The Troublesome Job Interview

 Recently we have been working on our Narrative writing. We could choose what we wanted to write about.

Here is my writing:

The Troublesome Job Interview

e-asTTle Narrative Writing Test

Recently we did a e-asTTle Narrative writing test. We had 2 options for our writing to choose from, either the beach or the bush. I chose the beach.

Here is my Writing:

e-asTTle Narrative Writing Test

What is a Narrative?

 Recently we have been learning about what a Narrative actually is. We had to make a slideshow on it.

Here is my slideshow on what a Narrative is:

Bundaberg Ginger Beer

 Recently a lady named Gina from Sport Northland came to our school to talk to each class about different types of drinks. Gina asked my class to reasearch about a different drink that she didn't talk about. I choose to research on the Bundaberg Ginger Beer. 

Here is my slideshow on the Bundaberg Ginger Beer:

Lisa Carrington

 Recently we had to research either an animal, a sporting superstar, or a special event or celebration. I chose mine to be a a sporting superstar. I did mine on Lisa Carrington.

Here is my research on Lisa Carrington:

You may have seen Lisa Carrington on TV at the olympics in Tokyo 2020 when she came New Zealands most sucessful olympian. Lisa Carrington is a 1.68m, 63kg, 32 year old Canoe/Kayak sprinter who has won 5 gold medals and 1 bronze medal all at different olympics. Lisa Carrington was born in Tauranga on 23 June, 1989. When she was eight years old her and her family moved to the scenic coastal town of Ohepe beach near Whakatane. As a child Lisa Carrington played netball and aspired to be a Silver Fern. Lisa Carrington is both Maori and Pakeha. Lisa Carringtons partner is Micheal Buck.

Lisa Carrington attended Whakatane High School and then went onto Massey University in Albany, Auckland and is now studying for a graduate diploma in phychology after already earning a bachelor of arts.

Lisa Carrington first started paddling as a surf life saver and has represented in that sport too. Lisa Carrington first started Canoeing/Kayaking when she was 17 years old in 2006. She has been Canoeing/Kayaking for 15 years now. She is coached by Gordan Walker. Gordan Walker earned the prestigious coach of the decade prize at the Halberg awards. In 2007 the 17 year old represented New Zealand in the K1 & K2 Kayakingat the Australian youth olympic festival. She has been unstopable over the 200m distance since 2011, winning four consecutive world champinship titles and dominating the world cup circut.

Lisa Carrington was named sportswoman of the year at the 2016 Halberg awards before claiming the supreme Halberg award. When Lisa Carrington was 27 years old she became only the third woman to win the top prize in the past decade. Lisa Carrington got to be the olympic flag bearer at the 2016 Rio closing ceremony.

Lisa Carrington is always doing New Zealand proud!

Kate's Adventure

 Recently we had a sentence starter to start our writing. We then had to carry on the story. It was on a girl named Kate.

Here is my story on Kate's adventure:

Since she was young, Kate had known she was different to normal people. It was only now though that her true powers were beginning to be realised. She was becoming the person she was born to be. It was her destiny...to become normal. She had been taken from her bed in a small town from a rather unusual thing, nothing other than an alien. She was now traveling to a place she and not many other people had been before - outer space! She had been thrown into a spaceship at exactly midnight on a cold, miserable night in California. She was trembling with fear and coldness, frightened that she would never ever see her family again. The alien was in the front compartment of the spaceship swerving from side to side. 

“I need to get back to my family!” Kate said, “Well, we’re here now!” said the alien. “We’re not going back until my job is done, which is to fix you!”. Kate was now crying and screaming, but deep inside of her mind she was actually wondering what could happen if the alien fixed her brain. Kate had a disease in her brain called Neurodegenerative disease which causes your brain nerves to deteriorate over time, it can change your personality and can cause confusion. It can also destroy your brain’s tissue and nerves. Kate had only just been diagnosed with the disease, so her brain hadn’t been destroyed. The alien  could possibly change her life forever and she would finally be like a normal person. The spaceship landed in a hurry bouncing off wherever they were. The alien came out of the front compartment and grabbed Kate by her t-shirt and hauled her into this building that was completely white and plain.

The alien threw Kate into a funny shaped machine that was shaped like a cylinder, it looked like it had been transformed from a hot water cylinder into a machine that could possibly change everything in Kate's life. Kate sat down on the provided seat that was in the machine, it was a bit tacky but Kate thought, if this is going to change my life I will sit there. She could hear the alien talking to someone, but she couldn’t understand the language. Then she heard buttons going “beep, bop, boop!”. Then all Kate could see was her going round and round in circles like a tornado, it was getting faster and faster and Kate was starting to feel dizzier and dizzier. It was starting to work, Kate started to feel better. The tornado finally stopped and the door of the machine opened. Kate was finally normal. The alien grabbed her t-shirt again and dragged her back to the spaceship.

Lockdown Sense Poem

 Recently we had to write a poem about our feelings while we have been in lockdown. 

