Collage

Today we learn't to create a digital collage. We had to choose a New Zealand native bird that we would draw onto a google drawing. Then we pasted a background in.

Toki Pounamu Film Festival

Toki Pounamu Film Festival

On the 14th of November the senior school from Karoro went down to the
regent to see the first school Film Festival. Karoro school, paparoa range,
Kaniere School, Paroa School, St Patricks, Kumara School, and Blaketown
School competed and came to watch the Toki Pounamu Film Festival. 

My favourite movie was Town Robber done by some students from Paroa school,
Sammi Fahey, Pippa Robb, and Caitlan Boddy. I personally liked this film
because it had a humorous background and had more than two characters.
In this film there is a news reporter, reporting a crime scene. A robber had
stolen a lot of money. They had two cops on the job trying to find the robber
in the end they find him sleeping in a little alleyway. The two cops chase him
in a funny way and tackle him to the ground. I really liked this film because it
was really funny.  

I think that the film festival was a good idea. It is where students can learn
new things about making new movies and using different apps. I personally
thought that the film festival was all right. I think it would be a good idea if you
didn't have a topic to choose from because that would be a bit more exciting.  

Kowhaiwhai Art

                                                   Moana

For He Kākano we had to create Kowhaiwhai patterns on canvases.
We had to know what our pattern meant. We also got to choose whether we
chose to do a modern or traditional patterns. Me and Grace chose to do a
traditional kowhaiwhai pattern surrounded by our own art. Our Mahi toi
represents the Moana. At the top there are dolphins jumping out of the water.
The kowhaiwhai pattern in the middle represents the cutting of a waka on
waves ( water). The paua shell is magical. The dolphins swore an oath to
protect the Moana. In return, the Paua shell would give half of its colour
and sparkle to the dolphins. That is why on half of the paua shell all you can
see is its underneath Maori patterns. We used a range of colours to represent
and show the beauty of the Moana. We also wanted to show that not only
above the sea is beautiful;below is too.

-Dakota and Grace

Māori Phrases

Animation Slide Show

Today we worked with Mrs Minehan. She showed us how to make an animation on a slide show. I decided to use a picture of a lake, and a boat going over the top. 

Insect Statistic Report

                            Living Insects 

How many Living insects (including birds) are found from the letter box to the first Cabbage tree on
the bank? 

We are going to collect our Data on a Tally chart.

Living Insects	Tally	Frequency
Birds	11111	5
Worms	0	0
Ants	1	1
Spiders	0	0
Snail	111	3
other	1 (cockroach shell)	1

     

                      

Aimee and I found 5 Birds, 1 Ant , 0 Worms, 0 Spiders, 3 Snails, and 1 Cockroach shell. Next time we could've looked for the Insects on a sunny day as there could be more insects that would be surfacing.  The most common insect was a Bird because the Birds would have been eating the insects that lie on the ground. 

    

                        

Wild Things Reading Response

DRS ABCD Lesson

Embedding Screencastify

Today we worked with Ms Minehan. We had to find a piece of work that we could screencastify and then put on our blogs. I decided to put a poem on my blog, I chose My Selfie Poem. We were learning how to embed a screencastify video and put it on our blogs. We are also learning how to make a quality blog post. I thought that embedding the screencastify was easier than downloading it. 

Ski Recount

                                         

Jake Bailey Recount

On Wednesday the 31st of July Jake Bailey came to Karoro school to
talk to rooms 7, 1, and 8, about his battle with cancer and the life lessons
he learnt. 

Jake Bailey came to Greymouth with the life education trust. Jake talked
about his battle with cancer. He had Burkitt's Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma,
which is the fastest growing cancer in the world, and he survived.
Then after telling the story about his battle with cancer he talked about the
life lessons he learned when going through cancer. He said that if you are
always resilient, kind respectful then you will know that you are a good person.
Then he said that you can fake being brave as long as you don’t show how
you feel on the inside and keep moving forward.

After he talked about being brave he talked about happiness.
Jake said that ‘happiness is a skill you have to learn’. He also talked about
worries. He said ‘don't worry about the small things in life focus on the bigger
issues’. As well as talking about the worries in life he also talked about the
fears he had before cancer and how he overcame them. 

His message to us was ‘we have a responsibility to live our lives not only for
us but for the children who can’t’. I think that Jake Bailey is an amazing person.
After his speech, it changed how I thought of worrying about the smaller things.  

He Kakano Term 2 2019/Location And Directions

In He Kakano this term we have been learning how to give basic directions in Maori. Here is our work in the slideshow below.

Maths Badge

Fraction D.L.O

Cuboid Hunt

I worked with Daniel on the cuboid hunt. We did some videos of cuboids and how to figure out the area.

  

NZ Sign Language

I worked with Sasha to make this video of me speaking in sign language.

Refugee Book Review

Refugee Review

Name: Grace 

Age 12: 

Class: Karoro school Room 8

Do you want to read an adventurous and anticipation story? This book is waiting for you!
Refugee is a non- fiction story written by Alan Gratz. Refugee is an adventurous and a
dramatic story. It is an engaging story and you will be sitting on the edge of your seat
waiting to see what happens next. 

Refugee is set Germany, Cuba and Syria. It also goes between America, Macedonia and
Serbia. 

The main characters in Refugee are Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud. All three amazing
characters are children and are having to leave their homes (and countries). They are
all looking for a home where they would be safe to live their lives. They are between
the ages of 11 and 12. 

Refugee has three stories in one. All three children connect together at the end of the
story. Refugee is mainly about three children who have to go on an adventurous but
dangerous trip trying to find a secure home for themselves to live in. They have to go
through dangerous seas and cross countries without suspicion. The three families have
to go on a horrendous journey hoping that they will make their destination.  

Refugee made me think how scared kids would be having to go through war, and hoping
that the next day would be a good one. Refugee also connects to me because the kids
are all around my age.

I think that this story would have definitely happened to a lot of kids. I think that it
would be an atrocious and scary place to be those three children. I really enjoyed
reading Refugee because it was a breathtaking book. 

I recommend this book 11+ because there is some violence like war and guns.

Triangle Area

We are learning how to find the area of triangles and composite shapes.

Analogy D.L.O

Torty And The Soldier

Hypothermia

      THE UMBELS

Snowflake Picture sourced from Fun Facts About Snowflakes.

The umbels are a simple sign of showing the symptoms of hypothermia.

* The Mumbles: the mumbles are when your speech is slurred and you
are stuttering.                             

              Picture sourced from anger tropes

* The Grumbles: the grumbles are where you start getting grumpy
very easily.

* The Stumbles: the stumbles are where you start to trip over things
easy and lose your balance. It also might be hard to stay up right.  

* The Fumbles:      picture sourced from Autism Mom

The fumbles are where you struggle to pick things up, or fumble with things.  

New Zealand Giants

Scratch Animation

Mahatma Gandhi

Race Relations Day

Walk a mile with someone who believes differently from you.

The world will know peace when you can stand for them too.

Rules And Strategies

My Selfie Poem

             MY SELFIE POEM

I am from a black coach, from a swaying hammock and dripping wet wet suits.

I am from the dark green bush, from the roaring motors.

I am from the slimy lake weed, from the Cobden Netball team.

The Bristly Rimu.

I am from the sounds of birds chirping, from Bains Bay.

I’m from riding motorbikes and white baiting, from a snorting dog and a
sporty brother.

I’m from being late and late nights and from is dinner ready and where’s Milly.

I’m from eat your breakfast and get to bed, from the pages of Pony Club
Secrets, and We Will Rock you.

I am from water skiing and slalom skiing.

I am from boating on lake Brunner.

I’m from Greymouth and, New Zealand. From sausage casserole and
Ice-cream, from great great granddad Dusty.

From a well known painter.

War medals safely hidden at my grandparents.

Mihi

                                                My Mihi

Kia ora koutou katoa Here me say my mihi

Ko Te Kinga töku maunga

Ko Makawhio töku awa

No  Māwhera ahau

Ko Ngati Pākehā töku iwi

Kei te kura o karoro te marae

Ko Whampoa töku waka

Ko Rhodes töku ingoa whanau

Ko  Rachel töku Mämä

Ko  Jamie töku Päpä

Ko  James töku tungane

Ko Milly töku kuri

Ko Grace töku ingoa

Tënä koutou katoa

Chinese New Year