Socialising with room 6

Dear Room 6

Thank you for socialising with us.It was nice to talk with you.

Thank you for teaching us how to play the ukulele. You did well teaching us how to do the cords like C7 G7 and C. My partner was very good at playing the ukulele. The best part was meeting new children and playing with the ukulele. We shall meet like next year and maybe see if we get better at  playing the ukulele. It will be nice if we see your class next year.  

Well done,  Legend group for coming 2nd in the ukulele festival. I wish the legend group all the best for next year. Hope they come first.

Yours sincerely
Blade Howell

Netbook Reflection 2012

The last two terms I have had a netbook. My netbook is very cool and I like it.

The positive thing is when I can learn about something and then create it and share with the little kids. When our class make stuff for little kids I like sharing with them. In writing the netbook can fix up all my mistake. My netbook has helped my results better than other years.

The minus is when I hate it when the wireless does not work. Sometime I can get distracted by my friend by talking to them. I still have to learn my times table and spelling. 

My goal for next year is to write better comets and get better results in maths, reading and writing. 

Janie Behind Bars

Reading To The Kids

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WALT: make a PowerPoint for rooms 1 and 2

Today our class went to the library and read our story to the little kids. We got some of our information from the zoo. Tama was reading the book on the computer. The easy part was getting a partner and reading the story to them. I had fun reading with the kids.                                                                                                                             

The Zoo

Our first film festival

Our school Glen Innes  has just joined the Manaiakalani cluster of school and we had got our very frist netbooks last term. Every year we are going to make a movie for the festival to share our learning.  This is our first movie that we have made in the Manaiakalan Film Festival. Our movie is called GI Boot Camp. We finished our movie in the holiday at school. I was very  happy when we had made our movie and look forward to see it on the big screen.



G.I. Bootcamp from Glen Innes School on Vimeo.

The Big Jump

WALT: write a story in sequence.

The Big Jump

Yesterday the weather was fascinating in the early dawn. Now he can do his big jump out of space. He was afraid because he wanted to break the world record.

Josh and his crew flew to New Zealand in a UFO. When they landed in New Zealand they started the big jump. When he was going up he had butterflies in his stomach.

“Josh are you ready to jump?” say Mission control .
Josh replied, “Yes I am ready to jump”
“Jack ready when you are, to jump”

Josh jumped out of the balloon and he was screaming. Half way down Josh said, “I feel like passing out”.
Mission control was scared because they thought he probably would not land. They had no control of Josh and that’s why they were scared.

When Josh pulled his parachute, Mission control was all over the moon. When Josh landed he landed perfectly. Everyone came out and hugged him.

Josh was so happy that he kissed the ground. Josh now knows not to be scared of heights and always try new things.

Food and Culture

Walt:write a report.

Food is very important to people so they can survive.

Taro came from Hawaii and grows in the Pacific Islands. The climate  needed for taro  is hot, humid, and  heavy rain. Taro grows in paddy fields and in abundance.  The soil has to be marshy and wet. Taro can grow anywhere like on  a mountain and close to the sea. Taro has more carbohydrates than potatoes. Taro is a staple diet to the Pacific Islanders. Taro is also good for babies.

Kumara came from Central South America. Kumara was a staple diet for the early Maori. Kumara has more carbohydrates than potatoes. Kumara grows in the North Island  of New Zealand. Kumara grew prolifically in New Zealand because of the temperate climate. For kumara the soil has to dry and fertile. Kumara is very good for babies.

I think that food is so important to people so they can survive. There are many  different foods because people have moved around.            

Survey and Report

WALT:write a report about a survey.

Last month I found out the kids and teachers favourite All Black player at Glen Innes School. I went around the school and asked the children and teacher.Fifty
children and some teachers were surveyed.

I used excel to draw my 3D graph. My data was represented in a column graph.

I surmised that Dan Carter is the most favourite All Black player. Sonny Bill Williams came 2th and Ma'a Nonu came
3th with the least liked being John Kirwan. I think that John Kirwan was the least liked because most of the children don’t know him. Maybe he will be known because he will be the Blues coach next year. I think that Dan Carter got the most votes because he is a very good kicker.I think that most people like him because he is so fast.

Weird and Wacky Food Festivals

WALT write a summary.

There are many kinds of weird and wacky food festivals.
Spain has the World's Weirdest Food Festival.

In Bunol Spain people have a crazy Tomato Food Festival.
A man climbs up a pole and then gets the ham and he can
jump into all the tomato piles. It happens in the last Wednesday in
August each year. They did this festival because they weren't happy
with the city council so they throw tomatoes at them.They must squish the tomatoes before throwing the tomatoes.The Tomato Festival lasts for about one week. When they have the festival they fill up all the streets with  tomatoes. Some people eat 17 kilograms of tomatoes.

Mexico has  a Radish Festival. The Spanish
started  this festival. They make sculptures with radishes.
This has being going for hundreds of years.
They celebrated this at night. It last for only a few hours because the radish will die out. It happens every year on 23 of December.

I wish that I could make a weird and wacky food festival for
New Zealand.

Technology

WALT: write a narrative.

Technology

Most Mondays our year seven students go to technology at Tamaki College. We all go on a bus to the college.

This term we are doing wood work and it is extremely exciting. In the workshop we have safety rules like close shoes, stools in and no fiddling. The part I don’t like is drawing because I am not very good at it. We have to sketch before we draw. We have to plan before work on the wood. When we are finished our drawing we have to show our teacher, Mr. Grundy for approval. If he says it is good then we can work on our piece of wood. When we are working on our wood we use some tools like a trysquare to make our line straight and a saw is a tool to cut up the wood.

Wood work is fun and now I can use some of the tools I have not used before. I hope that my truck will look alright. When it is finished I will give it to my little cousin.                                                                                           

Healthy Choices

Letter to Chris Wood

Dear Chris Wood

We all thank you for giving us the food. I really appreciate what you have done for our school. Thank you, Chris, for the wonderful fruits and vegetables. We really appreciate that. My sandwich was the best sandwich in the world, all because of you giving us the ingredients for my sandwich.

Thank you so much for doing this for Glen Innes School.

Yours sincerely
Blade Howell

P.S You are the best in the world!

Value of Friendship

I learned the value of Friendship. My comic strip  is about Friendship. Eric Murray and Hamish Bond showed friendship when they won gold for New Zealand. I want to learn about Determination. 

A message to the Olympic Equestrian Team

Go Mark Todd! I hope you win a gold medal. Best wishes for you and I am very much hoping you will get a gold medal.

A Big Thank You

Dear Mum and Dad


Thank you for paying for my netbook. I really appreciate what you have done for me. I will look after it and make sure it won't break so you can’t pay for it. Thank you very much.
In writing my netbook can help me write neater and faster. When it is reading I can go to online stories. In maths I can learn new strategies on the netbook.

Your Child

Blade