Algebra worksheet

In maths in term 4 we have been learning about algebra.

Christmas card

This our Christmas craft, we used pastels, art pencils and masking tape.

Room 6 puzzle

We are all part of room 6's puzzle, no matter how different we are. :)

Persuasive writing: Insect meals

Interesting Edible Insects

By Daniel

Some people think eating bugs, worms, snails, and crickets are disgusting, but the truth is that bugs don’t taste bad if they are mixed with something tasty, also there are lots of interesting ways to cook with bugs and they are a healthy nutritious snack.

Bugs are delicious, crunchy, munchie meals.

Different insects work well with different ingredients (African bugs taste the best) crickets are good in stews, grasshoppers are good when fried and grilled. 1400 out of 9000 bugs are safe to eat, even venomous insects like scorpions are safe to eat as well. This is because when cooked the heat changes the chemical structure of the venom making it harmless. Precaution: Bugs like wasps, ladybugs, and bright, shiny, or covered in spots insects are best to avoid because they taste really bitter. However no matter how bitter the bug you can always create a delicious recipe.

A lot of bugs can be made into masterpieces. In some countries some cooks are taking insect eating further by creating even more meals and snacks with insect fillings. Never judge food by its looks but by the taste. In my opinion I believe that all people should cook with insects. Most people are disgusted at the thought of eating insects in their meals, but it has been proven that people who do try bugs end up loving insects.  When people look at bugs it creeps them out, but once cooked these bugs don’t crawl and are delicious. Bugs are delicious and can also be a healthy snack. This is why I strongly recommend everyone should cook with insects.

In Conclusion I hope I can persuade everyone around the world to enjoy meals with crunchy munchy insects. Insects are healthy, they are taste treats and you can be creative in the kitchen. This is why I strongly believe everyone should cook with bugs.

Math Mystery

We were given a little math puzzle to do.We had to find out who kidnapped the witch, where, and how did they did it.

Communion of saints

 

                       
                       In R.E we leaned about the 3 stages of life. Living, Purgatory, and Heaven.

Success Criteria

This is the success criteria we use in writing. A success criteria helps us to be successful in writing.

Kia Kaha

        We have been doing Kia Kaha. Room 6 has created a waka to show how we all fit in.

Shield writing

           We have been learn about kia kaha and it shows how unique and different we all are in room 6

Hangi

Here are the steps to make Hangi.

School poem

This is a school and it is cool, best than all the rest. If you want to choose a school go with GOOD SHEPHERD school.

RE Page

Here is an RE page I did. I hope you like it.

My Weather Predicitions

In Strand in math we are learning about temperature. I have made a powerpoint about estimating the weather. Here is my powerpoint.

The Greeting Song In Mandarin

Ni hao - Hello

Xie Xie ni - Thank you

Bie keqi - Your'e Welcome
Duibuqi - I'm Sorry
meiquanxi  - That's okay
Zai jian - Goodbye

The Cool Clever Kiwis

By Daniel
I am learning to inform my audience through an information report

In the dark depths of the night, a long dark golden beak pops out of a burrow. Dark smoky quartz eyes, wide webbed feet and smooth brown fur. Yep, you got it, it’s the Kiwi! Kiwi’s are one of New Zealand’s native birds, they’re nocturnal, endangered, flightless, and they are closely related to the emu, ostrich, cassowary and rhea. 

Predators:
Kiwis are becoming endangered because of predators. Dogs and ferrets are threats to adult kiwis. Cats also kill kiwi chicks, but the biggest threat is stoats. There are places like the Coromandel where predators are controlled and kiwi numbers increase, so this is a big turning point for kiwis. But this is just the beginning, if our forest becomes more secure, kiwis will not be on the verge of extinction, thanks to us.

Species:
Kiwis are the size of a chicken and there are five different species. The largest is the Northern Brown Kiwi which grows from 50 to 65 centimeters and weighs 1.4 to 5 kilograms. The smallest is the Little Spotted Kiwi, it grows up to 35 to 45 centimeters and weighs 4.3 lbs. Kiwis live in the New Zealand forests, scrub-lands and grasslands.

Habitat:
Kiwis can adapt almost anywhere, they sleep in native and plantation forests, rough farmlands, sand dunes, snowy tussocks, and sometimes mangroves. Burrows, hollow logs, or dense and wetland vegetation they prefer places where stands of trees run down to rivers.

Diet:
Kiwis are omnivores, they eat worms, grubs, berries and seeds. They are able to find food with their strong sense of smell. The brown kiwis diet is bracket fungi and frogs they are also known for eating crayfish, eels and tuna. Kiwi have everything they need to survive, worms are 85% water to a kiwi, and this particular adaptation allows them to survive in dry climates. When kiwis drink, their beak immerses, then they toss their head back and gurgles down the water.

