Earn the fern Blog Challenge!

 This is another activity that i can do it is called Earn the Fern. I have to Imagine that I could interview Bill Kini and what 4 questions would I ask him?

Bill Kini represented New Zealand in heavy weight boxing at the commonwealth games. He got a gold medal in 1966.

Questions for Bill:

1. How did you manage playing rugby and boxing at the same time?

2. When you were young did you ever dream of being in the commonwealth games?

3. How did you get in to boxing?

4. When did you get into boxing and rugby?

Bill Kini

Defying the Odds, Blog Challenge!

 This is another Blog challenge that we can do. I have to choose a Basketball player and come up with 5 questions to ask that player? It was really fun to do. 

Against the odds, Blog Challenge!

 This is another one of the challenges we did. I had to write 3 important things in my life and why. It was really fun to do. 

One small steep for man, Blog challenge!

 This is another one of the challenges that we had to do. We had to write a poem about Neil Armstrong on the moon. I did an acrostic poem. It was really fun to create.

Team Players Blog Challenge!

 I am doing the summer learning journey Blog Challenge. We have to choose a blog challenge and do it. The one I am doing today is called Team Players! We have to list 3 superpowers that we would like to have and tell you why we would have them and what we would use them for. 

 

2020

 

 This is my word art about 2020. It was really fun to create and now that I have wrote it down it brings back so many memories. This year has been a amazing year besides covid-19.

My Memory book!

 

 This is my memory book from this year. I had so much fun making this and it brought back so many memories!

My book about Curious Cove!

 This is my book about Curious Cove. It was really fun to make and the camp was really fun too. I hope you enjoy reading it. My Book about Curious Cove!

My favourite part Curious Cove!

 

 This is a animation from my favourite part at camp. It was the day trip to a Island Motuara and Ships Cove. I had so much fun there and had so much fun making this animation.

Character profile

 

This is my character profile from the story my class and I are reading at the moment. It is a really good story so far even though we have only read a few chapters. It was really fun to create the character profile. 

My water machine

Today we had to design and create a machine that allows user to successfully complete there underwater observations. It needs users to see clearly underwater, while standing in the stream, Also it must meet all 6 criteria which is:
1. It must allow user to see clearly underwater.
2. It must not require user to go underwater.
3. Must be portable and easy to lift.
4. Must not disturb the river bed.
5. Must be handheld.
6. Must be made out of waterproof materials.
It was really fun to create.

My Pepeha

This is my Pepeha. It was really fun making this.

My worm farms

 These are two of three reading tasks I have done this week about worm farms. It was really interesting learning about them and doing activities about them . I had lot's of fun.

Global warming!

 During this week my class and I have been learning about global warming and we have done some activities around it. I have learnt so much and it was really fun. The one with the purple background is about, what is global warming. The one with the green background is just a poster, warning people about global warming.

Future food

 During this week we read an article about Insects and learnt lot's about them and how you can have them in food.  We had to make these posters about why you should eat insects in food and design some food with Insects and bugs in them. Throughout the process I almost vomited it was just so gross. 

Life in New Zealand in the 1970s

 For the past week in class we have created a presentation of what life would be like in the 1970s in New Zealand. It was really fun to create. I did it with Harriet and Jordan. I found out so much that I never new. I also learnt a lot about the Fashion and stuff like that, that they would use or wear in everyday life.

Scratch Creation!

Today we got challenged to make a scratch comic, using coding. What we had to do was pick a superhero and make a story about it doing certain things. Our superhero was a guide dog for blind people. We had to make the guide dog do certain things. Some of the things were a starter project in which we got the dog to guide a lady across a road. The next activity was show off with a super spin. What you had to do for that one was the dog had to do a spin in the road. The next one was it had to fly over buildings, but our dog couldn’t fly over buildings so we just made it cross a road again because it was a guide dog and doesn’t fly over buildings. Nextly was you had to add background music. Then you had to support your hero. By doing that you would just add in another character. There was also keeping the score by creating a game by programming your hero to collect objects. The last one is draw your own hero, and what you had to do was use the paint editor in scratch and make your own hero. Scratch was a really fun activity and maybe one day you could try it for yourself.

