My Poem

My family is like an action fairy tale.

My Dad is the king.

He is strong and brave and he is the one who leads us.

My Mum is the beautiful Queen.

She is always smelling nice and is the one who protects us with her fierceness.

My Brother is the funny joker.

He is always trying to make people laugh by being silly.

My Cat is the sneaky scout.

He is really sneaky and can take out his prey in a second.

My family is an action fairy tale.

My family likes to have fun.

Blog Post

This week is the last week of school. I cannot wait until it is the holidays and when it is Christmas.  I will also miss school is well because I will have nothing to do and it will be pretty boring at times. It is my last year at this school as well, so the year 6's are having a big day out and are going out for our leavers dinner. We are also doing social dancing. Today we had social dancing. It is really boring but we have to do it. There are seven different dances that we have to learn. It is really hard learning all of the footsteps but when you learn them they are all really easy to do.

Blog Post

This week was the last week of badminton. We all arrived there and did our stretches. We did lots of different stretches because otherwise we could really damage our body. For our game we played a game that we had all ready played. It was the paper, scissors, rock game when we had run up to each other and do paper, scissors, rock and whoever won had to run up to the next person until they got out by losing or by passing the line to get a point. Then we learnt a new trick in badminton, the one that everybody had been waiting to do. We would hit the shuttle up and then catch it perfectly on the racket. It was really hard but I finally could do it after a lot of practices. Then we got into our games of badminton. It was 2v2. It was hard facing somebody different every match because everybody had different techniques and so we had to get use to them in a couple of minutes. Finally after a long session of badminton it was time to walk back to school.

Contract

Commonality

What does a dog and a CO2 car have in common?

1. A dog and a CO2 car both go fast.

2. They are both loud sometimes.

3. They both have gas.

4. A CO2 car has 4 wheels and a dog has 4 legs.

5. They can both be a different colour. 

Week 4 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday we had Mrs Calman. On Tuesday we had social dancing practice and we got to go swimming. On Wednesday we went to our final badminton session and we had a Zirka Circus show to see what it would be like if we went. It was really amazing what some people can do being flexible and balanced.    On Tuesday we got to start our CO2 cars and got to go swimming. On Friday we are finishing our CO2 cars and are having assembly.

SO WHAT: I learnt a lot about CO2 cars like what makes them go which is the CO2 canisters obviously and how to make them.


NOW WHAT: My goal for this week was to finish my work so we could go  swimming or to be able to go outside and play a game. I am happy with my goal because I was able to do that and my goal for next week is to finish my CO2 car so that we can race them.

Week 7 Reflection

WHAT:On Monday we had a star test and we started to write a big long story about each day of camp and the teachers will pick the best stories on each day and will put them in the newspaper. On Tuesday we had our first practice of social dancing and wrote about our second day of camp. We also had been planning a boys night out for Room 15 and Room 6 at 7-9 so our parents can come over and see how well we are doing while we got to watch a movie and eat pizza. On Wednesday we went to badminton. On Thursday we had social dancing and got to go swimming. On Friday are having a WIS test and had assembly.
SO WHAT: I learnt how to dance at social dancing with how the footsteps work.

NOW WHAT: My goal for this week was to get all of my work done on time so that we could go outside for a swim or go outside and have free time. I think that I have done that well because I got to go swimming and I got all of my work finished.

Get Ready To Get Thru

For our Reading Activity we made a poster about what to do when there is a thunder storm. It is very important to know what to do in a situation like this.

Week 5 Reflection

WHAT:On Monday we had Mrs Calman. We still did our normal reading, writing and maths rotations. On Tuesday we had the senior school athletics. There were six events sprints, long distance, vortex,  shot put, high jump and long jump. We got a new Habit of Mind which is Finding Humour. On Wednesday we had badminton. First we did our stretches and then we played a game. After that we played on a full court two v two. Then we had a small competition were there would be one court but two people on each side using half a court. It was really challenging using only half. On Thursday after lunch we had Mr Petersen while Mrs Larsen was out of the room for a while.

SO WHAT: I learnt a new badminton grip called the backhand grip. I learnt a new habit of mind which is finding humour and I learnt a new game.

NOW WHAT:  My goal for this week was to finish my art work and I was able to on time but I didn't get to go out for a swim because there wasn't enough people who brought there togs. My goal for next week is to get all of my work done on time so we can either go outside for a game or go swimming.

