Maths Place Value

We are learning to...

-recognize how many tens and hundreds are in a number

Here is my work

Maui Ledends

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

Maui’s Fish

Long, long ago Maui’s brothers said that they were going fishing so Maui said that he wanted to go with them but they said no. So that night Maui hid in his brothers waka, so that in the morning when he woke up he could go fishing  with his brothers. That morning the brothers set off on to the ocean but the brothers didn’t notice Maui until he jumped out of his hiding space. The brothers allowed Maui to fish with them but they didn’t let him use any bait so he got his grandfather’s magical jawbone and stabbed himself in the nose so that he could use the blood as bait so that the fish would eat it and the jawbone would hook into the mouth of the fish. Maui then caught something on his fishing line and Maui noticed that the fish was not just a normal fish it was something giant. So he tugged and tugged and then he pulled and pulled.  Maui knew he could pull it up and he wanted to prove to his brothers that he can fish and that he has the strength to pull what ever was down there up so he started to pull like he has never before and he felt something coming up but before he could guess what it was he had pulled up a giant stingray. Maui’s brothers were jealous that he pulled the stingray up so they started to stab the stingray. Now the stingray Maui pulled up is what we call the North Island and they called there waka the South Island and Stewart Island is known as the anchor.

Retold by Nevey and Phoebe

My Mihi 2017

Here is my mihi video. 

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 have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my writing about why we should or shouldn't have pets.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	I Stand Up For Pets
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe that people should have pets. Pets are good for guiding people with a disability like if they are blind or deaf. Pets are also good for comfort because they can keep you company if you are old or alone. Pets can be trained to do certain jobs like jobs at home or a rescue dog. Pets can detect if someone  has cancer or if they are going to have a fit.
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, Pets are good for guiding people with a disability like if they are blind or deaf. They guide them everywhere and they go and help them open and shut things. Guide dogs aren’t just good for guiding people with disability they also protect them.
	Secondly, Pets are also good for comfort because they  can keep you company if you are old or alone. If you are old you don’t have anyone to keep you company because their kids have moved out. Animals are good to talk to because they don’t answer back.
	Thirdly, Pets can be trained to do certain jobs like jobs at home or a rescue dog. Pets can be trained to be a police dog to sniff out bad guys and to sniff out drugs. Dogs can be a police dog, fire dog, rescue dog. Dogs can also be trained to do jobs around the house. Jobs like getting the morning paper, fetch specific things for you.
	Finally, Pets can detect if someone  has cancer or if they are going to have a fit. Dogs can detect if you have a disease like cancer. When Dogs smell cancer in a person they normally keep sniffing for a while and then sit by them. Dogs can also detect when you are going to have a fit if you trick them they are smart and don’t fall for it.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In Conclusion I strongly believe that people should have pets because pets are good for guiding people, to keep you company if you’re old or alone, pets can be trained to do specific jobs, and also pets can detect if someone has cancer. For these reasons I strongly believe people should have pets.

Persuasive Writing Why We Should 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 truly believe that we need to fix our whīra(field)The whīra(field)is a big part of our school and we all enjoy the activities that we play on it, if the whīra(field)  is not fixed it will always be muddy and boggy, when the whīra(field) is out then some of the P.E equipment is not being used and goes to waste, and we need the field to do hākinakina(sport) trainings. For these reasons we need the whīra(field)  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, the whīra(field) is a big part of our school and we need it to play games and do activities. Games and activities keep us fit and it is important to keep fit.
	Secondly, if the whīra(field) is not fixed we will not be able to play on the playground and basketball court because they are too crowded .  With everyone together it is more likely for people to get injured.
	Thirdly, if the whīra(field) is out then some of the P.E equipment is not being played with and it means it is a wastes of money. The equipment helps our skills get better.
	Finally, we need the whīra(field) to do specific hākinakina(sport) trainings for tournaments like soccer tournaments, touch and rippa rugby tournaments. To do well in tournaments we need to practise and without the whīra(field) there is no place to practise.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In Conclusion we need to fix the whīra(field) because we need to play games and activities, it would be too crowded to play on the playground and basketball courts, P.E equipment is going to waste, we need to do specific hākinakina (sport)  trainings for tournaments. For these reasons I strongly believe we need the whīra(field).