Unusual Animals

We have been finding out about interesting animals. We tried to find out about their habitat, diet and animal classification (mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish). We hope you enjoy our slideshow.

Our Production

Reflection Questions by Alazay

* I am pleased with my strong actions I think I really improved.

* I am pleased with the classes performance of their energy

the classes had so much energy in them.

*   We (the dancers) need to work on giving more energy

and the actors need to work on louder voices.

Thing to remember are

* being quiet backstage

respect

manners

Evening Performance Night 1 Deziree

* I am pleased with my performance because I remembered to keep in time with the music.

* I am pleased that we didn’t make that much noise when going onto stage.

* I think we still need to work on not making any noise backstage.

* The actors need to stop laughing and the dancers need to show bigger actions.

*Tonight I will be in my best behavior and I will complete the worksheets and show good manners.

          Halatoa

I did my hardest performance and I was really  happy with myself and I put heaps of energy in the performance.

I think we should speak louder so the audience at the back can hear you and everybody will be happy.

I will be quiet when i walk and put the instrument and walk to the other

side and i will be in time.

My dad told me to speak louder and sing and my dad said it was cool.

Tonight  I will try to make my behaviour better tonight.


Anthony:

* I was pleased with my acting because I put some some effort and expression in to it.

* I was impressed with Room 5 because of their costumes.

* We still need to work on our speed and our confidence (not to be shy.)

* I’m going to make my classes performance even better by using more expression and be a little bit loud.

* I think we need to remember is -

• Look up and smile
• Try to not get distracted
• Use more expression
• Go on and off the stage quicker
• Don’t make a sound

Types of Rock

by Leenas

This is my 3 types of rocks I choose Metamorphic rock and Igneous rock and sedimentary rock and the igneous rock looks like glass.  By Tai and Mauriora


       By Mengchun



Mere and Ana:

  

This is my work about three Types Of Rocks.The thing I learnt when I was doing my Three Types of Rocks is that the Sedimentary rocks are made such as sand,clay or skeletons and the shells of the sea creatures.The Three types of Rocks are called Sedimentary, Metamorphic and also Igneous.I really enjoyed doing the Three Types of Rocks with my buddy Ana.

Orica:

This is the types of Rocks they are called Igneous , Metamorphic and Sedimentary. 
One of the rocks are like punakiaki. 

Ana:

This is my 3 types of rocks. I learned that these rocks was very interesting facts because some can change colors.It was so fun.

Landform Definitions

Rivers

How Rivers are formed;

Water rubs on the surface & breaking down of the land, causing a deepness to the land appearing, and in turn creating a river stream that moves.

Definition,

A river is a huge stream of water flowing into the ocean, lake, or other body of water for example Waikato River.

By Savannah

  By Liantre

Volcano

A volcano has molten rocks inside it. One example of a volcano is in White Island. The earths crust is moving in and out like a jigsaw puzzle. A volcano is an mountain or an hill that erupts out lava or magma. Hot lava and volcanic ash  and gases to escape from the magma chamber below the surface.

                                                                                                                                   In the Northwestern  Pacific Ocean people are saying that there might be a large volcano on earth, and could rival the largest in the solar system. Volcano eruptions can cause a lot of damage to a lot of people. Erupting volcanoes can pose many hazards, not only in the immediate vicinity of the eruption. Magma is molten rock within the earths crust.             You can also find a volcanos in the South island such as White Island.

This is my research about volcano's. I learnt that the earths crust is moving in and out just like a jigsaw puzzle. I had fun looking for some images and some information. The part I didn't like about it was writing it in my own words. I had fun doing some research.

By Pote

This is my Google drawing about mountains. We researched the land form we chose and we had to write the definition in our own words.  By Sebastian

 

Volcano By Nesi

A volcano has molten rocks inside it. One example of a volcano is in White Island. The earths crust is moving in and out like a jigsaw puzzle. A volcano is an mountain or an hill that erupts out lava or magma. Hot lava and volcanic ash  and gases to escape from the magma chamber below the surface.

                                                                                                                                   In the Northwestern  Pacific Ocean people are saying that there might be a large volcano on earth, and could rival the largest in the solar system. Volcano eruptions can cause a lot of damage to a lot of people. Erupting volcanoes can pose many hazards, not only in the immediate vicinity of the eruption. Magma is molten rock within the earths crust.             You can also find a volcanos in the South island such as White Island.

This is my research about volcano's. I learnt that the earths crust is moving in and out just like a jigsaw puzzle. I had fun looking for some images and some information. The part I didn't like about it was writing it in my own words. I had fun doing some research.

My definition of a Volcano 

by Joshua

A vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, and ashes are blown out is a volcano.Volcanoes are openings in the Earth’s surface. When they are active they can let ash, gas and hot magma escape in sometimes violent and spectacular eruptions.

Volcanoes are usually located where tectonic plates meet. This is especially true for the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area around the Pacific Ocean where over 75% of the volcanoes on Earth are found.

