Read aloud

This term we read a novel called 'The Bold Ship Phenomenal' by Sarah Johnson. It was about a boy called Malachi who on the way to school one day, he was walking along the beach to get to school and something caught his eye. It was a bottle and not just any bottle, a magic mottle with something inside. In most movies there would be like a map or a letter or something like that, but not in this one. Inside was a... Ship! Yes, a big, pirate looking ship, and wait, there's more! The next day Malachi looked in the bottle and it was in a completely different position. Yep, the Pirates inside the bottle, on the boat moved, so did the ship. It was like, a WHOLE different universe.

Metaphors

Metaphors WALT: use metaphors to make our writing more descriptive. We took part in a “Get NZ Writing” project. We wrote on postcards and had to describe ourselves using metaphors. We sent our postcards to Hukanui School in Hamilton. They sent postcards back to us. Here are some metaphors from my poem. Sophie Beale is the Opera house because she loves to perform. When she looks in the mirror she sees an angel with a golden, glowing halo.

Swimming Term 1

For P.E in term 1 we have been working on our swimming skills. I am in the seals group. My goals are: tread water for two minutes, do a standard dive, swim one length breaststroke, swim a three length medley. I love backstroke and I need to work on my breaststroke kick.

Hockey Term 1

WALT: control & manoeuvre a hockey ball. WILF: Steady hand Correct grip on stick Eye on ball - watching ball Pushing the ball Crouch position Next Step: I really need to work on my crouch position

My Maths Slide Term 1

Flat people

We have been reading this novel called Flat Stanley. It's about a young boy who go squished by a pinboard, and became flat. Ever sines then, he became "Flat Stanley". I love this book because at the end of it we got to do this AWESOME art with it, and today I'm going to explain it with you. So first of all, we had to draw an outline of a 2d body. Then we took a picture of ourselves and we had to cut out the face and glue it on the body, and then we had to colour the outline in. After all that we had to write a personal description about our flat person (which is us) and how to look after them. You're probably wondering why we needed to explain how to look after us right? Well because we are going to mail them to someone. My flat person has arrived at the persons house already, safe and sound. Now all they need to do, is take pics with my flat person whenever they do something.

Swimming Term 1

For P.E in term 1 we have been working on our swimming skills. I am in the seals group. My learning goals are: tread water for two minutes, do a standard dive, swim one length breaststroke, swim a three length medley. 

My next steps are: to work on my three length medley.