Athletics

On Tuesday the senior school had athletics. There were six events high jump, long distance, sprints, long jump, shot put and vortex. First of  all we lined up in our age groups and then we walked off to our first event. We had heats and finals in every event but the event that I found was the hardest was sprints. In the heats I came first but in the finals I came 4th.

Our Assembly Play

In Room 15 we did a play called the three little pigs, a wolf and a mud pie. I am Tac one of the three pigs. I am one of the main people along with Tic, Toe and the wolf. Being an all boys class some of us had to be girls with wigs and dresses on and it really made the whole junior school laugh. At first I thought that I was never going to learn my lines in one week but luckily I learnt them the day before the item. Then the next day it was assembly day. I was feeling very nervous in front of everybody but once I  had done the first scene I didn't feel nervous at all.  I was one of the three pigs. I wore a pig mask and a red shirt. At some parts of the play it was really funny like when we did a big dance along with a song.

When the play had finished I really wanted to carry on because I was having lots and lots of fun. Then when we got back in class we had lots of teachers coming in and giving us comments about our play. I felt really relieved that we had finished. I can't wait to do our next assembly item and I wonder what it will be about.

Reading Activity-Evaluation

Evaluation

Gymnastics is too dangerous because:

If you were young you could fall of the high bar and break one of your bones.

You could slip off something and hurt yourself or maybe break your neck.

If you try to do a trick you could accidently fail and really hurt yourself.

Gymnastics isn’t dangerous because:

If you start young and each day take little steps to harder and harder things later on in life you will be used to them and you will be able to do the hard things easier.

You have soft mats to fall on to if you accidently fall. 

Week 3 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday we had bike safety with Constable Val. We all brought our bikes to school to go around a bike circuit without going off. There was a small ramp,  two U turns, a ladder and a stop sign that we used the stop signal on. On Wednesday we had badminton. First we did our stretches, then we had a game, and finally we had a little competition. We had five games each and the winner would go right onto the next court and the the person who lost had to go the back a court. On Thursday we got to go swimming in our school pool. It was funny because Isaiah, Tarron and Keylen went in there undies. For art we are painting our initials but we have to do them with other sections so you cannot notice them. I think that my one will look really cool. Our habits of mind is taking responsible risks. In class we talked about what a responsible and what a irresponsible risk is.

SO WHAT: I learnt how to do a backhand fore grip in badminton. I learnt a new habit of mind and I learnt some more things about bike safety like why we wear a helmet properly.

NOW WHAT: My goal was to get all of my work finished. I think I have done that because I got to have free time in the swimming pool. My goal for next week is to finish my art work and to be able to go swimming again.

My Logo - Contract

For my contract I did a logo for my CO2 car. It is called The Fastest.

Responsible Or Irresponsible Character

Trap, a very bad joker.

For our habits of mind we have been doing responsible risks. So for our habits of mind we got a picture of someone who takes responsible or irresponsible risks from a book because without a risk taker it wouldn't be a fun or interesting book. For my character I did Trap from the book Geronimo Stilton. I think that he is an irresponsible risk taker because he always does jokes on Geronimo that could be very frightening or could even injure him very badly. Trap does jokes like putting a whole bottle of chilly sauce in Geronimo's burger.

CO2 Cars

In Room 15 we are designing our CO2 cars. Instead of racing each other in our class we are going to go  BEYOND just our class we are going to invite Room 5 and Room 6. Last week we started to design our cars on a piece of paper and a small group of others wrote a letter inviting the two other classes. My CO2 cars name is going to be called The Flying Unicorn. My CO2 car is going to be pure white with blue racing lines on the side, in words The Flying Unicorn, a lightning bolt and a small picture of a grey unicorn. On Room 5's blog they have made a sticky when everybody can say what makes a winning CO2 car. If I had won the CO2 car race I would be amazed and very surprised.

Reading Activity

Application

Dear High Bar,

I am so sorry about my poor behaviour with you. I should have not of been so angry and frustrated at the time. I had only acted like that because I am scared of you and because I always get hurt or fail when I try to do something, also because I have had a very embarrassing experience at the Junior National Championships. I had only wanted to be friends and next time I will not act like that. 

