Zoofari

Hi fellow bloggers
This week we went to Auckland zoo on a zoofari trip. We slept in the old elephant house. We also went on a night safari. Here is a picture of a tiger that I saw.

I am working on an animal report about servals and I saw one! It was smaller than I thought it would be. Did you know that cheetahs aren't the fastest animal in the world! They are the fastest land animal.

So I hope you enjoyed this blog post.

Ka kite ano.

Kiwi Kids News

Hi Fellow bloggers,
This year my class has been doing Kiwi Kids News. It's when you go onto Kiwi Kids News and you pick an article and read it then answer some questions. So here is an article I did.

My basic facts and multiplication progress

Hi fellow bloggers, Here is my basic facts progress for this year. I am on stage six and I am improving on stage six. Here are my scores for term 1 and 2 I have improved since last term.

Zebra Report

Hi fellow bloggers, I had to do a zebra report. I had to do about 20 bullet points and made it into a report........

Zebra Report

Did you know that? Each Zebra has a unique white and black pattern and their skin is protected from insects by rolling in mud. Zebras are mammals, that means they are warm blooded. When baby Zebra foals are born they have brown and white stripes. The scientific name for a Zebra is Equus Quagga.

Did you know? Zebras are related to donkeys and horses. They have one hoof on each leg. Their stripes help them camouflage in long wavy grass, they like to roll in mud and when it dries they shake it off along with loose hair and dry skin. A Zebra’s hoof is an enlarged (becomes large) toenail. Zebras don’t have colour vision but their eyes can see better at night. Zebra’s necks are short and stiff.

Zebras eat a diet of shrubs, herbs, twigs, leaves and bark and eat a variety of grass. They are herbivores and don’t hunt for food. They are not picky eaters and aren't fussy about what they are eating. Zebras will travel up to 1,800 miles to search of food.

Wild zebras live in Africa, zebras are native to Africa and live in a herd up to 5 or 15 Zebras. Zebras are found on grasslands, along the edge of the desert in eastern Africa and are found across southwestern Africa. African animals are very noisy. The mountain zebra’s are found in South Africa, Namibia and Angola.

These are the zebra’s predators: lions, spotted hyenas, leopards, hunting dogs, crocodiles and cheetahs. Humans are killing zebras for their skins. Zebras don’t freeze when they hear danger coming.

Zebras run up to 40 miles per hour and they live up to 25 years. They love to roll in mud and dust. Did you know that zebras confuse their predators with their stripes when the zebra herd is planning to escape? Zebras recognize each other with their own individual black and white stripe pattern. When a baby zebra (known as a foal) is in the mother's tummy it stays in there for 13 Months.

Zebras are special and have beautiful, unique stripe patterns. They are an iconic animal to Africa and are an important animal to take care of.

  

Match the Maori words

Hi Fellow Bloggers, I have done this activity I will tell you what I had to do, so I had to find the match of the English words to the Maori words. I can tell you that it was hard to match them. So I hope you like how I matched it.    

Match the Maori word with its meaning
Waha Roa	People of the land
Manuhiri	Shaking of hands, hongi
Tangatawhenua	Woman who call to the people
Karanga	Dining Room
Mahau	Formal Speech
Kaikaranga	Song
Whaikorero	Pressing of noses
Kaikorero	Sacred
Pae Pae	Gateway to the marae
Waiata	Not sacred (Normal)
Hariru	Visitors
Hongi	Rules set by the marae
Kawa	Call
Whare Kai	Male who speaks
Tapu	Veranda of the Marae
Whakanoa	The seat where the speakers sit

Learning Journey

Hi fellow bloggers, this term and last term I recorded my levels of my reading, spelling, maths, writing and lots more. So I've done some progress on my learning and now I want to show you. So I hope you like my learning.

