SLJ Day 1

Maths week 6 term 4

Cybersmart animation w6 t4

Cybersmart

Today we made a dance on code.org I haven't finished it yet but when I do i will post it on my blog.
I really enjoyed it and will definitley do more in my spare time.
today I learnt how to code and create an online dance.

Reading Week 2 Term 4

This week we were learning about chariot racing my favorite task we did was the vocabulary task I would like to do that again.

Maths Week 1 term 4

Cybersmart Week 1 Term 4

Nonsense creature Writing

My nonsense creature’s name is Quaila.

My nonsense creature’s name is this because it kind of
sounds like a koala but a new and improved version where
it is mixed with a butterfly. 

My nonsense creature likes to climb trees and then jump
off and fly with its wings.

My nonsense creature stays in tall trees because
it is harder for predators to get to them and they
sleep there too. 

My nonsense creature can fly and do flips in the air.

My nonsense creature is made up of blue fabric, a bottle,
bottle caps and a vivid.

My nonsense creature eats leaves and nectar.

My nonsense creature gets about learning new flips.

My nonsense creature is small in size.

I love my nonsense creature because it is unique 

Reading Week 2 Term 3 ecosystems and adaptions

Reading Week 2 Term 3

Reading Week 1 Term 3

Writing Term 3 Speech

Hi I’m Keeva and I have a question for you!

Have you ever wondered what life as a polar bear would be like? Well I’m going to take you on a journey through what it might be like to be a polar bear.

Well what are we waiting for let’s go...

<<<<<<<<<<<<<       Habitat

Polar bears live in the arctic circle, which humans find freezing but for polar bears they don’t find it cold at all. In fact, often they actually get hot and find it hard to keep cool. That is because they have a type of fat on their skin called blubber. Blubber is a fat that mammals such as whales, seals and polar bears have to keep them warm in the cold conditions. 

<<<<<<<<<<<<<      Diet 

Polar bears eat seals, walrus, beluga whales and fish. But now they are finding it harder and harder to find food that they will eat pretty much anything they can find for example birds, rodents, reindeer and plastic.  Research has shown ingesting plastic causes polar bears to become irritable and aggressive, most likely due to blocked digestive systems as Polar bears are commonly seen rummaging through dumps. 

<<<<<<<<<<<<       Global warming 

Global warming is a serious situation you may not think it’s real but go ask any polar bear, they are severely affected. 

You maybe wondering what is global warming? Well global warming is a gradual increase of temperature in the earth, due to pollution. The Arctic is heating twice as fast as the rest of the globe average. Causing the ice that polar bears depend on to catch food and raise their young on to melt away. Leaving them stranded to swim through the ocean hunting for food and ice. It is now taking 60 percent more energy than expected for polar bears to catch seals. Since seals need ice to survive too. The polar bears are having to travel farther and farther to find them. Global warming is forcing them to starve and spend most of their time swimming to find food.

Research shows that it’s not to late to save the polar bears

<<<<<<<<<<<<       How you can help

If you would like to help save the polar bears from extinction, like me here a few ideas of how you can.

•  Recycle more it’s simple but effective
• Use your car less walk ride your bike when you can
• Avoid products with lots of packaging 
• Turn off your electronic devices when your not using them

These are just a few simple ways there are so many more, little changes can make a big difference.

<<<<<<<<<<<<        Summary

So I hope by listening you have realised how hard it would be to be a polar bear and that they really need our help. Wait before I go I would like you to think about something. 

Do you think you would survive as a polar bear? And how could you make a change for them?

Writing Nz Bird of the year

Which bird did you vote for, for the new zealand bird of the year?

Well i’m writing to tell you what bird i think should win. The Banded Dotterel (Pohowera) i think that this bird should win because it is very critically endangered and close to extinction. 

It is a small bird that lives along new zealand's coastlines, estuaries and riverbeds. They were actually founded in new south wales but now is commonly seen on seashores across the south island. The numbers of these birds are going down more and more day by day and we need to save them. 

Do you want to know how to recognise them well they are small birds with long legs for their size thin but lean. Different shades of brown lines across their whit belly they are of various widths and shades. 

Now here a few fun facts about them.

• They have a few other names such as: Double-banded plover and tūturiwhatu.
• Banded dotterels breed throughout New Zealand on sandy coasts, shingle and braided riverbeds, or sometimes farmland.
• Birds that breed on the coasts normally don’t migrate significant distances once nesting is complete but these amazing birds do. 
• There scientific name is Charadrius bicinctus

These are just a few cool facts about them so that brings me to a conclusion of why I would vote for them.