From Jake

Week 2 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday it was a public holiday for everyone so they didn't have to go to school or work. On Wednesday Room 15 went to badminton. First we did some stretches and then we got a racket and a shuttle and started to hit the shuttle up and down as many times as we could. Then we played a game and finally had a game of badminton. The first game we won 22-16 and the second game we won 12-8. On Thursday we had another session of Rippa Rugby. We had a fun game and it was really fair. I scored two tries and the score was 6-8 we won. We also have a new habit of mind .Taking responsible risks.

SO WHAT:
I learnt a new game and learnt how to hold a racket properly. I learnt a new habit of mind.



NOW WHAT:
My goal for this week was to learn some new geometry shapes and to get all of my work finished. I didn't get to learn some new geometry shapes so my goal for next week is to learn some more different shapes.

Rippa Rugby

On Thursday's in the afternoon we now go out and do Rippa Rugby sessions with two of the Wanganui rugby people. Last week it was our first week. We all had to run around in a square finding space by having our head up and using our eyes. The two coaches from the Wanganui team look for the people who are going into space using there eyes and having there head up. If they choose you for finding space you can choose a building to have like a chocolate factory, Rebel sports, a skate park or anything that you would like to have in that space. Then we played another game. There were two lines of us facing each other. Jordan one of the Wanganui rugby players gave us a number and when he called that number both of the people had to run to their end and try and dodge the other player to score a try. One of the people had to be a defender and one had to be an attacker.

My Wordle Contract

On Monday Mrs Larsen gave us a new contract sheet to do. There is 12 activities to do and I did a Wordle. For the Wordle I had to write down about how I would feel if I had won the CO2 final race. 

Week 1 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday it was the first day of the term. We learnt how to do Geometry which is 3d shapes and 2D shapes. We also did a Geometry picture and we had to make a picture of something that was just made out of 2D shapes. On Wednesday we did an underwater picture. We had to get three colours, purple, green and blue and then rip some newspaper into long strips of seaweed. We glue them on and dye it with a blue or green. On Thursday we did some more art. We got eight pieces of paper and we had to paint them with sponges and do lots of patterns, blending two colours and mixing two colours. We are now trying out a new maths website called Mathletics. Later on in the day we had a little rippa rugby session with one of the Wanganui players. For this week we also got a new habits of mind which is taking responsible risks and we designed our CO2 cars on a piece of paper.
SO WHAT: I learnt some new rippa rugby moves and I learnt what Geometry was. I learnt some different techniques in art with using sponges and cardboard. I also learnt a new website.
NOW WHAT: My goal for next week is to learn some more geometry shapes and to get all of my work finished.

Geometry Maths

For maths Mrs Larsen showed us some different shapes in geometry. I had never known what geometry was . Geometry is all kinds of different shapes. We learnt some different 3D shapes like the dodecahedron which has twenty sides. Then we had to make a picture of something that is only made out of shapes. Here is mine.

My Holiday

WOW! These ducks are so funny, they can’t tell where we threw the bread to them.  We slowly walked around the lake just admiring the giant, green trees they were just standing still. We saw lots of different kinds of trees, birds, ducks and we even saw a rooster running around the lake having fun. When we got to the end we all sat down and had an ice cream. It was really yum and I am looking forward to the next time I go to the lake.

By Jake

Week 10 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday we had our Carlton School medal ceremony. I got two golds for soccer and hockey and one silver for long distance. We had Philippa Baker-Hogan, a New Zealand rowing champion hand out our medals. We also went to Wanganui Intermediate to look around at the school and try out some of the activities. I was in group 3 and we went to hard materials. We made spinning tops out of wood. Then we went to the science room. First we watched some youtube video's and then did an experiment. At the end the teacher gave us a little bit of sherbet. On Tuesday we had to go to Aranui School to do cross country while the other half of the class went to Palmerston. At Aranui I came 10th out of over 120 people racing. It was very hard and I came the best out of every body in the school. On Thursday we did some art. We did scribble pictures. We had to get a piece of paper and draw lots of scribble lines. We had to choose 3 colours that work well together and colour each section. The habits of mind that we learnt was gathering data through all senses.
SO WHAT: I learnt how to make a spinning top out of wood, I learnt a new experiment, and learnt a new habits of mind.
NOW WHAT: My goal for this week was to finish all of my work on time and do well in class and I think I've done that pretty well. My goal for next week is to do the same thing.

