September Reflection

It's the end of another month so it is time for us to reflect on our learning and there has been a lot to reflect on. We have been reading Megamonster by David Walliams which we are all enjoying. We have also been writing persuasive texts and presented our speeches to the class. Then some of us got into the semi finals and then the finals. We have created our Calendar Art and painted pictures of Frida Kahlo, a famous Mexican painter. Our class is also in the middle of a Zombie Apocalypse. We have to work out ways to survive and each day something new happens that we have to consider and change what we are doing to survive. It has been another busy month.

Here's Fynley's reflection:

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

This week was Te Wiki o te Reo Māori / Māori language week. Because of this, we took a Te Reo quiz. We had to place the days of the week (written in Māori) in the correct order. There were some pictures that gave us clues. For example, there was a picture of someone blowing a whistle and as some of us play sports on Saturday, we knew Rāhoroi was Saturday. We also write the Māori days in our handwriting books so some of us remembered them. We also had to do a nature scavenger hunt for Māori shapes, but since it was raining outside, we did the scavenger hunt indoors.

We enjoyed taking the quiz. The pictures on the side of the slide helped a lot. They were hints. 

Finding the shapes with partners was a little more tricky because there weren't many stars in the class, but we found 1!

Click here for the link to the quiz!

And here is Jake L's Scavenger Hunt.

Mr Wolf is Guilty!

At the end of last week, we read Mrs Naden's persuasive text on Goldilocks is Guilty! She thinks Goldilocks is a criminal and should be charged with breaking and entering (Goldilocks entered the bears cottage without permission when they were not home), theft (she ate their porridge) and criminal damage to property (she broke Baby Bear's chair).

This week we had to come up with reasons why and why not Mr Wolf is guilty of first degree murder. After that, we chose which side we were on and wrote persuasive texts. We are learning to structure and had to think carefully about our paragraphs. We are getting ready for our speech competition next week.

Here's Leyla's speech on why Mr Wolf is NOT guilty.

Is Mr Wolf Guilty of First Degree Murder?

I firmly believe that Mr Wolf is not guilty of first degree murder. Throughout this piece of writing, I will outline three reasons why I think that.

Firstly, he did not actually kill grandma- the wood-cutter chopped her out fully intact and alive. She was not harmed in any way, and neither was Little Red Riding Hood. They were both un-marked and just a little shocked. 

Secondly, he is a wolf. It is their nature to attack enemies, and hunt for their food. There is no way that he would have been able to survive without food. All of the other animals had known by then that he was hunting, and so the only way he could sustain his hunger would be to hunt the little girl and her grandmother. 

Thirdly, there are no animals in jail, because they cannot commit humane crimes, and only attack if threatened, or hungry. Mr Wolf was actually killed by the wood-cutter, so he cannot be sent to jail and accused of murder. 

In the reasons outlined above, I have explained why I think Mr Wolf is not guilty of murder. In fact, the wood-cutter should be sent to jail, because he murdered the wolf. Thank you for listening to my speech.

Here's Camille's speech on why Mr Wolf IS guilty.

I firmly believe that Mr Wolf is guilty of 1st degree murder. Throughout this piece of writing, I will outline four arguments on why I think Mr Wolf is guilty.

Firstly, Mr Wolf broke into Grandma’s house without her consent and permission. This is classified as breaking and entering. This should give him a sentence in prison up to 1 year.

Secondly, he was holding against grandma’s will. He had locked grandma up in a closet. This is known as kidnapping, and this should serve him a sentence in prison for up to 20 years.

Thirdly, he impersonated grandma by putting on her nightgown, her wig and her glasses. He tried to kill red by impersonating grandma. Impersonating a person would serve up to 1 year in prison.

Lastly, I believe Mr Wolf is guilty because he attempted murder. He ate grandma and after that he attempted to eat red next. Attempting murder should serve Mr Wolf up to 10 years in prison.

For all the reasons I have outlined above, I strongly believe Mr Wolf is guilty of first degree murder!

Who do you think is right? Why do you think that?

Coding

Throughout the year we have been learning to code and animate characters. We were given the opportunity to enter a coding competition. This was open to all Intermediate and Primary schools in our region...and James won! He is a champion coder and animator. Ka mau te wehi James!

James' game is here.  

The link to all the prize winners is here.

Thanks to Connex Trust for organising this.

During lockdown, Kylah decided to make an Escape Room for all of the Senior Syndicate students to play.

Click here to find your way to Kylah's Escape Room she has created. See if you can solve the maths and other problems and escape!

Have you ever coded a game or created an Escape Room?

Tongan Language Week

This week is Tongan Language Week. Our challenge was to create a series of slides teaching people to speak simple words and phrases in Tongan. We used Mote so our readers could hear the correct pronunciation.

Here is our online (distance) learning slide:

....and here's how to speak Tongan...

Jakob A

Kylah

Aimie

SHOUT OUT

As always, it's difficult to choose just one person when lots of people have been doing such great learning. But this week's SHOUT OUT goes to someone who has been blogging their fantastic learning, writing extra blogs, commenting on lots of other people's blogs and when they get stuck on Maths Buddy, they go and ask their dad for help.

This week's SHOUT OUT goes to.....drum roll please....