Offspring:
Kiwis only mate only at certain times. The male and female kiwi will work together to lay the kiwi, The male the pair will sit on the egg. The period of kiwi eggs to hatch is 75 to 85 days. Unlike other birds the kiwi chicks will kick their egg open and are covered in feathers as soon as they hatch. They look like tiny versions of their parents. After a few days, the chick will leave the burrow and stay with dad for around 20 days. Soon after, the kiwis sometimes stay in their parents territory for some time or they head out and start to find their own way in the wilderness. Chicks often do not become adults, since they have a 95 percent chick mortality rate. If they do make it to adulthood they live very long, kiwis live 20 to 25 years. Their name comes from how they speak, they communicate by using their strange sounds, “Kee-wee, kee-wee.” Kiwi are very territorial, and can outrun a human.

In conclusion these rare and amazing native birds are on the verge of extinction. So we must prevent this from happening by doing all we can to make New Zealand a better place for all our native birds.

Cultural week

This week was Cultural week. Each person in the school got to pick a culture to learn.The cultures were Italian, Brazilian, Filipino, Japanese, French, Indian, Spanish, German and Korean. The culture that I learnt was German. On Monday and Tuesday we learnt some phrases in German and we learnt a bit of the slap dance that we did at the cultural Assembly on Friday. Wednesday was a blast because we learnt a German game. Thursday was all about the dance. Friday was the last day and we had a Cultural Assembly. Everyone in the school participated and my item was called the slap dance.This week was AMAZING!

The Stormraptor

In Reading we made our own birds. We had to make sure why we chose the beak, tail, feet, color and habitat.This is my bird called the Stormraptor

Excita-bill

Pointed beak, flat beak and pelican beak are all the types of beaks we used for this discovery.But these things are also known as forceps, tongs and cups. First we learnt about the meanings of the words we need to know like, aim. Aim means trying to achieve something in the experiment we were trying to see what shape beak is the best for picking up food. And we learnt what will we change( the equipment), What we will measure ( the amount of food) and how we will keep it a fair test. The way we can make it a fair test by having a nice steady surface, by having the same person doing each type of food also by having the same amount of time of 30 seconds. We had an amazing time experimenting with rice, peppercorns, gummy worms and skittles and after we got to eat LOLLIES. Thank you Miss Down for this amazing experiment

Mini BB Fair

Today we had the Mini BB Fair. We sold books and baking. The school are raising money for a mural on the green, ugly power box. They raised $750! Everyone had an amazing time buying books and baking

Crosses

This year we are doing crosses. These crosses will go around the netball courts.Every student in the school has to make one even the teachers! Everyone is doing an amazing job on creating the crosses.

M&M Challenge

Last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we did the M&M challenge. The class got into groups with one leader in each group. Miss Down gave us some M&M’s and we had to count how many we had and next figured how much M&M’s our group had. After we found out how many M&M’s we all had many people realized that some people had a very small amount of M&M’s while others had about 50. The next thing we did was counting how much of red we had then blue then yellow until we had finished all the colours we had. When we did everything Miss Down told us to share all the M&M’s equally with our group and everyone in the class got 41 M&M’s each! We have put our information on a poster.

Grandparents Mass

On Friday 24th August 2018 we celebrated Grandparents Mass with our grandparents, family/whanau and the whole school. We first went to mass to celebrate with Father Bernard Kyle, who blessed our dear Grandparent with a blessing and we sung a special song to them. When mass was finished our PTA team prepared a treat for us. There was lots of sweet and coffee/tea to sip on. By the time the that all the food was finished it was then time to perform some dances for our audience. The groups that performed were the Sheridan Kapa Haka, Choir, folk dancing, ukulele and Irish Dancing. That was a joyful day that we would always remember. We are blessed to have such special people in our lives.

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St Mary Mackillop's Feast Day!

Yesterday was the feast day of Saint Mary Mackillop. We started our day attending our parish mass to celebrate her feast day as a whole community. All the students came back from mass to continue the celebrations by joining our buddy class. Room 4 and 6 together came together to work on paper dolls of ourselves. We know St Mary of the Cross always supported and helped all the children in need. We made a large St Mary MacKillop and we placed all out paper dolls of ourselves around her. Then we were all very lucky to receive a free sausage sizzle from the PTA to continue the celebrations at lunch. In the afternoon we then got to go and play a range of fun games with our buddy class. This was such a fun day working along each other but most of all having fun. Happy Saint Mary MacKillop Feast Day.

Afio mai Samoan Language Week

The cultural leaders opened the week with their national costume and dance.



In room 6 we have been exploring the Samoan Cultural with general facts. We searched for our fact card around the room and collected information for our Jigsaw Reading Hunt.



Next our Samoan experts in class gave us a lesson on greetings and phrases in Samoan.



Then we moved onto counting to ten in Samoan for math before finishing our math session with a clapping game in Samoan.

