Last 2014 Post

For my last 2014 post I would like to say Merry Christmas to everyone at Pt England School and its community. Have a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year also goodbye to all the teachers who are leaving, good luck and god bless you on your many new adventures. Thank you to all my teachers Mr Sommerville, Mr Goodwin, Mrs Garden and Mrs Jacobson I will miss you and have a great time with the boring new year 6's.

Christmas Diamante

We have made another Diamante Poem but this time it's about Christmas.

My New Kittens

 Last night one of my Cat's, named Ashlie had 5 baby kittens. Two of the kittens are Dark Grey and another two are white and the last one is ginger. They are really cute and have grown pretty fast just like my little brother Cullai.

News Paper Artical

A Few Bad Apples

Lead

Year 5 & 6 students at Pt England School have to pay the price for others’ wrong decision.

Para 1

Everyone in class 6, 7 and 8 have been punished for some bad and no good people who have been naughty on their chromebooks.  It goes to show that there are bad amongst the good. Also bad people have no pride and not enough strength to hold its own amongst the rest.  Many students have been complaining about these irresponsible decision.  

Para 2

When interviewed, Stevenson who is a year 6 student at Pt England School, said “Just because someone is being dodgy it doesn’t mean everyone should get punished”.  Another year 6 learner named Aaron said, “Maybe the teachers banned everyone from their chromebooks so that person or people would be ashamed because they will be so embarrassed that they won’t ever think of being dodgy again”.

Para 3

The kids were worried that they’ll never get to have they chromebooks again, but it turns out that the only didn’t have their chromebooks for 1 hour. Everyone was happy at the end. Kids thought what a relief and all was back to normal.

Conclusion:

Hopefully after this is all finished the bad people will remember what happen and they will never be dodgy again.

Uniform Change

Year 6 from Pt England have astonishing change in uniform.

Collin

Pt England

Pt England near Maybury

Lead:

Next year the year 6’s have an upgrade to Jackets for school uniform so that they can feel older and be more responsible.

What it looks like:

The colour of the year 7 & 8 jackets are black and red, it also has the Pt england logo in the front.

How to be Sun Smart

Did you know that New Zealand has one of the highest rates of Melanoma skin cancer in the world? So that means you should start putting on suntan lotion immediately.

To be sunsmart you would need to be wearing the right clothing also putting on an appropriate sunscreen like SPF30+ will also be suitable for your skin.

The first way to stay protected is to set sunblock all over your body. You need to apply skin protection at least 20 minutes before rushing outside. Make sure that if you are going somewhere like the zoo or a school event, then be sure to replay the cycle of putting on sunblock every 2 hours.

One of the rules for Point England School is to be wearing a hat in Term 1 and 4. It’s not just a rule it’s a Korero. A Korero is a goal for Point England, our principal (Mr Burt) thinks that it isn't safe for children our age to not be wearing a hat. Not just hat’s will keep you safe all sorts of clothing wear like sunglasses and much more.

This is my warning to you, skin cancer are commonly found on your hands, ears, forearms and you face and neck. This is really bad and it can lead to death very fast, so make sure you are using sunblock so your body can be healthy!  

If you would like to have a safe and healthy life you should always remember to SLIP,SLOP,SLAP and WRAP.

Capital Letters

Introduction:

Capital letters are letters that are at the beginning of a sentence or geographical places like city or countries. Some people might call them Upper case, capitals or the big letters. The height limit is the line above the line you are writing on.

Topic paragraph:

Names

One Place that Capitals are used is in peoples names. E.g My name is Collin or Hi my name is Joseph, Mrs Garden ( Teacher ) told me that it’s a way of giving respect to one another, like saying you are more important than a non living thing like a pencil.

Topic paragraph:

Did you know that Capitals are also in Titles of Movies, Books and much more? You have to put a capitals in front of the story or movies so that you can understand the writing and a little bit of what the movie is abouts.

 

Topic paragraph:\

Geographical Places City, Countries or Continent

Another place you can find Capitals are in places but if you want to act smart then you can say geographical places, when I say geographical I mean like cities, countries or Continents. Lets start with Continents, there are 7 different Continents called Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Oceania. As you can see they all have capitals.

Topic paragraph:

There are many other places you can use Capitals but for my last paragraph, I have chosen Dates. Did you know that Monday has a capital because it is one of the days of the week? Not only days of the week have capitals also months and special holidays do too. For example Religious holidays like Easter and Christmas. Another E.g I am entering America exactly at 2:45 am.

Conclusion:

Now that you know a lot about Capitals you can teach more people.

Use my brain, Use my heart, I’m going to be Cyber smart

Introduction: What is ‘use my brain, use my heart, I’m going to be cyber smart’ and how can it help you? It is a motto for Point England school students that use a tablet or a chromebook. It reminds you that you should use your brain and think about it, use your heart and remember that you can’t go on gmail when you are supposed to be on school

Paragraph 2: What does ‘use my brain’ mean? How would you do this? Give an example.

Paragraph 3: What does ‘use my heart’ mean? How would you do this? Give an example.

Paragraph 4: What does ‘being cyber smart’ mean? How would you do this? Why is this important? Give an example.

