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My Christmas Narrative Writing.

 This week and last week we have been working on a piece of christmas writing. We learnt about Aldi the banana because it's the start of advent and we had to make a christmas piece of writing based on a video that we had to watch. I enjoyed learning about Aldi the banana and writing a story based on Aldi. I found it tricky to write my plan because I had to write my story out of my computer. Next time I would add more to my story. This is my story.

My Parihaka Albatross Feather.

 This week we were learning about Parihaka. We learnt this because this week it is the week that we celebrate Parihaka. I enjoyed learning about Parihaka and creating the feather that we had to make. I found it tricky to find words to describe Parihaka. Next time I would add more words into my feather and put a background in. Do you know what Parihaka is?  This is my Parihaka feather and the meanings of the albatross feather.

Diwali.

 This week we have been learning about Diwali. We learnt this because last week because it was Diwali. For this task we had to make a Rangoli that we copied off a video but we got to chose the colours that we got to do. Do you know what a Rangoli is? I enjoyed doing this task because we got to learn how to make Rangoli. I found it tricky to copy the drawing off the video. Next time I would change the colours and mabey do my own pattern.

Saint Thomas Aquinas

This week we have been learning about our picked saint and my saint that I picked is Saint Thomas Aquinas. We learnt this for our Religious Education this week. I enjoyed drawing my saint and writing the prayer. I found it tricky to draw my saint but I still loved drawing it. Next time I would do pencil before I coloured the picture in so it would be a bit neater. What is your favourite saint? These are the photos that I took of my work.

 

Self Portraits.

 For this task we had to paint self portraits. We learnt this so that we could show it to the assembly and so that we would know how to mix skin colour. Next time I would change my hair colour. I enjoyed learning to make skin colours and hair colours. I found it tricky to keep the paint in the lines. Do you know how to make skin colours and hair colours? When I was glueing my name on I glue it on the wrong side so you couldn't see my name but you can now. This is my self portrait. 

My 2021 Achievements

This week we have been learning how to use canva. I enjoyed learning how to create videos and learning how to animate photos. Next time I would chose a different frame to put the video in. I found it tricky to record myself on canva. Next time I would change the animation of the photos and words so that it would be more interesting. I enjoyed learning how to use canva because for the first time. I found it tricky to animate because it was my first time animating on canva.

RONGOA

 We have been learning about the traditional medical (Rongoa) plants that the Maori used. We learnt this because we are making signs to put in front of plants. Next time I would do my plan on my computer. I learnt a lot from this task. The plant that I chose was harakeke (flax). I found it tricky to nail the steak in. I Found it annoying because the paint keep spilling. i enjoyed nailing the steak on. 

My Service Poster.

 For this task we had to make a service poster on canva. We have just recently learnt how to make pictures and words animated. I enjoyed learning how to animate on canva. Next time I would change my them to something else. I found it tricky to click on the picture because there were pictures over top of them. Do you know how to animate on canva! I hope you like my service poster. We found out that it was better to add it as a gif. Service can come in in different forms but it is most commonly physically. Like someone taking something for someone. 

Faith Poster

This week we have been learning about faith. I enjoyed learning about faith because there is lots to learn about faith and it is really interesting. I found it tricky to get reasons to what faith means to me. Do you know what faith is? Next time I would probably change the bits of information about faith. I found it tricky to to find my own reasons about faith. Next time I would change the background and I would add some more pictures or different ones.

Social Justice Week.

We have been learning about social justice week and the beatitudes. We learn this because it is social justice week. Do you know what social justice week is? Next time I would change my beatitude to a different one so that I could learn about a different beatitude. I enjoyed learning about the beatitudes. Do you know what the beatitudes are? I found it tricky to find a beatitude to learn about. This is my poster.

My Ruru Calendar Art.

Do you know what a Ruru is? Well, for the past two weeks we have been doing our calendar art. We learnt this because it is the time of the year that we do our calendar art. We do calendar art every year and  I love doing it because art is my favourite subject. I found it tricky to stick the crape paper on. Next time I would change the colour of the crape paper and maybe change my bird to a different native bird. This is my Ruru.

My Beatitudes Poster

 This week we have been learning about beatitudes. We learnt this because it was social justice week. Do you know what the beatitudes are? I found it challenging to find a beatitude to focus on. I enjoyed finding a background that fitted the theme. Next time I would change my beatitude so I could make a different symbol and so I could learn about  a different beatitude. We had to make a poster focusing on one beatitude. This is my beatitude slide I hope you like it. 

Do You Think That Trees Are Important.

This week for writing we have been doing our speeches. We did speeches because it was the time of the term that we had to do speeches. We had to write our speeches and then we had to present them to the school because it was the speech semi finals. I liked writing this task because my topic was trees and trees are a really cool topic. Did you like my post about mister wolf guilty? Next time This is my story below. I hope you like it.

