Classroom Kupu

We have been learning how to say the names for classroom objects in Te Reo Māori. Here is the slideshow I did to show my learning.

Science Term 2 2017

This term we have been doing science. We have been learning about the water cycle and states of matter. Here is some of my learning.

Persuasive Writing-Why We Should Have Pets

We did a persuasive writing on pets, whether we were against them or for them. Here is my work please leave a kind, positive and helpful comment.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	You Should Have Pets.
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I believe that having pets is a great thing. You should have pets!
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Primarily, pets are fun to play with. When you are feeling down, they give you company and like to cuddle you. Pets are good for people because they can keep you fit, by taking them for a walk. Having pets are awesome because they like playing with you. It is fun walking pets, cuddling and playing with your pets.
	Secondly, pets are great for people with disabilities, like blind people who find it hard to shop for food and walk around. There is lots of other things pets can do, like they can sense people that might have cancer. They can also tell if people are low or high in sugar (if they have diabetes).  Pets are a lot of help for blind people because they can help them walk around. Pets are also great with sensing things,like  diabetes and cancer. They can sense someone with cancer and they can tell if someone with diabetes is high or low. Pets are a great thing to have.
	In Addition, pets keep you safe. They guard you from all sorts of things, like people that want to rob your house, they can guard you from other animals that are trying to attack you. Pets like to   stand by you and keep you safe. Pets also look after you. Like when you have a fall your pet will be there and do anything to help. They also like to keep an eye on you to make sure you are safe. YOU NEED TO GET A PET THEY ARE GREAT!
	Finally, Pets are GREAT because they can give you food! Cows can give you milk that you can make into cream that you can turn into butter then that you can turn into cheese, and then you can have any of those to eat. Goats can also give you milk but it is a little different, Guess what you can also make goat cheese! YOU NEED TO GET A PET!
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion, I think having a pet or pets is a great thing. I think that you should have a pet because they are fun to play with and hang out with, they can help with disabilities like diabetes,  They like to keep you safe like guarding you, They can give you food like milk. These are my reasons why you should have a pet.

Persuasive Writing-Why Should We Fix Our Field

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing about why we should fix our field.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	Fix Our Field
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe that our field should be fixed now and farst! These are the reasons why we need our field. We have tournaments that we need to train for, our equipment is going to waste while the field is out of bounds, our field takes up a lot of space and now there is less space to play games, and with our field out of bounds we are losing equipment over the fence. For these reasons our field needs to be fixed.
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly, we need our field to train for sport like soccer, rippa rugby and lots of other sport. We need to train for our sport so that we can get better and learn more, and with out the field it is hard for us to train for our hakinakina. We have to train for our sport on the concrete because our field is out of bounds.
	Secondly, we need to make use of our sports equipment which cost a lot of money and is now going to waste. Most of our sport equipment is more fun to play on the field but there is no field to use that equipment. We won’t the field so that we can play with the hakinakina equipment.
	Thirdly, our field takes up a lot of our space to play and without a field there is less space to play games. The school is overcrowded with only the court area to play games like soccer and lots more. We want our field back and we want it now!
	Finally, with the field out of bounds, we are losing our equipment over the maihe, and the teachers are the only people who can get them. We have to wait for ages to get the teachers and for them to get the equipment back over the fence.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion we need to fix our whira because we need the field for training for our sport, our sport equipment is out of use because the field is out of           bonds, we don’t have enough room to play, we keep on losing our equipment over the fence and onto the field. It is vital that we need a pai whira for our school!

Te Reo Maori words for clothing/Kakahu

In He Kakano we have been learning how to say the words for clothing/Kakahu in Te Reo Maori. Watch my slideshow and video below so that you can learn to.

Traditional Maori clothing/Kakahu

On Friday mornings, I am in the He Kakano class which is a senior Te Reo Maori extension class. We learn about Maori language and culture. This term we have been learning about traditional Maori clothing and we had a go at creating our own garments. Here is our work. Please leave a positive, helpful and thoughtful comment. 

My Marine Mammal Information Report

We have been learning how to write a information report. Here is my report on a New Zealand Marine Mammal.