Conclusion: Final statements about ‘use my brain, use my heart, I’m going to be cyber smart’. How can this help you?

Camp Bentzon Camp Writing

Collin Camp Movie from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

On Tuesday morning the year 6’s from Pt England School went on a very exciting trip to Camp Bentzon. All year 6 students arrive at school before 7:00 am so they could leave early for SandSpit, that’s where we waited for the ferry. Before we left to Sandspit we loaded our luggage on to the bus.

The bus drive was really long, we drove all the way past Harbour bridge then into the woods and over many hills, we finally reached Sandspit and all the leaders from each team had to load the luggage onto the ferry. We first went to the park and played for quite a long time then we hurried back so we wouldn't be late.

As we left the Dock we had a marvelous view of the blue sea as we waved goodbye to the man who gave us the food for camp. Everyone was trying to look for dolphins but there was nothing in sight. We were almost there so the teachers told all the boys to stand to do the haka, so we stood up and sang our haka.

After we finished our haka all students left the boat and stood in one straight line so we could all have a turn on taking the gear, food and bags. Then we had a little time to look around the place and then we had to go back to load our bags into our cabins it was really tiring, I had to refill my bottle at least 3 times.

My cabin was great I sleeping in my cabin was Taimana, Promise, Cyrus and Sateki. We ate lollies and lots of chocolate, well at least I did I snuck some chocolate out of my mum's bag and put it under my pillow. After one day our cabin was already messy but we cleaned it from top to bottom it was spotless and we also came first in cleanest cabins.

Out of all the activities, my favourite was sailing. Peter one of the people who lived their was our instructor. He told us what the most important job was and it was holding the tiller not holding the sale it was really fun because me and Oloti Pao one of my group members were just cruising around back and forth.

My Second favourite game was orientering, it’s my second because my team and I worked together in finding all the letters it was tricky but we manage to get them before everyone it was the camp record, well not really but it was stall fun. I’d say that the laziest person in my team was Damian but the fittest was Oloti I wasn’t surprised he was the only person that could keep up with me in the fitness runs early in the morning.

Most of the watersports were really amusing one of my favourite was diving of the pontoon, out of all the year 6’s I was the 2cd person to get onto the pontoon. Jordan was the first and Stevenson was the third they are both from team Bentzon. I took a video of me with the GoPro it was so cool, Mrs Garden screamed when I jumped.

Camp was really cool and I can’t wait until the year 5’s go they're, you guys are going to have so much fun Especially if you see a wallaby.  

Favourite Things

Free blog Writing
My version of Favourite Things

Family and Outings

and hanging with my mates,

Movies and snack nights

and staying up so late,

downloading music, so I can sing,

these are a few of my favourite things.

Chocolate and ice cream

with sprinkles and candy,

toppings and syrup would sure come in handy,

Kentucky fried chicken,

especially the wings,

these are a few of my favourite things.

Easter and Christmas

and gifts on my birthday,

Trips with my family

to the beach on a Sunday.

Playgrounds and swimming

in Summer and Spring

These are a few of my favourite thiiiiiinnnnngggggs

When the bell goes

for our lunch break,

it makes me feel glad,

I get to hang out with my mates out of class,

and then I don't feel so bad

WildLife/History

We are learning about the different Wildlife at Kawau Island and I have chosen to write a google presentation about the interesting birds like Peacock, Fantail and the Gannet.

In 1844 the discovery of copper was made by Alexander Kinghorn and his miners, who at the time were mining for manganese ore one Great Barrier Island. The British company that owned Kawau decided to form a subsidiary company called Kawau Company, especially formed to run the mining operations on Kawau Island.

Later, in 1855 the Company sold the Island to Hugh Mackay and Edward Spence after ll mining operations on Kawau stopped.
In 1858 on Mackays death the island was sold to James W. Buckland and in 1862 sir George Grey bought Kawau Island.

My Kawau Postcard

We are learning about Kawau Island before we go on the trip to this wonderful place and today I had to write a postcard to one of my friends from the perspective of a person who is or wants to be there.

Puppet Disaster

This is my non real article about the Disaster at the theatre.

My Daily News

This is one of my task it is not true but it is really interesting. We are learning about Kawau Islands wildlife so I created I fake Newspaper story on a horrific creature.

My Rap For Camp

Now, this is the story all about how

My team won camp but just wait how

I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there

But first I tell you how we are the winners of this year

In Aotearoa, born and raised

On the court is where I spend most of my days

Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool

And all shootin' some B-ball inside of the school

When Ms flavell came it wasn’t good

She started telling me I’m a Leader now.

Sure i’ll pack some chocolate I tell my mum but mom says the opposite

We went on a fairy and travelled to kawau

the things we saw were really cool

we might just see dolphin swimming I say nah lets go to kawau

island.

I walk up to the mansion and then I see my cabin I turn around my home isn’t cleaner I thought to myself why not sleep but then I said no I need to lead.

My team is great because we are going to exterminate

Being a Good Friend

What are Friends? A friend is someone who is kind, happy and reliable. Being a good friend means to be a great listener also to be honest. Friends are also really important because they are always their when you are feeling sad or lonely.

