For the last 5 days at Wainui Beach School 2018 we are doing a small inquiry, called Diving Deep In December. We have been assigned 4 tasks to finish relating to helping poverty problems. Our teacher, Koka Jess, sent us this slideshow with the tasks- it is down below. The last task, number 4, is to go through old stuff which are not used any more in our households so that we can up-cycle them into Christmas gifts for people living in poverty, who can't afford to buy gifts. We have the rest of this week to finish the tasks to a high standard. Once we are finished we will donate the gift boxes to charities. My teacher is hoping to get in contact with the Gisborne Herald so that some of our writing can go in the newspaper. Last term I made a quote, and I think nobody else made it up, 'Humble is helpful'. I think that is relevant to this inquiry topic...
Tuesday 11 December 2018
Monday 10 December 2018
Great Greece!
In my learning hub we each picked countries to do research on. We had the option to be with a buddy or to be an individual. Kya and I chose Greece, the theme we chose (which was also an option) was postcards. On every second slide we had writing on a postcard and the slide before that one was the postcard cover. On the postcards we made up countries, suburbs, postcodes and addresses to pretend we were sending a literal postcard. We also created a video on powtoon but I couldn't upload that.
Anyway, here is our slide show.
Anyway, here is our slide show.
Tuesday 4 December 2018
Kapa Haka Festival!
On the 21st of November our school entered the Turanganui Kapa Haka festival. We sang about 6 songs! There were so many schools, every one of them were amazing singers. I may have mucked up on the poi but I reckon nobody noticed. We performed at the A+P showgrounds.
In the morning while we were at school, the teachers were putting mokos on our chins and for the boys it was their entire face. The girls had their hair half up half down with a bright, yellow feather sticking out of our hair. Later on, around morning tea time us girls put on our dresses 👗. The boys had to come to school with black shorts because they were doing the haka.
Time passed by and we were hopping on the bus. Kya and I sat in our seats while the other girls on our bus were screaming, singing and playing hand games. About 15 minutes passed and we were there. When we got in the big building, we took a seat below the stage. One school went then after that we went back out into a gazebo. We stayed in there for a while. After that we grabbed our poi and went back into the building through the back door to backstage. It wasn't long until we were up on stage performing our significant school song. When we were done, we went back on the bus, back to school. That was the end.
In the morning while we were at school, the teachers were putting mokos on our chins and for the boys it was their entire face. The girls had their hair half up half down with a bright, yellow feather sticking out of our hair. Later on, around morning tea time us girls put on our dresses 👗. The boys had to come to school with black shorts because they were doing the haka.
Time passed by and we were hopping on the bus. Kya and I sat in our seats while the other girls on our bus were screaming, singing and playing hand games. About 15 minutes passed and we were there. When we got in the big building, we took a seat below the stage. One school went then after that we went back out into a gazebo. We stayed in there for a while. After that we grabbed our poi and went back into the building through the back door to backstage. It wasn't long until we were up on stage performing our significant school song. When we were done, we went back on the bus, back to school. That was the end.
Monday 26 November 2018
Cafe Day!
On Thursday November 1st our Moana Learning Hub held a cafe day. We decided to do this for last terms topic, actions speak louder than words. Our goal was to invite elderly from our community to serve them with food and drink for free!
In the morning we started to set up. Tables and chairs were coming in, vases and flowers, table cloths, fragile China, bunting, food and lots more! As we set up, the rain was doing its thing outside. After maybe an hour and a half of pushing and tidying we were finished. We chose our badges and waited for people to arrive.
When orders started coming in we were pouring cups of tea and coffee in the kitchen. Charlie K, Karma, Henry, Bjorn and I were caterers. The boys were in charge of the coffee and the girls took orders and poured cups of tea. More and more orders started coming in and the stress started to come in as well. Some performers took the stage while people enjoyed their meals.
Slowly the people were leaving. When we finally got to the end, the rain kept going down and we carried tables back to classes. The hall didn't look as beautiful as it did before. Our goal was a success and we went back to class.
In the morning we started to set up. Tables and chairs were coming in, vases and flowers, table cloths, fragile China, bunting, food and lots more! As we set up, the rain was doing its thing outside. After maybe an hour and a half of pushing and tidying we were finished. We chose our badges and waited for people to arrive.