Writing Pedal power

To pedal power,

Thank you for helping us learn new tricks and techniques on our bikes.

I really enjoyed playing the turtle race and learning about pedal tapping. I didn’t know about all the ways to check the bikes from now on I will always use them.

Thanks again,

Keeva

Writing term 3

NZ’s icon kiwi

Got no flight, has no height and only comes out at night,

Pecking in the bush for bugs, curling up together for hugs,

Kiwis kiwis such a must help protect before there’ve gone bust,

Good night kiwi

Writing term 3

The sorting hat 

An unusual letter was in the letterbox I took it out and saw it was addressed to me. I was surprised, then I realised who it was from. I screamed and ran inside to open it. 

I was going to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. I was what you would call a half blood. My Dad was a wizard and my mum was not since my Mum wasn’t a witch, we lived in the muggle world. My dad had sometimes taken me to the wizard world, and I loved it, he has been taking me since I was as young as 4. From the very first time he took me I decided I couldn’t wait to go to Hogwarts and I was finally going. This is the best day of my life.

It was finally the day september 1st, the first day of school. We were at the station early because I did not want to miss the train. My dad had told me all these stories of his time at Hogwarts. One of them was on his 3rd year he missed the train and had to drive a flying car and let me tell you that did not sound like an experience I wanted to have. Dad had told me all about the first day. There’s a big feast every year and Dumbledore the headmaster tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the school, and all the first years get sorted into their houses. (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin and Ravenclaw). You get sorted by a hat but not just any old hat a magical hat that talks, they have been using it for years and years. I hope I’m in Gryffindor.

Finally it was time to go to station 9 and 3 quarters. My dad talked me through it and then I ran through the wall and landed right next to the sign. Hoooooo! I turned around and saw the big beautiful Hogwarts express. I said my goodbyes to my parents and promised to write them every week. I pulled my trunk onto the train and found a nice little compartment. Two other girls were in there Franki Olsen and Shayla Ameer they seemed nice so I sat down with them. We talked a lot. Until we got disrupted by the lady with all the sweets. “Any thing from the trolley dears” she asked. We looked at each other and said “Yes Please”.

We pulled up to a slow stop. We were there, I heaved my trunk out of the train looked around this was amazing. The castle stood so tall, we walked through the biggest doors I had ever seen. Everyone was looking around staring and Gaping all thinking the same thing “this is Awesome”. We finally made it to the great hall everyone took their seats at there house tables except for the first years we all stood in a line. The great hall was beautiful there were rows of humungus tables and the ceiling looked like the night sky with candles floating up. At the front there was a long table where all the teachers sat and there was a special spot for every teacher. We were called to silence by Professor Dumbledore and Professor Mcgonagall began to read names and one by one a first year student would go up to the front and get the sorting hat placed on there head.

“Keeva Carmichael” my name was called I walked up to the seat and sat down. The hat was placed on my head. Butterflies were swirling continuously around in my stomach I felt sick. I was so nervous. The sorting hat began to talk but I wasn’t listening I heard parts but not much. I was crossing my fingers hoping hat I got into gryffindor and not slytherin. Then the sorting hat screamed Gryffindor! Cheers from the gryffindor table. I was so relieved. I looked over at professor Mcgonagall she smiled down at me and then called the next name. I took my seat at the Gryffindor table next to Franki Olsen not long after Shayla Ameer sat on my other side. The feast began I filled my plate, this was by far one of the best meals I’ve ever had. I had a feeling this was going to be a great year.

Reading Week 10 Term 3

This week me and franki learnt lots of things about the rugby world cup and ireland.

Writing Senses Week 10 Term 3

Wearable art show

I breathed the strong scent of paint in, as I stepped on to the stage. I felt like I had just walked into a paint shop the scent was so strong, the smell was swirling around me like a tornado of paint was forming. I could see blinding bright lights shining on me. The lights burned my eyes like I was staring at the scorching sun. The X’s marked out on the ground in front of me where I had to walk it was like a real life treasure map. I could taste the sweat dripping off my face like rain drops on a window. It was salty like I a wave brushed over my head and I swallowed in sea water. I could hear the howling cheers like a wolf at the moon. The crowd clapping like I had won an Olympic gold medal. I felt like a tidal wave of relief swept over me as I stepped off stage. I pulled the mask off and  felt the cool breeze blow through my hair like I was in the top of the world.

This week we wrote about the wearable arts show and senses.

Maths week 10 Term 3

This week i did lot's of work around graphs I learn't how to make a graph.