       To be a wonderful friend, you would have to take notice of your friends problems. One thing you could do to test your friendship is to be yourself and if they don’t like you for who you are maybe that friend isn’t much of a friend at all. Just remember not everyone is perfect not even me but we’re all individuals and that’s what make us, who we are.

         Things that don’t make a healthy friendship is being a jerk and not being trustworthy . Another way is not liking one anothers personality E.g not liking you for who you are, now are friend like that isn’t much of a friend at all.

        If you get into an awful fight with your buddy, it’s always a great thing to ask for help but if it’s over something really silly like a hair tie or a pair of new shoes then make a chart on the days for who wears them. It’s a really cool thing to have a friend lot’s of people don’t even have a friend but their are still waiting.

Many people don't have a friend so make sure you treasure yours.

Reading Maps

Walt: Read Maps Carefully
Today in Literacy I learnt how to to read maps and how to use a new to in google docs called polyline. Now I know how to read maps carefully.

The Three Kete of Knowledge

Being Fit

WALT: record what is said with appropriate punctuation

Did you know your body is an amazing machine? It just needs to be used every day to keep it working well.

Exercise keeps your body strong and fit. Fitness means having the energy to work and play and do all the things you want to do easily. Your body can not store fitness, so you need to exercise regularly to stay fit.

Exercise  makes you feel and look better, it keeps your body a healthy weight. It also helps you relax and sleep better, hen you exercise your body produces chemicals called endorphins which go to your brain and make you feel good.

Exercise for strength makes your muscles stronger so you can work different parts of your body without feeling weak. Exercise for stamina makes your heart and lungs stronger and helps blood flow easily throughout your body, stamina is the ability to exercise longer without getting tired or out of breath.

So you need to move it!

Symbolism

For Extension the year 5&6 students have been learning about Symbolism, it's how one image can mean many things. This is my Symbol for now, as I go on my Symbol will keep on changing. It's like a pile of treasure that you want to keep forever. Mine is about school, my friend Stevenson drew this picture on HyperStudio.

This drawing represents how I really love school, most kids will probably want to be like 21 years old but it doesn't sound easy. Any way as you can see I loves books and learning it's one of my hobbies, creating knew things like a piece of writing or a animation is really entertaining for me a challenge is what I would call it. 

Marking My Work

Capital letters are letters that are at the beginning of a sentence or geographical places like city or countries. Some people might call them Upper case, capitals or the big letters. The height limit is the line above the line you are writing on.

One Place that Capitals are used is in peoples names. E.g My name is Collin or Hi my name is Joseph, Mrs Garden ( Teacher ) told me that it’s a way of giving respect to one another, like saying you are more important than a non living thing like a pencil.

Did you know that Capitals are also in Titles of Movies, Books and much more? You have to put a capital in front of the story or movie so that you can understand the writing and a little bit of what the movie is abouts.

 

Another place you can find Capitals are in places but if you want to act smart then you can say geographical places, when I say geographical I mean like cities, countries or Continents. Lets start with Continents, there are 7 different Continents called Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Oceania. As you can see they all have capital letters in the beginning of their names.

There are many other places you can use Capitals but for my last paragraph, I have chosen Dates. Did you know that Monday has a capital because it is one of the days of the week? Not only days of the week have capitals also months and special holidays do too. For example Religious holidays like Easter and Christmas. Another E.g I am entering America exactly at 2:45 am.

Now that you know a lot about Capitals you can teach more people.

New Clothes

Let's make it

Protecting our Kaimoana

Agree or Disagree

Read the journal - Protecting our Kaimoana

Complete this agree or disagree activity based on what the author thinks.

Statement	Would the author Agree or Disagree	Evidence	Page number and paragraph
New Zealand's number of undersea creatures is decreasing.	Agree	“I saw that the undersea creatures were steadily disappearing”	Page 1 Paragraph 1
If people keep being greedy, then we could run out of Kaimoana in our oceans.	Agree	Some people are taking too much to often.
There are no rules about the size or number you can take when collecting Kaimoana.	Disagree	Maybe these people think that the coast is like a magic fridge that will always stay full.	Page 1
You need a permit to collect more than what you need for yourself.	Agree	Anyone can come to me and get a permit, but before they take the seafood, they have to get a special permit.
M.A.F. cannot search your catch.	Disagree	The warrant I carry from M.A.F gives me the power to check out people who I think are taking kaimoana and search the bags.
You can sell what you catch as long as you don’t charge too much.	Disagree	That’s illegal unless you have a special license.
You are not allowed to catch Paua on Scuba gear.	Disagree	Some divers use scuba gear to take paua. That’s strictly illegal, because it’s very easy to clear an area like that.

What do you think?

Complete this Agree or Disagree activity based on what you think!

Statement	Do you agree or Disagree	Explain why you agree or disagree
There is no need for Fisheries officers, people should be able to get how ever much Kaimona they need.	Disagree	Because there won’t be enough for the people in the future
No one should be allowed to catch their own Kaimona. People should only be able to get them from the shops.	Disagree	Maybe some people love fishing for Kaimona it’s like a hobby for them