Olympic week closing ceremony

Yesterday it was the Carlton School Olympics closing ceremony. At first I felt pretty sad but happy because then I wouldn't have to get sore muscles and a pulled hamstring again. It had been an awesome adventure and was a pretty sore one at times but I think that it was worth it. After lunch time we all had to line up,  go into the hall and go into our house groups. We had Phillipa Baker Hogan, a gold medalist in the 1992's hand out our medals. When she came in she talked to us all about persisting and her Olympics life. Mrs Larsen called out the bronze, silver and gold medalist for each sport. I got a gold medal for soccer, hockey and a silver for long distance.

Word Of The Week

False
False is a adjective.
false means wrong or made up.
Synonyms for false are fake, bogus, unreal or incorrect.
Antonyms for false are accurate, real, true and correct.
Sentence:
My brother has a false Chicago Bulls hat. You can easily tell that its fake.

Week 8 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday Andrew Little came to our school to look at some of our classes. On Tuesday we had a house meeting because we are going to have a Carlton School Olympics so we had to pick a song and make an Olympic flag. On Wednesday a nutritionist called Nova come to our class and talked to us about healthy eating. On Thursday Mrs O'Connor taught us for the day. We did what's on top, we read a story about farts and did a science experiment. On Friday we went to New world to meet Nova and we all got given a board with a piece of paper that had lots of things about healthy eating. We had to get into a groups of 4 and go around the grocery store searching for foods and we had to write down how much sugar, fat and things like that was in it.
SO WHAT: I learnt how to read labels on the back of grocery items properly. I learnt how to do this very cool science experiment.
NOW WHAT: My goal was to finish all of my work on time and do well in class. I think I've done that pretty well because most of the time we were out doing other things instead of doing lots of work. My goal for next week is to do the same thing again.

Word Of The Week

Addition
Addition is a noun.
Addition means to add.
Synonyms for addition are extension, increasing and to raise.
Antonyms for addition are decrease or withdrawal.
Sentence: Additions are easy for me in maths. I like to increase how good I am at maths.

Word Of The Week

Word of the week:
alteration
Alteration is noun.
alteration means to change.
Synonyms for alteration are switch, turn, shift and adjust.
Antonyms for alteration are mistake and similarity.
Sentence: My new home is an alteration from the last one. It is a big switch around.

Week 7 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday we had Ms O'Connor speak to us in our class. On Tuesday we went to the Gym. It was pretty fun except we weren't allowed to do front flips on the tramp. On Friday it was pyjama day so we had to dress up in our pyjamas and bring a gold coin to donate the cancer society. We also brought 2 dollars to get a muffin. We did a spelling and basic facts test and I scored 88 out of 100.
SO WHAT: I learnt some new and harder spelling words. I learnt what the 6 hands for the Carlton School symbol meant and that is all of the years from year 1 to 6.
NOW WHAT: My goal is to get at least 98 out of 100 next week and get all of my spelling words correct again.

A-Z

        A-Z

         About the Olympics

A-Argentina      M-Mexico

B-Bmxing          N-New Zealand

C-Canada          O-Olympics

D-Denmark       P-Participators

E-Egypt             Q-Queen

F-Fencing          R-Russia

G-Gymnastics   S-Shot put

H-Hungary       T-Triathlon

I-India              U-United states

J-Judo               V-Vietnam

K-Kenya            W-wrestling

L-London          X-Xtreme sports

                           Y-Yemen

                           Z-Zimbabwe

Free Writing

W.A.L.T: Edit information for correct grammar. Add and delete information for more impact.
One day there was a boy named Jake who lived with his Mum, his Dad and his brother Kobie. His brother was his best friend. They are always up to mischief. You can always tell when they are doing something naughty. They would always go for adventures, up mountains, through jungles and in mysterious caves. So one day they had nothing to do and thought they would go for an adventure. So they thought and thought of something to do. Suddenly they had an idea. So they asked there Mum and went out traveling. A couple of hours later they were in somewhere they had never seen somewhere where small things were big and big things were small. They wondered where they were. Another couple of hours later they still could not find a way out of there and it started to get a bit mysterious and scary. They thought how would this place change in just a day because it use to be jungle but now its like a maze?
To be continued. 

Activity

Personification
My town: Wanganui
The river roars underneath the bridge as the swings in the park jump back and forwards. The lake stays still in stealth mode while the trees gossip to each other on the nice summer day. The libary quietly whispers shhhhhh! As the schools are all quite with boringness. The city is overloaded with people when the country side whispers.
That's my town Wanganui.

