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Monday, 9 November 2020
What is matter made of?
Writing a Letter to thank people at camp
Gurpuneet S
40 Campion rd Gisborne
5/11/20
Dear Francois,
I'm writing to you today to thank you for giving me secret tips about how to shoot and hold a slingshot and helping me out.
One of my highlights for me was playing the wonderful game of survivors. I was an omnivore and I could only kill some of the herbivores. The aim of the game was to stay alive and kill other animals. The only people you couldn't get was the diseases and the people because the people had guns {Not real guns}. To win we had to get the whole punched in a card that we were given before the game started. I have to say some adults are way too fast for me.
So thank you very much for making my camp extremely enjoyable than ever. Also you're quite an assassin in slingshot paintball since you have been learning for about a year or so.
Aroha Nui Korua
Gurpuneet
Thursday, 24 September 2020
Chinese Language week
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Room 2 raps
Today our class was learning all about the Sacraments of initiation.
First, we wrote our raps on google docs and then the teacher printed them out.
After we were done, the teacher videoed us while doing our raps.
It took us about 4 to 5 days to write our raps.
Information report poster
Weta Research
Weta
Weta is a creature that is alive now and used to be in dinosaur time. Weta’s name means the god of ugly things. These animals are nocturnal which means they sleep at day time and then wake up at night time. Did you know that there are 70 different species of weta. This creature's full name is Wetapunga.
Did you know that these creatures don’t have a nose and if they want something to eat they use their antennae to feel the food. They use their pulps to eat food. Weta’s can grow upto 10 centimetres long in length. These weta’s antennas are longer than their body’s.
Tree weta’s live in forest and cave weta’s live in caves. Some of these weta’s live in shrubland. Different species of weta’s live in different places.
Weta’s can shed their skin 10 times a year. Did you know that female weta’s can lay 6 eggs a time. Weta’s poo are fertilizers. Female weta can lay 300 eggs throughout their life.
Monday, 14 September 2020
Is football the best sport
because it helps you work in a team and be active.
In this speech I will be telling you about ways to curve the ball into the goal,
playing actively and some
of the famous players that play soccer.
I strongly believe that soccer is a wonderful sport to play,
because then you can learn different skills. Soccer is an outside sport,
which helps you go outside and make you stop staring at the tv all day.
In soccer you have to be athletic and try to control the ball.
The aim of the game is to get past other players and score a goal.
You can’t always score a goal, but sometimes if you are lucky then it might go in.
If you are very close to the goal and you have clear space
then you can have a try shooting with your foot. Also if you are on the
left side of the field and you are a right footer then have a try curving the ball by hitting it with your right foot but on the top,
always aim for the middle so it goes to the side and confuses the goalie.
Approximately, there are over 250 million soccer players that play soccer every year.
In poor countries, people make soccer balls and play football with no gear.
If you keep practising and practising soccer then there would be a
chance of you joining a club. Even though it is a fun game, you might get injured
sometimes if you are not that careful.
Lastly, soccer is a team sport played with 11 players each side and the others are subs.
Soccer is played on a big grassy area called a pitch.
Famous players know lots of skills especially, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez.
In conclusion, I believe that I have told you everything about soccer skills,
famous players and ways to shoot. I hope you liked my speech and the things
I told you, The end.
Success Criteria: | Self Assessment😀😀😀😀 |
I have used my first technique to enhance my writing | 😀😀 |
I have used my second technique to enhance my writing | 😀😀😀😀 |
I have used my third technique to enhance my writing | 😀😀 |
Use at least three different (FEARRR) persuasive techniques in your writing. | Rhetorical question, emotive language and fact's and opinions. |
Active Reflection: | My Reflection |
What have I done well? | I have done lots of facts and opinions. |
Next step: | Next time i need more rhetorical questions and emotive language. |
Monday, 31 August 2020
Information report writing
WALHT: write a personal comment or reflection to end our writing | Self Assessment 😃😃😃😃 |
I will explain the dynamics using powerful verbs and adjectives. | 😃😃 |
I will let the audience know what I learnt. | 😃😃😃😃 |
I will finish my report with a personal comment or reflection. | 😃😃😃 |
Cheetahs
The cheetah is one of the fastest cats in the cat family such as lion’s, jaguars and more. Cheetahs are mammals and their scientific name is Acinonyx Jubatus. The Cheetah’s family name is Felidae. These creatures are carnivores which means they eat meat. In Africa and central Iran, the native animal is the cheetah. The rare species of cheetahs is the king cheetah and instead of black spots it has black blotches.
Cheetahs have black tear marks near their eyes because it helps them reflect the sun during daytime hunting. Did you know that cheetahs can’t roar but instead make a high pitched noise. When a baby cheetah is born it has a grey mane going down its back so other creatures can’t see them in their hiding places, while their parents are gone to get food. A fully grown adult's tail is 80cm long, that's about as long as a big wooden 1 metre ruler.
Cheetahs are native to Africa and central Iran. You can find cheetahs in the Sahara desert, India and sometimes in Pakistan. In Africa there are lots of cheetahs in the Savannah where they find food.
Did you know that cheetahs can run upto 100m in less than 3 seconds. When a cheetah is running after its prey It can move its body in mid air. Cheetahs can accelerate from 0 to 60mph in 5 seconds. Like other animals cheetahs can not retract their claws. When a cheetah is looking straight it can see left and right at the same time. I think cheetahs should get looked after and cared but not hunted because they are lovely animals that don’t often hurt humans.
Written by: Gurpuneet
Monday, 13 July 2020
Mum
important to us because they're the ones who gave birth to us.
They help us in our work and make us healthy food so we can
grow stronger and healthier. Sometimes Mums growl us which
we think is bad but they do it for our own good. They are the
ones who teach us manners. If we don’t listen to our Mums then
we will not have success in life. So I say that we all listen to our
Mums and not get angry at them.
Monday, 29 June 2020
Teeth Writing
As the breezing wind hit the two men, in the distance on a rocking boat. All they could see was the enormous mountains, covered in trees and bushes. The sea was calm with ripples in it. The trees were swaying and the two of them could sea themselves in the crystal clear water. The two were fishing for fish and enjoying their time with the wonderful nature and air, that was crossing past them, as they were trying to catch some fish. The both of them were enjoying there day together.
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Lockdown recount writing
I found it easy to write it in paragraphs.
I found it hard to use discriptive words in my writing.
Next time I would add more verbs and adverbs.
nobody was allowed to go outside, except for the essential
workers. This all happened because of the virus that was
leaked in China, Wuhan. During level 3 lockdown, the roads
were very quiet, there were hardly any cars on the roads.
chirping on the green trees. I was a bit happy and a bit sad,
at the same time. I was happy because I was allowed to play
a bit more call of duty on my tablet, with my friends, but I
was sad because I wasn’t allowed to go outside for bike
riding.
coding. I used to attend coding classes, so I knew quite a lot
of coding.
visual studio code. On that site, I learned that I can make
my own website, but I will have to learn the language
Javascript, Html, CSS, etc. So I asked my brother to help
me because I am not a master coder. He has a lot of
knowledge about coding and programming. So I started
coding, with his instructions. While I was coding, my
brother also told me that “It takes a long time to finish a
website”. Also, I need to learn a lot of new things about
coding.
I loved doing things at home, like making forts, doing
studyladder, cooking pikelets, and doing maths buddy.
Today I was carrying on with my tasks because my Mum said
so. I kind of like maths buddy because it is good for kids like
my age and other ages. Maths buddy is all about maths. You
can learn measurement, addition, subtraction, multiplication,
and more maths. I think it is a wonderful site for kids who
want to get better at math.
my study, I was allowed to play call of duty with my friends.
We all played together on our Ipads. Once we had started
playing battle royale, nobody could even disturb us because
the thing was that I had headphones on. I loved playing cod
mobile with my friends because we all like gun games and
secondly, we can meet each other and talk privately.
On other days, I usually play with my brother because my
friends are only allowed on Tuesday. We all have lots of fun,
especially me. The End.
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
My Mystery Story
I found it hard to think of some words.
I found it easy to make the story up by myself.
Next time I will add more verbs and nouns.
On a wonderful morning, when I was about to have a cup of coffee, my phone rang. I answered it and it was Mrs, Aperahama. She said that there was a mystery case, somebody had stolen her chocolates from her table. I said “I am coming” and then I left the phone on my couch. I put on my best detective suit. Then I quickly headed outside. Outside, my best shining red Ferrari car was waiting for me. I jumped into my car and went to Saint Mary's School to investigate the mystery case. When I got there, I saw Mrs, Aperahama. She said that this case happened only thirty-seven minutes ago. I asked her “what kind of chocolates were they?”. She answered, “The brand of the chocolates was dairy milk”. Then I went inside the office and there were three teachers standing there. I asked them their names. They said “Miss McGuigan, Mrs B, and Miss Hickling”. One by one, I started asking them questions about the case. I started with the principal, Miss McGuigan. She said “I was on the sports department site, working on my computer when Mrs Aperahama came and started yelling “my chocolates, my chocolates, they are stolen”. When I was about to investigate from the next teacher, the bell rang and I had to let them go on duty.
During lunch, Mrs B came to me, while I was checking room 3. She said that there was something she had to show me. I followed her into room 2 and she pointed at the rubbish bin. I was about to say that you are just playing with me when I saw millions and billions of wrappers of dairy milk chocolates. I said, “wow, this is an awesome clue”. She also said,” when she was passing by room 2, she saw a teacher throwing chocolates in the bin.” I asked her if she saw her face. She said, “No, but the person was a woman that had blond hair”. I said, “Thanks for telling me the clue”. After lunch, I talked to Miss Hickling about a person throwing chocolate wrappers into room 2’s bin.
She didn’t say anything and looked very very worried. I said did you steal Mrs Aperahama’s chocolates? She said n-nn-nnn--nno-no. I looked at her very suspiciously and then finally she said, “Yes, I did do it”. Everybody was shocked. Then she told me that she had cravings for the chocolates, But I knew Mrs Aperahama wouldn’t let me eat her chocolates. That's Why I stole the chocolates.
So then the thief is……………. MISS HICKLING. The End.
Friday, 1 May 2020
How does a flashlight work?
Do you know how the energy from the cells goes around through the circuits?
First, you will need to start with a power source like a battery. You can use wires to connect the battery to a lightbulb. Then you will need another wire to connect the lightbulb to the other side of the battery. Batteries have a positive and negative side. You will need a battery and two wires [one red and one black]. You will also need a light bulb.
After you got the things, plug the red wire and the black wire into the big cells, positive and negative sockets. Then connect the other side of the wires to the light bulb.
Thursday, 16 April 2020
Easter Isolation weekend
We had a bit of chat then me and my sister said “ Mum and Dad can you come into the kitchen”. They quickly came and to their surprise there were no Easter eggs left. So I told them we hid them inside the house and you guys had to find them. I couldn’t even finish my sentence and they were already finding them.
After one hour of finding we counted the Easter eggs that my parents found. There were exactly thirty chocolate Easter eggs. While my parents were finding the eggs, me and my sister were watching Tv. We finally asked our parents if we were allowed one more. They said “ Don’t have one, have two”. We were so happy. Then we spent the whole day doing fun activities. The End
Monday, 9 March 2020
Summer Holidays true or false
Today i was writing about summer holidays because it was important.
I found it hard to write it on a slide and add the pictures.
i found it easy to link the truth and lie.
Next time i would add more writing to my slide.
Friday, 6 March 2020
Swimming Sports
On my second race I felt really confident because my freestyle race was pretty good. I could see the year three and four kids doing backstroke. Finally, after a while of standing, it was the for the year six. Once again, I jumped in frantically and started doing my backstroke. When I was swimming I could see the white roof in front me and I also could hear lots of splashing.
I sat down on the stage and waited for my final race. I stood up for my final race and when Mrs A said “ On your marks, get set, beep! We jumped in and I went into my breaststroke mode. I was using all my strength so I could come second or third. The race started and I was off to a good start but in the middle it got harder because I lost my breath. Instead I just kept going until I finished and guess what I had come third.
I was relieved after all those races. I sat down on the stage and watched the relays. There was lots and lots of cheering and splashing. There were four houses competing in the relay. The houses were yellow house, green house, blue house and red house. Yellow house came first and blue house came second.
After all the races, I was exhausted. All I wanted to do was change my clothes because I was very cold. The water was crystal clear when everybody came out of the pool. THE END.
Friday, 21 February 2020
The circus [recount]
At the circus, the smell was like popcorn and I could hear people chatting loudly. I could see rides, clowns, candies etc. First, I went to the candy floss shop and bought a big packet of candy floss. Then I bought a coke bottle and shared it with my Dad. The taste of the candy floss was really yummy and it made my hands really sticky after.
Monday, 27 January 2020
Three superpowers
Thursday, 7 November 2019
The dragon slayer
I am going to
describe the setting
describe the characters
describe the problem
describe the resolution
edit for spelling and punctuation
Present my work to a peer for assessment.
I found it hard to edit and spelling and punctuation.
I found it easy to describe the setting.
In a time when dragons threatened mankind. Only one man was to stop them. On a stormy night Tarragon the dragon slayer trudged on the desert road on his battle horse , Black bull.
Finally after a long journey through the desert, Tarragon found the dragon's lair. He had his armour on and he had his long sharp sword and shield with him. He woke the dragon up and they started fighting. After a few hours of fighting Tarragon stabs the sword in the dragon’s stomach and the dragon slowly dies.
After fighting the dragon ,Tarragon was so tired. He headed back to his horse and as he was about to go back, he found a little baby dragon. At first he looked at it and ignored it. But after he felt sorry for it. So he threw away his shield and put him on the horse. Then two more came and sweetly at him. He sighed for a moment and loaded them up too. But there was no more space for him ,so he just walked along.
Friday, 18 October 2019
Recounts
In my success criteria I am going to
* use some long and some short sentences.
* use adjectives and adverbs.
* use juicy verbs to start a sentence.
* use a simile or a metaphor.
* keep to one main idea in each paragraph.
* edit for spelling and punctuation.
I found it hard to use a metaphor or a simile because I didn't understand what it meant.I found it easy to keep to one main idea in each paragraph.
" Whoo hoo! " I yelled as I rode on a roller coaster with my Dad. We were at a giant place in Palmerston North. It was amazing because there were heaps of bouncy castles and food to eat like candy floss ,candy, giant lollipops and heaps more.
After we drove to the playground and as I was about to touch the bark with my shoes. I hit the wood and fell down on the ground with a bleeding knee. So we had to sit down with a tissue over my knee and wait till it stopped bleeding. It was extremely painful so Dad and I went back at the motel.
