Reflection

Maths: In maths this week we did another word problem on the mat. I found it hard when we did it. I really enjoyed it when we played yahtzee for our maths rotations.

Reading: In reading this week I liked it when we did the must do’s and can do’s. I enjoyed doing the character inference sheet with our favorite book. And the handwriting was fun too.

Writing: Writing this week was part of the reading activities.

It was book week and it was super fun. I really liked doing the Kahikatea book quiz on Monday and our group won! It was also really cool when we dressed up in our costumes on wednesday!

Reflection

Maths: In maths this week I liked it when we did our mental maths questions and when I did my gloss test. It was a little  hard when we did the maths word story.

Reading: In reading this week we did our must do’s and can do’s and I finished my blog and camp review. I really liked doing book talk on thursday as well.

Writing: writing this week was part of our must do’s and can do’s which was fun.

The moment my foot sank into the mud, the goo was cold and squelchy. It was deep and muddy and super fun. I could see as  The sun glistens on the dirty water and my legs were sticky and glazed with mud. I was out of breath by the time my foot landed on the finish line.

Camp Reflection

From the 18th to the 19th of October 2017 Kahikatea team were on camp at the Rotorua Lakes Ranch. On Wednesday which was the day we arrived was packed full with exciting things that we did. There were different groups from group 1 to 8. I was in group 8. First my group did kayaking, I was a bit nervous getting inside the kayak because it wobbled, but after a little while of paddling around the lake it was really fun. next we did rock climbing then the scavenger hunt and then raft building. we managed to fit our whole group of 10 people on our raft. Those were our activities for that day. For dinner we had lasagna and for dessert we had apple crumble and ice cream. On the Wednesday we had a talent show and lots of people had great performances. The next day was Thursday and our first activity was slug gun shooting then orienteering and then the mud run. we sloshed through water and mud. After that our group went in the hot pools. Our last activity was horse riding. I was very nervous getting on the horse but  after a while as we were walking along the track on the horses it was really fun and it was my favorite activity. For dinner we had macaroni and cheese and for dessert we had jelly and ice cream.  Friday was the last day and on the way back to school we all went to the hot springs. It was a super fun camp!


This was my group on the raft we built and it was floating on the water!




This was me when my leg was stuck in the mud when I  was doing the tough guy challenge!

This was when my group was kayaking. It so much fun. There's  me in the orange kayak!

My term 3 review

Term 3 was a great term and we got to do some cool things like our production. It was really fun and  it was my first production too.

I liked doing more writing this term and recapping on similes. The book" wonder" has been really good which our teacher has been reading to the class. One of my favorite things this term was doing the calendar art. I'm really happy with my art too! and cross country was fun too, I came in 7th place for the 11 year old girls. It was fun but tiring. I think term 3 was great!

 

This is a video of my speech term 2!

poem

As my paint brush glided across the page I was almost at the next stage. As the colors swam across the paper they flew so vibrantly like an exploded rainbow lorikeet. But of course the colors had no feet so they stayed exactly on my calendar art. but remember I was only at the start.

This is a video of the song room 8 played. Unfortunately I was sick so I could not be there. But we practiced a lot that term and it was quite fun rehearsing. I was practicing the bass guitar for the performance. I would have really liked to be in it that day!

Production blog

In term 3 2017 we did a Kahikatea team production called Choices for Life. It was really fun and we put in a lot of hard work. Especially the teachers. I was a tree in the performance. The production was a big success and I really enjoyed it.


This was when we were singing the end song!

Reflection: 8.09.17

Maths: In maths this week I liked doing the fraction work on the mat, some of it was a bit hard. I liked some of the mathletics as well.

Reading: In reading this week I really enjoyed doing the cockroach activities like the five facts about cockroaches and the short story about the article.

Writing: writing was part of the cockroach tasks.

We have been doing a lot of production practices. I am looking forward to the performances.

Reflection 11.08.17

Maths: In maths this week we I found that working with groups on the mat with the figure it out book was a bit difficult because the questions were a little hard. I liked solving the maths questions in our book with the donut gang group.

Reading: In reading this week I liked doing book talk and finishing my sentences with the spelling words. I also enjoyed doing the handwriting.

Writing: In writing we practiced writing our letters and making sure that they went the right way and I liked using the colours to colour code them.

Reflection: 2\06\17

Maths: In maths this week  I learnt my 8 times tables and got a sticker on my chart and we were learning how to figure out division problems with the dividend, the divisor and the quotient. We watched a interesting video about which I liked as well.

Reading: In reading this week I got another book on my book challenge and I enjoyed doing book talk. I also did my handwriting and finished my brain banks.

Writing: In writing this week I was working on my speech and so far I have got two paragraphs and a introduction and we shared what we had so far with our writing buddies.

Integrity Games

In term 1 Kahikatea team organized some games that we made up as a group. we were teaching them to Rata team years 1 and 2. Me and my groups game was an obstacle course and it involved a lot of equipment.  I enjoyed helping the little ones and teaching them our game.  

Inquiry: Treaty slide

Treaty of Waitangi

Learning Conference

LEARNING CONFERENCE

Hiking Adventure

In week 7 Kahikatea team went for a mountain biking trip on mount Pirongia. I went hiking and so did lots of other people. We walked for 3 hours and we also had to walk through streams. It was awesome! our shoes were so wet and muddy after the walk. There were sticks with orange tape on the way so that people knew where the track was. I found lots of blackberries on the way. It was great fun.

Inquiry

Rm:8

In room 8 this term  we have been learning about rhythm, pitch and timbre. We listened to lots of cool sounds and music and then we had to say how it made us feel and what type of music it was. One time we also scribbled in our book with our eyes closed while the music was playing and then we opened our eyes and saw what we drew about the music that we herd. 

Rm:9

In room 9 we have been going for walks around Pirongia  and we have started our filming. Me and my group have started our film at the redoubt. I liked the films I took and it is a lot of fun going for the walks.

Rm:10

In room 10 Kahikatea team made up some Integrity games for Rata team. Me and my group's game was an obstacle course and involved a lot of equipment. The kids did the games really well and I enjoyed making the game up with my group.  

Reflection

Maths: In maths this week we learnt a way of figuring out maths problems with the teacher and I enjoyed that. I also liked playing the maths games like risk.

Reading: In reading this week I managed to finish all of my must do’s and did some free writing . I enjoyed all of the activities that were set for us and I really liked book talk.

Writing: In writing this week I finished and printed my simile story and it is on my writing boarder and I was happy with my work.I am also very happy because I past list Q and reached my spelling goal so I am on list R.

I had my learning Conference on Tuesday and it was a big success and I worked hard on my slide and enjoyed it. I really liked this week.

kahikatea Assembly

for the last couple of weeks we have been practicing with instruments doing fast and slow in room 8 and I was the conductor and I used my hand and lifted it up when they used the sticks to go fast  and I lifted my hand down when they had to go slow. We did different rhythms with the whole of kahikatea team with bottles of rice for room 9 and room 10 stamped their feet and room 8 used rakow sticks. the Assembly was a big Success and we also shared our flowers that we made out of flax. It was great fun. Thanks for reading. By Amy Bhaskaran.   

                                         Welcome to 2017

 Hi I'm Amy and I am looking forward to learning new things,and exploring the new and different ways of writing and other subjects. I am also exited about the rotations between the other classes I have taken on the opportunities of Road Patrol and Librarian and I'm also doing cheer leading. We have also been doing swimming which i would like to improve in. Thanks for reading By Amy Bhaskaran.