A letter to Room 6

Dear Room 6

Yesterday was a surprising experience for me, because your class was so easy to talk to.

I liked socialising with you and we should do this more often. It was engaging and pleasurable air. I met Lose, who was really easy going and fun to be around.

It was interesting going to your  music room  and meeting Mrs Carter,the music teacher. She was so encouraging and complimentary at the same time.

When we came back Mrs Ramkolowan said the St. Pius boys were most interested in Glen Innes girls. Oh! Oh!

P.S I thought you needed to hear that.

Yours sincerely
Alisi

Netbook Reflection 2012

My netbook is one of my best friends.


Having the netbook is a great experience. Because of it I have been connecting with other students by reading their blogs. And makes it easier for me to understand the main core curriculum areas. Learning with the netbook is fun and interesting because I always learn a new thing about it everyday. With my netbook I 've been creating movies, blog posts, comments on blogs and presentations. When I do my writing it fixes my mistakes. I can practise my maths and reading. When I come to a word I don't know, with my netbook I can simply find out what it means and it's pronunciation. 

The negative with the netbook is been able to stay on task. It's just that sometimes work gets  really boring and I start to get off task because there are many distractions. Or sometimes I can possibly get addicted to the netbook.

What I hope to achieve next year is to write more stories in storybird.

                

  

Talking Animals

Reading with family

Walt: learn, create, share.

I made an eBook for room 1 and room 2. It was about our topic, Animal features. We used the photos our class took from the zoo. They took at least over 400 photos. The hard part was to make the story easy to read because we were reading to 5 and 6 year old. The easy part  picking a picture to go on each page.  My favorite part was when my brother, JJ came and read to me. If I can do it again I would improve on making the story more informative. It was fun  reading to the little kids.  

Making history

Walt: write a story in sequence.

It was late afternoon when Jeff was going to be flung into space. There were two large trees and the longest elastic band. Jeff was in the middle of this structure. He said his goodbyes to his loved ones. “We will be in contact soon“ shouted the head of Mission control. And with a great whoosh! Off went Jeff.

As he traveled through the atmosphere, he saw very bizarre animals. He saw a man with the legs of a horse, a lady with a tail of a fish, a young girl with  skin as rough as tree trunks. Suddenly, Jeff was becoming unconscious. “Jeff do you read me ?” shouted the leader of Mission control. But Jeff couldn’t hear.

Jeff was in a withering daydream. All his thoughts and fears had completely vanished. He found himself floating in mid-air. “What’s happening? Where’s Earth ?“ whispered Jeff. There was no reply. Before he knew it a huge meteorite came at him at an incredible speed.

Finally, Jeff woke just in time. With fright, Jeff was going down. He didn’t know what to do. His mind was completely blank. “Jeff open the parachute now, now, now hurry!” shouted the Mission control. Jeff had no time to lose, so he opened his parachute and had a very cautious, safe landing on a humongous pink marshmallow. The whole of Mission control was exhilarated with the outcome of this special mission. “I did it” he howled.

At the end of the day Jeff made history. He was the first man to break the sound barrier.

Food and Culture

Walt: write a report.

Food is somehow always related to culture and  society.

Kumara is very important to Maori because it was part of their staple diet. It originated in South America. Early Maori settlers came from central South America. The Maori settlers brought some kumara  into New Zealand, and planted it in the northern part of the North Island. It grew prolifically well in the warm, temperate climate of New Zealand. The soil was dry and fertile. The Maori liked the kumara because it was high in carbohydrates.

Taro is a root plant. It originated in Hawaii. The early Polynesians took the taro in a canoe and brought it to the Pacific Nations and grew the taro there.  Taro has to be grown in marshy, wet soil. The soil is moist and deep.  The great thing about taro is it can grow anywhere. It  grows in heavy rain areas. It is also great source of food for babies.   

Tea in Britain is very popular. Each person in Britain drinks 2.5 kg on average. Tea originated in China. It started by a coffee house introducing tea. Tea consumption has grown dramatically during the nineteenth century around the time of Anna the 7th Duchess of Bedford. Anna complained one day ‘she had a sinking feeling’ during the late afternoon. The solution for the Duchess was a pot of tea and a light snack. Ever since then tea has spread rapidly throughout the country.

In conclusion Maori still eat kumara, Pacific Islanders still eat Taro and British still drink a lot of tea.

Survey and Report

Walt: write a report on my survey.

A week ago I decided to survey children and teachers. I asked them personally what breakfast would they like to eat? Fifty children and teachers were surveyed.

I used excel to draw my 3D graphs. My data was represented in cylinder graph and a pie chart.

The results revealed that other was the most popular choice. Coco pops came in second and Milo came in third place. The least liked breakfast choices were Cornflakes and Rice bubbles.

I think other was the most popular because maybe Weetbix or muesli, or some other healthy choice is enjoyed. Possibly the other brands are much cheaper and more tasty.

Technology

Walt: write a narrative.

Technology

This week in technology we are learning to construct a joint. Every Monday morning the year 7 students go to Technology at Tamaki College. We go by bus. The teacher’s name is Mr Grundy.

When I walked into the workshop I saw all the tools and was eager to use it all. I was interested in the table because I have never seen such a long table with a bench vice. The chair had nothing to support the back which is awesome. I enjoyed learning how to design wooden objects. I am making a bus. I like Mr Grundy, he is helpful to us students and gives advice about our ideas.

I really like to learn all about hard materials. It is brand new to me. I like it very much. I would enjoy hard materials for the rest of the term.

Healthy choices

Thank you

Dear Chris Wood

Glen Innes School and I, thank you very much for providing us with vegetables and fillings for sandwich making. I really enjoyed making sandwiches with all the healthy ingredients.

My favourite fillings were tuna with cucumber, shredded carrot, lettuce and cheese. Also I've realised that I could make healthy sandwich with less money and eat a healthy sandwich without all the calories. I haven't had a really healthy sandwich in a long time. I almost forgot the taste of it as well. I love the sandwich I made. Everyone’s sandwiches was very original.

Once again thank you very much for providing us with all the fillings for the sandwiches. I really appreciate your generosity to Glen Innes.

Yours sincerely
Alisi

What is Courage?

I learned the Values of Olympism. This comic shows Courage. What I would like to learn next is how all the values  are displayed in the Olympics.

Message to Valerie

Congratulations Val on getting a silver medal.  Val don't feel disappointed or sad.  Just be proud of your performance out there.  All of us in New Zealand are proud of you.  You are my role model.

A message to the Olympic Rowing Team

To the New Zealand  Rowing Team. New Zealand sends you all good luck and best wishes. I have watched your team row and you are all spectacular. I love watching all of you row your hearts out. Please bring gold medals home!

Great appreciation for mum

Dear Mum  


Thank you very much for buying my netbook. I really appreciate you giving me this opportunity to learn something new every day.


In maths my netbook will help me to order fractions, convert fractions into decimals, add integers and convert percentages to decimals. I will learn maths better now that I have a netbook.

In reading, my netbook will help me to read higher levels, improve my spelling and comprehension.

In writing, my netbook will help me to learn more about metaphors and personification. And write more descriptive words and longer stories.

Once again thank you very much mum for doing all the paperwork and for caring so much about me by getting this netbook.

Your child
Alisi