Rat Trackers

  This is what My class and I did the other day. It was really fun creating something to track rats and also Getting to go and check them the next day.

Rainfall task board 1

My class and I read this book called Rainfall and then once we had finished reading the book we had to do this task board thing and do heaps of activities about the book that we read. It was really fun doing the activities.

Hector Dolphins

Today for our blog challenge we had to choose an a endangered animal and find facts about the animal that we choose and find information about why they are endangered. This is what I did. The reason why I choose Hector dolphin's is because I love dolphins and they are amazing. Also I thought that no one would choose them too. I loved doing this blog challenge and it was really fun.

My Family holiday

It was the school holidays and my parents decided that we needed a break so they booked us a holiday skiing up the mountain. After the long road trip getting there desperately, I hopped out of the car and sprinted around enjoying the freshly, cold, bitter air. After a few hours we had settled in and we were heading out side to feel the snow for the first time. Laughing with my family, my lips were turning blue. It was awesome! They next week was just full of skiing and spending quality time with my family.

Kowhai planting

The other day my class and I planted Kowhai seeds I had a lot of fun learning about how to plant a seed. These are the steps we took to plant them.

This is me doing
the planting

1. The first thing that we did was get all of the equipment which was: A cup, Water, mixing stick, seed, soil pod, seed pot, sand paper. 

   

   This is some of the equipment
   that we needed.

2. Secondly we Sanded the seed because we had to roughen up the seed to let water in.
3. Thirdly we put 50ml of water in the cup and then put the soil pod in the water. We had to use the mixing stick and try and break up the soil pod so that the soil pod would turn into soil.
4. After a long time of mixing we finally had soil in the cup.



This is when we were mixing the soil pod

5. Then we had to put some of the soil in the seed pot. 
6. Next we had to make a little hole, put the seed in then cover it up with the rest of the soil in the cup.
7. After that we put the cup of the seed pot.
8. Now it is time to wait and see if the kowhai plant grows.
9. Once they grow 8cm tall we have to plant them outside somewhere in the school.

Nature Bingo

Today we had to go around outside and find some certain things in nature. I did it in a group with Harriet and Jordan. They were great partners. It was a very fun activity and I hope we can do it again.

10 -ing start sentences

10 -ing start sentences. For this lesson we had to do 10 -ing start sentences. I actually found it quite interesting and fun.

1. Running the cross country with my best friend, I tripped and fell flat on my face. 
2. Eating dinner with my family, my brother had no table manners.
3. Looking at Harriet, I notice she has a new top on.
4. Feeling sad, I started crying.
5. siting in my classroom, it was really hot.
6. Laughing at my brother, when he broke his leg. (P.s I didn't actually do that)
7. Thinking about my dream car, I hope it happens.
8. Annoying my mum, I am really good at that.
9. Finding my shoes, they are very smelly.
10. Walking with my friend to school, what hard work.

The monkey bars

 This is my Ride that I designed. I had a lot of fun making this. I definitely used my imagination. I don't think thus ride is ever going to be in a theme park.

My food Truck

This is my blog challenge. We had to make a food truck, the Menu and uniform. I had a lot of fun making this and I hope I get to do something like this again.

One of the Rainfall Main events

We have to choose one of the main events from the story my class is reading which is called Rainfall. This is my creation that I did. I had a lot of fun making this.

My Classrooms

 This is my classrooms that I made. The reason why Megan should use them on the learning planner is because They are fun, creative and bright and I put a lot of effort into it. Also I really like how they turned out. These were really fun to make and I hope I get to do it again.

