there will be a lot of learning options that you can choose from. For example there is the basic facts challenge or the read to self. There are many different options that you can choose from to fill in your timetable. You have to do all of these activities at least once in that week.

Step Six: Now you have sorted out what activities you want to do, you fill in the gaps with these other non-workshop activities. Remember to always pick the activities that you need to do first, not the ones you want to do.  

Step Seven:  Now you have done your timetable for this week. Remember to keep on task. Every task is thirty minutes so keep on task and be prepared for next week's timetable!

Written By: Hana

Welcome to my blog

Hi my name is Hana, I'm a year six at Wainui Beach school Gisborne, New Zealand. I like Horse riding, Surfing and listening to music. I will be sharing my learning experience at Wainui Beach with you so I hope for quality feedback on my posts!