Long Bay Survival Trip

First thing we did there was have morning tea because it was morning tea. After we had morning tea we had to get into groups. Our group went for a hike and we went to the native trail. It was not so long and when we got back we had to talk about some trees with the teacher Shan.

Then we all had to swap teachers so we can do the next thing.The next thing we did was pitching the tent and we had some help from Dora’s dad but we finished second. After we could go inside the tent then we had to pack the tent up and put it back in the bag because Sarah told us to.Then we cooked some sausages and it was nice to eat the with the bread and tomato sauce.

After that we had to swap teachers because we had to learn the next thing and the next thing we did was relays but we had to get the list so we know what we had to go and get, then when we are finished Magritte will tell us if we got the right or wrong stuff then when that was finished we had to get two long sticks and make a stretcher so someone can lie on it.

Last of all we had to sit down and listen to Sarah, Magritte and Shan then we all had to line up so we can go back to the bus and off to school.

A narrative I wrote.

The dry ground crunched under Jesse’s foot. He glanced to the left as he was walking home.

Then when his mum came out she saw the ground cracking so she ran into the house because she might fall into one of the cracks.

When dad was coming from the town, the road was cracking then all the towers fell into the crack when Superman, Hulk, Captain America , Ironman,  Spiderman, Batman, Green lantern came to save the city.

Last of all when they came they fixed all of the cracks then they all disappeared straight away because they had a different city to save.

Softball lesson

First thing this morning we went to our own fantastic softball lesson with our teacher and we had to line up outside our classroom.We were so happy to go to our own softball lesson with our Teacher.

Then Mrs Tofa got us in to our own 2 softball groups. We were excited to get our gloves and to use the bat.

Our group started with fielding and we got the other team out by catching the ball when they hit it.

Later it was our turn to have a go at batting the ball and it was so fantastic. I was so happy and we were cheering for our team then "bang" when Mafoa hit the ball.When the ball was coming he smashed it away. We felt safe on the chair because the ball could not hit us.

Last of all Mrs Tofa said  to came and sit on the ground because there were some things we had to discuss about our lesson. Then we talked about how to hit the ball and identify where the bases are because some people did not know the bases were.

My Reflections on Netbooks

Hi, My name is Taki I am a year 5 student and Glenbrae School and I am in Room 9. My teacher is Mr. D. Nath.

This year was an exciting year for me because I started using a chromebook.  I was fascinated by the thought of doing so many cool things on my chromebook but it took me some time to really start using it effectively. There were so many things to learn and I tried my best to learn as much as I could from my teacher, whanau and friends.

These are my reflections on what I did.

The things that I have learnt from my teacher was how to use the netbook, I learnt a few things about cyber safety, accessing the class site and how to blog my work. The things that I learnt by myself was how to improve my typing skills and the keyboard shortcuts.

I have learnt how to screenshot my work and how to change my password. The things I have learnt from people outside of school is how to hack into other peoples users.

I  am able to think about the topics that I am going to research and write questions using using google docs and I am able to post onto my own blog although I found it difficult at first. I am also able to read more online books, stories and articles while looking for information , deciding which sites are safe for me to access and use information from, sharing my learning on my blog and also the class blog.

In the weekend

In the weekend I went with my brother and cousin,dad and uncle to help my grandpa.First we picked up my grandpa as well because it was his kumara s then when we got there we started to dig up the so we can plant the kumara. When we finished planting the kumara, we started to water them with water so they would stay alive.when it was finished we had are rest but my brother, cousin and me we playing with the water then we went home.

Popcorn

Popcorn

WALT review stories we read.

The Article is about Popcorn. There was one girl how was making the popcorn and there names were Temoana and she planted the kernels into the grow, she got help from her classmates. The next week they came it grow up to 1 or 2 cm.The they started to pick the kernels then they peeled the kernels and put it into a bucket, they cooked it then ate it.

The characters in the article is Temoana and he friend

The article takes place at school

The thing I like about is they made popcorn.

Picnic at Maraetai beach

picnic at maraetai beach.

Last Saturday my family and a friend went to maraetai beach in our family van.  I was very excited to get there.

When we got there we had set the picnic out,then we ate it.After the picnic we went for a swim then my friend Jayden was drowning because he swam too far out and couldn't touch the ground.No one heard him screaming for help then my Dad turned around saw him,he swam out and got him and brought him back to shore.After that  we went back home,Jayden ask if he could have an ice cream.Taki said’’ do you have money” Jayden said ‘’no’’,Taki said ‘’I have lots of money I am sososo rich’’.

BY TAKI.