My first week back

It has now been my first week back at school. It felt really weird waking up early, putting on my uniform, catching a bus, and walking down the college driveway. It just didn't fell right. Also we have had to put a lot of hand sanitiser on. when we hop on the bus, when we walk into a classroom and when we walk out of a classroom. I have enjoyed lock down but going back to school was really good to because I got to see all my friends and to be somewhere different because being out my house the whole time is quite tough. On Sunday the day before school I did not want to go back but then when I did go back I kind of liked it probably because it was something different. On the first day which was a Monday we had assembly. But because we are still in level 2 and there are still rules so we had to seat one seat apart. Monday was basically just getting into the routine of hand sanitising and being cautious of what you touch and trying not to share food or pencils and pens. Also we got to catch up with our class and see what they had been up to over the lock down. Then the rest of the days were back into the normal stuff.

What if I shrunk

This is what it would be like if I shrunk. I don't think I would like to shrink because getting chased by a dog would not be fun. I hope you like my slides.

1. Would you rather be the oldest or youngest in a family of 10 and why? I would rather be the youngest because then I get away with lot's of things and also I have older siblings that could teach me things and give me some of there old cool clothes.
2. Would rather see things clod up like a microscope or see things far away like binoculars? I would rather see things far away so then If I had to see how much traffic that was coming or something like that.
3. Would you rather be able to shrink down into an ant anytime you want, or grow into a 2 story high giant whenever you want? I would rather grow into a 2 story high giant because then I could see everything and also if I wanted to go to another country I could just walk there and it would be much quicker.

10 Adverb start sentences

1. Carefully, I got the cake out of the oven without getting burnt.
2. Quietly, I sneaked up to my brother and scared him.
3. Quickly, I finished my peace of writing.
4. Firstly, I I woke up and brushed my teeth.
5. strangely, a woman was watching me when I was shopping.
6. Lazily, I hoped up from the couch and helped mum make dinner.
7. Afterwards, I helped my little sister with her homework.
8. Loyally, I kept a secret that my friend told me.
9. Urgently, I rushed to the hospital to have my baby.
10. Beautifully, I got ready for the fashion show.

We are learning how to to do adverb start sentences. So for today's activities we had to write 10 adverb start sentences.

A window into my 2020 lockdown

This is what my lock down was like. I had a lot of stuff to do. Honestly I really didn't get bored.

My time at home during lockdown.

My time during lock down was great. I didn't have to get up early and put on my uniform. But one thing I did miss was hanging out with my friends. I did get to video call them which was good. Doing school work in lock down was really weird. Mostly everything had changed. I did like how we got to do the video call with our class because we got to see what everyone was up to and we could ask out teachers anything without having to email them. The school work that our teachers gave us was great. Because we were still learning and they didn't give us to much but they give us the right amount. Also the teachers were really supportive and was always so positive. Something that I have really enjoyed about doing school work at home is that I get to sit on my couch and eat while I do the daily writing challenge or do a maths activity sheet about tally charts. When we go back to school I would like to keep doing the blog challenges because they were really fun. Something that I didn't like about do school work at home is that it was all individual because there was really no way to do group work so when we get back to school hopefully we will be able to do some group work. In general I really enjoyed lock down because we just got to stay home and also we got to experience of what home schooled looked like.

Learning at home

Learning at home survey questions and answers.

1. What did you like about learning from home?  That I didn't have to get up early for school.
2. What didn't you like about learning from home?Not being able to see my friends and also when something is really hard I can't ask the teacher something in person because on a call or email it can just make more confusing.
3. What did you miss about school? hanging out with my friends my friends and being able to learn with other students in groups.
4. What do you want to change when we go back to school?  keep doing the blog challenges.

My daily writing challenges

These are my daily writing challenges that I did this week!

Writing book

Colour crazy

 These are the artworks I made on this website. It was really fun to create these and I think I actually did a pretty good job for my first time.