         

I am learning about facts and information on a volcano called White    Island. It is located in 48 km (30 mi) from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand,in the Bay of Plenty.White Island has the honour of being New Zealand’s most continuously active volcano during the last 40 years. It is an uninhabited island about 2 km in diameter and 48 km from the coast of the Bay of Plenty. It marks the northern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone.

Ocean
By Aburrahman

A Sea is a large body of salty water. A Sea may be partly or completely surrounded by land. Did you know that Oceans and Seas cover more than 71% of the Earth's surface? Wow thats a lot of water. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest Ocean in the world. The Pacific Ocean has the title as ‘Peaceful Ocean’.The Pacific Ocean alone covers 30% of the earth. This is a picture of the Pacific Ocean:

Landforms by Mengchun

Here is my Popplet brainstorm about Landforms. I learnt that most canyons have water runnng through.

Landforms by Alazay

This is my poppet it shows kind of colours the red is all about volcanoes you can see a video and what the definition is.In the grey is about the rocks and that it is apart of the landforms. In the blue is all geysers it has a video and the definition. The black is about the caves and like what is a cave. and the yellow is about mountains and did you know that they are apart of landforms. What I learnt from this session is a lot about landforms.

Landforms by Tai

Today we went on popplet. We had to write about land forms and I had good fun. We had to find a picture or a video but I chose a picture. Here is my popplet brainstorm about land forms. I learnt that volcanoes are opening in the Earth surface .

Landforms by Amato

Here is my popplet  on (Google draw) I did a brain storm about Landforms 

I learnt that there was different kind of landforms.

Google Maps by Savannah

View Punakaiki Rocks in a larger map Room 7 is learning about Punakaiki Rocks

Google Maps by Leenas

In Room7 we have been learning about Punakaiki Rocks.Here is my Location for Punakaiki Rocks.

Google Maps by Mere

  Here is my screenshot of Punakaiki Rocks. Last week our topic taught us about Punakaiki rocks, which are located along New Zealand's West Coast.

Google Maps by Sebastian

View Punakaiki Rocks in a larger map

 This is my facts about Punakaiki(Pancake Rocks)

Here are some of the modern learning environments we have designed.

Please visit our individual blogs to see more! This is my future classroom that I have designed using floor planner . My classroom has a pool room so the student's can learn to swim. Also my classroom has a little room in the left conner so if any student teacher's come to read with us they have a little room to work with us.In my room we have a game room so if the students are good and when they have finished there work the student's can have a little time in the game room.Also my classroom has classroom pets we have a fish tank we have a dog and we have a kitten they are so cute. In my classroom there is a reading room and when student's have to read for reading they can just go to the reading room and I am proud of my future classroom because
this is what I think my classroom should be. Alazay This is my dream classroom I would want in the future. I made this on floorplanner. This helps kids learn because this class has enough space for kids to learn properly, also there is a book room and computer room for kids if they need some silent time. There are also some bean bags to help the kids rest on. There is 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional, I chose 2 dimensional because it's slightly better in my opinion. Anthony This is my future classroom I put a Swimming Pool in my future classroom because I think Students can learn how to swim, I also put an art area beside our classroom because I think if we have an art area in our classroom it might make a massive mess, I put an Quiet Reading Room because I think Students can actually read quietly, I also put an Music room so we can practice our music Instruments like Ukelele,Guitar,Piano,and even Drums if you would like to play Deziree This is my future classroom. It has it own working area so the teacher can work in there and it will be quiet for the teacher to work in there and there is a window so the teacher could look out the window to look at the student's if there working good. There is a art room so we could learn to make some art work for our family to look at and there is desks for the student's to work on Halatoa This is my future class that I have designed, In my class I put Desks with computers on the top of them for our digital learning. I have put a library room inside my class so that the students can learn how to read more challenging books. I have put two aquariums with fish inside so the students can learn how to look after their pets. I have put a teacher aide room for miss kelly to use for her groups. I have put a game room in my class so when you get 50 ticks you will be aloud in the game room. I have a music room inside my class for learning how to play different instruments. Mauriora

Education in the past

We learnt how to turn our presentations into a flipping e-book. We hope you enjoy our work, and thanks to Miss Paton for teaching us this great trick! I learnt that in the olden days the teachers weren't allowed to dye their hair. By Sebastian Today we are learning about Past Education. I have learnt that in the olden days they used a feather with ink to write or draw. We have made a FlipSnack where you can flip your slideshows. I hope you enjoy looking at my ebook. By Shantay This is my E-book on past education, I learnt that In the olden days boys and girls use to wear gumboots and boys got taught woodwork and the girls got taught swimming skills and In the olden days if children didn't go to school with clean fingernails they would of got the strap. By Christopher I learnt that they used Teletypers in 1930's. I also learnt that if you have dirty fingernails they had to clean them or cut them. By Deziree

What we know about Schooling: Then and Now

Today we compared schooling in the olden days with schooling now to see what has changed and what hasn't.  Here are our ideas: