Summer Learning Journey stick figures

Today with the Summer Learning Journey I decided to do the stick figure activity. I drew lots of different  stick figures doing lots of different things. Here are my stick figures:

What was your favourite stick figure?

Summer Learning Journey Christmas card

This week with the SLJ I decided to do a Christmas card but because Christmas is already over I changed it a birthday card for my friend Chloe. I folded paper and taped it in the middle of the card so it would pop out and look 3D. The videos had lots of fun ideas and I want to try out some others when I have time. What do you think of my card?

Summer Learning journey fingerprints.

Today with the Summer Learning Journey I looked at fingerprints. I used Nanogirls suggestion of using sticky tape to take an impression of my fingerprint. Then I took a photo of the tape and zoomed in on the picture so I could see what type of fingerprint mine was. Mine was arched.

I cropped the photo in so it only shows a small part of my fingerprint because I didn't want to put my whole fingerprint online in case someone frames me for a crime.

Here is my photo.

Next I am going to find out if cats have different paw prints from each other. What do you think?

 

summer learning journey

 

This week in cyber smart we had to colour in some things from an art book as one of the tasks on the summer learning journey. Here are my colouring in's.

Do you like the colours I chose?

My Vector Christmas decoration

 With the Summer  Learning Journey today I decided to make a vector Christmas decoration 🎄🎄.I included lots of Christmas things and our pets and stuff.I  also included some pictures of elves because we have elves. I hope you will enjoy looking at my decoration 😊.
Here is my decoration:

Do you like my decoration?

My Descriptive writing

 This term in writing we have learnt about descriptive writing.We had to pick 6 of our favourite sentences from our writing and put them on a google drawing. Here is my descriptive writing: My Descriptive writing. Do you like the sentences I chose?

What is a discussion?

This week in reading we have been learning  about discussions. Here is my comic strip:

Do you know what a discussion is?

My comic strip about spiders

 This week In reading we had to make a comic strip about spiders I also explained what a information report is.Here is my work:Link

Place Value

 This week for maths we had to do a place value maths mat.Here is my work:

My Maths Mat

 This week for maths we had to make a maths mat using place value. Here is my work:

The Terrible storm by Indi

 For writing this week we had to wright about this pitcher here is my work:

BANG! went the thunder. The waves crashed against the boat. The boat started rocking side to side. The animals were getting scared. Noah was trying to steer the boat around the rocks but it was very difficult. The giant waves were crashing against the side of the boat. There was lightning and thunder everywhere and the rain was pouring down. The animals were soaking wet and freezing cold. The small animals were sheltering under the beds. The sky had turned from grey to black and the lightning was hitting the water. Suddenly the boat crashed into some rocks!

The boat started sinking underwater and some of the animals were struggling to stay on, sadly some of the animals lost their grip and slid off the side of the boat. They splashed into the freezing cold rough sea. The animals started swimming. 

Luckily Noah spotted an island that was close by and he pointed the animals in that direction. The cold trembling animals swam to the island and dragged themselves on the sand. They huddled together in a group to try and keep warm while they waited for the others to arrive. Noah and the other animals were close behind and swam to the island quickly. The boat fully sunk into the deep sea and was never seen again.

The End

Have you read Noah's Ark?

Why I should be allowed to stay up later

 This week for writing we had to do persuasive writing. Here is my writing.

I should be allowed to stay up later.

I should be allowed to stay up later these are my reasons:

Firstly, I want more time to do the things I like. The things I like to do are: watch tv, play board games, do art, play with my kitten, read and play. By staying up later I would have more times to do these things I like to do. When I go to bed earlier I don’t have much time so I don’t get to do everything.  

Secondly, I want more to spend more time with my parents. Parents stay up later and kids go to bed earlier so if kids stay up later they would spend more time with their parents. If I was allowed to stay up later I could spend more time with my parents without my sisters. It takes me a long time to fall asleep so I shouldn't just have to lie there waiting to fall asleep when I could be talking to my parents.

Thirdly, as I get older  I get more homework and have to stay up later to finish it. Also, as I get older I should stay up later because I don't need as much sleep.

In conclusion, if I was allowed to stay up later I would get more time to do the things I want to do, I would get to spend more time with my parents, and as I get older I need to stay up later because I have more homework and don't need as much sleep. These are the reasons why I should be allowed to stay up later.

Do you think I should be allowed to stay up later?

 

Reading: Paralympics 1964 vs 2020

 Goal: To compare and contrast information from videos and articles

This week for reading we have been learning about the Tokyo Paralympics in 1964 and 2020 and how they have changed. Here is my slideshow. Have you watched any of the paralympics?

 Last week for writing we had to try and persuade someone on something. My writing was about why I should be allowed another pet. Here is my writing.

I should be allowed another pet.

I should be allowed another pet these are my reasons.

Firstly it would teach responsibility. 

I would take very good care of it by feeding it, playing with it, paying for all its toys, food, bedding, bowls with my money, and clean up after it.   

Secondly, another pet would not annoy my parents. 

It could sleep in my room  and I wouldn't get upset if it chewed up my stuff , slobbered over everything  and messed up my stuff.

Thirdly, it would keep me entertained and stop me getting bored.

I would take it for walks everyday happily, I would take it to the park for a run.  

I would play with it outside everyday and would teach it tricks and how to walk backward.

Also, I could get in from the SPCA which would help the animals.

Animals are often hurt that don't have a home. It's better to adopt animals from the SPCA rather than buy one from a petshop or trademe. Pets from the SPCA have already been wormed and spayed and had their shots so that saves you money because you don't have to go and get it done at the vet because its already been done. Also, if they don’t get adopted from the SPCA they might get put down.

In conclusion, I should be allowed to have another pet because it would teach responsibility, it wouldn't annoy my parents, it would keep me entertained and stop me getting bored, and it would help the animals at the SPCA, this is why I should be allowed another pet.

Do you have  any pets and want another one ?

 

Facts about Lisa Carrington

For reading last week we had to make a slide show about Lisa Carrington. My favourite fact I found out was that she played netball as a child and wanted to be a Silver Fern (I also play netball).  On my last slide I wrote a list of questions for her. 

My favourite question was: If a kid wanted to be a kayaker when they grow up, what could they do now to get started?

Here is my slide show.

When I am embarrassed

This week in OG4 we read a book called So Embarrassing  Our create task was to make a comic strip about times  you have been embarrassed. This is mine. I hope you like it.

Bookathon success!

In June we took part in The Great Kiwi Bookathon. It was to raise money for Blind Low Vision New Zealand to help them with lots of things like getting more Braille books made, getting more guide dogs, and other things to help as well.

We asked people to sponsor us. Me and my twin sister aimed to raise $50 but we got so many sponsors we actually raised $273! I read 11 books because some were quite long and hard like The Secret Garden and my sister read 56. 

Taking part in the bookathon made me feel really happy because I was helping a lot of people, and doing something nice. 

Our SPCA fundraiser.

We (Indiana, Emilie, Mila, Alyssa) did a bake sale to raise money for the SPCA. We raised $412.50!!! We sold crafts and baking. It was very fun and a lot of hard work. We are delivering the money and having a tour of the Christchurch SPCA in the school holidays. We have now helped the Blind/Low vision NZ with our bookathon and now the SPCA. We are thinking who we can help next. 

Small ripples create big waves

Today at school we made a poster about 'small ripples create big waves'. It means if you do something mean and do it again and again it can turn into a bigger problem.

My amazing math shapes

This is my shapetown. I went insert then clicked on the shapes I had to copy paste some of it because it was easier than going back and getting the exact same shape all the time. My favourite part is the icecream shop.

My other shape task was sorting 2d and 3d shapes. It was a bit tricky but I did it. The hardest one was the cuboid.

 

Summer learning journey optical illusions

I did some optical illusion photos  🦥🐞☁️ it was a bit tricky and a bit frustrating  because we didn't know where to stand. In the end we looked like tiny little people and it was funny. I took mine at the art center and botanic gardens. Mum and I are trying to draw a duck optical illusion picture. I am colouring it in but it is taking a long time.

Here are my tricky photos. It was fun. Do you like my optical illusions?

Summer learning journey my summer foods

 This is my summer collage.   

 Pineapple  🍍 juicy,  sweet, delicious, 

Mango 🥭  sweet, refreshing,  juicy,

Raspberries 🍓 tart, soft, yummy

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Giuseppe Arcimboldo

I had fun making my fruit and vegetable art. Dad helped me balance it because the eyes kept falling off. I made a big beetle and some smaller cute beetles. 

Giuseppe Arcimboldo facts. 

He made stained glass windows. His dad was an artist too. He made a famous painting of the four seasons and four elements fire water air and earth. 

 Do you like my art? I ate a lot of cherries while I made it. 

Summer learning jorney. A balancing act

I didn't have any rocks or pebbles to stack so I used cups. I used all the cups in the house and went quite high. My tower was stable, not wobbly. I loved watching the rock stacking video and I watched some of his other ones I want to try it one day so mum is going to take us to birding flat one day to collect some flat stones.

Here is my stacked tower. It is 6 cups across and 6 cups high. I added a flag on top 🇦🇺

Summer learning journey. Summer sounds poem

 my poem about the beach

Summer learning journey. My camping checklist

 I have never been camping 🏕   before and I did some research about  it . Here is my checklist. 

1 torch 🔦 

2 sleeping bag 😴 

3 tent ⛺ 

4 first aid kit 💊 

5 food 🍍 

6  water 💧 

7 marshmallows 😋 

8 water bottle 🍶 

9 clothes and shoes 👚 👗 

10 mattress 🛌 

11 toys 🧸 🐻 

12 Tooth brush  💜

13 sun screen ☀️☀️☀️🌞

14 sandfly repellent 🐜🐝🐞

15 BBQ and matches🔥

16 togs🩱

17 fishing rod 🐟🐠

I haven't been camping before but I have been on campervan trips before.

Summer learning journey. My dam

Beavers build dams to stop the water flowing down the street to make a pond to safely live in . On the weekend me and my family went down to orton Bradley park and built a big dam. First I got big rocks and started stacking  them on top of each other then we put little rocks in the gaps  of the dàm we managed to slow  down the water but not stop it completely. I got a bit dirty and it was really hard work but it was fun. After we built our dam we went and got ice creams. Here are some photos of my dam.

Summer learning journey Summer collage

These are some photos that make me think of Summer. These are the words I chose: playground, summer, friends, hot weather, real fruit ice cream, sunshine, and my kitten oscar. I don't have a chromebook at home yet so google draw isnt working well so I did it another way on my mums phone.

Summer learning journey real or fake

I quizzed myself on a lot of faces and tried to figure out which was fake and which was real. Some of them were really hard. I was looking for freckles, wrinkles, and pimples on the real faces. Fakes were sometimes smooth or lighter or had weird stuff in the background.

Summer learning journey insect nature art

This is my nature insect art. It is a ladybird with willow trees and plants in a tiny forest. It was very fun to make. 

Oscar my Christmas kitten

  

 

For Christmas we got a kitten, he is 9 weeks old. His name is Oscar, he is tiny , and he already chewed 2 bells off his favourite toy. He always runs to his food when he sees Mum pouring his milk. He loves watching the birds at the window. he is scared of dogs and the vacuum cleaner and loud noises. He loves the colourfuĺ pompoms I made him. He is grey and he is long haired and very fluffy and so cute. When we are eating dinner he runs over and tries to nibble the side of my plate. I love Oscar. Hes so playful and sweet and smoochy. His tongue is rough and he always tries to lick and sometimes bite me his teeth are just tiny and it doesn't hurt. I love cuddling him. I think its very nice to have a pet because we haven't had one for 3 years. He wears a blue collar with a bell on it so I always hear him walking down the hallway. We are booking him into the vet tomorrow for his vaccinations. He is not allowed outside until he has had his vaccinations as he may get diseases or viruses like cat flu. These are the photos I took of him myself.