Reading At age level Term      1      2     3      4						Spelling - Grade Spelling Term   1      2      3     4						Maths Stage 6 by end of Year 5 End Stage 6 by end of Year 6
14.5-15+												Stage 7
14-15yrs												Stage 6
13.5-14						5						Stage 5
13-14 yrs						4				4.6		Stage 4
12.5-13						Essential List Term 1   2    3    4						Stage 2-3
12-13yrs						8						Term	1	2	3	4
11.5-12.5						7						Writing - Expected Levels Year 5 - 3B by the end of Year 5 Year 6 - 3A by the end of Year 6
11-12yrs						6
10.5-11.5						5						Term	1	2	3	4
10-11yrs						4						Level	3B	3B
9.5-10.5						3						Basic facts
9-10yrs						2						Term	T1	T2	T3	T4
8.5-9.5yrs						1						Stage	6	6

Handwriting

Hi fellow bloggers. This term my class is learning how to link our writing. Here is my progress in handwriting. I hope you like my tidy handwriting :) 

Digital Self Portrait

Hi bloggers, Last term I did a Digital Self Portrait. What I had to do was get a photo of myself, cut it in half and then on my Chromebook I made my other half of my neck and face digital. Digital means do it on a device. I forgot my nose! So here is my Digital Self Portrait, hope you enjoy it............

Four Picture Art

Hi fellow bloggers, Last term I made a Four picture art. I had to pick four cultures and make me look like them. Here are my cultures I picked. The Maori culture, the culture of vampires, the viking culture and the hound of Hades. So I hope you like my art..........

Getting Ready for Fun Friday

Hi fellow bloggers
This Friday is Fun Friday. There are going to be lots of stalls. We had to get into groups to organise an activity. My group is called Slime Prize. and the people in the group are: Honey, Cerys, Braeden, Louisa, Deevon, Jess T, Indi, Crystal and me. The slime is pink and gooey and people have to put their hand into the slime and find some dice. Here is a picture of the slime and dice in the bucket..........

 

Argument Writing Speech

Hi bloggers, This week I have been working on an argument writing speech. I had to find out why we should eat healthy and it had to be between two and 3 minutes, so I hope you enjoy my speech:)

Why we should eat healthy.

Hi my name is Sara and I’m going to talk to you about why we should eat healthy, do you think we should eat healthy too? Here are my reasons why we should eat healthy:

First of all, it will keep you alive and you will become strong and fit so you can run. Did you know that fruit and vegetables are full of vitamins and minerals that our bodies need to be healthy? Healthy bodies work well but if you eat too much candy it will make you sick and you’ll feel dizzy. Candy will get stuck in your teeth and you will need fillings and that will cost money, and you want to spend that money on healthy food don’t you?

Secondly, healthy food won’t make you sick. But don’t eat too much healthy food in a whole day you have to have a variety of food, if you don’t know what variety mean’s I’ll tell you, variety means eat a selection of food, like Carbohydrates. Here are some Carbohydrates food: pasta, rice, breakfast cereal, noodles, potatoes, oats and so much more. Next is the protein group. Here are some foods from the protein group: seafood, beans, peas, eggs, meat, nuts and seeds. There are still a lot of food groups to go through so I’m just going to name them: We have the milk and dairy products the fruit and vegetable group, and the sugar group. Oh the sugar group -too much sugar will cause obesity and type 2 diabetes. So a variety of food is what makes us healthy really. A balance diet is a healthy diet.

Lastly, it helps our own brain get healthy so we think better and things that aren’t nice don’t pop out of our mouth. Did you know that when you eat healthy you create new healthy cells in our body?

Plus you don’t get lots of packaging if you are buying fruit and vegetables. OK!!! I have to admit that some healthy food you get from the supermarket have packaging, But that is another whole speech on packaging.

That's why I think we should eat healthy, we need our five + a day to make us healthy. But remember don’t eat too many sweets it will make you sick.  That's why I told you about a balanced diet and remember you still need to eat food. So I hope I convinced you to eat more healthy and enjoy the difference of eating healthy. Thanks for listening.