Every second, somewhere in the world a soccer field amount of trees is cut down. I strongly believe that people should stop cutting down trees.  I will tell you where air comes from and why trees are important for this. They give us fruit and tyres for our cars. Leaves on trees can change colour. Listen up and I will convince you that we have to save the trees and save our environment!

Firstly, I strongly believe that people should stop cutting down trees because trees provide us with oxygen so that we can live. They take the carbon dioxide that we breathe out, and that is made by cars and factories, and trees turn it into oxygen. In other words, trees breathe in carbon dioxide, and breathe out oxygen. The opposite of what humans do. This process is called photosynthesis. If we keep cutting trees down, we will eventually have only a little bit of oxygen left and too much carbon dioxide, which is bad for us and the environment. I think people should stop cutting trees down. Don’t you?

Secondly, trees can provide fruit and I think that fruit trees are very important for us. Do you like fruit? Trees provide apples, oranges, bananas, coconuts and apricots. All of these come from trees. If we cut down all of the fruit trees we won’t have any healthy food for us. Can you imagine the world with no fruit? That would be terrible. Because fruit trees are trees, they can also provide oxygen for us. That makes them important for the world in two different ways. So we have to look after our trees for two reasons.

Thirdly, I think that trees are beautiful and very cool? Do you? Well I do and I want to convince you to think that they're cool. Because they are. In autumn their leaves can change from green to orange to yellow to red and lots of different colours. Trees can only change colour in autumn and winter. Trees that change colour are called deciduous trees. The changing colour is the leaves dying and the tree starting to hibernate for the winter. Some trees never change colours. They just stay green. These trees are called evergreen trees and I guess you know what that means. Trees can start to bloom in spring and if you haven’t seen a blossom tree I highly recommend you look out for it at the moment. I think this is an amazing example of God’s beautiful creation.

In this piece of writing I have stated where air comes from, that they can give us fruit and how trees are cool in autumn. Now look out there at our beautiful trees. Do you still want to cut trees down? I don’t, and I hope I have convinced you not to cut trees down.

Is Mr Wolf Guilty.

We were learning how to talk about perspectives. We learnt this because the speeches are coming up and we have to write persuasive. I enjoyed seeing what other peoples perspectives were. Next time I would add some more reasons to persuade more people to agree with me because the wolf was innocent he just swallowed them he didn't kill them. I found it tricky to find reasons for why he was guilty so I didn't put any in because I couldn't find any. This is a video that explained why the wolf isn't guilty.

Yoga.

 For this task we had to do a cosmic kids yoga class. I enjoyed doing this task because recently we played twister and our bodys were really sore so this was nice and relaxing. Next time I would change the photo to when we were saying namaste. I found it tricky to do bowl pose because we had to use lots of our muscles to do that pose. I enjoyed this task because it was based in minecraft and I like minecraft. 

Saint Joseph.

 For this task we had to create a google drawing that had a picture of our saint. I enjoyed finding facts about saint Joseph. Next time I would change my picture. I found it tricky to do saint joseph's hair because every time I got it right it immediately deleted the hair and finally when it did not delete it, it was the wrong shape so I decided to change the line. Next time I would change some of the facts to more interesting. 

My Lego Maze.

For this task we had to create something out of lego. I chose to make a lego maze. I enjoyed making the maze because my dad said to make a hole in the roof that lead to the maze. Next time I would raze the roof a little bit to make the marble run a bit smoother. I found it tricky to support all of the roof so that it wouldn't fall onto the marble. Next time I would make the maze a bit bigger. This is a link to a video about lego and here is another link to a video. These are some of the photos of the maze.

The Amazing Race Three.

 For this task we had to do another amazing race. So far we have done two amazing races and this is our third. At first I thought that we were just going to do one but then I realized that there was a pattern the pattern is that we are probably going to do an amazing race every tuesday. I enjoyed making the statue of a person. Next time I would probably try to make the statue more realistic. I found it tricky to learn the samba, for that mini task we had to pick out of doing the samba or showing of our best soccer tricks. This is a link to a video that is about the world. I hope you enjoy the photos that I took. Can you comment bellow on the my sea turtle blog post.

Let's Learn Tongan!

 For this task we had to create a set of slides that had tongan words and the translated version in english. We also had to use mote to record ourselfs. I enjoyed learning how to use mote because I had never used it before and my sister helped me create an account so I could use it. Next time I would do different words so people could learn more tongan. I Found it tricky to pranounce it right but I gave it my best try so can you tell me if I said it wrong in the comments. Here is a link to a video that helps you learn tongan.