When orders started coming in we were pouring cups of tea and coffee in the kitchen. Charlie K, Karma, Henry, Bjorn and I were caterers. The boys were in charge of the coffee and the girls took orders and poured cups of tea. More and more orders started coming in and the stress started to come in as well. Some performers took the stage while people enjoyed their meals.
Slowly the people were leaving. When we finally got to the end, the rain kept going down and we carried tables back to classes. The hall didn't look as beautiful as it did before. Our goal was a success and we went back to class.
Tuesday 20 November 2018
Craft Fair
On November the 17th we had our School Craft Fair!
There was lots fun rides including sumo wrestling and pony rides (and lots more). Not only that but there were TONS of stalls, including school ones and other peoples. Kya and I ate lunch at the fair, she had nachos and I had a beef burger. There were quite a few choices for food so later on I had a real-fruit ice-cream. We went on this ride where we had to stand on pillar sort of things holding big 'sticks' (not actual sticks, rubber ones with rubber 'weights' on each end) and had to knock each other down onto the bouncy platform within the time given. We also did sumo wrestling.
I had a great time at the Craft Fair. Eating, playing and bumping into people we know. The traditional, annual craft fair, except this time the hangi wasn't on the same day (we still haven't had it) and unfortunately no dunk the principal.
Overall I had a blast! I definitely recommend coming to our craft fair next year if you live near or in Gisborne. Here are some pictures:
There was lots fun rides including sumo wrestling and pony rides (and lots more). Not only that but there were TONS of stalls, including school ones and other peoples. Kya and I ate lunch at the fair, she had nachos and I had a beef burger. There were quite a few choices for food so later on I had a real-fruit ice-cream. We went on this ride where we had to stand on pillar sort of things holding big 'sticks' (not actual sticks, rubber ones with rubber 'weights' on each end) and had to knock each other down onto the bouncy platform within the time given. We also did sumo wrestling.
I had a great time at the Craft Fair. Eating, playing and bumping into people we know. The traditional, annual craft fair, except this time the hangi wasn't on the same day (we still haven't had it) and unfortunately no dunk the principal.
Overall I had a blast! I definitely recommend coming to our craft fair next year if you live near or in Gisborne. Here are some pictures:
Wednesday 14 November 2018
Wonderful William!
In my reading group, Huia, we have an assignment to share some information about William Shakespeare, and explain why we think his writing is still valued to this day. We were instructed to make 3 slides with our information (title and end pages not included) and present to the rest of our reading group on the deadline date. Since I have finished, I have made a blog post sharing the information I have collected to share to you. Enjoy!
Thursday 8 November 2018
'Amazing' Athletics
Yesterday (6.11.18) it was athletics day. It went all day and yet we had to finish the rotation this morning. We got to wear our house colours and could bring $3 for an ice-cream or ice-block- this was a fundraiser for the children of Samoa.
Yesterday for sprints I came last on my first race and tied with a friend on the 200m sprint. I'm not sad or mad that I didn't get a placing because I tried and I'm proud of what I achieved. Later on at long jump, I did a bit better. I was confident and went further than I anticipated. Today we did ball throw and high jump. High jump was a choice so I decided not to. I watched the Y6 girls and Y3 boys do their thing on high jump, while the others like me played twisted, concentration and other games. Moving on to ball throw I waited in line for a while, when it was my turn I think on one of my throws I threw 11.3m. That's all I heard though. When we were done, it was already morning tea.
Yesterday for sprints I came last on my first race and tied with a friend on the 200m sprint. I'm not sad or mad that I didn't get a placing because I tried and I'm proud of what I achieved. Later on at long jump, I did a bit better. I was confident and went further than I anticipated. Today we did ball throw and high jump. High jump was a choice so I decided not to. I watched the Y6 girls and Y3 boys do their thing on high jump, while the others like me played twisted, concentration and other games. Moving on to ball throw I waited in line for a while, when it was my turn I think on one of my throws I threw 11.3m. That's all I heard though. When we were done, it was already morning tea.
Wednesday 31 October 2018
All Around The World!
I have made a slideshow with each letter of the alphabet. On each slide there is one letter, I have put countries that start with those letters with some facts and a flag. See for yourself.