Where my Animals like to go

These are a few of the adventures my animals have been on. Who knows where and when they have also gone. I had a lot of fun making this and my animals were really helpful because they did some good poses when I took the photos.

Volume problem

My best daily writing challenge of the week

So because fruit wasn’t Chen’s favourite he needed to find a way to tell his mum and this is how it all

happened. So it started on Saturday morning and mum was feeding Chen some cheese for breakfast. At the same time Chen’s older brother was putting on his brand new shoes that he got from Christmas last week to go to the skate park with his friends . Just as Chen’s older brother said bye and left to go to the skate park Chen had finished eating all of his cheese so mum said to Chen “I think it is time for some fruit”. So Chen’s mum went over to the fruit bowl and got a bright yellow banana out. As she peeled the banana Chen had his eyeballs wide awake making sure that what his mum was going to put in his mouth was OK because he has never had fruit before. Just as Chen’s mum put the banana in Chen’s mouth he started having regrets but before you know it was in Chen’s little mouth. Straight away Chen hated the banana he spat it out and his face scrunched up like it was so sour. Chen’s mum laughed because Chen has never reacted to food like that. A few seconds later while Chen’s mum was still laughing Chen belched and his mum kept on laughing but even harder. A few minutes later Chen’s mum settled down and she said to Chen “well you won’t be having fruit anytime soon”.

What goes on inside my horse's brain?

These are my horses they love food and swimming at the beach.

My best daily writing challenge of the week

So I Bella, the family dog, was peacefully having my afternoon sleep when my family came barging through the front door with something that smells delicious. I quickly jumped up and sprinted over to them to see what they had. My mum was holding something in her hand and as I looked closer I noticed that it was doughnuts my favourite thing of all. Well I do really like bones but you know where I am heading. Anyway everyone started eating some doughnuts and I honestly thought I needed one too so I decided to do puppy eyes and wine. But that didn’t really work because the only one that fell for it was my 3 year old little sister Ella. As my family went out into the garden to hangout Ella stayed back and gave me some doughnuts then she put one on my head. I had know Idea what to do so I just tried to get it off and eat it. But it wouldn’t come off.Next thing the whole family came back in and Ella and I got caught red handed. Sadly I didn’t get anymore but my family didn’t tell me off which was good they just thought it was funny.

The Park

My Word Art!

My backyard insect creation

The steps that Raku takes to make his animal are  1.find the materials.  2.Get into the flow.  3.Choose an animal.  4.Build your bug  5.Take a picture. I think Raku's creations look really realistic. They are really easy to make because all you need is stuff out of your backyard. The way I think Raku chooses which animal to make is once Raku has got all of the materials he probably just looks at them and starts to put things together and see what they turn out like. The stuff that I have in my backyard it flowers, twigs, leaves, pine cones, and so much more. Stuff that I could use to make a animal with is flowers, twigs, leaves, and lot's of other stuff. The animal that I would probably choose is a butterfly.

This is the insect that I made - it is a butterfly!

Digital dig top tip

This is my google drawing of my digital dig top tip poster.

My Favourite room in the house

This is my google drawing of my favourite room in the house which is the kitchen.

Self care poster

Hi my name id Olivia, this is what I think self care means. For example stay hydrated, stay calm in times of stress, eat a healthy food and diet, follow directions, Thinking before acting, Sleep for it least 8-9 hours, try and stay active. That's what I think self care means.

Self Belief poster

Hi my name is Olivia, this is what I think self belief means. For Example Try new things, understanding boundaries, sharing ideas, showing empathy, active listening, having a positive attitude, using names appropriately, being organised by bringing PE gear. That's what I think self belief means.

All about me!

Hi my name is Olivia! I am from Manakau which is just out of Ōtaki. I am 12 years old turning 13 soon. I love horse’s, Netball and swimming. My favourite foods are pineapple, watermelon and chocolate. I also love hanging out with my friends and my favourite colour is pink.