Selo-zero

Tasi-one

Lua-two 

Tolu-three

Fa-four

Lima-five

Ono-six

Fitu-seven 

Valu-eight

Iva-Nine

Sefulu-ten

Ra Whanau Suzanne Aubert

In room 6 we have been celebrating Suzanne Aubert’s birthday by making flowers for the theme, “Always choose the little flower of hope.”

Suzanne looked after sick people, people with disabilities, children whose families couldn’t care for them, and the elderly. The work she started continues to this day in places like Wellington’s Compassion Soup Kitchen.

Suzanne left her home in France and came to Aotearoa to support the Maori people. She honoured the Maori people, their tikanga, reo and rongoa. Suzanne loved God and always thought about what he wanted her to do, not what she wanted, even when that wasn’t easy.

MAORI verbs

In room 6 we have been learning verbs in Maori ( action verbs. ) The question is " kei  te aha ia ? " which means what he or she is doing. Ia is both a pronoun for he and she. We have matched verbs up, filled crosswords and played Simon says.

The Amazing Life Cycle Of Sea Turtles

Sea turtles are amazing reptiles and have been on earth for 65 million years and can live for a century.
There are many species living like the Green sea turtles, Loggerhead’ and the Leatherback

Stage one : Life cycle starts when a mother lays 1000 eggs identical to ping-pong balls. Most females will wait for the cover of darkness before leaving the water to crawl up the beach to find a suitable nesting spot. Once a spot is chosen, the female carefully and methodically digs a nest with her rear flippers. Once she finishes laying her eggs, she will cover and disguise the nest before returning to the water. When the nesting season is over, females return to foraging grounds, not nesting again for two to three years. 800 hatch 400 make it to the water. The other 400 are eaten or killed by crabs, birds and other predators.

Stage two : 20 have to survive perils of the ocean as young sea turtles. Stage three : Two make it to adulthood. Once sea turtles are adults, males & females will leave coastal areas and migrate hundreds or thousands of miles to breeding areas where they will mate and begin the reproductive stage of their lives. Females will mate with multiple males, storing sperm to fertilize multiple clutches of eggs that will be laid over the course of a couple of months, and so the life cycle begins again.

Green Sea Turtles
Green Sea turtles are one of the world’s largest species of turtle weighing around 65-130 kg and measuring between 1-1.2m. They have a strong, teardrop shape shell, called a ‘carapace’, which covers most of their body, except for the head and the four flippers. Their carapace can include shades of different colours, including dark brown, green, olive, yellow and black. These cool creatures are named for their layer green fat that lies under their shell. Scientists believe green sea turtles get the green fat from their veggie diet, unlike other sea turtles, green sea turtles love marine plants like seaweed and seagrass.

In conclusion these amazing creatures are heading towards extinction we can not let what happened to Tasmanian tiger and the dodo happen to the sea turtles. Lets save these amazing creatures together.

Room 6's assembly

Room 6 presented their learning about not being a bystander at their assembly on Friday week 3. In week 3 all schools around NZ made a stand by wearing pink. PINK stood for Peaceful, Inclusive, Noble and Kind.
Our assembly was a success and we all had fun.

Mothers Day Poem

I'm happy you raised me, I'd rather have you than anybody.

Your the best at helping he through hard times,

Your kindness is the best.

The Ascension of the Lord

In R.E we learnt about the Ascension of Jesus. At Galilee Jesus told his share his gospel to the world. He promised to send the Holy Spirit to be with us always and then he returned, In glory to his Father i n Heaven. We used crafts to show how Jesus went body and soul to Heaven.

Inspirational Heroes

During reading we have been researching people who have faced challenges and have stood up for what they believed in. They have either been a voice for those that don't have one or are person who never gave up when facing challenges.

My person is Albert Einstien

Come visit Room 6 to check out my flip presentation of Albert Einstien

Robot Ruckus

I am learning to: write a narrative based on an image.

Ivan the Inventor, with blond hair, blue eyes and who always wore a green jacket, was a very smart person who adored making robots, electric cars, and car batteries.

One Wednesday morning he had created a droid, he named it the Commando Droid. His two hands held red double-bladed lightsabers, shock gloves and he wore rocket boots, and carried a rotary cannon on his back. The droid moved like a master athlete and could blend in with the walls, trees, and darkness. Ivan was very pleased with his invention.

An evil inventor called Enigma created a robot to take over the world! The robot ambushed Ivan, but Commando sliced and blasted the evil mech then CLANG!!!! BANG!!!! BOOM!!!! And ZAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The evil mech was scrap metal and Ivan was saved. Commando became part of the FBI agency.

Growth Mindset Goal

I have created a mindset goal and motto on bunting.

My Me Board

In room 6 we have been making posters with information about ourselves.

THIS IS ME

I am learning to post a photo onto my blog.

Watching The Last Jedi

In a high up Event cinema with dark seats, the Last Jedi was the greatest Star Wars I had ever seen. It was funny, heroic, mysterious, and action awesome. Filled with lightsaber duels, blaster fire and heroic scenes.