Wednesday 24 October 2018
Bird Of The Year 2018
This year the Kereru won New Zealand Bird Of The Year 2018 with 5,833 votes! I voted for the Takahe which is in serious trouble where as the kereru is doing ok. You might be confused but that is what the Bird Of The Year website says. Personally I think the Takahe should've won, it had 1,863 votes and as I said is in serious trouble. I still like kereru but they are very common and are doing ok. All I'm trying to do is raise awareness for the takahe so that people don't hunt them down.Tuesday 18 September 2018
My Capital E Show Review
I wrote a show review on The Capital E Show. They were fantastic! The star rating is from this website.
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Friday 24 August 2018
Adding Unlike Fractions
Hi, in my Stage 6 maths group with Koka Pip we were learning about adding unlike fractions. I've made a screencastify teaching you how to do it. I hope you enjoy it! Click the screen to see the transitions.
Thursday 9 August 2018
Thursday 2 August 2018
Pumping Up My Sentence
In my writing group we were learning about Pumping up our sentences so that our writing is more interesting to read. Check out some of the work I have been doing below.
Pump up your sentence!
WALT: use different sentence structures for effect.
Short sentences: (3-4 words only)
I enjoy Horse riding.
Hana enjoys Horse riding.
We love horse riding.
Compound sentences: (a comma is used, then a conjunction)
Horse riding also involves grooming, so we groom the horses.
We need to wear a helmet when we are horse riding, so we wear helmets.
It’s better to use a saddle when horse riding, therefore I use a saddle.
Subject first:
Horse riding is fun.
Horse riding is a sport.
Horse riding is great.
Adjectives first: (describe the subject)
Sticky mud dries up on the hooves of the horse.
Soft fur is activated after grooming.
Heavy saddles are lifted onto the horse.
Adverbs first: (how is the doing happening? Comma after adverb)
Carefully, I jump over the painted logs.
Galloping, the horse runs away.
Gracefully, I watch Teifi Canter.
Pump up your sentence!
WALT: use different sentence structures for effect.
Short sentences: (3-4 words only)
I enjoy Horse riding.
Hana enjoys Horse riding.
We love horse riding.
Compound sentences: (a comma is used, then a conjunction)
Horse riding also involves grooming, so we groom the horses.
We need to wear a helmet when we are horse riding, so we wear helmets.
It’s better to use a saddle when horse riding, therefore I use a saddle.
Subject first:
Horse riding is fun.
Horse riding is a sport.
Horse riding is great.
Adjectives first: (describe the subject)
Sticky mud dries up on the hooves of the horse.
Soft fur is activated after grooming.
Heavy saddles are lifted onto the horse.
Adverbs first: (how is the doing happening? Comma after adverb)
Carefully, I jump over the painted logs.
Galloping, the horse runs away.
Gracefully, I watch Teifi Canter.
Wednesday 4 July 2018
Rotor Motor!
Me and my best friend Kya were buddies for our science fair project this year. Our science fair project question is: Which rotor design is the most efficient when it is powered by wind? And here is some images of the finished product:
And this is what the school hall looks like now:
Winter Quickwrite
Each week, everyday we have to make a quick write apart from home room Friday. The teacher will write up a story starter on the whiteboard then when we schedule a quick write time, we use the story starter then write our story! This was the story starter for this quick write: Frosty footprints were all that were left... And this is my story:
Tuesday 26 June 2018
DLO Subtraction
Hi, today I have a friendly potato who is going to show you this maths strategy. Click the slideshow to reveal the maths!
Storybird 2
Hello again this is my second storybird this year. It is based on a girl trying to round up her chickens, but the chickens are too fast for her. Here it is:
Time's tables fun
Welcome back to my blog. In Moana learning hub we use this website to practice our times tables. When I saw some of the blog posts of room 5 learners from Saint Piers it reminded me that we do that website as well so I decided to make one too. I made a slideshow showing you how to use it.
Friday 15 June 2018
My Imagination - Storybird Picture Book
I've been working on this storybird picture book for a few days now, editing and replacing words. It's been really fun. But now it's time to show it to the world!
My Imagination
By Perle
Thursday 14 June 2018
My Messy Room
Hi today I made another storybird poem. This time it was about this girls messy room.