Here is my Poem:

Happiness is a patch of flowers blowing slightly in the wind.

It smells like spring daffodils ready to pick.

It tastes like fresh spring wind.

It sounds like a journey yet to discover.

It feels like a soft spring present that comes every year.

It looks like spring is finally here.

My Word Cloud

 Recently for our work online we have been learning about fitness. We had to make a Word Cloud creation, our Word Cloud creation had to use words that would keep us motivated for fitness.

Here is my Word Cloud creation:

Dojo Point Bingo - Write A Story

For our Dojo Bingo we had to write a story. I choose to write a Haiku poem. 

Here is my Haiku poem:

Dojo Point Bingo Game

 Recently this week while we have been in lockdown my teacher set up a dojo point bingo game. We have a lot of tasks to do!

Here are the tasks:

Chelsea's Lockdown Loaf

 Recently while we have been in lockdown we had to write a recipe that we are going to make. I choose Chelsea's Lockdown Loaf.

Here is the Recipe:

Chelsea's Lockdown Loaf

Ingredients:

• 3 cups plain flour

• 3 teaspoons baking powder

• 2 tsp white sugar

• 1 tsp salt

• 375mls beer

Toppings:

• Finely chopped onion

• Grated cheese

• Sprinkle paprika

• Salt and pepper

• Olive oil

Equipment:

• Oven

• Loaf tin

• Baking powder

• Large mixing bowl

• Spatula

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180℃ regular bake and line a small/medium loaf tin with baking paper.

2. Add the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt to a large mixing bowl. Stir to combine.

3. Pour in the beer and stir again to combine into a stick dough. Scrape into the prepared tin with a spatula and smooth it out.

4. Sprinkle with the toppings and drizzle with the olive oil.

5. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes or until golden brown and looking delicious.

6. Enjoy!

Term 3 Goals

 Recently we have been thinking about what goals we want to set for term 3. 

Here is the link to my goals:

Term 3 Goals

Persuasive Writing - Why our Oceans aren't in Good Health

Recently we have been doing persuasive writing on a whole range of topics on the Ocean. I chose mine to be on Why our oceans aren't in Good Health. 

Here is my Persuasive Writing:

Why our Oceans aren't in good health

 

Production Relfection

 Recently we have preformed our school production to our grandparents & parents. Then we had to write a reflection on it.

Here is my reflection:

Production Reflection

Speech Reflection

Recently we have been working on our speeches and presenting them to our class. Yesterday I presented mine to the whole school in the hall. Today we were reflecting on how our speeches went.

Here is my reflection:

Speech Reflection 

Term 2 Goals

 Recently we have been writing some goals for term 2.

Here is the link to my goals:

Term 2 Goals

Taupo Bay Senior Camp 2020

We have just been at camp. This year we stayed at at Taupo Bay Campground. We were there for 2 nights & 3 days. Our choice was to bring our own tent and sleep with friends, sleep in a cabin with friends or sleep with your siblings. We were in our house groups - Kiwi, Tui, Kereru and Ruru. I am in Kiwi.

We were supposed to go to camp on Wednesday morning, but insead of the weather playing ball it decided to pour down with rain! So we ended up going to camp in the afternoon. Once we got to camp we set up our tents ready for the tent inspection and night time. A tent inspection is when a teacher comes around to your tent or cabin and checks to make sure it is tidy, if your tent is tidy you get your house some house points. If you tent or cabin isn't tidy you don't get as many points. After that we went to the beach for a swim and beach activites, we then went back to camp had showers, and dinner, then dessert, after dessery when then played spotlight and had some Milo for supper. We then had to brush our teeth and go to bed!

On Thusday we got ready for the day and had some breakfast and then had a meeting and got told what we needed to get for the day, and what we were going to do. We met with the jouniors at the beach and did some fun, easy activites with them. The seniors then went back to camp and had lunch. We then got ready for the bus to come and pick us up to go and do the shallow lane cove swimming hole. We then came back and done exactly the same thing as the night before.

On Friday we got ready for the day and had some breakfast and then has another meeting and we were told to go and pack up all of our stuff so that the adults could pack the tents down for us. Next we went down to the beach for kayaking, beach activites and surfing lessons. We then stopped and had lunch as a group and then went back to camp and then we cought the bus back to school. 

Camp was very tiring and exciting! And in the end it turned out to be perfect weather!

Here are some photo's of camp:

Surfing

Learning how to surf

Bush walk

Playground at camp

In the hall with our house group

Northland Holiday

Recently we have been creating a Northland Holiday for our Grandparents.

Here is mine: 

The Flat White

 Recently we have been researching about Kiwi Inventions. We had to choose one New Zealand made invention and write down key words to be able to write an explanation. 

Here is my New Zealand research topic on the Flat White:

The Flat White

Homophones

Recently we have been creating Slide Shows on Homophones. Homophones are words the sound the same but have different meanings.

Here is my Homophone Recording: