My Dream Action plan

We have been working on thinking about dreams we have that we would like to achieve. We wrote up a 'dream plan.' Here is my plan for my dream.

My Dream Action Plan

This action plan is to help me achieve:

My Dream for myself: My dream is to become a professional slalom skier (water skiing). I also want to become a good squash player, and I want to be a vet when I am older.

My Dream for New Zealand: My dream for NZ is that the animals in and around NZ are safe, and NO rubbish in the sea.

Why is this dream important to me?

Ever since I was 1 I have been bandaging my toys and that gave me a real  passion to be a real vet. I have always liked squash, and I LOVE  water skiing and I have already gone so far that I can’t stop now.

Who within my family, friends or community can I ask for support or advice to achieve my dream? My dad, mum, uncle Gary (he is a vet), Erin (Sasha’s mum).   

In order to achieve my dream I will need the following skills and knowledge

1.  Learn the skills I need to learn.

2.  Train and get better.

3. Not to give up.

4. Always be confident.

5. Don’t let any take away your dream

6. Maths skills

7. Reading and writing

When do I want to achieve my dream by?

I want to achieve my vet dream when I am an adult (20s), and my squash and slalom skiing when I am a teenager.  

What are some things that might go wrong and how will I fix them?

I will get injuries and I will wait until they are fixed. But I will always get back up again.

The first seven steps I need to take to turn my dream into reality are:

1.  Practice

2. Train

3. university

4. study

5. Keep fit.

6. Do well at school

7. High School - take science, maths, English, P.E

Maths Place Value

We are learning to.....

-recognise how many tens and hundreds are in numbers.
Here is my work.

Maui Legends

As part of Matariki we re-read the legends of Maui. We then retold a legend and created artwork. Below is my work.

Long, long ago, there lived a man called Maui. One evening Maui was sitting by a fire, wondering what it would be like to have no fire. So that night when everyone was asleep, Maui took jars of water and put out every fire in the village. The next morning everyone in the village was furious with Maui.    “You annoying person,” they cried. “Now you have to go south to the volcano and get us more fire!” Nobody wanted to go with Maui, but as he walked towards the volcano his friends the birds joined him. Piwakawaka, Hihi, Tui, Rupe and Huia flew to be with him and Pukeko and Kiwi wanted to come too. The volcano was many miles away from the village. The landscape was dry and bare. Deep in the heart of the volcano Maui saw a flicker of flame. He told his friends the birds to wait for him by the stream and he went in alone. He climbed over the boulders and saw an old woman sitting by a fire. ‘She has to be my Aunty Mahuika, the Goddess of fire Maui thought. “Kia ora Aunty,” said Maui. “All the fires in the village have gone out, so can I have one of yours?” Mahuika lifted up her gnarled hands. At each tip of her fingers there burned a flickering flame. She removed a flame from her thumb and gave it to Maui. “ Be very careful with this flame, it is sacred” Mahuika said. Maui cupped the flame in his hands very carefully. Surprisingly it did not burn him. “I have got some magic fire, but I still don’t know how fire is made” said Maui to the birds. “So I will go back”. Maui threw the flame into the stream. “Aunty Mahuika, the flame went out. Can I have another one, please?” Mahuika sighed, “Take more care of this flame Maui, these flames are very precious”. So Maui went back to his friends and threw the flame into the stream again. Every time Maui was given a flame he got rid of it and made up an excuse. “Oh Aunty, I dropped it! The wind blew it out. A bird flew down and took it. It started to rain and the flame went out. I sneezed and it went out. A Taniwha stepped on it.” When Mahuika was down to her last flame she was very furious. “Maui!” She cried. “No more. You have nearly taken all my flames. There is only one left now.” Maui tried to take the last flame from the tip of her finger. Mahuika flew into a rage. She stamped her foot and flames roared up out of the earth. Maui fled as fast as his waewae (legs) could take him. Mahuika erupted into flames like lava pouring out of a volcano. Maui said the magical karakia and changed into a hawk, as Mahuika threw her last flame far into the tops of the kaikomako trees. Later when the flames had died down, Maui came back to the kaikomako tree and climbed up high to the top of it. He snapped of a few branches and carrying them in his hands he took them to his home in the north. “I am absolutely sure that Mahuika’s last flame is in these branches,” said Maui to the people of his tribe. Maui took a kaikomako branch and rubbed it against a piece of mahoe wood. “Come out flame” Maui said. “I know you're in here.” He breathed on the wood and rubbed it harder. Very slowly a flame started to appear. The people of Maui’s tribe never had to worry about losing fire ever again!

Retold By Grace & Rebekah.

This is Grace’s artwork.






This is Rebekah’s artwork.

My Mihi 2017

Here is my mihi video.

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.