Week 6 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday and Tuesday we had our same old rotations. On Wednesday we had some Chinese exchange students from Wanganui High School come to our class and show us how to count to 20 in Chinese. Today we went to the gym, had a basic facts test and had a spelling test.
SO WHAT: I learnt how to count to 20 in Chinese and how to write my name in Chinese. I learnt some new harder spelling words and some different basic facts.
NOW WHAT: My goal was to get a much bigger basic facts score and how to count to 20 in Chinese and I think I've done that really well. My goal for this week is to finish all of my work on time so I can have fun time.

Close Reading

Beaver Cloze Fill in the blanks with the words above the paragraph. Beavers
A beaver is an animal that has large front ____teeth_________________ and a large ___tail_________________ on its back.  Beavers live in __dam____________________ that they make by building a ______stream_________________ on a small river or ______ponds________________.
Beavers the Builders
Beavers can cut down _____trees________________ with their powerful teeth. They use the ____twigs_________________ and ____sticks_________________ from the trees to build their dams.  They also use _____mud________________ from the ground to hold everything together and fill in the holes.
Beavers Lodges
				slaps
Beavers ___build__________________ their homes in the middle of their ponds. Their homes are called __ lodges___________________. The entrance to the lodge is __underwater___________________. This helps protect the beavers from _____predators________________. When a beaver sees a dangerous predator like a wolf the beaver _____slaps________________ its tail on the water and hides in the lodge.
The Fur Trade
fur		trappers			warm		hats
			In the past, people called ____ _________________ hunted beavers for their valuable ___hats__________________. Beaver fur is very ____warm_________________ so their fur was used to make ____hats_________________.

Spelling Rules

Blends
Add the blends in the circles to the letters in the box to make words. The letters in the box and the blends will not always make new words when they go together. Choose 3 words and put them into a sentences.
br-awl                     The crab felt a frill while the train went past.
br-ave                     The brave crab had a brawl with the fish.
br-ush                     The crab crawled over to the grave.
cr-ab        
cr-ew
cr-awl
fr-ill
fr-ock
gr-ave
gr-ip
gr-ab
tr-ain
tr-ip
tr-ay

Word Of The Week

worthless
Worthless is an adjective.
Worthless means without value or no use in quality.
Synonyms for worthless are cheap, poor, nothing or useless.
Antonyms for worthless are valuable, worthy and worthwhile.
Sentence: My bike is now worthless after all of the dents and scratches on it. It is just useless after what its been through.

Week 5 Reflection

WHAT:  On Tuesday we did ink prints with leaves. On Wednesday we did a Maori crossword that had all of the Maori days of the week on it. On Thursday we had Kapa Haka and made the string of a poi with a buddy. We did buddy I.T on Thursday as well. On Friday it was wacky hair day for the people in New Zealand that had cystic fibrosis. We did a spelling and basic facts test.

SO WHAT: I learnt how to spell some more difficult words. I learnt how to make ink prints with ink and leaves. I learnt a new website called Build your wild self.

NOW WHAT: My goal was to get all of my spelling words correct and to get a higher basic facts score. I think I've done pretty well because I got all of my spelling words right. My goal next week is to get a better basic facts score.

Free Writing

Once upon a time there lived two young small boys called Brandin and Jake. Jake had blonde hair with blue eyes, his mums nose and his dads mouth. Brandin had brown Justin Bieber hair, blue eyes and about as tall as Jake. They both lived across the road from each other so they always went to each others house to come and play. They were both so naughty that you could always hear them wrestling and fighting BOOM! CRASH! BANG! Jake and Brandin lived in a small village called Old town. It was a small town with only 240 people in it. One day Jake went to Brandin's house. Brandin said that we showed go for a adventure so of they went off going down hills and up mountains to the jungle of Terrazon were there arch enemy lived Isaiah DDD!
To be continued.

Spelling Rules

Short and long vowel sounds
Next to each word identify if the word has a short or a long u vowel sound
punch-short         fruit-long               threw-long
blue-long              through-short        who-long
duck-short           rude-long
bug-short             rub-short
us-short                dull-long
you-long               stew-long

Word Of The Week

Word of the week:

crook

Crook is a noun.
Crook means thief.
Synonyms for crook are villain, cheat and rogue.
Antonyms for crook are law and police.
Sentence: One day a crook person came into our house and stole our PlayStation.
But luckily a villain somehow stopped him and got it back for us.