Maths Week 9 Term 3

Reading Week 9 Term 3

This week in reading I learnt about migration how and why animals migrate.

Writing Week 9 Term 3

Wearable art show
The day was here it was finally time to put on the show,
I was lining up looking all the other wearable arts costumes that people had worked so hard on. I walked in this was it show time!
I stepped out on stage and I could…
Smell, paint like I had walked into a new home that had just been painted,
See, smiley people flashing their cameras. The flash was blinding like the flaming sun,
Taste, sweat dripping off my face like watching raindrops slowly slide down a window,
Hear, cheers and claps like my team had just won the rugby world cup,
Feel, excited like a huge surprise was coming.
The show was full of fun and was amazing.
Thank you for every one who helped me create my costume.

Last week was the wearable art show it was so fun I learnt that rubbish can be reused to make something amazing.

Maths Week 8 Term 3

this week we mostly did worksheets they gave me quite a challenge.

Springs Coming

Springs coming
I woke up on August 31st and looked out my window and I knew immediately spring was coming…
Spring was coming because the grass was growing greener, the leaves were growing flower buds were blooming.
The sun beamed through my window. I stepped outside and the calm breeze blew through my hair sun beaming onto me.
A little bunny hopped out of a bush followed by an even tinier one. Baby lambs were being loud, in the early morning the crisp air felt so nice.
That’s how I knew that spring was coming.

Maths Week 7 Term 3

this week we did some work around prices i liked being on a budget and trying to stay in it.

Reading Week 7 Term 3

This week we learnt about 3D printing. I have done it before and it is alot of fun. I learnt that in the future people will make food from 3D printing.

Maths W6 T3

Reading W6 T3

We worked on our wearable arts research

W5 T3 Reading

this week i did a video about koala's since we were working on endangered animals they are not that endangered yet but overtime they will and it will happen quite quickly.

Ecosystems with Ellie

We have started to learn about Ecosystems I created a video about the coral reef's ecosystem.

Pixlr cybersmart w1 t3

This week for cybersmart we did pixlr a really fun photo shopping website.
I really enjoyed this it was alot of fun.

Balance structures

this was another steam rotation it was really fun we had to make straw structures that balance it was so fun I think my whole group did.

sneak peak of my new story full version will be out next term

Moving
I looked up into the sky covered in a blanket of stars glistening above me. The grass was soft and wet, it was a calm clear night everything was quiet not a sound could be heard. I lay eyes open staring into the night clearing my mind a lot was going on in my life. I am moving house which means a new school, new friends, new everything.
But anyway I’ll talk about that later because right now i just want to enjoy this perfect moment.
Blrrrrrrrrr!! That was the school bell and my daydream shattered!! I wondered over slowly to the corridor to hang by bag on my hook I looked around I saw my  best friend she had been acting weird lately, but I guess I had been to I still hadn’t broken the news to her yet.

Reading week 10 term 2

This week we worked on plays sorry i couldn't get the actual play but when i do I''l post it.
My favourite part was the wearable arts work, i liked thinking about what i will make.

steam picture with our board

We are so proud of our final steam project and even got a distinction for it.

reading week 9 term 2

this is my reading work this week it was mainly based on our trip too motat which ties in with the machine tasks.

STEAM FAIR PROECT

this is my STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) me and my group worked hard on it and our proud and happy of the out come.

Week 10 maths

This weeks simplifying this was quite hard and I'm not sure if I got them right but I tried. 

Times Tables

These are some times tables from the term.

Simplifying Fractions

Reading Week 4/5

This is my reading work I enjoyed reading wild boy the best because it was interesting to here about some one else's life and about what he went through.

Maths week 5

this wee our maths planning was quite different but I liked it better this way we had more choice.

Maths week 3 term 2

This week we did mesuring I worked with shayla, ellie, and franki heres our work.

STEAM rotation science experiments (Mrs Jain)

This was a fun activity using balloons and straws you can do it easily at home.

Reading week 1 term 2

Explanation (How to feel calm)

How to feel calm

Introduction
Take a deep breath and think of something happy try feel calm, after feeling a very strong emotion called anger. Anger is an emotion that occurs quite often and it is important to be able to stay calm after you feel angry. Follow these following steps to feel calm.

 How to recognize when you are angry

Do you ever feel like your going to scream or yell and feel like being alone? If you have you have felt angry. You feel angry when something happens you don’t like or something’s to hard and you can’t get it right. Everyone has felt the emotion angry or frustrated before. Often  when you are mad about one big thing you begin to get mad at the slightest things. You know when you feel angry because you want to scream, yell, cry, do or say something hurtful and many other things. We all have different ways of showing the emotion anger. It is important to recognize when you feel angry so you can calm down and forget about what made you feel angry.