P.S the cats name is socks.
P.S the cats name is socks.
Wednesday 13 June 2018
Let's learn about graphs!
Me and my friend Kya created this slideshow to teach you how to make graphs on google spreadsheets!
Term 2 Time table!
This term we have updated our time table ! It's still basically the same except we got separated into different groups: Teacher Directed, Self Managed, Self directed and Self agent, I'm Self agent. We no longer click on a clock image, now I click on This confetti picture with Koka Ngaire which is down below. I think this much more efficient for me because it is not as glitchy as our previous time table. This is what my time table looks like at the moment:
Thursday 24 May 2018
My Storybird Poem
Today the Moana collaborative classroom went on a website called https://storybird.com/create/. Basically we did an assignment with some pictures that we can choose from with 100 words then you make a poem. Here is mine:
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Prove it
Hi it's Perle, welcome back to my blog. This is my Prove It.
WALT: Use the Strategy multiplication in parts with larger numbers. I made a slideshow to explain the method for this strategy. Click the slides to reveal the animations.
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Kawa Of Care Is Great!
Hello again,
My collaborative class have been making Kawa Of Care posters in either groups of 1,2 or 3. To inform people about keeping private information to ourselves when we're online. We have to be mindful that there are some people out there who try to steal our private information to either make money or use our identity to commit identity fraud. Also to hold our laptop with a shut screen and TWO hands. In my two classes we have chromebooks, and if you don't have your own, we have class chromebooks that are kept in a giant blue or grey block that charges them. If you've got your own chromebook you have to store it carefully in your case. This is my Kawa Of Care poster:
My collaborative class have been making Kawa Of Care posters in either groups of 1,2 or 3. To inform people about keeping private information to ourselves when we're online. We have to be mindful that there are some people out there who try to steal our private information to either make money or use our identity to commit identity fraud. Also to hold our laptop with a shut screen and TWO hands. In my two classes we have chromebooks, and if you don't have your own, we have class chromebooks that are kept in a giant blue or grey block that charges them. If you've got your own chromebook you have to store it carefully in your case. This is my Kawa Of Care poster:
Tuesday 20 March 2018
My First Time Using a Digital Time Table!
Hello Again,
Lately me and my collabrative class have been using a digital timetable so that we can be at our workshops at the right place, at the right time, on the right day.
To get to the time table we have to go to our class website, Moana Learning Hub. On the home page there is an image of a clock. Press on it, then it takes you to the timetables. Every weekend our teachers, Matua Fergus and Koka Ngaire, send us an email with a google form with all the options for workshops. We only fill in four days for the timetables, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Why? Because Friday is Homeroom Friday and the teachers plan it for us.
We pick at least one on each topic then add it onto our timetable. Since we don't do workshops every hour, we fill the empty half hours with activities. We find these activities on our class website on a purple slide that says links to learning. There are ten different points on the Links To Learning slide. So when we fill in those empty half hours we put each activity on at least once throughout the four timetable days. I'm feeling pretty confident with this routine, except sometimes I do get a little muddled up with the times and workshops.
This is my Timetable:
Lately me and my collabrative class have been using a digital timetable so that we can be at our workshops at the right place, at the right time, on the right day.
To get to the time table we have to go to our class website, Moana Learning Hub. On the home page there is an image of a clock. Press on it, then it takes you to the timetables. Every weekend our teachers, Matua Fergus and Koka Ngaire, send us an email with a google form with all the options for workshops. We only fill in four days for the timetables, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Why? Because Friday is Homeroom Friday and the teachers plan it for us.
We pick at least one on each topic then add it onto our timetable. Since we don't do workshops every hour, we fill the empty half hours with activities. We find these activities on our class website on a purple slide that says links to learning. There are ten different points on the Links To Learning slide. So when we fill in those empty half hours we put each activity on at least once throughout the four timetable days. I'm feeling pretty confident with this routine, except sometimes I do get a little muddled up with the times and workshops.
This is my Timetable:
Monday 19 February 2018
Welcome to my blog!
Hi I'm Perle, I'm a year six at Wainui Beach School in Gisborne, New Zealand. My mum is from France and my dad is half maori from Gisborne. That makes me MRENCH! The purpose of my blog is for my learning please give me positive feedback.
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