Week 5 relfection

For writing this week we did a poem based off Rodger McGoughs poem The Midnight Skaters. Here is a link to the poem we based it on The midnight skaters. For this poem we focused on the use of personification which is giving an object a human quality. This is what I came up with...

The moon was shining bright

It was starting to get late

The wind was whistling quietly

There was no sound, But wait

A break of silence occurred

They all came out in a heap

The toaster popped,nothing stopped

While every person lays sound asleep

Then suddenly some cutting knives

Started jumping up to fight

As forks watched the action

The spoons flickered the light

Spatulas swam in the sink

While plates piled one by one

Oh what fun they were having

But wait, they’re on the run

The forks jumped in

Ready to be washed

The plates were like Frisbee

In the cupboard they squashed

They hear footsteps of children running down the stairs

It alerted them of the presents of people everywhere

As parents laugh and talk it couldn't help to wonder

Why the spatulas lie and wait with a little tear

Earlier this year we went on a camp to Curious Cove which is near Picton. Our art was based on an activity or scene from camp. Mine is a gurnard in the sea because I was lucky enough to catch one !  

We did more Chinese this week. We worked on writing different characters, here are some we practised...

Week 4 Reflection

For our reading this week we started a new movie with subtitles.

The activity was called surprise subtitles. The movie would get stopped and we would have to remember the subtitle we just read.Here are my results...

Surprise Subtitles

Movie- Charlotte's web

1. Have a good one buddy
2. Good night
3. That’s going to leave a mark
4. Here pig, pig, pig
5. No mud
6. mouldy cheese oh yeah
7. I know brooksie. Just be patient
8. I suppose it does

Also If you are interested in watching the movie here is a summary of what it is about...

The movie Charlotte's web is a story of a pig named Wilbur who was born a runt. Mr. Arable wants to kill him when his daughter Fern asks him to let the little pig live. Her father decides to let Fern keep Wilbur as a pet. Wilbur meets new friends including Charlotte.

We have been learning mandarin for  few weeks now. here are some of the sentences and words we have been learning...

Where is your home?

Nǐ  jiā  zài nǎr?

你 家 在 哪 儿？

My home is in____.

Wǒ   jiā   zài____.

我  家  在_____。

Very glad to meet you.

Hěn gāo xìng rèn  shī  nǐ.

很   高   兴   认   识 你。

Me, too.

Wǒ  yě  shì.

我  也  是

For maths we use a site called Maths Buddy.The task I did was to identify different types of triangles here are some of my questions I answered...

Week 3 Relfection

In maths this week we have been working on multiplying fractions. This is my understanding of how to do it.


For a few weeks now we have been doing an activity for reading called avilll. This is where you watch a movie with subtitles and do activities to go with it. This week we did an activity called take a book to the movies.To do this activity we get into groups of 4 and have a dictionary ready. The movie will get stopped and the hardest word on that subtitle will get looked up by one person in the group. These are my results...

Take a dictionary to the movies

Word (Perfectly Spelled)	Definition (Choose the best, which is like the way the word was used in the movie)
1.Misinterpretation	Interpret wrongly
2.Queasy	Having the feeling that one is about to vomit
3.Indistinctly	Unable to be seen or heard clearly
4.exhales	To breath out from the lungs
5.Squeal	A prolonged shrill sound or cry

We are currently having mandarin lessons once a week.These are some words we were practising... 

Week 1-2 Reflection

Last week for reading we watched a movie with subtitles. This activity was to remember the subtitles you have just read. The movie would get stopped at a certain time and you had to remember the subtitle you just read.These are my results...

Surprise Subtitles

Movie - Holes

1. (hip hop music plays)
2. Yeah, so
3. (thunder rumbles)
4. (Laughter fades)
5. (gasps)
6. ( music continues)
7. Aaah, ah
8. But no biggie
9. (indistinct talking)
10. (Thudding)

Banqer

Also we have been using a website called banqer. The website helps us learn about banking and money. We get given banqer money when we are spotted doing something good or finish something on time. We have a list of top savers and I was one of the top savers to have money in my savings.

Catching a gurnard writing

We Are Learning To: Write a descriptive piece of writing.

A few weeks ago Syndicate 4 went on a camp to the Marlborough Sounds. We made a piece of descriptive writing about something that was exciting or interesting to us. This is what I have created.

Here's a link to a video of our fun at camp.

Curious cove camp video 

Understand different angles

My haiku poem

Has 3 lines

Line one has 5 syllables

Line 2 has 7

Line 3 has 5

The ice drips slowly

The wet rain pours heavily

That is called winter

The sun is shining

All of the birds are chirping

Its summer to me

The plants are growing

All the flowers are blooming

It is the forest

It pours down quickly

dripping of the trees

That is the  rain

All the trees go bare

As the leaves slowly hit the ground

What season is it?