What to do when you need to calm down

Sometimes we all need to calm down so we don’t do something you will regret later here’s what you do in times that you need to calm down after being angry. When you are angry go somewhere where you can be alone, take a deep breath and think of something that makes you smile. This is a good time to let out all your anger by crying, punching something soft, yelling, talking to yourself or anyway you express your feelings. Another really good way of calming down is by looking out a window or staring on to the horizon this causes you to forget and it’s like staring into space you forget all your troubles and sometimes whatever you were mad about.

Your happy place

When you need to calm down try thinking of your happy place imagine your there visualize yourself doing something you love in your happy place. Everyone's happy place is different. It can be anywhere in the world a country, state, city, store, room anywhere you love that makes you happy. If your not sure where your happy place is think of where you felt the happiest in your entire life.

How to know when your calm

It’s easy to recognize when your calm you are smiling, laughing, talking quietly and you are breathing slowly. You feel happy and are kind to everyone and only think of nice thoughtful thoughts.

Summary

Feeling calm is an amazing feeling you don’t appreciate until after you have felt angry. Angry is not a nice feeling but calm and happy are. I hope this explanation has helped you feel calm after feeling angry.

By Keeva

Makey Makey

First STEAM* rotation is using Makey Makey by using conductive matariels to stick wires in to control a range of apps by just touching the conductive heres the link to the video Makey Makey Piano

T shirt design Inquiry

BOT thank you letter for smart tvs.

Keeva
Papakura Central School

Tuesday April 9 2019

Board of Trustees
Papakura Central School

Dear Board of Trustees

Thank you for your thoughtfulness towards our learning and gifting us with our new smart TVs. They have advanced our learning and given us more opportunities to learn digitally. In the Kauri hub, we use them for all our subjects and they help us understand our tasks better. I like the chromecast because it’s practical and easy to use and we can be anywhere in the room and connect it.
Once again your thoughtfulness and kindness has helped our learning a lot.

Thank you.

Kind regards,
Keeva

Reading Week 10

This week there was a lot about food. This week was really enjoyable and I liked reading and watching the stories especially the chocolate ones.

Week 10 Maths

This week we started working on division, we learn't new strategies to work out higher division problems.

Week 9 Reading

This week I read a series of articles based on different topics here are the questions and answers about these texts.

Cybersmart Week 9

This week for cybersmart we created a t shirt that represents our personality. On the left is the front and on the right is the back.

Miss G's T shirt design Rotation

This is  a sketch  using sharpie that is a not so possible design for my t shirt but will be a last resort.

Questions: do I think i will use this technique? no because its not bright and is hard to use.
What did i notice about this technique? I noticed that the sharpie would run out easily and it was hard to use on this material.

Google drawing self potrait😬

This week for cybersmart  we made avatar on google drawing
this is not very good. It was really challenging to do the eyes and nose
but it was fun. Comment if you like the avatar or the real picture better.

Week 7 Reading

Week 7 Maths

This is my maths for this week the most challenging thing was the multiplication drill.

Giphy

via GIPHY This week for Cybersmart I made a gif this is some people asking for help and sensibly working. They are being great cybersmart role models.

Cybersmart voki

This is my voki for cybersmart this week. It tells you how to respect your device and look after it. Vokis are very easy to create and are informative.
please comment and give me some feed back.

Cybersmart week 4

Tray Label 2019

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This is my tote tray label for 2019 I used avatar maker and cool text to create this.

Time management Term 1 Week 3

 This weeks LCS was time management. We had to learn about managing our time.

Quotes :)

   
    Tuesday after noon activity this week was to take a quote off the internet and revive it here's mine.

Math's Week 3 Term 1

Here is term 1 week 3 Math's: vocabulary and expanded form.

Reading week 3 term 1

This week for Reading I read the book home this is my follow up work from
that story.

Dunedin was usual enough poem

Here's my poem from the model the town was usual enough:

The town was usual enough: it had

A creek, a bridge, a beach, a sky

Over it, and even a small tin church

I never went to. My brother, my cousins and I

Did what boys do - dozed in the hot

Schoolroom, made bows and arrows, dodged the mad

Boatbuilder, crept like rabbits through the black

Under-runners with a weak torch,

Burnt dry rushes, wrestled or swam

Doing nothing important.

James K. Baxter

Expectation comic strip

These are the four Expectations of PCS:
Connected
Respectful
Responsible
Learner